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by jrmg 4y ago
Though I can see the argument that if I was building an app with keybinds as controls rather than mouse primarly, probably a framework like this would be the way to go. Those old terminal apps that used to be used in banks, car hire place
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by jrmg 4y ago
Reminds me of this old Python experiment, which will ‘swing’ any MP3: https://musicmachinery.com/2010/05/21/the-swinger/ Unfortunately most of the examples seem to be gone, but I did find this great one
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by jrmg 4y ago
I think there are some problems with assuming that ChatGPT-like AI will improve in quality, _especially_ if it gets good enough to popular and generally trusted. Where will the next generation of AI training data come from, if the vast majo
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by jrmg 4y ago
Thanks. I understand your position better now, and agree with more of it than I first thought. I don’t think our positions are so divergent as to be problematic in real life - though I suspect I will continue to monitor my speech a little m
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by jrmg 4y ago
Mastodon seems to be doing a pretty good job of running Rails at scale. https://docs.joinmastodon.org/dev/overview/
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by jrmg 4y ago
I take issue with “perfectly understandable”. I think many (most?) people hearing or reading that would make an assumption from your use of ‘he’ that you expect that professors and students are usually male. Perhaps that you believe they _s
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by jrmg 4y ago
I think “We are not attempting to assign levels of harm to the terms on this site.” is quite pain in its meaning. Do you just object to the existence of the list? Or am I misunderstanding and you’re just saying it’s weird to list them all t
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by jrmg 4y ago
It says, at the top of the page: The purpose of this website is to educate people about the possible impact of the words we use. Language affects different people in different ways. We are not attempting to assign levels of harm to the ter
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by jrmg 4y ago
It’s very obviously not intended to imply that all the terms are equally offensive or inaccurate. Why _wouldn’t_ I want to avoid using any but your last category?
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by jrmg 4y ago
I really don’t think that’s true of the entire list.
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by jrmg 4y ago
Oh come on. The page itself recognizes that it’s only advice. There were a few things on the list I didn’t know the history of (e.g. ‘grandfathered’) that I’ll try to avoid now. I can understand why someone who comes from a different histor
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by jrmg 4y ago
A free SDF account? https://sdf.org/
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by jrmg 4y ago
Huh. I think you are right. Most sources on the web agree with my take - but I think it might be out of date now. Maybe I’m paying for iTunes Match for no reason? I guess it’s time to back up and try turning it off and seeing if my music di
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by jrmg 4y ago
Even music that’s not available to Apple Music subscribers?
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by jrmg 4y ago
Apple Music includes the old iTunes Match features It does not - it’s a separate subscription, though you can use both at once. [Edit: maybe I’m wrong? See ensuing discussion below.]
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by jrmg 4y ago
I'd only accuse someone of hypocrisy if they did one thing while saying another simultaneously. If someone changes their mind that's not hypocrisy. I want to stick to that definition because to do otherwise seems to be to be disap
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by jrmg 4y ago
The user experience is quite different though? And I think there’s value in decentralization even without the granularity of a server-per-person. Sure, some Mastodon servers might go down, or some admins might do unwise things, but damage s
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by jrmg 4y ago
Definitely not! It just seems a bit ‘risky’ to use another centralized Twitter-like when Mastodon seems to be working. I’d rather we gave it a try than another centralized service.
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by jrmg 4y ago
It sounds like another server would’ve served you better - but I get what you’re saying, it’s not only that, it’s the nature of Mastodon (or, ActivityPub, I guess). Servers basically only know about their own users, and people they follow.
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by jrmg 4y ago
I’m never sure what people mean when they say things like this. I found community in Twitter by following people I knew, a small number of organizations, websites and celebrities, then occasionally following people I learned about through r
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by jrmg 4y ago
Yes - that’s what I interpreted it as. From the policy, Cross-posting covers when you “…post content to Twitter from these platforms…” (emphasis mine). Of course, I suspect the reality is that even people at Twitter don’t know if this fal
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by jrmg 4y ago
Washington Post removing all investigative journalism into the CIA / NSA while AWS seeks large services contracts from those government entities That happened?
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by jrmg 4y ago
It is very clearly against the rules as written. They cover “…linking out (i.e. using URLs) to any of the below platforms on Twitter…”
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by jrmg 4y ago
Please don’t just move to another centralized platform. Mastodon is right there, and working.
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by jrmg 4y ago
I don’t think he lied. I don’t think it’s even hypocrisy - he just put very little thought into his previous belief and changed his mind. He’ll do it again later. That’s why you shouldn’t believe what he says. It’s _not_ that he’s _lying_ -
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by jrmg 4y ago
I’ve also seen morale being slowly killed by people who _thought_ they were doing this, but were _actually_ just argumentative defeatists. I don’t think Carmack - or the engineer you describe - is likely to be one of these - but anyone hopi
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by jrmg 4y ago
Yeah - though I would argue he is also exhibiting capriciousness, “improvident” is a great description. Basically I agree with all of that.
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by jrmg 4y ago
I posted that deliberately without comment. I think it stands on its own as something people should reflect on when forming their opinion of the current situation, and thought that adding commentary would only muddy the perception of it. I
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by jrmg 4y ago
Musk on November 6th: My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/15894149
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by jrmg 4y ago
Although that wasn’t much better for longevity than Medium or the like. So much early web lost from URLs like http://www.myisp.net/~username/

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