kelnos

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by kelnos 8mo ago
I have a set of IEMs that I bought at least 8 years ago, and they still work fine. And the wire is even replaceable, though I haven't needed to do so. If your wired headphones are only lasting a couple months, then likely you're
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by kelnos 8mo ago
Adjusting an age-ratings system doesn't take liberty away from anyone. Parents can still allow their kids to play whatever games the parent deems is ok. I agree with some of your other points, though: we should have legally mandated r
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by kelnos 8mo ago
> I don't think I have ever paid attention to a single age rating in my entire life. You mean when you've selected games for yourself to play? That's... fine. If you mean when you've selected (or allowed) games for
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by kelnos 8mo ago
Which, frankly, is fine. Regulations like this are great to help guide parents, but ultimately it is the parent's responsibility to decide what is fine and not fine for their child. I wouldn't agree with a parent that gets their
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by kelnos 8mo ago
This is a bit of a silly argument, given all the precedent in real life for this sort of thing. Can a 16 year old magically drive a car properly, but a 15 year old can't? Is an 18 year old magically much more capable doing their elect
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by kelnos 8mo ago
Yes, but how they got it is irrelevant. They got it, and that's what matters. China can (and does) do the same for current tech today, through whatever means. (Also, GP's comment directly said what you said; not sure what your c
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by kelnos 8mo ago
He needs 40 other Senators to agree with him; 60 votes can close debate and stop a filibuster.
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by kelnos 8mo ago
Not to mention: > Unable to pay her bills from jail, she lost her home, her car and even her dog. If this is the system "working", then the system is broken.
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by kelnos 8mo ago
I'm usually a big supporter of labor unions, but police unions in the US generally have an outsized amount of power, and even when mayors etc. want to hold police accountable, the union ends up bending the mayor over a barrel. I'm
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by kelnos 8mo ago
The GP seems to be suggesting that there's no recourse at all, usually. You might bring suit against a police department or LE agency, but you'll fail to find any relief there. True that qualified immunity only protects individu
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by kelnos 8mo ago
> Many support its repeal. There's nothing to repeal. Qualified immunity is a doctrine that the judicial branch made up out of thin air, with no legislative backing. But agreed, we need legislatures to write laws that expressly h
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by kelnos 8mo ago
I mean, this is the USA we're talking about. Cops are given huge authority over everyone else, with poor accountability. AI just lets them pretend to be even less accountable. And by "pretend" I of course mean "get aw
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by kelnos 8mo ago
Flying? We were solid middle class in the 80s and my first plane flight wasn't until 2001 (and then only because I was away at college and my mother had died suddenly). My parents hadn't flown since the 70s (before my sister and
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by kelnos 8mo ago
We were solid middle-middle class and didn't have a computer until 1989, and it was a "free", 2- or 3-year-old computer from my dad's work that they were going to throw away. We absolutely could not have afforded a comp
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by kelnos 8mo ago
You don't have to trust it. You can review its output. Sure, that takes more effort than vibe coding, but it can very often be significantly less effort than writing the code yourself. Also consider that "writing code" is o
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by kelnos 8mo ago
> In most cases an IPO isn't worth it for founders because an IPO means you lose operational control. That's also true of an acquisition. Even more true of an acquisition, I'd say.
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by kelnos 8mo ago
It's worked well as a honeypot, but I don't think it's working well as a device for paralysis. The executive has seized an alarming amount of power (with the tacit approval of the party in control of the legislature), and th
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by kelnos 8mo ago
> But that time, emancipation happened immediately after they got full power, there was no need to give money to racists, and no moral compromises were required. I really hope you were being sarcastic here... Emancipating the slaves d
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by kelnos 8mo ago
The right of corporate existence is granted (or at least regulated, heavily) by the state. This administration believes that they don't need to treat all businesses equally under the law, and can use strong-arm intimidation tactics t
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by kelnos 8mo ago
I know people IRL that are so fed up with the US's bullshit that they do sometimes look at China and think their dominance might be better for the world. "Well, when's the last time China started a war or even deployed mil
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by kelnos 8mo ago
The difference is that China's slavery and genocide is happening today, within its own borders. Is that true of the US? Is there state-sanctioned/supported slavery in the US? Is the US committing genocide within its own borders?
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by kelnos 8mo ago
It's not pessimistic or defeatist; you first have to recognize the limitations and failure modes of your system before you can think about changing it. Is it possible to live in a world where powerful entities have gotten there throu
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by kelnos 8mo ago
Sure there's more than one way to go about it, but what matters is how people typically do go about it. And certainly individuals can make their own decision to engage with an LLM in positive, self-thought-provoking ways, but it&#x27
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by kelnos 8mo ago
Sure, so we shouldn't assert that with confidence, but I think it's safe to guess that, for most people's use, that is probably the case. Yes, some people (see some sibling commenters) do engage with an LLM in ways that might
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by kelnos 8mo ago
I'm torn on this. On one hand I do agree with your goal about wanting to live in a bubble of interesting thoughts. But on the other... I know I have my biases, and I'm sure I might end up blocking people who actually are insight
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by kelnos 8mo ago
Sure, I agree that getting something you want (top post) out of an LLM isn't zero-effort. But this isn't about effort . This is about genuine humanity. I want to read comments that, in their entirety, came out of the brain of a
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by kelnos 8mo ago
> Do I prefer low-effort, off-the-top-of-my-head reactions, as long as it is human? Or do I want an insightful, well-thought-out response, even if it is LLM-enhanced? Neither. I want insightful, well-thought-out, human comments. It&#x
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by kelnos 8mo ago
I wouldn't call that bloat; certainly we've been complaining about software bloat as long as I've been into computers, but at that time, software was simply pushing the capabilities of the hardware, and often running into wal
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by kelnos 8mo ago
> In my experience, SSDs had a bigger impact. When SSDs became mainstream, yes, I agree they had a bigger impact than any CPU speed increases at that particular time. But back in the double-digit MHz days of CPU speeds, upgrading your
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by kelnos 8mo ago
> The decision will be predicated on whether I can do everything in person. I don't want to do everything in person. It's frankly amazing that I can deposit a check on my phone, from my home, and don't have to go to a

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