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My entirely layman and unsupported conspiracy theory about language is that early hominids likely developed complex sign language and some primitive forms of writing now long lost to time, but vocal language only came with the necessary bio
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It's worse than nothing because it gives people the false impression that there exists a system they can trust to tell them what information is authentic and what isn't. The incentive for governments and other interests to undermi
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We have to think of the children though. We have to THINK OF THE CHILDREN.
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Typical wizard elitism and pedantry. Let me guess, you "cast fireball" by lighting bat shit on fire and throwing it at someone.
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That isn't what it did, HN replaces the posted URL with the canonical URL when it exists. Nine times out of ten the canonical URL points to the domain and not the actual page, for SEO purposes. But for some reason HN still does this, a
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>Government agencies frequently keep each other in the dark, even when they are the same government I don't think that's been the case since 9/11. It's naive to assume the CIA, FBI and NSA don't have root access
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> However, I'd very much like my washing machine or tumble dryer to notify me when they're done (with those appliances sitting in the basement of my house). Every one I've used has an alarm that goes off when it's don
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>Either it needs a warrant or it’s fully open and people can start creating websites showing the movements of local politicians. It is fully open and people can and do exactly that.
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That would be more expensive, as it requires electronics and infrastructure, the screens would be hacked and vandalized constantly, short out in bad weather, etc. It would be more robust just using some kind of transponder, but that might f
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>I think the pro-war crown really takes the military for granted, especially the junior enlisted folks. If you actually give a damn about the enlisted troops the last thing you're going to be is pro war. The only people eager for
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>Thanks to those lists I am blocked by 165 people. I don't insult anyone, I don't even swear. I suspect I get on these lists simply by being a white male (which is I guess obvious from my posts). The reason is obviously not bei
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Cool. Enjoy the golden shower then, the rest of us will be elsewhere, dry and happy.
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It's the worst recipe, apart from all the others. Unless you want to expose yourself to the constant inundation of piss that social media has become, you have to curate and block aggressively. Shared block lists that you just subscribe
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We don't want to share our thoughts, ideas, feelings and art with machines. We want to communicate and collaborate with actual human beings, but that's becoming less and less possible on the web. Unfortunately even the value of t
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I'm not talking about furries I'm talking about the mascot of the Anubis software program, which is not in any way sexualized. Do you believe any anthropomorphic cartoon animal must be implicitly sexual because "furries exist
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No.
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https://tenor.com/view/bugs-bunny-no-no-bunny-bugs-gif-79095...
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No. Just choosing not to reorganize my entire life around LLMs and not to offload my creativity and thought to them is enough. I reject your premise that unless one fights every possible battle, one can't fight any battle. But then I s
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Mastodon will stick around for as long as people want it to, I don't see it disappearing any time soon. It isn't a centralized platform beholden to shareholders so growth isn't a priority. Individual instances are another iss
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Not entirely - both Facebook and Twitter also show you "suggested" content and contacts and quoted/reposted content from people outside of your network. Social media algorithms are designed to maximize engagement and encourag
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>The distinction really matters! to whom?
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Unfortunately, like Tesla, SpaceX, or any of the social media silos, AI isn't politically neutral or generic. Unless you're using a model you created and trained yourself entirely on data you own then you're at least indirect
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There is absolutely nothing sexualized about the Anubis mascot.
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Make it a setting and let people decide for themselves.
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The conflict in that case (and, I think AI) came about not from the technology or its advancement, but the use of that technology for class warfare by capitalists. I can imagine an alternate future where AI advances without all of the socia
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Oh. that's the red line. OK. Good to know there is one. Weird that it wasn't when Trump supporters were kidnapping people and making bomb threats prior to the election or when they stormed the Capitol to try to kill Pence and fo
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https://joinpeertube.org/ - they seem to be vehemently anti-AI, so it seems unlikely to get integrated into the application. Unfortunately the nature of decentralized platforms means it's entirely possible for someone
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No, for the same reason I'm not preparing for the second coming of Christ. I'm quite sure that AI is going to change the world for better or worse - probably worse given that it's a hype-driven revolution being pushed by an a
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Entropy and thermodynamics exist. It would be impossible to colonize every system we see without the tremendous heat energy expenditure needed to do so being obvious, and obviously not natural. The background temperature of space is so regu
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Japan and Germany made it illegal to put the evil assholes in power. The US will do no such thing, we're going to keep voting for the evil assholes and every attempt we make at progress will simply be undermined and undone. I don'

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