kthejoker2

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   by kthejoker2 4y ago

   I should clarify: truth isn't valuable to people producing content. Clickbait, controversy, contrarianism, drama, bullshit are equally valuable, and are much easier to produce than the truth.
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   by kthejoker2 4y ago

   (This comment brought to you by a verifiable human with real biases free of charge by Y Combinator.) I think it's much simpler to start with a risk-based calculation. That is, you have to evaluate what the "risk" of believing
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   by kthejoker2 4y ago

   Two other negative externalities byproducts of Black Friday * "you are the product" cranked up to 11, so reductive and fundamentally misanthropic * Creates a lot of confusion and axiety in an already mentally fragile world
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   by kthejoker2 4y ago

   This is literally begging the question - of course different users would prefer their content in a distinct format to meet their distinct objectives. Presenter has control: objrctive is to control the narrative, build to a conclusion, reso
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   by kthejoker2 4y ago

   I think the simple rule is when you need to persuade when choosing among multiple ambiguous options, you must also rebut counterarguments (even "devil's advocate"), so a meeting is more concise at reaching a decision than an
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   by kthejoker2 4y ago

   Did Tufte say that regarding live presentations? As he's more of an infographic / dashboard SME. Live presentations are designed to "lead the witness" (neither inherently good nor bad) - or rather, if a presentation real
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   by kthejoker2 4y ago

   Really? "No reason"? You can't think of one rea$on?
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   by kthejoker2 4y ago

   Also in the "Silver Age" crowd that Greg Bear is part of Joe Haldeman, William Gibson, Piers Anthony, David Brin. Lois McMaster Bujold, Orson Scott Card, KW Jeter, George Lucas, George RR Martin, Phillip Pullman, Rudy Rucker, Dan
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   by kthejoker2 4y ago

   Pychess.org is a Lichess clone dedicated to variants (both traditional chess-like variants and newly invented ones)
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    I'm not voting because I think it's true or untrue (although I do think it's untrue) I'm downvoting because it's an extraordinary claim offered with absolutely zero evidence, and I've watched the entire Western
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    My grandfather was born in Waco, had a paper route when he was 7 and hauled ice to factory workers when he was 11. All of which he did by himself. My dad was also born in Waco and spent his latchkey days roaming the neighborhood and nearby
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    There's also a difference between criticizing your employees' work publicly vs privately. (And let's be honest - most likely the employee is 100% correct here, and he's lying about their performance as expressed by the c
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    Passive surveillance will be ubiquitous. Every device will be listening and watching you at all times.
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    What's the policy in those countries for pregnancies due to rape or incest? Welfare of the mother? Viability of the child? Birth control? What's the punishment for getting an "illegal" abortion? If you want to quibble ov
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    Don't sweat the small stuff. It's pretty much all small stuff. Oh! And get a notebook and write down every funny thing they say or do. These will never, EVER get old, but they do fade with time, so capture them fresh.
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    Twitter is not a technical problem. We as a society are simply unable to wield such a tool in any useful way. When you combine three obvious truths: * people are tribal to the point of irrationality * controversial clickbait bullshit travel
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    Your error is declaring these platforms are "just a place." There is a ton of evidence YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, etc. deliberately push inflammatory / extremist material to people to increase engagement. My 8 year old daugh
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    "Single source of truth" is usually seen in data warehousing /BI world, where you have multiple source systems (say, a CRM and a ordering system) or reporting systems and you want them to agree when yous ask, "how many r
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    That's not what the actual risks of deepfakes are. You don't think the Nazis would not have used AI deepfake technology to spread propaganda or try to refute the facts of the Holocaust? We already have evidence that state actors h
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    The opposite of food regulations isn't food trucks, it's The Jungle - salmonella and lysine poisoning eveywhwere, people ground up into meat in the factories, products adulterated with all kinds of chemicals, byproducts, filler ..
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    His username suggests he might be doing the determining :)
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    More like ... we have lots of evidence that handing a small handful of essentially random people a large and disproportionate concentration of humanity's entire wealth tends to make them: * act above the law * use their wealth to attac
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    You are begging the question, I don't believe eliminating private schooling harms anyone, nor will it "pull people down." Inequity in schooling is already harming others.
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    Why not the way forward? Depends on the "some" being "harmed." This is a systemic problem, systemic measures will be taken, there will be winners and losers.
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    It's a systems thinking concept. It means an effect of an effect of an effect of the original thing. "X because Y because Z because original thing A." Think like Five Whys and so on. In this case it's shorthand for &quot
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    SaaS and self-hosting seem mutually exclusive, no? At least as envisioned in these requirements.
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    Lol plenty of "f*k Joe Biden" ("and f*k you for voting for him!") chants, flags, paraphernalia down here in Texas. Common as a church bell. Nobody's worried about being censored as far as I can see.
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    Wtf Calling homelessness a "niche" .. peak apres moi le deluge
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    There's no evidence presented in this arrest warrant that CCCP had access to this data or was even aware of its existence. The only charge is storing the data on servers in China. Slow your roll.
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    by kthejoker2 4y ago

    This has nothing to do with election fraud. Or cheating. Period.