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Comparisons as Predictable as the Sunrise(pudding.cool)
5 points by latexr 6mo ago|0 comments
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by latexr 6mo ago
We have the benefit of hindsight. The Secret Service couldn’t know the true scale of the operation, how many fake bills were in circulation, and that they were only singles.
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by latexr 6mo ago
> when I'm out and about I want to have a conversation with the Star Trek computer. But you’re not. And you won’t. You’ll never have a conversation with the Star Trek computer while you continue to place anything else above accuracy
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by latexr 6mo ago
> Your cigarette addiction might have started because of social pressure or because of advertisement, but every choice to light another one or not was entirely yours. This is contradictory. Once you are addicted, the choice is no longer
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by latexr 6mo ago
I don’t see what that has to do with “when did we stop liking to learn”, which is the only point I’m addressing. My point has nothing to do with AI and it doesn’t seem like you actually learned anything from that experiment.
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by latexr 6mo ago
> gambling sites, in alcohol, tobacco and highly processed foods, or in the scamming industry Those are great examples because they show that leaving it all up to the individual is not enough. All of those are regulated by the state beca
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by latexr 6mo ago
> this argument continues to be made with tenuous evidence and anecdotes. The linked Wikipedia page has plenty of evidence and studies and you can find plenty more with a basic web search. This is not something someone just made up; if y
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by latexr 6mo ago
> I think this has been repeated so much that I believe everyone, at least everyone that is actively participating in HN discussions is aware of this. I promise you that is incorrect. People who actively participate on HN are a group mor
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by latexr 6mo ago
> Also, when did we stop liking to learn? I suspect it happened when we achieved a level of such constant stimulation (there is a pocket computer always on us with infinite effortless distraction) that we’re never bored and never engage
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by latexr 6mo ago
> (…) founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour network that revolutionized television news (…) > (…) audacious vision to deliver news from around the world in real time, at all hours (…) And thus marked the beginning of the end. 24-hour news
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by latexr 6mo ago
Translating the comments and looking at the bio, wouldn’t be surprised if this is a bot.
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by latexr 6mo ago
> But when the tickets were free, a lot less people showed up. I can think of several reasons for that. It would be nice to know for sure which was the right one (or if there’s a combination). E.g. Maybe being free, people reserved the t
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by latexr 6mo ago
In other words, you’re agreeing with me. Again: > Those who say the tool needs to have whatever idea they just thought of 2 minutes ago, despite no one else ever having asked for it and it not really making sense. If no one is bothered
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by latexr 6mo ago
> So helping them with what they want could mean that you've just tipped the scale enough for hundreds or thousands of people to become new customers. Sure, if the request is reasonable and sensical. I entertain those and even help
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by latexr 6mo ago
Yes, I think you’re right. And if I recall correctly, near the end he’s trying to get somewhere but gets stuck in traffic by the same problem he caused.
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by latexr 6mo ago
> I remember this kind of slop from times well before the LLM explosion. Even if that were true (which I don’t think it is, this is a different kind of worthless content), you most definitely don’t remember it at this scale , and that’s
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by latexr 6mo ago
I remember visiting a friend over a decade ago, and for some reason I had to use their computer for a bit. I was immediately thrown aback by all the ads everywhere and installed an ad blocker before anything else. They were very grateful, b
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by latexr 6mo ago
At the start of Good Omens, there’s a scene where demons are sharing their recent misdeeds. A couple of them are sharing “classic” demon stuff like killing and possessing, but Crowley (the protagonist demon) shares more modern evil deeds, s
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by latexr 6mo ago
There’s no cost to me to stop an entitled disruptive user with zero positive contributions from destabilising the project. No cost to my volunteers either. The opposite is true in both cases; removing that user is a net benefit and I’ve don
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Chinese court rules firms can't lay off workers on AI grounds(fortune.com)
3 points by latexr 6mo ago|1 comments
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by latexr 6mo ago
I’ve also done both, and I found both kinds of users in both situations. There have been cases on the commercial front where I just felt like giving customers their money back, even after years of having used the software, and told them to
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by latexr 6mo ago
Finally!¹ My biggest use case is not actually creating passes for services which don’t provide them, but being able to create passes without having to install a freaking app. FlixBus (I might be misremembering) is the only service I ever fo
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by latexr 6mo ago
> Come on, whenever a project is discussed on hackernews, there is always one comment of "why are you working on X, when you should be fixing bug Y?!". That is not what the question is about, which you’ll see if you engage with
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Politico leak on open disputes in the ChatControl negotiations(digitalcourage.social)
4 points by latexr 6mo ago|0 comments
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by latexr 6mo ago
This is getting stupid. Now one can’t even make a reasonable polite question with praise without being asked if they pay. Bun raised millions of dollars and was acquired by a commercial entity which bragged in the same blog post of reachi
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Some children are drawing on fake moustaches to bypass online age checks(independent.co.uk)
30 points by latexr 6mo ago|10 comments
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by latexr 6mo ago
The comment I responded to talked of “speedrun” and “full speed ahead”. That’s the antithesis of balance. The point you’re making is valid but has no bearing on the current conversation. GNU Hurd is also an extreme case, the overwhelming ma
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by latexr 6mo ago
> I read somewhere (…) that software developers could be put into two camps (…) Surely you read it more than once, because that has become a talking point. It’s a false dichotomy that, you’ll notice, is most often used by the people who
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by latexr 6mo ago
I have, but that’s irrelevant. I’m commenting on the general sentiment, not any specific project.
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by latexr 6mo ago
Your argument is so removed from the point, it’s an entirely different conversation. I already contribute time and code to open source projects, and I promise you’ll have heard of some of the things I contributed a lot to. That’s beside the

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