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by mcculley 2y ago
I am not joking. I am also uncomfortable accepting that humans will eventually not be the best creators of art enjoyed by humans.
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by mcculley 2y ago
Why would slop be the only outcome?
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by mcculley 2y ago
When models are capable of generating music better than humans can, Spotify might be disintermediated entirely.
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by mcculley 2y ago
I have been wondering if this should be seen as a success of laws raising minimum wage. In some states, the rapid rise of minimum wage means that it is no longer viable to have someone else make a sandwich for you. Isn't that a victory
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by mcculley 2y ago
Leftists have a coherent argument about this: Capitalism always results in corruption because capital can influence/buy government. Our implementation mostly uses lobbying and the revolving door instead of direct bribes, but neverthele
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by mcculley 2y ago
These are all good questions. If shareholders were legally responsible for the actions of the companies they own, they would expect and be entitled to more transparency. I remain unconvinced that the system we were born into just happens to
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by mcculley 2y ago
The first part of your question seems like a different question to me. We have fundamental problems within our own legal framework that allow us to capture only the upside, which is the issue I am bringing up. You are expanding this to othe
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by mcculley 2y ago
I appreciate you treating the question in the way it was intended: A thought experiment. Our system does not treat seriously the bad behavior of corporations. It is a way for shareholders to get only the upside and not suffer the consequenc
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by mcculley 2y ago
What about putting shareholders in jail?
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by mcculley 2y ago
I’m not justifying drunk driving. I asked how California is different from other states in this regard.
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by mcculley 2y ago
How is California special in that regard? Many states lack the infrastructure or density to allow for proper enjoyment of alcohol.
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by mcculley 2y ago
Dell laptops can be configured with LTE modems. There is no reason macOS cannot have some option for throttling usage by background updates when connected over LTE. iPads have an LTE option. That carriers have not figured out how to charge
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by mcculley 2y ago
I think the biggest obstacle is the Qualcomm patents. There is no good reason why a MacBook Pro cannot have a feature that Dells have.
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by mcculley 2y ago
I use the tethering quite often. I have for years. It is flaky and burns two batteries instead of one. I agree that many people do not care. Some of us who are traveling a lot are willing to pay for more options.
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by mcculley 2y ago
Still, no matter how much you are willing to spend, you cannot buy a MacBook Pro with an LTE modem, like the ones in the iPhone, iPad, and Watch.
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by mcculley 2y ago
I did not argue in favor of redistributive policies. If I am arguing anything, it is against people lying to themselves about their ideology.
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by mcculley 2y ago
Certainly some parents are proponents of the estate tax. I did not say that all parents are opposed to it.
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by mcculley 2y ago
Most parents don’t want meritocracy. They want their children to have an advantage over the children of others. They just have not squared this instinct with political ideology.
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by mcculley 2y ago
In the U.S., a shipping company that is also a registered “Importer/Exporter of Record” can move stuff directly. I ran a tugboat business and we had all of the required paperwork to file directly with U.S. Customs. In many cases, we mo
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by mcculley 2y ago
But a lot of the systems that are air-gapped are controlling some other piece of hardware, increasingly by USB.
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by mcculley 2y ago
Being unable to use the escape key is another reason why web apps will never be as consistent as desktop apps.
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by mcculley 2y ago
I thought the default was disabled at some point. On my macOS laptop, I get: > Web Interface is Disabled > The web interface is currently disabled. Run “cupsctl WebInterface=yes” to enable it. But I cannot remember if I disabled that.
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by mcculley 2y ago
It is not surprising to me that products which have lots of differentiation are both imported and exported. It was surprising to me that something I thought of as a commodity goes in both directions.
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by mcculley 2y ago
I also became an old school computer programming geek (and still am) before ending up managing pirates.
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by mcculley 2y ago
One thing that surprised me when I started running a tugboat business: A country can be both an exporter and importer of sand. Sand of one type goes from the U.S. to The Bahamas to be used in concrete. Sand of another type goes from The Bah
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by mcculley 2y ago
"We are in a post-Postel world" is a great way to put it. This needs to be repeated by everyone working with file formats or accepting untrusted input.
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by mcculley 2y ago
Some do not want their competitors to know where they are. Some vessels are fishing in illegal waters or violating sanctions.
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by mcculley 2y ago
I am personally aware of many commercial vessels that turn off their AIS to avoid leaking information to local government and competitors. My experience is limited to the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the Caribbean.
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by mcculley 2y ago
Humanity has not moved backwards. Just more people vulnerable to certain kinds of memes have the ability to publish them to a big audience. Even if we have billions of people believing nonsense, we still have billions moving forward.
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by mcculley 2y ago
You need to do more than update the firmware. You need to upload your personal audiogram into the device.

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