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901.
by mcv 2y ago
I just realized that kids (and adults) these days grow up more in virtual environments behind screens than in touch with the real world, and maybe that might have an impact on our ability to discern truth from lies. That would certainly exp
902.
by mcv 2y ago
Since the rise of LLMs, the thought has definitely occurred to me that perhaps our intelligence might also arise from language processing. It might be. The big difference between us and LLMs, however, is that we grow up in the real world, w
903.
by mcv 2y ago
The AI revolution has mostly been a hardware revolution. I studied AI in the 1990s, so I knew about neural networks and backpropagation, so when suddenly everybody was talking about "Deep Learning", I wanted to know what was diffe
904.
by mcv 2y ago
Makes sense. It's not trained at complex electrical circuits, it's trained at natural language. And code, sure. And other stuff it comes across while training on those, no doubt including simple circuitry, but ultimately, all it d
905.
by mcv 2y ago
That is true for any source of information. It's true for even the highest quality newspapers. It's certainly true for other encyclopedias. It's even true for scientific papers. There's always something they're wron
906.
by mcv 2y ago
"Can't even". I think there's only one country that can, so the US is not alone.
907.
by mcv 2y ago
That is really the big problem with the current policy in the US: it's completely unclear what the policy is and how long it will last. This is not a stable climate for investment. Would you invest in a country where the president play
908.
by mcv 2y ago
I see plenty of stories from Europe, and they too complain about work, but never about having to work 60-80 hours. Even if it's rare in the US, it still seems more common than in Europe. Similarly, I hear stories about working 3 jobs i
909.
by mcv 2y ago
The world is larger than just the US, though. Even at HN. Just look around you.
910.
by mcv 2y ago
Google dropped their "don't be evil" a very long time ago.
911.
by mcv 2y ago
> Cops aren't made of copper No, but their badges are. Or were. I guess it's a pars pro toto thing.
912.
by mcv 2y ago
I do live outside the US, but in another part of this discussion I was just taught not to assume that reports of unhealthy working conditions coming from the US represent the norm.
913.
by mcv 2y ago
How can you know that? Please don't assume stuff about others just to make a rhetorical point. If you say it's not that common as it's often made out to be, why wouldn't I believe you? Though what would also help if you
914.
by mcv 2y ago
We hear enough about it that it gives the impression of being very common, even if it might not be the norm.
915.
by mcv 2y ago
This is not what we usually hear about employment in the US. The reason many Europeans think American tech workers are working 60-80 hours per week is not copium, but simply because that's what many Americans tell us.
916.
by mcv 2y ago
Layoffs are one thing, but to be cut off without any notice, that really sucks. I usually know months in advance that when I'll leave, so I'll have time to finish what I'm working on and train the people who will take over my
917.
by mcv 2y ago
My first thought when reading the title was: because you're not living in the 1980s anymore. But it's an article from 1981, so it's got to be something else.
918.
by mcv 2y ago
Youtube is surprisingly good at recommending me really obscure channels that nobody else seems to be watching (often I see why, but there are some gems). And it's not recommending Mr Beast, so I must be doing something right I guess. I
919.
by mcv 2y ago
I did not know that. And running scalpels makes a lot more sense for that title. Because as cool as the title sounds, it doesn't make any sense for the movie. Nobody is running blades there.
920.
by mcv 2y ago
He was very good at channeling his mental issues and insecurities into brilliant plots. I wonder if his books would have been as good if PKD hadn't been so fucked up as a person. Paranoia seems to be a surprisingly effective muse.
921.
by mcv 2y ago
Definitely sleazy. Not sure if it's a good way to make money. People can just get a different domain name, like OP did. And a small project that's not paying for a closed github repo, is unlikely to shell out extra for their domai
922.
by mcv 2y ago
Not when the argument is that they have bad motives. Then it's simply evidence supporting the argument.
923.
by mcv 2y ago
Not many, it seems. Also, not exactly normal.
924.
by mcv 2y ago
The fact that Trump is nuts and possibly serving Putin by destroying the West is one thing, but the fact that so many people seem fine with it, corporations and institutions eager to do his bidding, Republicans all voting along with things
925.
by mcv 2y ago
That's not what an ad-hominem is. An ad-hominem means attacking the person instead of the issue. If I'm saying Trump's economic policies are bad because he's a clown who paints his face orange, that's an ad-hominem
926.
by mcv 2y ago
> It's interesting (and troubling) how these ragebaiting, Dark Mirror style positions used to be a bit less common but with the advent of social media have absolutely exploded into the dominant form of political discourse that now d
927.
by mcv 2y ago
> A typical example is seen among the more extreme pro-choice activists. They frequently make claims like "It's not about protecting babies, they [pro-life people] just want to control women's bodies". There is actual
928.
by mcv 2y ago
Yeah, it feels like the author introduces an interesting concept, and then intentionally turns it into a ridiculous caricature that cannot possibly be true. But then why introduce it in the first place? I think there are plenty of meat eate
929.
by mcv 2y ago
For me, it was. Couldn't find anything for 4 months, and suddenly I had 3 offers. It often works out like that. It's as if companies suddenly smell you've become desirable or something.
930.
by mcv 2y ago
That's what drove up housing costs after we switched from single to double income households. But before that, but before that, people in lots of countries could afford a house and a family on a single income, despite competition from

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