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by mypastself 3y ago
Now I’m really interested in finding out what the new stealth phrase was, and if it’s still in circulation. I do feel like there must have been some secret agreement recently by tech bloggers to overuse and misuse “enshittification”… It’s a
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by mypastself 3y ago
Never cared for the many linguistic convolutions of over/understatedness, as I feel I always need to solve an equation in my head to gain a basic piece of information. It’s no wonder even authors get tripped up. Also “nonplussed”, whic
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by mypastself 3y ago
Which ownership rights do the sellers retain now that they didn’t previously? I’m not familiar with any ToS that permits a company to repossess your PC or parts of it. If you’re talking about manufacturers making their devices more difficul
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by mypastself 3y ago
But if you do change your seats on a tractor to more comfortable ones, you might further exacerbate the hazards of an already potentially dangerous piece of machinery, to the extent that the manufacturer wants to avoid such liability. But e
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by mypastself 3y ago
To my understanding, you do have the right to repair a device or a piece of equipment yourself, but you don’t have the right to force the manufacturer to make it easier or to keep your warranty. If you use the former definition, it’s alread
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by mypastself 3y ago
I’ve said this before here, but I wonder if the blockchain’s most lasting contribution will be, ironically, forcing the world’s governments’ hand to create their own form of digital, easily trackable and controllable money. Something like C
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by mypastself 3y ago
Among the more amusing ones is Slate’s recent “See? It’s eight months later and there’s no mass unemployment yet”: https://slate.com/technology/2023/08/chat-gpt-artificial-int...
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by mypastself 3y ago
There’s something I like to call AI “almost-rightness”, although I’m sure there’s a better term for it out there. It’s a bit like linguistic uncanny valley. It’s when a model spits out a seemingly reasonable text, but it’s slightly off in
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by mypastself 3y ago
I think I’ve seen that one before. In my worst nightmares…
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by mypastself 3y ago
Amusingly, that’s exactly what CNN was doing the last time I turned it on.
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by mypastself 3y ago
Well, of course it’s illegal if it’s part of illegal activity. The author seems to be applying broad charges of criminality to all software that tracks user behavior. We can argue whether any tracking should be illegal, but not whether it
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by mypastself 3y ago
Also, crime is whatever the law defines as such. Smoking weed is a crime, and data collection and processing is not. But I’m pleasantly surprised the author puts the responsibility for abandoning the tech on users rather than governments.
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by mypastself 3y ago
The government also encoded slavery into law in the first place, and the move to the 40-hour workweek was driven by the automotive industry. The “moral conscience” of a people might well get us to a much worse state, if we permit it too muc
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by mypastself 3y ago
The unstated suggestion here seems to be to impose such a system through governmental structures, putting great trust into another system of control…
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by mypastself 3y ago
My question was about what you think should happen, not what generally tends to happen. Do you think people who prefer not to view explicit photos or footage of immolations, beheadings, or child abuse should refrain from any form of onlin
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by mypastself 3y ago
Should timid people refrain from using the internet altogether?
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by mypastself 3y ago
Shouldn’t the people decide what constitutes shielding and sheltering by themselves?
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by mypastself 3y ago
But the vast majority of people don’t want to see it. How would you resolve that?
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by mypastself 3y ago
Is there a context for Musk’s “free speech absolutist” quote? I see it referenced frequently, but can’t seem to find the original.
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by mypastself 3y ago
I don’t know. It can be difficult to breathe for some people, it can be itchy, hot, build up bacteria, fog up glasses… you also have to carry enough of them wherever you go. So it’s not exactly doing nothing .
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by mypastself 3y ago
Must have missed that part. But my intention wasn’t to offend. It felt like the part about solving a problem other developers couldn’t was the main crux of the article, and the insight about inertia in big companies was tacked on. But I’m s
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by mypastself 3y ago
Great article, I feel like the quality of Slate has declined significantly in these past few years, so much so that I incorrectly remembered reading this much earlier than 2019. I wonder if the reason Stuxnet isn’t on there is because its i
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by mypastself 3y ago
Did the author go behind his manager’s back to pick up the task, or was it assigned? Because if it’s the former, it’s possible that the issue was not addressed because it wasn’t deemed high-priority compared to other tasks, regardless of th
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by mypastself 3y ago
Did I miss the part where the article demonstrates the headline’s claim? The numbers comparing hiring increases between WFH and WFO companies need more context before we can make this conclusion. Does the paywalled WSJ article they’re linki
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by mypastself 3y ago
At the bottom, it’s an address holding a program that can release funds to another address or a group of addresses (which may be wallets or other smart contracts) based on some predefined conditions. There’s technically no limit to what you
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by mypastself 3y ago
Agreed, especially given that frontrunning and similar techniques are almost inextricable from the technology’s default behavior. However, actors other than law enforcement can also perform chain analysis, and you’d probably prefer to stay
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by mypastself 3y ago
There’s also “Brand X”, which is always worse than whatever is being advertised.
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by mypastself 3y ago
If it were true, and your personality traits were truly defined by positions of constellations, why would that be racist? Or at least any more so than psychological examinations and diagnoses?
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by mypastself 3y ago
They do offer solutions near the end of the article, but they seem counterproductive. E.g. the preprint server that allows alternate languages states that: > The reliance on English language publications to communicate scientific finding
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by mypastself 3y ago
Putting limits on something is quite different from having everyone share in the profits equally. My boss takes enterpreneurial risks that I don’t as a salaried employee, so I don’t expect similar compensation. If I did, both of us would be

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