pentaphobe

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by pentaphobe 5d ago
I'd rather use software which was made to solve a problem than software that exists to "get" people to use it.
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by pentaphobe 5d ago
Forgive me using your comment as a madlib, but one potential ending: (something as simple as a product name)... is enough to make someone ignore the actual point about software trust and instead argue that good marketing is what's impo
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by pentaphobe 14d ago
Darn shame - seems we clawed back some time during the peak of the pandemic lockdowns (a surprisingly high amount IIRC) But we really do seem to have been intent on doubling down since then
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by pentaphobe 18d ago
I'm not sure we yet have the measure of how much agents/chatbots will alter our cultural norms, communication style, etc.. A lot of very quick "AI is not the problem" responses (and all in their own top threads. writing
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by pentaphobe 1mo ago
This is why we can't have nice things.
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by pentaphobe 1mo ago
that's a bingo! :)
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by pentaphobe 1mo ago
"You see, we like our Nazis in uniform. That way we can spot 'em just like that. But you take off that uniform, ain't no one ever gonna know you were a Nazi. And that don't sit well with us. So, I'm gonna give you a
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by pentaphobe 2mo ago
We're sorry we upset you, Carol
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by pentaphobe 2mo ago
If it gets cheaper then Jevons Paradox [1] would strongly indicate that it won't in any way reduce the negative impacts (and would tend to actually increase them) [^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_parado
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by pentaphobe 2mo ago
It certainly seems that way from this - admittedly tiny - sample
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by pentaphobe 2mo ago
The responses to this post made me really sad. Sure - it was light on the meat, But it's an opinion blog post, not a full article. the author ventures to cite their refs, acknowledges potential bias.. way more than you get with a tonne
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by pentaphobe 3mo ago
Non-paywall link at a more legit news source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/05/myste...
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by pentaphobe 3mo ago
Hope this isnt too spicy a take, but i find it a bit disingenuous to use language that implies invention (and with no mention or citation of previous work), only to switch to dismissive language when someone notes a predecessor who you&#x27
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by pentaphobe 4mo ago
Great TED talk by Roman Mars Even features the same Milwaukee flag if memory serves https://youtube.com/watch?v=pnv5iKB2hl4
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by pentaphobe 5mo ago
Wait, so you're saying there are "WMDs" in the Middle East? Fun and totally not sarcastic fact fact: the opposite of "Deja vu" is "jamais vu"
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by pentaphobe 5mo ago
This seems to work https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ANDL85...
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by pentaphobe 5mo ago
Fair question! I've no idea, but good on you for pondering If it were me I'd rip the band-aid off, but might just be me being grey-beard. Name Collisions are inevitable these days I guess, and equally one could argue that no proje
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by pentaphobe 5mo ago
Sorry to be that chap, but UX is not a synonym for UI I'm not a UX person, but have seen an increasing trend of the two terms being used interchangeably - it's actually a really interesting and nuanced field (more rooted in psycho
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by pentaphobe 5mo ago
Off topic, but whilst we've clearly got to accept name collisions in such a large word - it'd be ideal if there was _a modicum_ of care around not using names on other actively maintained projects https://helix-editor.c
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by pentaphobe 6mo ago
Evidently reading isn't the same as comprehension
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by pentaphobe 6mo ago
`[citation needed]`
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by pentaphobe 6mo ago
And they wrote "... you'd need to pick a side and lose the pun.."
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by pentaphobe 8mo ago
Short answer: no. Long answer [^1]: > Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: > "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." [^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org&#x2F
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by pentaphobe 8mo ago
"Sculpting" as used here just feels like a pretentious euphemism for "vibing" as opposed to what actual sculpting is like (hint: it would be akin to... dramatic pause... writing code ) Brb, just rolled my eyes so hard t
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by pentaphobe 9mo ago
All the GitHub links on your extension page are borked (including issues) From the look of the associated domain it looks like you're going full product, best of luck I'm a huge proponent of graph & visual analysis of complex
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by pentaphobe 9mo ago
No. Just, no to all of this
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by pentaphobe 9mo ago
Not sure the comparison works when it does all the work for you I've had very little success mumbling "you are an expert chemist..." to test tubes and raw materials.
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by pentaphobe 9mo ago
This is a really cool idea, nice work! Is it any more effective than (say) messing with its recognition so that any attempt to deepfake just ends up as garbled nonsense? Can't help wondering if the censor models get tweaked more freque
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by pentaphobe 9mo ago
> we shouldn't ban tools When I see the old BuT FrEe SpEeCH argument repurposed to impinge civil rights I start warming to the idea of banning tools. Alternately "Chemical weapons don't kill people, people with chemical we
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by pentaphobe 9mo ago
Or making knives that turn into overcooked noodles if you try to use them on anything except vegetables and acceptable meats

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