popalchemist

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by popalchemist 5d ago
Relatively true, but less true every day.
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by popalchemist 7d ago
The word "source" explicitly means the pre-compiled code.
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by popalchemist 7d ago
If the two parts arise independently, then the headline may be a bit clunky but it is technically correct.
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by popalchemist 9d ago
The ALA is the canonical answer as to what is official policy of American libraries. Whether you agree with its politics or not, those policies and the ethos underlying them are not something new. You're clearly a right wing nut (since
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by popalchemist 9d ago
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/diversity/librariesrespond/serv... it was formalized in the 60's but there was a precedent going back AT LEAST to the wild west.
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by popalchemist 9d ago
Perhaps you do not know anyone who works in a library. Go ask one. This has been the ethos for over 100 years in America.
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by popalchemist 10d ago
I don't mean it's a shelter for them in the literal sense. As in a place to sleep. It IS however meant to be a safe harbor - a place they are welcome to simply EXIST. Ask google "is the ethos of libraries to help the homeless
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by popalchemist 10d ago
Does 3.6x faster also = 3.6x cheaper?
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by popalchemist 10d ago
In LA, it's about 50/50. But in case you aren't aware, this is one of the purposes of libraries.
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by popalchemist 12d ago
that is not the love jung is referring to.
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by popalchemist 13d ago
Counterpoint: Love is not power. "Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other." -Jung
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by popalchemist 13d ago
propaganda for one of the scummiest men to ever live
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by popalchemist 15d ago
This is trapped behind a paywall. But I will save you the read: the only sane explanation is that consciousness (in the broad sense, not the particulars of human consciousness) is fundamental. That explains how laws can exist, and why nomat
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by popalchemist 15d ago
I thought it was already explained at a granular level. But here we go again: Pre-ai: You compose a song. It exists in your mind, or on paper, as a series of notes and chords, sometimes with words. This is not yet "a song", it&#x
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by popalchemist 15d ago
You do not have to understand something to accept that someone else does.
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by popalchemist 16d ago
I'm a composer and I can 100% get behind this workflow. I will often compose on one instrument (guitar or keys) and then throw the midi into a DAW and experiment with sounds. This is that.
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by popalchemist 16d ago
Why have a feature that lets you get what you want? are you kidding
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by popalchemist 16d ago
The use case is control. It's essentially a controlnet for the actual music writing. So a musician could compose melody, harmony, and lyrics and generate many performances of the same song until they get one they like. A non-musician c
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by popalchemist 16d ago
Rad! really well done.
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by popalchemist 18d ago
What I said was not a critique of founders, just the devil they make (sometimes necessary) deals with.
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by popalchemist 18d ago
Do not mistake any VC's eagerness to find fresh meat for the grinder for a philanthropic or otherwise virtuous motive. VC exists for one purpose only. Extract value from others.
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by popalchemist 27d ago
The things I mentioned are not personal judgements, they are recognized traits of autism (although they appear on a spectrum and there's variance).
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by popalchemist 28d ago
"A normal tuesday" is my current pet peeve.
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by popalchemist 28d ago
the content is written by a group of autistics and displays characteristic lack of social situational awareness, i.e. it's tone-deaf as to how it will be recieved. It comes off as extremely pretentious, bordering even on megalomaniacal
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by popalchemist 28d ago
the content is written by a group of autistics and displays characteristic lack of social situational awareness, i.e. it's tone-deaf as to how it will be recieved. It comes off as extremely pretentious, bordering even on megalomaniacal
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by popalchemist 28d ago
I am all for opposing Empire, but this is incredibly cringe and self-defeating.
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by popalchemist 29d ago
Your argument boils down to the idea that human life is not worth defending, even when capital actively undermines it by undercutting honest people's honest efforts to work for a living. Thank you for outing yourself as a low-empathy,
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by popalchemist 29d ago
You keep framing it as getting incensed over other people using ai to write code; but that isn't what it's about. A dev union would not attempt that; it would attempt to ensure quality of life for your class of people (and their f
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by popalchemist 1mo ago
Has it occurred to you that it isn't only self-interest but concern for others that drives collective bargaining? It's essentialy a way for the little guys to stand up to the 1% to fight against the unending series of abuses and d
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by popalchemist 1mo ago
It feels like every other sentence out of this man's mouth is a lie, distortion, misrepresentation, or manipulation.

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