prometheus76

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   by prometheus76 4y ago

   A frequent refrain from parents of kids diagnosed with ADHD: "My kid doesn't have problems with attention! He can play a video game for 10 hours straight! I have to tell him to go to the bathroom!" It's actually misnamed
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   by prometheus76 4y ago

   Because most of them don't know the difference between web dev and software engineering. Hence the joke of claiming that a 10-second startup time for what is essentially a web app is touted as advertising-worthy.
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   by prometheus76 4y ago

   I'll add another absurdity to your list: why doesn't Teams use the Office dictionary (which has customizable functionality) instead of making an undocumented hard-coded call to the Google Chrome repository and using their dictiona
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   by prometheus76 4y ago

   It's never too late to re-approach it as an adult.
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   by prometheus76 4y ago

   I'm sorry to hear you are suffering. I have struggled with many of the things you mentioned. This will be an unpopular response on this board, but I want to share it anyway, because it's the only thing that has helped heal me and
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   by prometheus76 4y ago

   I have been around monks and spent extended stretches of time at Orthodox Christian monasteries, and I'd like to clarify a couple of things: monks can and do get distracted and they can, indeed, just leave their cell and go outside if
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   by prometheus76 4y ago

   Ah, recursive whoosh. Too beautiful.
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   by prometheus76 4y ago

   Why do you not get a joke?
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   by prometheus76 4y ago

   yt-dl and a batch file that I run with Task Scheduler every day has brought me some relief with regard to ephemeral content on youtube. I also grab the subtitles and throw them into a database so that I can find a video by something I remem
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    One time I decided that I wanted to edit the dictionary used by Teams because I was tired of getting a spelling underline when I use contractions. Apparently, the dictionary didn't include contractions. Anyway, many rabbit holes later,
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    On the site linked above, over on the right-hand side of the page there's a "download" button that still works.
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    I also have C-PTSD, and I have tried many ways of healing that trauma, including Tai Chi, Qi Gong, sazen meditaiton, and other forms of meditation, therapy, CBT, basically, anything I can find. I am in my mid-forties, so I've been seek
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    Sleep. Lots of hard exercise. External reminder systems (calendar, alarms, reminders, etc.)
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    I agree with you. I call Data Scientists "soothsayers for the Pharoah".
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    I never proposed an alternative. I was simply pointing out the problems with pure democracy. The critique comes from Plato. But since you asked, I'm a monarchist.
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    Conflating a chaotic system (which is, by definition, unpredictable) with the regularity of a calendar seems a bit disingenuous.
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    > Sure, but why do we have to conflate "disagreement" with "undesirability"? Because most people find being challenged very tiresome and uncomfortable. People who are high in openness actually enjoy being challenged,
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    I agree with you. I'm just saying that is how it is used by tyrannical people. It's a misdirection and a way for them to justify themselves. They can deny responsibility when things go bad because they were "trusting the expe
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    Your first sentence will be the same sentence used to justify the AI models that will be used by the government to impose other tyrannical laws in other areas of your life besides climate change. And they will wash their hands of responsibi
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    I replied once, but I'll share another example that's happening right now. Climate change models are being deferred to as some kind of reliable expert about the future, and all kinds of tyrannical laws and controls are being put i
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    It happened throughout the history of the Soviet Union. It was the whole premise of central planning. Now, they think they can "do it better" because they'll use AI instead of "expert people" but it will have the sa
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    And my point is, for those working on this system, it appears to be very difficult for them to see the difference between "trying to search for truth" and "a rule written by a system that just parrots t he most pleasing thing
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    It's great, as long as you are in the majority. But if you're in the 49% (or less) category, then it is tyrannical and untenable. I don't know if you have a family, but if you do, do you put all of your decisions as a parent
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    Democracy is the tyranny of the majority, which sounds great until something you hold dear becomes a minority opinion and you become a criminal.
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    Your last sentence is impossible. Even in choosing which "facts" to regurgitate and which to withhold, the AI will introduce bias, and there are infinite facts.
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    Because people who are in power use the AI to justify their continuing tyranny by trying to imply that "well, the AI agrees with me and it is a billion times more intelligent than you and I are, so shut up". It's just used as
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    I think the whole point of this is that the first part of your "vs" statement and your second part can have huge overlap if you happen to agree with the worldview that is informing the responses of the AI. It looks fair to you if
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    Everyone marginalizes people they find undesirable. When was the last time you thought "where is a group of people I can't stand to be around? I want to go hang out with them right now."
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    We have a 4-day workweek, but still do 40 hours. We work 4 10-hour days. I love it.
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    by prometheus76 4y ago

    Chess is a perfect information game. Both opponents can see the entire board at all times. Reality, nor even driving, is not anywhere close to that. Weather, time of day, climate, seasonality, and other drivers throw constant and voluminous