retrocog

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by retrocog 9mo ago
Its crazy how you can see where things are heading and still be surprised when they arrive there.
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by retrocog 9mo ago
Switched to Ubuntu almost a year ago and I am much happier now.
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by retrocog 9mo ago
That's absolutely true, so it would have to be a standard like others that comes with consequences for non-compliance (like filtering non-compliant clients). I don't claim to have the implementation, but I do see a need for one.
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by retrocog 9mo ago
Licensing hasn't caught up yet. It probably wouldn't be the worst idea to have a simple content copyright license protocol or standard that works for LLMs? Something simple and obvious, like sticking a license file that has certai
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by retrocog 10mo ago
Recursively so! lol :)
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by retrocog 10mo ago
The trust equation implicitly assumes honesty. It’s a second-order model: it explains how trust forms among good-faith actors, not how to detect bad ones. Credibility, reliability, and intimacy all collapse without honesty — you can simulat
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by retrocog 10mo ago
In recursive systems, later-emerging stable structures act as constraints that shape the space of earlier and future causal paths, creating the appearance that effects influence causes without violating forward time.
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by retrocog 10mo ago
Fell asleep in America and woke up in Lilliput
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by retrocog 10mo ago
Crytocurrency was the initial use case for blockchain, but blockchain is not limited to cryptocurrency.
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by retrocog 11mo ago
Debasement through inflation steals from workers, pensioners, and savers. On the other hand, its great for big business and big government. The money illusion fools many people into believing they've gained (ie real estate) when in rea
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by retrocog 11mo ago
THIS exactly and oops, I replied too quickly :)
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by retrocog 11mo ago
Exactly. Two bits is a quarter because the US silver dollar was modeled on the Spanish Pillar Dollar, also called pieces of eight. Hence 2/8 (two bits) = 1/4.
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by retrocog 11mo ago
AI breaks old sources of meaning the same way Nietzsche said the death of God broke inherited morality. When external structures collapse (roles, labels, certainty), meaning has to be generated from within. Identity becomes what you return
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by retrocog 11mo ago
Pivot and find a means to re-purpose the core stack towards a use case that solves problems at an acceptable price point for your local market? Iran has lots of problems to solve...
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by retrocog 1y ago
The tool is only as good as the user
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by retrocog 1y ago
100%
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by retrocog 1y ago
Gradually and then suddenly.
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by retrocog 1y ago
My productivity is exploding!
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by retrocog 1y ago
It like dumping all your cash into mainframes right before the PC revolution.
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by retrocog 1y ago
This feels true.
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by retrocog 1y ago
Perhaps we should finally get rid of the Patriot Act now?
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by retrocog 1y ago
I agree. We've got a uniparty with two wings that doesn't allow any serious competition. We fight over things that will soon seem trivial in hindsight.
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by retrocog 1y ago
If our happiness is connected to political party affiliation, we're in big trouble. The actual party doesn't matter. The true hallmark of totalitarianism is when every aspect of civil society is politicized.
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by retrocog 1y ago
"It’s sort of pathetic to reflect that we have so few—maybe no—authentic and unmediated experiences that the thing that now really upsets people is an alteration of a simulation of authenticity." It was worth the read for that par
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by retrocog 1y ago
The best tech doesn't always win because network effects from wide adoption can be profound.
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by retrocog 1y ago
Not a bad win so far, right? One hand washes the other and both wash the face.
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by retrocog 1y ago
Interesting. Do you have any thoughts to share along the same lines about FrankenPHP?
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by retrocog 1y ago
Is embodiment a requirement to hold identity and is identity a pre-requisite for intelligence?
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by retrocog 1y ago
IMHO, you're correct on many counts. What's the Pindar quote again? "War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach"
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by retrocog 1y ago
Once we have a decentralized trust protocol that has been widely adopted, it will hopefully solve most of these problems. As it stands right now, we can validate control, but not actual ownership. As such, ownership has to be proven via KYC

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