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by robswc 3y ago
I almost think its too late at this point, unless they have one hell of an arc. I don't see them being "open" until MS is totally out of the picture. I honestly don't even hate OpenAI in its current state... but sittin
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by robswc 3y ago
>If someone accused me like that, I would go after them in court immediately, sibling or not. That's a perfectly fair response. I don't know how I would handle it but IMO the problem is with accusations like that, the court of
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by robswc 3y ago
Hasn't that been around for awhile? In any case, I don't think not responding is an admission of guilt. Assume he was totally innocent. What good does him responding to it do? Would make hundreds of thousands of people aware of
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by robswc 3y ago
lol yea. The idea that someone would be convinced after running an LLM on their laptop and not after seeing ChatGPT expertly respond at 400 WPM in 0.2 seconds, is funny.
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by robswc 3y ago
ah, very cool!
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by robswc 3y ago
Same, not sure I understand lol It looks _very cool_ but not sure what I'm actually looking at. Looks like a VR thing but the user isn't using a HMD...
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by robswc 3y ago
Heartbreaking, honestly. Tbh, hate macs and macOS but I like iPhone (just because I only use a phone to call, text and youtube, and it just works (tm)) but I've been a fan of Woz for as long as I knew about him... and he hasn't ch
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by robswc 3y ago
>any semblance You're asking a psychologist to do an analysis on someone based on their affinity for the letter X. If someone asked if any psychologists have analyzed you because of your comment implying liking the letter X is narci
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by robswc 3y ago
What is the difference, in this context?
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by robswc 3y ago
>That's like very measured, mealy-mouthed millennial speak that's mildly approving Ok, well, we've gone from; "you're confused, that's not the actual messaging" to "they're only mildly approvi
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by robswc 3y ago
>Where's the guillotine tweet? https://files.illinoispolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/... >And this is a public sector union, they are not straight up advocating for revolutionary class w
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by robswc 3y ago
Is this not an official account, controlled by CTULocal1? https://twitter.com/CTULocal1 The union's website links to the account: https://www.ctulocal1.org/ (down at the bottom) >with actual union a
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by robswc 3y ago
>professionals No credible professional is going to diagnose someone over the internet based off of twitter comments.
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by robswc 3y ago
>Then changing workplaces is equivalent to moving. For sure. And that's what you can do if you don't want to work for a company but have desired skills. >Ideally, your union is supposed to fight against your boss for you. F
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by robswc 3y ago
>I guess that's one way to do it. I guess I optimistically believe we can do better than "Move to a dictator you like," either for town government or for employment. In theory this is great. In practice, I realized there&
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by robswc 3y ago
That's fair. My problem comes down to "choose between X and Y" when you may have option Z without a union middleman.
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by robswc 3y ago
>My wife works in a heavily unionized industry Which industry? >You're free to negotiate directly better terms if you can, you just can't do worse Do you have sources for this? I'm not doubting you, its just I admit I&
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by robswc 3y ago
>I mean looking into his mental state is certainly not ridiculous I think trying to diagnose people with anything over the internet is a dangerous precedence. I think people are free to speculate, I just don't think it is at all pro
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by robswc 3y ago
FWIW, "Twitter" is 1000x better than "X" but... >I wonder if any psychologist or mental health professional has done an analysis of Musk's `X` obsession Only if said psychologist wants to look ridiculous. >I w
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by robswc 3y ago
I solved that problem by moving. >You participate in the process to get things changed Will a union compensate you participating? Having to fight against both your boss _and_ union sounds like a nightmare.
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by robswc 3y ago
>What does that have to do with the unions? If there is just one "software engineer" union, if you work in software, you have to be part of that union. >So a programmers union would ensure that you have the same rights regar
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by robswc 3y ago
>There needs to be a "software engineers union" or "Programmers Union" I honestly hate the idea of that. If you don't like Meta or Google, you don't have to work there. I know lots of people that don'
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by robswc 3y ago
>to fight both their employer and the union Exactly my issue with Unions. Now you basically have two bosses. Unions are supposed to be on your side... and they are... until you don't agree with them. Reminds me of my time in coll
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by robswc 3y ago
Yea. Used to work in a warehouse and it was almost a competition to see who could do the least amount of work without getting fired. My manager was partaking in said competition and it lead to me losing my job because she was rarely aroun
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by robswc 3y ago
Time is money. Look at how much time WFH has saved people, no that they don't have to commute. If anything, I would say the ability to summon an AV and have it arrive in ~5 minutes would be more beneficial when you're _not_ on v
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by robswc 3y ago
Taxis are not quick or efficient enough to make the cost worth it to many people. >door-to-door Doesn't have to be door to door. I use Uber all the time when on vacation to get to places of interest and then back to the hotel. Tryi
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by robswc 3y ago
It makes stuff like GDPR ironic too.
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by robswc 3y ago
Nobody will want to take public transit if the option of quick and efficient private transport becomes a reality. You can be taken exactly where you need to go in much more comfortable conditions with much less risk of running into anti-soc
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by robswc 3y ago
Assaulted and robbed are the least of my worries. Its a small chance but its there. What I hate about public transit is the public part. I've witnessed tons of anti-social behavior over the years taking the DC metro and honestly, hav
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by robswc 3y ago
Honestly, really good idea for work machines. I need to go to YT sometimes but I'd be lying if I said those feeds don't get me to click.

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