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by rsynnott 3mo ago
In this context by proper authors I mean authors published by real publishers, for a start. Generally, most are hostile to LLM writing. Also, like… why do you think people write books or make art? In the vast, vast majority of cases it is n
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
Labelling stuff as “this was made by a magic robot” is not censorship. Don’t be silly.
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
If I buy a bottle of, say, white spirits, there’s a warning on it that it’s poison and dangerously flammable. Because that’s the law. Now, there’s nothing _really_ stopping an unscrupulous manufacturer from making a bottle without those war
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
> Ultimately AI will be involved in all creative processes going forward What on earth makes you think that? Do you honestly think that literally all creatives will just start making lazy crap because… it’s cool? Because I can assure you
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
I would hope so.
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
I mean, I think it’d probably get some raised eyebrows just about anywhere.
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
Is there anyone working for the Trump administration who is even borderline competent? Like, it is getting farcical.
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
> The transport to the stadiums was a shambles. This bit was kind of baffling to me. Like, the US has a bunch of large stadiums. Presumably they sometimes get used for stuff. How is it not a constant disaster? There’s a medium sized (50
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
Okay, got to admit I did _not_ have “Trump breaks the World Cup” on my bingo card.
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
> non-fans would not have any idea that you were going for 2 halves to 4 "quarters" … By non-fans do you mean people who have literally never heard of football, or something? I’m very far from a fan, no interest at all. But, I
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
Finally, a computer can accurately emulate the average ‘founder’!
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
The US is certainly far closer to so called ‘illiberal democracy’ (ie., not a democracy, but maintains some of the aesthetic of democracy) than it used to be. It probably hasn’t entirely tipped over the precipice yet, but it’s extremely nai
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
I think they would have to get a lot _better_ at it for it to be a major concern, honestly. See Vance and Orban; if anything that probably hurt Orban. Like, thus far, American attempts seem _extremely_ crude relative to Russian ones.
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
That is largely only relevant to businesses (where it may indeed be very different). This seems to be a consumer programme.
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
I’d assume that net worth is mostly housing and/or retirement accounts, and thus not really available to pay off credit cards.
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
Eh. I mean, I don’t particularly get it either, but look at what people spend on cars, say. It actually is not a silly amount, in those terms.
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
> What’s the importance of the distinction between HIV+ vs AIDS, from a public health or human perspective? We don’t talk about influenza+ vs “has the flu”, at least as far as I know. Does HIV+ carry less stigma than AIDS? Generally if
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
> Is someone irresponsible enough to pursue causal, unprotected sex with random partners also likely to be responsible enough to visit a doctor proactively and comply with a prep regimen? Er, I mean, a decent portion of gay men in the de
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
I mean a big part of the issue in poor countries is lack of access to PrEP.
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
The ultimate expression of masculinity is being hurled at speed through a windscreen.
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
Seat belts, maybe not. Some of the campaigning against the new 30km/h urban speed limits here _is_ practically framing them as immoral, tho. People get weird about that stuff. Campaigning against _contraception_ feels like pretty much
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
While that’s _kind_ of true, in practice compliance is going to be an issue. People are bad at taking medication, especially on an indefinite basis. As is, a lot of people use ‘event-based PrEP’ (dosing only before and a couple days after p
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
> The company, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. spent roughly $500,000 on the trip, which was designed as a Survivor-style experience Note to self: if looking for a job, check that they do not do “Survivor-style experiences
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
Well, bear in mind that this all seems to be based on his account of the incident.
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
“Exactly” is pushing it, but you’re going to have to be pretty close, because the instruments that you use to short a company (either put options or actual short sales) are _not cheap_.
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
I mean… it seems _fairly_ dead.
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
And not even the faux-respectable far right, fucking Yaxley-Lennon.
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
Are these older systems? The panels are cheap now but they used to be quite expensive, which would’ve changed the economics a bit.
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
Funnily enough, there was a thread a while ago here where people were fixated on the idea that you had to wash solar panels, and thus proponents are underestimating maintenance costs. I had wondered where that idea had come from, as I thoug
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by rsynnott 3mo ago
I mean, look, again, Turkey? South Korea? You’re not really selling it.

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