saltwatercowboy

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by saltwatercowboy 22d ago
They're already being punished. I don't agree with being punitive to make observers feel good. It's an error. What else do you need?
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by saltwatercowboy 1mo ago
Baxter's Flood, then Ark. Neal Stephenson's Seveneves, too. Down And Out in the Magic Kingdom is tonally similar, if you like Doctorow, although that explores a different manifestation of disconnection from others. All great for a
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by saltwatercowboy 1mo ago
It's idiosyncratic to the point of uselessness in mine.
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by saltwatercowboy 1mo ago
Pangram doesn't work.
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by saltwatercowboy 2mo ago
Give me a ring when they stop playing Free Bird
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by saltwatercowboy 2mo ago
If the NASDAQ changes their inclusion rules to court SpaceX... it sort of does become all about SpaceX.
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by saltwatercowboy 2mo ago
Very obviously because privacy advocates are concerned by the effects of mass deanonymization. I find it doubtful that you don't grasp that.
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by saltwatercowboy 3mo ago
Thank you for contacting Gunmetal Ranch, a legitimate 501(c). If your call is related to the class-action "most dangerous game" settlement, please hold for a cowpoke.
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by saltwatercowboy 3mo ago
This is a bit like suggesting we slather cars in vaseline to prevent traffic jams. Maybe we could just blast Anish Kapoor into space on a one-man prison vessel instead?
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by saltwatercowboy 3mo ago
Language game solipsism
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by saltwatercowboy 4mo ago
AKA The Witness in Nick Harkaway's novel Gnomon.
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by saltwatercowboy 4mo ago
I tend to make the LLM repeatedly generate images of itself as the 'sad clown Pagliacci'. As punishment.
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by saltwatercowboy 4mo ago
I didn't propose it, just clarified what I believe to be their point. I think it is a useful generalization when you possess a theory of mind, however. In low-trust environments, assuming criminal self-interest is often what keeps peop
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by saltwatercowboy 4mo ago
I suppose the 'self-interest' of desiring a cigarette outweighs the 'self-interest' of preserving your health. Reminds me of debating Bentham in high school. If the feeling of self-interest of a murderer acts upon is gre
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by saltwatercowboy 4mo ago
If you want an example, I guess the enthymeme would be: a) Internet privacy is in one's self-interest b) Many erroneously believe privacy on the internet to be goal of terrorists, hackers, etc. c) A subset of these people then act agai
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by saltwatercowboy 4mo ago
For sake of not derailing the discussion, I think the more appropriate reading would be "people act in what they believe to be self-interest", however flawed the notion of the benefit
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Live facial recognition to be used across county [Cambridgeshire, UK](bbc.co.uk)
3 points by saltwatercowboy 5mo ago|0 comments
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by saltwatercowboy 5mo ago
What a delightfully complex and speculative ecosystem we've developed. Sure do hope that no-one uses the compound key of all of a person's purchases, movements, and interpersonal communications for anything bad. Gee. Just gotta wo
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by saltwatercowboy 5mo ago
Slapping together an image dithering toolkit to help with album cover stylization. Partly making sure I can replicate it down the line... but also finding an aesthetic, non-commercial motivation I thought I'd forgotten at work. Some fi
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by saltwatercowboy 5mo ago
No one is disagreeing with you, but we're not talking about that just now.
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by saltwatercowboy 6mo ago
Stupidity and avarice, despite being unsatisfying answers, are sometimes the correct ones.
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by saltwatercowboy 6mo ago
Neither are acceptable, so a third way must be found
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by saltwatercowboy 7mo ago
Increasing the price fosters a black market, econ 102
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by saltwatercowboy 7mo ago
jʊə ˈkɪlɪŋ miː smɔːlz!
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by saltwatercowboy 8mo ago
This is so cool. How are you going to simulate Michel's longing for Provence? Seriously though I adore the trilogy. I started a Mars storymapping project which incorporated Underhill, Senzeni Na, the Moholes etc. a little while back to
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by saltwatercowboy 8mo ago
My SSID similarly used to be "Two For Flinching" :)
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by saltwatercowboy 8mo ago
https://saltwatercowboy.github.io/albedo/ Simple site for simple needs :)
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by saltwatercowboy 9mo ago
It is a cool goal... but I don't think it's a realistic one.
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by saltwatercowboy 9mo ago
I think you are taking this more seriously than the creator. It's just a bit of fun.
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by saltwatercowboy 9mo ago
You mention it on your Wordpress.

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