selestify

6 ms·

31.
by selestify 2y ago
We should find new ways to fund essential services like journalism and the arts, rather than artificially crimping the possibilities of new technology in order to get a half-assed solution under the current paradigm.
32.
by selestify 2y ago
IMO it’s not wrong to want the next improvement (“…but without making up dangerous nonsense”), but it is disingenuous to pretend as if there hasn’t already been a huge leap in capabilities. It’s like being unimpressed with the Wright brot
33.
by selestify 2y ago
Are there any write ups of the newly evil Google experience I can read about? When did things shift for you in the 2016 - 2023 timeframe?
34.
by selestify 2y ago
This is a great example of goalposts shifting. Even having a model that can engage in coherent conversation and synthesize new information on the fly is revolutionary compared to just a few years ago. Now the bar has moved up to creativity
35.
by selestify 2y ago
If society wanted to, it could most certainly choose to allow for the copying of any bits you are in possession of, while also forcing you to distribute additional bits in certain circumstances.
36.
by selestify 2y ago
Do you have any data to back that up? Wouldn’t something being highly pirated indicate that there’s a lot of interest in a reprint?
37.
by selestify 2y ago
Why is it a fundamental freedom of the author to restrict who gets the freedom to share their enjoyment of the author’s works with others?
38.
by selestify 2y ago
Why the disparity? Especially with Canada - no language barrier and no time zone differences. Why doesn’t the free market equalize Canadian dev wages with American ones?
39.
by selestify 2y ago
So what ended the western part, and why didn’t the same thing end the eastern part?
40.
by selestify 2y ago
Do you remember where you read that comic? Sounds like a fun read
41.
by selestify 2y ago
> Maybe that would be my advice in taking up hobbies: aim to be better than the worst people who do it professionally. I guess this is my gripe with advice in general: Why should anyone else make that their aim? It’s great that it works
42.
by selestify 2y ago
This data appears to disagree, with revenue peaking in 2000: https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/ Do you have a source for your numbers?
43.
by selestify 3y ago
Do you have any sources I can use to dispel this myth the next time I see it?
44.
by selestify 3y ago
Do you have a link I can read? I’m having trouble finding mentions of this
45.
by selestify 3y ago
How many months is to be expected by industry standards?
46.
by selestify 3y ago
What evidence do we have that a hard takeoff is likely?
47.
by selestify 3y ago
Huh. I like the slightly toasted bun and the generous amount of veggies they put in the Inn n Out burger. I’m not aware of a similar looking or tasting burger on the McDonald’s menu.
48.
by selestify 3y ago
Sorry, but do you have a time stamp for when they discuss selling entire dark net websites to each other?
49.
by selestify 3y ago
> It feels like cooking now requires commercial quality equipment only available to the Michelin star restaurants. Why does AI make you feel this way? It feels the opposite to me — like meals that formerly required a master chef to make,
50.
by selestify 3y ago
The Hamas military is embedded in the civilian population, as everyone knows. IDF has sustained minimal losses after getting their act together after Oct 7th, but if your definition of war precludes one sided casualties, then I guess operat
51.
by selestify 3y ago
> The statements suggest that they are pursuing revenge on the whole Gaza strip, and aiming to inflict as many casualties as they can get away with without losing the protection of USA in the UN security council. While I’m skeptical that
52.
by selestify 3y ago
Wow, hello hyperbole and loaded terms. If we can’t even agree on basic facts like the very existence of a war, then there’s simply no point in discussion.
53.
by selestify 3y ago
Palestinian lives don’t morally matter in the context of military strikes on Hamas assets. Same as how Israeli lives don’t morally matter in the context of assaults on IDF military assets. The IDF soldiers who were caught off guard and di
54.
by selestify 3y ago
> But in scenario 1, one is bombing unarmed civilians residing inside their homes. The only reason they do not literally have their hands up is that they do not even see the strike coming before they and their families are killed; and t
55.
by selestify 3y ago
By that logic, the US is an authoritarian country. There’s a meaningful distinction to be made between whether your own citizens have a direct say in their governance or not, regardless of how foreigners in foreign countries may be oppresse
56.
by selestify 3y ago
> They are entitled to live safely, not to kill thousands of innocents because it suits them. Them living safely means winning the war by destroying Hamas’ logistics, assets, and ability to launch attacks. Them destroying Hamas means air
57.
by selestify 3y ago
Where did he say anything about 10k versus a million?
58.
by selestify 3y ago
Considering that those very hospitals were used as military bases and that Hamas is hiding among the population, the numbers alone don’t say anything about how hard Israel is trying or not trying to kill civilians. Besides, even if that wer
59.
by selestify 3y ago
Obviously the person that hides behind the innocent. Are you supposed to not shoot at someone who’s shooting at you? No competent army on earth would make that choice.
60.
by selestify 3y ago
Sure, I would prefer that too. But when that falls through, do you still insist on avoiding war at all costs to you and your own?

More ›