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by serverholic 4y ago
In what way is automated food production a solved problem? Last I checked we still need plenty of humans to grow food.
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by serverholic 4y ago
I think that’s going to be true of any large-scale engineering problem that pushes boundaries.
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by serverholic 4y ago
My issue with it is that it distracts us from real problems. Obsession with Musk, NASA, and Mars keeps people's imaginations fixated on space instead of stuff that would really improve people's lives. Instead of encouraging people
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by serverholic 4y ago
This sentiment annoys me because this seems more like an inability to express one’s needs and communicate. And it inevitably it gives ammo to those who want to take away remote work for everyone. “See, they don’t actually want to work remot
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by serverholic 4y ago
I don’t think it’s a true problem though, but a symptom of being raised in capitalism.
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by serverholic 4y ago
The fact that you think I have any interest in working with you is amazing. I have negative interest in that. You proved my point again. Everything in your responses is about YOU and YOUR software and what people can do for YOU. If you want
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by serverholic 4y ago
Most people spend the best part of their day pursuing their employers interests instead of their own. It's no wonder people want to relax during their time off! Clothing, cars, and houses become coping mechanisms for dealing with their
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by serverholic 4y ago
Man, you really are fixated on getting people to do things for you.
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by serverholic 4y ago
Dude I don't know you, I don't know what you do. All you did is link a Haskell SQL library. Sorry I don't care about that particular project. You seem to be under the impression that unless people are coerced they'll onl
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by serverholic 4y ago
This response makes no sense. Why would I spend my time on your specific project? And I do contribute to open source, but I prefer to work on stuff that isn’t connected to some company.
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by serverholic 4y ago
You empower people by making sure their basic needs are taken care of so they have the freedom to fully pursue these projects. It’s no wonder projects like GIMP don’t take off because these developers work on it in their spare time. They do
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by serverholic 4y ago
Uh, have you heard of open source software? The world is full of software that people built because it’s interesting and/or useful. Linux for example was created as a hobby project during college. People love to create. Just because YO
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by serverholic 4y ago
Oh yeah the salaryman life sounds fantastic /s
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by serverholic 4y ago
I hope this is sarcasm.
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by serverholic 4y ago
Communities with rules are not necessarily against the ideas of anarchism as long as participation in that community is voluntary. Anarchism != chaos
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by serverholic 4y ago
I think that’s a pretty negative take. There are lots of positive ways that we can reduce dysfunction in humans. For example we know that reducing poverty, increasing access to education, and increasing access to nutritious food increase IQ
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by serverholic 4y ago
That seems like an odd definition of anarchism that leads to confusion. And anarcho-capitalism has nothing to do with anarchism since capitalism is a system of domination. It’s just rebranded laissez-faire capitalism.
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by serverholic 4y ago
Yes, the environment we grow up in plays a huge part in our development. Everything from nutrition during development to culture, values, etc. All shape how we think. I was learning recently about Christopher Columbus and his encounters wit
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by serverholic 4y ago
Do billionaires really create enough value to warrant obscene wealth? Sure they deserve some wealth, but do they really deserve a billion dollars? Are you forgetting the thousands of employees that are enabling them to become obscenely weal
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by serverholic 4y ago
Whenever I see someone talk about The Dawn of Everything I like to link this series of video critiques. https://youtu.be/oJIHWk_M398 The person critiquing generally agrees that humans are cooperative but he takes issue with
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by serverholic 4y ago
Anarchism is an interesting topic, and learning about it has lead me down some interesting paths of learning and thought. At its core, it’s the position of being against hierarchies of power where humans dominate those with less power. In s
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by serverholic 4y ago
I think the woeful Covid response shows how powerful culture is in shaping human behavior. This is simultaneously terrifying and a source of optimism.
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by serverholic 4y ago
A direct message is implied to have a certain level of privacy. By definition they are not public. Mastodon should at least have some way of indicating that the server owners can read their messages.
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by serverholic 4y ago
Yes. Also whoever runs the server can read your DMs. This is also true of big social networks however those companies usually have access controls that prevent employees from accessing private data. Some random mastodon server isn’t going t
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by serverholic 4y ago
I would agree with that. For example some people want to redefine rape to include sex you regret, and violence to include saying naughty things.
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by serverholic 4y ago
We have a tendency in our culture to soften words. Thief has more emotional impact than “porch pirate”.
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by serverholic 4y ago
I went from a full stack typescript project to a rails project and honestly I hate it. The Ruby language is great if you want to jerk off about how concise your code is but programmers end up creating overly abstract, write-only code. There
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by serverholic 4y ago
Imagine if he had a boss breathing down his neck and daily standups lol. I don't think people realize how much our society saps our humanity and kills our creative energies and our desires to build things.
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by serverholic 4y ago
I’m curious about the limitations of using spectrograms and transient-heavy sounds like drums. It seems like you’d need very high resolution spectrograms to get a consistently snappy drum sound.
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by serverholic 4y ago
I’d imagine the people offering those boring jobs would have to make them pretty appealing. Perhaps better pay, better work hours, etc. I don’t think jobs would go away like you seem to imply. When I say taking care of peoples needs I don’t

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