smcg

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by smcg 5d ago
I'm not sure that most people have a concept for what positive online engagement is.
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by smcg 9d ago
those can be cultivated.
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by smcg 12d ago
Wow, they eliminated crime! Amazing!
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by smcg 12d ago
I can't watch videos right now... is there an article about this?
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by smcg 12d ago
if they weren't, shouldn't there be lawsuits?
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by smcg 12d ago
The executive class is overwhelmingly Gen-X and that class is very pro-AI.
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by smcg 18d ago
Sounds like these cops went on a power trip. They weren't listening to anyone or acting with logic or reason - they just wanted to arrest and prosecute someone.
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by smcg 18d ago
they work really well on people who don't think.
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by smcg 18d ago
you massively collapsed what AI companies have been doing by comparing it to old internet-scraping. Facebook flat-out admitted that they scanned copyrighted books for their AI. The image generators most definitely trained on copyrighted ima
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by smcg 24d ago
Not every place has space for landfills... which is why we often ship trash over to low-income countries.
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by smcg 25d ago
If you want to get rid of patents and copyright then entire industries would have to roll over and die (the music industry, publishing, Disney, etc). Also, people only invest in things if there is an expectation of profit. Your model for ra
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by smcg 1mo ago
doesn't sound very universal to me
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by smcg 1mo ago
Well, I was a child in 1996, so probably not. Tying relevancy to link frequency was definitely a novel idea at the time, even if it seems "obvious" or simple in retrospect.
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by smcg 1mo ago
Hmm, maybe we should tax these corporations and use the money for free education. Crazy idea but it might work.
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by smcg 1mo ago
hmm, I wonder what happens if we reach mass unemployment and homelessness...
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by smcg 1mo ago
Civil engineering will keep shrinking unless pay goes up. I know a very good civil engineer with 10+ years of experience who switched to software development and doubled his salary.
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by smcg 1mo ago
you're the one using the line "burning down institutions". they are not burning down, but they are on fire, and we are already feeling very significant effects from this. The Trump admin is illegally witholding allocated fund
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by smcg 1mo ago
they don't care who lives or dies. they probably think it only affects "bad" people.
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by smcg 1mo ago
That didn't stop... a lot of people.
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by smcg 1mo ago
Scientific funding is in crisis.
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by smcg 1mo ago
what hardware can a broke teenager get access to in a couple weeks? is this really better than learning how to program?
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by smcg 1mo ago
India has/had a caste-based system. For many people they could not act outside of their caste.
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by smcg 1mo ago
Unless those with power and money decide to stamp them out. I think this article is naively optimistic.
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by smcg 1mo ago
sounds like a great way to not establish social skills
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by smcg 1mo ago
Neurotypical extroverts don't need this advice, they already do it. These are things to work towards if you are introverted and/or neurodivergent. They are not "should be" things that you should be doing immediately; the
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by smcg 1mo ago
What good is it if the only result is more corporate profit? If wages and standard of living aren't raised by this "Golden Age" then it is only Gilded.
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by smcg 1mo ago
This seems like it should be obvious that it should happen. The human body was not designed for ultra-marathons. At a certain point the body shuts down out of self-preservation, because the mind is exhausting it too much.
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by smcg 2mo ago
That's because this article is PR fluff for Sean Duffy to make it seem like they are on top of the air traffic controller problem.
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by smcg 2mo ago
Children of millennials are not college age yet, for the most part. What are you basing this on?
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by smcg 2mo ago
I'm not sure that you understand how competitive, say, youth sports are. It's not seen as purely recreation, it is seen as a necessary pillar of advancement. Parents don't spend all this time and money sending their kids on t

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