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by speak_plainly 8mo ago
Karl Popper's warnings are more relevant now than ever as we continuously trade one version of a top-down, engineered Kallipolis for another. Plato failed to institute his own utopian blueprint, and it should have died in Syracuse. Ins
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by speak_plainly 8mo ago
It sounds like they stupidly did exactly what was stupidly expected.
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by speak_plainly 8mo ago
I use YouTube’s AI to screen podcasts, but I’ve noticed it has been glazing over large sections involving politically sensitive or outlandish topics. Although the AI could verify these details when pressed, its initial failure to include th
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by speak_plainly 8mo ago
In Republic I, Socrates distinguishes the art of medicine from the art of wage-earning. One is about the work; the other is about getting paid. Historically, the craft was the primary goal, and the money was an extrinsic side effect. Today,
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by speak_plainly 8mo ago
Is this an actual bug or is this just a corrupt database or corrupt setting? What steps were taken to try to alleviate the issue, basics like resetting the keyboard dictionary? DFU restore of the phone? If you're not willing to trouble
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by speak_plainly 8mo ago
Terrorizing Apple with a countdown threat is probably not going to accomplish much. You could try installing Gboard ( https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/gboard-the-google-keyboard/id1... ), or SwiftKey ( https:&#x2F
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by speak_plainly 8mo ago
I have to remind myself to stay within the two to three cups a day recommendation. There was a study in 2021 that found that drinking more than six cups of coffee a day was associated with a 53% increased risk of dementia and smaller total
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by speak_plainly 8mo ago
Apple News and News+ represent everything wrong with modern Apple: a ham-fisted approach to simplicity that ignores the end user. It is their most mediocre service, jarringly jamming cheap clickbait next to serious journalism in a layout th
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by speak_plainly 8mo ago
Someone at some point styled themselves as a new E.E. Cummings, and somehow this became a style. The article features inconsistent capitalization for proper names alongside capitalized initialisms, proving there is some recognition of the u
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by speak_plainly 8mo ago
Nobody pays for software. They pay for an SLA and a throat to choke when things go sideways.
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by speak_plainly 8mo ago
I think maybe one thing you have to consider is that sensors still require maintenance. Software can measure the length of time the sensor requires to reach equilibrium and send a maintenance required alert and someone cleans it (like if th
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by speak_plainly 8mo ago
A dirty window only ruins the reading if you are measuring the speed of the oxygen passing through it. The three electrode design stopped measuring speed and started measuring balance. Unless the gunk is a total airtight seal (which is rare
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by speak_plainly 8mo ago
To use an analogy with some metaphors: The sensor is like a sealed room with a screen window that only lets in oxygen. To get a reading, every molecule that enters is smashed to create a tiny spark of electricity. However, because the oxyge
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by speak_plainly 9mo ago
If Socratic philosophy is the greatest threat to state power, Stoicism is the framework for mass compliance. It's a psychological strategy for emotional management that replaces the traditional goals of inquiry. This system encourages
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by speak_plainly 9mo ago
This seems like an Apple AI subscription under the guise of a software bundle. It’s a good value for some, especially if you want to use FCP, but seems like a bad value for most users who are expecting more value from their Mac purchase. I
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by speak_plainly 9mo ago
That was quick: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/12/elon-musk-reacts-to-gem...
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by speak_plainly 9mo ago
The Historical Popularity Index (HPI) and Wikipedia pageviews are incommensurable data points. HPI measures the global archival presence of a figure, while pageviews measure current search frequency. These quantify different variables that
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by speak_plainly 9mo ago
I was at Apple during the Jobs era and you could really see the Zen influence in how he ran things and his approach. I was slightly interested in Buddhism at the time but the Apple experience pushed me to dig a bit deeper. After I quit, I w
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by speak_plainly 11mo ago
All of Microsoft’s products seem like they are all trying to be everything for everyone. Instead, people want more focus. The entire experience of Windows is a mess. How many terminals does an OS need? Or settings and control panels? Or all
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by speak_plainly 11mo ago
This new model is way too sensitive to the point of being insulting. The ‘guard rails’ on this thing are off the rails. I gave it a thought experiment test and it deemed a single point to be empirically false and just unacceptable. And it
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by speak_plainly 11mo ago
An ideal listen for anyone looking to sharpen their critical thinking. The reasoning moves are subtle, and it’s easy to miss the small leaps and omissions that reveal how persuasive but unsound arguments work. If you want to test your logic
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by speak_plainly 11mo ago
Nintendo of America, like any U.S. company, must actively protect its trademarks or risk weakening or losing them. While the company generally seems tolerant of fan use of its copyrighted material, it’s entirely reasonable that Nintendo wou
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by speak_plainly 11mo ago
I get the reaction, but it’s worth remembering that Japanese copyright and trademark law strongly protect creative works and registered marks. Japan doesn’t have a broad “fair use” exemption like in the U.S., only narrow, specific exception
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by speak_plainly 11mo ago
They should open source their methodologies, maybe someone else can carry on their work.
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by speak_plainly 11mo ago
You're anticipating the modern AI angle and that's a good move. In Searle's Chinese Room, we're asked to imagine a system that appears intelligent but lacks intentionality, the capacity of mental states to be about or di
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by speak_plainly 11mo ago
I think you might be missing out on what the Chinese Room thought experiment is about. The argument isn’t about whether machines can think, but about whether computation alone can generate understanding. It shows that syntax (in this case,
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by speak_plainly 1y ago
I opened ChatGPT on my Mac this morning and there was an update. I updated ChatGPT and a little window popped up asking me to download Atlas. I declined as I already have it downloaded. There was another window, similar to the update availa
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by speak_plainly 1y ago
It is an over simplification but Rousseau does paint this picture of humanity's natural goodness corrupted by society, or what the author calls circumstance. This idea is a cornerstone of the Discourse on Inequality and Émile. Discours
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by speak_plainly 1y ago
There was a time when the algorithm was truly amazing and the recommendations were smart, spot-on, and mostly high quality. I don't know what happened but you have to search now for decent content. The recommendations part of YouTube j
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by speak_plainly 1y ago
Don't let AI tell you how to vote. Vote a priori. Sentiment deceives, data misleads, and experience is fallible. The rational candidate reveals himself only to those aligned with reason and the Good.

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