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by specproc 4mo ago
I operate in a bit of a niche, in terms of my clients. They're all typically people I've worked for full time in the past, or closely related. There are some fundamentals of that business I worry about, but I'm able to do thi
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by specproc 4mo ago
I'm a consultant, and had my first conversation about an AI clean-up job this week. I'm also just starting another gig analysing LLM output, my sell is that the analysis is hand-coded, as they weren't able to do it themselves
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by specproc 4mo ago
I love my Surface laptop. I use arch, BTW.
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by specproc 4mo ago
I'm saying I don't need to give sleazy American companies money in order to enjoy great music, and that I put money back into my local economy when I go out for a gig.
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by specproc 4mo ago
The older I get, the less interested I am in seeing big bands. I'm lucky to live in an area with a great local music scene, plenty of independent venues. I can't think of a single band I'd pay these extortionate prices for, I
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by specproc 4mo ago
Yeah, flash is crazy fast, but I've found performance variable.
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by specproc 4mo ago
At no point in this thread have I claimed there are no other countries with imperialist characteristics, I'm just highlighting the fact that the US is very much an empire, an empire which runs my country and many more besides, and is v
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by specproc 4mo ago
I stopped travelling the world to build up a library.
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by specproc 4mo ago
*streak
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by specproc 4mo ago
The USA is terrifying from a non-US perspective now, and it's never been great. We're furious at the states and sick of being dependent on its enshittified technology. Anti-AI sentiment absolutely and correctly has a "USA bad
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by specproc 4mo ago
> I don't think it's fair to compare US foreign policy to actual imperialism as practiced by the Soviets, the British, etc. All empires function differently. The modes of empire were very different between the British and other
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by specproc 4mo ago
Firefox relay also good for this sort of thing.
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I loathe both Russian and American governments, what's a boy to do?
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by specproc 4mo ago
What's wrong with Yandex? I think every possible criticism of Yandex I can think of could just as easily be leveled at Google or Bing.
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by specproc 4mo ago
It depends where you're sat and when. It's almost certainly a fringe perspective in the US, because I don't believe American's really think about it that much. Whether troop presence is viewed as occupation or not in eac
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by specproc 4mo ago
One does not need to dictate every item of policy to control a country, one just needs to ensure that there's alignment on strategic issues. I think this was America's key point of learning when it took over the reins of the Europ
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by specproc 4mo ago
I think something Brits don't fully understand is the extent of our vassalage under the US. We do, as you rightly note have quite the history of a policy of imperialist land grabs, now we just play a support function to somebody else&#
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by specproc 4mo ago
I'm a bibliophile. My current library stands at over 600 books, I'd wager I've purchased around a thousand in my lifetime. Please shed any assumption that this is the only way I read. I am one of the book industry's bett
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by specproc 4mo ago
Also not the poster you're replying to, but I get email with ProtonVPN, which I've linked to my domain. I'm not without my questions about them as a company, but Google are getting beyond a joke. Full migration away is coming
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by specproc 4mo ago
People trying to justify anti-piracy was embarrassing in 1997. It's petty and sanctimonious now. Not everyone lives in rich Western countries with cushy Silicon Valley pay grades; lots of folks are young, studying; they may be temporar
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by specproc 4mo ago
You know what feature I'd love for WhatsApp? Out-of-office. "Hi there, I am no longer using WhatsApp. To contact me, please..."
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by specproc 4mo ago
That's not a particularly constructive response, now is it? What do you mean, "you people"? I reiterate, the closure of one's territorial waters is a perfectly valid response to an unprovoked assault. The world paying a
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by specproc 4mo ago
Trump and Bibi did this, Iran's response is perfectly legitimate and proportionate.
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by specproc 4mo ago
I loved my Steam Deck, lovely bit of kit bought on a whim, but ended up selling it as I just don't game on the go. I definitely wouldn't have done an impulse purchase at that price point. Not loving the price of hardware right now
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by specproc 4mo ago
I'm sorry, what the feck does "value creation" mean here? I live in a place where people are so, insanely squeezed from every angle. Wages are stagnant, prices rocketing. Where is the money to pay for this value going to come
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by specproc 4mo ago
Yeah, same. Switched my default to Duck about a year back although I've still got Google on mobile (something I only just clocked as I type). Google search had degraded so badly pre-AI, I was already finding it equivalent for most thin
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by specproc 4mo ago
The article, if you'd read it, was about receiving the same response to a technical question from multiple sources, whilst seeking human assistance with a problem AI hadn't been able to solve.
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by specproc 4mo ago
I'm the UK at least, it's also common for the renter to pay council tax, which is analogous to property taxes in other countries. I imagine this is also likely passed through in the cost of rent in other places. That said, it&#x27
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by specproc 4mo ago
Hard disagree. In the prediction market case, we're seeing many categories of people being incentivised to act on markets: soldiers, diplomats, staffers, journalists, businesses, sports and esports teams, as a quick, non-exhaustive lis
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by specproc 4mo ago
The best investment I've made in my mental health and productivity was a dog. Don't know where I'd be without my executive assistant.

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