thomastjeffery

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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
Copy and cut are just redundant steps anyway. In Linux (generally), you can simply middle click to copy the current selection. Maybe we could add shift+middle click (or something) to do a move instead of copy. The deeper underlying problem
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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
Maybe not to your self, but it has a significant effect on the actual interactions you have.
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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
Yes, but the context itself is still omnipotent to everyone who participates with it. It's not a bar if it's everywhere. Wearing a mask to the everybar is a way to compensate for the fact you can't leave. You must fragment yo
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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
Unfortunately that isn't a solution. When you keep separate identities, the only thing that can exist across platforms is your own participation. Everything you say and do is isolated to whichever identity and platform you are using in
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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
It's a shame the title doesn't just include the word: "uni-context". It's a really useful and interesting perspective. The other relevant word is "objectivity". There so many systems in our society whose c
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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
So we're just going to let tech monopolists make accessibility impossible, are we? Fuck that!
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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
That's even worse
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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
I'm actually a fan. It's an excellent exploration of sarcasm: what you literally say in a sarcastic tone might have a metaphorical meaning, or it might be a twice application of sarcasm that loops back to literal meaning, like in
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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
I second guessed my usage, but decided it was a good way to communicate my lack of experience and confidence in the specifics.
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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
A random factoid that will always stick in my brain is that the damage a vehicle does to a road is proportional to the weight on an axel...to the fourth power. I suspect rerouting semis to the roadway is by far the greatest factor.
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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
There is more here then pedantry, but if you aren't interested in it, then go right ahead and live your life.
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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
I think it's a good distinction to make between having and being, which seems to be what the whole "stochastic parrots" bit was intended to make all along. It doesn't make sense to say a model is in possession of its sel
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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
But the stochastic parrot (LLM) is the world model, isn't it? What's the difference?
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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
How can you articulate a criticism without a repetition of your criticism becoming "inherently pejorative"? You can't. That's just the way the news goes. Essentially, what you are saying is that because some people somew
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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
How about accountability? How could that possibly be too much to ask?
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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
They can't afford to buy every other successful studio, which means that their anticompetitive moat has to be competitive. Otherwise, they could have made the whole thing profitable the usual Microsoft (monopolist) way.
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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
...more like > We can't afford it, and it's a bad investment anyway
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by thomastjeffery 3mo ago
It's because people are too obsessed with providing complete instructions to incorporate any package manager into their instructions. What we are really missing is an explicit progression from new software to maintained packages across
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by thomastjeffery 4mo ago
And none of them are in my living room, nor do they belong there. The government does not get to put child locks on my liquor cabinet, or even keep me from leaving booze out on the counter. They get to restrict businesses from selling t
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by thomastjeffery 4mo ago
> I'd say it's not really so much a theory as a definition of the word "value" And that's my point. It's a tautology that demands our participation, while at the same time literally devaluing participation i
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by thomastjeffery 4mo ago
They say "arguing", but really this is about bickering. Arguments are constructive. Bickering is just engagement. I argue with people so I can construct my worldview, and maybe sometimes even construct the world around me. And, be
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by thomastjeffery 4mo ago
Maybe that is the case. I'm definitely not an expert, just sharing my understanding of the situation.
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by thomastjeffery 4mo ago
I was glossing over that detail, yes. You can pay the municipality for filtered water, or dig a well. If you dig a well, you probably own the lot, and also own associated water rights. Otherwise, you are paying for water processing and mu
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by thomastjeffery 4mo ago
That, and it defines children as perpetrators instead of victims. What right could a citizen ever claim in a world where even children are guilty? There is a huge difference between protecting children and prosecuting/punishing child
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by thomastjeffery 4mo ago
An identity doesn't need to be more than a public gpg key. Anything else is just what they (or anyone, really) say about themselves relative to a given subject.
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by thomastjeffery 4mo ago
Fun! People in a town square still have identities. They are just likely to not know each other. I think this is a significant part of a great idea. What it, and most/all other communication software is missing, is the ability to conti
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by thomastjeffery 4mo ago
If I would have spent ten years writing the Great American Novel, but spent all my time working elsewhere so I could afford to live, then yes. Why in the hell would anyone spend ten years writing "All work and no play makes Jack a dull
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by thomastjeffery 4mo ago
Because you don't pay for the water, you buy the rights. Water is treated like an infinite source with a limited flow rate, and the source itself is sold as property. The solution is not to price water as a commodity, either. If we pri
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by thomastjeffery 4mo ago
Most people I know (in Utah) are predominantly concerned with the pollution and water use. Water is the most ubiquitous concern across politics in Utah. No matter what political ideology you adhere to, water rights and water conservation ar
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by thomastjeffery 4mo ago
You feel entitled to recompense from the publisher , because they are profiting from your labor. The problem I brought up is still there, just in the hands of the publisher, and not the writer. Now the publisher gets to profit from work th

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