I came to a similar realisation as you and came up with 3 questions I ask when looking at any news article: - Does this affect me in any way? - Was this my fault? - Can I do anything to change this? I can't see why I…
I think the funny (and somewhat scary) thing about ad-supported platforms is that both the creators of the platform and the customers implicitly agree that the content just isn't that valuable. They know that if they…
> In your scenario, I spend learning 50 different technologies that I will never use because they are not hired for I'm actually saying the opposite of this. To learn react you also need to know html, css and…
>The agent can influence you anywhere you interact with a computer or via anyone you know who interacts with a computer. So everywhere with anyone. You could say the same thing about social media algorithms though, or…
We are talking about a humans vs AI scenario. There are probably thousands of humans in the world right now that could do exactly that right now if they wanted to (datacenter and OpenAI employees, power grid workers).
This is actually the most plausible situation I've seen someone present so far - the AI takeover would be caused entirely by humans falling for AI hype, that's hilarious. I don't think the average human would be stupid…
For millennia evil people and dictators have been using manipulation, propaganda, threats of violence to get entire populations to try and do "things that they wouldn't do otherwise" and humanity has not been…
I think a lot of programmers in the industry just follow trends, they don't really understand the benefits and drawbacks of the technology they are using. I have coworkers who host personal projects for their own use…
I think music is a good "test" for logically thinking people because it requires you to put away your logical brain and just accept that music sounds good because "it just does" and music theory is the way it is because…
Searching for a niche topic on an internet without advertising: 10 results of pages run by hobbyists, who care so much about their topic of interest that they are willing to pay out of their own pocket to make…
70 million people in America are obese. Eating food doesn't make you obese, it's over indulgence of food and using food as a coping mechanism.
The term "unconscious bias" is based on the (false) assumption that every group of human is exactly identical. It is 100% a political term that is shoved at people to make them feel like a bad person for noticing…
I think one of the most egregious examples of this is Snapchat Inc's official mission statement being: We contribute to human progress by empowering people to live in the moment From my own observations of how snapchat…
"open source" and "free software" are two words for the exact same thing. Both of them are pretty poor descriptors. "open source" doesn't convey the legal freedom you are granted (as you have just found out), and "free…
Disc brakes were available in 1975, wide tires before that. Dropper posts I consider to be a gimmick. 1x drivetrains do have some drawbacks, but I consider them overall to be a good improvement to the simplicity of a…
IMO the bicycle was perfected 20+ years ago There is nothing left to be improved, only gimmicks with aggressive marketing Just be happy with the bike you have, and ride
I don't think there's any market. The only people who buy macs are people that have no intention of playing videogames on that system. I personally transitioned from Windows -> Linux -> MacOS, and each switch correlated…
The vendors are the GPU manufacturers. And both AMD and Nvidia offer full support for OpenGL and Vulkan. There is no reason why I should have to use a different APIs to access the exact same graphics hardware depending…
We have known that certain plastics mimic estrogen in the body for well over 10 years now. BPA is banned for use in baby products in most western countries for this exact reason, but is still present in thermal receipts…
Puberty starts earlier than it used to *for girls*. Which surely points towards plastics and phytoestrogens in food as being the much more likely cause than improved nutrition or obesity which would affects both boys…
Not once was laziness mentioned, you are projecting. The post is just someone sharing that their own experience is completely different to that of the parent.
No, that would lead you to conclude that all people have problems
>If some people genuinely have problems and some genuinely don't You only gather data to reach that conclusion by letting both sides talk about their experiences, not by telling one side "you're rude, shut up and listen…
All OpenGL does it draw triangles. Once you get through the process of drawing a triangle on the screen then you're learnt 70% of the core of OpenGL. I think you're making the incorrect assumption of "wow if it takes…
The point I was trying to make is that even within "unproductive time" there are extremely healthy, and extremely unhealthy ways to spend it. Someone introduced me to the idea of "mental diet" a while ago. I find it to…
I came to a similar realisation as you and came up with 3 questions I ask when looking at any news article: - Does this affect me in any way? - Was this my fault? - Can I do anything to change this? I can't see why I…
I think the funny (and somewhat scary) thing about ad-supported platforms is that both the creators of the platform and the customers implicitly agree that the content just isn't that valuable. They know that if they…
> In your scenario, I spend learning 50 different technologies that I will never use because they are not hired for I'm actually saying the opposite of this. To learn react you also need to know html, css and…
>The agent can influence you anywhere you interact with a computer or via anyone you know who interacts with a computer. So everywhere with anyone. You could say the same thing about social media algorithms though, or…
We are talking about a humans vs AI scenario. There are probably thousands of humans in the world right now that could do exactly that right now if they wanted to (datacenter and OpenAI employees, power grid workers).
This is actually the most plausible situation I've seen someone present so far - the AI takeover would be caused entirely by humans falling for AI hype, that's hilarious. I don't think the average human would be stupid…
For millennia evil people and dictators have been using manipulation, propaganda, threats of violence to get entire populations to try and do "things that they wouldn't do otherwise" and humanity has not been…
I think a lot of programmers in the industry just follow trends, they don't really understand the benefits and drawbacks of the technology they are using. I have coworkers who host personal projects for their own use…
I think music is a good "test" for logically thinking people because it requires you to put away your logical brain and just accept that music sounds good because "it just does" and music theory is the way it is because…
Searching for a niche topic on an internet without advertising: 10 results of pages run by hobbyists, who care so much about their topic of interest that they are willing to pay out of their own pocket to make…
70 million people in America are obese. Eating food doesn't make you obese, it's over indulgence of food and using food as a coping mechanism.
The term "unconscious bias" is based on the (false) assumption that every group of human is exactly identical. It is 100% a political term that is shoved at people to make them feel like a bad person for noticing…
I think one of the most egregious examples of this is Snapchat Inc's official mission statement being: We contribute to human progress by empowering people to live in the moment From my own observations of how snapchat…
"open source" and "free software" are two words for the exact same thing. Both of them are pretty poor descriptors. "open source" doesn't convey the legal freedom you are granted (as you have just found out), and "free…
Disc brakes were available in 1975, wide tires before that. Dropper posts I consider to be a gimmick. 1x drivetrains do have some drawbacks, but I consider them overall to be a good improvement to the simplicity of a…
IMO the bicycle was perfected 20+ years ago There is nothing left to be improved, only gimmicks with aggressive marketing Just be happy with the bike you have, and ride
I don't think there's any market. The only people who buy macs are people that have no intention of playing videogames on that system. I personally transitioned from Windows -> Linux -> MacOS, and each switch correlated…
The vendors are the GPU manufacturers. And both AMD and Nvidia offer full support for OpenGL and Vulkan. There is no reason why I should have to use a different APIs to access the exact same graphics hardware depending…
We have known that certain plastics mimic estrogen in the body for well over 10 years now. BPA is banned for use in baby products in most western countries for this exact reason, but is still present in thermal receipts…
Puberty starts earlier than it used to *for girls*. Which surely points towards plastics and phytoestrogens in food as being the much more likely cause than improved nutrition or obesity which would affects both boys…
Not once was laziness mentioned, you are projecting. The post is just someone sharing that their own experience is completely different to that of the parent.
No, that would lead you to conclude that all people have problems
>If some people genuinely have problems and some genuinely don't You only gather data to reach that conclusion by letting both sides talk about their experiences, not by telling one side "you're rude, shut up and listen…
All OpenGL does it draw triangles. Once you get through the process of drawing a triangle on the screen then you're learnt 70% of the core of OpenGL. I think you're making the incorrect assumption of "wow if it takes…
The point I was trying to make is that even within "unproductive time" there are extremely healthy, and extremely unhealthy ways to spend it. Someone introduced me to the idea of "mental diet" a while ago. I find it to…