The sensible thing is to abandon these bills. AB1043 is short; you can read it for yourself: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1043/id/3273385 ``` (b) (1) A developer shall request a signal with respect to a particular…
You are arguing with something I did not say. Yes, it would be nice to know with certainty who is behind these bills. It sucks how much opaque money influences American politics. Josh Gottheimer's press release[1] on…
o_O > Firstly, you keep using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means. I posted that word exactly once in this thread, and I was quoting someone else. But I like the Princess Bride too. No idea what…
No. I think LLMs are garbage. Separately, and unrelated: I think Facebook is behind these bills. The LLM may be garbage and still sometimes produce a correct result.
Thank you for the laugh in these dreadful times. :D
> abolishing anonymity on the Internet. This is what Facebook wants.
Is that an option? Tell me more. Yes, I am looking to sue to stop this insanity. If you're a lawyer reading this, please reach out.
I share your wariness of the LLM garbage, but I believe the conclusions are correct. This has Facebook's stink all over it. I worked there and know of what I speak.
I can understand the "baby mode" desire, but as the other reply pointed out, this does not need to be legislated. The big OS companies can easily offer this feature for those that want it. I'm curious though about all…
This. If your child needs a helmet to use the internet, as the politicians announcing HR8250 seem to think[1], Apple or whomever is free to offer that as a feature. There is no need for this to be legislated, especially…
Like the authors of these bills, you appear not to understand the technology. Consider AB1043. It mandates that applications check the age of the user each time the application is launched. Think about what that means…
This is unbelievable nonsense. Your employees accrue PTO. If you can't handle them using their PTO, maybe you shouldn't have employees. If three consecutive weeks is a lot to ask, what would you do when that same…
> We're giving billions to Ukraine with zero strategic interest to the United States. This is a bewilderingly head-in-the-sand assertion.
> What other similar books would you recommend? "Close to the Machine" by Ellen Ullman and "Microserfs" by Douglas Coupland occupy roughly the same space in my memory.
I forgot the question.
> Living on a Torus I can't help but hear this in Bon Jovi's voice.
This was an uncannily accurate characterization of my time at one of these companies.
Genuinely not sure if you're trolling or not, but.... > Ok, then I want to hear the reasoning behind those rulings/awards. ... > Edit: why disagree with this? You're asking internet randos to explain something to you…
The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll.
It sounds like you're buying their DSL service. DSL is delivered over the telephone network's copper. A copper pair is necessary to deliver DSL. In the 90s, legislation was passed that forced the ILECs to open up their…
I don't particularly care what someone who murders a bunch of people "thinks they're doing." Perhaps that makes me intolerant.
Looks a little bit an ASCII-art Deathstar. I think I see where a direct hit could set off a chain reaction....
Long before the NYT article came out I had been hearing stories like this from ex-Amazon employees. This is only anecdotal evidence, but it's the same basic anecdote again and again. The NYT article may be many…
I understand and agree with your outrage. But isn't the attention and humiliation they are receiving enough? Elevating the dialogue was the graceful thing to do.
I was also there, and I had a similar reaction to seeing the Wired article. (Sensationalist, whole article written on a 30-second exchange, click-bait, etc.) That said, here's how I remember it: 1. Metz: ... would…
The sensible thing is to abandon these bills. AB1043 is short; you can read it for yourself: https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1043/id/3273385 ``` (b) (1) A developer shall request a signal with respect to a particular…
You are arguing with something I did not say. Yes, it would be nice to know with certainty who is behind these bills. It sucks how much opaque money influences American politics. Josh Gottheimer's press release[1] on…
o_O > Firstly, you keep using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means. I posted that word exactly once in this thread, and I was quoting someone else. But I like the Princess Bride too. No idea what…
No. I think LLMs are garbage. Separately, and unrelated: I think Facebook is behind these bills. The LLM may be garbage and still sometimes produce a correct result.
Thank you for the laugh in these dreadful times. :D
> abolishing anonymity on the Internet. This is what Facebook wants.
Is that an option? Tell me more. Yes, I am looking to sue to stop this insanity. If you're a lawyer reading this, please reach out.
I share your wariness of the LLM garbage, but I believe the conclusions are correct. This has Facebook's stink all over it. I worked there and know of what I speak.
I can understand the "baby mode" desire, but as the other reply pointed out, this does not need to be legislated. The big OS companies can easily offer this feature for those that want it. I'm curious though about all…
This. If your child needs a helmet to use the internet, as the politicians announcing HR8250 seem to think[1], Apple or whomever is free to offer that as a feature. There is no need for this to be legislated, especially…
Like the authors of these bills, you appear not to understand the technology. Consider AB1043. It mandates that applications check the age of the user each time the application is launched. Think about what that means…
This is unbelievable nonsense. Your employees accrue PTO. If you can't handle them using their PTO, maybe you shouldn't have employees. If three consecutive weeks is a lot to ask, what would you do when that same…
> We're giving billions to Ukraine with zero strategic interest to the United States. This is a bewilderingly head-in-the-sand assertion.
> What other similar books would you recommend? "Close to the Machine" by Ellen Ullman and "Microserfs" by Douglas Coupland occupy roughly the same space in my memory.
I forgot the question.
> Living on a Torus I can't help but hear this in Bon Jovi's voice.
This was an uncannily accurate characterization of my time at one of these companies.
Genuinely not sure if you're trolling or not, but.... > Ok, then I want to hear the reasoning behind those rulings/awards. ... > Edit: why disagree with this? You're asking internet randos to explain something to you…
The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll.
It sounds like you're buying their DSL service. DSL is delivered over the telephone network's copper. A copper pair is necessary to deliver DSL. In the 90s, legislation was passed that forced the ILECs to open up their…
I don't particularly care what someone who murders a bunch of people "thinks they're doing." Perhaps that makes me intolerant.
Looks a little bit an ASCII-art Deathstar. I think I see where a direct hit could set off a chain reaction....
Long before the NYT article came out I had been hearing stories like this from ex-Amazon employees. This is only anecdotal evidence, but it's the same basic anecdote again and again. The NYT article may be many…
I understand and agree with your outrage. But isn't the attention and humiliation they are receiving enough? Elevating the dialogue was the graceful thing to do.
I was also there, and I had a similar reaction to seeing the Wired article. (Sensationalist, whole article written on a 30-second exchange, click-bait, etc.) That said, here's how I remember it: 1. Metz: ... would…