Phanteaume

> The people in the media aren't actually suffering. I would argue that from their point of view, they very well do. See "Last Action Hero" for my point. How do you know, one dimension higher from them, that they do not suffer ? Do you see the actor "winking" at you, like it's a joke ? No, from their point of view, the suffering is pretty much real.

You imagine suffering from our point of view. Try to imagine that a God might see you as you see Bruce Wayne in the comics.

I had the same pain point with religion until I realize that I routinely enjoy movies, shows or books where people suffer or die in unjust ways.

Well, if I enjoy it (to some degree, because it serves the story), wouldn't some other entities do too ?

Why is it a stance accepted in Science to arrive at dramatic conclusions like these and not realise that maybe, we are missing something ? I can't help but imagine how for most of humanity, germs did not exist, black holes did not exist, electricity did not exist, radioactivity did not exist, electrons did not exist...

Why can't we recognize that we do not stand at the endpoint of life and science but (hopefully) at one of its many segments, and that maybe not being able to calculate something does not equate its impossibility ?

You're on the right path, don't fall back into the global gaslight. Go deeper.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9lDTdLQnSQo

Really interesting quote, synchronicity hits me well, thanks for sharing :)

The Wikipedia might lack the interactivity I enjoy from the technology ? I mean, I'm all up for local LLMs, but currently this just seems overpriced...

On it.

Some problems do not deserve your full attention/expertise.

I am not a physicist and I will most likely never require to do anything related to quantum physics in my daily life. But it's fun to be able to have a quick mental model to "have an idea" about who was Max Planck.

...And the businessman in me tells me there will be a market for ever simpler business tools, because computer-illiterate people will still want to do business.

Hmm. I sometimes think that people in the past were "the same as us", just in a different environment. Could you imagine such a young woman writing such a book today ?

The damage done by instant messaging and endless entertainment is unfathomable.

We, and more importantly our kids, are becoming dumber and this is but another proof on the pile. What is to be done about it ? Raise luddites ?

I liked your question so much I ironically asked Gemini about this.

Out of the 5 answers it gave, those ones seemed interesting :

>The Hardware Whisperer (Requires Simple Hardware): >Setup: Requires a cheap microcontroller like a Raspberry Pi Pico or an ESP32/ESP8266, plus maybe an LED or a button. >Task: "Make the LED blink out 'SOS' in Morse code when you press the button." Or: "Read the value from this simple sensor (e.g., temperature) and print it to the serial monitor only if it's above a certain threshold." >Why it works: LLMs can generate MicroPython or Arduino C++ code easily. However, the user must deal with the physical wiring, installing drivers/firmware tools, uploading the code, and debugging why it's not working (Is the code wrong? Is the wiring loose? Is the board getting power?). This physical interaction layer is opaque to the LLM.

>Setup: Create a very simple text-based game (e.g., navigate a maze, guess a number with clues, a basic simulation) that runs locally. The game's state changes with each command. >Task: "Reach the end of the maze / Win the game." The rules might not be fully explained, requiring experimentation. >Why it works: The LLM can't play the game directly because it doesn't have access to the running process or its internal state. The user must interact with it, observe the output, and decide on the next input. They might use an LLM to suggest strategies or even write a script to automate playing the game (if the interaction pattern is simple enough), which itself teaches valuable skills.

Said it before and will say it again : side project are the antidote to burnout.

You need to have some agency in your life and being able to pick a project you like and doing it the way you want is vital. Sadly, it's being taken away from us, so reclaim that right !

I got the thing for you : a governmental report that showed that advertising as it exists today and ecological transition are not aligned. Pardon my french, though.

https://linforme.files.sirius.press/files/1742914627793-Rapp...

What a sad state of affairs really. Using nukes on your closest neighbour ? I understand why it is a deterrent but man, what happened in the past 6 months that we are now seeing news like these...?

I'm kidding. We know exactly what, I mean WHO, happened.