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hexator

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Software developer in Boston
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hexator··on Surplus Agriculture Equipment
Who among us doesn't have persistent dreams of abandoning society, running for the hills, and becoming off-grid farmers?
hexator··on U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective
Having "pro-PKK views" (or for other groups designated as terrorists for that matter) is not against the law in the US as that is a first amendment right (as long as that speech is not support).
hexator··on Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions
A variant of this but taking place on an O'Neill Cylinder would be amazing. I've always been captivated by the idea of the horizon curving up in front of you.
hexator··on Luanti removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyright notice
There needs to be some sort of penalty for filing frivolous DMCA notices.
hexator··on U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective
Is there any indication or proof that they are providing services to PKK? Equating supporting protest organizers in the west with supporting an armed terrorist group is laughable and dangerous.
hexator··on The turbulent AI era is here
People enjoy living in cities, at least some of us do. Personally the thought of everyone living on their own personal homestead manned by robots sounds really boring and lonely?
hexator··on US sanctions Italian hosting provider Autistici Inventati
Yeah, basically this. People have been calling themselves Antifascist, but only the right-wing calls it "Antifa". Literally anyone carrying a sign at a protest that says "Reject Fascism" is an antifascist. Those are the people the US government is calling terrorists.
hexator··on US sanctions Italian hosting provider Autistici Inventati
It's not a loosely organized group, it's a label applied (by the right) to many different groups with little to no coordination operating in entirely different places
hexator··on US sanctions Italian hosting provider Autistici Inventati
If the US government can designate their ideological opponents as terrorists without due process or any real justification, then nobody is safe.
hexator··on US sanctions Italian hosting provider Autistici Inventati
What the US government is doing here is a perversion of justice. Anyone running web services critical of those in control of the US government should be extremely concerned.
hexator··on Bike Bureau: Report Bike Lane Obstructions
In Boston we have a 311 app and I've taken to reporting every single bike lane obstruction I can find when walking about. I don't bike myself anymore after an accident last year in a bike when I was hit by a taxi. Things are definitely trending in the wrong direction in Boston.
hexator··on Admin: Terminally Ill Patients Aren't Exempt from Medicaid Work Requirements
This just sounds cartoonishly evil
hexator··on Who's afraid of Chinese models?
I'm worried that any ban on Chinese AI models might be an excuse to get mass surveillance.
hexator··on Airport Simulator
I love this emerging "3D pixel art" trend. Stylized graphics always age better than realistic. And it definitely has more charm
hexator··on New York becomes the first state to impose a data center moratorium
The Catskills have those environmental protection laws because they are the water source for NYC. It would be very stupid to relax those to build data centers.
hexator··on The people who actually want AI to replace humanity
These people should be treated as insane, because they are.
hexator··on The dead economy theory
> not only is the premise wrong

The blog post offers several studies as evidence, where's yours?

hexator··on FCC chair suggests agency isn't independent, word cut from mission statement
> 2020
hexator··on FCC chair suggests agency isn't independent, word cut from mission statement
Yes but let's not pretend this isn't a new interpretation.
hexator··on Everyone in Seattle hates AI
Moving to the Cloud proved to be a pretty nice moneymaker far faster and more concretely than AI has been for these companies. It's a fair comparison regarding corporate pushes but not anything more than that.
hexator··on Everyone in Seattle hates AI
Some people really do hate AI, it's not entirely about the layoffs. This is a well insulated bubble but you can find tons of anti-AI forums online.
hexator··on Large language mistake: Cutting-edge research shows language is not intelligence
Couldn't you just say that language is just one of many avenues of thought, instead of being the only way?
hexator··on The Big Shift in MCP: Why AI Guides Will Replace API Wrappers
I keep thinking I need to get into some new AI topic like MCP, but then my procrastination pays off when it becomes outdated not even six months later.
hexator··on Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world
In hindsight, the previously scientific conception that Humans were somehow different than animals and that we don't have things like instincts comes across as incredibly foolish and not a little bit conceited.
hexator··on Blue Origin to Build a "Super Heavy" Rocket to Compete with Starship
It's good to have competition, but they're a fair bit behind SpaceX and it's hard to see them catching up without a lot of investment.
hexator··on Shopping research in ChatGPT
I'm a bit worried how invasive and toxic this could end up in ~10 years when OpenAI needs to push profit more.
hexator··on Google does not train Gemini on Gmail data
Nevertheless, Google has a remarkable trust problem with the general public.
hexator··on Britain is one of the richest countries. So why do children live in poverty?
We're not talking about famine, we're talking about people living in poverty? What's your argument here? That because nobody dies of malnutrition we don't have true poverty?
hexator··on Britain is one of the richest countries. So why do children live in poverty?
I can definitely see a situation where a renting single-earner six-figure household in a place like SF may require assistance. It's all about the relative cost of living and financial situation, you can't really make ground pronouncements like this without ignoring the data.
hexator··on Britain is one of the richest countries. So why do children live in poverty?
Living paycheck to paycheck is not the same thing as being in poverty
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