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I don't understand the UX complaints? I thought we needed to re-wild the web and do more weird shit when we feel like it?

I happen to heartily agree with you but now we're talking taste and... yeah.

Adblock should be mandatory. Just like bug repellent and sunscreen.

I think you're taking this too far. First off, limiting screen time and access to feeds while making sure kids are socialized is generally a good thing regardless of where they decide to go in life. Computers that make things a bit 'harder' help stave off mindless consumption of content without being oppressive.

Arguably you could just put your kids in a high-end private school with other well socialized children who have had significant sums of money invested in their development and haven't even been pacified with tech out of parental laziness/necessity but hey, whatever works...

Secondly, providing a linux based computer or old windows as an intro to technology has one very basic benefit. It teaches mindful interaction with technology. These things are tools. Regardless of how hard many companies try, computers (smartphone, tablet or desktop) remain machines that do exactly what we ask them when you ask them to do it and internalizing this at a young age builds stronger humans.

Out of curiosity, roughly where are you from?

Well said.

But deep fried, richly seasoned mushrooms pair so well with steak and a cigar...

You're thinking of temperature and viscosity parameters.

Read the data sheets and look for those terms, or look for manufacturers of pumps that maximize both.

Out the window with you!

Lynx works well.

Excellent books.

Isn't that kind of the point though? The machine are sort of doing it because they love/envy us?

> A whole lot of people work in corps

Agree

> Pretty sure they know how corps work.

Hard disagree

:Edit, not anymore kek

Somehow this is currently the top comment. Why?

Most non-quantitative content has value due to a foundation of distinct lived experience. Averages of the lived experience of billions just don't hit the same, and are less likely to be meaningful to me (a distinct human). Thus, I want to hear your personal thoughts, sans direct algorithmic intermediary.

Yeah. One of the first things I try with language models is ask them to play Zork. Tends to work ok for a couple of rooms and then falls apart hard. There just aren't any guardrails in place and so I usually end up in a room full of busty catgirls or something with an inventory that makes no sense.

Come to rizon. Start with #chat and branch out from there. Lurk moar.

Above ground power lines are a sin.

>Most companies resemble a command economy on the inside.

A whole lot of people need to be frequently reminded of this.

The geofenced part is what I failed to consider. I guess you can't consider it general purpose unless you can just throw the system into a new environment with a reasonable probability of success.

>Current AI has not yet mastered full self-driving of cars in general conditions.

I am inclined to agree but Waymo seems to provide a counterpoint? Is this because they have a good system for keeping human managers in the loop?

Nah. You've messing up something 4chan worked out years ago. You need a BLIMPTRAIN! Locomotive on rails towing a train of lighter than air vehicles that can detach under optimal conditions/location to deliver their cargo over the last mile.

That is one aesthetic computer. Would certainly purchase that over an Apple on looks alone.

>Cruel in certain ways but surprisingly enlightened and pragmatic in others.

Sounds like western imperialism then?

I want my landmines to fall slowly, directly and land in a specific orientation. I also want to keep the cost low so that I can distribute a whole lot of them.

Disagree with this. Kids are sponges who pick up on many secondary factors when an actual human gives them an answer. These factors add significant weight to their view of the response. In many cases, this actually reaches an extreme where what is said end up being tertiary to how it was said and who said it. I am sure you've experienced this even as a an adult.

An AI walkman removes this aspect of the interaction. As a parent, this is not something I would want my children to use regularly.

Excellent link! Thank you.

This isn't an attempt to discredit union movements overall. This is a statement that a particular battle waged by a union was only won because corporate interests temporarily align with union goals. I've included my reasoning/narrative below if you're curious.

Uber, and I would assume the competition, have been chasing self driving fleets for years. This is well documented. Despite the market hype some years back, I think most sane executives understood how far off this technology was when the initial investment and subsequent divestment were made.

As you may remember, there were plenty of questions during this tumultuous period regarding the viability of self-driving tech. People wondered if it could even function at all within the foreseeable future.

Since the technology was so questionable, rideshares understandably wanted to increase earnings and lock in their competitive advantage. This required, among other things, fighting unionization tooth and nail.

Now that Waymo has done the hard part and proven that self driving tech actually works as a day-to-day service rideshares can start to rebuild some social capital before the creeping tide of automated taxi services makes any concessions moot. After all, they didn't build the automation and have always believed in a system that puts fairly compensated human drivers first.

My car/motorcycle/skateboard doesn't need over the air updates. It used to be, and still is in some cases, that a vehicle (electronic control modules and all) was sold as a finished product. Your engine control module or speed controller didn't need random firmware updates because it was a finished product that worked as intended upon delivery. Now people are clamoring to drive software licenses and I want no part of it. This isn't about auditing the code, this is about complexity creep and having ownership.

The tech giants only capitulated because they think that there is a reasonable chance physical drivers will be unnecessary in the near future, thus making all of this a moot point.

This wouldn't have happened before Waymo's demonstrable successes.

Don't forget, Faraday hated math.