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good old 'panem et circensis' at work:

we're never had more effective 'circensis' (Tiktok, video-games, etc.)

the 'panem' part? yeah, that might be a problem, given (further) inflation

can someone post the link to the video being referenced? (for those who don't x/twitter)

"The more knowledge people have about AI and how it works, the less likely they are to embrace it."

Hmm, usually that might be a pretty good indicator that the thing ain't great, mate.

Since we're on HN, I expect a rationalist to tell us why we're so, so wrong?

so, without sarcasm: how many data centers is this non-happening worth? in other words, what justifies the huge spend?

unpopular take here, no doubt: arguably, 'need' might not be the best verb for what motivates the extremely short-sighted 'make number go up' race (try instead a noun that rhymes)

perhaps by the slippery slope/funnel of free convenience -> paid 'necessity'?

This seems like such a lost cause to carry on about. The fact that the post originates from a what appears to be an furry-aligned individual is probably not going to help get a majority of people to be sympathetic.

There appears to be no formidable organized resistance against the recent decades of surveillance boom.

With tech and many tech employees actively accelerating surveillance.

Horrible? yes. And extremely unlikely to be rolled back anytime soon. (Disagree? I'd love to believe you are right!)

a lot of words are spent comparing mostly what amount to residential cancer clusters, or?

Have found that homes and developments in line with https://www.patternlanguage.com/ are more my cup of tea, at least.

That headline has likely been true for (much) longer than the public is aware.

every now and then, old spy tech ain't that far from the public state of the art:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_National_Reconnaissance_O...

thanks for sharing this, seems like a very idealistic project, had not heard of Bret nor dynamicland before.

the protests in 2003 were massive

Am curious about what true competition Youtube has.

(And if the answer is "essentially none", then when is Youtube going to be broken up?)

"These violent delights have violent ends."

so, basically: Total Information Awareness* (pitched as personal 'ultimate' convenience gadget, of course)

(Anyone hear read _We_?)

agree.

Even a site that displays 'just' recent weather specifics (sans how the forecast was) would be quite helpful.

e.g., the hourly precipitation for the last week or month.

Am NOT talking about generalized monthly climate data, fwiw.

Anyone?

hmm... the U.S. economy might stand to benefit from adapting a school system more akin to the German model?

Specifically, offering a track similar to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_school

fwiw, I hear you & have had close relative with similar story.

Five Wishes provides a simple form that seems worthwhile (am curious as to anyone who has experience with how the 5 wishes document is handled/honored irl)

https://www.fivewishes.org/

thank you for stating what - based on the comments that have not been killed in this thread - very few here want to hear.

In defense of those who may sincerely disagree, they may frequent higher quality retail than the bulk of U.S. shoppers.

Unlike you, I do not have access to that playbook you mention, however I do wonder about:

why are there are a great many democratic nations with (many) more than two parties, even with new parties arising and old parties diminishing. (I have firsthand experience with some of them. I highly recommend the experience.)

Is it wrong to 'intuit' that those nations may have a more vibrant democracy than a system of two parties that are both beholden to corporate capture?

Of course I will not be surprised at how asking this on HN will affect the scrip - oops I meant to say karma of course! - of such an inquirer as myself.

Unpopular take, and note, I am not an expert:

There seems to be an overabundance of sci-fi that is hyperoptimistic with regard to tech advances. The 2nd law of thermodynamics is not understood by most, or waved away as 'overcome thru future science'.

fwiw, here's a few works I've found to be less the above:

book: Kim Stanley Robinson's _Aurora_

short stories: Damon Knight's _Stranger Station_ Larry Nivens' _Inconstant Moon

"Each bugyo commanded 25 middle-ranked samurai known as yoriki. [...] During the Edo period, three of the most popular professions chosen by commoners were sumo wrestling, firefighting and assisting police squads as a yoriki."

So, middle-ranked samurai were also commoners?

oh the irony of this being a Crapagonia product..

"plastic microfibers are us"

https://www.wsj.com/articles/patagonias-poly-hypocrisy-blend...

I can assure you that there would never be any chance of paid shill brigades shouting down opposing viewpoints on HackerNews. Instead, as I have been informed many times, posts critical of Trump are being flagged. The posts that make it through then naturally are flooded with independent thinkers who just happen to all be in agreement. I mean, how could you not agree with them, right?

Those who disagree about this particular topic obviously deserve whatever they get here. That's why ad hominem rules do not apply to them, and there is no need to be civil when replying to Russian trolls such as them!!

If astroturfing were happening, it would show up as most anyone critical of the astroturf comments being downvoted and/or flagged into grey oblivion, while the astroturf brigade would present as an unusually large number of comments that all agree with each other.

Anyway, I have been keeping track for a small study I a doing on information warfare, and look forward to presenting my research on this. Am still gathering screenshots and other data. So far, I am in awe at the deep thinking and high level of civil discourse on display here. I really like that folks here show respect even to those who disagree.

Dang, thanks for stepping in here, and as always, for the unseen work you do behind the scenes keeping the trolls at bay.

Regarding political posts since inauguration, can you explain this, because I am flumoxed:

- on the one hand, there's been a huge surge in clamoring about posts critical of the new administration being flagged

- on the other hand, when such posts have not been flagged, they have consistently and overwhelmingly been dominated by one-sided comments critical of the new administration, while the vast majority of counterargument comments become greyed out, and quite quickly.

- a large portion of that one-sided piling on shows utter disregard for the HN guidelines, esp.:

"Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes."

I grew up in East Germany, fwiw. The things I have pointed out here remind me more of the bad old days there than the spirit of independent inquiry, individualism and fairness that I associate with the best of America.

yes, and add to that the 20th century.

And yet so many claim all we need is moooore housing.

I would love to see quality of life become more of a ubiquitous focus and feature of what is built.

what is?

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the "bad" people you mention need "good" people to work for them

so yeah, when will ethics > money?

interesting take. Heard of Synthesis? (hint: DARPA funded).

At the local elementary school, we are told the kids are being kept safer now thanks to being tracked by AI cameras.

Some parents, maybe especially those with insight into tech fact vs. tech marketing, may have reservations about "tutors" whose services (perhaps for free) come with the stipulation that they are free to record every bit of data about your kid and do with it as they please.

The're being silly, right? Because?

As everyone on HN knows: software is super safe, and the entities/corps controlling it, so, so benign. Data doubly so -- hacks basically never happen, am I right? No one cares about your kid?

Or?

so, where is the "about lexy" info?

putting up a search engine without providing even a hint of info about who is behind it... ..does not inspire trust