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tacocataco··on What happened to the Snowden archive
According to his wiki, Snowden was born in Elizabeth City in North Carolina.
tacocataco··on Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating?
A complete and functional AI would be like a mirror. It would reflect our behaviors, thoughts and biases. Good and bad.

If we dont like what we see in the mirror, it must be time for some deep self reflection and big changes in how we live our lives.

(No need to comment how LLMs are not artificial intelligence, I think we all know by now)

tacocataco··on 2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out
Why stop at 2027? Why not just declare that you get everything produced by humanity for infinity years?

How is a new business going to compete with incumbents that buy 100% of the necessary components needed to enter the market? Is no one else allowed to compete in this market anymore going forward?

tacocataco··on Premier league bans gambling sponsors
Wouldn't the real solution be to work on making life less miserable for the working class?
tacocataco··on Anti-fraud tools can't keep pace with robocall scammers
Redundancy in case of natural disasters.
tacocataco··on Why I email complete strangers
> They don't always come quickly, but I would expect that given how crazy I assume that inbox is.

A wizard is never late or early, but arrives precisely when he means to.

tacocataco··on What's gonna happen to software engineers?
Sounds like you would enjoy this short story.

Manna - https://marshallbrain.com/manna1

tacocataco··on Graduates are booing pep talks on AI at college commencements
> "okay, then what?”

The status quo is what we negotiated, using our labor as our only bargaining chip. Do you expect future negotiations, with zero leverage on our side, to yield better results?

tacocataco··on Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license
> Like what is the point, what fun is there in playing this game…

I got to ask What made you want to live this kind of life?

He said, "There ain't no rest for the wicked

Money don't grow on trees I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed There ain't nothing in this world for free

I know I can't slow down, I can't hold back Though you know, I wish I could Oh no, there ain't no rest for the wicked Until we close our eyes for good"

Cage The Elephant - "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Z0sON2UPc

tacocataco··on Trump fires NSF's oversight board
Sounds like a industry wide union.
tacocataco··on Mondrian Entered the Public Domain. The Estate Disagrees
This reminded me of a vice story I read a while ago about people releasing "every song possible" into the public domain

https://www.vice.com/en/article/musicians-algorithmically-ge...

tacocataco··on EverQuest
There sure isn't much information on Light No Fire online. Hello Games must be keeping the cards close to the chest with this one.
tacocataco··on Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft and people are paying anyway
> You could also setup a licensing / loan / dedicated car system.

I think the word you were searching for is leasing the vehicle.

tacocataco··on Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft and people are paying anyway
Going outside costs $200 a day, and i cant afford to spend 1/4 my paycheck 7 times a week.

Also, I'm just doing my best to get the most out of the ludicrously high rent is pay every month.

tacocataco··on The child-like role of dogs in Western societies
A Dog's heightened senses are an asset when detecting intruders. I'm sure thats probably the biggest reason humanity domesticated them in the first place.

If a dog keeps depression at bay, someone could possibly avoid having their brain chemistry permanently altered by owning a dog.

There are even working breeds with many different purposes. It's not all black lab and American Eskimo.

tacocataco··on The child-like role of dogs in Western societies
Is it legal to have a dog burger?
tacocataco··on The Child-Like Role of Dogs in Western Societies
> If you’re in your 30s-40s without kids and a dog, we’re of totally different mindsets.

I'm broke. As much as it pains me to be without a pet, I dont want to take on additional responsibilities if I am incapable of sufficiently giving the care these living beings need and deserve.

I've considered fostering, as they pay for many things the animals need. Perhaps in the future.

tacocataco··on The man who spent forty-two years at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool (1993)
The current exploitative nature of renting is a policy choice. Renting doesn’t have to be like this.

There are real-world examples of providing affordable housing that allows people to live with dignity, even if they can't afford to buy a home.

How Britain (almost) solved the housing crisis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZpLiJdIGbs

tacocataco··on Anthropic Chief Says AI Could Surpass 'Almost All Humans ' Shortly After 2027
Not many humans play chess to pay their living expenses.
tacocataco··on Australia's 3G Shutdown – Why your 4G/5G Phone is now Blocked
> . It will have the consequence of deanonymisation but it's not an attempt to achieve that.

How about regulating all social media to be healthy for all ages to use? The social media corporations should lose freedom, not the citizens. (IMO)

tacocataco··on Physical Intelligence's first generalist policy AI can finally do your laundry
People should be free to enjoy life their way. Including if they want to be grandpa Joe from willy wonka.
tacocataco··on Physical Intelligence's first generalist policy AI can finally do your laundry
I just leave the clothes on the rack. I can see what I have better and my clothes smell better getting aired out more compared to sitting in a drawer.

This also means I use less floor space as I don't need cabinets/dressers to hold them.

And yes, I have many racks on my walls. The rack life is good.

tacocataco··on Physical Intelligence's first generalist policy AI can finally do your laundry
I was so paranoid when I lived with cats. I'd double check the washer and drier.
tacocataco··on Physical Intelligence's first generalist policy AI can finally do your laundry
> We've fixed this before, even though Marx predicted that we couldn't.

Is it fixed if it falls apart in a couple generations? Maybe flex tape over the problem isn't going to cut it.

tacocataco··on Australia proposes ban on social media for those under 16
I pick social media being regulated into becoming healthy for everyone so it doesn't have to be banned for teenagers.
tacocataco··on Australia proposes ban on social media for those under 16
My personal theory is that powerful people didn't want people to be digitally free. It might make them think about fighting for freedoms offline as well.
tacocataco··on USFS decision to halt prescribed burns in California is history repeating
They're still going broke despite using prison labor to fight the fires?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/31/us/prison-inmates-fight-calif...

tacocataco··on FTC announces "click-to-cancel" rule making it easier to cancel subscriptions
Represent people in exchange for their vote instead of using First Past The Post voting to lock the competition out of the electoral process.
tacocataco··on Who Pays for the Arts?
> low culture

Poverty seasoned Foie Gras art.

tacocataco··on Move Fast and Abandon Things
How about reforming the WPA [1] and build free basic housing. Let the for profit house building corporations handle the luxury stuff. Actually, that's all they are interested in doing anyways.

We should stop begging them to build what we need and just do it ourselves.

1 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administratio...

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