JasserInicide
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Comment · 13 days ago
Licensing isn't the problem; simply prosecuting white collar crime is. No one wants to do it, especially the federal government, because they don't want to drive away companies to other countries.
Comment · 7 months ago
Ok while superficially great news but the supreme cynic in me is starting to think: what if the RIAA et al go to ISPs and saying they will pay them to continue monitoring this stuff and if they bring them to court, sue them and win they will give them a cut of the winnings? Would something like this even be financially feasible i.e. a profit motive inserted somewhere into the equation that ISPs would continue monitoring torrent activity?
Comment · 1 year ago
it doesn't mean the local tech workers will be replaced.
You're right because that totally didn't happen to varying degrees in various industries in the US...
Comment · 1 year ago
It's not just newer unsustainable companies. There are plenty of businesses that have been around for decades that are now engaging in these enshittifying practices (for dearth of a better term). Big box appliances like washers/dryers, fridges. Vehicle manufacturers (BMW and their subscription service bullshit), we're fast approaching a world where even doing an oil change will have to be done by the dealership/authorized 3rd party.
These Ivy League MBAs have been getting taught how much money companies have been leaving on the table and they are infecting every industry.
Comment · 1 year ago
Mobile-first design. Get used to it, we haven't even started to see the worst of it
Comment · 1 year ago
The fact that this has a promotional image from someone using one of those One Laptop per Child laptops (which was an abject failure) just says to me this is another misguided "white savior" attempt to solve a problem in parts of the world they don't fully understand.
Comment · 1 year ago
This is 100% a political issue. Instead of introducing privacy-violating software, we could instead institute massive policing campaigns to curb speeding. But that would require actual effort by police, something they don't want to do.
Comment · 1 year ago
How is this different to driving around with a mobile phone on?
Are you serious? I can choose to leave my mobile phone home if I want to. I can't do that with my car.
Comment · 1 year ago
Read about this singles dating event in Russia where they took cotton swabs swiped underneath each person's armpits and put them into little glass jars. Everyone then went around smelling each one and matched with each other based on which jar scent they liked the most. Wish I still had it. Definitely a novel if not more primal way to choose a partner.
Comment · 1 year ago
their purpose is not to start artistic movements or liberally think for themselves and no one is claiming it is.
your "spark of ingenuity" is not lacking because of some issue or lack of creativity, it's lacking because it's not the point and no one wants it to be.
There are plenty of people/communities online that want it to be exactly that and want to remove the pesky human element from the equation. Dismissing them because it doesn't fit your argument doesn't mean they don't exist.
Comment · 1 year ago
does it really matter if it can be described as cognition or not?
Yes...it does. "AI" aka modern flavor LLMs as we understand them today are just doing certain things thats humans can do but orders of magnitude faster. What exactly is impressive about it being able to succinctly sum up any topic under the Sun aside from the speed? It will never create a new genre of music. It will never create a new style of art from the ground up. It lacks the human spark of ingenuity. To even suggest that what it does anything close to human cognition is egregiously insulting.
Comment · 1 year ago
Yeah I see this kind of paternalistic condescending style of writing in many left-leaning circles. It sounds like it's geared for children but no they're actually writing for adults. They see themselves as moral beacons and they need to proselytize the stupid unwashed masses because they just don't know any better.
I despise it.
Comment · 1 year ago
Jason Fung is probably the world's leading research expert on obesity. If you want videos to watch on it, it starts and ends with this guy. He has done a ton of lectures and blogposts going back over a decade, and also has the stereotypical clickbaity YouTube videos.
Comment · 1 year ago
I remember when presidents used to divest themselves of their private holdings. That went out the window in 2017
Comment · 1 year ago
All bullshit. Apple loves to make a big stand on privacy but quietly folds just like the rest of them. Remember that big stink they rose over the FBI needing access to an encrypted phone a decade ago? Apple still gave everything the FBI requested some time later after got their PR win