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American Christians are extremely individualistic... As long as your individual interests coincide with their rigid moral code and what they see as a "good Christian lifestyle". Seems right to me

That's funny. I come at this from the opposite direction. I like to run stuff on my home server, and I started a ROM collection because of Romm. If you're used to managing a media collection using jellyfin/Plex, adding roms feels pretty natural.

Maybe this project is appealing to a totally different audience than most ROM managers

I thought that for a while. Until it was pointed out to me that most long videos are made of 6 second shots.

Generating a long video one shot at a time kind of makes sense, as long as there's good consistency between shots

You don't need to root an android to install apps from outside the play store

That argument feels entirely circular to me

Why are you ok with the president being above the law? That idea was not considered normal even a couple years ago

In the case of diamonds, you have the choice of buying the exact same product with human suffering involved, or without. If there were a lab-grown iPhone on the market, of course I would choose it

the elders of the internet

to me, programming is playful math. I think I would have enjoyed math a lot more as a kid if we learned programming alongside the traditional math lessons

Dogs don't automatically love either, you have to build a bond. Especially if they are shelter dogs with abusive histories, they're often nervous at first

They're usually loving by nature, but you still have to build a rapport, like anyone else

friendly reminder to you: you won't be in the future either. because all humans have short lifespans. having children won't change that. enjoy the ride, whatever that means to you

I think the difference with qualia is that it has so many ethical implications too.

I can accept that I have inner experiences and can suffer, but what about animals/robots/outsiders?

Will I need to take GPT-10's feelings into account, or is it completely unconscious?

I'm honestly shocked you're skeptical about this

The primary value of any social network is the network effect

what is a complex life to you?