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Comment · 14 days ago
I'll bet the person protesting would be of the opinion that it should be delivered by a person regardless of what it was.

Regardless there is a stark difference between medication, which is necessary, and hot prepared meals, which are a luxury.

Comment · 20 days ago
Heres what you should do to be safe. On the user's settings/profile/whatever user page you have, add a cancel button. When the user clicks it say "are you sure? Yes/no". If the user clicks yes, cancel the account.

No extra hoops at all.

Comment · 29 days ago
Im one of the more mid to resistant folks and this has never been just a job to me. I did take immense satisfaction from learning, deeply understanding how things work and the consist and repeatable behavior, which is just not there with ai. Especially the consist/repeatable behavior, which to me computers that behave inconsistently aren't nearly as worthwhile.
Comment · 1 month ago
I love how some people think the scale of a problem doesnt matter. Like yeah we has data brokerw 50 years ago, way less of them and the scope they could collect data about was significantly more limited. That matters a lot
Comment · 1 month ago
Its going to be an uphill battle. Every story about job losses, consequences to the community from building a datacenter (real or perceived), eminent domain case that blows up, plus all the slop on every platform. Not to mention a lot of normies think techbros are obnoxious, and that is who is hyping ai.

They'll need to show their goal is to help humanity and that all the other peoole arent acceptable collateral damage. Since those other people get to vote.

Comment · 1 month ago
When did the love of learning disappear from this field? I remember when everyone i talked to was learning something new just to better themselves?
Comment · 1 month ago
I swap between kindle and audible daily. The syncing is generally good, byt i have had issues with some books.

This alone has caused my reading to skyrocket. I swear i do 1-2 books a week this way

Comment · 1 month ago
They wont feel good if the product they pay for doesnt work
Comment · 1 month ago
Then go broad. It being slightly challenging to legislation and hold people accountable as soon as the model does something.
Comment · 1 month ago
Dont they also create and score the tests
Comment · 1 month ago
Very much so in my recollection
Comment · 1 month ago
Dont forget beef
Comment · 1 month ago
Once YC companies started having a negative impact on people and communities. Airbnb and gig worker stuff seems to be the start of it.
Comment · 1 month ago
Im 45, and i can tell you getting a cell phone absolutely destroyed my ability to memorize phone numbers. During the 90s when i was in highschool i has all my friends numbers, parents work numbers, etc... memorized, i only know my parents and wife now.

If you don't use a skill, that skill atrophies

Comment · 1 month ago
I deleted almost every app on my phone. I use reddit a bit and hn, but that's all the social stuff i do. Hell i use a pixel and disabled YouTube. It's a bit of a challenge at fist, but much much better after you adjust

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