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Comment · 1 year ago
I love Niri; finally a compositor that has an easy way to inject shaders.

Also: - Rust - Great Nix Flake (thx Sodiboo) - Wayland

Comment · 1 year ago
There are already above intelligence computer programs and we have subjugated each one.

There are already greater than human organisms that are reliably the biggest danger and boon to humanity but are also composed of humans; i.e. societies

The effort to build a program which beats defeats a specific program (as opposed to a general case) is significantly easier than maintaining a general lead. i.e. easier to kill a bad head of state than to run one, but this is also true of "AI" models now

There are already complex systems vastly beyond human understanding, and certainly our control which are indifferent to our survival and yet we persist.

It's not that "AI" isn't a potential danger, just that it's one of many we are already enduring. Personally there are far more present and likely hazards I am focusing on before getting to the hypothetical ones. Even if humanity fails to fumble its way through this hazard, it's not an end but a new beginning.

Also, it's great satire.

Comment · 1 year ago
Yahoo! did this as it died too
Comment · 1 year ago
>The reason is simple: syncing is hard.

The reason is simple: control is how you extract rent

Comment · 1 year ago
So... you made it worse?
Comment · 1 year ago
I picked it for fun and profit and I have no regrets
Comment · 1 year ago
Bluesky is just Twitter 1.0 - it's a good metaphor for american politics; both sides are virtually identical, one is openly racist and hateful, one likes to pretend it's above such things but inhabits virtually the same platform and eyes enviously the attention they get for being dumb and heinous in public.

Meanwhile actual platform change is considered "unrealistic" but is actually a ton of fun and perfectly fine if you like connecting with other people more than stroking your ego with numbers obtained by sucking up to the system/algorithm and/or consumerism

Comment · 1 year ago
We're hanging out on the decentralized web and/or private networks.

Sure it's not the same size as the "real web" but it's got no ads, less spam, less bots, and enough to people to blow out your dunbar ring and fill your cup.

You might never get to be a freelance marketer drop shipping some stupid crap - but that's a price some are willing to pay.

Comment · 1 year ago
It's funny this all to do about Yet-Another-Simple/Static-Blog generator or whatever

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