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Grandwolf319 ,

So I’ve had this issue too, it’s because we can’t agree on the definition.

I use the definition in the dictionary and based on that, US could fall under it, kind of loosely but technically correct.

Grandwolf319 ,

Although Krusty is a decent human being in the show, he is also shown to be a typical out of touch celebrity while kind of trashy still.

Trump is like the classic trashy celebrity so imo it fits more than it doesn’t.

Grandwolf319 ,

If that’s the case, then why not release a free home version??

To those of you with nothing to hide: One day you might have. Because you don’t make the rules. (mullvad.net)

The most common argument used in defense of mass surveillance is ‘If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear’. Try saying that to women in the US states where abortion has suddenly become illegal. Say it to investigative journalists in authoritarian countries. Saying ‘I have nothing to hide’ means you stop...

Grandwolf319 ,

There is so many good responses to this. Here is one I just came up with:

Legal and not embarrassing are not the same thing.

Grandwolf319 ,

I support public transport but I really don’t know how to convince people. I live in North America.

Grandwolf319 ,

I want to work, but the way I like to work.

If an employer only has a say in what I deliver, fuck yeah I want to work!

Grandwolf319 ,

Wait, did you take my comment as “pay doesn’t matter”???

Of course it matters. Just saying some do value their work intrinsically as opposed for only extrinsically.

Grandwolf319 ,

It isn't ethical since the only people you can really sell on those services are the ones who should least get them.

Yes, all sales is essentially unethical unless all you do is provide info when asked.

Grandwolf319 ,

Damn, got to listen to it now…

Grandwolf319 ,

Ohhhh that makes it soo much better.

Cause if it was a joke post, the solution would be to label those.

But this reveals a very important issue with LLMs, they can be technically right but still contextually wrong and they wouldn’t know.

And that’s not even “hallucination”

Grandwolf319 ,

Well in fact, pi depends on how big of a circle you’re measuring. Because of the square cube law, pi gets bigger the bigger the circle is. Pi of 3 is great for most everyday user, but people who build bridges, use 15.

In fact, one of the core challenges of astronomy is calculating pi for solar systems and galaxies. There is even an entire field for it called astropistonomy.

Calculating pi… it just keeps going on forever.

Grandwolf319 ,

Hahaha, current ML is basically good guessing, that doesn’t really transfer to building machines that actually have to obey the laws of physics.

Grandwolf319 ,

You joke but how about exoskeletal legs that you rent? Like those scooter rentals

Grandwolf319 ,

They are not an ambigrapher, can only make the line go up.

Grandwolf319 ,

Suddenly chthonic companions makes sense, thank you hades!

Grandwolf319 ,

Even $120 would be amazing. I just got an email that said too bad. I just bought a monitor cause that’s where they sold it. Idk why they have to save my info. I just want to pay for the product. If it was up to me, they would delete all my info immediately. They only need to record when the serial number was sold anyway.

Oh if only I was European.

Grandwolf319 ,

Even then, why do they need to store my personal information? After delivery, my info should be wiped besides the date of purchase for said serial number.

After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year (www.billboard.com)

When Bloomberg reported that Spotify would be upping the cost of its premium subscription from $9.99 to $10.99, and including 15 hours of audiobooks per month in the U.S., the change sounded like a win for songwriters and publishers. Higher subscription prices typically equate to a bump in U.S. mechanical royalties — but not...

Grandwolf319 ,

Their strategy was probably the classic startup strategy. Grow at all costs and figure out profitability later. These days it’s rather obvious that this strategy sucks and is doomed to fail (for most cases).

Grandwolf319 ,

Ahhh yes, future enshitification!

Grandwolf319 ,

We are entering the golden age of self hosting and I’m gonna go all in!!!

And for those wondering what about artists, two words: live shows

Grandwolf319 ,

Yeah, people forget that the appeal of Spotify was being able to make a free account and listen to any music. It was okay that it was worse cause it was easy.

Idk how paying for it became common… maybe cause those free users got too comfortable with it.

Grandwolf319 ,

Pirate and go to live shows.

Companies love selling you digital stuff cause they are essentially giving you nothing (as in it doesn’t cost them anything).

Grandwolf319 ,

Higher prices, worse quality, intrusive recommendations, ad filled basic tier?

It all depends on how much people are willing to put up with.

Grandwolf319 ,

I 100% agree with everything you said. It’s just that I thought people wouldn’t put up with the stuff Netflix has been pulling but I was wrong.

Music is different though…

Grandwolf319 ,

But the CDNs required to run a music streaming service are anything but cheap.

Yeah, I still think music streaming makes little sense cause usually people listen to songs over and over. Movie streaming makes more sense cause most people watch one title and not watch it again for years or ever.

Grandwolf319 ,

I feel like it had to cause an actual disaster with assets getting destroyed to become part of common knowledge (like the challenger shuttle or something).

Grandwolf319 ,

Yeah, every time someone says how useful they find LLM for code I just assume they are doing the most basic shit (so far it’s been true).

Grandwolf319 ,

So my company said they might use it to improve confluence search, I was like fuck yeah! Finally a good use.

But to be fair, that’s mostly because confluence search sucks to begin with.

Grandwolf319 ,

Shit like this makes me so glad that I just don’t sign up for these things if I don’t have to.

30 page TOS? You know what, I don’t need to make an account that bad.

Grandwolf319 ,

AI boogaloo

Grandwolf319 ,

I hope people realize that the solution isn’t really to just not buy one, especially since this is the way the industry is heading. The solution is regulations, strict regulations.

Stuff like this should be a slam dunk for congress but we all know which side they are on.

Grandwolf319 ,

I mean, if we are imagining government doing it’s actual job, isn’t it easier to pass regulations then to change how North American cities work?

Like I support walkable cities, I’m just convinced regular people don’t actually want it.

Grandwolf319 ,

I agree, the only thing I would add is swap the two. That way the buffoon is technically in a worse position.

Grandwolf319 ,

The Enshitification will continue until moral improves.

Grandwolf319 ,

I fully support Linux and FOSS but, who the fuck pays for windows (not talking about pre installed computers).

Grandwolf319 ,

Yeah, that’s why I mentioned preinstall, as in who would pay for one if they are not forced to?

Grandwolf319 ,

As in, I’ve rarely seen people pay for windows except for pre installs.

Grandwolf319 ,

I’ve seen people pay for office, usually it was less tech savvy people that had enough money and thought pirating is in fact stealing.

Grandwolf319 , (edited )

So I keep hearing people say:

“Just wait until the big players get into the game, then I’ll buy a good car”.

Imo the big players don’t deserve to survive this transition. They had their opportunity to spearhead it but instead literally chose to be on the wrong side of history.

Nothing stopping big players but greed to get into the EV game.

Grandwolf319 ,

Eventually oil will become so expensive that alternative technologies will be cheaper than it.

We’re already there. If you remove the subsidies for oil and tariffs for Chinese EVs, driving a EV would be the cheapest solution.

Grandwolf319 ,

In a purely profit business, you price things based on how much people are willing to pay for them.

That translates into things never being priced as being “worth it”, but almost worth it, and definitely not worth it for people with tighter budget

Grandwolf319 ,

For me it’s programming issues. I guess devs know that doing SEO would shoot themselves in the foot.

Grandwolf319 ,

It depends on what your searching. For me programming questions are way better on google.

Also searching obvious questions like a country’s population, google still does its job there too.

Grandwolf319 ,

Sure. What I mean is that when I search for issues in duck duck go, I don’t see relevant results. But then I put “!g” and what I want (usually stack overflow or GitHub) comes to the top.

So it makes sense that programming sites do tags and keywords properly to optimize things for the user instead of trying promote their site no matter what.

At least that’s my guess anyway.

Grandwolf319 ,

Yeah if you think we don’t do our due deligence, you should go to more right leaning social media, it’s all sound bites and knee jerk reactions.

Grandwolf319 ,

I like to think that climate change is that lawnmower, we either learn to cooperate or die.

Grandwolf319 ,

Or just sleep in your bed or besides you…

Grandwolf319 ,

Or maybe Google should just improve the experience so people want to pay for a premium subscription.

The problem is that YouTube kind of already peaked, you can’t really make something that works well better

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