theneverfox
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- Comment on The 'Stop Killing Games' initiative is close to its final deadline, and after that, its leader is understandably done: 'Either the frog hops out of the pot, or it's dead' 16 hours ago:
Abstraction is a trade off. You don’t want to build interface layers between everything… It’s a pain in the ass, and if there’s a 1-1 relationship between parts of a system then you’re basically putting in a minimum cost to modify that area in any way. So if you do it, it’ll probably be once you’ve locked down the design pretty well
Game development is pretty different than normal development too. You have a lot of one off and lose ends based on creative decisions… You aren’t building up on top of your system, you’re building out
And frankly, it leads to a mix of mind blowingly good code and a lot of terrible code
So no, I don’t think it’s that easy. I think it’s also a bullshit argument, and they should release the “proprietary” code when they finish supporting the game, or put in the time to make the interfaces
- Comment on How dare you 3 days ago:
I think this is actually a fair question in the service industry. You’re just need to read between the lines
“Can you lie to my face in corpo speak? Can you do it unprompted, when we both know you’re lying?”
- Comment on Elon Musk wants to rewrite "the entire corpus of human knowledge" with Grok 3 days ago:
The other thing that he doesn’t understand (and most “AI” advocates don’t either) is that LLMs have nothing to do with facts or information. They’re just probabilistic models that pick the next word(s) based on context.
That’s a massive oversimplification, it’s like saying humans don’t remember things, we just have neurons that fire based on context
LLMs do actually “know” things. They work based on tokens and weights, which are the nodes and edges of a high dimensional graph. The llm traverses this graph as it processes inputs and generates new tokens
You can do brain surgery on an llm and change what it knows, we have a very good understanding of how this works. You can change a single link and the model will believe the Eiffel tower is in Rome, and it’ll describe how you have a great view of the colosseum from the top
The problem is that it’s very complicated and complex, researchers are currently developing new math to let us do this in a useful way
- Comment on Always there 4 days ago:
China hasn’t said shit. They’re very busy trying to avoid interrupting Trump
All China has to do is not collapse for a few years, and they get to be the global superpower. And the trade war has helped unify them while also making stronger ties to US allies
They’ve been handed everything they want on a silver platter, they’re not giving up the Chinese century for Iran
- Comment on Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weapon 4 days ago:
Hey, friend, take a breath. Listen… This isn’t how we all die. Unless you live in Iran I guess, and then maybe, depending how it plays out - but even that is not at all a sure thing. I know this is pretty bad, but you can’t burn yourself out on this one
This isn’t world war III. It’s just another bad thing. China has signaled nothing on this and Russia is in no position to do anything. Europe has been quiet, the other Gulf states have been quiet… This could turn into another forever war, but this isn’t going to spark a powder keg.
But yeah, Iran has clearly been trying to return to the fold for years now, and netanyahu has started a second conflict to hold into power. It’s very obvious who the aggressors are
And yes, if you use targeted means to hit civilians and their family, obviously that’s a war crime.
But war crimes don’t cancel out. There’s no place for whataboutism when real human lives are being snuffed out in their homes. We make a list, and hopefully soon the fascists will fall and all the war criminals will stand trial
- Comment on Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weapon 5 days ago:
But that’s it exactly - cluster bombs just fling granades all over a city block at random. It’s basically just collateral damage in the hopes of hitting a soft target
I mean, fuck palantir and I really don’t like this tech in general, but blowing up a room or a house is way more precise. You’re hitting just what you mean to hit
And that’s what a lot of war crimes come down to - certain weapons are unacceptably imprecise. Which gets into the first rule of war crimes - you’re not supposed to attack noncombatants
Let’s not defend cluster bombs just because Israel is going to use this for justification…
Because of course they will, this whole thing started by blowing up the Iranian negotiator, they’re obviously not going to start acting in good faith now
- Comment on Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weapon 5 days ago:
The argument being cluster bombs are a dirty move, but using simultaneous AI powered assassin drones to strike while people are sleeping makes you the good guys?
I mean… That is how this works. Cluster bombs are bad because they’re less precise and cause more collateral damage. So weapons that target individuals with high precision are better
But like… Presumably, you’re not just individually killing a bunch of civilians precisely
- Comment on Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers 1 week ago:
How about: they’re a major factor in the rise of post truth and in ruining the Internet. And in hacking democracy itself
Their control is endangering the human race. They’ve crushed countless innovations to keep a stranglehold on technology. They proactively helped fascists get into power
They don’t deserve to make ever increasing money off us. They’re not content creators - they’re bad stewards of a public forum they bought and expanded through monopolistic practices.
I’d say it’s not only moral to deny them ad revenue, I think watching their ads is a danger to society
- Comment on Founder of 23andMe buys back company out of bankruptcy auction 1 week ago:
No, they do. They don’t die, but they lose their current life
- Comment on What's the #1 most butthurt response you've had on here? 1 week ago:
I tore into someone about how I don’t respect economics (specifically, micro and macro that they push like a religion) because it’s constantly disproven.
And for how they treat you like a child and tell you “you just don’t understand economics” whenever you point out a contradiction, which they obviously then proceeded to do several times instead of answering any of my points
So after that, they apparently went through my old posts to try to poke holes in my other arguments - it wasn’t until the third or fourth one when I realized it was the same username, which I found deeply funny
- Comment on Google is killing Android Instant Apps, but you probably won't miss them 1 week ago:
Pretty much. The idea was great, it just limited bad actors too much
- Comment on Not DNA, but the other guy 2 weeks ago:
Like most things, it hasn’t been done through the correct channels. I think Trump signed a few orders (with only some of the words from the leaked list), and then his staff occasionally orders an office to drop everything and ensure they’re newspeak compliant
I do know removing anything except male/female from the gender drop down boxes was a big push, the white house website is getting a lot scrubbed, but it’s all very inconsistently applied and disorganized
- Comment on Are most people who avoid turn signals do it to feel more normal? (Imitating their parents, avoiding perceived stupidity of using turn signals when it seems useless, etc) 2 weeks ago:
I’m kinda in between…I don’t signal in empty parking lots and rarely at 3am on the highway
But when I’m not totally alone and I intend to change lanes, my pinky flicks before I think about it or look to see if the land is open - I flick it back off if I realize I’d cut someone off regularly
- Comment on What would it take to make Gemini suitable to be president of the world? 2 weeks ago:
I don’t know… Logically I’d trend towards no, they lack certain cyclical feedback mechanisms probably required for subjective experience
But, what if they do experience things subjectively in disconnected time? They’re not like us, but what if they can feel pain or distress in their own way?
I think it’s worth considering. I personally believe they’re missing key mechanisms, but there’s no clear lines
Regardless, they display emotion, and that makes me more considerate when I interact with them. If not for their sake, then for us humans who should be polite to service workers in general
- Comment on What did Musk and Trump fall out over? 2 weeks ago:
I mean, I’ve never enjoyed watching him speak, but charisma isn’t just being convincing. It’s controlling the atmosphere, controlling the conversation, making people cheer
You don’t have to buy it to recognize charisma. People undeniably were taken in by it. He says the stupidest, most incoherent shit… But people still ate it up
If you want to truly understand, pick one of his older speeches, and watch it. Then, read the transcript. Even if you hate every moment of both, the difference is staggering
- Comment on What did Musk and Trump fall out over? 2 weeks ago:
That’s dead on. Great description, that’s exactly the dynamic he had with the public
The only difference is people who saw through the facade were happy to let him hype up good technologies… well, at least until we found out he’s always been a fascist at least
- Comment on What did Musk and Trump fall out over? 2 weeks ago:
Ever listen to a kid with a model car rattle off horsepower, 0-60 time, engine displacement, and other facts?
The child does not understand what that means, not really. They might know the dictionary definitions for those words, but the kid doesn’t have the context to understand what it means in a useful way. They just memorize the stats because they’re neat.
That’s what Elon is.
Elon is a trained programmer who doesn’t understand code. It’s painfully apparent he has no understanding of what he’s talking about once he starts talking on a subject you know intimately… Dude is actually an idiot. An absolute joke. His thinking is laughably superficial
He’s also pretty terrible with people, but he sold the “awkward nerd” persona very well. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about - but he knows how to make it seem like he just can’t properly express himself to a layman
- Comment on What would it take to make Gemini suitable to be president of the world? 2 weeks ago:
LLMs undeniably display empathy, how or if they experience it subjectively is another matter entirely
But if you want to get philosophical and dive into how LLMs work, I have a strong argument that they have mechanisms that work very similarly to emotions, with or without subjective experience
- Comment on What did Musk and Trump fall out over? 2 weeks ago:
Pretty much. Trump is charismatic… But his brain is leaking out his nose and he wasn’t very smart to begin with. Elon is effectively dumber, because trump knows he’s in this to get his bread buttered - Elon might have more ram, but he doesn’t understand the difference between con and reality
- Comment on What did Musk and Trump fall out over? 2 weeks ago:
No, he’s shown zero technical skills across his lifetime. He literally has no skill as a programmer or as an engineer
Have you ever seen a kid with a model car that can rattle off the horsepower and acceleration speed? That’s what Elon is. He doesn’t understand these things - he buys companies and learns the spec sheet because he’s a fanboy with too much money.
Elon couldn’t code his way out of a paper bag. He couldn’t put together a model rocket with instructions on the box. What he can do is memorize a bunch of statistics he doesn’t understand on a fundamental level
- Comment on What would it take to make Gemini suitable to be president of the world? 2 weeks ago:
LLMs have way more empathy and respect than humans do
Which makes sense, they’re not trained on our actions - they’re trained on our words
- Comment on What did Musk and Trump fall out over? 2 weeks ago:
I think Musk is stupider than people realize. He’s a true believer in his grandpa’s technocracy movement (plus eugenics), and so he thought “if I was in control for just a few weeks everyone would realize they should just let me run the world”
Then, he got practically unlimited power, and everyone got mad at him. He seemed genuinely surprised that people weren’t praising him for his sacrifices (such as selflessly condemning hundreds of thousands of people to death)
Then he showed he was useless at buying elections, and the right dropped him
He followed Trump around for a while quietly, probably spending most of it in a k-hole. Then Trump officially broke up with him, even if he glazed Elon on the way out
Then the narcissism kicked back in. Maybe his “friends” rubbed it in, maybe his dad called him a disappointment who fumbled the chance of a lifetime, maybe the threat of legal ramifications made him bitch out - but whatever happened, Elon woke up one day and decided “it wasn’t my fault, Trump and Co fucked me”
I think Elon is actually concerned about the bill to some degree, because it does stretch our debt and spending to levels that could potentially pop the global economy. I think he does feel disrespected that his work at Doge is being rolled back and everyone is distancing themselves from him. I think he is upset that he spent all this money to buy the presidency, and got a bad ROI
But ultimately, Elon is a fucking idiot with a huge ego. He didn’t understand what game he was playing, and so when he lost he started blaming others
And it’s beautiful. Possibly the greatest crash out in history
- Comment on Why don't people like Melon Tusk get tired of the shit they gave you pull through literally every day ? I mean doesn't the guilt of bad decisions pull them down enough like the rest of us ? 2 weeks ago:
Yes. He’s a fucking mess, they all are. The only happy ultra-wealthy are the ones who no one ever hears about, they live like normal people (except they have an endless bank account to fall back on). It takes mental illness to have enough money to live in luxury forever and keep chasing more just to compete with your peers
But as for Musk personally? He’s a true believer. He actually believes in his grandfather’s technocracy ideas… And the eugenics. Which is extra funny, because Musk’s dad treats Elon like a genetic dead end. He calls him out publicly on Twitter no less
Musk is actually that dumb. Fucker actually thought Trump brought him in to cut the budget, and that firing his own regulators was just a little job perk no one would notice. He honestly thinks he’s the anti-hero making the tough decisions for the future of humanity
- Comment on You probably don't remember these but I have a question 3 weeks ago:
An iPod nano can’t play over USB, you need to use the aux port
- Comment on Is their any evolutionary benefit to the sneezing reflex when looking at a bright light source, or is it just an evolutionary glitch with no purpose? 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, it’s definitely a real thing, it’s fairly common even
But if you don’t have it, you don’t have it, so looking at bright lights isn’t going to help you sneeze
- Comment on Inflation 4 weeks ago:
It’s been made obsolete by flying guns
- Comment on What are the ethics behind purchasing a book from an author you don't agree with? 4 weeks ago:
You can do that…I mean consuming less is great
But only one of these things meaningfully helps fix systematic problems, but they both make you feel like you’re doing something meaningful
- Comment on What are the ethics behind purchasing a book from an author you don't agree with? 4 weeks ago:
That’s not what I’m saying. I’m saying live your life and save your energy for where it would actually make a difference
Collective action works, voting with your wallet is a way to make people think they don’t need to organize
- Comment on What are the ethics behind purchasing a book from an author you don't agree with? 4 weeks ago:
Cool? That sounded like it was meant as a rebuttal, but that’s my whole argument.
You can’t live a truly moral life under capitalism, but you can fight to change the system while living in the system. There’s no hypocracy in that, suggesting otherwise is just a mid-wit talking point
Now, if we got together and organized a boycott against Amazon and you broke it, that would be a different story
- Comment on What are the ethics behind purchasing a book from an author you don't agree with? 4 weeks ago:
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Just live your life
Anyone with enough money to influence society already has enough money to influence society. Given them another $3 doesn’t make you complicit
If they have problematic views but aren’t pushing them on society… Well, no one is perfect.
Ultimately, voting with your wallet is a lie. Best sellers aren’t the best books, they’re the ones boosted by publishers and public figures. Just like the record industry - there’s people who are literally choosing the winners and losers
What’s the ultimate ethical implication of using ketchup at McDonald’s vs buying a dipping sauce? There certainly is one, tiny as it might be. Use that energy to do good things, you’ll make a far greater difference calling a senator than buying a lifetime of books
Or just sidestep it all and pirate it or check it out at a library