TheFogan

@TheFogan@programming.dev

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you expect… they replaced their investigative journalists with AI just days before this article came out.

  (source, I asked chatgpt).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI launches an AI-powered browser: ChatGPT Atlas⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We’ve heard your pleas, you are sick of your web browser shoving AI down your throat… well worry no more.

  What if instead of forcing an AI in your web browser, we force a web browser in your AI!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨arborholing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean it’s true… but there’s a pretty reasonable case that humans aren’t sentient. We think we’re doing shit for a good reason but at the end of the day on a large scale we’re just going through the motions of what our environment leads us to do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So admins, hows your instances looking today?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s called amazon web services.

  In short there’s 3 major cloud providers

  Amazon Web Services

  Google Cloud Platform

  Microsoft Azure

  All 3 basically do the same thing, real simplified version of it. it’s kind of a giant pool of server resources that are leased to you by demand. So say if you are netflix and have 100 million people watching the day a new series drops, but then only have 1 million watching tuesday night, they pay based on how much is currently being used, rather than having to set everything to handle peak, but be idle 90% of the time.

  again yeah it’s expensive for most purposes… and one can argue how bad it is on the whole, but it is kind of what most companies have been using for a lot of things for the last 15 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nobody has ever lit a cigarette because of happiness. Smoking is a anxiety-coping mechanism.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Seconded I would 100% say, very few claims that “nobody ever wants” have any chance of being true, you could say most, you could even say “almost nobody”. But give me enough time and a large enough set of people, I’ll find someone who actually wants to have their head put on a pike.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla reintroduces 'Mad Max' Full Self-Driving mode that breaks speed limits⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I do aknowledge that’s always going to be the problem when we have the human + AI driver combinations.

  Safest hypothetical is 100% AIs that always follow the same rules… next safest is humans that break the rules, but in a context aware situation (IE everyone going 70 in a 55, is safer than 1 car going 55 and all other cars going 70).

  Real danger though is if the AI doesn’t make good judgement calls when doing so. IE rather than deciding based on how fast other cars are going, it’s primary determination is whether the user says they are in a hurry, leading it to sometimes be the one car going 55, but if the person is in a hurry it may be the only car going 70 on a road everyone else is going 55.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  well do you want something that has an 80% chance of finding it in 2 seconds… or something that has a 99% chance of finding it in 38 hours? (and yeah, duh the obviously rational thing to do would be to try one or 2 layers of the quick methods, say “did this find it or do you want me to look deeper”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is It Cool to Say “I Love Hitler”? The Republican Party Is Trying to Decide.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish, that’s what to me the real horror of this concept is… Biggest thing the media is misrepresenting this is they are using language to make you think 14-18, what you’d expect to find on a fortnight or xbox live lobby of teenagers trying to one up eachother.

  These aren’t highschoolers, most of them are past college age. These aren’t edgy teenagers trying to push the envelope. These are young adults, old enough not just to vote, but to run for things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Enemies⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, only Top Assasains do that, mid level ones don’t introduce themselves, or ask for your side of the story.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THE CRAZY PILLS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah that is why I made sure the qualifiers were there, obviously I don’t spend time on tiktok, and it looks like most people finding what’s most likely the discussed video was just taking 2 pills, and hell for all we can know from that maybe she actually did have a headache or something wrong.

  I’m fully aware the current administration is nothing but liars misrepresenting everything they have ever come accross.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THE CRAZY PILLS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean if someone is doing that it actually would be the rare example where I could say someone is trump deranged. All medication prescription and non prescription is about weighing the potential risks vs benefits. Taking normal dosage of Tylenol is mostly harmless, and the reason a blanket statement of “it’s no harm, just don’t take tylenol” is a horrific mischaracterization even IF the studies cited showed a clear and blatent causal relationship between Tylenol and potential issues, because it’s simply weighing risk of treatement vs nontreatment. IE fever and pain are also things likely to negatively impact a pregnancy as well as the health of a mother.

  Taking any medicine while pregnant, when you do not currently have any condition it is treating is just stupid risk, and if you are taking more than the recomended dosage just to flex on an idiot, you are becoming an idiot yourself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨two sides⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean the obvious thing is, I know I’m not capable of being that great, I do actually note how much better I could be at my expertise if I spent a bit more time studying it and less on meme’s… however it’s pretty clear I’m not anywhere near the running of pushing humanities understanding forward.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨two sides⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Newton is so strongly the posterboy for how you can be brilliant in one area, and still so wrong in so many others. He spent about equal time looking at physics, alchemy and some bullshit da-vinchi code search for secrets in biblical numerology. Can you just imagine how much further he could have pushed physics and mathmatics if he hadn’t spent 2/3rds of his time chasing red herrings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PinePods Release v0.8.0 - "Mobile apps and massive perfomance bumps"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can we like, maybe normalize adding descriptions of the product to these announcements? On the blogs of these apps pages that’s one thing, but on selfhosted forums etc… where we are drawing attention to the product of which many aren’t familiar with… a 2 sentence summary of what the product is before going into the long changelog, would make everyone so happy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you be sued for defaming virtual K-pop stars? South Korea court says yes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  anyone know what the claim is to even count as defamation?. That to me seems like what should be the crux.

  IE if the claim was “X’s voice clearly shows he’s dying of cancer.” I could see that as defamation. On the other hand “X is summoning demons” that clearly would be fan-fiction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah damn, my arguement must have completely come apart, because that’s absolutely a scottsman, and he is falling for the marketing. I don’t think there’s any comeback for that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh nooo!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank goodness for the red circle, I’d have been sure the focus was the 2 guys in the water.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I think scottsman are the ones that are actually immune to marketing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Trying to figure out if you are joking, or you are from a nicer country that getting paid sick leave is something everyone gets. Good chunk of the american work force, has to negotiate with their boss, go to a doctor that’s going to charge them between $50-$200 so they can tell you “yep you have a cold, here’s a note so you can prove it to your boss”, so you can give that note to your boss and not get fired for taking some UNPAID days off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I think the real thing is just not understanding how bad a cold without an immune system would be. IE only real way to put it in context is, read up on what an immune-comprimised individual goes through when they get a cold.

  It’s a bit like saying

  “why is my countries missile defense so crappy, whenever we’re attacked there’s chunks of metal all over the ground, so much smoke and noise it makes it hard to sleep, why are we so bad at defending from missiles”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What D&D alignment would my character(s) be?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fully agree that, well the actions are blatently evil. Would be evil even if Catherine were actually an animal. I’d say inflicting suffering on any being with no end goal other than to inflict suffering, is kind of 100% the definition of evil.

  Where I disagree is the law/chaos axis being based on local laws. IE a paladin doesn’t suddenly become chaotic if he enters an evil nation that demands everyone to take part in sacrificing babies. To me that axis is always on whether you are more rigid in following the rules, you care about the way you get the results, rather than just the end result.

  To me I would say, there’s not enough details in the story to gather long term opinions on Natasha, as IMO it’s more of an overarching concept of consistency. So with the information given, I’d rule

  NE.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this still on the ace spectrum or what?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Very hard to judge with that context. Not minding sounds just like non-sex repulsed asexual. (going off the fact that you don’t seem to be implying wanting to do so, and haven’t said anything along the lines of “wanting to”.

  IE the real question is would you enjoy having sex with someone, and/or do you even have romantic feelings.

  ace is a huge crazy spectrum, but what I generally hear about is

  aromantic - IE do not feel romantic attraction

  asexual - does not feel a desire to have sex.

  sex repulsed - (this does not appear to apply to you, that’s when you are actually sickened when confronted with sex).

  So without full more detailed view on you, unless your tone of “I don’t mind” is different than what I think of when I hear that. (IE I don’t mind emptying the dishwasher, or taking out the trash).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If spiderman shoots webs from his wrists would not the tension of shooting and swingiing up a skyscraper pretty much break his wrist? Also why SpiderMAN shouuldn''t it be SpiderTEEN?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  actually if I recall that varies a lot on the series/comic. The original one invented the web shooter and synthesized the web material. But if I recall in the original comics there were some points and versions that had organic, peter’s clone had organic webs, . Rami’s version of spiderman for the movies had organic webs.

  But yeah the long and short of it is, the actual spider powers, are stregnth, durability and quickened reflexes. Which when you factor in impossible durrability as the power that kind of covers the not breaking off his arm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Cases where you want something googled quickly to get an answer, and it’s low consequence when the answer is wrong.

  IE, say a bar arguement over whether that guy was in that movie. Or you need a customer service agent, but don’t actually care about your customers and don’t want to pay someone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI in Education: Doomed?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s OK the secretary of education was only promoting steak sauce in the classrooms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How decentralized Bluesky is compared to the Fediverse.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean I agree… it’s kind of the constant crux isn’t it?

  The IT nerds pick a protocol that’s uncontrolled, you need to select options and servers, because… well obviously that’s kind of the definition of uncontrolled.

  Some big name with big VC backing makes a big platform, makes it simple as possible, no choices, no control but good defaults. Average joes all flock there, build huge communities, users happy. Obviously the bulk of the creative types, celebrities etc… that most people care about flock there.

  Big corp or VCs start demanding more monetization, or political censorship, or whatever kind of enshittification they inevitably always will. Users complain, but it all continues to amplify… open communities announce “hey we’ve got our alternative here”, they say “thanks but nah that’s too complicated, and you don’t have the users that I want to see anyway”. People complain more… and either adapt and accept the enshitification as normal… or maybe another big VC backed individual or other corp opens an alternative and pulls off the impossible critical mass goal, and process repeats.

  I don’t really know the solution, just know the pattern. Bluesky is IMO the new twitter… fundimentally I don’t see it as super different than the old twitter. Only way I really see everything working is if say… a corporate backed giant actually played nicely and allowed interoperability with a federated protocol that’s actually… well hostable.

  It’s basically like exactly what happens out in the real world… walmart comes offers better convenience and lower prices than local competitors… local economy adapts to walmart, individual stores shut down… half of owners, etc… forced to working for walmart for garbage pay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every damn time.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well they better, in california everything gives them cancer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would be mad, but, I’d also say go. Honestly when I was about 19, my mom more or less did this, in short she spent weeks talking up a hair dresser friend at church, commented that she played D&D, Eventually arranged for me to join her, and get a hair cut.

  I talked with her, didn’t really go anywhere, From my understanding the girl afterwards kind of responded to my mom something along the lines of “I know you are hoping I’d be your son’s future wife but that’s not where I am in life right now”, and all the embarassment went on my mom for that.

  So yeah, if you ask me, give it a shot, if it sucks, you’ve got solid standing to tell your dad not to do that shit again, if it’s good, maybe something good can come from it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do gangs that collect protection money actually do any protecting?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Though to my understanding, it is from them… to my knowledge if a shop gets broken into, in their territory you don’t call them, they already are aware and hunting down the perpetrators. Kind of what gang wars are… one gang basically declares an area their territory, if another gang takes action in that area they are basically declaring a gang war.

  Obviously gangs know it’s bad for business if they want to collect protection money, and they aren’t overwhelmingly the biggest thing to be afraid of.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If suffering is good because it gives life meaning, wouldn't it follow that hurting people is good?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is basically saying too much suffering is bad (succumbing to hunger). But a little (harsh breakup) can be good.

  Not quite, first off scale isn’t quite as relevant there, beyond a certain point can leave no room for revocation.

  Hypothetically a brain tumor can cause suffering, but the removal might rewire your brain so you feel better.

  Stepping on a lego may hurt… and most likely nothing of worth is gained from it.

  Suffering is always bad… the events afterwards can go either way. Even say the harsh breakup, might lead to personal growth, might lead to a long depression spiral that ends in murder or suicide.

  Also more important to point out, suffering isn’t required for personal growth. Maybe someone becomes a better person by going to therapy, or just watching someone be kind to someone else and being inspired, or falling in love with someone that loves them back.

  Suffering is one of many potential change agents per say. That change can be positive or negative, and again there are millions of change agents in the world. Suffering by definition is an unpleasant agent of change.