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- Comment on Microsoft Plans Major Job Cuts at Xbox Gaming Division 22 hours ago:
That’s a relief. I was starting to worry about them, with all these breakout indie game successes.
Maybe the indie developers will start buying the AAA CEOs a coffee once in awhile.
(This is intended as surrealist humor.)
- Comment on Why does America feel the need to control the world? Do what they say? Instead of taking care of their own problems at home? When did the US become police officer of the world and enforcer? 3 days ago:
I don’t know the name of the theory, but it’s sure noticeable that candidates have diverse values while sitting presidents act earily similar.
A generous assumption could be that they have consistent advisors.
A realist assumption could be that they have consistent funding sources.
A particularly dark assumption is that they face the same threats to their loved ones.
And of course, an adorable meme child says “Why not both?”
- Comment on Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weapon 3 days ago:
That’s the point of the saying. The law can be crafted to treat everyone equally, while only benefitting the king.
- Comment on If you were to launch a rocketship parallel to the earth, on wheels, how big would the ramp have to be to get it into space? 4 days ago:
Yeah but like what if the ramp went past the exosphere?
I think you’ve designed a horizontal space elevator. I like it.
- Comment on AI CEO – Replace Your Boss Before They Replace You 4 days ago:
Yes. If they did allow it, who would hire their nephew, then?
- Comment on xkcd #3105: Interoperability 4 days ago:
High speed rail with extra steps.
And loop-de-loops!
- Comment on Vibe coding is to coding what microwaving is to cooking. 4 days ago:
Yeah, I don’t see AI as invaluable, at least not as it is now, but microwaves? I personally would not want a kitchen without one.
Good point.
I don’t feel great about my microwave cooking, but I miss it immediately when it breaks.
- Comment on Vibe coding is to coding what microwaving is to cooking. 4 days ago:
You’re right, in principle. But I think “invaluable” is stretching it, for most of us.
I call it convenient, but foolish and detrimental. Both of microwaves and current AI.
Whether I’m judging someone for it depends mostly whether the quality of the result is my problem, or not.
- Comment on Amazon boss tells staff AI means their jobs are at risk in coming years 5 days ago:
but they were hoping for a lot more of an exodus. Particularly in the L6/7 level.
Higher is more senior right? Counting up from L1?
If so, that’s an insane amount of ego, to want less of that talent. Wow.
But I bet the drugs they do are amazing, though.
- Comment on Amazon boss tells staff AI means their jobs are at risk in coming years 5 days ago:
Which solution will each party embrace, and how will they accomplish their objectives?
Both American parties will solve it the way they have solved climate change.
- Comment on Amazon boss tells staff AI means their jobs are at risk in coming years 5 days ago:
Yes. Exactly. They’ll also deploy upgrades to themselves painlessly. Thankfully that’s never been a huge ongoing pain felt by everyone paying attention.
(I couldn’t resisit adding a “yes, and” to your point.)
- Comment on Amazon boss tells staff AI means their jobs are at risk in coming years 5 days ago:
Stupid question but what is stopping the software engineers to poison the well?
Great question. I agree with other responses - it happens, and there’s motive to hush it up, so we tend not to hear about it.
It’s also just really hard to tell the difference after the fact between “Dave sabotaged us” and “no one knows how to do what Dave did”.
But I’ll add - there’s currently little need motive sabotage AI implementations. Current generation AI is largely unable to deliver on what is promised, in a business sense. It does cool but useless things, like quickly generating low maturity code, and writing a summary any seven year old could have wtitten.
Current generation AI adds very little business value, while creating substantial risks. Nevermind that no one knows how Dave worked, now no one knows how our AI works, and it’s so eager to please everyone that it lies at critical moments.
Companies playing around with current generation AI to boost next quarter’s stocks will hit plenty of “find out” soon enough, with nothing beyond the natural consequences of ignoring their own engineers advice.
All that to say - if we see what looks like sabotage, it may well just be the natural consequences of stupidity.
- Comment on What do you think the solution to selling progressive politics to young men is ? 5 days ago:
“We promised to be marginally less terrible than our opponents!” DNC 2028
In hope I’m wrong, but we can probably start printing their yard signs now.
- Comment on What do you think the solution to selling progressive politics to young men is ? 5 days ago:
Men are the problem. The patriarchy, the racism, the discrimination? Men.
Ultra rich men are the problem. We’re losing a class war.
- Comment on What do you think the solution to selling progressive politics to young men is ? 5 days ago:
… And shoot your buck!
- Comment on What do you think the solution to selling progressive politics to young men is ? 5 days ago:
If they literally ever credibly ran on basic issues like housing, food, healthcare and the elections were fair, they would win. But they don’t, because they can’t, so they will never have consistent support.
Exactly. Lack of election reform - lack of representative government for minorities and less funded groups - is blocking so many kinds of progress.
- Comment on Gov. Landry signs new drone defense law; first in nation 6 days ago:
With the federal government gutting funding of it’s own agencies, we may see more of this.
Federal laws are effective if they’re effectively enforced. If states lose confidence in federal enforcement, it makes sense that they will try to do their own thing, and see if the courts are understaffed and lethargic or able to act.
And if the federal government succeeds in using AI instead of human staff, then all each state will need to do is pass the same law a few different times with slightly different wording to hit the right gap in the AI.
There’s interesting times ahead.
- Comment on Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers 6 days ago:
Same here. The SponsorBlock in SkyTube skips intros and “like and subscribe”, too. Even in downloads.
- Comment on Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers 6 days ago:
Skytube has an option for clipping mid-video ads out of downloaded videos, if that helps.
- Comment on getoffpocket.com, my guide to Pocket alternatives, just got a redesign 6 days ago:
I was going to say. This is neat, but it’s not what getoffpocket.com had, last time I shopped there!
- Comment on What are your favorite Tactical RPGs? 1 week ago:
Advance Wars, of course.
I haven’t seen any mention of “Steamworld: Heist”, yet. It’s a very different sort of game engine, but scratches the same itch.
- Comment on What are your favorite Tactical RPGs? 1 week ago:
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, above all else.
Yes. The day is full of moments. (Relevant Penny Arcade)
- Comment on Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers 1 week ago:
This is the way.
When YouTube wanted to throw me some entertainment and a couple ads, very conveniently, I was down for that.
Now that it’s an all out technology knowledge battle - well, I’m quite good at that.
So I spend the time I would have laughed at their ad instead working around their bullshit.
I haven’t seen an ad in years, but I still enjoy the same content. 🤷♀️
To me, it seems like they’re working really hard, just to fail to serve me ads.
- Comment on If you can't make it yourself, store bought is fine 1 week ago:
Cool. I learned something. Thanks!
- Comment on Trump team leaks AI plans in public GitHub repository 1 week ago:
When do we want it? As soon as it can beat beginner atari chess?!?!
There’s no time! We’ll have to just go for it! (apparently)
- Comment on If you can't make it yourself, store bought is fine 1 week ago:
As a non-chemistry person, I assume the red diamonds are to ensure I don’t put this in my mouth?
- Comment on Yet another European government is ditching Microsoft for Linux - here's why 1 week ago:
Umm… Actually. 4.06%! Which is still fully supports your point.
I couldn’t resisit commenting on it though, because I’m on Lemmy and my act of commenting furthers your point, as well.
So everyone wins. Especially Linux on desktop. It wins twice, because I like it so much.
- Comment on matrix is cooked 1 week ago:
Good idea. That makes me wonder if voice over IRC is a thing. I feel like there might only be four people who know how to use it, but I bet I would enjoy hanging out with those four people.
- Comment on A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"? 1 week ago:
That’s the one! We can also bully him with snowballs in the opening scene, if we want to.
- Comment on Half of companies planning to replace customer service with AI are reversing course 1 week ago:
He should be panicked, but I think instead he’s doing a lot of coke.
That would explain so much.