boonhet
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- Comment on I went to an anti-tech rally, where Gen Z dressed as gnomes and smashed iPhones. Here's what I learned. | Business Insider 1 day ago:
I would argue that a large chunk of the people you describe above are not “trying to think about things”, they’re just trying to get to point B. They’ve got a goal, after all.
This might be a me thing. I am never not thinking, planning, solving problems. My brain doesn’t do idle very easily.
People on the bus or train are just people.
You’re from a different culture probably. Literally, most people don’t want unsolicited interactions where I’m from. If someone’s approaching you to start a conversation out of the blue, they’re going to be asking you for booze or cigarettes. Or money. Or they already got their booze and now they’re making small talk. And for 50% of the population, the other 50% of the population can be seen as threatening based on gender alone. So it’s polite to just shut up and let other people be. You gotta have a reason for talking to people who aren’t expecting to be talked to. Not bothering anyone is part of our culture. You don’t go to the ER unless there’s an axe in your skull, because going there just because you’re only MILDLY dying, would be bothering the doctors and nurses and all in all just too much of a fuss.
- Comment on Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber wants an AI agent in every board meeting 1 day ago:
Unfortunately I believe that was still a mouse you’d have to pay for up front, you’d just get a subscription on top of that.
- Comment on Tesla reintroduces 'Mad Max' Full Self-Driving mode that breaks speed limits 1 day ago:
- Monopolies are a thing and the first few to the market with self driving systems will be ubiquitous. You can’t avoid it. Waymo/Google will license their solution to car manufacturers, who will be stuck with it because it’s going to be very expensive to get their own self driving certified in all their target markets.
- Yes, let’s limit everyone to either walking/cycling, public transit, or megacorporation control over their freedom of movement. There’s certainly not a western government currently rounding up dissidents that would just tell their beloved corporations to drive people with certain backgrounds to Alligator Alcatraz.
- Yes, but why are we giving them even more control over our lives voluntarily? Especially since we’re talking about something that can literally lock its doors and drive you to somewhere you didn’t want to go.
I’ve never been much of a conspiracy nut, but this is where I agree with them. I don’t want government and corporations to say when and where I can go. Walking is an option for me 90% of the time, and one I take very often, but what if I literally need to fucking escape an invasion? Considering it’s happening right now, 4 countries south of me, and said invader has demonstrated that they love taking down communications networks, what the fuck options am I going to have left if I need to drive 1000 km in a day and my car’s like “No Internet connection, I’m staying put”? If you’re in the US you don’t have THAT risk, but you still have the whole issue of a dictator being able to decide where you’re driving. Public transit is great, but it’s not ready for mass surges of people fleeing and if someone’s after you personally, it creates choke points (stations) where it’s easy to grab you. I’m not saying cars are super hard to track, but when there are a lot of targets, everyone being spread out means it’s harder to get a lot of people at once.
- Comment on I went to an anti-tech rally, where Gen Z dressed as gnomes and smashed iPhones. Here's what I learned. | Business Insider 1 day ago:
It is great fun! That’s why I essentially lived at a bar for over a year and nearly always went alone. So many chance encounters and some people I still talk to. Plus even if you’re away for a year or 2, the regulars will remember you and come talk to you. Downside was spending 500 euros a month or more on beer.
But public transport? Nobody wants to be there. You’ve got a goal and it’s not socialising, it’s getting somewhere. Maybe you’re anxious about going to the doctor, maybe you’re anticipating a shitty workday. It’s annoying to have to talk to other people when you’re trying to think about things.
In our culture this is seen as normal: you keep to yourself in public unless at some place where socialising is the norm.
- Comment on 4chan faces UK ban after refusing to pay ‘stupid’ fine 1 day ago:
I thought to boost the GDP you should also get the economists to eat shit.
- Comment on Tesla reintroduces 'Mad Max' Full Self-Driving mode that breaks speed limits 1 day ago:
I need to go play that again
- Comment on I went to an anti-tech rally, where Gen Z dressed as gnomes and smashed iPhones. Here's what I learned. | Business Insider 1 day ago:
It’s not that the trains are so full of drunk homeless people, but that trains are affordable and also conductors aren’t going to physically throw out a person that could get violent. Planes you don’t really get on without a ticket. An entire class of people are filtered off the plane because of that.
And anyway, said group are a minority, but they’re the only ones who randomly talk to strangers most of the time. Everyone else minds their own business in my experience.
- Comment on Tesla reintroduces 'Mad Max' Full Self-Driving mode that breaks speed limits 1 day ago:
Yeeees, another thing Tesla and Google can fully control in our lives! Hooray!
- Comment on I went to an anti-tech rally, where Gen Z dressed as gnomes and smashed iPhones. Here's what I learned. | Business Insider 2 days ago:
It’s like 90% drunk homeless people that talk to you on trains and buses though. It gets tiring.
If I want chance encounters with sober people, I’ll go to the bar. I mean eventually the people there get drunk too, but it’s a nice “5 hours and 10 beers” drunk not “what month and/or year is it” drunk.
- Comment on The AI that we'll have after AI (Doctorow) 3 days ago:
Also the AI GPUS probably won’t be great for gaming. And cheap could mean anything when they go for 20k a piece.
- Comment on 4 days ago:
I thought it was E = mc^2 + AI
- Comment on hows keto working out for you 5 days ago:
They’re really not, but not everyone needs them.
If you’re bordering type 2 diabetes and carbs just make your blood sugar shoot up and crash down, reducing or eliminating carbs can get your shit back in check without medication, and make it much easier to reduce your calories (since you don’t feel compelled to stuff your face again because of shaky hands)
- Comment on Forbidden knowledge 5 days ago:
They’ve got AI on the brain, they’re insane in the membrane
- Comment on Forbidden knowledge 5 days ago:
The entire thing has always seemed fake sadly, however, I’d totally do that with my child if I felt the need to put parental controls on their devices. For now, though, it’s not even an issue (too young for any smart devices) and idk, I grew up without parental controls and I’m fine - I’d say everyone needs to play Runescape and get scammed of their most valuable belongings, it makes skepticism come more naturally.
- Comment on NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers 6 days ago:
Oh I know, I’m just fully enjoying the irony of watching the man who was supposed to lower the grocery prices make fewer people be able to afford groceries.
- Comment on NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers 6 days ago:
Thing is, when the economy is already going downhill… You ought to increase government spending instead of reducing it. It puts more money in the economy. More people with jobs also spend more money at businesses that employ people.
- Comment on Commercials seem to be normalizing an unhealthy work-balance more. 1 week ago:
I think it’s fine to work 60-80 hours a week if you’re in a place in your life where you don’t have anyone to go home to and you can actually make more money off it (either as a contractor with an hourly rate, or a business owner). Not for long though, because it gets lonely.
Most people shouldn’t work more than 40 though. Definitely if you have a family, go home and spend time with them. There’s a saying in my language that translates to “work doesn’t run away from you”, as in, there will always be more work to do, but your toddler won’t always be a toddler.
- Comment on Words used in a different context 1 week ago:
It used to be no fap February anyway
- Comment on YouTube to give banned creators a 'second chance' after rule rollback 1 week ago:
The temp adjective has been dropped for a decade or 2 which is why permabans have been called permabans not just bans.
- Comment on Everyday AI looks more like the '08 housing bubble 1 week ago:
Poor people don’t have money to spend on much else than food and housing. Anyone with money is going to have stocks in these companies.
Also the AI industry is Microsoft, Meta, Google, Nvidia, AMD and a few others. They employ quite a few people.
- Comment on Everyday AI looks more like the '08 housing bubble 1 week ago:
No, actually when people stop buying things and companies close down, I’m pretty sure the employees of said companies lose their jobs.
It sucks but that’s capitalism for you.
- Comment on Everyday AI looks more like the '08 housing bubble 1 week ago:
And the poors lose their jobs but who cares lmao they should just eat cake
- Comment on i enjoy high fructose corn syrup too 1 week ago:
Chanterelles and at least some species of Leccinum are pretty good too.
Look into local berries. Maybe something is edible.
Best is to find people who live off the land and still remember what their forefathers taught them about edible plants or mushrooms. If you’re in the US and have a reservation nearby, maybe they keep the old wisdom alive? Idk I’m not American, the only thing I got off a native American was weed.
In countries where there are people dedicated to keeping tradition alive, it’s easier to find someone to ask I think. Here in Estonia a lot of people collect mushrooms and shit, so a lot of passionate people to ask about their hobby.
- Comment on Framework supporting far-right racists? 1 week ago:
The fuck is he on about even, he’s Danish, not a native Brit. He should gtfo too if it’s such an issue to him.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Well, probably fewer now. But yes, up till now it was easy enough If you’re from India or have a million dollars.
- Comment on Be proud of your life choices 1 week ago:
I’ve seen some FakeTaxi stickers myself
- Comment on Texas National Guard arriving in Chicago 1 week ago:
You know what? They can keep them. I’m reconsidering my nutrition upon looking at them.
- Comment on Texas National Guard arriving in Chicago 1 week ago:
The mystical florida ounces again, eh? Fine, keep your secrets
- Comment on The Great Software Quality Collapse: How We Normalized Catastrophe 1 week ago:
IDK if it uses C# on the frontend.
Pretty sure it’s a webview app, so probably all javascript.
- Comment on At 1% 1 week ago:
What did you use then? I remember cheap monitors in the early 00s ONLY having VGA. By the time I’d moved on, HDMI was so ubiquitous, I skipped DVI instead.