- Synaesthesia parentSo there we see that the vast majority of the country opposes this war.
- Bombs are not the solution.
- It says in the article other manufacturers are using 4680 tech in their cars, BMW, Rivian ...
- It's up to us to keep the government accountable. Democracy does if we don't put pressure on the government and participate actively in politics.
- Cloud computing, that is
- We are still the standard by which intelligence is judged.
- It's brilliant at recapitulating the daya it's trained on. It can be extremely useful. But it's still nowhere close the capability of the human brain, not that I expect it to be.
Don't get me wrong I think they are remarkable but I still prefer to call it LLM rather than AI.
- He's not wrong. It's not intelligence. It's a simulacrum of intelligence. It can be useful but ought to not be trusted completely.
And it's certainly not a boon for freedom and openness.
- I don't think so, in fact it might be counterproductive. I think it could and should be done within existing structures. But it will require mass mobilisation and counters to mass propaganda.
- It's up to us to create the future we want to see.
- I'm referring to the ascendance of Bertrand Aristide. Now he was quickly removed but it was a remarkable triumph of grassroots democracy.
- AI could be a boon for mankind. it can be a useful tool. We could employ it in a manner which provides more dignity for workers. That is, let them work less hours, have more leisure time etc. That necessitates something which will keep the powers of capital in check, and people don't seem to think that this is possible.
Corporations are just so large and powerful, that people feel hopeless. Byt we could still get together and enact legislation which will override them. Othing is impossible, it just takes some imagination and organisation.
Like Chomsky once said, if the peasants of Haiti could organise and overthrow their government and create a functioning democracy, then surely we can too, with far more advantages.
- I would say the primary difference is that the state supersedes capital, rather than the other way around. The Chinese state permits capitalism, but only when it's to the benefit of China's economy and wellbeing.
So, for instance they just banned sports betting outright, as it's not productive or contributing to the economy.
The state runs the "commanding heights" of the economy, the banks, and directs investment, coordinates with industry. Of course it invests in infrastructure development.
- No, I'd rather not we test more nuclear weapons.
- Jailbreak the Tesla.
- Can someone please figure out how to make my AirPods Pro 2 work with my MacBook Pro M1? Because they just don't work.
- On Linux and Windows it is IMO the best browser and it's pretty good on MacOS too, although Safari is still my fave on that platform.
It's stable, got good UI and light on resources. The excellent adblocking is a huge feature.
For the average Joe user, they might want some AI features but most techy users have already got that figured out.
- The Mac Mini M4 is crazy small though. This steam box is still really small, even if it is 5x the volume of the Mac Mini M4.
- There's just nothing like playing against other people. It's so dynamic and fun. Especially games like StarCraft. AI is just nowhere near as engaging.
- I only use the web app on my phone (via Firefox). It works well enough and I can play videos in the background and block ads.
- I'm so glad the whole world is in an arms race while tensions between superpowers keep rising. Really makes me feel reassured about the future.
- Taiwan still claims the rest of mainland China so maybe it's a reference to that.
- Yeah, I only started taking fitness seriously at 39. I'm now 41, and I'm glad I did, I might be in the best shape of my life.
- So let's see we've allowed all the arms control treaties to lapse, every single major power is investing more in armaments including nuclear delivery systems.
There is a huge active conflict in Ukraine, right in Europe, the Middle East and many other places like Africa. Many more conflicts are brewing like in Latin America, China, India/Pakistan etc.
There should be alarm bells going off. People aren't aware of just how massive and devastating this threat is.
In the 1980s there were huge protests about jucelar weapons that actually resulted in detente and a relaxation of tensions.
Right now tensions and conflicts are rising. Many people think the threat of nuclear weapons went away after the cold war. They never did.
Where are the peace movements? There has to be popular pressure to institute arms control, make peace and ultimately dismantle these nuclear weapons.
- As someone who is using AdGuard on Safari and uBlock origin on Firefox, no. Both equally good IMO. I'm not seeing any ads!
- The internet used to have all kinds of crazy sites, anyone remember rotten.com?
It was a lot more uncensored and anarchistic. It wasn't dedicated to consumerism and sold out to corporations.
We had personal websites, blogs and such. No, it has definitely changed for the worse in terms of personal freedom. Enshittification is real.
- Apple somehow managed to claw it's way to releavance from a weaker position in 1998 (with PoserPC!) So if they had their act together they could have done better in the early 90s.
hey squandered their early lead in the US among consumers and education and also ignored the international market.
Not gonna lie Wintel was a formidable force. Microsoft was ruthless in cornering the market.
But technically, OS/2 and MacOS gave Windows a run for it's money, arguably superior on some respects, and you could say the same for PowerPC and Intel.
- Adguard works well and is free. I did pay for Wipr 1 but now switched to Adguard.
- To be honest I just weighed myself and I have lost weight.
I think it's a fair amount. I try hit 10000 steps a day, go to the gym, do occasional runs.