Survived

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by Survived 10mo ago
Good or bad, converting craft work to production work is not making the craft worker more productive, it's eliminating the craft worker. The unskilled operator's position is also precarious, as you point out, but while it lasts, i
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by Survived 10mo ago
A LLM is more like a CNC panel saw; feed a sheet in one end, stack up parts from the other. It reduces craftsmanship to unskilled labor. The design work and thinking happen somewhere else. The operator comes in, punches a clock, and chokes
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by Survived 10mo ago
Dude, some skeezy used car salesman type bought the bike and made a 350 pound profit. Literally no one involved cared about getting the best price except the bottom-feeders attending the auction.
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by Survived 11mo ago
I'd have spent my twenties writing free software if I could count on $1500/month. It would have been so great.
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by Survived 1y ago
For cars that are out of warranty, it is an advantage, as the car will be scrapped sooner, thereby opening up a hole in the market that needs to be filled with a new car. An advantage to the manufacturer, that is. For the consumer, it leads
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by Survived 1y ago
I think Bonhoeffer was referring to an acquired or affected stupidity; a position adopted defensively to fit into a social or political situation. If the truth becomes dangerous or unpopular, a decent defense is adopting stupidity. I think
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by Survived 2y ago
Many years ago, when I was a very young man, out late one night walking home from the bar, I happened upon a man standing outside the railing of the bridge I was crossing. Without really thinking about it, I stopped, asked him if he needed