dbtc

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by dbtc 5d ago
Maybe balance that with also trying not to destroy things for future generations, or even just future decades, and appreciate the farsighted choices that were made in the past that we all benefit from currently, such as the global eradicati
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by dbtc 9d ago
I've used QuickTime for that, which has the expected menu items.
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by dbtc 22d ago
As long as we keep going back-and-forth and buying stuff, trying to figure it out, the economy will be in good shape.
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by dbtc 25d ago
Perhaps what you're getting at is that being a good writer is not all it takes to make a good [art/story/work...], but I'm not unconvinced that reading is the key for the writing part.
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by dbtc 25d ago
Also ncdu. And *top.
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by dbtc 27d ago
This is one of the better written things I have read online in a long time. The quality of the prose almost makes the subject irrelevant.
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by dbtc 1mo ago
"hey LLM, I'm trying to learn about ___. I already know ___. My favorite authors are ___. Suggest some reading material."
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by dbtc 1mo ago
"Consistent sensibility" is a tasty little phrase. I think taste is developed from a combination of sensual attunement (clarity of perception and focus) and experience (exposure to relevant, high quality 'stuff'), but th
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by dbtc 2mo ago
The other day, while reading, my AI-dar triggered on some typical claudisms, but then I remembered I was reading from a paper book that was printed in 1997...
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by dbtc 5mo ago
Yeah this is bad news. A $1b+ campaign budget could pull some strings.
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by dbtc 5mo ago
I think the chatgpt backend basically includes indexed web like Google, or any other search engine. Could Google be actively trying skip generated-looking sites/content?
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by dbtc 6mo ago
If you rephrase this as succinctly as you can you'll end up quoting the Dao de Jing.
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by dbtc 6mo ago
US post colonial empire method was to create markets overseas, China was watching and learning!
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by dbtc 6mo ago
I use vim a lot but not on the shell A mistake 3 words earlier? meta-bbbd (not as elegant, I admit) delete the whole thing? ctrl-ak (this is even quicker than vim, especially if capslock is mapped to ctrl) the control-based emacs movements
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by dbtc 6mo ago
Maybe not considered a solution, but: print.
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by dbtc 6mo ago
Nah, in my opinion the original title is art. That line is a whopper though.
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by dbtc 6mo ago
> more than could ever be read by a human...
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by dbtc 6mo ago
I'm worried that China will build said killing machines only because they see that we are and feel the need to be prepared.
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by dbtc 7mo ago
All the more reason for them to start finding alternatives ASAP, at least as a backup. Those with knowledge and skill should help them.
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by dbtc 7mo ago
This will not augment memory the way glasses do for sight, this will replace memory the way a wheelchair replaces legs.
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by dbtc 8mo ago
Thinking about the power and reach of political ads served by social media companies over the past 10 years, this is gonna be a whole nother bucket of worms.
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by dbtc 8mo ago
That's interesting and plausible. It also contributes to obsolescing older hardware.
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by dbtc 9mo ago
Also likely, some version of "get dat money"
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by dbtc 9mo ago
When I do dishes by hand I think all kinds of interesting thoughts. Anyway, we've had machines that do our dishes and laundry for a long while now.
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by dbtc 9mo ago
In that case, "blind" would be more accurate.
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by dbtc 9mo ago
If you sell it directly to another human, or even use something like ebay, you'll get more and they'll pay less.
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by dbtc 10mo ago
> without the pain of extended hours of pressing hard with a pen or pencil. Excuse me, do you have a minute to talk about fountain pens? I recommend a Lamy Safari or Pilot Kakuno to start. If the nib is good, no pressure at all is requir
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by dbtc 10mo ago
Wouldn't the whole system be the product then? There's tradeoffs, but that's just integration.
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by dbtc 10mo ago
Check out the spellings in the original folios though: https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeare-in-print/first-fo... Our school books have all had some (very helpful) translation work applied to the original tex
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by dbtc 10mo ago
3.1. Might is right and money helps the medicine go down.

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