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by jbstack 11mo ago
Exactly. I share the view that it doesn't make sense to effectively have two window managers running (one in my WM and one in Emacs) with different philosophies and shortcuts. But, and in a more general sense this is the great thing ab
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by jbstack 11mo ago
I think this largely misses the point. It isn't about which out of keyboard vs mouse is objectively better or faster. It's about subjective comfort. If a system "feels" nicer to use then I'll feel more motivated whi
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by jbstack 11mo ago
I think some of these are unfair criticisms, because they are things that can be trivially changed. E.g. disabling evil mode or changing the theme are one-line modifications in the Doom config. After all, any opinionated Emacs distro has to
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by jbstack 11mo ago
They have their place. I started out with Doom and it definitely helped to streamline the beginner phase where vanilla would have felt overwhelming. But, as with you, I soon became frustrated when I wanted to move beyond its default configu
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by jbstack 11mo ago
It's not about my victory or yours. It's merely the recognition that people can have all sorts of reasons for doing all sorts of things, and one person can think nothing of doing a thing which the person next to them would never d
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by jbstack 11mo ago
It's still a worthwhile comparison because it demonstrates that some people have a desire to turn their death into something meaningful or useful to others. After, all question was "what would motivate someone to willingly transfo
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by jbstack 11mo ago
It doesn't matter that you aren't sure, and it doesn't even matter if most people agreed with you. Around 60 to 70 million people die every year globally, so if even a tiny fraction of these were willing to take part there wo
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by jbstack 11mo ago
And does that simplicity come at a cost of flexibility? Do you think bundlewrap is sutiable for managing a homelab with a diverse set of software running inside a mix of containers and VMs, and perhaps different distros?
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by jbstack 11mo ago
There is actually scientific evidence that direct engagement with material (e.g. making notes, re-writing in your own words, completing exercises, explaining it to others, etc.) is very beneficial to memory formation. So, although creating
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by jbstack 11mo ago
The problem with that approach is that adult second-language learners generally don't put in the same amount of time or access the same breadth of material as a baby learning it's mother tongue. Every word has a frequency with whi
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by jbstack 11mo ago
I completely agree with your first statement and I try to hand-generate my cards as much as possible. On the other hand, hand-generation is very time intensive. Having some kind of Anki card for a topic you need to memorise is better than
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by jbstack 11mo ago
What's the benefit of this over Ansible (which, at a first quick glance, it seems similar in philosophy to)?
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by jbstack 11mo ago
Well, there's Guix as an alternative if you want a similar concept but different implementation philosophy. For me the major disadvantage of Guix is lack of package availability compared to Nix.
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by jbstack 11mo ago
So your argument is that we do so many terrible things already, that anything else is justified? Surely the better argument is that we should try to stop doing those other things.
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by jbstack 11mo ago
> AGI will behave as if it were sentient but will not have consciousness Citation needed. We know next to nothing about the nature of consciousness, why it exists, how it's formed, what it is, whether it's even a real thing at
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by jbstack 11mo ago
How can you set a precedent for doing something without doing that thing? Here's a dictionary definition for precedent: "an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar cir
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by jbstack 11mo ago
But there are dozens of great UXs on top of Git already, so if that's 95% of what jj is about then you seem to be making an argument for jj adding very little value. My understanding is that jj offers more than just UX enhancements.
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by jbstack 11mo ago
Then a friendlier and clearer wording for the policy would work better. The current one says you will be "immediately" banned "without recourse" which implies that nothing like you are describing will happen.
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by jbstack 11mo ago
> Banning LLMs can result in shorter argument Can it really? "You submitted LLM-generated contributions" is also highly subjective. Arguably more so since you can't ever really be sure if somethingi s AI generated while
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by jbstack 11mo ago
It's you who isn't reading the policy. What you are reading instead is deleted sections in a Git commit which are not part of the policy.
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by jbstack 11mo ago
You've made this comment more than once in this thread. Have you correctly understood that the policy is only the green parts in that link and not the red parts?
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by jbstack 11mo ago
Isn't it then more reasonable to have a policy that "people who submit low quality PRs will be banned"? Target the actual problem rather than an unreliable proxy of the problem. LLM-generated code can be high quality just as
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by jbstack 11mo ago
> How does one show that no assistive technologies below some threshold were used? In this case, you don't: > immediately be banned without recourse In other words, if the maintainer(s) think it's LLM-generated, right or wro
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by jbstack 11mo ago
Interesting. Can you clarify this part? > there's no reason to have LSD and an adulterant Why is that? From what I understand LSD is pretty challenging to produce, so isn't there an advantage to an unscrupulous producer using s
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by jbstack 11mo ago
> If you disregard short lifespans, then intergalactic journeys well below light speed (think 0.1c, 0.2c) is perfectly feasible for such a civilization They're feasible even with short lifespans with the use of generation ships. O
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by jbstack 11mo ago
> we probably don't have to worry about anything further than 20 light years away. On what basis? Are you assuming that malevolent extraterrestrials would be unwilling or unable to travel further than this? Why?
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by jbstack 11mo ago
Where did you see a demand? The comment you're replying to merely asked if there is a fork.
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by jbstack 11mo ago
I'm curious how people go about finding safe sources for something like LSD (to be clear I'm not asking for anyone to give specific details, just an explanation). While psilocybin is easy to try safely (just travel to a place wher
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by jbstack 11mo ago
What on earth are you saying? It's better to kill 20 children than to risk that 2 of them develop peanut allergies? I don't see how this can even begin to be an arguable position to take. And that's ignoring the fact that it
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by jbstack 11mo ago
> But then they have to remember the username AND the password? The commenter already acknowledged that the solution has drawbacks. The only claim made was that it solves credential stuffing, not that it doesn't inconvenience the us

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