jjulius

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by jjulius 4d ago
26 extra recipes are irrelevant if the person finds far more joy in the process of growing the tomatoes than in what they cook with them.
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by jjulius 4d ago
Is it for sure going to "swallow us all"? Who's "us"?
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by jjulius 4d ago
Everything's ephemeral. C'est la vie.
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by jjulius 14d ago
>So I would end up paying a guy $150 to tell me to pay another $1000 for a new washing machine... I agree that there's a huge difference between $2 and $1150, but you're absolutely positive that only this Youtuber knew how to
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by jjulius 15d ago
>They're really glossing over the harm parts. Yeah, it's weird - the first couple of paragraphs feel a lot like, "... but FOMO!" is their argument against it.
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by jjulius 16d ago
Yeah, sure, that very narrow technical definition does exist, but it doesn't have exclusive ownership of the concept, and broader social definitions also exist. Why should we limit ourselves to thinking about it so narrowly? Must an al
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by jjulius 16d ago
I don't spend time giving feedback because... 1.) I don't want to give companies more information about me. 2.) I don't trust that that information will be used to primarily benefit me, I trust that it will be used primari
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by jjulius 16d ago
This is what most ads that seem to be "targeted ads" are for me. I buy a thing, and then two weeks later all of the targeted ads are for the thing I bought weeks ago and no longer need.
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by jjulius 16d ago
>The article is about improving recommender systems, not replacing them. But what's a "recommender system"? Are my friends and family who understand my tastes at a deeper level than an algorithm not a "recommender sys
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by jjulius 16d ago
>... but what are the alternatives? I don't want "recommender systems", I just want easily-browsable catalogues that start out being sorted by their actual genre (looking at you, Netflix homepage with a bunch of bullshit &
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by jjulius 21d ago
>This is the “If I wouldn’t have done it, somebody else would have” . This is a disingenuous read of my comment. >Villains have agency, and deserve to get the blame for their malevolent actions. On this we absolutely agree, especiall
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by jjulius 21d ago
>The affirmation we were accustomed to generally had some substance. If someone called, sent you a postcard, or met with you, it probably meant they cared at least to some extent. For the Average Joe, absolutely! Completely agreed. >S
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by jjulius 21d ago
>I agree that these traits are human and were there before social media, but amplifying, gamifying and exploiting addiction is reprehensible. I never said that it wasn't reprehensible.
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by jjulius 21d ago
>Meta has warped society to think that life is meaningless without affirmation. No, Meta just amplified it to the nth degree. Humanity has always put an outsized emphases on such affirmation, whether it's reputation, status, belongi
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by jjulius 22d ago
>I care about facts. >Both cases are simply stating facts... Sure, unless (as I pointed out in my other response) we're playing fast and loose with what actually constitutes "facts".
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by jjulius 22d ago
>At the same time he has monumental successes that nobody, ever, has achieved. "Nobody ever" doesn't really feel accurate here. >Worlds safest car (multiple times)... According to which body? Tesla's interpretation
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by jjulius 23d ago
Of course you would! I'm sure you'd see some firefighters or arsonists who would respond in such a manner. It's a very natural thing for some people to find a positive of some kind in things that many people find to be a nega
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by jjulius 23d ago
My buffer is below that, and I've absolutely dealt with missing deadlines such as those in the past, yet this mindset and approach to the world has managed to keep me sane throughout. :) That's not to say that things aren't e
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by jjulius 23d ago
Sure! Uncertainty is a spectrum, and there are certainly moments where it's not a nice feeling. I'm a father, and I'd be lying if I said I haven't had those feelings over the years. My (making it very clear here that o
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by jjulius 23d ago
I suppose I am one of the people who could technically be lumped into the "hate AI" category, and yet I find myself incredibly comfortable with the uncertainty around where things are going. Perhaps it's because, as I previou
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by jjulius 23d ago
Perhaps it doesn't come naturally for others and is therefore a bit of a struggle to shift into, but I love being unsure. It's great. It's a thing that's totally okay to be . The reality of life is that we're all
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by jjulius 27d ago
>Plus having the info part of a LLM makes it immediately available to literally billions. Help me understand how. Not only are these LLMs expressly prohibited from specifically regurgitating copyright works if the users asks them to, but
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by jjulius 1mo ago
Are they profiting from these subscriptions yet?
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by jjulius 1mo ago
And I've spent the last few days irritated that everything I ask Gemini is answered with something that's blatantly wrong and I'm not even a subject matter expert. A quick Google search for the same questions gives plenty of
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by jjulius 1mo ago
That's just relative, no? Surely people with children pack more, but the concept is the same - you pack a lot the first time you travel with them, and then narrow it down the more you travel with them. (Said as a parent)
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by jjulius 1mo ago
>Old reddit is the only "discussion forum" experience you could get on web. Not really. I visit multiple hobby/niche-specific discussion forums daily that are either still running on phpBB, or are setup in a similar style.
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by jjulius 1mo ago
Who is "we"? What of the people who are already very comfortable and happy living humble lives without keeping up with the current cutting edge of technology? The person content to sit on the shore and fish at a slow pace? To wand
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by jjulius 1mo ago
What do these "dark ages" look like to you?
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by jjulius 1mo ago
Europe is guaranteed to "slip into the dark ages" if they don't keep up at exactly the same pace, or faster?
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by jjulius 1mo ago
AI will accelerate everything ? Does everything need to be accelerated? If so, why does everything need to move faster?

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