mcv

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by mcv 22d ago
Yeah, I really wish processors like these were available for other hardware. I don't really understand why everybody else isn't making SoC processors like these for laptops, and is still clinging to the 40 year old intel architect
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by mcv 22d ago
I often tip generously, but never when they start out expecting one. If the terminal asks for a tip, I don't tip.
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by mcv 23d ago
The issue isn't just the time, but the fees. It's not free to register, and for small sellers, it can be completely crippling.
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by mcv 24d ago
I've certainly seen that shift in some places. 8 years ago I started on a project as a freelance software engineer, to build something they couldn't really envision yet. I had a ton of freedom, built a prototype, chose my own tech
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by mcv 24d ago
Not a staff engineer, but this sounds very much like what I do and then am not allowed to follow up on. One particular company where I've been several times as senior or lead developer, I just keep stumbling over problems I would love
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by mcv 24d ago
> I don't think the law makes a distinction over what tool you use to commit a crime. The law might not, but enforcement definitely does. Crimes committed through a corporation are often ignored.
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by mcv 24d ago
I suspect people didn't start blowing up stuff because they understood that would be bad, harmful, and also very illegal. Everything computer related somehow seems to feel less real or consequential to some people. And AI doesn't
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by mcv 24d ago
Licensed or not, you're fully liable for any damage you do with it. And possibly go to prison. I'd like to see crime committed by AI held to the same standards as crimes committed with any other tool.
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by mcv 24d ago
Yeah, I don't think he'll have any problems finding an internship now. Or a real job.
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by mcv 24d ago
Is it AISI's job to waste the time and resources of open source projects by attempting to spread malware? Should weapon manufacturers test their weapons by starting wars? I would expect more responsibility from a government agency.
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by mcv 24d ago
So does honesty. So it was still a false claim.
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by mcv 25d ago
> Inventors of Perl, C, Turbo Pascal, Typescript, Delphi, C#, FORTRAN, PHP, and COBOL pioneer Grace Hopper — no CS degrees. Some of those (certainly Grace Hopper) are old enough that CS degrees didn't exist. Hopper had a PhD in math
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by mcv 25d ago
I considered going back and finally getting a degree, but ultimately decided against it. It takes too much time and probably offers too little value compared to my experience. I might do it if I could speedrun it, but it sounds like you&#x2
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by mcv 26d ago
You confuse words with outcomes. The fact that they say that that's the intent, doesn't mean that it's always the outcome. Copyright offers the most protection if you've got the funds to litigate. The government isn&#x27
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by mcv 26d ago
Valid point. Of course society needs norms. And I suspect every healthy society has norms. The big difference is what you do when those norms turn out to be unreasonably restrictive to some people. Do your norms override individual freedom
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by mcv 26d ago
I wish I didn't need it, but the way Claude talks can get pretty tiresome. I've often wondered why it talks like that. Was it really trained on Buzzfeed? Is Gemini really that much better?
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by mcv 26d ago
I don't call everything oppression, I only call oppression oppression. Slavery was oppression. Jim Crow was oppression. Discrimination against Irish, Italians, Hispanics and black people was and is oppression. Denying people the right
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by mcv 26d ago
Those people were always there. Just stop oppressing them. They don't need "special protections", just the same rights as everybody else. Why is it so important to have an oppressed class?
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by mcv 26d ago
What do you mean "by definition"? They do nothing else. Against transgenders, against gay people, against foreigners, against hippies, against black people; it goes back a long time, and always to recruit the support of poor white
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by mcv 27d ago
The justification is that it's supposed to protect the individual creative from more powerful publishers just taking and copying their stuff. In practice, it seems to mostly protect the interests of the most powerful party.
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by mcv 27d ago
The two party system is absolutely part of the problem, but there's also definitely the culture war being waged to distract people from the class war that's being waged against them. But the two-party system definitely enables tha
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by mcv 27d ago
The exact same mechanism is used to keep poor white Americans voting Republican: even if they're poor, they see themselves as the white ruling class over black and Hispanic people, despite the fact that they themselves are kept poor by
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by mcv 27d ago
I recently came to the conclusion that it was never about copyright. It's about corporate control, about punishing contempt for business model. Aaron Swartz was punished because he disrespected a business model. All the kids sued by th
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by mcv 27d ago
I think it mostly proves how much you're willing to submit yourself to hard, complex, frustrating and unrewarding work. You don't get the PhD just for the thinking.
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by mcv 28d ago
There are toy wagons (Dutch: bolderkar, is "toy wagon" really the correct translation?) that are great fun for transporting kids on a beach.
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by mcv 28d ago
I agree parenthood is underappreciated and undersold. Nothing in life beats seeing kids grow up from helpless infants to well-adjusted, passionate young adults. Lately I frequently find myself wondering if every philosopher who pondered the
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by mcv 28d ago
My career didn't really take off until I got kids in my 30s. And my wife's took off even harder; she's now director at a Dutch government organisation. I went from fairly average developer when they were born, to self-employe
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by mcv 29d ago
Ijsselmeer is a different kind of lake; not created by digging out peat, but a (violent) sea inlet that was closed off. The many peat lakes didn't start out as strips of land, but as endless peat swamp. Much of that was drained through
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by mcv 1mo ago
I just got a new bike for my son (he's going to secondary school and needs a better bike), and was surprised to see how many kids' bikes came without fenders. What's up with that? Who wants a serious bike without fenders? Of
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by mcv 1mo ago
It takes a very long time to form, however. It's mostly another source of carbon that gets added to the atmosphere.

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