mlekoszek

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by mlekoszek 7d ago
Fair play. There's a quiet truth to what you're saying, and it's worth pointing out
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by mlekoszek 2mo ago
Never say never. People are paying through the nose for a pair of JNCOs these days.
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by mlekoszek 2mo ago
> But if I went to a “high end” place with an AI menu and instagram decor - bad, bad sign. Sometimes I wonder if this will settle into its own form of kitsch over the years, and whether people will someday try to emulate it (with a wink
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by mlekoszek 7mo ago
At least we can talk about it.
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by mlekoszek 1y ago
Oh, I remember these. Those kits were a lot of fun.
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by mlekoszek 1y ago
Explain this a bit. I'm interested, but I don't fully understand how you mean this.
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by mlekoszek 1y ago
Not saying this is what you're doing, but I find requiring someone to solve a problem immediately after sharing it can (ironically) stifle finding a solution. The act of identifying and the act of solving rarely happen all in one motio
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by mlekoszek 1y ago
Unless, of course, it continually has been becoming Reddit, but Reddit has been constantly changing too ;)
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by mlekoszek 1y ago
Arranged like a Skinner box -- something which dispenses reward stimuli for desired behaviours with the aim of maximizing those behaviours. Interestingly, a Skinner box can be made to dispense rewards randomly after a while, or stop dispens
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
And as a follow-up, Lewis Mumford, Technics and Civilization . Where McLuhan argues technologies shape worldviews, Mumford argues worldviews also shape technologies. And then perhaps into the world of science and technology studies (STS),
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
Unless you're reading at the top of the screen (i.e. on a phone), scroll up to recap on something you missed, and then the header slides in and covers the exact thing you were trying to read. Bonus points if the header is absolutely ma
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
> It's not that polls are imperfect, it's that they're often entirely misleading and incorrect. Can you point to the source of your argument? Furthermore -- can you point out how this particular poll is one of the misl
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
They're really using every tactic they can -- and for the life of me, I have no idea why. They've pushed so hard, for so long, to make Bing succeed -- even forcing it in the Start menu -- and it's still not owning the search
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
Ontologically, it implies the existence of Turbobloat 3000.
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
I can see that, but I think calling it just nostalgia-driven is judging a book by its cover. First off, I want to say you can totally have a design ethos that covers game engines as much as irrigation systems -- Lee Felsenstein explicitly
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
To an absolute hardliner for appropriate technology, probably -- but simplicity isn't necessarily all-or-nothing, and (IMO) helping people pull off cool things with simpler tools isn't so bad. https://en.wikipedia.org&#
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
" Some might say "just get a better computer". This is why getting a better computer is bad: 1. Affordance: A lot of people, especially from 3rd world countries are very poor and can't afford to buy hardware to run Turbo
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
A lot of the family-friendly stuff was specifically for the cameras. A few things I can speak to: * It definitely wasn't peaceful -- activists and Ottawa residents documented numerous incidents of violence, harassment, threats, vandali
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
Glad you asked. * Pushing a reporter live on air: https://x.com/mylenecrete/status/1494874304814751744 * Beating a counter-protestor on camera: https://x.com/timabray/status/1488231660260
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
That's really great work, thanks -- could you share a link to the 50% polls? This is probably worth porting back to the Wikipedia page to set the record straight.
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
I'm so in love with the philosophy of this project. It's one of the few frameworks that I feel can do no wrong.
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
To be honest, I can't shake the suspicion that a fair share of the talking is not homegrown. > Facebook stated that they had removed fake users that were set up in overseas content farms, in Romania, Vietnam, and Bangladesh, which
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
It's definitely not 'overwhelmingly popular,' but polling shows majority support (66%) from Canadians for use of the Emergencies Act at the time of the protest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergencies_A
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
Even if they achieve it, the reputational damage would be hard to understate. I think anyone with a bone to pick with the States would happily and repeatedly point to us Canadians as an example of what happens when you trust Americans. And
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
That's a great point; I'm glad you added that context and I'll take back that characterisation. I was mostly speaking through the lens of Farage's antics, and lacked the viewpoint of someone from the UK proper.
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
Is this a runaround way to say you don't have any reliable sources to share with us? I'm sure if you linked them they would be very convincing.
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
I think the Overton window has become much easier to slide around with social media influence campaigns. If someone powerful wants something -- even if it's against everyone else's interests -- it's now much easier for them
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
Are you trying to compare an emergency vehicle -- which is there to save someone's life -- with someone blasting a train horn outside your house to harass your neighbourhood as a deliberate political tactic? Are you looking to imply th
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
Can you explain what these illegal orders were, within the purview of Sloly's role as police chief? Also, who is the second Ottawa police chief you're talking about? For that matter, who is the third one? Furthermore, on what grou
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by mlekoszek 2y ago
Not sure why the parent comment is being downvoted. By most sources, the States has been the exception and not the rule post-pandemic. * https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/why-... * http

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