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by nbow 3y ago
I somewhat agree here, but not entirely. I think that in technical conversations it's much better to say llm, diffusion model, transformer, etc. But overall it's all Latin to the layman anyway. The use of AI as a marketing term is
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by nbow 3y ago
Yeah it's fairly disheartening that it often comes down to leetcode. We're really failing our entire profession with that trash. There are crafts that have been around for hundreds of years that don't have to put up with the
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From Amazon to bartender, my personal fall from grace
4 points by nbow 3y ago|2 comments
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Giving creative technology a seat at the table, an integrated approach to STEAM(medium.com)
1 points by nbow 3y ago|0 comments
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The Attention Trap: How we became domesticated by engagement(medium.com)
1 points by nbow 3y ago|0 comments
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by nbow 3y ago
I wonder what your perspective would have been if you were living in the time of AT&T's monopolistic dominance. Would have that dominance have seemed inevitable and unchangeable? I think it's better to not give into the hindsi
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by nbow 3y ago
I think what I define as the "trash" in this is all the stuff the attention economy wants to boost. It's never stuff that makes you think or teach you something meaningful. All you need to do is spend 5 minutes on TikTok to g
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The Dumpster Internet Theory(github.com)
3 points by nbow 3y ago|4 comments
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by nbow 3y ago
Seeing civilizational collapse or decline as far fetched is a direct result of your privileged position in the world.
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by nbow 3y ago
Existing inside a media hype bubble does wonders for traction, but it's not the only way a platform gains users. It also happens when your friends keeps linking you to the posts they read on it. Twitter is looking more and more like a
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by nbow 3y ago
I think that threads is gonna be more successful than people realize. bluesky and mastodon are both still just novelties because it's neigh impossible to migrate social media audiences. Even if Oprah has a mastodon that's not real
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by nbow 3y ago
Luckily it's not as useful as people think it is. We will see an AI bubble much to the similarity of the .com crash
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Stop Saying AGI
7 points by nbow 3y ago|2 comments
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by nbow 3y ago
Here's a weird idea, education should be free
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by nbow 3y ago
It makes sense to me that good web developers would be multifunctual enough to implement a solution based on the complexity of the required design. React is conversely way too complicated for a lot of the stuff that's easy to do in HTM
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by nbow 3y ago
Yeah I think this ties into not only the fact that we are highly paid, but also how unions generally form. When everyone works at a factory and have similar positions, you can stand outside and hand out flyers and have face to face conversa
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by nbow 4y ago
I agree with the conclusions, they will definitely be switching to a more addictive model. But it seemed like there is an implication that the previous model was not 'addictive'. Once Facebook figured out how much mentions were dr