santoshalper

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by santoshalper 12d ago
Of course he does. He is comically ignorant.
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by santoshalper 12d ago
This is just sentimental nonsense. You are not obligated to patronize or be friendly to evil people.
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by santoshalper 12d ago
I wouldn't call Canadians smarmy, just a bit overly friendly.
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by santoshalper 13d ago
Other than "I don't like what this implies", what were your specific complaints? Because I don't believe you actually read any of the studies.
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by santoshalper 13d ago
Poor people aren't buying Ferraris and Bentleys, and yet plenty of them sell, so I think you're taking anecdote as data.
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by santoshalper 3mo ago
That link doesn't seem very credible. It looks like they were targeting an outcome, and bent the statistics to fit.
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by santoshalper 3mo ago
I don't think Microsoft would intentionally compete with Windows, but it does seem as though they are preparing for a world where Windows is no longer their golden goose, or at least hedging their bets. Given that Windows has already d
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by santoshalper 4mo ago
I'd say it's an old problem be exacerbated by AI.
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by santoshalper 4mo ago
It's worked so well in the past, surely it will work this time.
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by santoshalper 4mo ago
Yeah, but you have to realize we are on the losing side of this war. The armies of bullshit now have an incredible advantage that actual art can never have. At least in the past, there was some equilibrium. Bullshit was cheaper to make than
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by santoshalper 5mo ago
I think it's simpler than that. The business owner is spending their own money. When they feel (rightly or wrongly) that they are not getting what they paid for, they will feel ripped-off and angry. The employee is spending someone els
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by santoshalper 5mo ago
There really is no sense in pretending that this is not a white supremacy movement. They are saying it out loud. Now we just need to figure out what this means and how to deal with it.
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by santoshalper 5mo ago
So we should expect the Strait of Hormuz to be open tomorrow, then?
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by santoshalper 5mo ago
I am not sure how many people learned it the first time. To be fair, it's really hard to build a business without major dependencies. The key is to assume they will fail and have alternatives available.
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by santoshalper 6mo ago
The ecosystem is the operating sytem.
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by santoshalper 6mo ago
For the same reason it isn't outlawed to begin with. It makes some wealthy, influential people even wealthier. They, not we, control our government.
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by santoshalper 6mo ago
Only the moral obligation not to prey on the weak. Gambling addicts are sick. Taking advantage of a sick person makes you scummy.
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by santoshalper 6mo ago
Or they may just think the clockwise team is great and is willing to pay a small premium to get them.
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by santoshalper 6mo ago
I believe the person you are responding to was being facetious.
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by santoshalper 6mo ago
I love classical music, and I am convinced that 90% of the reason people think they don't is because of people like the Charles Petzold. Deriving your self worth from being an enjoyer of art that someone else created is the high preten
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by santoshalper 6mo ago
I still wouldn't let AI off the hook here. Every link in the chain has to be accountable for fuckups. You don't get to pass it along to the supposed "human in the loop" when you fail spectacularly. That's how we end
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by santoshalper 7mo ago
Not really. We absolutely have the option to let things play out in Iran and refuse to intervene. There are many regimes in Africa that are as bad or worse than Iran. We seem to have little interest in "regime change" there. You s
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by santoshalper 7mo ago
Pound for pound, Hacker News has the best bad takes anywhere. This is an absolutely terrible take, but at least it's very interesting.
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by santoshalper 8mo ago
Two bugs occurring at the same time is definitely not one in a billion, and with billions of computers in the world, weird shit is going to happen.
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by santoshalper 9mo ago
I think they just enjoy memorizing things. Roughly the equivalent of meeting someone who runs 10 miles a day. They enjoy it and it has some benefit to their life as well, even though they are probably far past the point of diminishing retur
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by santoshalper 9mo ago
I read the author's attempt to explain why memorization is important, and found myself unconvinced. Of all the things we consider to be "intelligence", memorization of facts seems like one of the least valuable in the Interne
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by santoshalper 9mo ago
I think it's more that he didn't build a gaudy billionaire mansion, even though he easily could have.
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by santoshalper 9mo ago
I googled it and couldn't find anything credible about this. At this point, I don't believe it actually happened the way it is being discussed.
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by santoshalper 9mo ago
Do you have a credible source?
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by santoshalper 9mo ago
Bullshitting, inspiring, and marketing are just three different words for the same thing.

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