solaceb

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by solaceb 6mo ago
hi, I don’t normally promote here, but I feel compelled to ask if you’d like to test my thing. it’s a personal agent / API for creating and managing background cloud agents that I’m 100% committed to keeping open source & accessibl
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by solaceb 4y ago
A really, really deep irony that you found these cool new Masto things on twitter. The king still reigns
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by solaceb 4y ago
That is scary to me, an entire generation growing up within the walled garden and perceiving only Apple's products as what is possible for computers to accomplish. These computers are confining, as much as their constriction liberates
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by solaceb 4y ago
yes
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by solaceb 4y ago
Addiction is a problem, and it's a problem now, even with the harmful substances being prohibited. The fact that fentanyl and heroin are criminalized doesn't make anyone less likely to end up using them; the criminal penalties jus
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by solaceb 5y ago
But isn't the bottom-line effect that your model becomes pay-for-clout? That sounds bad on its face
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by solaceb 5y ago
An excellent point. Only 99% of all people are slaves.
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by solaceb 5y ago
Write something extraordinary. Don't worry about the frame, what's your content? Write something so god-damn extraordinary people want to preserve it indefinitely, and will do the hard work for you. You've gotta write somet
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by solaceb 5y ago
I'm currently researching ways to integrate org-mode based citation structures with more commonly used tools such as Zotero, and apparently it's possible to make them talk nicely? The linked article states: > Zotero is a good o
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by solaceb 5y ago
Sure, I agree, it's all very coercive. But I think the point really is... physical force isn't even necessary. We're already addicted
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by solaceb 5y ago
With all due respect, this view is conversely weak willed, and complacently takes the side of Acti-Blizzard. The firm directly states they help companies with "union avoidance." Even charitable interpretations here support "b
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by solaceb 5y ago
I think you’re conflating cultural phenomenon (people like to dissociate by losing themselves in consumption) with biological fact. Humans 10,000 years ago may have spaced out and daydreamed. But this daydreaming was probably very different
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by solaceb 5y ago
I would support reterming persuasive design as coercive design, because to me that’s really what it is Or perhaps addictive design?
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by solaceb 5y ago
It would be even better if they didn't leverage their success in one industry (advertising) by publicly posing solely as another kind of company (social media) in order to buy up other companies (Oculus) to make a lateral entrance into
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by solaceb 5y ago
>It's true that with flight search, competitor results are de-emphasized, In what sense is Google a competitor with flight/travel businesses? Google is an advertising company.
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by solaceb 5y ago
FWIW, I disagree with this in principle. I think institutions of higher ed should serve humanity; knowledge is beneficial to all people for the sake of knowledge itself. I am saddened that many take their intellect and direct their energy s
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by solaceb 5y ago
I think your mistake is: "living off their own resources" generally equals, for many people: "living in active exploitation in a ruthless work environment destroying their mental and physical health, because they literally ne
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by solaceb 5y ago
We don't know whackadoodle brain chemistry from Adam; it's a massive assumption to attribute depression towards something so misunderstood as our neurochemistry. You might as well say it's due to the phlogiston in our heads
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by solaceb 6y ago
Right, spreading kindness, and also you'll just happen to make quite a lot of money
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by solaceb 6y ago
Confirmation bias?
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by solaceb 6y ago
Google is quite vicious in displaying primarily AMP pages on mobile search results. There are times my inquiry only returns AMP pages, essentially requiring me to use another search engine or use the web as Google demands.
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by solaceb 6y ago
>If I want something that I later don't like, what do I believe at the time of wanting? I believe that the wanting tells a silent story usually of the form "this experience will be worthwhile & net-positive." But that
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by solaceb 6y ago
FWIW, I believe seriously in the potential for drugs like MDMA and psilocybin to help those with closed minds — on left and right — to approach tired political divides from novel perspectives. And that this is necessary moving forward. I am
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by solaceb 6y ago
What is your claim? Drinking is normal in your culture —> drinking is not risky in your culture ? This is patently false; drinking carries risks in any context, perhaps even moreso in environments which fail to recognize its potential fo
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by solaceb 6y ago
Was surprised to learn people have booted Android on iPhone 7 successfully. Could others really build a full OS from the exploit?
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by solaceb 6y ago
Therein lies a tricky obstacle for the FOSS movement: Ethical software allows users to modify it, but most users have little desire, let alone ability or time to learn how to do so.
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by solaceb 6y ago
The specific issue here is that the shared information is targeted at a specific group and seems likely to be used with dangerous intent That doesn't characterize a general record of numbers/addresses, which more or less ensures s
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by solaceb 6y ago
You've touched on exactly what worries me most about the Trump era. Somehow, unnecessary combativeness and flamboyant disagreement has come to be valued in and of itself. As if somehow anyone wins by acting childishly.
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by solaceb 6y ago
I will disagree with dathinab and say of course gaming consoles are general purpose computing devices. But they are general purpose computing devices with built-in malware that makes the device only useful for the types of computing the sel
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by solaceb 6y ago
I feel as though "conquest" is a rather neutral term, despite obviously communicating that some violence took place. Whereas "betrayal" feels to me like it carries a much heavier negative connotation and emphasis on the

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