wavefunction

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by wavefunction 8d ago
My AI agent decided with the Ticketmaster agent that since I couldn't get the tickets to the show I really wanted, I'd instead attend a show they haven't sold very many tickets for as it's a bit of a drive. I forgot to
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by wavefunction 24d ago
It's good to read widely, to understand what is poor quality and what strums the strings of the soul. Rejoice in this human communion
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by wavefunction 1mo ago
I know my library system at least won't be purchasing AI books. They have a pretty rigorous acquisition process for books and other media thanks to the "concern groups" who sprang up complaining about themes and content they
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by wavefunction 3mo ago
For many people's experience of music Spotify is probably alright. I don't use it as it doesn't appeal to me. I was a vinyl dj and then cds when those came along. I get excellent suggestions from Youtube on old tracks after
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by wavefunction 3mo ago
There's no laws in space, which is the key.
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by wavefunction 3mo ago
The first party didn't actually force anyone to get vaccinated though. And that second party also says they can tell you what to put in your body and mandates death panels now in health care. Means-testing for cancer patients. Murde
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by wavefunction 3mo ago
It seems like Silicon Valley has decided on solidarity among tech billionaires and they're gonna take average Americans' wealth to keep themselves semi-relevant globally as China assumes global dominance. This is after insulting
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by wavefunction 4mo ago
I don't believe that's ironic. Harvard and other "elite institutions" are the places with massive endowments, not state colleges or anything. Frankly the more I think about it the more it's nothing particularly in
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by wavefunction 4mo ago
I don't find it too objectionable, Saudi Arabia refers to the country and part of Arabia (the peninsula) that is under control of the House of Saud. It may be an expat affectation though. My... American family lived there when I was a
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by wavefunction 4mo ago
You are out of touch
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by wavefunction 5mo ago
Sounds like you should be more worried about Claude Code which is actually already doing what you're describing. Hence this discussion! And you folks are paying for this abuse which is truly amazing...
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by wavefunction 5mo ago
I don't discount the scholarly value of these works as you note. They provide a very important insight into these early and semi-documented societies but they don't have a visceral impact for the public like "The Hidden Myst
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by wavefunction 5mo ago
The early Egyptian Christians were a particularly violent bunch. Lots of murders and political scheming against each other and other Christian authorities in the larger world of the Late Antique. They came to power in Alexandria by murder
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by wavefunction 5mo ago
It probably held a bunch of relatively boring local administrative records as far as "documents found only in the Library of Alexandria" from what I've read. Of course some scholars of the boring administrative history of th
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by wavefunction 5mo ago
As well, both the Iliad and Vedas are originally oral traditions. Likely there were different versions and different parts of the stories were emphasized to appeal to their audiences and local tastes and current events. Something that can
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by wavefunction 5mo ago
>Why do people expect to have a right to do non-work related stuff on the job? Like use the restroom? Personally, I'm not a slave. I am getting more and more used to the idea of having to push back on those who do exhibit such a men
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by wavefunction 5mo ago
noone says you can't use industrial adhesives imperceptible to the advertised eye
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by wavefunction 5mo ago
I assume they are building "meta-data" profiles of people based on the data they say they can't use directly. That seems like an easy work-around that satisfies the lip-service they've given to the issue.
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by wavefunction 5mo ago
In form it approximates a classic "park" more than the sort of national parks you and I probably think of. I like the idea of diversity in our national parks and public lands. Some could focus on history and education, others on
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by wavefunction 5mo ago
It's the way that machine-learning automation is deployed and used in/against society and individuals that will engender violence. I don't necessarily think it will be unjustified even if I think such violence will be unprodu
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by wavefunction 6mo ago
People will excuse anything when it suits them
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by wavefunction 6mo ago
You could counter multipayload missiles by hitting the missile earlier in its trajectory before the payloads deploy, that was the plan for MIRV nukes but it requires usually forward interceptors or perhaps energy weapons we don't yet h
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by wavefunction 6mo ago
He joked about Palantir killing people. I know Israel and the US have been using some sort of Palantir system for target designation and that speaks for itself.
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by wavefunction 6mo ago
Big tech companies are not serving their "users" but advertisers, it's a common mistake.
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by wavefunction 6mo ago
The paper argues that the militarization of space is inevitable. I agree based on it being a self-fulfilling prophecy by paranoids and not the charming type.
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by wavefunction 6mo ago
Not for Jared Kushner and I expect he's not the only one.
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by wavefunction 6mo ago
Willie Nelson is pretty sharp for his age. I compare him to the much younger President of the United States who blathers absolute nonsense constantly despite no known history of cannabis use and a claimed history of abstaining from all sub
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by wavefunction 6mo ago
I haven't read it fully but it doesn't seem to be promoting any sort of falsehoods. As an American I consider any reliance on Starlink and the thoroughly compromised Elon Musk to be a weakness rather than a strength.
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by wavefunction 6mo ago
A responsible company develops an informed user group they can test new changes with and receive direct feedback they can take action on.
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by wavefunction 6mo ago
Billionaires don't seem to create anything new when they're billionaires. You look at companies like Google or Meta and they acquire companies and teams but what sort of truly successful projects and products did they create from

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