AlteredEgo

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who get "happy ending" massages, is there like a common keyword or process?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Get a Turkish massage. I promise you it will not have a happy ending

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ancient Historians v. Modern Historians⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  You never know. It might well be there are some ancient alien Bracewell probes out there that have been recording Earth’s Funniest Caveman videos for millions of years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ancient Historians v. Modern Historians⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, is this someone’s actual ancient journal??? How incredibly exciting? And what was that slightly different recipe?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How hopeless is getting a job with a CS degree?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well you’re also “made to practice” these cray things. Like e.g. attend a lecture, then homework is “write a compiler for X language”. Which at the time to me who was unfamiliar with things out of my field of interest seemed crazy.

  Of course many coast by without learning much in group projects. But you ultimately learn for yourself, not for your employer. Speaking as someone from a country where higher education is free of course lol.

  But ultimately even if you want to start your own IT business I’d still recommend studying IT. Plus marketing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How hopeless is getting a job with a CS degree?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I suspect AI will still take decades to catch up with the deep intelligence that you need for more complex programming. So good programmers will be far more valuable than code monkey.

  If I were starting out I’d pick some combination, most likely biochemistry + AI programming / models. Like learning both biochemistry and how to program and train and research AI models that can e.g. fold proteins or synthesize some new medical molecule that could cure some illness. Medicine is still stuck in the dark ages.

  Or robotics and manufacturing. All those jobs that went to China, China itself is planning to replace with robotics.

  So instead of becoming a programmer, become someone that can develop and train and use AI models to solve problems in emerging fields.

  Above all, focus on chances to become some kind of entrepreneur. If you’re not a shareholder you’re just a tool like an LLM to them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How hopeless is getting a job with a CS degree?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I once thought like you. But you learn algorithms, theory, math, and practice all this way outside what you normally do. It’s a much “broader” and less narrow education that you give yourself to complete some project you are working towards. You don’t know what you don’t know. So there is real value. Besides that it is also a test and a qualification, although that really depends on the university.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Corporate media, owned by billionaires, refuse to recognize the wave of democratic socialism⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They recognize the wave of wave of democratic socialism social democrats and fight it tooth and nail.

  We do not have a free press.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  In case anyone is wondering why something so idiotic: The destruction of 3D printing: Bloomberg is behind it - YouTube

  Of course this is not something a rag like the register and a fraudulent “Cybersecurity reporter” Connor Jones would tell you, but instead trying to actively hide from you. Even thought the evidence is right there. They’d rather tell you some stupid story.

  This is yet another mad plutocrat meddling in democracy and neoliberalism and pundits providing some nonsense explanation to distract people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They really hate artists⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a totally legitimate argument against capitalism I agree with and which should be the bases of activism and demands for regulation. E.g. China passed a law that jobs may not be eliminated through AI.

  But OP is yet another post inciting and misdirecting hate in unproductive ways. The vitriol and misinformation and non-sequiturs about AI are hampering sensible discussing about AI. And it’s being injected into every sub. Like a social contagion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They really hate artists⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “Here is this very extreme post that was shown to me by the algorithm that machine learned that outrage is best to increase engagement and sell ads and increase profit, AND IT CLEARLY SHOWS HOW ALL THESE APOSTATES ARE EVIL AND NEED TO BE CRUCIFIED!”

  Also that post in spanish might have been meant as a honest warning, or jokingly, or sarcastic, or just as a statement of fact.

  I’ve worked with animation artists before. Character animation is a PITA. And they will welcome a tool that you could just describe the visual gag you want to animate instead of animating keyframe by keyframe. Instead of “animators” they will become “motion choreographers” using AI tools to be more productive and more free in their creative expression.

  And AI animation will allow you to have dynamic animations in game that react to the player. Something that isn’t even possible to hand animate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cool Japan 🌸⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  1.6 billions worth of propaganda

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do americans living in Red States really despise american living in Blue States?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a culture war. This is the result of decades of talk radio preaching christian or fundamentalist or reactionary values and talking points. Ever since 2008 the economic outlook has become much worse and fascism is on the rise. But fundamentally it’s nothing new, playing one group of people against another. I’d recommend this book about political theory of anti fascism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries dating apps⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That story makes me think of arranged marriage. Not a fan, but it did have it’s advantages, at least as long as the parents aren’t psycho or marry you off for political or monetary advantage or lands. More experience and more of an eye for the materialistic part of marriage and raising a family. Again not promoting this, there will be untold horror stories of ruined lives there, but I also think part of our modern mindset about romance is probably pathological on opposite ways.

  In the past you were just expected to love your arranged partner - before the idea of “falling in love” became ubiquitous. Love was seen as a more active thing like a craftsmanship that you have to practice every day to get good at it. The feelings then just “grow” over time (see e.g. this book)

  In any case any government interference should be based on well meaning and science based knowledge. Right now the government allows those who own the dating apps influence this essential part of human nature. That is not “non interference”, by not acting to protect people from predatory corporations the government causes harm. Obviously there should be socialist government policy for child rearing (healthcare, maternity leave, financial support, free high quality kindergarden and schools). A lot of stress in relationships can no doubt be traced back to financial stress or “materialist” problems.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries dating apps⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hahaha! The guberment!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries dating apps⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dating apps should be publicly funded like a kind of public utility. And private dating apps heavily regulated and prevented from advertising.

  Like water and air, love should not be for profit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🐟💥🫍⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks. Not sure if that makes it feel more or less gruesome lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🐟💥🫍⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Exploding is a quick and probably mostly painless death.

  Orcas are such nice and ethical creatures!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Centrist and Establishment Democrats when they see Zorhan and AOC coming up with profound and capacitating strategies on world issues:⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ll purposefully throw the midterms.

  Voting will continue until morale improves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this absolute bullshit from reddit⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But can’t you use very simple agentic AI to constantly update the code for web scrapers on new reddit? From what I understand that is the kind of coding LLM can do well and you can just unit test for errors and feed it back to the LLM until it works. Even requiring accounts, creation can be automated using LLMs too.

  This sounds like it a loosing proposition and will only piss off hardcore users. Not that this would stop them. But I don’t think protection from web scrapers is a good explanation. Probably it’s just enshittification, forcing users to use their new interface to optimize business metrics. Someone is going to get a bonus because they improved the short sighted metrics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man Sets Off Explosive Device Outside Federal Building in Manhattan⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Mr. Arrabaca came armed with bad intentions,” Mr. Barnacle said.

  Jesus fuck this is the stupidest timeline

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Majority of Americans Now Support Seizing Wealth From AI Industry⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a trap. Open source / weight models will become mandated to pay for use locally. So we won’t be able to use local models for our own purposes and gain, while the big corporations simply pay a small percentage.

  Hardware and software breakthroughs will make it possible to run LLM models and advanced AI on local, solar powered hardware. For example you can pack a ternary 27b model on a smartphone now.

  In the best case, 50% will belong to the US empire. Which is controlled by the worst of the worst people on earth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Return to office propaganda floating around LinkedIn⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Does linkedin they also have instructional infographics on how to get a raise or promotion by blackmailing or extorting your boss?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are so many new programming languages being developed?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’ve been programming for a while, you can learn how to make your own language variant in something like 1 or 2 days. Not just compiler but tooling for an IDE and code completion too. So it’s relatively easy to do.

  Personally I’d want to create a language that combines the memory model of rust with the syntax of python and has pipeline coding like nushell or powershell. When it’s done it will be the perfect language and everyone will want to learn and use it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA VP Urges Companies To Think About In-Game Ads During Development: ‘That’s A Huge Opportunity’⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Advertising is brainwashing and should be illegal globally. No more ads!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3D-Printed Houses Are Already Failing⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a ridiculous comment from someone who prints too many Magic the Gathering characters.

  Do you mean your own ridiculous comment? And what do you mean printing Magic the gathering characters, do you mean color printing the little card pictures in large? Or do you confuse this with 3D printing characters for tabletop strategy games like Warhammer 40k? I’m just going to assume you’re some kind of confused space ork.

  This technology has been typical tech bullshit from day one. Wood framed houses are cheaper, stronger, and can be repaired or changed in the future.

  Sure, robots are totally bullshit. They never have had any drastic effect how we live and work and if they did, it would surely stop at this specific point and go no further!

  Have a robot dig foundations? You mean like this?

  Yes, exactly like that! The advances I spoke of make it possible to control even hydraulic robot arms using software and computer vision. It’s all very technical though.

  And they already can switch end effectors and are mobile and can drive around!!! You could in fact build a 3D house printing robot exactly like that and it would take very little setup time. Or have a small group of them work together, day and night digging, printing and building homes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for a game where reading an immersive in-game manual is one of the main gameplay aspects⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a bit off topic but I’ve had the most curious experience trying to play Elite Dangerous in VR when that came out. It is a complex game and you really need that “alt-tab” to read something in a browser or notepad or markdown viewer. But with a VR headset that wasn’t possible! Or very cumbersome, having to move your headset and balancing it halfway to look at your real screen, which is obscured by a weird game window to look at a document lol.

  It was a frustrating experience and I eventually developed something like bit like VR claustrophobia, feeling like you’re actually trapped in a small tincan of a spaceship with no comfort and connectivity. I see the lack of a proper virtual reality desktop OS or VR accessible shell is a real problem for complex games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3D-Printed Houses Are Already Failing⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The video isn’t really about 3D printing houses, it’s mostly about corruption, scams, grifters, con artists, burocracy and idiots. It uses a very ominous tone that is very emotionally appealing and click-baity. What it has to say about actual 3D printing houses is very little:

  One house had cracks. 3D printing with clay takes a week to dry, that is soooo long. Concrete produces so much CO2!!! Where are the regulations!? But they also invented carbon neutral concrete and are experimenting with new binders and aggregates. They 3D printed a 2 story house in earthquakey japan, but OH MY GOD it’s inspired by a cave! I CAVE!!! Who wants to live in a CAVE?!?!?

  A video like this is using the same type of emotional manipulation to feed the algorithm and engagement like the grifters in their example do. It’s disgusting to me.

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  3D printing houses has huge potential, it’s just in it’s infancy, and maybe not well suited to develop in the capitalist housing market. There are breakthroughs to control less precise robotics, self driving and SLAM that will allow this to be even cheaper and more flexible. Building materials to develop and software and tools to develop. Just look at plastic 3D printers and how they were held back for years by patents and capitalist interests.

  The potential is there to not just 3D print rough structures, but intricately painted and sculpted beautiful structures… out of literal dirt on site. With new binders we could make use of local materials instead of transporting sand across the world. And not just one house, but a whole village for e.g. the millions of refugees from natural catastrophes we can expect over the next century.

  There is an obvious potential for further automization, like have a robot dig holes and 3D print foundations, save on transportation costs, use new materials, circumvent long and exploitative industrial supply chains for building materials, print foam insulation. Have different “robot end effectors” to insert wiring and piping while printing, or place structural elements for roofing. Even a hybrid approach between 3D printing and brick laying could be useful. Scan a quarry of a million natural stones and puzzle them together.

  Don’t just 3D print the framing, but finish and paint the walls too. And 3D print the kitchen and cabinet furniture and bathroom including shower and bathtub too. 3D printing the walls is just the beginning of the potential. And tearing down and systematically sorting and recycling all individual parts of a house at the other end of the lifecycle.

  We should fund a whole university focused on this technological area as a mega project to solve housing once and for all through maximum automation. Making housing free and a universal right for everyone should be the goal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think that Trump is the most hated U.S. president?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not from the US or UK, but I assumed that Starmer having directly succeeded Corbyn had a hand or was beholden to those in Labor who politically assassinated Corbyn. Reading a bit more (Starmer’s Resignation Speech and Corbyn’s Rebuttal | Telegraph.com) I don’t think it’s only unjust blame. I assumed the Labour party got completely ratfucked under Starmer.

  But we’re seeing the same rightward and fierce anti-socialistic / anti-pacifist / anti-solidarity push in France and Germany too. Like Labour, the SPD and Greens in Germany also aided and abetted in the genocide in Gaza. What sane party is left to vote for?

  In the USA I can’t imagine the Democrats doing any serious reconstruction or “new deal” program to undo the economic, institutional and political damage Trump has done. Not with all the plutocrats, establishment and media against them. Just look at the reaction to Mahdami. Or them shooting themselves in the foot with Platner lol (See this article from 2025 that should have cancelled him).

  Honestly, I believe the era of social or liberal democracy is pretty much over. It’s like they are doing everything they can so fascist parties rise and take power. They don’t know how to do anything else. The elites are not dumb, but they are stupid. They’ll accelerate and drive us straight into a global collapse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think that Trump is the most hated U.S. president?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t Labour right wing now too?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Games used to be much more simple too, and easier to test and fix.