aesthelete

@aesthelete@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is so dark, Black Mirror couldn’t have imagined it⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If people were looking at this rationally, they’d clearly see that AI is heavily subsidized and you can use the subsidized help to fix your broken shit without becoming completely dependent upon it being subsidized forever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is so dark, Black Mirror couldn’t have imagined it⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Also “automating a workflow” IMO shouldn’t involve having an agent at the end. If tokens and cloud models with selling a dollar for a quarter pricing levels are required for your automated workflow to work, you’ve set up a ticking time bomb.

  Use this subsidized garage to churn out regular automation that you can maintain after the merry go round inevitably stops. I was told as much by Microsoft AI specialists themselves. Do not toss out working ci/cd processes in favor of putting a chatbot in the middle, because who knows if you’ll still be able to run that chatbot in a couple of years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social Security can be saved. Scrap the cap!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, and also social security is the opposite of need based as well. So those people who paid tax on a tiny fraction of their income also see the largest checks after retirement age when they need zero percent of the money. Meanwhile, people who worked their whole lives and paid social security tax on 100% of their earnings don’t get enough back from social security to be able to continue to live.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you too young to remember these?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you are watching some illegal channels

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you too young to remember these?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. Very yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to move a sofa⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I live in the other part of America where you just hire someone.

  When I talk about hiring someone, many people in other America nearly gasp.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No one could have seen this coming⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  All so that you can just steal the shit at self checkout anyway.

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

  High time we started taxing loans anyway to be honest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The land before time⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was in the burbs so we all covered the whole thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Teams status⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I downloaded jiggler on my MacBook and never looked back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The land before time⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I really liked being a pizza delivery driver pre-GPS. It did require some skill, but you learned quickly about how things work:

  • Is it a complex of some sort (e.g., trailer park, apartment, condo)? Look for a unit map.
  • Evens on one side of the street, odds on the other
  • You learn all of those weird roads that have the same name in two disconnected parts of town

  It was easily the best “shitty job” I’ve ever had.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's not about physical vs digital games, it's about ownership⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a bingo

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PlayStation’s Physical Media-Free Future Isn’t Just Concerning, It’s Offensive⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not the physical media that makes this suck. It’s the fact that there are no protections in place for ordinary customers to prevent them from being abused like this.

  Virtual digital media is just fine. The problem is that it’s all DRM-wrapped garbageware that is “licensed” not owned. It ought to be fucking illegal to sell this kind of shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Almost but not quite. If he would’ve stayed here and faced the music then it’s an unqualified yes, but his fleeing to Russia and hiding out there makes it a maybe to me.

  I understand that he still was brave and gave up a lot to expose the information, but I think it may have had more impact, and would’ve been more heroic had he stayed here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Al is coming for your backup plan as well⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Am I the only one that thinks that robot sports would be pretty badass if it could exist?

  Like I know they have the battle bot arena and shit, but it would be pretty awesome to have like American football with robots. Instead of injuries, you’d have field technicians, engineers trying to repair the bots on the sideline after major collisions. Seems awesome to be honest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There was a time when people had to deal with all of these being separate⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t remember having to deal with USB-C earbuds before the iPhone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This place is a prison⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  These people aren’t your friends

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨99% of CEOs Expect AI-Driven Layoffs in the Next Two Years⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I suspect this is kinda like outsourcing which they similarly couldn’t manage because they’re bad at management.

  If a human cannot make sense of your directives, how will a chatbot?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dress for the job you want, not the job you have⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Witchya candies

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Channel 5 found Gen-z "looksmaxxing" influencer Clavicular is funded by Peter Thiel⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s always the guy you most suspect

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What’s the difference between communism and socialism?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The basic idea is the same. No state needed. People function to help each other, etc.

  Sorry, I’m a big David Graeber guy and he made a point to discuss this in some of his work.

  I don’t know if you’re in software, but IMO communism is like agile. It works well at small scale, but once a community loses autonomy and division of labor becomes a thing…it’s over.

  Socialism is an attempt at SAFE (scaled agile framework for enterprise). IMO it doesn’t really work, but I do like the idea of having markets where it makes sense, and having social programs that are not profit motivated…so basically Bernie’s position.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What’s the difference between communism and socialism?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Communism of a sort existed…in tribes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve Uploads Steam Controller Unboxing Video, Launch Imminent⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  🤞

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm nit sure tbh⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Both. It’s both.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some neighbors have no chill⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok so after another reply it was then. Bye!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some neighbors have no chill⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d recommend you bow out of this one, it’s abundantly clear that you’re in over your head here.

  I’d recommend you see a shrink because you’re escalating the importance of yourself and of one of the stupidest arguments I’ve ever seen.

  Should I block you now, or after the next wall of text you produce?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some neighbors have no chill⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That a particular post “sounds” fake as hell is indeed a specific, qualified claim.

  I’m not saying that nothing similar ever happened at any point in time. I’m saying that this particular post sounds fake as hell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some neighbors have no chill⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That is not what I commented.

  Why are so many arguments on the Internet started like this where a specific, qualified claim is made and then the response tries to pretend a universal, unqualified, ridiculous claim was made instead?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some neighbors have no chill⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds fake as hell tbh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it's a matter of motivation⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They lock essential things (e.g. food, water, shelter, medical services, etc.) behind a paywall because they know it is not true that people do not always—or even usually—want money.

  But people do need essentials to live, and if they’re the only ones who can give you money to get those things, then they can order you to do what they want instead.