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lacy_tinpot

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    Comment #49205029

    Time to load is perhaps one of the key metrics software is measured by because time to load directly relates to user action. Slower load times means user won't use the product, won…

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    Comment #49159633

    It's given many more an opportunity to fulfill their dreams.

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    Comment #49021604

    Have you actually looked at the current financials?

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    Comment #48971210

    >making it cheap and fast to build whatever you like automatically This can be true, while "nullifies such "business" concerns" can be false. Both are not dependent on each other. …

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    Comment #48896348

    > There isn't really much waste in federal spending What makes the federal any different than any other organization?

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    Comment #48789187

    This isn't good news...

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    Comment #48781278

    "Left-liberals don't exist" This is straight out of the 19th and 20th century. Like old-socialist rhetoric (emphasis on the old). Even the revolutionary politics is basically a con…

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    Comment #48780722

    Well... No. I'm saying that's generally the position of conservatism/right wing/authoritarian politics. A left leaning politics does not just address the change, or accept change a…

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    Comment #48780585

    If the progressives and liberals are arguing that there is no longer any change in politics, then I think perhaps you've become conservatives/reactionary.

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    Comment #48780550

    It was subversive to the ruling class, and the politics of that time. Schools for example made books accessible to everyone, where only 'elites' had access to them before. Thereby …

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    Comment #48780448

    "We believe that AI’s emergence shows the potential for state capacity to be oriented toward a different mission that centers the ambitious creation of socially useful green infras…

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    Comment #48647560

    LLM generated docs/readmes are at this point old news.

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    Comment #48576837

    I don't think you're familiar with the current state of AI tools then.

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    Comment #48572913

    It becomes a problem when individual users are driving these agents for them, locally through computer use.

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    Comment #48572906

    Is this all being astroturfed? Even researcher are using AI to do their research. It's not just being used for cheating.

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    Comment #48572589

    Assuming that's even remotely true, nerds were bullied for their use of computers. Now no one uses computers because only loser nerds use computers...

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    Comment #48572569

    I think people clicking through websites will be viewed the same as people going to the library and reading through books to research. You just get the information you need way qui…

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    Comment #48572375

    If that were true schools wouldn't have a problem with AI. AI usage is rampant.

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    Comment #48572231

    Guarantee this is a generational split. The younger demographics will prefer the AI bot to talk to.

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    Comment #48547795

    At some point people will also figure out why these people are fleeing.

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    Comment #48543877

    They tried to do that with operating systems and the browser.

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    Comment #48244700

    Say AI is very expensive and costs a lot. What happens when no one can or is not willing to actually do the work manually? What if companies both don't see a large return on invest…

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    Comment #48151388

    What do you think plaid is doing? OpenAI is just a new-ish player.

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    Comment #48124119

    Palo Alto's power is city owned as well. I think we're building out fiber too. Public infrastructure shouldn't be private. Imagine the nightmare of privately owned roads and highwa…