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Manipulating a remote computer to give yourself access you shouldn't have can be cool if that computer was used in phone scam centers, holding the private data of countless elderly…

And how would you know if something is actually "great" or important enough to never quit? That your efforts aren't better spent elsewhere?

Sure, for the beneficiaries.

I got into programming through making small games. It was very much a means to an end, a solution oriented path. I personally can't imagine trying to learn programming now in a sim…

I always have situations like these in the back of my mind when people try to justify their salaries, their self worth, by arguing they bring value to the world and those who make …

I tried clicking on "Usage Modules" but it seems like it's not in there yet. The documentation seems to be an incomplete item on their roadmap: "Develop and ship a Neorg landing pa…

At first, I thought this was another repo called Marker, also a markdown editor: https://github.com/fabiocolacio/Marker

I find that this attitude is also great for life in general.

Could you elaborate on "demoralization campaign" and the "psychological warfare" happening?

The comparison may be superficial, but this article really reminds me of the times when I wrote essays for college admissions (not in a good way).

I loved having spam with kimchi stew too. Growing up, I didn't even realize spam was a brand.

The point I gleamed from the article was not that city driving was an easy problem, but rather that freeway driving has unique issues when it comes to reliability and safety. Simpl…

Humans are more than capable of distrust, but I think manipulating people to erroneously trust something is still a threat as long as scams exist. I think a significant factor of i…

There's definitely a bunch of crazy unmoderated stuff going down in those places, but it does seem more underground and out of the way unless you specifically look for it. Actually…

At first, I thought this would be an app that opens a new browser window on another random user's computer somewhere in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Fridman Lex Fridman is a Russian-American computer scientist, podcaster, and writer. He is an artificial intelligence researcher at the Massachuse…

Using X/Twitter to catch up and interact with the numerous friends, artists, and other communities there doesn't mean you support wage theft and withholding severance. It's hard to…

yeah, the ceo matches up

I don't think it's as simple as having 100% play vs 100% work. There's got to be some optimum balance here that we're clearly not satisfying, with our flawed notion that 100% work …

Intense academic competition and lack of unstructured playtime would seem to go hand-in-hand, no?

The article does shoot some shots at "Richy Rich" characters, but I think it's mainly to convince/uplift the reader to stop comparing their own success with other people's success …

I see the valid point you make about how civilization should strive to be above cruel, black/white judgement and ideally encourage empathy towards others in order to be considered …