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I think a better way to think about this might not be that this chatbot isn't dangerous, but the fact that this was developed under capitalism, an an organization that's ultimate g…

It is ok for one to not be social if one doesn't want to be social.

Found this because I was curious (and this was the first non-paywall link that I knew the domain from, sorry if there are other, more reputable sources): https://abcnews.go.com/US/…

I think about this a lot. Of course, on paper it's a terrible idea to pay off a mortgage early (assuming a reasonably low interest rate). On the other hand, my mortgage is my only …

Yes and no. They're "interesting lines of research" except when they're in your field, then they're foundations or anchor points for your work, past, present, and future. I'm not g…

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Holy cow. That was awesome. Thank you for sharing. Makes one think what the internet could be like in an alternate reality or something.

I'd like to hear more about the bizarre interview, if you're willing to elaborate.

> You can even just run multiple copies of the monolith with feature flags to enable/disable different parts of the code. I can't tell if this is facetious. I hope it is.

This is a true loss.

Yeah, I think this speaks to a much broader problem with how we attribute value in our society. Monetary value has no bearing on actual value. For example, a smartphone is only $10…

> some idealistic vision of how the world ought to be Yeah, I think it's a tragedy that we have constructed a society where everyone doesn't have basic needs met. I think it's a bi…

> A raise below inflation is a pay cut. A couple years ago my previous company cut the standard yearly raise from 3% to 2%. When inflation went crazy during the pandemic I started …

I'll add to that: I love redux and most of the complaints or concerns that I've heard about using redux (from a few teams) have been misunderstandings of how to integrate redux int…

Yes it is. Why should the minimum wage not provide a sufficiently secure life for the worker? I say this all the time: if you can't afford to pay your workers a living wage you can…

I think I use it like you do. From my perspective, it's just much clearer when I haven't seen the code in a while and need to immediately understand what's going on. Also, I'd be i…

> Did I work 20-30 minutes, or have I been working for a day or two? I would say a day or two, and the 20-30 minutes was the time needed to produce the deliverable of that work. I …

> he had retired, and had nothing to do. Or: having a public-facing job is something to do that also served as a social outlet for him (especially if it's related to his hobbies) t…

Ok, I want to say "well how does sitting in a basement with 10 other people making data go from server a to database fit into that" but I feel like the common answer boils down to …

That's cute, but it doesn't make sense. Most (I avoid saying all, because I'm not that smart) animals, when not surviving (finding food, consuming food, finding sex, having sex) ar…

That's interesting, but what does it have to do with what I commented above? That comment got a few downvotes, and I don't really understand the connection between what I said and …

Leftist ideas don't get very far in US politics because our "left" party is pretty centrist. Every time something "socialist" gets passed (like the ACA), it's super watered-down by…

James Carville said, on PBS News Hour, that defunding the police was a losing strategy, which effectively told the voters where the establishment (even the left-leaning establishme…

This is something I've been thinking about a lot: how to make homes less of an "investment". When I bought my house my realtor seemed unable to accept that I don't plan on ever sel…

I totally missed that! You're right, I was just more focused on the logic.