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xwdv

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About xwdv

Ethically challenged software engineer working for a major tech company you know. Former technical consultant for the Netflix show ‘Black Mirror’.

My opinions may not always be popular, but they’re usually right, founded on inconvenient truths I’ve observed about our society.

Help me get to 1000 karma and I’ll stop posting forever.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #38315291

    True, I didn’t read the whole comment.

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    Comment #38314896

    Altman was pushing that narrative because he’s a ladder kicker . He doesn’t give a shit about “safety”. He just wants regulation that will make it much harder for new AI upstarts t…

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    Comment #38314671

    Take another look at the cast of FF6 and you’ll realize a lot of them aren’t really good people… Locke is a thief , Shadow is a straight up killer for hire, Setzer a degenerate gam…

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    Comment #38312503

    More like an AI tech Legion of Doom.

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    Comment #38311930

    Knowing what I know, I personally wouldn’t advise doing any kind of business with Sam Altman.

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    Comment #38310903

    A human blink is 100ms, it would be amazing if in half that time a blink could be detected and the feed immediately switch to someone new once you open your eyes again.

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    Comment #38310773

    I don’t know Sam Altman well but I do not think he’s a particularly good person, so there’s some counter-evidence. Personally I welcome this shake up. Some of the things I’ve seen …

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    Comment #38309397

    Chrono trigger is a great game, but I don’t think the story actually holds up that well. For one the time travel mechanic is fairly juvenile, and from what I remember the game is m…

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    Comment #38306981

    People named Alexa will be thrilled that this shit never caught on, and will be on its way out soon.

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    Comment #38306865

    I still feel Final Fantasy 6 was the best JRPG of the retro era. At the time it had heavy themes you wouldn’t expect a child to grapple with: the ideas that the good guys can just …

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    Comment #38303574

    In Europe these night trains are useless IMO. Air travel within Europe is cheap and easy, night trains are far more expensive, slow and run unreliable schedules sometimes, and they…

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    Comment #38299596

    For me the killer app for a coat hanger would be one that allows you to remove the shirt easily with one hand and without stretching out the shirt or possibly breaking the hanger, …

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    Comment #38292693

    My children would simply not be in the way.

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    Comment #38289886

    No, I’m saying terrorists are the intended targets and children just happen to be in the way.

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    Comment #38289731

    Fruits are made to be eaten.

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    Comment #38289598

    There’s no alternative, the terrorists hide amongst the civilians.

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    Comment #38285472

    Intent matters. If you are trying to destroy terrorists, it can be a messy job that results in innocent bystanders also dying, but that alone doesn’t make you a terrorist. When you…

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    Comment #38285288

    No it doesn’t. Terrorists target civilians and incite terror to further their cause. Hunters of terrorists target the terrorists, and stop them from furthering their cause. Seems l…

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    Comment #38285104

    And there we go again with a live example of what I’m talking about.

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    Comment #38285087

    [flagged]

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    Comment #38284652

    Not sure I’ll make it. Usually a flurry of downvotes come in and drags me back.

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    Comment #38282954

    Turns out, it doesn't mean much to be a living person. Ideas are what matter to society, not the individual that spawns them. When you kill a revolutionaire, you are only killing a…

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    Comment #38282920

    As an investor, if a founder's partner is considered "bad" or toxic, they will reject investing in them, as it will likely mean the startup will suffer as a result of personal rela…

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    Comment #38282886

    This will be a fairly trivial problem to solve. Each spoken word can be cryptographically signed on some kind of distributed public ledger and unless the words originate from a ver…

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    Comment #38281638

    It’s exciting to imagine that we can soon enter the age where people will be able to voice their opinions in their own voice and choice of words, long after they are dead and gone …