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Re: Username cannot contain 'clyde'

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Post by themoonisachees »

leduyquang753 wrote: post #39
_carbyau_ wrote: post #33

Why don't bots have some other distinction? Like a blue tick or or some screenreader function? Why do their messages have to appear the same as humans? If bots should all operate in a distinctive space, give it that space. Mind you architectural foresight is hard so maybe they'll get there.

They do have the tick next to their names and yet they still have this nonsense in place anyway.

Because they don't trust the average discord user to not fall for someone who doesn't have a checkmark or system tag. And frankly they're right.

Re: Username cannot contain 'clyde'

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Post by [deleted] »

evouga wrote: post #93
judge2020 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not about the username being taken, it's all about what people appear as in the client; bots and scammers might impersonate Clyde to steal credentials, social engineer, etc, so you cannot be "Clyde_help" nor "Clyde_Official" nor any variation that would make people think the bot/user is speaking on behalf of Discord.

I’m skeptical, since I’ve been using Discord for years and have never seen (or noticed) any “Clyde” bot.

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Re: Username cannot contain 'clyde'

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Post by AlfeG »

leduyquang753 wrote: post #39
_carbyau_ wrote: post #33

Why don't bots have some other distinction? Like a blue tick or or some screenreader function? Why do their messages have to appear the same as humans? If bots should all operate in a distinctive space, give it that space. Mind you architectural foresight is hard so maybe they'll get there.

They do have the tick next to their names and yet they still have this nonsense in place anyway.

Because it's not working. Put a big red flag that this is a scammer, and still there will be people falling into scam

Re: Username cannot contain 'clyde'

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Post by denton-scratch »

eesmith wrote: post #151
eCa wrote: post #149

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Is tzatziki the only word that both starts and contains, but doesn’t end, with ts sound?

tsetse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsetse_fly

Tzatziki, Tsetse and Tzar are not English words; OP said there was just one English word (which he identified as "pizza", which isn't an English word).

Re: Username cannot contain 'clyde'

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Post by SkyBelow »

Joker_vD wrote: post #135
FeepingCreature wrote: post #102

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As Scott says in Weak Men Are Superweapons [1], a meme aimed against a specific, easily disliked subgroup is unavoidably an attack on the entire group by association. It is impossible to say "Karen, who is a woman, bad" without implying "women Karens, women bad." Or if there is a way to disentangle them, it certainly won't fit in a meme. [1] https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/05/12/weak-men-are-superweap...

> a meme aimed against a specific, easily disliked subgroup is unavoidably an attack on the entire group by association. So that comment, by attacking a specific, easily disliked subgroup of memes is undeniably an attack on all of the memes by association. Or am I applying this wrong?

I think so. If the argument is that people will make associations that the original person did not intend, then it seems quite possible that pointing out bad usages of memes will result in people likely memes less overall. This is but one factor and could be cancelled out by many other factors causing them to like memes more. I'm guessing this applies to humans in general and is caused not just by memes but by any transfer of information that biases schemas we use to judge situations. But this also applies to any terms of negative connotations where there is some subgroup associated with a larger group (even if the association is wrong, it just needs to be perceived). So even terms like 'racist' or 'incel' end up with collateral damage.

Re: Username cannot contain 'clyde'

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Post by Joker_vD »

FeepingCreature wrote: post #164
Joker_vD wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> a meme aimed against a specific, easily disliked subgroup is unavoidably an attack on the entire group by association. So that comment, by attacking a specific, easily disliked subgroup of memes is undeniably an attack on all of the memes by association. Or am I applying this wrong?

It's not a meme in the same sense though. If this was a short punchy quote that implied that certain memes were bad, then yes.

All right, let me explicitly substitute for pronouns: your comment was aimed against specific, easily disliked subgroup, namely, "Karen" memes, and so it is unavoidably an attack on the entire group, namely, memes, by association.

It is impossible to say "a "Karen" meme, which is a meme, bad" without implying "memes "Karen" memes, memes bad." Or if there is a way to disentangle them, it certainly won't fit in a comment.

It's amazing how many arguments ad argumentum are not only self-applicable but also self-defying.

Re: Username cannot contain 'clyde'

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Post by deadbunny »

bobsmooth wrote: post #126
heavenlyblue wrote: post #116

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Uhm why is that chip not programmable for any ofher catch phrase?

That would require more communication between the main chip and wake-up chip which could lead to privacy concerns.

You're installing a box that has a mic sending things you say intentionally and unintentionally (because it thinks you woke it up) to a megacorp. I think privacy is out the window by now.

Re: Username cannot contain 'clyde'

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Post by xnorswap »

denton-scratch wrote: post #174
eesmith wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

tsetse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsetse_fly

Tzatziki, Tsetse and Tzar are not English words; OP said there was just one English word (which he identified as "pizza", which isn't an English word).

It has foreign roots but it's surely an English word by any workable definition.

Re: Username cannot contain 'clyde'

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

stavros wrote: post #121
causi wrote: post #84

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Yep. Echoes also don't make you pause after the wake word, so you can actually talk to it naturally. Also, when you tell them to shut up they shut up . The way Google Homes throw a tantrum when you're rude to them will make you want to reach through the cable line and strangle the arrogant son of a bitch who OK'd something that pointlessly infuriating.

Seriously, what the hell were they thinking? If I'm so frustrated at a device that I'll tell it to shut up, the last thing I want from it is more noise.

I've read a few times about the concerns people have with voice assistants, which all predominantly default to female voices, taking orders and abuse without question. I believe Cortana was also intended to "stand up for herself" in these situations, to avoid making it seem okay/normal to bark abusive orders at a "woman".
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