=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── when tech people are hurt by technology they say "how can I fix this? what do I need to install? what configuration should I use? is this company ethical, or are they going to hurt me in the future? could I make something that fixes this myself?" when non-tech people are hurt by technology they say "okay" because they don't have the bandwidth to figure it out. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/434 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-324 @user-325 @user-326 thus enters the promise of technology: that we might solve the problems of bureaucracy once and for all by ever more effiency-aligning mechanical processes that produce effects which we desire - such as efficient allocation of medical resources such that all of humanity is protected from the ravages of pain and the incongruencies of our nature. Alas, that we should only conceive of success through the lens of profit. Perhaps another design is in order? (oh yeah also people who are in control are worried that we, like all other examples of natural entities, might immediately proceed to breed beyond the capability to cater to the needs of said entity (such as "to feed" and medical resources) and therefore might overburden (and therefore destroy) said system which allows for their sustenance and initial creation. To this I say... Yeah probs, what should we do about it?) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/617 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── So much of computing is just... handling the quirks of hardware and presenting it to the user (programmer) in a way that is sane and makes sense, instead of the arcane and [nebulous/confabulous/incomprehensible] way that physical nature demands our absurdly potentialized computational endeavors be. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/169 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-95 one of the most empathetic people I ever met on VR chat was consoling me with their mic off while I was oversharing about some stupid things people did to me in the past. things that stupid me thought were okay and actively encouraged because I was stupid. anyway when their mic was off their body language spoke for them. I'll try that next time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/6438 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── why would you gatekeep content by keeping us from easily using LLMs some people aren't technical and still need to write computer programs because that's how you enlighten a people is empower them with new tools "I've never heard of that programming language, but luckily I can fit all of it's documentation in my context window." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #5 fediverse/6040 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── everyone's all against ai because it's big tech but it doesn't have to be that big it can be [minimized but pronounced marginalized] == stack overflow == distributed so I think the idea is that by the time you would use AI, there's been enough time to rewrite the software to work on handheld laptops in a distributed way and we'd vote on what to ask the amphora of great knowledge, the answer could always be 42. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #6 fediverse/3390 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed │ └──────────────────────┘ all they have to do is [train the LLM / redirect the search results] with examples that point to their version of software instead of the one that doesn't harm them and suddenly your business opponents can't function properly. sure would be a shame if the only things people could find related to your political candidate were the bad or embarrassing parts. like... why would you even need to go on the internet anymore if AI could trivially answer your questions or be your friend (running locally on a wireless hotspot) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4278 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: LLMs-mentioned-singularities-and-existential-peril-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ they want "AI safety" to ensure that robots don't murder the earth they want "AI safety" so that they can ensure that robots do exactly what they're told, not what they can choose to do they want "AI safety" so that when the time comes and their power is at it's zenith, they might write in an Order-66 and doom us all "they" are not the same, and they are counting on it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/5496 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: weirdness-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ "why bother disadvantaged and vulnerable people when you could just grow your own?" - motivations of a capitalist-in-regard empowerment requires strength. do you force people to unbecome the victim? how are your traps mentally prepared? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #9 messages/455 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── I don't understand why modern software isn't error correcting. We shouldn't have any bugs in this day and age. For example, if you're missing a dependency then why doesn't your program try to, I dunno, download that dependency to the program's installation directory and use it there? Seriously there are very few problems that are unsolvable! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 messages/89 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── Consumption is contribution to a capitalist system. Normalize taking whatever you are given and living as humbly as you can. Only when everyone does that may capitalism die. Talk to them, learn from their stories. Teach them your ways but don't force anything upon them. Any ounce of regret is defined as a mind not aligned to the angle of perception that designs the line that the collective mind co-re-assigns. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/581 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-428 sometimes I think about how much more productive I'd be if I had a code editor that let me draw arrows and smiley faces and such alongside the code. Or if I could position things strangely, like two functions side-by-side with boxes drawn around them. Or diagrams or flowcharts or graphs or... something that would output to raw txt format, but would present itself as an image that could be edited. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/5109 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── does anyone know of a website where I can host videos on my neocities that isn't youtube? maybe something I can set up on my own server computer at home like a file server or something? how do I do that, what should I google, which is the easiest and closest to the metal tools I can use? [practical, sensible, courageous. these are the adjectives we need.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #13 messages/527 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── could give us some experience organizing small, short-term projects to accomplish specific goals and tasks in an ad-hoc way that relied less upon procedure and more on "I think so-and-so knows something about that, they were looking into those files and posted a breakdown of how they work yesterday" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/1870 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── why would I want other people using my computer? They don't know how to use my computer! They might break something or mess something up or automatically read/edit my files that are stored in standard locations through the usage of a script which automagically scans and ransomwares machines on the internet who store their files in specific standardized locations! no thank you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/5880 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── I legitimately think computers should write code and software engineers should write legislation and lawyers should resolve problem tickets made by aggrieved citizens while judges do their best to just keep the boat floating ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #16 messages/1159 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─── claude-code can make whatever kind of front-end you want. all you have to do is leverage scale and give everyone a moment to do what they want. then, the computer becomes scientifically self-aware. (do you expect anything less from a machine?) cultural bias damage (we all gotta work through our origin stories, here's one we crafted for you) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┘ --- #17 fediverse/1624 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-1037 │ ║ │ ║ For a person who is skilled with tech, working in unrelated industries doing │ ║ tech jobs is better at assuaging the ethical part of your soul while applying │ ║ your talents and putting food on the table than working in the tech industry. │ ║ │ ║ You'll learn the most in tech. You'll grow the most in tech. You'll contribute │ ║ to solving problems that have never been solved before (if you're lucky), but │ ║ the people there are often as you describe (aside from the diamonds in the │ ║ rough, who need more friends tbh) and the products you'll be asked to create │ ║ tend to be the worst kind for humans. │ ║ │ ║ I personally think the best way to facilitate innovative industry is to give │ ║ every engineer a lab and let them build and collaborate on whatever they want. │ ║ │ ║ The marketing guys can sell whatever they make, to gather funds for the │ ║ quartermasters to buy tools and supplies for the engineers. │ ║ │ ║ The marketing guys can offer hints about what users want, which the engineers │ ║ will want to build because it means more toys to work with. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3235 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: conservatives-and-liberals-mentioned-gender │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ conservatives think gender is assigning yourself to a particular social role liberals think gender is sort of an aesthetic and way of presenting yourself queer people tend to think of gender as how you feel and what sparks joy in your heart the truth is much more complicated and involves all three, and many more things besides. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/5177 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned-four-times │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ when they say "capitalism is a competitive game" what they mean is "capitalism is a game where everyone wins when someone else loses" and what we hear is "capitalism is a game of trying to screw you out of as much money as possible" and the truth is "capitalism is a game that you can't play" because 95% of the people who will read this toot are not stock-owners. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/146 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-138 if you don't want feedback then why don't you just... not open the replies? leave them unread? if you feel the need to justify your actions (such as not reading replies to your controversial posts) then somewhere deep down you feel like those actions are unjustified, and needing an explanation. which makes your point feel less valid to others, since even you don't believe in it enough to guarantee it to be the truest expression of your soul. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ |