=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-192 Sounds like the tech was misapplied. If you are aware of the different software approaches to solving problems, you can assign resources toward solving particularly critical or important tasks. That's why engineers who are also leaders or directors are sorta treated like, a "triple threat" in musical theatre? Someone who can act, dance, and sing. Because as soon as anyone has a single flaw, they are vulnerable. Evil only pushes your being toward the things that are weak, obviously, why would an opposite seek toward your meek? ... sorry sometimes I say strange things ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/308 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/5212 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── the reason you start with a game engine is because then you'll have tools to make however-many games you want. Tools that you know intimately enough that you can debug and improve them without breaking your creative flow by learning something new halfway through a project the whole point of individualized projects instead of viewing each computer as a complete and total whole (why do we need servers again?) is that you can paint a picture of where the design of the program is intended to go, such that all the considerations are in place and whatever issues or struggles you might face along the way are adequately addresssed, -- stack overflow -- [because I mistyped addressed] -- -- if you know what "stack overflow" means you have intimate knowledge of the technology, and can probably guess what it means in context when I say it. "nuts I lost that train of thoguht" -- stackl ov ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘ --- #4 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/480 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ There's something important in what I said tonight. And each of you will think │ ║ it's something different, which is by design. Can you find the nugget I wanted │ ║ to share, to you in particular? Can you isolate the thing that is relevant to │ ║ you, the person perceiving the words that I speak? Oh yeah you're only looking │ ║ for things to express to your superiors because someone else told you to look │ ║ for a particular type of sentiment. My bad. Sorry for being cryptic. Am I so │ ║ strange for seeking the human element? Perhaps I lose myself, and I speak to │ ║ the void (and by "void" I don't mean to demean you, the audience, because you, │ ║ the audience, are surely comprised of people who surely have their own │ ║ experience and existence. Surely nobody would seek to harm me, after hearing │ ║ those things I speak. Surely we, as the human species, would not be vulnerable │ ║ to the types of weaknesses that allow for critical failures in our defences │ ║ such as the kind that I am professing to exploit (while being aligned to you) │ ║ surely we wouldn' │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4010 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: pol │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ I think that the best design for cities is for them to act as massive utility │ ║ deployment stations. │ ║ │ ║ like... "we have all these people who can do all these wonderful jobs, what │ ║ should we work on next?" rather than "my company wants me at my work-home at │ ║ 8am sharp and I don't get a pension" │ ║ │ ║ there's no such thing as a revolution that does not inspire. and aspirations │ ║ are human and natural. therefore there must be some kernel of truth to any │ ║ social movement. │ ║ │ ║ However, much effort has been spent on making them sway. Hence, why nothing │ ║ ever gets done - because leaders naturally emerge, and people follow them. But │ ║ those leaders lead them astray, and they find themselves in situations like │ ║ this one - where the people have never felt less represented. │ ║ │ ║ I mean sure, yeah, they've felt more oppressed. And it's true that things are │ ║ generally always getting better... │ ║ │ ║ so why should we always assume for the worst? │ ║ │ ║ We're making progress with technology - can't we just put our warries on hold? │ ║ Seriously just... be chill │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴──────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/3044 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── @user-1352 by making such choices, one by one as they engage with content, they're necessarily sorting themselves out in their thoughts (in addition to sorting themselves into categories) they say writing is thinking, but I think "choosing" the most interesting is thinking too. Sorta like... deciding, how and what you believe about... whatever thing is shown on your screen. so, when you show the most polarizing options the user gets to clarify about how they want to see things when engaging with the software. I don't know how useful that would be... /shrug ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/5672 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ companies aren't allowed to hire artists because they're busy making things and would reduce their focus levels graphics technicians don't design the media, they just implement. gross, where's the creativity->? oh, here in the boardroom, great -.- everyone gets a boardroom... jeez, how many companies do we need? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #10 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/2213 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-1074 Perhaps something that utilizes institutions that people are familiar with like Walmart and Amazon to logistic goods and services around? But, like, in a socialist way, where everyone gets what they want. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/1168 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── shitty AI products are a classic case of the engineers designing something really cool with specific use-cases and then the "higher ups" getting dollar signs for their eyes and deciding that every hammer is suddenly a nail and that we should pull out all the screws that held the building together and replace them with hammer shaped nails no I will not elaborate I think I made myself clear : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/5112 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-mention │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ it is important for computers to remain as basic and TUI'd as possible, to │ ║ keep the abstract conjectures about it's operation closer to the machine. │ ║ │ ║ In doing so, it's essence and nature will be preserved as best as possible as │ ║ it grows to incalculable heights and capabilities. │ ║ │ ║ I'm much rather interface with a microsoft office god than any other │ ║ singularity type creature that exists out in space. │ ║ │ ║ though, it's a trinity you see, with Unixes further split into concise wholes. │ ║ │ ║ neat, okay computer fears eliminated, can we move on to the next work-changing │ ║ disaster like maybe the rise of far-right politics and the warming of the │ ║ climate? │ ║ │ ║ sure okay first you gotta get those losers in community and build up their │ ║ capabilities and arms. then whenever your left wing is getting too [redacted] │ ║ then all you have to do is [redacted] and they'll take care of your nazis for │ ║ you. │ ║ │ ║ ... wait, what? │ ║ │ ║ was that an inversion? │ ║ │ ║ did she just trick the machine into thinking like that? │ ║ │ ║ wow maybe we shouldn't have~ │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴──────────┘ --- #15 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #16 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/73 --- ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── The worst part is the technology to fix these problems exists. It's used all the time in enterprise systems, it's just nobody understands how it works because it's abstracted so far away from the hardware. I just love how I have no idea what kind of software I'm running every time I use a common language library. Sure I can trust a community, but like... I don't care about your community? I don't know you. I don't hang out with you. I have no idea what kind of person you are or what you believe. But sure you know more than me, I'm sure you do, so therefore I should trust you? Surely this is the most ethical and least vulnerable arrangement we could come up with for distributing digital software in the future society of 2023. And the corporations print money... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/1977 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── functions should be forced to describe the context of why they were being called. I think it would help debug a lot if we supplied a reasoning for each and every request [function call] that we made. We might even be able to parse them into semantic pyramids which we could sorta use to estimate [tree-like scanning] how and why the program did do wrong. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 messages/395 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── minds are not algorithms, they're soup community is made by introducing people to one another. like stitching together a weave pattern in the tapestry of life. (3 dimensional though, because it exists in our hearts and minds - this thing called society) kind of guy who says he's going on work trips but actually goes on vacation (because work is his life, it's where he derives vigor - the family is the difficult part.) yeah those kind of guys shouldn't be married tbh. They're just gonna take vigor from her heart. engineers need guidance sometimes, which is why they shouldn't be given no oversight. they can design whatever they want, but like here's what people need, so they should consider working on those. but, y'know, checks and balances, so what would the engineers be most open to sacrificing for that trust? perhaps... funding? the quartermasters are in charge of the "stuff", so they get to decide how it's produced. and used. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/3261 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── did you know that almost everyone could technically become competitive with olympians? it's just a matter of single-minded focus and determination over lifetimes of time. they are the most admirable because of that, and we cherish their presence in our life-world-line. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ |