I was hoping this would end on a lighter note which gives some credit (praise?) to those who don't strive for wealth/ money. Alas, this is not the case. Or did I misinterpret what the author is trying to say?
Edit: just read another comment which validates what I was thinking:
> This wasn't worth reading. It is basically a giant wall of text, potentially AI generated, drawing comparisons that aren't important nor do they get to the call to action.
Thunderbird. Seriously though, why do people hate on it so much? I use it on all of my non-mobile devices and the latest version out of the box (at least for Linux desktops) is really sleek.
My only issue is Google Calendar integration, and that's only because auto-generated calendar entries suck and cannot be dismissed. When those events pop up, I just click on the link in the notification which takes me to the email and calendar view, and I delete the auto-gemerated event on the Gmail website.
I feel validated by your comment. When I first read about the Metaverse, I thought to myself that Zuckerberg saw that movie and wanted to build it in real life.
> The agency defined AI as "a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments," and warns insurers against using an "algorithm that determines coverage based on a larger data set, instead of the individual patient's medical history, the physician’s recommendations, or clinical notes."
this seems reasonable. my initial thought was that insurers already use statistical models to determine profitability, so this ban on "AI" (aka large statistical model) could potentially undermine the fundamental groundwork of an insurance company, but it sounds like we're just disallowing the use of a recommendation system.
I feel that this is a reasonable thing to do across domains, at least for now, since I believe that most humans don't understand how "AI" works, and might forget to use their own (better) judgment for a decision.
Not OP, but I would say yes. And I would argue that humans behave similarly, except that we have an innate sense to question the status quo. For some of us, this trait is more prominent, whereas somebody who is more comfortable with the status quo will usually be stamped a conservative.
I'm looking forward to this! A couple of years ago, I had decided to upgrade my self hosted solutions after running two NUCs non-stop that are almost ten years old (and still running!). Unfortunately, I decided to go cheap with the upgrade and I bought two Minisforum computers, and one of them decided to crap out after just 6 months. No word from support yet. I want to believe that I would have gotten much better support from Intel, if anything would have happened. Also, in general, the NUCs have been more stable with seemingly mundane "features" like sleeping. I know these are just two data points, but I felt validated reading some of the other comments on the HN post from the other day where Intel announced discontinuing the NUC and where people were praising Intel for Linux support and whatnot.
I'm slowly starting to accept that I shouldn't skimp on things that I want to be
robust.
Reading these is kind of a mind fuck for me, knowing that it's generated text. However, the texts are not incredibly insightful and remind me of high school prose, which consisted of a lot of BS and "diarrhea of the pen."
It sounds like you're a libertarian until you're negatively affected by your environment. I'm sorry that I'm attacking you right now with words, but I know a few "libertarians" in real life, and they all appear to be opportunists (read: selfish).
I'm still appalled at how expensive it is to raise a child here. I was paying close to 3k/ month for toddler care, which is almost half of my net salary. I made 170k last year, which is well above the national average, yet I was living paycheck to paycheck, and I don't live a lavish life; no car, no student loan, no mortgage, I don't pay rent because I married into a home. I can't fathom how somebody making the national average survives.
Fuck T-mobile. I have stopped using plenty of sites that break under certain conditions, such as private mode or when blocking third party cookies. I guess it's a little more difficult to not use the T-mobile website if you're one of their customers though.
I wonder how much events like this volcanic eruption cover up the fact that we're so effed in terms of global warming. It's still mind-boggling how much more atmospheric CO2 there is now compared to the lowest points in the last million years (~2x).
I still go and repair computers for people who have older systems, and there are plenty of these still around. Many people either don't want changes (usually older people), or they can't afford newer systems.