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andrei_says_··on Ask HN: How can we stop UX people from changing UIs to get promotions?
Examples?

Apart from apple glass I can’t think of UX changes not prompted by feature changes.

andrei_says_··on You Know Who Hates AI? Insurance Claims Adjusters
Wow, what a post.
andrei_says_··on Fastpotify
A new term I encountered is “human-stewarded”.
andrei_says_··on The Art and Beauty of Blade Runner (2015)
Same. The atmosphere it creates is still unmatched.

I wish I hadn’t watched BR2049. Felt like a cheap parody, from the torrents of water falling on the windows, to the fake light effects, to the cartoonish villain who of course had to butcher a human-looking replicant while monologuing in order to get a proper introduction.

andrei_says_··on I'm becoming AI-blind
> But that is precisely what human mathematicians do, prove new theorems by combining ones proven earlier.

I’d say “understanding and building upon ones proven earlier”

andrei_says_··on Ask HN: Why Connected Home Appliances?
What sporty thing can a washer and drier do?
andrei_says_··on US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects
Narrative is defined by ideology and the media machinery able to sustain it. Facts are woven in only when serving the desired reality.

If you and I listened to the propaganda on the regular basis, our intuitive knowledge would associate clean energy with isolated from reality snowflake liberals, hippies, abortion, subsidies, as opposed to fossil fuel energy associated with manliness, strength, common sense, “good old values”, military strength, and freedom.

Just like beef (“it’s what’s for dinner”) and a delicious juicy rare steak. See?

I recommend checking out George Lakoff’s work on the power of identity and metaphors. Look up his “moral politics” lecture on YouTube.

andrei_says_··on Cities Are Ditching Flock, Replacing It with Axon License Plate Readers
Even better: see Wim Wenders’ The End of Violence.
andrei_says_··on Impro is a handbook for running a cult
It also happens to be my favorite book on acting and improvisation, with tons of brilliant exercises. highly recommended.
andrei_says_··on Everything that happens in a US airport is under duress
What about (insert any other favorite but irrelevant example here).
andrei_says_··on Ask HN: What changed in your life when you started meditating (and how)?
Stopped mistaking my thoughts and opinions with reality.

Result: 90% reduction of agony.

Meditation method: remembering the sense of “I am-ness” in every waking moment, stop thinking whenever possible, focus on senses whenever I remember. When: always, unless I forget.

andrei_says_··on The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break in the next war
1. War is insanity already. Not sure how pointing ways someone is making war more efficient is sanewashing in this context.

2. Assuming every pow gets tortured is an extraordinary statement which as such could use some solid proof.

andrei_says_··on Ask HN: What are some programming languages you wish you could use more?
Clojure
andrei_says_··on Dark mode with web standards
One should never write about an idea before implementing it?
andrei_says_··on Ask HN: Why are so many "AI evangelists" posting such insufferable content?
People? It’s an increasingly wrote-only medium where the writing is automated.
andrei_says_··on Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise 
A nice lottery simulator which had me stop playing the lottery

https://perthirtysix.com/tool/lottery-simulator

andrei_says_··on Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff
The incentive to replace employees with ai systems?

VS. the inadequacy of ai systems (nondeterministic output, no reference with reality, unknown signal to noise ratio, low effort etc).

andrei_says_··on I think they are lying to you [video]
Reading this it occurs to me that this timeline may be moving toward a future where garbage software, garbage information etc. have become the norm for so long that the number of people who can distinguish trash from quality, or signal from noise, has become negligible.

A true era of ignorance, looking like an ocean of nonsense in which no one can really navigate as it is ungrounded in reality.

Idiocracy presents a naively gentle positive version of such future but there are many darker ones possible.

Kali Yuga, indeed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Yuga

andrei_says_··on Ask HN: Why won't you be replaced by AI?
All about Berlin is a work of love, thank you for creating it.

LLMs stealing content and regurgitating it for money is an illegal extraction of informational value. The fact that our governments have not taken steps to seek balance of rewards for the authors is unforgivable.

andrei_says_··on Ask HN: How do you get into a flow state when using AI to code?
Not familiar with the infinite gamut of techniques, and yes sounds right.

It is possible, there are many ways, some people are curious about this state and lean into it, most are not. Who does, or doesn’t, and when, in my experience, is matter of grace. So no need to worry about it.

I see it as something that happens to me rather than caused by willpower. Much like a memory or a flashback that then transports you.

andrei_says_··on Ask HN: How do you get into a flow state when using AI to code?
The feeling of gentle content / blissful love emerges automatically as the grip of thinking convulsions releases the body.

It’s direct, effortless, always available, takes no time.

Easily done in any situation of passivity including meetings. Recommended during stand ups ;)

andrei_says_··on Ask HN: How do you get into a flow state when using AI to code?
Not sure what the OP or the person in the videos means but a direct, fast way I have found to “drop in” is to stop thinking and intensify my awareness of everything. Takes about 5-10 seconds to transition into a nonthinking timeless presence.

Attention is on the full body, and the field of perception, then field of awareness, all at the same time.

A bit like shavasana practice, but instead of scanning part by part, expand presence to everything.

The thinking analytical mind stops, the nonthinking mind activates and softly intensifies.

andrei_says_··on Ask HN: Why won't you be replaced by AI?
AI models are rapidly getting better… at creating an unstoppable tide of hype about AI models rapidly getting better.
andrei_says_··on Ask HN: Why won't you be replaced by AI?
Interesting how we’re using passive language here.

LLMs do not replace jobs, managers constantly try to increase profit. Managers and business owners try to replace people’s jobs via automation.

LLM companies actively try to convince managers and business owners that LLMs are capable of replacing humans in white collar jobs.

An LLM/AI will not replace you, or me.

A business owner or manager might. They also might use an LLM to make decisions.

But let’s not use language which anctively obscures the decision makers in this process.

andrei_says_··on Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI?
Also, code expresses understanding and intent, quite precisely.

Code generators that do not have understanding or intent are limited in their ability to express them precisely.

andrei_says_··on French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies at 56
It was exactly the depression and confusion in the second part that made me feel her humanity and thus deepened mine.

It is an incredible book and I feel grateful for it.

andrei_says_··on Mathematicians issue warning as AI rapidly gains ground
It’s like a constant game of two truths and a lie.
andrei_says_··on Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang
What if it’s not a lot of RAM?

What if genetic memory, multigenerational conditioning, life-long patterning and conditioning, experienced in a body, combined with forces and processes not yet detected nor explained, cannot quite fit in a sliver of modeling?

andrei_says_··on DaVinci Resolve 21
I have both the latest Lightroom and Davinci Resolve.

Recently I edited a few images requiring removing extra people from the frame and I was able to do all editing in Lightroom, in seconds.

As much as I dislike Adobe, Lightroom’s shortcuts and flow are now habits.

I will likely continue using both.

andrei_says_··on Please don't spam people looking for employment. It's just cruel
Thank you for sharing your our humanity and reminding us of ours.

All the best in your job search. I hope that the industry will come to its senses sooner than later.

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