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jutrewag··on Chatbots are not the future
“Intentional” is a weasel word in this context. It means very little in terms of the end result. Humans making art is generative as well even all the way back to cave paintings which were interpretations of animals in nature.
jutrewag··on Chatbots are not the future
Procedural generation is miles away from what these LLMs are doing. It’s not just coming up with a random maze/map for a fetch mission. Right now, it can generate a novel quest, with all of its characters, come up with a unique set of mission goals and theoretically generate those assets and characters (atleast in 2D). Turns out, all this self-expression or whatever is cheap.
jutrewag··on Engineers develop water filtration that removes “forever chemicals”
It depends. If you buy fresh fruits and vegetables and meat, eggs, milk from a local farm and use only glass/copper/stainless steel for all your cooking and drinking needs you can do pretty well at an individual level. Having water from your own well helps too but that may not be available to everyone.
jutrewag··on New York to ban natural gas, including stoves, in new buildings
> But when you dig into the details, it seems like the regulation may not have much effect on climate change at all.

So you’re going to handwave away the justification for the main crux of your argument.

jutrewag··on So Your Kid Wants to Be a Twitch Streamer
Of course it works. It always works unless you have have a segment of society actively telling your kids they don’t have to listen to their parents and to be hyper individualistic. How do you think most of Asia, South America, Africa, and the vast majority of rural America function? Following your dreams may work out in a small sliver of cases but for the vast majority advice from well meaning and reasonable parents helps guide them towards fulfilling, high percentage of success lives.
jutrewag··on So Your Kid Wants to Be a Twitch Streamer
It does depend on the influencer, but the vast majority of twitch and TikTok influencers are pretty home bound.
jutrewag··on So Your Kid Wants to Be a Twitch Streamer
I disagree. Being an actor is intensely social, physical and plays perfectly into what is traditionally, and correctly, considered a well lived life.
jutrewag··on As I am currently in a war zone, I don't have many options for cabling
Perfect time to use a pin nailer.
jutrewag··on Colorado becomes first to pass ‘right to repair’ for farmers
Disgusting. I just watched some videos and it seems to be mostly used as a soft attack on bicyclists, environmentalists, pedestrians, people on the left etc. Some “anti-environmentalists” were literally sticking their face right next to the exhaust while it was rolling coal to make a point lol. That’ll show them.
jutrewag··on Snapchat sees spike in 1-star reviews as users pan the ‘My AI’ feature
Hard disagree. Anecdotally, everyone in my friend group uses chatGPT/Bing many times a day.
jutrewag··on [dead]
I’m sure he’ll get picked up some other more despicable propaganda rag.
jutrewag··on YouTube, the jewel of the internet
YouTube’s video player is the best and most responsive video player online. I don’t think I want any UI changes around it.
jutrewag··on I’ve Struggled with Suicide My Whole Life–But Not During the Pandemic
Completely agree. I would anecdotally say 90%+ of mental issues are drug induced.
jutrewag··on Apple will launch a journaling app
Apple still makes great products.
jutrewag··on Boustrophedon
Rongorongo hasn’t been deciphered. Secondly, it goes LTR and RTL alternatively but also inverts the alphabets upside down. There really shouldn’t be a reason that that would be faster and easier to read.
jutrewag··on The EARN IT bill is back, seeking to scan our messages and photos
Most people have a cause, especially now, either actively or passively.
jutrewag··on Apple’s fight against iPhone sideloading was pointless at best, harmful at worst
It’s a device for convenience. I want the critical functions work well. If you can make that work in an open system, great but I haven’t seen that being successfully done.
jutrewag··on Space Elevator
A bomb on wheels that rides the cable before exploding.
jutrewag··on Google DeepMind
This sounds like poor, unsubstantiated gossip and drama from TMZ. Sounds like you have an axe to grind.
jutrewag··on Farouk al Kasim saved Norway from its oil (2014)
Also it’s a fraction of the Indian/Pakistanis etc. that are in a slave like situation. Almost all business owners are also Indian.
jutrewag··on Farouk al Kasim saved Norway from its oil (2014)
The Middle East is very rich with a very high standard of living. A lot of those countries have no income tax and basically free medical and utilities. Much better than what Norway offers.
jutrewag··on Farouk al Kasim saved Norway from its oil (2014)
Not sure what you mean. The Middle East is making out like bandits, it makes a sizeable percentage of the GDP in south and East Asia etc. it just feels like you’re putting Norway on a pedestal for no particular reason.
jutrewag··on Almost three quarters of the golden age of Hollywood has been lost
The mistake was letting a widow have a say in anything.
jutrewag··on Global rice shortage is set to be the biggest in 20 years
It’s important to note that religious ceremonies are exempted from this law. NOAA form 17-4(a) does not need to be submitted for rain dances or other religious ceremonies intended to change the weather. This, however, is likely to change if the success rates of your weather ceremony become statistically significant.

What a beautiful way to put this.

jutrewag··on Show HN: AI Playground by Vercel Labs
What do you mean by GPT4 didn’t bother responding. It has better ideas that this when I just asked it. This is generic af. Are you a Claude shill or something.
jutrewag··on Why don’t more people live close to friends?
None of those are rich people hobbies.
jutrewag··on Why don’t more people live close to friends?
Shared spaces are not for me. I’d much rather have my own workshop where I don’t have to share. That’s the beauty of the American lifestyle, you don’t have to share. Your home is your castle.
jutrewag··on Why don’t more people live close to friends?
No it’s missing the best part. The outdoors and having a huge backyard. You can’t have any hobbies like woodworking, metalworking, gardening/farming, animal husbandry etc. in that setup.
jutrewag··on Tech companie use the H-1B visa program at a time of mass layoffs
It’s the reason we’re so entrepreneurial. Four out of ten unicorns are started by first gen immigrants originally on the H1B with Indians leading the pack and Israel in second.

It not absurd, they’re the reason we have over half our jobs. Your thinking is too short term and ultimately very destructive.

jutrewag··on Indian government empowers itself to “fact check,” delete social media posts
The former is banned.
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