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thegiogi··on Cognitive Mercantilism: AI panic resembles fears of early capitalism
A lot of the facts are shaky at best.

For starters, it has always been the merchant class that lobbied for monopoly and restrictions on trade. This fits the AI companies even better considering the recent pushes towards restrictions.

The industrious Revolution is also quite contested in its reasons. Falling wages in the period could very well account for the need to work more hours.

That said I consider myself a humanist and as such I want to believe that more intelligence available to humanity can only be a good thing if it is accessible in a fair way.

thegiogi··on Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome
Im not sure, but I regularly add apps to dock or Home Screen. Not sure it’s the same.
thegiogi··on Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome
Wait you can’t install chrome on iOS? I can see it in the Apple Store - is that a regional thing? I’m in Europe.
thegiogi··on Rio: Web apps in pure Python
On the css side, I can tell you that rio (that is by no means the first library of its kind) actually does not require any knowledge of css to be used. It does not use the same concepts. While the simplification costs you some levels of customization, it is not something that would truly matter in a lot if not most of its use cases.

The simplified layout system comes with its own inspection tool built into the dev version of your app so you get productive in an hour or so. They really got that part right in my opinion. As soon as they make custom components done I’m gonna discuss adopting it for our internal tooling.

I am not affiliated with them btw.

thegiogi··on Flow Charts with CSS Anchor Positioning
Your last sentence is very interesting to me. Can you explain what you mean? Or suggest something to read?
thegiogi··on Apple found in breach of EU competition rules
Agree entirely on principle, but nobody should be dehumanized, if nothing else because it is a very ineffective way to model your opponent.

And hurting other for greed is surely not humane, but it is very much human. Big difference that e at the end.

thegiogi··on Open Source Python ETL
But that’s the point - it’s just a promise. I have a similar career as the top comment, and turns out that Low code approaches only work when people who understand code use them. Be that Python or sql, real use cases are not the toy examples shown in all typical introductions to these tools.

That said, if this thing is customizable enough, a good data engineer can prepare canned steps that fit the general structure of the customer data process and it may have its place.

thegiogi··on Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access
Sure, but when fighting asymmetric warfare self control is paramount is it not?

Would you not be mad at the guy bragging that he’s a member of the Resistance? They are not the Oppressor with the capital O, but they are at least an asshole.

thegiogi··on Large language models lack deep insights or a theory of mind
> A good example of this at the human level is a reflex. Your hand didn't go back to your brain to ask for instructions on how to get away from the fire.

Is this actually true? I thought it just involved a different part of the brain. Is there actually no brain involvement? Sure it does not need your awareness or decision making, but no brain? I find that hard to believe.

thegiogi··on Linexjlin/GPTs: leaked prompts of GPTs
You pass an open api spec on creation. You can remove all methods you fear may be risky, and leave it enough so that he can read your emails or calendar, if you feel comfortable with that
thegiogi··on Spotify will end service in Uruguay due to bill requiring fair pay for artists
I think he’s using degenerate in the mathematical sense.
thegiogi··on Bacteria store memories and pass them on for generations
As a balance to your opinion, I thoroughly enjoyed all three. Sure the first hit’s different, but they all deserve the attention.
thegiogi··on Bacteria store memories and pass them on for generations
Did they start collecting data 100k years ago? Cause that is the timescale for this stuff no?
thegiogi··on Apple might have to pay that €13B EU tax bill after all
That was my initial reaction. Then i thought about what would happen if it was an individual in a similar situation, say you are the subject of an error in your favour from a bank.

I don’t know but it is not obvious.

thegiogi··on Low-intensity fires reduce wildfire risk by 60%
I’m guessing it may have been common enough knowledge at some point, but it is counterintuitive if you don’t spend some time on the problem. So I guess we are seeing a new generation discover this - and posting about it.