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Comment on Ladybird un-chooses Swift as its successor language to C++ in ~comp
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Comment on AI fails at 96% of jobs (new study) in ~tech
raze2012 Link ParentThey don't even want to train newcomers. Given their endgame, I'm not surprised they just want to leave the workforce to fight amongst themselves and let the "productive" ones rise naturally....They don't even want to train newcomers. Given their endgame, I'm not surprised they just want to leave the workforce to fight amongst themselves and let the "productive" ones rise naturally. Saves on money.
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Comment on AI fails at 96% of jobs (new study) in ~tech
raze2012 Link ParentThe bottom 5 percentile of humans can actively detract from an environment, so I wouldn't be too shocked. Sure, I hope one day we can properly ask that question. But as of now the bubble is...The bottom 5 percentile of humans can actively detract from an environment, so I wouldn't be too shocked.
The real question is can AI make people more productive.
Sure, I hope one day we can properly ask that question. But as of now the bubble is propped up by "can AI replace the majority of salried workers while making more revenue?"
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Comment on Something big is happening in ~tech
raze2012 LinkI numberized most of the "call to action" because it really nails down the eerie feeling I have here. This feels like an MLM scheme. buy into this, go all in, and anyone dismissing this is wrong....- Exemplary
What you should actually do
- Sign up for the paid version of Claude or ChatGPT.
- push it into your actual work... don't just use it for quick research questions. Give it an entire contract and ask it to draft a counterproposal
- Learn these tools. Get proficient. Demonstrate what's possible. If you're early enough, this is how you move up
- Have no ego about it . The people who will struggle most are the ones who refuse to engage: the ones who dismiss it as a fad...It's not.
- Get your financial house in order.
- Think about where you stand, and lean into what's hardest to replace.
I numberized most of the "call to action" because it really nails down the eerie feeling I have here. This feels like an MLM scheme. buy into this, go all in, and anyone dismissing this is wrong. Heck, one of the bullets after I cut off my quote above "Your dreams just got a lot closer. "
I'm in tech and I'm sure anyone who knows my handle here knows I'm pretty anti-AI (spoiler: I work in games. Kind of a mess for many reasons right now). But I do want to try and give fair shares and see what's out there, what's being done, and how and where I can potentially utilize the eventual, ethical means of new tech.
I didn't quite see this here, just another iteration of "Hey [new version] really works this time!". And maybe it does, but I also know my industry. There's terabytes of web source code to train on. 99.9999% of games are not free to consume in the same way. So any accomplishments that seem like magic in web and mobile tend to fall completely flat for games programming.
And let's not even get started on generative art as of now ("now" being late 2025). People (i.e. the stocks) panic'd over Genie a few weeks back, but it's the exact same effect as any other generative art. You look at it for a minute and think "ooh that's cool". And then the longer you engage, the more drastically the illusion falls off and you remember that people want to try to sell this to you for $60-70, instead of it instead being a neat free tech demo. I don't see extended workflows in this making game development any easier than the old pipelines as of yet.
TL;DR: I am anti-AI as of now in several angles, but I still want to be open about it from a purely technical POV. I think my most generous interpretation of stuff like this is that these pieces vastly overestimate how wide reaching these LLM's can be. I can definitely see disruption to certain subsects of industry, so I may take some warning about this if I was a web dev or any similar job managing CRUD style applications. Because I can see it being good enough for "I need a basic website/app with little performance concerns" (which, if we're being real: is many websites/apps. There's a lot of mediocrity in these domains people are used to putting up with).
But that doesn't mean every programmer in every field is in danger. My field isn't immune per se, but any field where code isn't the (only) hard part is going to resist much more. I hope those more optimistic than me can at least meet me here.
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Comment on US President Donald Trump’s stifling of dissent reaches a new level: The editorial board tracks twelve markers of democratic erosion (gifted link) in ~society
raze2012 Link ParentI'm very worried and definitely plan to exercise more of my civic duties going forth. But right now I'm also 2worried about getting a job and getting myself out of this debt spiral. The sooner I...folks who are this worried about it should be volunteering with precincts and with get out the vote organizations to help people get to the polls.
I'm very worried and definitely plan to exercise more of my civic duties going forth. But right now I'm also 2worried about getting a job and getting myself out of this debt spiral. The sooner I can do the latter, the sooner I can help with the former.
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Comment on US President Donald Trump’s stifling of dissent reaches a new level: The editorial board tracks twelve markers of democratic erosion (gifted link) in ~society
raze2012 Link ParentLike always, you would focus on purple districts and try to influence the swings. I think that's part of the issue here, since we've been seeing even +20 R sections shift in the span of a year....I would expect them to limit it to specific poling locations that lean more Democrat.
Like always, you would focus on purple districts and try to influence the swings.
I think that's part of the issue here, since we've been seeing even +20 R sections shift in the span of a year. That may not scale exactly so in a larger scale election, but it's dire for a strategy like this.
However, the real scary aspect of this is the SAVE act being pushed in congress this week. So keep a very close eye on that. the very easy dictator way to do all the stuff you described is to make excuses on why certain people can't vote, and throw out their ballots (as they've done for the past.... well, 150 years or so). As we all know, these will be selectively enforced and any litigation will be too late.
They've already slowed down mail in ballots, so people who do that need to vote well in advance and be sure to track their ballot just in case.
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Comment on The hidden cost of AI art: Brandon Sanderson's keynote in ~tech
raze2012 Link ParentNew grad unemployment as of now is over 25%. Not being able to start their career and getting all the things that come with a full time job definitely hampers people. And then the next batch...I don't completely get the argument that AIs steal the opportunity for growth. I think that someone that wants to grow can still grow.
New grad unemployment as of now is over 25%. Not being able to start their career and getting all the things that come with a full time job definitely hampers people. And then the next batch notice this and don't bother with the huge cost a diploma employs.
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Comment on Bethesda X Nintendo Switch 2 | Reveal trailer in ~games
raze2012 Link ParentI don't think it's a bad game. But yes, simply follow the money. Skyrim is basically the closest competitor to GTA in terms of cultural impact and sheer sales as a third party studio's game, and...I don't think it's a bad game. But yes, simply follow the money. Skyrim is basically the closest competitor to GTA in terms of cultural impact and sheer sales as a third party studio's game, and it's probably getting close to 70 million sales in 2026 (I think the last figure was 60m in late 2023?). It's a very justifiable port job whenever something new comes up.
Starfield is a new IP with an inherently less interesting premise (I love space, but a non space opera setting is much harder to pull off for the theme) and didn't seem to sell the way Microsoft or Bethesda wanted it to. It will probably still be supported due to historical trends, but it's not going to be ported day 1 to everything under the sun.
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Comment on Japan cherry blossom festival cancelled because of unruly tourist ‘crisis’ in ~society
raze2012 Link ParentI'd say it's 70% social media and 30% language barrier. You go outside the hotspots and you receive zero help in terms of navigating Japan. On top of seeing some of the most blatant xenophobia...I'd say it's 70% social media and 30% language barrier. You go outside the hotspots and you receive zero help in terms of navigating Japan. On top of seeing some of the most blatant xenophobia from smaller towns that want nothing to do with you.
Facilitating the former is a large undertaking, and the latter is an even larger cultural issue that ultimatley needs to be spearheaded by the former. But Japan isn't exactly in the best position to work on that even if they wanted to.
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Comment on Japan cherry blossom festival cancelled because of unruly tourist ‘crisis’ in ~society
raze2012 Link ParentThat's pretty much how all law enforcement works, yes. This isn't unique, it's just easier than ever to pretend it is. What's important isn't 0% crime rates, it's as close to 100% accountability...If the same effects of tourism were seen in America, we would ignore it or handle it while accepting it’s an inevitability.
That's pretty much how all law enforcement works, yes. This isn't unique, it's just easier than ever to pretend it is.
What's important isn't 0% crime rates, it's as close to 100% accountability as possible when crimes do happen. Amplifying it as a "war on [insert interest here]" is a purely political stance often used to distract from proper accountability on real issues.
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Comment on Japan cherry blossom festival cancelled because of unruly tourist ‘crisis’ in ~society
raze2012 Link ParentYou're falling for the 2024 American election rhetoric all over again. Yes there's always some disorder. But social media capturing and amplifying it to make it seem like this is a "crisis" is the...But I will standby my original comment that this isn't just Japan being xenophobic.
You're falling for the 2024 American election rhetoric all over again. Yes there's always some disorder. But social media capturing and amplifying it to make it seem like this is a "crisis" is the exactly what they want. Watch national elections in japan pass and suddenly there's less "disorderly conduct" (aka, the ad cycle is done and they can lay off the coffers).
Even if all tourists are perfectly well behaving, it can feel annoying having the population of your town double with visitors and everywhere you go things are crazy crowded.
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why? new people are cool if they aren't disorderly. It stimulates the economy, gives new people to talk to, expereinces to hear about, and overall builds confidence in a town (as someone who lived in quite a few dying areas).
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To repeat, Japan has about 0.2% non-japanese people, in a country of 300 million. That's already dream goal for the most xenophobic countries. 6 million non-citizens spread across the landmass of roughly California is not going to suddenly make your favorite bar or cafe too crowded to go to. It may even build up more.
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even if it hit 0% somewhere, it's not going to fix any actual issues Japan or any other country has. It just means they will have one less distraction, or worse: will need to generate a distraction. Some visitor is not the one laying me off, making housing go through the roof, nor making my life actively worse. Why would I point a finger at them.
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Comment on EU says TikTok faces large fine over "addictive design" in ~tech
raze2012 Link ParentThat's why truth is the best disinfectant. I don't care about shutting down tiktok or youtube per se. Simply make sure we know the sausage that's going on. If it's bad then... well, it's bad. See...I have a hard time seeing TikTok as unquestionably evil
That's why truth is the best disinfectant. I don't care about shutting down tiktok or youtube per se. Simply make sure we know the sausage that's going on. If it's bad then... well, it's bad. See Facebook in the 2010's. Pretty open and shut to realize that stuff like shadow profiles and rampant selling of data is not something we want to encourage. But we had to find out about it first.
If it's not bad, then it'll open up competition to minimize odds of monopolistic convergence (which IS bad). Maybe such algorithms may be able to incentivize the people to become more educated as well. I'm not so optimistic, but it's a lens to consider.
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Comment on The AI industry doesn’t take “no” for an answer in ~tech
raze2012 Link Parenteconomically, it doesn't make sense. It'a a billion dollar tool with trillion dollars of investment. It's not sustainable as it is now from that angle alone. That's why a bubble popping and a soft...With that said, I think you're understating the usefulness of AI a little bit.
economically, it doesn't make sense. It'a a billion dollar tool with trillion dollars of investment. It's not sustainable as it is now from that angle alone.
That's why a bubble popping and a soft reset in terms of not trying to stuff money into any mention of it. Bring out real customer demand and real (current, not "in 10 years") benefits to it. Which won't be as omnipresent as it is trying to portray.
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Comment on The AI industry doesn’t take “no” for an answer in ~tech
raze2012 Link Parentit depends on how they weigh "customer". his poll is clearly biased, but DDG from the article: again, skewed. But I see general polls go around 60-70% of users. Now if you treat customers as...but the customer does actually want this nonsense.
- it depends on how they weigh "customer". his poll is clearly biased, but DDG from the article:
Another great example came from DuckDuckGo, which opened a poll asking whether you are for or against AI. After more than 175,000 votes, 90% of respondents said no to AI.
again, skewed. But I see general polls go around 60-70% of users.
Now if you treat customers as money, then yes. a lot of money wants to say it wants AI. I think even that reached an inflection point with Pintrest's reaction to their layoffs, but we'll see.
- They don't let you turn it off. Hence the article title. Options are always nice. We aren't given an option. The bare minimum to let me hide my dissatisfaction is to let me turn off the feature. Meanwhile, Microsoft tries to push Copilot on the searchbar and Google pushes pop ups every dozen searches (which I blocked most of. but not the "are you interested in AI mode?"). Nadella's reaction to the negativity doesn't suggest we'll get such options
We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium in terms of our “theory of the mind” that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other.
I'll be kinder than the article interpretation and say this amounts to "the user's input doesn't matter. This is going to make us so much more productive!". Which still supposes this god complex, as if they know what's best for all of us. But "all of us" are very diverse. What use does a plumber need for AI in the day to day? maybe some device they use? What about a grade school teacher? A politician (past bribes to de-regulate it)?
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Comment on 'Right-to-compute' laws may be coming to your state this year in ~comp
raze2012 Link ParentI thought it would help with things like net neutrality and rights to use VPNs. Silly me thinking this wasn't going to focus on benefiting the billonaires first and foremost. You know the...I thought it would help with things like net neutrality and rights to use VPNs. Silly me thinking this wasn't going to focus on benefiting the billonaires first and foremost.
You know the government is working against you when they need to pass laws saying "no you cannot stop these corporations". Needing a law to say "you can't control this" is almost contradictory.
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Comment on 'Right-to-compute' laws may be coming to your state this year in ~comp
raze2012 Link ParentYeah, it's confusing and I'll admit I really didn't know the difference until a few years ago when we say "senator", we normally refer to the 2 senates who represent our state in the federal...Yeah, it's confusing and I'll admit I really didn't know the difference until a few years ago
- when we say "senator", we normally refer to the 2 senates who represent our state in the federal goverment
- however, many states have a similar state body to our federal goverment, which includes state congressmen and state senators. They represent our state in state government.
Why on earth do they use the same term??
technically "senate" is a general term:
an assembly or council usually possessing high deliberative and legislative functions
so a parliment can also be called a senate in a purely linguistic sense. But of course, when discussing law and government these terms have specific meaning per country.
As for why they didn't use another term, it's probably a holdover from the early days of America. calling your state legilature a "senate" puts them on the same level as the federal senate. Not quite the case now, but likely very important back in those days. .
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Comment on Resist and Unsubscribe in ~society
raze2012 Link ParentI diesengaged from literally everything else. But my area's internet choices are AT&T or Charter. Dunno what to do there.I diesengaged from literally everything else. But my area's internet choices are AT&T or Charter. Dunno what to do there.
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Comment on Listing for GOG Galaxy developer cites Linux as “next major frontier” in ~games
raze2012 Link ParentI guess I see it like this: you get people on Steam deck and you don't really get people into Linux, you get then into Steam. They have the option to change that stuff, but most won't. So you'll...And people are not gonna get on Linux if "all their games only run on Windows"... Right now, developers are not giving a shit about running well on Proton, unless they're targeting the hand-held market and thus Steam Deck with a significant margin
I guess I see it like this: you get people on Steam deck and you don't really get people into Linux, you get then into Steam.
They have the option to change that stuff, but most won't. So you'll have this awkward sect of "Steam Deck Linux users" inbetween that don't really engage with "Linux". And given the history with Valve's marketshare, 90+% won't change their habits once they get embedded in such an ecosystem.
This is simply the way of the land for Windows, but in a Linux environment this feels a bit like centralizing a decentralized environment. And when you centralize, you inevitably get some point down the line where the trap goes shut once again. Valve won't be any different in the grand scheme of things.
I've seen this patrern in other spaces and I fear for the same road if we, once again, sacrifice being able to take our ball home by relinquishing control to yet another billion dollar corporation.
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Comment on Amazon’s promotion of ‘Melania’ has critics questioning its motives (Amazon has spent 35M on marketing on top of its 40M budget) in ~movies
raze2012 (edited )Link ParentThat's the fastest solution, but not only. If we all can be aware of this and push hard for wealth taxes (you know, a part of why America was "great" back in the day), that'd be a huge blow to...Unfortunately, there’s only one solution to this, but no one wants to talk about it.
That's the fastest solution, but not only. If we all can be aware of this and push hard for wealth taxes (you know, a part of why America was "great" back in the day), that'd be a huge blow to curtaining future billionaires. That can be done via mass ballot boxes, or through strikes and collective bargaining.
But if people prefer Luigi's mansion over Mario Party, I'm not gonna push back hard. I'll stick to my lane and wish the best.
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Comment on Amazon’s promotion of ‘Melania’ has critics questioning its motives (Amazon has spent 35M on marketing on top of its 40M budget) in ~movies
raze2012 Link ParentYeah, it's an important distinction. If you're on a High CoL area and you (or your older family member) owns a house, they are probably a millionaire outright. Doesn't mean they have a million in...Yeah, it's an important distinction. If you're on a High CoL area and you (or your older family member) owns a house, they are probably a millionaire outright. Doesn't mean they have a million in liquid to throw down on stuff. They simply sat on a necessary good turned asset that exploded in value.
And then they wonder why some programmers don't feel threatened by LLM's scraping the net.
There's so much tribal knowledge of these APIs you can only really know from working on these closed off, proprietary codebases. And in some cases by directly working on the API at that company. Which I hate, but I find some schadenfreude knowing that it unintentially hoisted many of these companies by their own pitard when they suddenly wanted all the code in the world.