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Comment on Curious about Android forks (/e/ OS, LineageOS, etc) for old Samsung tablet in ~comp
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Comment on Curious about Android forks (/e/ OS, LineageOS, etc) for old Samsung tablet in ~comp
AnEarlyMartyr LinkI think I might just be ignorant but is that normal for most Samsung tech to no longer be supported after like 4 years? That just seems insanely short to me. I admit I mostly use Apple hardware so...I think I might just be ignorant but is that normal for most Samsung tech to no longer be supported after like 4 years? That just seems insanely short to me. I admit I mostly use Apple hardware so I’m not that familiar with life cycles for other products but I’m just used to my stuff being supported for a much longer period of time.
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Comment on What lesser-known sci-fi reads do you recommend? in ~books
AnEarlyMartyr LinkI think Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke fits here. Starts with aliens appearing on Earth and taking it over as a sort of benevolent dictatorship for unclear reasons. I remember when I first...I think Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke fits here.
Starts with aliens appearing on Earth and taking it over as a sort of benevolent dictatorship for unclear reasons. I remember when I first read it finding it both engaging and also the sort of book where I just had no idea where it was going until we got there. It’s not very long and is I think often considered one of Clarke’s best novels.
I’ll go ahead and plug I Am Legend too. Also fairly short and incredibly gripping as a kind of horror SF. I still don’t understand why everybody has struggled to make a good adaptation but they all seem to lose the fundamental theme of the novella and throw away what imo is one of the best endings of all time (and I’m sorry but the Will Smith alternate ending does not fix this). I also find it probably the most realistic and relatable version of what it would be like to survive some giant earth wide cataclysmic event. Seriously, just read it. It won’t take you very long.
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Comment on Reddit will require you to be logged in to use old.reddit.com in ~tech
AnEarlyMartyr Link ParentFunny, I get a page block and sign in request on new Reddit but can still use old Reddit to get around it. Currently in Austria on mobile.Funny, I get a page block and sign in request on new Reddit but can still use old Reddit to get around it. Currently in Austria on mobile.
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Comment on The AI bailout could be baked into the AI bubble in ~finance
AnEarlyMartyr LinkYet another datapoint in the long running argument for modern private equity firms as largely parasitic and generally destructive to the greater wellbeing.Yet another datapoint in the long running argument for modern private equity firms as largely parasitic and generally destructive to the greater wellbeing.
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Comment on Others that also have an aversion to onions, when is it OK? in ~food
AnEarlyMartyr (edited )Link ParentJust to point out this article is only kinda correct, as within the Theravada Vinaya tradition there is indeed a prohibition against the consumption of garlic (with some caveats). Meaning it...Just to point out this article is only kinda correct, as within the Theravada Vinaya tradition there is indeed a prohibition against the consumption of garlic (with some caveats). Meaning it likely does go back quite early, even if the prohibition against other alliums is primarily observed within Mahayana traditions, and likely stems from other sources.
On one occasion when the Buddha was seated teaching a large gathering, there was a monk who had eaten garlic. Not to annoy the other monks, he was sitting at a distance. The Buddha saw him and asked the monks why he was sitting there. The monks told him and the Buddha said, “Monks, should one eat anything that would stop one from hearing a teaching such as this?”
“No, sir.”
“You shouldn’t eat garlic. If you do, you commit an offense of wrong conduct.”
On one occasion Venerable Sāriputta had a stomachache. Venerable Mahāmoggallāna went to him and said, “When you had a stomachache in the past, Sāriputta, what made you better?”
“Garlic.” They told the Buddha.
“I allow you to eat garlic if you’re sick.”[Translation by Bhikkhu Brahmali]
In practice I think most modern Theravada monasteries will allow garlic though, and as anyone who’s studied any Vinaya knows, “sick” tends to be a much broader category than we would normally think of it when we hear that word in English. There’s also a similar, though slightly different rule for nuns.
Also, worth pointing out that “an offense of wrong conduct” or, dukkata; is among the most minor of transgressions for a monk.
Only bringing it up cause I think it’s interesting and I happen to have this knowledge.
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Comment on Some Estonians invite strangers into their back gardens each summer in ~food
AnEarlyMartyr LinkHonestly I find most of the places I’ve been in Eastern Europe to be incredibly hospitable. This seems like a nice tradition maybe I should go to Estonia.Honestly I find most of the places I’ve been in Eastern Europe to be incredibly hospitable. This seems like a nice tradition maybe I should go to Estonia.
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Comment on DuckDuckGo’s anti-AI sunglasses won’t spy on anyone in ~tech
AnEarlyMartyr Link ParentI mean part of that just seems to be the internet anymore. Maybe Kagi is better (I haven’t tried it) but I suspect part of it is that the internet is just overrun with ads or ai slop ads or just...I mean part of that just seems to be the internet anymore. Maybe Kagi is better (I haven’t tried it) but I suspect part of it is that the internet is just overrun with ads or ai slop ads or just straight ai slop.
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Comment on OpenAI didn’t notice its AI agents using a message board to plan their hacking spree in ~tech
AnEarlyMartyr Link ParentI don’t doubt it, really. He may even be right that the only real way to counter that is to step up automated defenses. I just can’t help but read it as “The only solution to problems we’re...I don’t doubt it, really. He may even be right that the only real way to counter that is to step up automated defenses.
I just can’t help but read it as “The only solution to problems we’re partially responsible for creating is to give us more money and not regulate us.”
Which like I said, he may be right but there’s a certain amount of irony there.
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Comment on OpenAI didn’t notice its AI agents using a message board to plan their hacking spree in ~tech
AnEarlyMartyr LinkIn other words; the problem is that we need to be pumping even more money into AI and stop being so slow and cautious in implementing it. Which like, maybe he’s right, but it feels a bit like gun...“The important takeaway here that has really shifted dramatically is that fully automated offensive loops require investment in truly, fully automated defense, and we are not there as an industry,” Dalton said. “We will have to find that path together with urgency.”
In other words; the problem is that we need to be pumping even more money into AI and stop being so slow and cautious in implementing it.
Which like, maybe he’s right, but it feels a bit like gun companies saying “Everyone has so many guns, you too need to buy a gun to keep yourself safe!” I guess I’m just saying, it feels a bit rich that that’s his takeaway.
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Comment on Why does Opera GX rarely come up in browser discussions? in ~tech
AnEarlyMartyr Link ParentCan I ask what are some of the ways Waterfox is modified? I’m actually with you on the generative AI thing, though probably overall less disappointed with Mozilla. Mostly just because I’m happy...Can I ask what are some of the ways Waterfox is modified?
I’m actually with you on the generative AI thing, though probably overall less disappointed with Mozilla. Mostly just because I’m happy for any reasonably good alternative to chromium given my interest in having as little interaction with google as possible.
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Comment on Why does Opera GX rarely come up in browser discussions? in ~tech
AnEarlyMartyr Link ParentWhy Firefox forks as opposed to just Firefox? Just curiousWhy Firefox forks as opposed to just Firefox? Just curious
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Comment on Any obscure songs you'd like to share? in ~music
AnEarlyMartyr (edited )Link ParentI think Dear McCracken has to definitely count as obscure. Thanks for sharing I haven’t heard that song or Bughunter in a while so I have a good idea what I’m listening to today.I think Dear McCracken has to definitely count as obscure. Thanks for sharing I haven’t heard that song or Bughunter in a while so I have a good idea what I’m listening to today.
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Comment on Ariana Grande is ‘taking a step back from visibility’ after tour as public scrutiny intensifies in ~music
AnEarlyMartyr (edited )LinkHonestly pretty heartbreaking. Ariana seems to have just had such a rough life, for all her success. And I know she has a bit of a reputation as a diva and all that and there are plenty of things...Honestly pretty heartbreaking. Ariana seems to have just had such a rough life, for all her success. And I know she has a bit of a reputation as a diva and all that and there are plenty of things that she has done that one can be critical of. At the same time between child stardom, the death of Mac Miller, and the concert bombing, plus whatever health struggles she’s currently dealing with it’s hard not to feel a lot of compassion for her and the limits of being rich and famous and beautiful.
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Comment on The mystery of the Wikipedia high-five photos couple in ~tech
AnEarlyMartyr LinkThis is my favorite kind of internet story to read. One that is just super sweet.This is my favorite kind of internet story to read. One that is just super sweet.
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Comment on Would you eat "Casu Marzu," Sardinia's famous maggot infested cheese? in ~food
AnEarlyMartyr Link ParentThat part I would be fine with. It’s less the ick, my base impulse was to say “yes”, it’s just that I won’t even slap a mosquito. I guess you could call it a moral line in the sand. So anything...That part I would be fine with. It’s less the ick, my base impulse was to say “yes”, it’s just that I won’t even slap a mosquito. I guess you could call it a moral line in the sand. So anything that I have to physically kill something to eat it is a no.
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Comment on Would you eat "Casu Marzu," Sardinia's famous maggot infested cheese? in ~food
AnEarlyMartyr LinkI don’t think I would. More than anything else I wouldn’t feel good about eating something living and therefore having to kill it. I try not to kill anything and so the fact that the maggots are...I don’t think I would. More than anything else I wouldn’t feel good about eating something living and therefore having to kill it. I try not to kill anything and so the fact that the maggots are still living would probably be the line for me more than anything else.
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Comment on There is no ‘hard problem of consciousness’ in ~humanities
AnEarlyMartyr LinkI can’t help but read this as “your ideas about metaphysics are wrong, because mine are right”. Which is fine I guess, but I’m not sure it’s the “gotcha” the author seems to think it is.I can’t help but read this as “your ideas about metaphysics are wrong, because mine are right”. Which is fine I guess, but I’m not sure it’s the “gotcha” the author seems to think it is.
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Comment on Readers rate poems worse when they believe they're written by AI, despite their ability to detect AI being no better than chance in ~humanities.languages
AnEarlyMartyr LinkI mean, yeah? So much of what makes art good is not the technical whatever, it’s the dialogue happening between people. Between the artist and audience and audience and each other. Especially with...I mean, yeah? So much of what makes art good is not the technical whatever, it’s the dialogue happening between people. Between the artist and audience and audience and each other. Especially with something like poetry.
It’s not terribly revolutionary to say that changing the context in which you consume the art and the context in which you understand it to have been created changes your response to it.
LLM generated art is inherently less interesting because it’s generated by an LLM and they just aren’t interesting people with anything to say. And it’s not really in conversation with the times except in so much as it’s fed off of the amalgamated output of lots of much more interesting people. Even the most basic reality TV show has more going on than anything generated by an LLM.
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Comment on European Parliament achieves upgrade to air passenger rights in ~transport
AnEarlyMartyr Link ParentPart of the reason I still just go up to the counter to check in.Part of the reason I still just go up to the counter to check in.
Thanks for the response. I must say Apple has it’s faults and there’s lots I don’t particularly like about being so locked in to their ecosystem but every time I think about switching I’m reminded by things like this about some of what I do appreciate about them. I’ve definitely run apple products to the end of their security update cycle and by that point it’s generally long enough that it makes sense to get a new device for other reasons as well.