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Comment on Giving away three copies of my friend's recently-released game in ~games
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Comment on Telegram CEO vows to fight for app amid Russia pressure in ~tech
Pepetto Link ParentPeople use threema where you live? I had a hard enough time convincing my family to switch to signal.People use threema where you live? I had a hard enough time convincing my family to switch to signal.
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Comment on E-ink tablet recommendations for note taking in ~tech
Pepetto LinkOnly half joking: Why not use pen and paper and then scan the notes if you really need a digital version (most people don't)? it's a very robust technology, tried and true. Infinite battery life,...Only half joking: Why not use pen and paper and then scan the notes if you really need a digital version (most people don't)?
it's a very robust technology, tried and true. Infinite battery life, litteraly paper-thin, foldable, pretty much fully compatible between vendors, the tactile feedback is exactly as good as real pen and paper, and the learning curve is already done with! you can even rip out a page to give someone a memo, with 100% compatibility with his existing hardware.
I ask because I've been in this situation of thinking I needed those fancy notetaking tablets and it just ended up in a drawer, as paper is so much more convenient.
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Comment on The hidden cost of AI art: Brandon Sanderson's keynote in ~tech
Pepetto (edited )Link ParentI've had a long think about what you said and decided to change up my response as we're just talking past each other at this point. What I originally wrote Friendly reminder that pretty much all...- Exemplary
I've had a long think about what you said and decided to change up my response as we're just talking past each other at this point.
It appears you value the connection a reader has with the author, sharing feelings across space and time. I do not value this connection as much. to me this feels mostly parasocial. instead I value the meaning and beauty I give to something, reguardless who/what created it, and if the meaning was intentional. I feel snobed when you claim my enjoyment of anything is more superficial than yours just because I don't care enough about the author being human. You sound like the people of old claiming photography or cinema isn't art. So far, I much prefer human art than AI art, because it's still much better. But I see no reason to think [AI art](https://maxread.substack.com/p/what-ai-art-spiral-images-tell-us) will never ever get better than human art.What I originally wrote
Friendly reminder that pretty much all of what you consider classical art was produced as a product, for financial gain, except for a few madman.You claim that the meaning I ascribe to things not designed by humans (landscape, biology, astronomy, AI poem) is not as valuable as the meaning ascribed to human made "art", even when the meaning wasn't even intentional by the author.
That seems very ... arbitrary, I guess?I have not so far talked with anyone capable of defining art in a coherent way. reasonable people say it's just a catch all term for "cool things I enjoy" or "beauty".
Unreasonable people say things like "that which has no purpose".
Apparently, to you, "ART" means "HUMAN MADE", in which case I'll agree the AI will never be humans, so they'll never make "HUMAN MADE" things. Doesn't mean AIs can't make beautiful or meaningful things...It sounds like you're mostly against mass production and low quality (and being kind of a snob about it). just checking: if we could pool all AI resources towards writting just a single excellent novel, the best novel ever written, and the AI was 100% powered by hand crank (so mostly ecofriendly, and plenty of humans toiled hard to make this novel) does this successfully disarm your knee jerk reaction against AI made things?
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Comment on Why computers won’t make themselves smarter - Ted Chiang in ~tech
Pepetto Link ParentIn "understand" (great short story btw if anyone is interested) the protagonist gets an experimental drug that make him significantly smarter, he uses his intelligence to somehow steal more of the...In "understand" (great short story btw if anyone is interested) the protagonist gets an experimental drug that make him significantly smarter, he uses his intelligence to somehow steal more of the drug to get even smarter, then reinvents a new language to think more clearly in, then thinks about building a computer to overcome the limitation of a human brain.
I mean, it's just fiction, but I truly assumed he was talking about recursively self improving AI when I read this story. -
Comment on The hidden cost of AI art: Brandon Sanderson's keynote in ~tech
Pepetto LinkWhile I love most of Sanderson's books, I'd don't think what he says is really relevant... He is clearly focusing on the writer's point of view, not the reader's. If he wants to grow as a writer...While I love most of Sanderson's books, I'd don't think what he says is really relevant...
He is clearly focusing on the writer's point of view, not the reader's. If he wants to grow as a writer nothing stops him from continuing to write after the AI replaced him. But he hasn't really provided a reason to prefer consumming human art over AI. (I'm not saying there are no reasons to do so, but he hasn't given any).
I don't read his books to feed his ego, or help him acheive writter enligthenment, I read books because they are entertaining, or help me apprehend new complex situation, or train my empathy. The end product definitely does matter very much. If AI can write books twice as good as he can, with incredibly tight plot and unforgettable twists, then I'll read AI books. -
Comment on The hidden cost of AI art: Brandon Sanderson's keynote in ~tech
Pepetto Link ParentPresumably you cann't make your own GPU from raw sand you collected yourself, or code your own kernel either... Why would you need to be able to build/train a new model from scratch to control it?...Presumably you cann't make your own GPU from raw sand you collected yourself, or code your own kernel either...
Why would you need to be able to build/train a new model from scratch to control it?
(This might sound like a dig at you, it isn't, genuinely wondering why the isolated demand for rigor) -
Comment on I'm back in ~talk
Pepetto LinkI only got here mid 2023. I feel like since early 2025, the ambient hyperpolarization hasn't completely spared tildes, we regularly (about 1/week, but with dips and lows) get some topics that are...I only got here mid 2023.
I feel like since early 2025, the ambient hyperpolarization hasn't completely spared tildes, we regularly (about 1/week, but with dips and lows) get some topics that are pretty much outrage bait, and sometime enough of us forget ourselves and engage with it emotionally and Deimos has to step in and delete the topic (and ban a few users (me included) for the week to cool off). So far it's mostly under control. -
Comment on Xikipedia in ~tech
Pepetto Link ParentPerhaps Wikipedia is the quality it currently is because the wrong kind of editor self select out of it. Maybe more engagement would dillute the quality contributions among a sea of low effort...Perhaps Wikipedia is the quality it currently is because the wrong kind of editor self select out of it.
Maybe more engagement would dillute the quality contributions among a sea of low effort ones.
We don't really have many good things like wikipedia, we should be carefull with it. -
Comment on You are being misled about renewable energy technology in ~enviro
Pepetto Link ParentThey often could, but for some industrial application requiring high temperature (steel and cement), adapting the manufacturing process is apparently more technically difficult than low heat...They often could,
but for some industrial application requiring high temperature (steel and cement), adapting the manufacturing process is apparently more technically difficult than low heat application, and is currently still being worked on.
and plants are expensive and long‑lived, retrofitting them (kilns, furnaces) will take decades.
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Comment on You are being misled about renewable energy technology in ~enviro
Pepetto Link ParentHe isn't talking about the oil used as plastic, he is talking about the oil used as fuel to provide the energy to crack oil into plastic, to smelt metals, to bake cement, to power raw resourses...He isn't talking about the oil used as plastic, he is talking about the oil used as fuel to provide the energy to crack oil into plastic, to smelt metals, to bake cement, to power raw resourses extraction, ect.
It's totally fair to include those use of oil into consideration here. They really are powered from oil, not just made of oil. -
Comment on You are being misled about renewable energy technology in ~enviro
Pepetto Link ParentYeah, all industries/manufacturing still heavily uses fossil fuels. For anyone interested in finding out more, look up "embodied carbon". And both side of the debate (green vs burn baby burn) lie...Yeah, all industries/manufacturing still heavily uses fossil fuels.
For anyone interested in finding out more, look up "embodied carbon".And both side of the debate (green vs burn baby burn) lie purposefully or through wishfull thinking.
Environmentalist act like we can keep our standard of living by just easely changing energy production source and small adjustment (so not changing anything for the regular voter), while anti-environmentalist act like we can just keep our standard of living by just not changing anything...Both are wrong, we will not be able to keep consuming as much as we are right now no matter what.
We can mitigate the hit to standard of living through some tech, but mostly frugality and long term thinking,
but many thing will have to go, volontarily or when we crash.- Cars, even EV, won't be viable for regular individual travel,
- eating meat everyday
- big individual houses instead of small appartment
- most long distance tourism
- and mainly just buying less new crap
Either we accept those sacrifice now and use what's left of the oil to soften the landing and find alternatives ways to address what we truly don't want to give up (medicine? Internet?) Or we will be made to accept those sacrifice later more brutally and with less resources to adapt.
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Comment on You are being misled about renewable energy technology in ~enviro
Pepetto Link ParentThe main problem with fossil duel is that you use it by burning it, leaving you with nothing (you must always extract more). Whereas renewable, in particular solar panels, is already much much...The main problem with fossil duel is that you use it by burning it, leaving you with nothing (you must always extract more).
Whereas renewable, in particular solar panels, is already much much cheaper in the long term (10 years), even when taking storage cost into account, and will keep on giving...Shortcomings of solar are often overblown. They are recyclable, land use is negligible. And the technology is getting improved all the time. Going solar full steam ahead is a no brainer if you look at the numbers.
Political and corporate interests are actively working to spread misinformation and confuse the public, hindering the transition away from fossil fuels.
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Comment on Is there a way to donate or give unused ADHD medication to people in need? in ~health.mental
Pepetto (edited )LinkProblem is, giving it online like that, you're more likely than not to end up gifting it to a student looking for an edge, rather than someone who actually needs it. I truly wish to live in a more...Problem is, giving it online like that, you're more likely than not to end up gifting it to a student looking for an edge, rather than someone who actually needs it.
I truly wish to live in a more high trust society, but the way we do that is gradually build that trust, not start pretending the trust is already there. -
Comment on Hacktivist deletes three white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference in ~tech
Pepetto Link ParentI didn't read about this in the article. Why would they use a dating app to network, a signal group would work so much better and be so much easier...I didn't read about this in the article.
Why would they use a dating app to network, a signal group would work so much better and be so much easier... -
Comment on Hacktivist deletes three white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference in ~tech
Pepetto Link ParentHave you heard about the tribalism playbook: let's all go low since they'll go low.Have you heard about the tribalism playbook: let's all go low since they'll go low.
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Comment on Hacktivist deletes three white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference in ~tech
Pepetto Link ParentBecause violence against an outgroup often feels very legitimate. If you tolerate killing nazis, you'll soon find yourself thinking whoever you want to kill are Nazis, or close enough. I...Because violence against an outgroup often feels very legitimate.
If you tolerate killing nazis, you'll soon find yourself thinking whoever you want to kill are Nazis, or close enough.
I personally don't go around killing whoever I disagree with because I don't trust myself to truly judge people who annoy me. (Obviously unless in an emergency, war, self defense or other "no more social contract" kind of situation) -
Comment on Hacktivist deletes three white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference in ~tech
Pepetto Link ParentI disagree. But let's explore this. I assume you don't go around shooting up nazi's at night... Why not?I disagree.
But let's explore this. I assume you don't go around shooting up nazi's at night... Why not?
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Comment on Hacktivist deletes three white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference in ~tech
Pepetto (edited )LinkI'm not so sure this is worth celebrating. I'm confident the white suppremacist wouldn't hesitate if given the opportunity to do the same to others... And yet doing it preemptively to them feels...I'm not so sure this is worth celebrating.
I'm confident the white suppremacist wouldn't hesitate if given the opportunity to do the same to others... And yet doing it preemptively to them feels dirty. Doesn't this put us on the same level than them, our tribe vs their tribe.
Obviously I wouldn't care about tarnishing our self image if it was to protect someone from harm, but really, shutting down a dating website or similar is hardly that. This is just harrasment, done to a group who probably deserve it, yes, but still just harrassment.
I am not looking forward to being "that guy who defended nazis" but since no one steps forward...
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Comment on Advice on avoiding the hedonic treadmill of endless content? in ~life
Pepetto Link ParentNope, never used XBMC, started using Kodi 3 or 4 years ago when I wanted a streamlined way to access my media library (for the wife, she's an apple ecosystem lady and therefore cann't handle...Nope, never used XBMC, started using Kodi 3 or 4 years ago when I wanted a streamlined way to access my media library (for the wife, she's an apple ecosystem lady and therefore cann't handle things like folder structure) on the TV.
My media library lives on an SD card in my phone (no backup, I can always download again). If we want to have something, I get it within a few days. Then I check that kodi labels it correctly.
Watching stuff on my TV (using a docked steamdeck) is as easy as having kodi open on both my phone and the steamdeck (I had to enable a setting once on my phone to share its library) while the phone is in wifi access hotspot (we don't have a wifi box). I have to keep Kodi open on my phone while sharing it's library, which I view as a feature as it forces me to be fully present.I've tried Jellyfin but somehow found it less intuitive to me, kodi works for the way I use it (heavily manual).
Eventually, I'll set up a small server so my wife can watch stuff without me.
(To be honest, I also sometime use stremio for stuff I don't really know I'll want to watch to the end, it's easier as no full download needed, but it sometimes bugs and buffers)
I like puzzles, and the premise of "people are puzzle" hits! would try.