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  1. Comment on Disney reportedly keen on buying Fortnite developer Epic Games in ~games

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    Unreal is all over Hollywood, especially at Disney. It powers all those LED volumes/walls that are replacing green screens.

    Unreal is all over Hollywood, especially at Disney. It powers all those LED volumes/walls that are replacing green screens.

    5 votes

  2. Comment on ‘Supergirl’: Over eight test screenings so far, three different composers, multiple endings and more Superman in ~movies

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    This isn't Superman, this is Supergirl, and the "teenager who likes to drink and party" portrayal is right in line with the Supergirl story they are adapting.

    This isn't Superman, this is Supergirl, and the "teenager who likes to drink and party" portrayal is right in line with the Supergirl story they are adapting.

    12 votes

  3. Comment on Reddit will implement human verification to tag and combat bots in ~tech

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    Even if you go full privacy invasion, I just don't see how you truly verify that actions being taken are not done so by a bot. A human can instruct a bot to act on their behalf, and the bot can...

    Even if you go full privacy invasion, I just don't see how you truly verify that actions being taken are not done so by a bot. A human can instruct a bot to act on their behalf, and the bot can pass any verification checks back to the human when needed.

    I think long term, large, broadly anonymous online communities are going to go extinct and real people will move to much smaller communities primarily populated with people they actually know in some capacity (like Discord servers)

    15 votes

  4. Comment on I hope you don't use generative AI - an essay about my experience offering an open-source tool in ~tech

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    I don't think that's a meaningful distinction. I see exploitative assholes misusing this technology, and I see sycophantic assholes all over social media shilling its use while offering no...

    I don't think that's a meaningful distinction. I see exploitative assholes misusing this technology, and I see sycophantic assholes all over social media shilling its use while offering no solutions to the problem at best, and claiming it's not a real problem at all at worst.

    The people defending the billionaire class have positioned themselves on the wrong side of the class war.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on I hope you don't use generative AI - an essay about my experience offering an open-source tool in ~tech

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    It was the foundation of modern prosperity. The last 40 years or so of productivity improvements have lead to a steadily declining middle class. We faced this problem during the 2nd Industrial...

    Skepticism about who profits is understandable, but I find it strange to hear people arguing against higher productivity, as such. Getting more work done with less labor is basically the foundation of modern prosperity.

    It was the foundation of modern prosperity. The last 40 years or so of productivity improvements have lead to a steadily declining middle class.

    We faced this problem during the 2nd Industrial Revolution (known as the Gilded Age in American history). Productivity skyrocketed, as did GDP. But so did poverty rates in the US, and we even had an extensive period of high unemployment called the Long Depression. All of this driven by the rapid rise of automation. This trend did not reverse until we artificially constrained the supply of productivity by banning child labor, standardizing 40 hour work weeks, and empowering labor unions.

    We're in another gilded age today, and I reserve my right to be outright disdainful of anything that I see benefits the 1% more than the rest of us. Because even though I'm a top 20% earner, I'm smart enough to know I have more in common with someone living paycheck to paycheck than I do with Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk.

    I will say, I don't think the solution is "no AI", I think the solution is "AI makes us productive enough that we can move to 30 hour work weeks". However, the class of billionaire pedophiles that run this country aren't going to give that to us without a fight. They aren't sinking trillions of dollars into AI just so we can live more comfortable lives. Their only goal is reducing headcount.

    14 votes

  6. Comment on Subnautica 2 publisher Krafton's CEO asked ChatGPT how to void $250 million contract, ignores lawyers, loses in court in ~games

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    Little of column A, little of column B. Self-made billionaires tend to be just as grotesquely shitty as trust fund nepo babies. At the end of the day, all of these people add negative value to...

    Little of column A, little of column B. Self-made billionaires tend to be just as grotesquely shitty as trust fund nepo babies.

    At the end of the day, all of these people add negative value to society and should be treated as such.

    5 votes

  7. Comment on I hope you don't use generative AI - an essay about my experience offering an open-source tool in ~tech

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    I don't hate generative AI for development because it's another abstraction, I hate it because I'm expected to be more productive for less money. All the benefit of the tech is going to the people...

    I don't hate generative AI for development because it's another abstraction, I hate it because I'm expected to be more productive for less money. All the benefit of the tech is going to the people at the top. All of us should hate this. All of us should passionately hate the billionaire class shoving this down our throats and calling us luddites when we point out obvious problems (like "where are future senior devs going to come from if we stop hiring and training juniors?")

    I will also point out that generative AI, unlike every other abstraction layer in software development, is fundamentally non-deterministic. I can prove that the same C code will produce identical assembly every time. I can feed Claude the same promp 10 times and get 10 different results.

    I keep seeing my peers submit awful AI-generated code and we have to spend so much more time reviewing it, and people just want to pass it off "because it works" even though it will be a maintenance nightmare. I hate all of this, and it's disheartening seeing people just accept it blindly.

    15 votes

  8. Comment on Subnautica 2 publisher Krafton's CEO asked ChatGPT how to void $250 million contract, ignores lawyers, loses in court in ~games

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    I've come to view it as a negative correlation. "Oh, this guy is filthy stinking rich? He must be a total fucknugget who can barely tie his own shoes". Am I just making a value judgement based on...

    having worked in proximity to CEOs and rich people, just because they're rich and in-charge means absolutely nothing about their capabilities and critical thinking skills

    I've come to view it as a negative correlation. "Oh, this guy is filthy stinking rich? He must be a total fucknugget who can barely tie his own shoes". Am I just making a value judgement based on a stereotype? Yes. Is it still accurate 99.9% of the time? Also yes, because there's something about having unimaginable wealth that completely ruins ones ability to exhibit basic human decency.

    10 votes

  9. Comment on Hisense TVs show ads during normal operation in ~tech

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    Another reason to never connect your TV to the internet under any circumstances.

    Another reason to never connect your TV to the internet under any circumstances.

    5 votes

  10. Comment on AI was eroding trust in my classroom — so I got rid of typed papers and bought my students notebooks instead in ~life

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    My problem here is that we shouldn't be optimizing our education system for the top 10% of performers if it means worse outcomes for the bottom 50%. Having a capable, educated workforce benefits...

    My problem here is that we shouldn't be optimizing our education system for the top 10% of performers if it means worse outcomes for the bottom 50%. Having a capable, educated workforce benefits everyone.

    The compromise I see here is an extension of something we've already done for a long time: putting high performing students in accelerated education programs. A student who demonstrates above average proficiency and self-discipline could be placed in classes where assistive technology is more readily available.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Meta to acquire Moltbook, the social network for AI agents in ~tech

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    Even if it worked, I don't understand why LLMs need a social networking platform at all. I'm starting to think tech bros believe these things are actually intelligent and sapient even they they...

    Even if it worked, I don't understand why LLMs need a social networking platform at all. I'm starting to think tech bros believe these things are actually intelligent and sapient even they they categorically aren't.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on Survey reveals almost 50% of California teachers may quit teaching soon in ~life

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    Then I guess our society is doomed

    Then I guess our society is doomed

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Survey reveals almost 50% of California teachers may quit teaching soon in ~life

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    Have we considered paying people in these positions a reasonable, competitive wage?

    Teacher morale is increasingly important as states continue to struggle with teacher shortages, especially in hard-to-fill jobs like special education, science, technology, math, engineering and bilingual education.

    Have we considered paying people in these positions a reasonable, competitive wage?

    15 votes

  14. Comment on Is it worthwhile to run local LLMs for coding today? in ~comp

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    I don't see it as making fun of OP, I simply reframed their statement to make a point. Am I not entitled to my perspective?

    I don't see it as making fun of OP, I simply reframed their statement to make a point. Am I not entitled to my perspective?

  15. Comment on Is it worthwhile to run local LLMs for coding today? in ~comp

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    Because the entire world is going to shit around us and AI is a huge part of it. I genuinely think we do not hate billionaire tech CEOs enough and we shouldn't have to take their shit just because...

    Because the entire world is going to shit around us and AI is a huge part of it. I genuinely think we do not hate billionaire tech CEOs enough and we shouldn't have to take their shit just because some people have been fooled into thinking they are our friends.

    We're talking about a technology whose key selling point is the potential to create mass unemployment. That is what the billionaire class wants. We are locked in a class war and the wrong side is winning.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Is it worthwhile to run local LLMs for coding today? in ~comp

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    "Everything's more expensive, the internet is flooded with slop, and the job market sucks ass. But hey at least my employer can now expect me to be twice as productive for less pay"

    "Everything's more expensive, the internet is flooded with slop, and the job market sucks ass. But hey at least my employer can now expect me to be twice as productive for less pay"

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Leon S. Kennedy is a car salesman now in ~games

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    YouTube is already overrun with enough of this garbage

    there should be a rage-inducing YouTube video

    YouTube is already overrun with enough of this garbage

    4 votes

  18. Comment on Leon S. Kennedy is a car salesman now in ~games

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    I thought the Porsche and the watch were funny, they definitely fit the vibe this game was going for. It felt like a nod to James Bond, and who is Leon S. Kennedy if not an American,...

    I thought the Porsche and the watch were funny, they definitely fit the vibe this game was going for. It felt like a nod to James Bond, and who is Leon S. Kennedy if not an American, zombie-fighting James Bond?

    3 votes

  19. Comment on Is it worthwhile to run local LLMs for coding today? in ~comp

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    Oh god please don't become part of the problem. This insatiable appetite for slop is making computers too expensive for the rest of us

    Oh god please don't become part of the problem. This insatiable appetite for slop is making computers too expensive for the rest of us

    5 votes

  20. Comment on Is it worthwhile to run local LLMs for coding today? in ~comp

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    Now is a horrible time because hardware prices are grotesquely inflated by the billionaire class's insatiable appetite for shoving slop down our throats.

    now's a decent time to spec up. IMO.

    Now is a horrible time because hardware prices are grotesquely inflated by the billionaire class's insatiable appetite for shoving slop down our throats.

    19 votes