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Comment on What if AI just makes us work harder? in ~tech
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Comment on What if AI just makes us work harder? in ~tech
crulife Link ParentYeah. 100 years ago it might've been reasonable to think that communism can fix this problem, but to think it today is a bit ludicrous.Yeah. 100 years ago it might've been reasonable to think that communism can fix this problem, but to think it today is a bit ludicrous.
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Comment on New ‘Lord of the Rings’ movie From Stephen Colbert and his son in development at Warner Bros in ~movies
crulife Link ParentNot more than me, and I wouldn't trust me to write the script for this. Knowing the source material is useful, but what you really need is the ability to write something that is both new and good...Colbert genuinely, deeply cares about the legendarium.
Not more than me, and I wouldn't trust me to write the script for this. Knowing the source material is useful, but what you really need is the ability to write something that is both new and good while being solidly based on Tolkien. I consider that a huge challenge.
Looking at Colbert's Goodreads, it seems like he's mainly written mediocre parody books based on his TV persona. And again, I'm punching up when I say that.
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Comment on Russian soldier secretly guides Ukrainian strikes on own unit, leaving up to 150 dead in ~society
crulife LinkSounds a bit too good to be true, but if it's true... that's what I call a frag. Well done. If true.Sounds a bit too good to be true, but if it's true... that's what I call a frag.
Well done. If true.
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Comment on 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' to end with Season 2 in ~tv
crulife (edited )Link ParentIf I remember the late 80s and early 90s correctly, having whole series, like every single episode, be rather bad artistically was not that abnormal. So in that sense TNG first season wasn't...If I remember the late 80s and early 90s correctly, having whole series, like every single episode, be rather bad artistically was not that abnormal. So in that sense TNG first season wasn't really "bad" compared to almost everything else that was going on at the time.
Nowadays, we have thousands of options, a disturbing amount of them well made. I could literally be watching only 8+ imdb scored things for the rest of my life's free time.
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Comment on Seth MacFarlane teases new life for ‘The Orville’: “Season 4 is written” in ~tv
crulife LinkThat show has no right of being as good as it is. It makes no sense.That show has no right of being as good as it is. It makes no sense.
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Comment on Project Hail Mary - Discussion thread in ~movies
crulife LinkWe loved The Martian as a book and hated it as a movie. Alan Weir's books are fun and funny, but it seemed to us that they had stripped almost all of that away from it. That's why I was a bit...We loved The Martian as a book and hated it as a movie. Alan Weir's books are fun and funny, but it seemed to us that they had stripped almost all of that away from it.
That's why I was a bit scared that I'd have to be disappointed again, but nope. Project Hail Mary was a great movie.
They hadn't messed up the soul of the book, Ryan Gosling worked very well in the lead role, and I really liked how extensively they used music all over the place. I guess the only bad thing was that there were really no surprises, but that also means that there were no negative surprises.
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Comment on Job hunting absolutely sucks right now in ~life
crulife LinkThe weird part is that usually in free markets, inefficient things fade out. So is having horrible employment processes efficient in some weird way?The weird part is that usually in free markets, inefficient things fade out. So is having horrible employment processes efficient in some weird way?
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
crulife LinkPicked up Everspace 2, finally. I tried to get into it some months earlier but now I realized that it's been designed for a console controller so that's how it should be played. Before, I tried...Picked up Everspace 2, finally. I tried to get into it some months earlier but now I realized that it's been designed for a console controller so that's how it should be played. Before, I tried furiously to play it with my HOTAS and that just wasn't fun.
Now it's pretty fun. Like scifi Skyrim in 6dof.
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Comment on Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don't rewrite an Iran missile story in ~society
crulife LinkPolymarket should be illegal, and I'll reiterate again my position that we/society should remove from ourselves the ability to make online crimes like this without a 100% chance of trivially...Polymarket should be illegal, and I'll reiterate again my position that we/society should remove from ourselves the ability to make online crimes like this without a 100% chance of trivially getting caught.
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Comment on What radicalized you? in ~talk
crulife (edited )LinkTrump's first election made me kind of an anti-conservatist. Why would anyone vote for such a buffoon? Russia's war against Ukraine shifted me to a far more global militaristic opinion. Now I see...Trump's first election made me kind of an anti-conservatist. Why would anyone vote for such a buffoon?
Russia's war against Ukraine shifted me to a far more global militaristic opinion. Now I see a lot of things through that lens and view smaller conflicts as part of the bigger one, choosing who I personally ally with based on that.
Seeing the super-charged (thanks to Covid and stay-at-home policies) effects of social media on teenagers, close by, shifted me from pro-free speech, rather radically liberal position to a more moderate one. The rise of AI has strengthened this position -- now I think only proven human adults should be allowed to participate without limits.
Trump's second election made me kind of an anti-woke (in the absence of a less loaded to describe it). Why would anyone lose to such a buffoon?
It's been a weird journey in the last 5 years. Perhaps it's more like a deradicalization.
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Comment on Nathan Fillion says 'Firefly' animated series in development in ~tv
crulife Link ParentWhy would this be a problem? I always thought it hints towards a future where China has become so significant that the language has received a place as lingua franca.speaking Chinese without any Chinese people
Why would this be a problem? I always thought it hints towards a future where China has become so significant that the language has received a place as lingua franca.
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Comment on How's everyone doing? in ~talk
crulife (edited )LinkAmount of light increasing, so it's getting pretty good. Also decided to get a cat or two. And my youngest child got his first belt graduation in a martial art. Overall pretty good.Amount of light increasing, so it's getting pretty good. Also decided to get a cat or two. And my youngest child got his first belt graduation in a martial art.
Overall pretty good.
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Comment on Opinion piece: I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day. in ~life.women
crulife LinkI used to be a Pirate, in the political sense. That is, I used to think that freedom of speech and online anonymity are one of the holiest things humankind has invented and we should suffer...I used to be a Pirate, in the political sense. That is, I used to think that freedom of speech and online anonymity are one of the holiest things humankind has invented and we should suffer absolutely no exceptions to it.
Now I think we should all be forced to login with an identifiable account and things like what this girl has faced should be felonies and the catch rate for those criminals should be 100%. Funny how perspectives change.
Some people say that this will just be used by authoritarian governments to subjugate people. I'm thinking that this is focusing on the wrong problem. The problem is not that we gave the authoritarians tools that they misuse, the problem is that we have authoritarian government. Perhaps it's naive to think that we might have something that is not that, but I think it's possibly more naive to think that an authoritarian government needs these things to subjugate people. If they don't like you, they can just come to your house and shoot you in the face -- why would they need to dig through your communication to do that?
And as a cherry on top, authoritarian goverments have arisen in many places by using propaganda techniques enabled by anonymity. Shouldn't we put a stop to that immediately?
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
crulife (edited )LinkI started on Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series, the first of which is The Way of Kings. I'm a bit disappointed, because this book was the highest rated one on my todo-list, and the...I started on Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series, the first of which is The Way of Kings.
I'm a bit disappointed, because this book was the highest rated one on my todo-list, and the prose is weirdly simple, and not in a good way. But it's an easy read, and perhaps it'll work out in the end. I'm halfway through right now.
But why the incredibly high score on Goodreads? 4.66/5 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7235533-the-way-of-kings
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Comment on Kim Jong Un chooses daughter as heir, says Seoul in ~society
crulife LinkTheir version of Communism looks a lot like monarchy.Their version of Communism looks a lot like monarchy.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
crulife LinkI played through System Shock 2 again. This time in french -- to spice things up a bit since my last playthrough more than 20 years ago. Too bad only the texts were in french, even though funnily...I played through System Shock 2 again. This time in french -- to spice things up a bit since my last playthrough more than 20 years ago. Too bad only the texts were in french, even though funnily some of the voices had a silly french accent.
Also did a PSI playthrough, which I guess was some sort of interesting.It's still a good game, and the "remake" didn't change really anything.
Then I started consuming this digital crack called Ixion. It's a basebuilding game centered around a movable space station and finite resources, and is relatively story-based. Somehow it scratches an itch for me that I remember only Settlers 2 reaching before. Really great game, made by a French studio. The plot reminds me of Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. I've probably lost 10 hours of my average weekly sleep time due to this one.
Incidentally, I stopped buying games from Steam because of USA or something and am now using mostly GOG.com and heroic-games-launcher on Linux. Seems to work fine, and actually a bit better because the launcher doesn't have to login to anything.
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Comment on Liberals who were formerly far-left (communist, anarchist, etc.), what led to you coming to liberalism? in ~society
crulife LinkIt feels crazy to me that this question makes sense. When I was young and even a bit older, it was obvious that communism was over and it would never come back. We would just have to wait for the...It feels crazy to me that this question makes sense. When I was young and even a bit older, it was obvious that communism was over and it would never come back. We would just have to wait for the generation that was thoroughly brainwashed to die of old age.
Then suddenly it just came back. I guess it's not a coincidence at all that it seems like nazism is doing the same. They're feeding each other, and cupping the actual cause of stability: centrism.
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Comment on Any software engineers considering a career switch due to AI? in ~comp
crulife (edited )LinkMore like vice versa. Tech has been an increasingly boring field for me in the last 10 years. Coding has become a real chore. LLMs appearance have brought new fuel for me at least, as coding is...More like vice versa. Tech has been an increasingly boring field for me in the last 10 years. Coding has become a real chore. LLMs appearance have brought new fuel for me at least, as coding is one of the things I don't have to really do anymore.
A smart person once said in some IRC channel that "everything interesting is always happening at the limits of what's possible". AI is stretching that limit by quite a lot. There's gonna be a lot of slop out there in the near future, but there's gonna also be lots of very interesting new things.
AI and robotics can actually free us from that, I believe. Will it actually do that is another question, because there are so many ways that can go seriously wrong.
But the industrial revolution, free markets and capitalism clearly brought us incredible wealth compared to what existed before them, and even though a lot of it has concentrated on the rich, a lot of it did actually spread to everyone.