1984

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[–] 1984 1 points 2 days ago

The thing is, i think social media today has created a lot of censorship out of necessity. There are people out there who just aren't mature or intelligent enough to have a conversation without insulting or pushing people down.

And because of they, we all suffer. We get over-moderated, we get called trolls etc.

I think I would like a platform where people actually have to act like adults. But that's hard. Hacker news have kind of made it, but they are also well known for not being open minded at all.

[–] 1984 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I mean, look at No Man's Sky. It's not Ai but some algorithm creating the world and it looks really generic and the same everywhere.

I hope using AI can make worlds like that feel actually different.

[–] 1984 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Depends on what you get moderated for. I once posted a question about trans people and I got banned from some Lemmy.ml community because they thought I was trolling them. I wasn't.

It's just sometimes hard for moderators to know what kind of person they are dealing with. But someone's posting history is usually enough to see if they are trolling or not.

Also what is trolling. It's supposed to mean that you intentionally upset people for fun. How can anyone know if it's intentionally or not. To some people, asking a question is trolling because they don't see why anyone would ask that if they didn't try to upset people.

So.. It's interesting.

[–] 1984 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I think gaming in general have it hard now. There are millions of games and only a handful are best sellers.

I feel the same about movies. So many, but just a few are worth watching because they are original.

[–] 1984 52 points 2 days ago

HR is there to protect the company.

They will have a laugh with you, sure. Why not? And they will come up with silly games for employees, because it increases employee retention and makes employees likely to think HR is just about boosting fun.

But trusting them? God no.

[–] 1984 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's a language model... Not a regexp. :)

I agree it's overhyped and I think we will have these models in everything from phones to cars, giving us voice commands and summary functions.

It is not going to become self aware anytime soon. :)

[–] 1984 4 points 2 days ago

I don't know about this one, but there are many Hollywood celebrities dying under strange circumstance. It's a very interesting rabbit hole.

[–] 1984 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

For better or worse, the moderation policies of Lemmy.world is seen as "the fediverse".

Almost everyone decided to use that instance, so... It's the default choice still.

[–] 1984 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I think because we feel that there is no real purpose to being alive, we need entertainment and distractions.

I often wish we had a star trek society where people would work on things that benefitted society in some way, instead of for money. It would have much more meaning because your talents would benefit other people, not corporations.

Someone who likes to draw would just draw and become appriciated for having great art, much like open source works today. Or if you enjoy making beautiful furniture, or robots.

What is destroying us is that we all work for being rewarded by money, not for appriciation from our peers. For me personally, the appriciation i get for working on open source projects is enough to keep me going and being happy with the work.

Some people say that most people would do nothing if they didn't have to work. I think they would want to do something. Because almost everyone would want to feel they have a purpose besides just existing. That is why we feel empty now at most jobs.

[–] 1984 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sure you have tried a cold beer when it's hot? That bitter cold taste is amazing when it's hot and cools me down for sure. I wouldn't have any sugary drinks when it's hot though, just makes me thirsty.

[–] 1984 0 points 4 days ago (3 children)

It is unhealthy but it makes you relax and have fun if not drinking too much. Also it makes people horny which is a plus sometimes.

I also don't drink more than a few beers every few months, but if I lived in a warm country, I probably would. It's very tasty when it's hot.

[–] 1984 3 points 4 days ago

I was looking for this comment. Lol. :)

 

Julian Assange is free.

After living in a cell for more than 5 years, he can soon go home and meet his family again.

I'm wondering if it was worth the sacrifice. The governments and tech companies are spying more than ever on everyone.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by 1984 to c/technology@lemmy.world
 

I personally don't trust Snowden. Looking at the difference between how he was treated and how Assange was treated. One guy gets to rot in prison, other guy gets movies made about him from Hollywood. Snowden is very much controlled opposition in my mind.

But that being said, I think he is truthful about OpenAI. Which sucks, because now I and many others love using chat gpt.

It's possible to self host these things though. I read an article about it here:

https://blog.lytix.co/posts/self-hosting-llama-3

But probably not worth the money for most people.

 

I think its not just kids anymore, it's adults too. Everyone is glued to their screens these days. But kids are more vulnerable to influences from "social" media and don't have any defences to the psychological warfare going on. Of course they feel like shit.

 

I think this is the perfect analogy for what's happening right now to the open web.

We are part of the Cosy Web here on Lemmy.. :)

 

This is actually pretty brilliant and innovative.

With other solutions, the "key" that re-enables distractions is always present. Brick allows you to leave that key behind, turning your phone into a new, distraction-free device until you return.

This tickles some part of my brain... The scanning part is so cool. Would you use an app like this?

 

This is a very entertaining and educational article, giving insights into the methods used by thiefs to try and get access to your phone data.

I don't like Apple but it's great that their security is so good when it comes to this.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by 1984 to c/rust@programming.dev
 

This was a really good summary of what Rust feels like in my opinion. I'm still a beginner myself but I recognize what this article is saying very much.

The hacker news comments are as usual very good too:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40172033

 

Get your shorts ready, this will be very interesting to follow. Seems like the stock will appear tomorrow already?

I fully expect a nosedive in stock price but who knows. Maybe a pump and dump.

 

Who is actually surprised by this? I would be more surprised if young Americans felt it was a great place to live.

 

I didn't know reddit gave out the personal details of their users, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

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