FriendOfDeSoto

joined 2 years ago

I think it's safe to say these thoughts weren't necessarily factored in in the first beliefs in reincarnation. A lot of this stuff is about thinking horizons. If you don't know about the vastness of space, you think everything happens around you. So you must be reborn close as well. And then the universe is being revealed (still) bit by bit. If your science isn't great, you could be forgiven for thinking the world is 6000 years old and maybe created in a week. But then your horizons broaden and there is a lag in how the new knowledge filters into these established belief systems. So if you tried to argue logically about a reincarnation system, yes, it would be likely that you could become a rock near a supermassive black hole or a slug on a planet far, far away just as much as an ant on Earth (depending on how you fared in life). But logic and belief are natural opponents. I think all the Dalai Lamas were reincarnated on this planet. So that's odd then, isn't it? Doubt lengthens the lag.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

If you were "shocked" that your chats were googleable, you were also revealed to be lackadaisical about your own data. Yes, they could've made it clearer but you yourself ticked like three boxes to get here. It's like you accept the Ts and Cs without reading them and now the corporation owns your first born.

So why OpenAI thought this feature would be useful is astounding in itself and they chickened out faster than 47 as a result of the bad PR. But this is more on the users clicking willy nilly and not bothering to do their own due diligence. 80/20 split imo. If you thought it was okay to make your ChatGPT advice on your resume "discoverable," you need to blame yourself.

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[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If either one says anyways here's wonderwall and launches into the song I'll be ready to shoot them into the sun.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This verification efforts were kicked off earlier this month; this app hasn't really launched yet, has it? I think proper implementation after a test phase will maybe come next year. I think it is too early to complain that aftermarket OS's are being excluded. It seems to me that nobody has tackled that problem yet rather than this being a willful exclusion. And while the EU lawmakers thought it was okay to put the Googles of the world in a position where they get to be judge, jury, and executioner for the right to be forgotten, I have a feeling that GDPR and the general vibe within the EU will not allow this to only work with the help of one American corporation on the continent's most used OS. We need to be watchful but not despairing just yet.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website -3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I think that's throwing out the baby with the bathwater. But regulation and hitting these companies with false advertisement penalties is something we need ASAP. And liability. If the creator of a model can be made liable for damages, that would pump the breaks on this bullshit very hard. Funny how all the so-called AI companies are averse to any of that ...

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 7 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I fear as the number n of the repeated day approaches infinity, any day would be horrible to have to relive again. And again. And again.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If your approach at dating hasn't materialized in anything, perhaps it is time to change your approach. For me, the best things happened when I wasn't trying at all. Be social, be courteous, be nice - and as the owner of a penis: non-threatening.

You have self identified a problem of anxiety. If your next step is to criticize all "females" as being difficult in terms of dating, you're missing a beat here and making a bad word choice. The problem may be more of a you-problem than a them-problem. Also, no matter the primary sexual organ situation, people can pick up on both an air of entitlement or the scent of desperation.

Also, all cicadas shout for sex but not every cicada gets laid.

If there is no checking in place, like an airport security check and/or check for devices emitting radio waves. Also, the producers know where the candidates are at, don't they? If they spot regular drone flights in the area, I think the game will be up as well.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 33 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I mean by normal people standards, you are correct. He's had to replace a golden spoon up his royal posterior with a silver one. But he still lives in a big house and will never want for money in his life. His involvement did cost him his representative job. He's been royally demoted. So there were consequences for him although I'd be the first to agree they weren't sufficiently punitive.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 40 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think you can trust the operational side of it. I don't think they've had many detrimental oopsies, the services work. I used them for a year and then jumped ship. One reason is the favorable comments by their CEO about the 47 administration, which I didn't like. Another reason is the nitty gritty - they don't clearly advertize what's part of what package and I felt that was by design to get you to upgrade. And they definitely see themselves as a basket for all of your eggs. If you are moving there because you want to degoogle your life you end up just protonizing it. It's better to spread around your stuff so you're not dependent on one provider. If you just want a good VPN and don't care about the rest of their services and the politics, you could make worse choices.

Now i'm torn. On the one hand I want to dismiss your counter argument as a counter factual and therefore there is no need to even glance at it. On the other hand, the omnipotent dick is part of the equation and he can control these things and I kinda see where you're coming from. I would say he is being more of a d though because he is rubbing Picard's nose in how unprepared humanity is in the stars. The fact that his finger snapping detour shortened the encounter timeline with the Borgs may have had the one positive effect: forewarning for the feds. And that may have put them in a position to win by the skin of their teeth. So your counter argument holds some limited and not massive amount of water.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 11 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Q is just a dick. He could've brought Voyager back home but didn't and then involved Janeway in that continuufederacy civil war. He exposed Picard and crew to the Borgs and didn't lift a finger when he got Locutussed. I think in terms of dead people he may have screwed Picard over more. I may be wrong but I think more people died in that cross section being cut out by the Borgs as a direct result of Q finger snapping the D out to meet them. But at the core, he just does stuff because he's a bored omnipotent dick and he makes everyone in his path suffer.

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