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@glyph I learned about Kratom from a podcast about a year ago. I can't remember which one, but having looked into the science, the addiction curve on that stuff is indeed frightening.
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@luis_in_brief @jacob @vaurora also not for nothing but the vast harms of social media were mostly documented after the introduction of algorithmic timelines and those use ML which shares a bunch of optimization-loop characteristics with LLMs. maybe let's just make it all illegal in the meanwhile while we figure it out /s
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@luis_in_brief @jacob @vaurora the sarcasm was more about the unrealistic scale of the effort (particularly in the current political environment) than the earnestness of the project. At the *very least* there ought to be transparency requirements and user control. Alas.
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@vaurora @jacob @glyph yes, and so is social media, as well as all sorts of other deadly mental health issues like anorexia, SWATing, and vaccine denial. (Meta briefly had a task force about anorexia before they realized any plausible solution would basically push teen girls off the platform, and then everyone involved signed very big NDAs and was fired.) Again, this is not to let LLMs off the hook, but they're much closer to social media than hard drugs.
@luis_in_brief @vaurora @jacob I think different metaphors make sense in different contexts. For what I was trying to communicate, it just doesn't line up. In general I think "problem gambling" is the best overall metaphor, given that it can be a solitary activity. But then, although I don't know anyone with that type of hyper-maladaptive relationship with social media, I also don't know anyone who participated in the rohingya genocide, so, my experience is limited.
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@arclight @datarama @xgranade are you talking about the “home” button on a game controller launching it? this has never tripped me up for some reason but Apple has a similar thing in macOS which they shipped with no way to disable for like 3 years (thankfully there’s a toggle now) so I get the frustration
@glyph @datarama @xgranade It occasionally happens when turning off the controller due to the lack of a dedicated power button. A long press will turn the controller on/off, a short press when no game is active will activate Steam Big Picture mode. You cannot turn off the controller without risking Big Picture mode short of just pulling the controller's batteries. All I want is Steam or Windows to ignore short press on the controller.
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For some people, including me, a horoscope an 8 ball or ELIZA program can help cut through analysis paralysis, the same way a flip of a coin can work. But it shouldn't be the only thing, and it shouldn't be adhered to no matter what because people and circumstances change rapidly.
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@glyph You got me curious enough to do some reading (for which, thanks). Will not try it.
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@glyph the branch predictor in my brain gave me a good half second of thinking that said "...why my iPad spontaneously combusted..." 😂
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@glyph What's the "no one has logged in so I'm gonna reboot" timeout these days?
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@glyph the branch predictor in my brain gave me a good half second of thinking that said "...why my iPad spontaneously combusted..." 😂
@diazona if somebody is pegasusing me to do some state-sponsored terrorism please just tell the sniper to take the shot, I'm tired. the paperwork will be much more annoying for everybody if my house burns down
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@glyph What's the "no one has logged in so I'm gonna reboot" timeout these days?
@tychotithonus I…don't think that's a thing?
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@tychotithonus I…don't think that's a thing?
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@mijenix @tychotithonus TIL! Thanks! This iPad does indeed remain idle for long periods of time, so it's plausible.
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@glyph :) its AAALIIIVE!!! :)
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@glyph Having found a 2007 standard that I've been trying to convince people to adopt since 2018 with little success, I keep thinking: "I need to write more implementations of this spec so I can show people why it's cool. Well, the half-dozen implementations I've written so far haven't done the trick, but maybe if I just write an entire new RSS feed reader that works how I want it to then people will get the idea." The project of writing a feed reader is the only thing that has tempted me to try an LLM, and it boils down to the reasons you're talking about: dealing with people is complicated and it seems like approximately nobody else cares about the things I care about, so it's tempting to try to get help from a machine instead. But I really don't want to go down that road…
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@glyph I gotta be better about speaking up when I'm hanging out in your chat. My lack of relevant insights has, thus far, made it feel like I'd be lobbing a distraction at you
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@glyph I gotta be better about speaking up when I'm hanging out in your chat. My lack of relevant insights has, thus far, made it feel like I'd be lobbing a distraction at you
@wuest tbh hearing chat *trying* to understand what I'm doing is really motivating. Best case scenario, sometimes the explaining prompts me to realize that I didn't actually know what I was doing as well as I thought I did, and change strategy. In the average case the rest of the chat starts to understand it a bit better and can lob in more useful suggestions. Even the worst case is just a more entertaining stream
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@glyph Also, learning implies the ability to generalize? LLMs cannot do that, so they have to be trained on O(the entire internet) to make sure there's something to plagarize for every situation. That's not learning, it's leaning over another kid's shoulder and copying all the answers.
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> “learning” is inherently mutual
@glyph as a part-time teacher I often think about something a teacher of mine once said: I love teaching because I learn so much.
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@aeva *exaggerated hair shoulder toss* don't hate me because I'm beautiful!
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@luca a proposito, che ne pensi di questa idea? https://news.dyne.org/rethinking-r-i-funding-opting-for-continuity/
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@informapirata @informatica @filippodb
Fortunatamente l'iniziativa è dell'unità CNECT/E3 (che è molto collaborativa), e non CNECT/C3.
Con la C3 abbiamo avuto un'esperienza a dir poco surreale e sicuramente poco incoraggiante per l'open-source:
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@Sirchrism le consultazioni sono uno strumento frequentemente adottato dall'Unione
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This sign was a crowd favorite; people kept pointing me to it. The woman holding the sign hold me she was fine with being in the photo.
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Look what I found
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@rl_dane I once dropped my work Thinkpad down two flights of concrete stairs. Still worked. They're indestructible. 🔥
