Agreed. "AI" will add some interesting augmentations but when it comes down to it they can just tell a bald-faced lie and most people will believe it because it's on the news.
The problem is defederation. It basically breaks the entire concept of the "fediverse" and will prevent critical mass. Each instance becomes a little fiefdom. There should instead be the ablility to create and share extremely configurable filters (ala ad block lists). People can say and do whatever whilst simultaneously choosing what they do and don't want to see at the individual level. The benefit is everyone sees what they want while also not losing access to any communities simply due to an egotripping instance provider. Kind of like an urbit model that isn't so esoteric and weird.
Even if I don't agree with you on all of what you said I agree with most of it. Sound reasoning and all that. The autism/aspergers 'excuse' is definitely hard to accept given his history.
Regardless, someone like him simply shouldn't be at the positions he has held if the open source community is to gain progress.
I'm conflicted here. The fact that he's a weirdo is kind of irrelevant imo. He's philosophically uncompromising and unmoved by social pressure. The only thing separating him from most tech CEOs is that he lacks an organization investing millions into his health, image, publicity etc Most big time executives are degenerates but no one cares because they are good at what they do. I think he's good at making software free even if he's a socially inept [insert criticism here] in his personal life. Additionally I'm saying this as someone who disagrees with him on basically every other issue he takes a stand on.
Yeah. I'm not a big "celebrity" person but he's had a net positive impact to the world and devoted his life to his cause. I have a signed copy of his hacking book from a seminar in college. I hope he comes out on the other side. I have a lot of respect for him despite his eccentric statements.
Most internet companies are screwy specifically because the government helped them become regional monopolies in the first place. This will make internet more expensive and worse. What is this even trying to solve? You can get fast internet in middle of nowehere Montana with Starlink at $120/month right now.
In this specific example, my question is why pay farmers to not grow crops instead of encouraging them to create a surplus and just paying them the difference in the price drop?
The farmers are getting paid to do nothing ergo if you stop compensating them for doing nothing they will grow crops instead to make up for the difference. The government is whole reason this scenario is messed up in the first place.
Poor options doesn't mean no options. People aren't starving or "not eating" as the meme suggests. I never said "Poor people have it great, get everything they want and have a great diet". My point is that poor people have so much food (of varying quality) that they are obese which is in contrast to the rest of the world. Don't forget that most middle class Americans are obese too. Statistically most people in America eat poorly regardless of their income.
I've read the article. I've posted it on this instance before. To my original point there are problems but no one is starving. This is an issue more complex than the stupid meme wants to admit.
I don't disagree in regard to the general nutritiousness of their options. At the same time there is extremely poor education around food and life skills in general. Presented with two options most people in America would choose the least healthful one.
Reminder that obesity is one of the biggest health issues amongst the poor in the United States... There are tons of issues but no one is starving in the US.
They are the happiest chickens in the world. They get fresh vegetable scraps and free range during the day. They are locked up at night for their protection. I'm not stealing their eggs any more than they are stealing my feed.
Agreed. "AI" will add some interesting augmentations but when it comes down to it they can just tell a bald-faced lie and most people will believe it because it's on the news.