Stumblinbear @ Stumblinbear @pawb.social

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I literally said "as far as we understand the term." Sentience, sapience, and consciousness are not interchangable terms; they have vastly different meanings.

We as humans and as we have defined the terms do not label any other species as conscious as we currently understand the term. Consciousness is currently a uniquely human trait. It's not my decision, it's just what we know and how we've labeled things.

The content of the piece is revealing, but yes the headline is absolutely textbook clickbait

Sentient, maybe some limited level of sapience, but not conscious as far as we understand the term

I wonder how much of that is Google being worse and you making more complex searches because you're older

Not a great comparison since you have to renew your driver's license

To be clear, if you don't make enough in tips to reach minimum wage, your employer pays the difference

Not your problem, but you're directly responsible for making sure they get less of it

I'm not paying to give money to Google, I'm paying for no ads on any devices (including my NVIDIA Shield) and more importantly half of the fee goes to the creators I watch.

I'm perfectly happy stealing from billion dollar corporations.

I'm not happy stealing from small businesses.

If I'm blocking ads and not paying for premium, the channels I watch make absolutely nothing on my view. It doesn't sit right with me to consume content without giving anything in return. Paying for premium, which distributes half of what I pay to the creators I watch, fulfills that well enough that I'm fine paying for it. YouTube Music is just a bonus.

You watching it for free is not only taking money from Google but taking money from the channels you watch. Do whatever you want, I don't care, but at least understand the consequences of your actions. I for one don't like the idea of doing it, myself.

Why wouldn't I pay for something that I enjoy? I am fully aware of the cost of adblock and piracy, and I've decided that if I'm going to use adblock, then I'm going to pay for services I legitimately enjoy. I don't bother with one-off services or things I rarely use, but I'm perfectly fine paying for things. I'm not hurting for cash.

Making enough money to live and also expecting everything for free is just greed.

What? No, hot water is bad because people are fragile. I was being serious; this isn't some jab, it's just life

It's barely coffee, it's literally burnt. I'm comparing anything not burnt to anything burnt. It just so happens I used homemade as an alternative.

Damn paying $15 for a service that is almost the sole source of my daily entertainment, crazy

It's not difficult. I like thing. I pay for thing so thing sticks around.

It's all burnt dark roast beans. Gotta get the Good Shit™ by grinding your own beans, it's a whole different world

Humans being fragile creatures is how

212° is the boiling point of water

I can almost guarantee you nobody is drinking 200° coffee. Hell, not even 160°. Closer to 140° is where it gets bearable without burning your mouth, but that's still pushing it

My first "real" job (I used to work at McD's and Walmart, barely three months each) was 120k a year as a software engineer. I left that job for 200k within six months and here I happily stay

I can't wait for yearly Nintendo console releases with merely cosmetic changes at $1500 price points and breaking OS changes that prevent you using games you bought two years prior!