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Tech's broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable. Ubers cost as much as taxis. And the cloud is no longer cheap

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  • The pattern is: Offer something really cool for cheap or even free, then once people are hooked slowly reduce service while increasing price. It's a giant bait and switch.

    • This is what's commonly known as "bedroom eyes"

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  • So find someone who looks like they want to eat me?

    • Mark Hamill casually out memeing everyone since before the internet was a thing.

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  • I assume the intended purpose is the same here as it is on Reddit - to flag spam, bots, and other intentional misuses of the platform. Maybe there are instances that don't utilize the feature?

    • The Cult Runs Deep: Nearly 3 in 4 Trump Voters Say Indictments Are a ‘Reason’ to Support Him

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  • There's an old Russian proverb about a man who finds some magic creature, I can't remember what exactly. It tells him he can have anything he wants, on the condition that his greatest enemy will get the same thing. "In that case," the man says, "take one of my eyes..."

    • sigmaposting

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  • Conversely, if someone proves me wrong in a dickish way, I feel no obligation to be gracious about it.

    • Finding out the hard way

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  • Reusable baking sheet liners are pretty cool.

    • What is the biggest lesson that employment has taught you?

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  • I can touch type at about 70 wpm. Why? Typing practice looks remarkably productive to anyone who doesn't know what I'm actually doing. I also find doing math puzzles helpful. Making little calculations and drawing diagrams looks super impressive to clueless managers. Of course, such strategies depend on apathetic managers.

    • What is the biggest lesson that employment has taught you?

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  • Success is mainly about sucking up to the right people. No matter how good you are at your job, you have to know how to play work politics. Most bosses don't know how to evaluate actual ability, and they're much less objective than they think. Usually they favor more likeable employees over capable ones if forced to choose. Human life is a popularity contest, always has been, always will be. That's the side effect of being a highly social species...

    • AI-Created Art Isn’t Copyrightable, Judge Says In Ruling That Could Give Hollywood Studios Pause

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  • I made a similar point in response to someone else in the thread. I agree. It's a very interesting situation to ponder. In some ways it's just another medium. The intentionality is in the people trying to produce what they're imagining via the AI. I will be curious to see what sorts of things people come up with over time.

    • Every weeknight, like clockwork

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  • Calculator, calendar, clock... There's a 66% chance I'm going to open the wrong one. Why is my brain like this?

    • Fans reacting to the announcement of Star Trek: The Next Generation

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  • That's some tasty retro-nerdiness.

    • AI-Created Art Isn’t Copyrightable, Judge Says In Ruling That Could Give Hollywood Studios Pause

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  • Yeah, that's fair. It's hard to pinpoint what feels lacking with it, but it does feel lacking somehow to me. I guess for me there's probably a tipping point where it's no longer human enough. Like, just telling an AI to make a candy forest isn't enough. But that's a straw man argument in a way. Of course someone could put a huge amount of effort into getting an AI to render exactly what they're imagining. In the end, it could be seen as just another medium. I have no doubt people are going to find incredible ways of utilizing it.

    • Have you ever apologized to someone you wronged for a very long time, or received an unexpected apology in a similar way?

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  • I have never wroged anyone. But seriously, I was a real jerk to a coworker a long time ago. Like, for quite a while, not just once. Just didn't like him for some reason. One day, I'm not sure what happened, but I realized that I was being a big jerk and told him I was really sorry. Ever since then I always try to remember that experience and be as kind as possible to others. Like I said, I really don't know what caused the change, but I'm glad it happened.

    • Has the Reddit exodus killed the former Lemmy culture?

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  • I thought the point of Lemmy was that people could make their own instance if they don't like what's on offer. It can be whatever people want it to be, and none of those are mutually exclusive.

    • is this funny?

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  • Seems highly unoriginal and low effort to me. This is like first Shrek movie level humor. Clever for about five seconds.

    • John Deere brags about sabotaging competitors & customers on hot mic - they're PROUD of it!

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  • There's a CEO in The Corporation (2003 documentary) who literally argues that everything should be monetized. Including air...

    • AI-Created Art Isn’t Copyrightable, Judge Says In Ruling That Could Give Hollywood Studios Pause

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  • Hmm, I think there can be a huge amount of intentionality behind photography. It's really not about the representation, it's about all the choices made. AI can represent a scene perfectly and still have no intentionality. Of course, at the extreme that gets us into thorny issues like solipsism. How can I know that anyone besides me has intentionality? Maybe everyone else is just a meat machine with no awareness at all. Or maybe everything at a certain complexity has intentionality...

    • AI-Created Art Isn’t Copyrightable, Judge Says In Ruling That Could Give Hollywood Studios Pause

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  • It's not about being technically good or not for me, it's a question of expression. A human can express internal thoughts and feelings. An AI, at least the ones we currently have, can only do an awkward imitation. There's no intention or awareness.

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  • Gotcha.

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  • So, do we know if this means users have to have the ability, or the people who run the app? Seems vaguely worded.