SkyeCA · HackerTrans

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Over time it's become harder and harder to deny how bad some aspects of the internet are for people, especially for young people. Whether it's right or wrong it's not shocking that people are more willing than ever to entertain the idea of internet restrictions.

SkyeCA

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As required by law.

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I generally try not to be outright dismissive of articles/blogposts, but I don't see a ton of value in reading about someone being against opening Pandora's Box after the box has been opened. It can never be shut and we are going to have to figure out how to live with the consequences of it.

I gave the article a chance regardless and it's nothing I've not read before.

SkyeCA

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I built one of these recent after Princess Auto had an amazing deal on surplus meters like these. They were under just over 1$ each and I bought a lot of them.

The one I built isn't as nice, but it's a really nice way to display the time and people are mildly fascinated by it when they see it.

SkyeCA

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>This level of conversion isn't exactly trivial but it also isn't rocket surgery for the kind of person who pulls an engine out for rebuild on a classic car project.

If you saw the "quality" of electrical work otherwise very smart car enthusiasts do you might think otherwise.

SkyeCA

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And most of the "bad going on" is completely out of your control. People could do with consuming a lot less national/international news.

SkyeCA

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Telus is completely out of touch. The issue hasn't been the accents of most agents, at least not for years at this point, it's the horrendous quality microphones the agents are given and the noisy conditions they're forced to work in.

It's hard to decipher anyone when you can hear 30 other people in the background and the audio is choppy.

SkyeCA

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I am from a Canadian maritime province. I have had Americans (particularly from the south) who at least claimed they couldn't easily understand me, despite me understanding them just fine.

SkyeCA

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> Now, dropping off items you're selling?

A place that you could take items and have them packed and shipped for you would remove an enormous hurdle for new eBay sellers. It's easily the most annoying part of the entire process.

Hell, maybe they could even list items for people? Like a massive digital pawn shop.

I could see this really working out for them if they do it right.

SkyeCA

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Retiring early is the only hope I have for the future, it's my singular goal. I'm not forgetting it because without it I will spiral in a bad way.

I hate working. The sooner I don't have to anymore the better.

SkyeCA

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You can make AI/LLMs illegal, but other countries won't. There's a real risk as a country you fall behind economically if you ban what turns out to be the next big tech revolution.

SkyeCA

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I noticed this as well when reading the replies other people have gotten from it. The English it produces is extremely easy to read, has a good pacing, and has a really nice tone.

SkyeCA

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These cliches are just annoying to read at this point, everyone has heard this stuff a million times and yet...millions still suffer. If I'm being honest it just comes across as yet another form of bullying when socially well adjusted people say stuff like this to people worse off than them.

SkyeCA

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> and the tragedy is that every mistake they make compounds this

This is correct and I'm convinced there comes a point where there's no way out. The vast majority of social experiences in my life have been negative and it gets worse every time I have another, making it less likely the next will be positive.

Rather than continue to get hurt I have nearly 100% socially isolated myself, save for the internet. I work remote in a rural area and I only leave the house for essentials. There's no place for me socially and I've accepted that.

SkyeCA

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> Does ibuprofen work better?

In my experience it works far better at managing headaches/migraines.

SkyeCA

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Most people don't make a conscious decision in how they react to something emotionally, it just happens. If you want people to take what you say seriously you have to consider the PR side of things.

> not even an inflammatory one

I don't know how you can seriously claim this.

SkyeCA

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> you're deliberately misinterpreting terms

Using the term "toxic" to describe things is an issue because people have an immediate negative reaction to it and go on the defence. Wording matters a lot and I'm unsure why there's such an insistence on calling things "toxic" when other words would both better describe issues and cause a less visceral reaction.

SkyeCA

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It was preformative nonsense that caused (and still causes!) more hassle than it was worth

SkyeCA

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> You aren't fabbing up integrated machine learning SOCs

All the basic sensors you need for flight exist in the literal billions of Android phones produced in the last 15 years.

I'm trying to be evasive about how you'd build such a thing because I don't want a visit over a comment online, but if you understand aerodynamics you can make almost anything fly.

I think the disconnect here is people reading "drone" and thinking something super high tech and precise, whereas I'm thinking of the minimum thing viable thing to create chaos/fear for you enemy.

SkyeCA

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> So making drones and drone parts do not require any highly advanced technology or manufacturing processes?

I'll understand if you aren't a hardware person, but I think you severely overestimate how complex a drone needs to be if you only intend for it to be single use (which is apparently all the rage in modern war).

You don't even need drone specific parts, the parts you need are used in all kinds of other applications...many are even in your home right now whether you know it or not.

To destroy the supply of these generic parts you would have to destroy...basically everything.

> Then why weren't they widely used in the first world war?

This statement alone makes me not take your argument seriously. You aren't arguing in good faith.

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