stembolts

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[–] stembolts@programming.dev 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

What about hang gliders being piloted during a tornado by a South Korean corporate heiress? No? Damn, they never learn.

(the plot to Crash Landing on You)

[–] stembolts@programming.dev 55 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Trash company with trash reputation does trash actions. And no one was surprised.

Boeing went from a company everyone was proud to work for to a company that leverages civilian death for profit.

But hey, in the interim the stock price went up and a few CEOs got richer. I bet the civilians who died weren't even millionaires. Tbh probably deserved it. /s

In a just world, Boeing would fuck off and go bankrupt instead of relying on welfare from the government to survive.

But we don't have capitalism for corporations, they get socialism, not citizens tho, citizens get homelessness and tear gas at protests.

Fuck Boeing and fuck every manager who worked there and didn't blow the whistle. All corrupt. All have blood on their hands.

Edit : Oh, one last thought. If we had UBI, citizens could turn on and pressure their employers because if they get fired, well they will still have their base-needs met. Companies would be safer and held to a higher standard with a workforce that doesn't fear termination. And we need to stop tying insurance and benefits to jobs, they should be separate. But that's a topic for another day.

TLDR, I said rude things about Boeing, then Boeing managers, then realized I was probably too harsh on managers because they exist in a system that rewards corruption and punishes truth with termination (death? TBD). Then I presented my solution to keeping whistle blowers safe. UBI. While doing so I noticed (once again) that our entire system is designed to fuck up people and protect corporations. The same corporations that see people as expendable meat robots, aka, "replaceable parts".

[–] stembolts@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Another movie that fits that description, Omega Doom.

[–] stembolts@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

I love this movie, it's f-ing hilarious.

[–] stembolts@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] stembolts@programming.dev 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

"Wow Johnson, no matter how much biased data we feed this thing it just keeps repeating biases from human society."

Sample input from a systematically racist society (the entire world), get systematically racist output.

No shit. Fix society or "tune" your model, whatever that entails..

Obviously only one of these is feasible from a developer perspective.

[–] stembolts@programming.dev 31 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Someone wasn't prepared.

[–] stembolts@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

Anyone wanna play Tanaris at The Station?

[–] stembolts@programming.dev 17 points 2 months ago

This is my opinion. Timing intake is a low value, high effort task.

I'd rather first focus on high value, low effort tasks. Then low value, low effort tasks, then if I really want to optimize I'm finally at low value, high effort tasks.

By the time I reach those tasks it's likely I'm beyond diminishing returns and I should apply my focus elsewhere.

The only additions I have :

  1. What I ate yesterday is going to affect my workout more tha anything I can eat today.
  2. Timing is relevant if it upsets your stomach during the workout, beyond that ignore it.

TLDR, stick to solving other high value tasks, meet your macros, forget about timing.

[–] stembolts@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[–] stembolts@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, similar to the web of trust, there exists a web of trust for people based on reputation. Journalistic integrity, openness, scrutiny; these are just a few of the things that go away when experts go away.

People who dedicate their lives to truth should be recognized as such, and those who lie should be recognized as well. Outsourcing your information gathering to "randoms" just means that you will be swayed by whoever can afford the best bot farm.

And if you think you are unswayable, you are the perfect target.

Follow those who express curiosity, welcome questioning, and conduct themselves in good faith. It's an iterative process, you don't have to resolve it in a day.

[–] stembolts@programming.dev 43 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It is a great time saver, the confederate flag serves a similar purpose.

It says, "I can't wait to be disagreeable to you if you aren't on my team."

Occasionally I end up in the homes of one of these people, I keep to myself, keep everything professional and nothing more, yet they'll prod at you to try to figure out what you think, aka "Are you on my team or are you the enemy?" It's so exhausting. I just play dumb until I can get away.

Headphones are great for this.

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