One thing to consider, if this turned out to be accepted, it would make it much harder to prosecute actual csam, they could claim “ai generated” for actual images

Which board are you using?

I’m nihilistic so keep that bias in mind with the rest of this:

Life is a beautiful nightmare. Death is inevitable and worrying about it does nothing positive for you. Enjoy the peace of mind that comes with accepting death before it comes 👍

Cherry picking verses is not the same as refuting an argument. The books say many things that are not practiced. In reality children are in fact taught to rely on supernatural powers.

To prove my point:

Say “Nothing will befall us except what Allah has decreed for us; He is our Protector.” Let the believers, then, put all their trust in Allah. -Quran, 9:51

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” -Proverbs 3:5-6

https://archive.is/WTVrj

Nah, fuck you

Eh the general consensus is that this launch is a small early adopter phase and they have cheaper versions in the pipeline. They’re only producing <100k units, definitely not going for mass adoption yet

People are in a rush to learn to program because they’re desperate to escape the financial situation that burdens them.

In 2024 when average housing costs are skyrocketing, food prices are untenable, and the overall cost of living far exceeds the worker making double minimum wage, people flock to the jobs they’ve heard make enough to live.

It took me about 10 years to learn to build software. But to learn to program? That’s an exercise of weeks of dedicated effort. In my opinion we all have a natural affinity for making and following instructions and that translates very well indeed to programming. Unfortunately there is so much more involved in the pursuit of making software.

Operating systems, languages, tooling, source control, continuous integration/deployment, documentation, architecture, unit testing, frameworks, third party packages, and so much more make up a developer’s repertoire.

Today we have excellent supplemental help for the act of programming with copilot and associated coding tools, but the other stuff requires knowledge and knowledge takes time.

There is no other job I know of that somebody can dedicate time alone to learning and then jump into a job making >$200k usd in reasonably short order than software, of course people are rushing to learn!

I would say we all have thoughts without language with varying levels of frequency, think about moments where you or others have said “ah i know what I want to say but forgot the word”

Insightful, I’ve found that most people change their answers at least slightly after having time to observe their thoughts for a while, we are geniuses at believing our own conjectures.

Not everyone does, I’ve had a lot of conversations with a lot of people on this topic.

People’s thought processes range from monologue to dialog to narration to silence to images to raw concepts without form.

I personally do not have a constantly running monologue, but rather have relatively short bursts of thought interspersed with long periods of silence.

They terk er jerbs

Investors, and not just mega corporations, local investors are a major issue.

We have collectively come to understand the idea that you can get free money by buying houses and renting them out. If you talk to any lay person and ask them how they’d spend a million dollars the most common answer seems to be “buy property”

Our issue is in our collective minds, but the inertia of the idea means it will probably never be fixed unless there’s a catastrophe

Tldr; Ian Morgan’s research says kids need sunlight to avoid myopia, it triggers some dopamine that prevents the elongation of the eye or something

A guangzhou study shows a 23% reduction in myopia when kids spend an extra hour outdoors daily

Tldr; there’s a housing shortage because… there are not enough houses being built

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