I program and do infosec/privacy, and like resisting all forms of oppression, thinking about creating good systems, and homesteading.
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Last Notes npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 @npub1hhs…rl5g Zha Jiang Biang Biang Mian quest complete ✅ npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 we also didn't shower so much or have vaccines or public sewers :) npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 I have a lot better things to do than explain how horrific it was to wash clothes before machinery (and you wouldn't like the ethics of sourcing the metal for washboards, or lye, or fuel for scalding hot water, etc) npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 I'm all in favor of destroying all technology and living with the Amish. But I think in general machines are useful precisely because they don't want pensions or healthcare, never have to stop to eat or sleep, and don't have families to return to. My washing machine needs a new rubber belt every 4 years or so, that's a pretty good ROI compared to what women had to do before its invention. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 that's factual, and all I have to say is that for a given amount of average human time and energy, the brain exhibits similar reliability issues. We may be more eco-friendly to operate, subsisting on cows and broccoli and potatoes instead of uranium and gas and silicon, but we do get tired and machines don't. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 the major counterpoint I have to that is that computers are generally better than humans at processing large volumes of text quickly and precisely: much like John Henry vs the steam drill, the machine is just going to be better at rote uncreative tasks like searching correlating checking and translating across a big project. (I speak of tool-using LLMs with shell/file access here, not pure hallucinatory LLMs) npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 when I was like 12 I wrote in a school assignment that, basically, Bill Gates having tons of money but not spending it was essentially the same as taking money from everyone else; it's not in circulation, therefore until he spends it it's almost like it doesn't exist except maybe to make him richer. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 🙃 npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 I've been a part of a few cultural activities where it's ritualized enough to make it clear, participation in and knowledge of this is a privilege, take it seriously and treat it respectfully, don't halfass it. And I think that needs to be done a little more. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 I think there's absolutely something to be said for the responsibility to not imitate a murder documentary, but also copycats are a known quantity and true crime is a favorite genre of housewives everywhere. So at a certain level the responsibility goes both ways: if you put something out into the world, it's out there and you can't control it. Kids are going to imitate Power Rangers no matter what we tell them, and sometimes that's going to go poorly. Maybe tourists shouldn't know some things. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 We have a major problem with recreating the aesthetics of something without understanding anything about the thing itself. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 do you have first hand experience with Cl**de, or are you the one who's telling me that all the nails I hammered in with my hammer are actually fake and I'm not a good judge of the quality of what my team produces? npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 again someone using a hammer to write the next great novel is using a bad tool for that job. But my career is 80% computer plumbing, connecting inputs to outputs with only mildly creative ideas about modifications in between. Nobody has ever been praised for writing the most creative press release, that's not its purpose. Many tasks require rote compilation of a huge text input into a clear text output, which is exactly what computers are good at. This is that, just far more flexibly. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 in general, sure, that's a common complaint. In specific, this particular hammer does a serviceable enough job of hitting nails that it's indistinguishable from an intern... and far quicker and cheaper. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 also to be more technically accurate, it doesn't really copy things, LLMs have created a complex map of human language and concepts (queen is similar to both princess and joker, they exist near each other on the map) and traverses that map when fed input. It may sometimes reproduce or emulate what it's read, but so do humans. (This is aside from the very real ethical issues about harvesting copyrighted works without author consent, etc.) Occasionally the map looks like the terrain. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 to expand on my very simple yet hugely misunderstood point, let's take this relatable meme. Why are we using computers to do creative things humans enjoy when we should be using them to do rote things humans don't enjoy? (Capitalism, ofc!) It's the wrong tool. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 I hear you. Hammers don't know what nails are either, yet they are very good at hammering them. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 just because you've personally witnessed a lot of slop out there (as have I) doesn't mean this tool is only slop for all use cases. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 I know you think you have a point, and yes capitalism is evil and capital has accumulated in AI as a way to devalue humans, but my whole point is that Cl**de does indeed make it easier to create and analyze text and code. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 as pertains to the censored LLM in my original post and analyzing or producing text or code, you're simply incorrect: Cl**de outpaces humans per dollar-hour. Its output isn't perfect, but neither is an intern's. Unlike an intern, it costs $20/mo and returns results in about a minute. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 the human rights argument -- that we should eschew machines because they destroy life, while employing a hundred corn-pickers is in itself life -- is much more solid than claiming the machine doesn't work. It does, I've seen it, John Henry simply couldn't outpace the drill, it's a losing argument to claim he did. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 we both agree that a hundred people picking corn in a field is fine. The rub of course is that you and I should probably start picking lots and lots of corn by hand if we truly believe in what we're saying. I spent a preteen summer in the corn fields, it wasn't actually hell but it was close. There's more than one reason we made machines. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 The argument can't really be that Cl**de AI doesn't produce decent results. It does. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 I just read a thing about how narcissistic personality disorder can be a consequence of trauma, maladaptive coping, neurodivergence, and having material but not emotional needs satisfied. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 Everyone loves their kids and doesn't want them harmed. That doesn't make someone moral or good, it makes them human. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 my wife says running away and hiding from bad Yelp reviews is extremely relatable and she loves the character ✋🤖🤚 npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 @npub1hhs…rl5g I came home to a familiar name on my coffee table! 🙏 npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 someone wrote that shame is somewhat useful as a tool to get people to STOP doing a thing (it tends to depress them and make them wonder what the point of trying is, though it has a downside of creating a backlash where i.e. perversely doing it more in private feels good because fuck those assholes who shamed you) but it's very very bad at encouraging people to do a thing, like beating a dead horse. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 entertainment outlets get extra testy when people rely heavily on that entertainment to cope with an increasingly shit reality. Sand in the gears of every little aspect of life. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 every time I hear "victory lap" without immediate disdain I know to never trust that reporter again and maybe that outlet as well npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 just generally focusing on Android/mobile app development over shiny new features. Anyone who tries using the mobile apps as their daily driver (i.e. auto photo upload) will notice rough edges that haven't been touched in years. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 please for the love of God just make the app sync my files reliably and work quickly and have buttons and notifications and basic features that actually do things instead of silently failing npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 my guess is also that simply the name "revoluciana" is probably enough for some misguided network admin to flag sites for censorship. These devices can be configured per-business to block whatever the business (aka network admin) doesn't like. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 the things China is likely to censor are also a tad less likely to be what Musk and Zuck censor also. We care more about Palestine than Taiwan right now. By diversifying our social media diet we can get our digital crack with some approximation of no censorship. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 these apps are very visual-focused (vertical video first) and music, pop culture, and fandom-focused, and designed to be as addictive as possible. The fact that Mastodon and even Pixelfed aren't is probably a good thing, but lacking in that popularity juice npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 the fact that nationalists' and spy agencies worst nightmare is average people from opposite sides of the globe -- even nearly opposite languages -- communicating about everyday life and gripes. It undoes billions of dollars and years of propaganda, and makes lying very hard. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 the idea that a million Iraqis died from US invasion was debated and rumored at first, then a sobering static, and now with Gaza an urgent reminder that this empire can and will perpetuate ongoing Holocausts just because a guy likes power, or feels threatened, or has a grudge, or wants to raise Exxon stock prices. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 and, here's the rub: you and I are probably widely hated for it. Inconvenient truth is way more awful than a comforting lie, just look at Al Gore's popularity and effectiveness at accomplishing change. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 I had this exact cd player in high school. One of my prized possessions, so quickly replaced by mp3 and then ipod npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 https://static.glitch.social/media_attachments/files/113/167/463/046/372/831/original/2edd7790af397f2e.jpg npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 is it odious to fund and aid the genocide of Muslims and then expect Muslims to vote for you? npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 we need to go back to 1845, when men were men and women were *checks notes* working 10-hour days in factories! npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 truly amazing how a bunch of students on a campus lawn saying "please stop funding a genocide" was worth SWAT teams, as just one example. Now universities are trying to ban free peaceful assembly as if that's not a core constitutional right npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 a big issue is that many people have a friend who got the COVID vaccine and then had a medical emergency shortly thereafter. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 this is actually a sincere and serious method for toppling authoritarians and dictators https://canvasopedia.org/2017/06/21/new-york-times-topple-dictator-peacefully/ npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 unfortunately even if Trump is the worst and there are slightly better options than Trump I'm not sure "harm reduction" is a comforting thing we can tell ourselves. I think if we care about any of the progressive issues of the last decade we might have to get loud, messy, and actually materially disrupt the oligarchy's agenda npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 security "in an ER" also? Awful npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 of course the establishment's goal is always to delay absorb and deflect any real change (the Pentagon, billionaires, and weapons manufacturers demand their cut) so pressure will still have to be maintained until bombs stop falling either way. Promises are empty. npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 https://glitch.social/@wilbr/112944810365517086 npub1ca22gudc9vwr0t3uxru5299srgmjsukkghcl2ctm2tk6l5wkm0yq8z3qa5 wb x64 I really wish the updated vaccine was available now instead of next month
