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It's because it has already answered everything and anything new would be a duplicate

Yeah, everyone is freaking out about the (not very efficient as I can see) DDoS attempt, but it was a response to a totally unprovoked attempt to deanon the maintainer which could cost them freedom at least - and us all the only more or less reliable paywall remover.

Like, it is definitely bad, but I'd still prefer that to AI generated images in most contexts

But these custom songs about the deceased would not exist without the AI! This would definitely reduce the value of the funeral

That's what German unions did in the 90s. In the end it only undermines productivity of the national economy while competitor countries eat your lunch.

Like, less attractive than a slop image with stars and stripes and eagles and trucks loaded full or whatever?

You mean you've seen events than only caught your interest once they started using AI for promotion? Cause that wasn't my experience at all

> wouldn't exist without AI.

Which would be good?

I mean, EVs are supposed to be cheaper than ICE vehicles. They probably would be if EU didn't let its automakers manufacture a high margin market again by blocking more affordable competitors

> provides deep insights

To whom? If there are no humans in the field, there is no one to get the insight. Maybe you are right, and there is just a new type of a mathematician being born, but as an outsider I just can't see what they could look like, what will be left for humans to contribute

I can't see how the field can even exist - not to say progress - if any problem can be solved before a human can understand it. Looks like mathematics without mathematicians, "progressing" in the same way as paperclip optimizer progresses in its productivity.

Hm... I'm not a mathematician, but why would these new more interesting problems not be solvable in the same way by the same - or newer - models?

I've never perceived him as 100% supportive. He has rather been open-minded about a new technology and exploring what it can do. Now it turns out it can destroy his field, so he's naturally against it (at least against the destruction, not necessarily against the technology)

The whole world wasn't on social media back then, so teenagers were not missing out on anything. Also youth crime rates were much higher AFAIK

This has to be satire

I don't think Yandex DCs are used directly for military purposes much. It's more about harming Russian economy in general, including its highly prided digital infrastructure

You understand that a country's military capacity depends on its economy right?

They could have even more moral superiority by giving up, but moral superiority is not the goal

European parliament has very little power, I wouldn't bother lobbying there too much anyway.

Corruption perception index measures low-level everyday corruption, but ignores political corruption

Why not find experts in e.g. universities? Or, like, hire people with industry experience to provide advice rather than let industry hire politicians?

Not sure where in Europe the author lives, but in Germany we absolutely have lobbying, "donations", "connections" and politicians meandering between corporations and public offices that are meant to regulate the same corporations, all without any consequences

> This age is not coming back, because the reason it disappeared is smartphones.

What about making you social media desktop-optimized?

And their cookie banner. Never thought I would like a cookie banner

> Every parent of my cohort remembers the first time they heard their toddler finish doing something cute in their living room, and then turn around and say, “please like and subscribe!” afterwards.

No no no, it's very wrong, you are doing it wrong. Agree with the general sentiment though.

If I were to pick a distro for government services, I would go with something boring and reliable like Debian or openSUSE. NixOS is fun and nerdy and has its fan base, just not an obvious first choice for the task

European bureaucracy has a thing for weird technology - Scala, Flatpak, now NixOS. But still better than being dependent on proprietary software not made in Europe

Yes, but we (in Europe) cannot afford all the digital infrastructure to be concentrated in one partner country. If you buy something from us and we buy something from you, that's trade. If we have to buy everything from you, that's a dependency, and we need to fix it asap

In year 2026 you are likely going to pay for a meat proxy who would still use the same model just without you controlling the prompt.

Being intrusive is one thing. But this guy apparently waited until I was bringing out my garbage and go back, rushed to the paper bin to see my name and checked the quality, all without me seeing him, repeatedly, and I believe he did that with other neighbours too. That's basically a second job