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121·1 month agoI’m very worried about the captured market being developed. AI chatbots are a surface level, consumer product to get some revenue. AI integrated into an IDE & coding pipeline is a different beast, and it’s creating a faster development pace beholden to token/credit payments. Do you want to develop a feature now or in 6 months?
Things are not that simple. AI code inherits the same issues of LLMs (regression to mean). Certain things, such as single player video games, can be an absolute slopfest with code / security. Other industries with more restrictions (health data), more real world outcomes (finance, legal) will run into major issues. Those stories have been bubbling up & they are getting more prominent.
The taste of “code but faster” speaks to the capitalist class to be maximalist. We get this engine where C level is investing in AI, having their mind blown, while people close to code see the gaps that exist still. C level spurs on “use this more!” which in turn benefits their portfolios making bets on “more people will use this.” Meanwhile, codebases degrade, and a new generation, who was told “a CS degree is super safe”, have had the rug pulled from them.
I know many engineers/professional developers now who feel “ungrounded”, “lost at sea”, “unclear” of what happens next. We see great potential, RIGHT NOW, because this is likely the lowest cost for these services. All of this will ramp up, either in monthly cost, token cost, rate limiting. In a year, I wouldn’t be surprised if Claude code’s monthly cost has tripled, or there’s more tiers with less availability.
OpenSeek, OpenClaw, etc., have promise for us not terminating in some (further) capitalistic hellscape.
I felt really good at knowing what will happen in 2-3 years within tech, after 14 years of doing this. I’m really, really concerned right now, but I’m also trying to use the tools while they are cheap. Maybe I can make some of my dream games before we all explode. I dunno. 🤷
I’m no expert, but 中国 is China in Mandarin / Hanzi. I don’t see it when scanning, even though there’s a direct reference to the Chinese government. It’s a shit post, probably a silly-haha. I thought it was a little weird.
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3·1 month agoThere’s a lot of chatter in thread about humans, but there are studies on apes & chimps having a sense of justice. Justice is not morality, but they are closely related.
My guess is that, from an evolutionary standpoint, animals & early humans that could work together had a better success chance. Collaboration requires some rules, even if that’s monkeys getting grapes or cucumbers.
Is there some physical material evidence of morality? No, probably not. However, there is likely more to this story than “We got all our own morals, maaaaaan. It’s all relative.” There’s also concepts like “love” without a perfectly material understanding. Doesn’t make it less important. 🤷
618·2 months ago“Not sure why” = American propaganda against “communism”
1·2 months agoJohn 13:34, Matthew 5:9, Matthew 26:52, Luke 6:27
The Pope is right to bring Jesus’ word to light here, if Vance is truly faithful. I wish you peace, verily.
My point. He is infallible, specifically in this matter.
If a core Catholic belief is the pope is infallible, especially in the domain of theology & religion, then why is Vance saying any of this? Sure seems like his “Catholicism” is name alone or perhaps his faith is more Protestant than he wants to admit. Or, he has values above his faith, and for a Catholic, that seems worse.
Whatever, Jan.
Edit: I’m ex-Catholic. I don’t need a theology lesson about the specifics. What the Pope is expressing here is within the domain of church doctrine.
Stop trying to defend fascists with pedantic details.
20·2 months agoYeah, I don’t get how JD internalizes the Pope. For a Catholic, the Pope is supposed to be a/The voice of God. Looks like JD got no reverence for what God is trying to communicate.
Really funny to see a man dedicate his life to these values just to see him say, “God, can you not give me guidance right now? I’m doing war stuff.”
John 13:34, homie. Sorry Jan—your homeboy said it, not me.
3·2 months agoI made this because the website lags like hell, but the info should be accessible.
61·3 months agoYou’re free to like / dislike whatever. As another gamer with thousands of hours, but specifically both these genres, I would say this:
- Dark Souls as a metaphor for overcoming depression is one of the most emotionally fulfilling experiences I’ve had in my life, and this is specifically DS1. It’s a unique game, with a unique PoV, and really incredible pacing & world design for its release date.
- I enjoy the “rogue” genre because as a gamer, it requires me to understand the game rules / mechanics and then overcome them. This genre is also very wide, so there’s games that only focus on game knowledge (auto battles or strategy, e.g. Into the Breach) or game’s that also require technical input on top of that knowledge (Binding of Isaac). Some of the best that I’ve played do a great job of making you feel smart for “breaking” the game, but that ability to break it is part of the game itself.
It’s your life, so play & enjoy what you play & enjoy. However, you’re speaking from a place of ignorance (you’ve stated you’ve never played them) & making a judgement (claims of low content, unnecessary difficulty). Doesn’t make a lot of sense of me, but whatever, unpopular opinion I guess. 🤷 GL;HF
Operation Cyclone again? I thought we already did this episode…
I have good friends that are Kurdish immigrants who fled Saddam, but this won’t work. It’ll be the same shit, arming another group, spreading wars, and creating ripple effects we can’t perceive.
I recreated a website on the anti-Christ into a slide deck. It has biblical quotes for identifying the AC. I would argue there’s more evidence for a particular reading that may not align with a MAGA Republican’s reading.
I’m not a Christian, but I believe the Bible is being used terribly by modern Christians. It has for a long time.
“Twenty-thousand years of this, seven more to go” - Bu Burnham, 2021
Side note: the “average” human has >1 skeleton within them.
571·4 months agoGaming literacy is a real thing. Most people who didn’t grow up with 3D games don’t intuitively understand it. I’ve seen many boomers either stare at their feet or the ceiling & they have no clue how to solve their situation because they are disoriented. Same with young kids learning.
Clearly this guy doesn’t read the New Testament, because Talarico often quotes Jesus directly, the books of Matthew, Luke, and others all align with Talarico’s presentation. Hell, Acts 2 has the disciples & their community selling all their goods to use them collectively.
The right has co-opted religion to their own detriment. If democrats & other liberals start citing the verses, then these people wouldn’t have legs to stand on. If you’re a Christian, why prioritize Leviticus, Deuteronomy, and so on, compared to the New Testament or what Jesus said himself?
He’s right that these people have worshipped power to the point of blasphemy. Even Jesus says not all believers will be accepted if they venerate him and act maliciously. Luke speaks of belief as being insufficient to reach heaven, because it must be coupled with good works, which are laid out in multiple places.
The entire republican platform is rebuked by Matthew 25:31, but what can you expect from a bunch of people who likely haven’t read the Bible in years but speak of it like they know it?
I started memorizing verses because I have an X marker on my license for NB. If I ever get sent away to a camp or disappeared, I want to quote this stuff at the guards. I doubt it’ll make a difference, but maybe it can change someone’s mind if I’m in that situation.