Unfortunately, I also don't want other people to interact with a sycophantic robot friend, yet my picker only applies to my conversation
Sorry that you can't control other peoples lives & wants
Readit Newscoolestguy commented on GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT openai.com/index/gpt-5-1/... · Posted by u/tedsanders
coolestguy commented on Sports Site Like Brustalist.report? brutalist.report... · Posted by u/coolestguy
I'm looking for a sports aggregation site like Brutalist Report - does anyone know if this exists?
I'm gonna be honest, you sound like a problem employee.
The companies not using Microsoft, are using Google. Which in my experience is equally or measurably worse.
Just personal data points, but every avowed Microsoft hater I've ever worked with has been... difficult. Like a-drag-on-the-team-because-he-refuses-to-use-company-tools difficult.
Edit: How does an aged post on this site go from +4 to -1 in the span of a few minutes?
"using the biggest software suite tailored for offices/IT environments is a red flag"
honestly the things i read here sometimes hahaha
coolestguy commented on Fears over AI bubble bursting grow in Silicon Valley bbc.com/news/articles/cz6... · Posted by u/RyanShook
any time i ask chatgpt a question and get a useful answer, i stop and remind myself that we had that exact same functionality 15 years ago. it was called "google without ads and seo spam".
>it was called "google without ads and seo spam"
... if you could talk to it like a human and have google search hold a conversation with you - sure. That distinction is a big big big difference though
> I’m rapidly losing interest in all of these tools. It feels like blockchain again in a lot of weird ways.
It doesn't feel like blockchain at all. Blockchain is probably the most useless technology ever invented (unless you're a criminal or an influencer who makes ungodly amounts of money off of suckers).
AI is a powerful tool for those who are willing to put in the work. People who have the time, knowledge and critical thinking skills to verify its outputs and steer it toward better answers. My personal productivity has skyrocketed in the last 12 months. The real problem isn’t AI itself; it’s the overblown promise that it would magically turn anyone into a programmer, architect, or lawyer without effort, expertise or even active engagement. That promise is pretty much dead at this point.
>Blockchain is probably the most useless technology ever invented (unless you're a criminal or an influencer who makes ungodly amounts of money off of suckers).
You think a technology that allows millions of people all around the world to keep & trustlessly update a database, showing cryptographic ownership of something "the most useless technology ever invented"?
coolestguy commented on In Maine, prisoners are thriving in remote jobs mainepublic.org/2025-08-2... · Posted by u/voxadam
If we get serious about actual rehabilitation in prisons instead of punishment there’s never been a better time to be able to learn just about anything on your own time. But we’d have to stop dehumanizing criminals. Dehumanization seems to be the trend that the US is leading on right now.
We can also be concerned about the incentives for prison labor - for profit prisons and all the many service providers that get paid a mint. Phone calls in many prisons are like $10. Labor gangs and the such. It’s just horrible how badly we treat people in the US for some middleman to make money.
>Dehumanization seems to be the trend that the US is leading on right now.
Criminals have to want to stop doing crime before they can be rehabilitated.
coolestguy commented on Fair Access to Banking usips.org/blog/2025/07/fa... · Posted by u/boastful_inaba
Consortia of credit unions and national postal services all need to offer universal p2p and electronic payment methods that do not depend on the patronage of fickle, moralizing corporate crooks. Banking and ability to make purchases and receive funds are human rights, not privileges to be dictated by technofeudal overlords.
That's exactly what ethereum is - you're able to move funds without permission, trustlessly, instantly.
Is mechanics of enforcement really a government thing tho?
No you're right, thinking about laws & second order effects isn't a government thing
(My first Apple was a TiBook, for what it's worth.)