jagger27 (u/jagger27)

jagger27 commented on Gemini Robotics On-Device brings AI to local robotic devices deepmind.google/discover/... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

JumpCrisscross · 2 months ago

> These are going to be war machines, make absolutely no mistake about it

Of course they will. Practically everything useful has a military application. I'm not sure why this is considered a hot take.

jagger27 · 2 months ago

The difference between this machine and the ones that came before is that there won’t have to be a human in the loop to execute mass murder.

jagger27 commented on Gemini Robotics On-Device brings AI to local robotic devices deepmind.google/discover/... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

mateus1 · 2 months ago

MIT spinoff Google-owned Boston Dynamics pledged not to militarize their robots. Which is very hard to believe given they're backed by DARPA, the DoD/Military investment arm.

jagger27 · 2 months ago

Militarize is just bad marketing. Call them cleaning machines and put them to work on dirty things.

jagger27 commented on Gemini Robotics On-Device brings AI to local robotic devices deepmind.google/discover/... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

jagger27 · 2 months ago

These are going to be war machines, make absolutely no mistake about it. On-device autonomy is the perfect foil to escape centralized authority and accountability. There’s no human behind the drone to charge for war crimes. It’s what they’ve always dreamed of.

Who’s going to stop them? Who’s going to say no? The military contracts are too big to say no to, and they might not have a choice.

The elimination of toil will mean the elimination of humans all together. That’s where we’re headed. There will be no profitable life left for you, and you will be liquidated by “AI-Powered Automation for Every Decision”[0]. Every. Decision. It’s so transparent. The optimists in this thread are baffling.

0: https://www.palantir.com/

jagger27 commented on Our crisis is not loneliness but human beings becoming invisible aeon.co/essays/our-crisis... · Posted by u/rbanffy

jagger27 · 2 months ago

I feel such vindication in my disdain for this work, and the people who continue to automate human experience away.

You are monsters who mistake luxury for bliss, money for agency, and power for love.

I speak directly to the likes of Paul Graham, Peter Thiel, and all those who follow them. They are false prophets who deny us all our humanity. Monster is the perfect word for them.

jagger27 commented on Typing 118 WPM broke my brain in the right ways balaji-amg.surge.sh/blog/... · Posted by u/b0a04gl

rahimnathwani · 3 months ago

I'm curious:

- how many minutes per day?

- after each test, did you redo wrong/slow words?

My current typing speed, as measured by Monkeytype, is 80wpm (after a deduction for errors).

jagger27 · 3 months ago

15 minutes a day at most, usually less, and I did not do any drills on slow words. Over time errors smoothed out.

jagger27 commented on Apple has announced its final version of macOS for Intel tedium.co/2025/06/09/appl... · Posted by u/mdp2021

Schiendelman · 3 months ago

What do you mean, "no more security updates"?

jagger27 · 3 months ago

Web browser engine, and OpenSSL (or equivalent) patches alone are the main concern in userspace. Those codebases are a constantly moving target. Look at the stream of CVEs and security patches that Apple publishes. Almost every bug affects every product because of how much code is shared up and down the stack.

jagger27 commented on Typing 118 WPM broke my brain in the right ways balaji-amg.surge.sh/blog/... · Posted by u/b0a04gl

jagger27 · 3 months ago

I really recommend MonkeyType. The UI is great, the stats are clear, and the modes are really elegant.

https://monkeytype.com/

I used it daily like the author for about 6 months to improve from 80wpm to about 120wpm.

jagger27 commented on The Newark airport crisis theverge.com/planes/67346... · Posted by u/01-_-

CamperBob2 · 3 months ago

(Shrug) ATC is no job for humans, and I'm tired of pretending it is.

If we were building our aviation infrastructure from scratch starting today, you would get some really strange looks if you suggested employing humans to manage air traffic.

jagger27 · 3 months ago

It’s like I summoned you! Just be honest about your incentives if you care to make these arguments. Then be prepared to answer the accountability question, for when the system inevitably fails.

jagger27 commented on The Newark airport crisis theverge.com/planes/67346... · Posted by u/01-_-

cperciva · 3 months ago

The general pattern I see is that operating spending is too high while capital spending is too low.

jagger27 · 3 months ago

Newark’s overworked controllers might argue differently. Of course in this forum the general suggestion will be to replace tired controllers with sleepless machines, and the technologists here have strong incentives to advocate for such solutions.

jagger27 commented on Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears nature.com/articles/d4158... · Posted by u/mdhb

robwwilliams · 3 months ago

True, not much data yet, but a cery real day to day factor for conference organizers. We have had two Canadians skip a US conference last month due to the dramatical worse general climate. Zoom instead. This is NOT just about immigration and passport control. It is the new ugly American zeitgeist that changes enthusiasm.

We will probably be skipping the US for two international conferences I have helped organize. Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, Halifax are all great alternatives for larger meetings from 2027 ti 20??.

jagger27 · 3 months ago

Ottawa has plenty of event spaces, poor direct airport routes though. I wouldn’t count out Calgary and Edmonton either.

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