When I was young I imagined a future where nobody had to work because computers and robots could do it all.
I imagine this future could come true, if we're willing to accept that there would be many fewer people.
Readit Newspaulryanrogers commented on If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? english.elpais.com/techno... · Posted by u/PaulHoule
The people most susceptible to consensus mirage are, by the very nature of the beast, the ones least aware of it happening to themselves. Any opinion that you find yourself praised for by any of the groups in your social circle is infinitely suspect.
> Any opinion that you find yourself praised for by any of the groups in your social circle is infinitely suspect.
It is insidious how easily we divide ourselves into rival tribes. For too many it's not enough to feel belonging within a group, they/we crave others to look down upon or fight. IMO we are our best when we can debate ideas dispassionately, without defining ourselves by them.
paulryanrogers commented on Going Through Snowden Documents, Part 1 libroot.org/posts/going-t... · Posted by u/libroot
Why isn't Russia torturing him to get all the secrets out of him?
There already did? And or little to get since he didn't memorize secrets and most--if not all--his digital copies were given to the press?
paulryanrogers commented on AI chatbots can sway voters with remarkable ease nature.com/articles/d4158... · Posted by u/marojejian
I've been going down a bit of a rabbit hole on "what conservatives believe" and weirdly, and this is from both Roger Scruton, and the book "The conservative mind". is it's a bit like porn, you can't define it, but you know it when you see it. I mean this is sort of a tangible points conservatives make about believing in "common sense" that there's basically a higher truth that we all know exists that should guide us.
Roger Scruton in I think this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eD9RDTl6tM. Says that basically conservatism in the 80's in the UK was whatever Margaret Thatcher believed. This really I think helped me understand why the conservative transition from Reagan/Bush to Trump went more smoothly than I thought it would among trad conservatives.
Growing up indoctrinated into conversative evangelism, I saw that the Midwestern flavor valued freedom of individuals from government. It was a shallow flavor of self sufficiency, which discounted all social support except family and churches. Abortion was a wedge issue preached from every platform.
Tribalism was a key substrate. This often manifested as a near blind loyalty to the party and chosen thought leaders like Bill Graham, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, and now Tucker Carlson. They told us how to interpret events and we repeated the talking points. They gave us the (often contradictory) rules and principles we were to use to view everything in life.
paulryanrogers commented on Linux CVEs, more than you ever wanted to know kroah.com/log/blog/2025/1... · Posted by u/voxadam
2nd 'graph of TFA links five talks on the topic all within the past two years.
Perhaps I misunderstand, but aren't those far above the "So here’s a series of posts" and its bullet list?
paulryanrogers commented on Linux CVEs, more than you ever wanted to know kroah.com/log/blog/2025/1... · Posted by u/voxadam
Looking forward to posts links in the series. This seems like a bit of a tease.
paulryanrogers commented on Bag of words, have mercy on us experimental-history.com/... · Posted by u/ntnbr
That old saw is patently false.
Why?
It suggests to me, having encountered it for the first time, that programs must be readable to remain useful. Otherwise they'll be increasingly difficult to execute.
paulryanrogers commented on Evidence from the One Laptop per Child program in rural Peru nber.org/papers/w34495... · Posted by u/danso
There's plenty of evidence for those who want to learn instead of split hairs.
I'd start with a search on "general intelligence factor".
Is this the 'g' factor? What studies do you find compelling? Any done after the early 1900s or on adults?
The point about work becoming irrelevant is especially painful. SaaS faces rising table stakes from competitors. Locally run software is in a race against platform obsolescence. Some times it feels like trying to surf on a never ending wave.
I read "US Justice Department" the same way I read "Britain's Ministry of Truth".
When I hear about this US justice department, I hear the mafia enforcement.