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spsful commented on Humans aren’t mentally ready for an AI-saturated ‘post-truth world’   wired.com/story/generativ... · Posted by u/pseudolus
SirMaster · 3 years ago
Why do we need to keep changing who we are?

Why can't we just be who we are and people learn to be more accepting of how others are?

This sounds immensely boring, shifting everyone to use the same/similar body language, tonality, word choice, etc.

Maybe I'm strange, but I must prefer the diversity of people as they are.

spsful · 3 years ago
I dealt with an addition for several years. Maybe you don’t need to change who you are, but some of us do need to.
spsful commented on An Ode to Apple’s Hide My Email   empty.coffee/an-ode-to-ap... · Posted by u/mlapida
paraxion · 4 years ago
Hang on, though: doesn't this essentially hand Apple a big list of which domains you communicate with and how frequently? There's also nothing stopping them reading the emails on the way through. I know a lot of people trust Apple more than Google, but you're essentially signing up for a vendor-locked product that you're hoping Apple will continue to support, with no guarantee they won't collect - even at an aggregate level - your communication preferences.

They're even slightly pre-filtered for Apple's convenience, as the times you're likely to use Hide My Email are for shopping and social media - nice, ripe marketing targets.

spsful · 4 years ago
If you use Gmail, there's also nothing stopping them reading the emails on the way through. If you use Outlook, there's also nothing stopping them reading the emails on the way through. If you use Yahoo, there's also nothing stopping them reading the emails on the way through.

If you use virtually any email provider this is true.

spsful commented on The FDA’s Food Failure   politico.com/interactives... · Posted by u/sciurus
spsful · 4 years ago
This is quite mind-boggling. Thanks for sharing.

I just wish the bureaucracy in so many levels of government was vulnerable to change. It seems like bureaucracies are quite resistant to change because the system fundamentally lacks a structure for improving itself. It reminds me of how GM's poor management style and lack of respect for its workers led to labor strikes and entire facility shutdowns. Eventually they teamed up with Toyota to form a new facility [1] that used Toyota's style of continuous improvement. They managed to increase production while making workers happier to work there, in part because management listened to employees at all levels and empowered them with the tools to directly influence change. A worker thought a part could be made faster a different way? Perfect, just show a team leader and send it up the chain. Constant improvements were being rolled out and it was the respect for the individual's capacity to think that drove the improvement IMO.

I wish we had levels of government that worked the same way. Dedicated pathways for suggesting, researching, and implementing organization-wide improvements that can change everything, even the structure of the organization itself. Seeing our lack of reasonable governance just frustrates me.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUMMI

spsful commented on Ask HN: Have you had any real benefits from apps like Headspace, Fabulous, etc?    · Posted by u/thyrox
rockbruno · 4 years ago
I think you're misunderstanding the point of these apps, which might very well be intentional on these companies' part to get you to spend money on something that you might not need.

Therapy doesn't "solve" anything by itself, you must see it as a tool to help you put your mind in a better position so that you can solve your problems. Lots of people see these as magical apps that will somehow magically make them better with no effort from their side and then proceed to get disappointed when this obviously doesn't happen.

So to answer your question:

- Will these apps provide "scientific benefits" (whatever that is supposed to be)? No.

- Will these apps assist your own effort of improving mental health? Yes, as long as you're committed to it and keep going.

spsful · 4 years ago
> I think you're misunderstanding the point of these apps

Reminds me of the "Why are you trying to do this?" reply that is almost automatic on Stackoverflow, lol

spsful commented on Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors   sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/... · Posted by u/alexrustic
systemvoltage · 4 years ago
Twitter is a monopoly. When the only way for government officials to relay messages to their constituents is through a private platform such as Twitter, it ceases to have the same privilege as a private corporation. It is a de facto public square. This is not up for debate.
spsful · 4 years ago
This is very much up for debate. Elected officials actually have free postage and can send letters if they need to. Not only that, they likely enjoy direct access to their local news networks and can broadcast messages through that avenue. Most have email lists, and can send interested constituents updates through that platform. Most also have websites on official .gov accounts where they could host press releases as well.

Not everyone has a Twitter account, and I think you need to seriously reframe your perspective if you think it is the cure-all for delivering news to constituents.

spsful commented on Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors   sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/... · Posted by u/alexrustic
fleddr · 4 years ago
I think people are really over-analyzing this move. I think it's motivated by prestige, not money, nor is free speech the heart of the matter.

Twitter is a stagnant company. They have thousands of engineers that in the span of a decade don't seem to produce much at all, nothing visible or memorable anyway. Long-lasting Twitter problems (culture, spam, algorithm issues) never seem addressed. User growth is stagnating as Twitter fails to appeal to "normies" in a way Facebook and other networks can.

A perfect target for Musk to come in, do a few sweeping changes, and get out. Thereby proving once again that he gets shit done where others can't. Case closed.

It doesn't take much. People have been begging for an edit button for a decade. If he'd get only that feature implemented, it will be remembered forever.

spsful · 4 years ago
- Completely redesigning their UI two times over, - Launching a subscription-based service (which seems to make it the first social media network without ads) - Lengthening tweets to 280 characters - Letting users make money off their following (super followers)

I'm confused as to how any of this makes it stagnant.

spsful commented on Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors   sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/... · Posted by u/alexrustic
cloutchaser · 4 years ago
This seems like a silly post on first reading, but actually thinking about it, that would mean the first amendment actually applies to Twitter right? In which case it would actually mean government can't interfere with it?

It's an interesting mind exercise. What happens with blatant spamming, or bots, is the government allowed to interfere with those? Or does the 1st amendment block that too?

spsful · 4 years ago
So many people compare twitter to the national government (even Elon) and make the case that their censorship is akin to a violation of free speech. I would say they need a civics class more than anything.

But in terms of a nationalized social media network, I can't imagine it going well. The lack of innovation in the government would probably mean the site gets overwhelmed and taken down shortly after it was made.

spsful commented on Ubiquiti is suing Brian Krebs for his reporting on their breach   twitter.com/QuinnyPig/sta... · Posted by u/arusahni
smartbit · 4 years ago
Isn’t Aruba pricing in a different category than Microtik or Ubiquity?
spsful · 4 years ago
Very much so!
spsful commented on Craig Federighi Explains Why iOS Auto-Updates Often Arrive Several Weeks Late   macrumors.com/2022/03/30/... · Posted by u/Sea-n
spsful · 4 years ago
I really love how certain execs spend the time to read and respond to their emails. Tim, Craig, and all the C-level employees must be incredibly busy, so it's pretty refreshing to see that they're responsive.
spsful commented on New type of ultraviolet light makes indoor air as safe as outdoors   cuimc.columbia.edu/news/n... · Posted by u/solarmist
spsful · 4 years ago
> About a decade ago, Columbia University scientists proposed that a different type of UVC light, known as far-UVC light, would be just as efficient at destroying bacteria and viruses but without the safety concerns of conventional germicidal UVC.

Why does everyone keep calling this "new"? I've seen it published in articles seemingly everywhere within the past few days. It's not a new technology; Boeing was prototyping this in their fleet several years ago[1].

[1] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boeings-self-cleaning-lavatory-...

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