I mostly thought of it because after eye surgery I had to wear wrap around sunglasses that protected my eyes, but they also looked cool. I didn't realise how much shit got in my eyes before then, so I just never stopped wearing them. They've saved me from tree twigs and all sorts
That sounds sick as fuck. Makes me wonder if that will become a service in the future? Instead of everyone buying new electric cars, just replace the engine* with a bigger battery and electric motor. Any car-ologists able to chime in if this is viable?
It's more awkward to say because it's "ell-ell-emm" not "el-em-ent". It's like that middle part of the alphabet that kids always fuck up "ell emm enn" and it's practically a tongue twister. It's a very unusual mouth movement for English speakers. Which is why many people started calling them "llamas" because the longer word is actually easier to say.
This is a pretty weird analogy... So A.I. is a centaur if you use it to great effect as a force multiplier to increase your output and everything works out. But you're a reverse centaur if you do the same thing but it ends up bad. The example given is a bestselling book list that normally takes a whole team to write up. Instead one person was tasked to do it but they fucked up because they didn't check if the books even existed and accidentally recommended fake books. The only difference to make them a "centaur" is if they or the A.I. didn't fuck up.
I do agree that there are some people who are essentially meat puppets of machines and do everything the machine tells them to. But it doesn't make sense in a productivity setting. It's more like both people are centaurs but one of them crashed into a wall and the other ran safely 3x faster
Every interaction between humans is manipulation. Every single one - including not saying something.
I disagree with this, it's overly broadening the definition. If you're upfront and clear with someone, for example saying "your partner is abusive, with these exact examples", that's not manipulation because it's not underhanded or subtle. It's just trying to help. I don't think we have a good word in English for "changing someone's mind or behaviour" in a neutral or positive way. At least I'm not remembering it right now. Maybe persuade?
For it to be manipulation you would have to be sneaky about it. I'm not a manipulative person so it's hard to think of examples but something like, making it seem like their current partner is cheating on them via clever wordplay and deliberate clues left lying around "by accident". Even if the end goal is good, the method is manipulative and clandestine. Honesty is the difference here. In the first example we were upfront and clear with our intentions and beliefs.
I wish they picked a better acronym than LLM, it's really awkward to say. Maybe then people wouldn't call everything "A.I.". It's the equivalent of calling everything from a phone to a desktop to a traffic light "a computer"
I feel like it's just part of our instincts as resource hoarders. People will go for the cheapest option because it feels right and safer.
For anything else to happen, we actually have to add some structure or incentives to prioritise things differently; otherwise it's like asking ants to swarm a carrot instead of a sugar cube. The simplest and bluntest example I can think of (in my sleep deprived state) is sin tax. This is where things like sugar and cigarettes are taxed heavily and therefore very expensive, so it directs people to healthier choices. There's probably better options but I don't know much about this area.
I actually didn't have to tweak Linux much at all, it was almost perfect for me from day 1. Stock KDE is exactly how I like it, and it was easy to bump the font size and a few other minor things. But even without those tweaks I didn't find it frustrating in comparison
They use quick oats instead of rolled oats or steel cut oats. Turns into depression paste. Don't do that. Also check to make sure your rolled oats are not "quick rolled oats", because apparently that's a thing
Paracetamol does nothing for me, but I take it when doctors give it to me because it makes them happy. Unlucky biology or something, almost no pain relief ever works for me. Fentanyl was pretty good though when I had surgery
I mostly thought of it because after eye surgery I had to wear wrap around sunglasses that protected my eyes, but they also looked cool. I didn't realise how much shit got in my eyes before then, so I just never stopped wearing them. They've saved me from tree twigs and all sorts