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AlexAffe | 2 years ago | on: Omg.lol: An Oasis on the Internet

Yeah, it's creepy, isn't it? I think we will have to have full identification in online forums at some point. I don't know though what could be done against GPT content. Universities don't either by the way. Super crazy.

AlexAffe | 2 years ago | on: Omg.lol: An Oasis on the Internet

To you. That's your opinion. Maybe it's mine. But I will never go as far as to state something like my opinion as universially true. You do that. What makes you do that?

AlexAffe | 2 years ago | on: Omg.lol: An Oasis on the Internet

Elon bashing is 99% some companies campaign. There is an amount of money involved beyond our wildest imagination. World economy kind of money. You don't read Elon and Tesla content on reddit frontpage with 30k ups on average almost 24/7 without there being companies involved spending heavily.

AlexAffe | 2 years ago | on: Omg.lol: An Oasis on the Internet

Exactly my thoughts. It feels like campaign, also in light of many of the responses in here. Has some kind of "look what I made; wow, are you selling?" vibes I'm used to from /r/gifs. The really distressing part is: is this even written by humans? Also the comments in here. The first one to your post, saying some BS about pessismism, while being really condescending. Is it real? Or is it some ad company having their goons let GPT write a witty response that comnes across "likeable yet dismissive". We are no longer able to tell. I'm afraid to loose you all. Where are we going to connect and how can we be sure it's us?

AlexAffe | 2 years ago | on: A coder considers the waning days of the craft

It's what I thought too. Would I be able to tell the difference? That thought really scares me. What if in not so distant future whole threads, comments included, are LLM generated? We are losing touch (ppl like you and me), and I feel it coming. That is not the first article on the web, that I quit reading in disgust, thinking 'FUCK, what if I'm reading GPT4 babble right now?' We will need a way to tell 100%.

AlexAffe | 3 years ago | on: I wish GPT4 had never happened

I agree! The problem is not with the fact that AI will make a lot of people unemployed, the problem is how we treat people who are unemployed. I love what I do, but I love the fact even more that I don't have to do it to live a good life (or worse: survive). I do it out of pure curiosity or maybe altruism. Maybe even social status, but not for the money.

AlexAffe | 3 years ago | on: How to fuck up an airport

Can we take a moment and ponder over why the title is censored? Why are we all okay with this? Who are we protecting, who are we trying to deceive? Why is it fine with everyone, that a youtube SNL skit is bleeped out? What THE FUCK has gotten into us? Either use the word, or don't use it. Show the video, or don't show it. We should all stand tall for our (fought for) rights, this isn't the fucking 60s.

AlexAffe | 4 years ago | on: I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer

She mentions a diet rich in Protein. Even Supplements like Whey Protein Shakes. I wonder how that extra growth fuel contributes to cancer cell growth. At the very instance kf cell division, there is a small chance of the cell going 'rogue', becoming a cancer cell. In all of our bodies, all of the time. Thankfully the chance is pretty slim, but when I train a lot and eat a lot of protein, then I will have a much higher frequency of cell division. It's what I always wonder when I drink my whey protein after workout, being almost 40. Can my body handle all the growth right?

AlexAffe | 4 years ago | on: Deurbanising the Web [pdf]

Exactly this. It is by the way one of the main reasons I initially stuck with HN. The lean UI, text based simplicity, efficiently conveying information had me instantly. I would sacrifize styling for speed anytime, everywhere.

AlexAffe | 4 years ago | on: Audacity fork without any sentry telemetry or crash reporting

And an otherwise sane friend of mine thinks Alexa is dope. I guess it's always a matter of where you draw the line, I for my part, want to be in total control of who gets sent what concerning ALL my devices, and I think this should be my right as a citizen and customer.

AlexAffe | 4 years ago | on: Windows 11, Amazon, and Uncomfortable Questions

Isn't it time to just ditch "Stores" all together? We were way past that concept on the PC for decades, how on earth does it help to introduce it to desktop? Let ppl download there apks from the dev sources directly, and... oh wait... I'm just describing 'installing a program' as it has been for ages. Maybe this will at least help normal users to wake up and wanting to escape their jails. (oh sorry, I forgot, it's for their own good! o7)

AlexAffe | 5 years ago | on: Org Mode – Organize Your Life in Plain Text

As many in here mention, org-mode has a few very good features but is much too complicated to get into. My absolute favorite for self organization is Joplin: - self hosted - markdown - file attachments - cross device - lean interface - encryption

Those are my core must haves, but there is much more which really motivated me getting into Joplin.

AlexAffe | 6 years ago | on: Markdown: “the shittiest markup language I have seen so far.” (2017)

I would argue, that Markdown is not a language at all. Markdown is a nice little touch up to your everyday txt file, that you anyways edit and read in <your favorite text editor here> most of the time. I write in Markdown, because that is the way I like my plain text files organized and well... marked up. And on top of that, in Github or Gitlab everything looks even more tidy and even the code snippets are nicely styled. yaay:)

AlexAffe | 7 years ago | on: My Twitch Live Coding Setup

How did your sabatical turn out? Did you get what you expected out of it? I am starting one right now and wonder if you had one or two words of advice? Your comment made me laugh btw, I am in such a similar position! Best to you.

AlexAffe | 7 years ago | on: Riot Games Approach to Anti-Cheat

I totally see how streaming - and letting everybody be able to see your stream - would help the cause, but the sheer amount of players make this method quite ineffective. Yes, if it's one individual making good money off it; No, if it's pesky script kiddies ruining the game expierence.... I would think.

AlexAffe | 7 years ago | on: Riot Games Approach to Anti-Cheat

What great insight! As a developer I wonder how you implement such methods and still be sure the code runs at desired speeds. Benchmarks? I'd really love to see the workflow of implementing new behaviours. I mean... incremental decryption of distinct pieces of code during execution seems so tough to thoroughly test! Not to speak of debugging... I am genuinely stunned.

AlexAffe | 8 years ago | on: Firefox is on a slippery slope

Marketing... Look. Have everyone at job interviews create their own gpg key and send an encrypted and signed email to you. When they manage: welcome to Mozilla. You can't have some coked up marketing maniacs sitting making decisions like that.
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