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AwaAwa | 1 year ago | on: The biggest AI flops of 2024

I use the Kagi AI answer especially when I have a basic understanding (or I once did and forgot some bridge concept) and am looking to get an ELI5ish clarification.

Or if its pop culture of little consequence.

AwaAwa | 1 year ago | on: The Slow, Painful Death of Agile and Jira

More responsibility for the same pay, corralling people, and inevitably adding their workload to yours? Because SME/mentor < sr dev when it comes time to rightsize the CxOs gambling losses.

Not surprising sr devs weren't jumping on this whole hog.

AwaAwa | 1 year ago | on: Pavel Durov is questioned on 12 charges [pdf]

Apparently the governments are all ignoring the much more sizable amount of child porn on instagram, because they have a backdoor with Meta.

This goes straight to the point about this being more about politics.

AwaAwa | 1 year ago | on: IKEA launches secondhand marketplace to compete with eBay

I would think that applying glue contributes to the reason why the furniture doesn't survive the first owner/disassembly.

Unless this is meant for subsequent owners/houses?

I've never had an issue with IKEA disassembly/assembly having moved/lived/purchased across 3 continents, but I have always done my own assembly/disassembly.

AwaAwa | 1 year ago | on: Dubai Court Declares Crypto Salary Legal

The UAE is massive on surveillance and tracking of individuals. It is ubiquitous.

Crypto payments that sidestep the "surveillance plugs" make things difficult for Brother Eye.

Crypto salary contracts will formalize the accountability via ensuring the government is always in the 'know' of 'A' and 'B'. Added advantage of now being privy to any and all intermediate steps of the crypto transaction.... for science.

Another facet of UAE law is that you will never know if you are truly doing something legal or illegal, and they like it that way (Cardinal Richelieu would be proud). Interpretation by their sharia-esque judges is everything, and depending on the parties involved (rich vs poor; local vs foreigner; muslim vs buddhist etc) interpretation is easily gamed. Like everywhere but without the 'easily' or the pretense.

AwaAwa | 1 year ago | on: Family poisoned after using AI-generated mushroom identification book

Imaginary Universities in Canada, are a government supported racket. It is not for no reason that the UN condemns Canada for modern slavery with their temporary foreign worker program, that runs off the back of fleece-u colleges.

There's more intelligence in this AI guide, than there is in the majority of college diploma's coming out of of Canada today.

AwaAwa | 1 year ago | on: Can Universal Basic Income Transform Society?

Oh it absolutely will. For the worse.

When you get something for nothing, you better believe that productivity will plunge.

Even a cursory glance at history will show this to be true. Argentina is a great example, of 'something for nothing'.

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