That’s not going to make anything better though. You’ll just go down a path of addiction and self-destruction. Plus it’s expensive.

No no, these things are getting better in my opinion, in Germany/EU at least!

It’s starting to show its cracks (see Facebook), I’ll count that as getting better.

Older Millennial here, they are right, too bad people my age didn’t get the memo. Never understood, even back in school, why getting plastered is celebrated.

In no particular order, from where I am:

• Linux/FOSS
• Renewable energy
• Crime rates
• Consumer protection laws
• Furry cons
• Vegan & vegetarian products
• The AI bubble (slowly)
• Left-wing parties

I don’t expect it, but I’m also not going to be complicit in them getting worse. Lethargy and cynicism means you’ve already lost, which is what the assholes at the top want.

I aim to please 🐱

I thought Interstellar was about as good as 2001.

I so am not, they are both horrible.

Yeah, before supermarkets that’s how things worked. I don’t think it was better. The gross profiteering is its own issue. I’d much rather see a crackdown on shopping apps that come with small “discounts” for invasive tracking.

Why bother talking to guys like Sam? Why print what they say?

Because very dumb people with lots of money still believe his lies.

He’s running out of superlatives though, can’t go much beyond declaring that the singularity is happening right now. Which I means the investors will see that huge ROI aaaany second now.

I don’t think your premise that it is going to grow more in terms of impact size is valid. It’s already eaten the US stockmarkets (and a number of others).

Stock market schmock market, this bubble is also doing damage to society and the environment and at least the part that comes from the lies and lobbying from “OpenAI” and consorts would be stopped by it popping.

Yeah but Linus also says Linux isn’t good because he’s unable to read.

He’s literally saying the opposite of what you’re claiming in this.

#RepealTheThird!

People are disappointed that Linus is pro ai

Being “pro AI” in my book goes a lot further than what they are doing. Using generative “AI” for coding with human oversight and the high standard of code review they have is a far cry from wanting to cram LLM slop into everything as much as possible. I think it’s good that they are trying to find security issues like this, for example.

He knows very well no one can just fork Linux in a meaningful way

Linux-libre?

FAKE NEWS! But I have a great idea here, maybe it is the best one folks, just fill the whole pool up with beautiful, highly reflective mercury. Or, as they call it, quicksilver. You know what quicksilver is? They used to have it in thermometers before they made them woke… And and I also hear that the algae don’t like being in it very much! Just like looser liberals with box cutters. But if they want to reform, and I told JD about this already, we can do patriot baptisms in there as well! It’s going to be great! The only thing that would be greater is if we filled it up with liquid gold, but we can’t afford that now. Not after what OBAMA did. So the silver will have to do.

Why does learning not need to be effortful or not difficult or not oftentimes uncomfortable?

From the context the combination of these three words sounded to me like they are demanding kids sit still and focus for hours, and that if they fail then that’s a lack of effort, determination or intelligence. You can work through a problem slowly and deliberately because it’s hard to understand, that can feel very rewarding even if it’s hard. But you can also be forced to mentally strain yourself for hours, not because of the subject itself is difficult but because the environment, the provided material, the pressure, … make learning in and of itself take a lot more effort than it needs to.

Learning can take effort and be fun, that’s true. Same goes for difficult. But if you put those two in with uncomfortable then I hear that it’s meant to be painful, essentially. Goddamn kids need to sit still and learn, and they can not do anything else for hours, or else!

Learning is effortful, difficult, and oftentimes uncomfortable.

It doesn’t have to be. Rote memorization always is for me, but that’s not really learning. And you can focus on just about anything when the alternative is a shitty textbook poorly explaining something that just won’t click with you. Look out the window, doodle, count the ceiling tiles, daydream about not being stuck in school, …