bss03

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[–] bss03 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You sound like Humpty Dumpty:

“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’

Using words that far outside their dictionary or conventional meanings is a not a path to clear communication.


Separately, I checked, and I can no longer find the map of ICE jurisdiction that I was remembering, and as far as I can tell ICE's current jurisdiction is anywhere federal law applies, including Oklahoma. So, I was definitely wrong there.

[–] bss03 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

That's not quite how jurisdiction works. County sheriffs aren't shot at the border when they attend state court (in another county), but they don't have jurisdiction so they can't act as a law officer (e.g. arrest someone) in a foreign county.

But, I agree that when the local police / national guard support / collaborate / conspire with ICE employees we are more likely to see a miscarriage of justice that goes unaddressed as the most likely outcome.

[–] bss03 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I've seen auto-calculated tip of all combinations of with/without tax, with/without percent discount, and with/without individual item discounts.

I wish tipping would end, by mandating a living wage for all workers from the chef to the dishwasher and including all the waitstaff and everyone else in both the front and the back. But, until it does, I try to be generous with my tips, but also kind to people that can't or are simply tired of "tipflation".

[–] bss03 1 points 2 months ago

Maybe a comp'd desert (or app) that's ~$8 ?

[–] bss03 19 points 3 months ago

I know it's crazy, but I can absolutely understand this feeling. I had recently married Abby in Stardew Valley and was starting to make friends with the other villagers. I did something the game wasn't expecting, and gave Seby a loved gift on his birthday, and then quickly triggered an event where we kissed! (FWIW, I think this behavior has been fixed and you can't do this on the current patch.)

I still feel bad thinking about that Abigail that I accidentally cheated on, and I haven't loaded that save again. It's been years; SV 1.4 wasn't even out yet.

So, despite how much I dislike all this "AI" hype, I really do sympathize for the users that feel like they've lost a relationship.

[–] bss03 2 points 3 months ago

Yay! I thought I was the only one who watches DrMrCody.

[–] bss03 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

Not that following the law is a big priority for this administration, but doesn't ICE have limited-to-no jurisdiction in OK? I thought they could only operate withing 300mi. of a land or sea border.

EDIT: Nope. As far as I can tell, ICE jurisdiction is anywhere federal law applies.

[–] bss03 3 points 3 months ago

I disagree that it is fair use. But, I was actually expecting the judiciary to say that it was. So, despite the ruling, I AM still mad that they used copyrighted works (including mine), in violation of the terms. (And, honestly, my terms [usually AGPLv3] are fairly generous.)

I'm also concerned about labor issues, and environmental impact, and general quality, but the unauthorized use of copyrighted works is still in the mix. And, if they are willing to all my private viewing of torrented TV "theft", I'm willing to call their selling of an interface to a LLM / NN that was trained on and may have incorporated (or emit!) my works (in whole or in part) "theft".

Labor issues are mostly solved by making to the workers control the means of production, not captial. Same old story.

Environment impact is better policed independent of what the electricity/water is used for. We aren't making a lot of headway there, but we need to reign in emissions (etc.) whether they are using it to train LLMs or research cancer.

Quality... is subjective and I don't think we are near the ceiling of that. And, since I don't use "AI" for the above reasons, it really isn't much of a concern to me.

[–] bss03 25 points 3 months ago

For me it was Disney floating the idea of asking the wrongful death suit be dismissed because of the liability waiver in a Disney+ free trial.

I have the $$$, but I don't agree with the terms for any of the streaming services, so I'll just sail the seven seas and toss a doubloon (coin) to independent creators (my witchers) when I can.

[–] bss03 5 points 3 months ago

Love the person; hate the ideology. /s

[–] bss03 2 points 3 months ago

Oh! My Goodness. That's certainly unintended. /s

[–] bss03 7 points 3 months ago

You don't need "AI", at least not the kind of unpredictable over-hyped bullshit called "AI", whether it's an LLM or something stupider.

https://bdistricting.com/2020/ applies an predicable algorithm to produce geographically compact, equal-population districts.

Of course, those are not the only "fairness" constraints we want to impose. The VRA "required" packing to ensure representation for historically disenfranchised populations, e.g.

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