Notices by Fnord Prefect (fnord@chaos.social)

@essjotbe @apps No UnifiedPush?

Quoting @Codeberg :
"We will not be discouraged in our fight against far-right ideologies. They are currently on the rise in many parts of the world, and we believe it is important to protect all kinds of marginalized groups. However, if you believe this does not affect your project, you are wrong. Far-right forces pose a threat to all of us."
Thank you, statements like this reaffirm my decision to become a paying supporter or yours. ❤️

- Have you tried turning it off?
- Yes, but when I turned it back on, it...
- No no no, you misunderstood.

@mcc Do you have an opinion on TwinTris (Amiga)?

@mcc Fun fact: Twintris was developed by Svein Berge, who is 1/2 of Röyksopp.

Proposal: AI models should be allowed to be trained on publicly available data, regardless of copyright. However, they can also not be copyrighted themselves and must be available in the public domain for everyone.

Viele Leute finden die Zeitumstellung doof, aber eine Abschaffung ist nicht in Sicht. Ich schlage daher als Kompromiss vor, zur Abmilderung der unangenehmen Effekte zusätzlich noch eine Frühlings- und Herbstzeit einzuführen, welche jeweils nur um eine Halbe Stunde versetzt ist.

@thomasfuchs @x2ero I'm not sure about the pointlessness (on a global scale, sure, but on a personal one, maybe not), but that would not affect if determinism is true, at least not without an argument why everything being pointless could not be possible, right?
Regarding quantum effects: I agree, there probably is something like true randomness which could affect brains (and maybe computers too?). Would it be appropriate to call that partially random input to an otherwise deterministic system?

@thomasfuchs @x2ero Fist, let me back up for a second, because I feel like I sometimes come across as rude or overly opinionated, which is not my intention. If you are not interested in this particular discussion (since it's not the topic you originally posted about), that's perfectly fine. Just say so, or just don't reply. But if you are: Why do you think we aren't deterministic?

@x2ero @thomasfuchs How so?

@thomasfuchs Nah, I think I get your point (something along the lines of "it's bad to replace humans with ai for important decisions", and I totally agree, at least for the forseeable future), but I think there are better arguments than "humans are so special that no machine could ever be as good at certain things".

@thomasfuchs How on earth could you give a human the exact same input twice? You can't rewind a brain to an earlier state, can you?

@thomasfuchs How can choice be anything else but a computation? I think I get your point, but the argument seems to rely on the assumption that humans are somehow non-deterministic, in a good way?

@afelia Die meisten denken bei "Antifa" ja auch an vermummte Steinewerfer - da haben die Medien schon ganze Arbeit geleistet. Um es mit dem Känguru zu sagen: "Bei linker Gewalt brennen Autos, bei rechter Gewalt brennen Menschen. Natürlich ist linke Gewalt schlimmer, denn es könnte mein Auto treffen; Ausländer besitze ich keine."

Anfängerfehler: Bier bestellt, Kölsch bekommen. 😐

@2ndStar @tazgetroete Ah, verstehe - ich hatte bei der Schlagzeile tatsächlich den Eindruck bekommen, dass das Risiko bestanden hätte, dass der AfD-Typ gewinnt. Aber wenn das eh nicht zu befürchten war, war es natürlich wirklich unnötig, den überhaupt zu erwähnen.

@2ndStar @tazgetroete wieso, ist das nicht gut wenn die verlieren? Was wäre denn eine bessere Formulierung?

Ich sitze seit Minuten vor diesem Screenshot, und mir fällt einfach kein guter Kommentar dazu ein. Also hier bitteschön, ohne Worte.