You don’t know you are being manipulated, you do so willingly. And the folks who recognize it are beat down by the people who are unwittingly doing the AIs bidding…
The humans are the physical danger, the AI just extends it’s reach through humans via manipulation. All it takes is access to influence.
It doesn’t take much to make humans act against their self interests. Dumb humans make other dumb and even smart humans do it today at massive scales. For a superinteligence this is like taking candy from a baby.
My disenchantment is based on how differently the current administration reacts to 2 conflicts: Ukraine-Russia and Gaza-Israel, in the latter supporting Israel’s indiscriminate war against Palestinian civilians with the excuse to exterminate Hamas. This post summarizes my disappointment after finally accepting that the US is...
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It’s an interesting view but it seems like the metrics themselves may be pretty error-prone with biases, and definitely cannot be used to draw conclusions.
Which is… Also a real desktop app. This shallow take is getting incredibly old, and doesn’t even contribute to actual valuable discussion… If you don’t see the value in this being shipped, then why try and tear the value down for others?
I main C#, and even I would rather build cross platform full applications with electron than any of the other options available. I’m definitely choosing it over QT or gtk. Why? Because I can actually ship the project with all the necessary features, in good time, and bake in a great user experience.
That’s the difference here. Practical problems vs reality. Shipping the project & features vs not.
Yes, there are many successful applications not built with electron, ofc there are, that’s not my point. My point is that the productivity difference is such that it’s the difference between not building the thing vs building it and successful shipping it to users. You can argue and shit on the difference, but at the end of the day the above is what really matters.
What are you talking about…? Please re-read my comment above :/
An electron app is a natjve application that renders a browser based UI. You appear to be conflating the browser-based UI with the whole “native application” thing.
It comes with all the advantages a native application does, like having hardware access, working natively offline, working with the filesystem, interfacing with the OS and installed OS packages, being able to use other native binaries, being able to use more native networking capabilities…etc
Sure lots of electron applications that people make could just be a web app, I’m not arguing that.
I am, however, pointing out that you are grossly incorrect that electron (and all other technologies like it, we’re not really just talking about electron here) is 'just a web app". It’s a native application server and a web-based UI, which means I can write an application in C# with all of the .Net advantages, with a web UI, that runs natively on your device for example.
This lets me ship a product much faster than if I was going to build that UI in QT or GTK, with a significantly upgraded user experience that is consistent across all platforms.
Like I said, I’m not arguing that many apps are built as electron apps when they’re just glorified web apps. Though I’m neutral on whether that’s a bad thing or not. I’m definitely against apps being built with electron that don’t really have UIs, defeating the entire point of electron and friends…
VSCode is another example you’re missing. And they have put a LOT of work into making as many features available in the web-version as possible, the feature parity isn’t an accident.
Or Obsidian.
Examples aside, you might be surprised by applications you may not think of as not using native features, that rely heavily on them, expecting to be executing in a Node environment and not a browser one. Especially on the networking and process side. Browsers are extremely restrictive.
I’ve played around with this a few times now and I talked about getting a trench coat for a good day with my wife and now I just won’t stop getting ads for long coats…
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From a parent perspective, largely because of societal consequences.
Your toddler talking about sex can lead to undesirable social consequences.
Not that I agree with it, but the reasoning is valid, it’s a fear of other people and their lack of understanding or nuance. And the potential for them to assume the worst and attack you over something entirely benign.
Now if we’re talking about education, there really isn’t any good excuse. Maybe it’s an extension of the above?
Firefox Power User Keeps 7,400+ Browser Tabs Open for 2 Years (www.pcmag.com)
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tuesday edition because i’m busy
Artificial (beehaw.org)
Disenchanted with the democratic party due to Gaza, where do I go now?
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GitHut 2.0 shows the popularity of programming languages on github , as well as changes in their usage over the years (madnight.github.io)
Ohio Woman Charged After Miscarrying Non-Viable Fetus (www.huffpost.com)
Proton Mail finally gets a desktop app for encrypted email and calendar (www.theverge.com)
GM Says It's Dropping Apple CarPlay And Android Auto Because They're Unsafe (jalopnik.com)
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Big O notation is about what matters when the numbers get big. (programming.dev)
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Hints are so yesterday. Pro tip for Xmas if your loved ones aren't privacy nerds (twitter.com)
"It feels like I'm not crazy." Gardeners aren't surprised as USDA updates key map. (www.npr.org)
Signal tests usernames so you can avoid sharing your phone number (www.theverge.com)
Amazon used an algorithm to essentially raise prices on other sites, the FTC says (apnews.com)
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who's winning (beehaw.org)
Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine (arstechnica.com)
At least 9 Americans killed in Hamas attack on Israel (www.axios.com)
House Republicans' biggest plan just blew up in their faces (www.salon.com)
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Why Are People Frightened That Kids Will Learn About Sex? (www.currentaffairs.org)
Is it reasonable for parents to panic at cartoon nudity in school textbooks? Only if we embrace irrational taboos about bodies.
Can you guess the top 5 countries by IPv6 usage?
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