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Opinions are my own. You can't have them.

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@deepfates Determined Optimism is so back.

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@AlexPalcuie @QuinnyPig @AnthropicAI :hug-ops:

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@deepfates Currently using GitHub for code, Obsidian Sync for markdown, iCloud for everything else. Mackup is theoretically interesting for keeping dotfiles in sync, but it kinda broke my mental model so I stopped using it.

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@deepfates Can I pick OpenAI or Anthropic and buy generic hardware?

[xlr8harder @xlr8harder]

are you telling me we made it to 2026 before someone was like "hey what happens if we give the magic mushrooms to people with alzheimer's"

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What if, in the end, AI has about as much impact as the Internet? Or maybe the Internet plus the smartphone combined?

Like it'll be a big deal, but all the hand-wringing about doom and job replacement never comes. That kinda seems like the most likely scenario to me.

[Sky Marchini @rhcm123]

has any man ever been more vindicated?

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@ronrule @libobral that also makes it easier to support rural areas (and leaves more area to remain rural!). People who really want detached houses and big lots can still have that, but more realistic costs would push people toward denser areas.

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@ronrule @libobral I think you're both half-right and you both get what you want if you form a coalition against subsidizing suburban sprawl. The US generally doesn't operate on a "pay for what you use" system. Everyone should have basic utilities. If we make dense urban areas easier to build...

[𝕷𝖆𝖉𝖞 𝕬 🦇 @Nyct0phil3_x]

The tyranny of those in the bottom quintile of intelligence is less problematic than the tyranny of those in the top quintile of neuroticism

[Tim @MasterTimBlais]

haha you use docker? bro. still on canva?? get with the times man. figma??? puh-leeeze. i am a musician and have no idea what these words mean

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@RomeoStevens76 @SessionMan9 For a species that learns by watching others, it does seems pretty bad that we spend so much time watching people in scripted and contrived situations.

[Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs) @agraybee]

Take.
Away.
The.
Phones.

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@Prigoose @visakanv

[♠️♥️Jib_Loger♦️♣️ @jib_loger_alt]

Honestly still kind of fucked up that this dudes sins are still affecting people to this day

His name is Andrew Wakefield genuinely evil man

Also time to post this video again

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You know what's weird? Even though I know how websites work, I still conceptualize them as something that exists out on the internet that I go look at. Like it's a billboard or a page in a book, not something that I download and render in real time on each visit.

[Alex Volkov @altryne]

.@satyanadella just put the whole "water" debate to rest.

Datacenters run on a closed loop cooling system, the water usage of a datacenter for an entire year is roughly equivalent to a usage of 1 restaurant!

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@Aria_Churchill @OpenAI I would use this pretty frequently.