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Life becomes a lot better when you start noticing selection bias in daily life more.

Are most people rude assholes or do you just forget to notice the hundreds of regular nice people going about their business?

The only difference between the majority of #Linux distros is the default configuration and the package manager. If you know how to change the defaults then the only thing that really matters is the package manager.

The 1 gorilla vs 100 people debate shows how we don't realize the true power of numbers. Everyone needs to go watch Bugs' Life.

There is no such thing as a "self reliant" or "self made" person. Every one of us was raised by other people and still benefits from the collective actions of society.

Even if I were to move into the middle of the woods completely off grid with my own water well, septic tank, solar panels, and farm, I would still be relying on the fact that no one 100 miles away is poisoning the land I live off.

If you care about being correct, you cannot rely on #AI.

Humans have already left evidence of our existence which will last as long as the earth itself.

Is that not amazing?

USB C failed to learn the real mistake of USB: it's not that it isn't reversible, the problem is that USB does communicate it's asymetry.

No one ever complains about a HDMI being hard to plug in, because it's obvious just by looking at it which way it goes.

The new problem with USB C is that it doesn't communicate its capabilities. Some don't transfer data, some support high speed video, some support high wattage, but most of the time it's impossible to know just by looking at the cable.

The biggest argument against AI is that it's just not very good for anything non-trivial. Ask it a question you already know the answer for which isn't on the internet.