Post 9vD8dlrqhFCSJos8aO by colatkinson@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #9vCw9hKpmimi7kK7AO by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-05-19T14:49:50Z
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Petition to rename Hacker News to Capitalist News
(DIR) Post #9vCwCCE7tuW8VpNRjM by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2020-05-19T14:50:47Z
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@sir you sure wanna call that "News" ?IMO, "Corporate Hype" would be a more accurate name
(DIR) Post #9vCwSEgAYDZAke8sRU by neutron@mstdn.social
2020-05-19T14:50:20Z
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@sir where do i sign?
(DIR) Post #9vCwdgqg9pqJIqWIOe by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-05-19T14:51:13Z
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@wolf480pl petition to rename Capitalist News to Capitalist Propaganda
(DIR) Post #9vCwipJk6A2b14Yzqa by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2020-05-19T14:56:43Z
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@sir inaccurate IMO.Don't ascribe malice to what can be explained by stupidity.
(DIR) Post #9vCwjmT0BNVKSsLiyG by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2020-05-19T14:56:56.928670Z
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@sir @wolf480pl That misses the upvote part though.
(DIR) Post #9vCwsczul3RXhdxkLw by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-05-19T14:57:32Z
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@wolf480pl disagree. Half the commenters have hidden financial incentives which drive their words. If I believed they were speaking from the heart then I would have to significantly lower my opinion of humanity
(DIR) Post #9vCwu8ioIHcANogPk8 by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2020-05-19T14:58:47Z
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@sir you live in denial
(DIR) Post #9vCwyVIGJYOzXxLXUG by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2020-05-19T14:59:34Z
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@sir humanity is cursed tbh.Way more than computers.
(DIR) Post #9vCwz4XNHMHqqxgbOy by allison@blob.cat
2020-05-19T14:59:42.738256Z
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@sir @wolf480pl "my opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my employers"
(DIR) Post #9vCx7WF49ozf5v9Nc8 by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2020-05-19T15:01:14.123004Z
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@wolf480pl @sir Well computers are a product of humanity (and in all the crap we've done they're probably quite good).
(DIR) Post #9vCxC1LmRJ8ojXRBJY by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2020-05-19T15:02:00Z
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@lanodan @sir For one, computers aren't subject to logical fallacies.
(DIR) Post #9vCxL7DS05b5X1sUdM by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2020-05-19T15:03:41.646193Z
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@wolf480pl @sir Uuuh, what?I mean sure they are still a calculator but we can probably implement a bunch of fallacies, specially when going higher level.
(DIR) Post #9vCxTDU8ZlDzI9XuL2 by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2020-05-19T15:05:06Z
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@lanodan @sir You could, but you'd have to go out of your way.Like those ML people.By default, computers are precise, logical, and consistent.
(DIR) Post #9vCxweuTgpg4kKuDGi by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2020-05-19T15:10:28.733107Z
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@wolf480pl @sir The hardware of a computer might be quite consistent but software?Linux distros are full of unpredictable behaviour for example.Like I would *never* use linux distros for something like a phone, mediacenter, television, … but here we are.And ML is basically automating this "throw code at computer until it seems to work", it's also going to be great with the "testing is doubting" crowd.
(DIR) Post #9vCybVgCucKJzai5C4 by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2020-05-19T15:17:48Z
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@lanodan @sir Even then, I find software easier to understand and communicate with than humans.
(DIR) Post #9vCzFxu5Obdd6uUa1Y by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2020-05-19T15:25:10.621144Z
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@wolf480pl @sir Here is something that I discovered while doing some basic ass linguistics in high-school: Humans are crap at communication, they're often incapable of reporting issues and can't grasp shared issues (it's often not only their fault so the whole problem lies with the other party) or other's nuances.Like one thing that I remember from UX for example is that the users will actually not tell you what they want. IIRC the most reliable way is doing multiple mockups and then see which ones actually works and repeat that.
(DIR) Post #9vD3I90nSyN3xRvSS0 by trobador@mastodon.social
2020-05-19T16:07:27Z
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@sir If I remember correctly the original name for HN was going to be "Startup News", which is pretty close to your proposal.
(DIR) Post #9vD498pkrK1Qkm22S0 by kick@blob.cat
2020-05-19T16:19:58.476241Z
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@trobador @sir (Not just "was going to be" but quite literally "Was for a significant amount of time.")
(DIR) Post #9vD8dlrqhFCSJos8aO by colatkinson@mastodon.social
2020-05-19T17:09:07Z
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@sir "Is codeless the future? My experience running a disruptive innovative unicorn tech startup, which consists solely of a Wordpress storefront."🔼 16732 💬 327