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Comment on Welcome to the millennial midlife crisis in ~life
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Comment on Real estate agents are fleeing the field in ~finance
NaraVara Link ParentPerhaps they can be telephone sanitizers?My biggest concern is honestly what these people are going to do with themselves instead. There are a lot of people who have made careers in real estate that we are rendering obsolete. Maybe those sales skills can be put to use somewhere else, but I'm not sure. Certainly, we don't need a glut of salespeople in our society, if you ask me.
Perhaps they can be telephone sanitizers?
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Comment on Real estate agents are fleeing the field in ~finance
NaraVara Link ParentI think that’s mostly inertia from when real estate prices weren’t so absurd. The commission percentage stayed the same as the home values ballooned, and it seems that was mostly due to cartel...I think that’s mostly inertia from when real estate prices weren’t so absurd. The commission percentage stayed the same as the home values ballooned, and it seems that was mostly due to cartel effects.
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Comment on Welcome to the millennial midlife crisis in ~life
NaraVara Link ParentWe’re the only generational cohort that actually understands how computers work across the board. It’s weird, I assumed our level of proficiency would become the new normal, but we’re more like...We’re the only generational cohort that actually understands how computers work across the board.
It’s weird, I assumed our level of proficiency would become the new normal, but we’re more like that one random generation of American housewives in the ‘50s who all knew how to rivet aircraft together or sew uniforms because of the war.
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Comment on School choice programs have been wildly successful under Ron DeSantis. Now Florida public schools might close. in ~life
NaraVara Link ParentThey’re not just out to get rid of the Dept of Ed, but they want to replace the secular education with religious schools. Once they defund public education and reallocate all that money, people...They’re not just out to get rid of the Dept of Ed, but they want to replace the secular education with religious schools. Once they defund public education and reallocate all that money, people will have the “choice” to either educate their kids at a conveniently located Christian school or a very inconveniently located secular one, if one has been set up.
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Comment on School choice programs have been wildly successful under Ron DeSantis. Now Florida public schools might close. in ~life
NaraVara Link ParentGifted kids are special needs because they will languish if you put them through a curriculum that can’t keep up with them. Which can sometimes manifest in acting out and other disruptive behavior.Gifted kids are special needs because they will languish if you put them through a curriculum that can’t keep up with them. Which can sometimes manifest in acting out and other disruptive behavior.
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Comment on Scarlett Johansson says she is 'shocked, angered' over new ChatGPT voice in ~tech
NaraVara Link ParentMy comment is explaining why it’s a stupid argument.My comment is explaining why it’s a stupid argument.
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Comment on Scarlett Johansson says she is 'shocked, angered' over new ChatGPT voice in ~tech
NaraVara Link ParentAt the end the human characters do start talking to each other to share their experiences of losing their AI friends. So that’s not the worst thing. And it’s sort of implied that the experience...At the end the human characters do start talking to each other to share their experiences of losing their AI friends. So that’s not the worst thing. And it’s sort of implied that the experience expands Joaquin Phoenix’s capacity to relate to people once he gets over it. Samantha sort of functions as a post divorce “rebound girlfriend” that way.
Plus they basically created a super intelligent, spiritually evolved being that attaints enlightenment at the end.
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Comment on Scarlett Johansson says she is 'shocked, angered' over new ChatGPT voice in ~tech
NaraVara Link ParentHer isn’t really dystopian though. It’s a bit melancholy but it’s more a reflection on social isolation and our relationships to technology than the specific technology being showcased. You could...Her isn’t really dystopian though. It’s a bit melancholy but it’s more a reflection on social isolation and our relationships to technology than the specific technology being showcased. You could have written a similar story a generation prior about falling in love with a Blogger.
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Comment on Scarlett Johansson says she is 'shocked, angered' over new ChatGPT voice in ~tech
NaraVara Link ParentThe entire purpose of copyright laws is to use artificial means to create a market for artists. It’s not there to enable tech billionaires to get richer. There’s no social interest in enabling...The entire purpose of copyright laws is to use artificial means to create a market for artists. It’s not there to enable tech billionaires to get richer. There’s no social interest in enabling that, regardless of whatever overwrought analogies they want to make. If it’s not enabling a livelihood for artists by maintaining a functioning market for their work it doesn’t matter.
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Comment on Scarlett Johansson says she is 'shocked, angered' over new ChatGPT voice in ~tech
NaraVara Link ParentNo they very clearly were trying to reference her performance in Her. Altman’s tweet announcing it even hung a lampshade on it, as did the coverage in the press about the release.No they very clearly were trying to reference her performance in Her. Altman’s tweet announcing it even hung a lampshade on it, as did the coverage in the press about the release.
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Comment on University suspends students for AI homework tool it gave them $10,000 prize to make in ~tech
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Comment on Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, hardline ally of Supreme Leader, killed in helicopter crash in ~news
NaraVara Link Parent“President of Iran” is a largely ceremonial position, so it’s hard to conclude what it actually means unless you’re well read on the internal politics of the country. Unfortunately, that’s not...“President of Iran” is a largely ceremonial position, so it’s hard to conclude what it actually means unless you’re well read on the internal politics of the country. Unfortunately, that’s not very well reported on unless you work in the intelligence community because it’s not exactly a thriving hub for journalism.
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Comment on Donald Trump - Joe Biden US Presidential debates to take place on June 27th and September 10th in ~misc
NaraVara Link ParentUndecided voters don’t like that kind of sass from Democrats. Biden’s whole deal is that he’s a nice guy who has been through shit but keeps on trucking. If he starts being a meanie then who does...Undecided voters don’t like that kind of sass from Democrats. Biden’s whole deal is that he’s a nice guy who has been through shit but keeps on trucking. If he starts being a meanie then who does he attract? People who like assholes are already in the tank for Donald Trump.
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Comment on "twitter.com" is now officially dead in ~tech
NaraVara Link ParentWhy is it a “danger” for a word usage to change? Word usage changes, that’s part of how language works. People are perfectly capable from differentiating apple when used to refer to a technology...Why is it a “danger” for a word usage to change? Word usage changes, that’s part of how language works. People are perfectly capable from differentiating apple when used to refer to a technology company, or a fruit, or the Beatles’ production company. They become homophones.
Heck, the meaning of the word changed when referring to the fruit itself. “Apple” used to be a generic term for any starchy fruit that grows on a tree, it was basically branding that made the apple we know now synonymous with the generic term.
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Comment on "twitter.com" is now officially dead in ~tech
NaraVara Link ParentHe was talking about Sun Microsystems, the (now defunct) tech company.He was talking about Sun Microsystems, the (now defunct) tech company.
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Comment on Solar storm knocks out farmers' tractor GPS systems during peak planting season in ~tech
NaraVara Link ParentI think it’s more like the lines you planted your crops in might not be perfectly straight, so when you’re harvesting the equipment won’t follow the planting lines.I think it’s more like the lines you planted your crops in might not be perfectly straight, so when you’re harvesting the equipment won’t follow the planting lines.
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Comment on My not so nice thoughts on Battlestar Galactica in ~tv
NaraVara (edited )Link ParentYeah but I’m not really sure how much of the “big budget” stuff is him specifically. Like I’ve heard that basically anything with Hans Zimmer’s name on it now is more like Hans Zimmer’s team of...Yeah but I’m not really sure how much of the “big budget” stuff is him specifically. Like I’ve heard that basically anything with Hans Zimmer’s name on it now is more like Hans Zimmer’s team of juniors to develop broad themes he’s workshopping with them.
That doesn’t really take away from his own input since that is it’s own sort of creativity, but I think it ends up being a bit less distinctive and not bear as much of a “signature style” as a result.
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Comment on My not so nice thoughts on Battlestar Galactica in ~tv
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Comment on My not so nice thoughts on Battlestar Galactica in ~tv
NaraVara LinkWhat you’re describing is really just episodic television. These episodes were released weekly, with the expectation that the viewers would have a lot of speculative water cooler discussion about...It's a shame because the lore and overarching plot is interesting, but when every episode has so much pointless conflict in them that always gets resolved 10 minutes later, it starts to really drag.
What you’re describing is really just episodic television. These episodes were released weekly, with the expectation that the viewers would have a lot of speculative water cooler discussion about them. If you binge it in one go it’s going to drag because so much of the writing is meant to catch you up and introduce things slowly so people can keep up.
The special effects stuff is just like, it’s a mid 2000s show on a barely profitable sci-fi channel series man. I don’t know what you want from it.
By and large these people aren’t blogging or writing “woe is me” think pieces.
I think what’s really happened is we’ve seen a collapse in a lot of formerly high prestige professions that used to be reasonably compensated, like in journalism or academia. These people worked very hard to get into the positions they’re in, but they’re having trouble actually making enough money to meet the expectations they had going in because of secular changes in the economy and vulture capitalism.