"oh the indignity of not having internet for 118 hours, personally didn't have it for much of my childhood"
I understand what you're trying to say and I agree with that, but this is actually different. This is not an inconvenience as much a state censorship. It's the state literally disallowing people talking to each other. It's Orwellian: "we don't like what you're talking about, so we're going to make you completely unable to"
It's not the 80s or 90s anymore. The internet is rhe global backbone of how people communicate with each other. Shutting down access is a clear action of censorship and oppression.
I didn't miss that and I'm not sure what argument you're making. It sounds like you're trying to say that state censorship is conditional, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt to make your case.
I still don't understand the justification. Not trying to be difficult, I just don't see where you're going with this. Can you explain your point of view in plain terms?
I'm not really interested in doing that. My question was asked firstly to give you an opportunity to explain your perspective around what I saw to be a not obvious claim and secondly to bring light to the fact that you can't explain it (if that happens to be the case as it seems here).
The opportunity for you to explain it is an opportunity to exonerate your point of view. You don't have to take it.
You are essentially saying “The enemies of a government seek to undermine it so let’s stop people from talking to each other.”
I mean how is that logic different from what Stalin did during the Soviet Union? “The capitalists want to overthrow us, let’s deploy the totalitarian surveillance state to control and monitor the people to stop them from rising up”.
And how is any of this logic compatible with democracy or human liberty?
US also censors information and also cancel and ban free speech. Of course US is a lot more subtle as it’s not the government directly controlling media but a group of very influential and wealthy people that usually have the interest of the capitalist class.
As person who was in blackout in Jan 2022 in Kazakhstan, I’ll say it’s very unpleasant situation when you known that some people go into protests. Some security service building was looted of arms. Police nowhere to be seen. No communications and you don’t know if should you do some limited self protection available in form of running or not. So even if government control what they say, it does not control your ability to find out what’s going on via other people. That’s big deal for your physical security and wellbeing
The US does this a bit, but even with that suppression of free speech, even with most mass media outlets being owned by oligarchs that are subservient to the President, the internet is still going. Europe has penalties for Nazi speech, yet the internet is still going there.
There's no comparison to what's going on in these countries to what's going on in Iran. Trying to "what about" with the US censorship of, say, the majority political opinion in a city by cutting off all federal funds that were previously flowing to the city is not very relevant. Yes, it's bad, but here we are talking about it on the Internet!
Every actor have it’s own means and tools, Iranian regime is weak and don’t have the capability to stop foreign influence effectively as US or China and other state so they use the crude methods at their disposal.
If US government was in weaker state it would take more radical measures.
Am I understanding correctly that the company itself maintains the allow list? It's not my personal allow list? That's bizarre. I don't want someone else to control what information I do and don't allow myself.
I feel like the comments are taking away the wrong message from this. He used it to do the part of the project that he has poor knowledge/experience/capacity for. He needs a visualization but the project isn't about visualization. He's spent a lifetime coding in C, not writing python-based visualizations.
There's a big difference between vibe-coding an entire project and having an AI build a component that you lack competency for. That is what is happening here.
It's the same principle as a startup that builds it core functionality itself in-house and then uses off-the-shelf libraries for all the other uninteresting details.
"if something isn’t worth consuming at 1x, it’s not worth consuming at all"
Depends A LOT on what kind of content you're watching.
I've been studying physics lately and a lecturer talks slowly so 2x makes a lot of sense. Maybe even I know the subject somewhat but I believe the lecturer has a few insights or connections to point out that I haven't seen. But perhaps it's burried in the middle of the lecture. It really doesn't make sense to listen to the whole lecture at 1x speed. Much better to 2x to the "unfamiliar part" and then rewatch and carefully consider that part at 1x speed.
Also, some very intelligent people just speak/think slowly. They have interesting things to say but slowly.
On the other hand, if you're watching a highly-produced video (such as a movie), I think it's quite ridiculous to watch it at any speed other than 1x. It was paced that way for a reason (if it's worth watching).
I don't really understand why folks have to be so "binary" about playback speed.
Same. And I'd advise anyone to attempt it. You'll learn a lot about yourself and your society by quitting alcohol, even if for a brief moment. The benefits are immense.
Many people questioned why I'd given it up or said I was alcoholic. Some even said to me "never trust a man who doesn't drink".
Giving up alcohol has made me feel a lot better. It hasn't cured all my problems but it has made life easier. Heavy drinking put me in situations that were dangerous and I don't miss that at all.
I'm amused at how circular this is. Unix v4 is first OS written in C, now running on top of an unbelievable amount of C (and C++). Classic circular computer science delight.
Hobbies. Social hobbies. It kind of doesn't matter which, just pick one. Show up religiously. Try your best to talk to people. Having a shared hobby/interest makes for easy conversation and ice breakers. Don't expect to make friends immediately but if you stick with it, show some vulnerability, avoid ego, etc it will happen. Good people are attracted to good people.
I'm personally into rock climbing and the social scene at a good climbing gym is really fantastic. Climbers need climber friends (if only for the selfish need of a belayer). Its great to share notes on a climb, or chat about gear, or dream/plan good outdoors trips.
Not suggesting you take up climbing. I'm using it as an example. But you want some hobby you're gonna take seriously that has a social component.
And, stop being so hard on yourself. Making friends is hard actually (especially making really good ones). Give yourself some grace.
> Try your best to talk to people. Having a shared hobby/interest makes for easy conversation and ice breakers.
Unfortunately for OP, they have a distaste for small talk, and yet small talk is the launchpad for any potential conversation partner.
Small talk is the lubricant for all social interactions and provides a safe, shallow harbor where people can get to know each other before heading out to deeper waters that require more earned trust. People actively reject small talk come across as socially awkward, uninterested, or both.
Strong agree. I switched back to RSS after trying social media. Much more boring. And that has been a very good thing. It's also been much more substantive. It's like eating your veggies vs eating sugar candy.
Why should we believe that "being entertained" is a valuable thing? I suppose it serves an evolutionary purpose as "steering focus", e.g. noticing the unusual/novel/scary/etc. But, it's not the end goal. And overloaded attention mechanisms sounds like an obvious misfeature.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Do it yourself. Don't wait on others. Organize social events, invite people.
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