The ‘machine defendant’: Who’s to blame when AI makes mistakes?
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    alexc
    5d ago 100%

    Not to worry. I’m not so naive as to think that is how it will actually play out.

    I’m sure like most things under capitalism, smaller companies will be liable, but we’ll bail out the big guys!

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    What Undecided Voters Look Like To Everyone Else - Dropout
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    alexc
    5d ago 96%

    I feel the indecision is really just “I’m not sure if I am ready to identify as a 21st century Nazi or not just yet”

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    Britons left 'disgusted' as building society scraps Robin Hood from logo over 'inclusivity': 'We should fly the flag for Nottingham'
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    alexc
    2w ago 100%

    Yes, because nothing says Nottingham more than a mythical figure purportedly from Leicestershire…

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  • Unhappy Hour
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    alexc
    2w ago 100%

    I know it’s not, but it looks like the Gardner “expressway” in Downtown Toronto, pretty much any time of day.

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  • Vaping ‘to be banned outside schools and hospitals’ in England
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    alexc
    2w ago 100%

    Fat lot of good that will do… Last time I was near a UK hospital (Lincoln) the entrance was crowded with smokers. Right underneath the “no smoking” signs. There wasn’t even anyone vaping

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    We did not listen eight years from now and it was too late!
    What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?
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    alexc
    3w ago 100%

    Autodefenestration is one of my faves. The act of throwing yourself out of a window.

    If you’re throwing someone or something out, then it’s just plain defenestration

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  • Should we tip hospo staff in New Zealand?
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    alexc
    1mo ago 100%

    Nope. Because once you normalize tipping, you then start having conversations about how much. Before you know it, you the tipper are paying for peoples wage increases.

    I’d rather pay more at the register and see people make a better working wage.

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  • J.D. Vance admits he’s telling racist lies for attention
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    alexc
    1mo ago 100%

    Good point. But, while a dev says “My bad” and fixes the bug, a politician just shrugs and often doubles down.

    At the very least, the Dev will explain to the team why a bug happened so that others don’t repeat the mistake, but a politician won’t address any of the three scenarios you identified.

    I fear this metaphor is stretching to breaking point, but the central point remains that it should not be acceptable for a politician to lie, yet somehow here we are…

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  • J.D. Vance admits he’s telling racist lies for attention
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    alexc
    1mo ago 100%

    Except bugs are usually unintentional and, with a good team, found and fixed before they cause any harm - usually before they’re public.

    The equivalence would be non-political fact checkers and public apologies and/or policy changes. The media has given up on the first (for the most part) possibly becase politicians just ignore the second.

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  • J.D. Vance admits he’s telling racist lies for attention
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    alexc
    1mo ago 100%

    Politicians stock-in-trade is information. This is their work product.

    I am a software developer. If I turn in software that doesn’t work. I get fired.

    JD Vance, and all other politicians who lie should also be fired for not doing their jobs.

    This is the world I want to live in.

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  • I was recently gifted an immaculate Apple IIc, but it came without a power supply. I wasn’t able to find a replacement online, and so I am hoping someone with more knowledge than me knows where I may be able to find one?

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