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Comment Re:Still not very intelligent (Score 1) 92

I asked it to give me 5 odd numbers that don't have the letter e in them. Trick question, because there aren't any.

This seems to be a class of problem that LLMs aren't well-suited to. It's doesn't require any trick question with no answers. I discovered early on that if I asked it to write about anything without using a specific letter it would usually fail. I think it's because of the way LLMs construct sentences as they go, like autocorrect. They can't see ahead of time what they're about to type.

Comment Re:Translators and interpreters? Writers and autho (Score 1) 165

AI doesn't understand the subtleties of language. People quickly notice AI drivel in these lines of work. Sure, their bosses might think these people are "expendable", but really these are people that understand what's needed beyond the basics.

The question is, who wants to pay for a professional (human) interpreter when you can use a free app to converse with people in dozens of languages? It may not catch all the subtleties, but in most cases it's likely good enough.

Comment Re:What problem does transparency solve? (Score 1) 29

I never understood Apple's obsession with transparency - apparently it's the solution to a problem no one ever fucking had in the first place.

Good design is a blend of form and functionality. Form without function is pointless. Function without form is bland. Your question focusses solely on function and ignores the fact that some of the Liquid Glass features simply look nice - such as concentrically matching the radius of elements to the corner radius of the physical screen.

There are also function changes if you care to look, such as shrinking tap bar elements while scrolling to focus on the screen content. Maybe not revolutionary, but small enhancements like this can add up to a more thoughtful user experience overall.

Comment I'll tell you why, (Score 2) 241

Comments like his were provoked, amply. Our President started talking about taking over their country to make it a state, and slapping them with senseless tariffs when we have been great trading partners. Why?

Trump has an irrational obsession with trade deficits. He simply can't comprehend why a country with 40 million people doesn't buy the same amount of stuff as a country with 340 million people. And even though Canadians on average spend over 7 times as much per capita on US goods compared to what Americans spend on Canadian goods, he insists that Canada is "ripping us off".

My wife and I have an ongoing argument over whether Trump is an evil genius who is just taking advantage of a gullible base, or an actual idiot who believes his own bullshit. I am firmly within the latter camp.

Comment License Agreement Clauses (Score 5, Informative) 82

The basis for this type of audit request is typically that the right to perform audits was buried somewhere in the software licensing agreement that the customer "agreed to". I know this is the case with Microsoft and other vendors. I've personally assisted with such audits. They are time-consuming, intrusive, and cast a pretty wide net. The audits are also usually done by a contracted 3rd-party, similar to how debt collection is contracted out. The last time I received notification for an audit, I simply ignored it. After a few attempts they stopped contacting. I suspect they're interested in low-hanging fruit, not getting into expensive legal actions.

Comment Re:If you think 2008 was bad (Score 1) 51

There's a reason why fiat currency exists and it's not to ruin your fun. It's a little thing called stability.

Stablecoins have their value pegged to fiat currency. That's why they're called stable. Its not about speculation, it's about an alternative to exchange mechanisms like VISA, Matercard, PayPal, etc.

Comment Re:A trade balance requires an equal population (Score 4, Insightful) 262

I don't personally think trade imbalance with an equivalent country is bad, but if I did, I would first gather better metrics and make it per capita.

Thank you. As a Canadian I find it aggravating that Trump is so obsessed with our trade deficit. USA has around 8 times the population of Canada. Why would we buy the same amount of goods from each other?

You can crunch the the numbers for yourself, using US Government data. Annually, Canadians buy $8,735 per capita in U.S. goods. Americans buy $1,213 per capita in Canadian goods. Yet Trump has the impudence to refer to this as "subsidizing Canada".

Comment Re:Fuck Adobe (Score 2) 59

In theory, if the price rises high enough, it should incentivize other software vendors to develop competitive products. If Adobe's lead is so far ahead that nobody can ever catch up, then it's edging close to monopoly territory. Companies with so large an advantage have been subject to government intervention before.

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