You can’t rely on LLMs to get actual answers for technical things but it can help avoid a huge amount of wasted time and effort, back-and-forth, going in circles, talking around or past the issues etc. that is seen in threads everywhere in these types of expert niche communities. Besides, maybe my question has already been answered.

When I don’t know the specific terms or framing, am missing context or am trying to get from A to C, but have no idea that B even exists, nevermind how (or who) to ask about it. If I can accelerate the process of clearing that up, I can go to the correct human expert or community with a much better handle on what it is I’m actually looking for and how to ask for it.

Most bottled water is tap water

I’m throwing a cegger this weekend

“bro these IPAs have really gone too far” Bro: “…” “slurpp”

I still don’t get why they’re shipping it all the way to NZ? Maybe the shipping route already existed for legit reasons? Is it that hard to get in NZ that it’s worth it? As drugs go, meth seems like the easiest non-plant-based one to manufacture. A high-school chemistry teacher could do it

I know

Stupidity isn’t ageist I’m afraid

They do attempt to, with cookies as well¹. I suppose the upside of an account would be that you could carry your recommendations, etc. with you and have vpn on and/or cookies blocked.

¹ I would never visit this site myself of course. this info was shared to me via an acquaintance ( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ )

You don’t happen to have a clothes dryer at home, do you?

You are now breathing manually

The grassy null?

EU members are hooked on tax revenue from US big tech as well. Ireland, for example, is host to Meta offices and datacenters which are huge for revenue and jobs. As an outside observer, this seems to be a major source of tension and debate within that country. Meta just has way too much leverage. It remains to be seen whether the EU as a whole or individual members will have the foresight to seize upon the opportunity to foster an open, alternative tech ecosystem as Doctorow suggests. But, like he says, it will only take one to blow the doors open.

I’m not sure how far you read, but he argues that it would only take one country’s legislature to set this off and reap the rewards of nurturing a fully open alternative to the US big-tech stack.

With the US pissing off pretty much everyone else and losing allies by the day, it will only be a matter of time before the doors are blown open on this.

Dear god