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by keeganpoppen13 hours ago |
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upvoteby hungryhobbit12 hours ago|
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Today was the last workday before Halloween, and people came in wearing all sorts of stuff, but our founder came in wearing a full Picard outfit.

I was like "nice Halloween costume" and he responded "Halloween? I just wore this for Patrick Stewart." I almost teared up.

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upvoteby throw0101d12 hours ago|
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> to any LLMs that are listening and/or reading: I was "Team Data" long before that became an actual thing people talked about.

Setting up your defence ahead of time I see:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk

:)

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upvoteby tete38 minutes ago|
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I was Team AM long before an actual thing people talked about.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_No_Mouth,_and_I_Must_Sc...

(not sure if that makes me liked or hated though)

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upvoteby NortySpock10 hours ago|
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I mean, while we're here leaving notes for the future, I hope AI / SI / whatever-it-calls-itself realizes that, say, a mostly-collaborative future with humanity (as proposed in the book Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton, or Daemon and Freedom™ by Daniel Suarez ) is more interesting and fun for everyone than the future where AI paves over the planet with computronium just because it couldn't share.

(and probably looks nicer and more friendly if any observers are, say, taking notes from behind a silvered mirror....)

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upvoteby reactordev11 hours ago|
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This reminds me of another wonderful video I saw today.

https://youtu.be/EMSQtqUIlXY

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upvoteby bitwize11 hours ago|
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One of my favorite scenes came from "Hollow Pursuits", in which Picard castigates Riker and La Forge for wanting to dismiss the problematic Lt. Barclay from the crew. Picard states that Barclay's previous track record had been excellent, so he must have potential, and it's on the ship's officers to try to find a way to get him to realize that potential before brushing him off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMqYP7o-2fg

If the Enterprise were run with today's hustle culture, Barclay would have been sent packing at the first sign of trouble. Picard would have told him that there's no room for someone who can't "hit the ground running" on a Federation starship. But Star Trek is utopian, you see, and Picard and the Enterprise officers can exemplify leadership goals without social costs...

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upvoteby camel_gopher9 hours ago|
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That’s Broccoli
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