Check out their profile, it's quite literally their only schtick.
EatATaco
joined 1 year ago
The main goal of learning is learning how to learn, or learning how to figure new things out. If "a tool can do it better, so there is no point in not allowing it" was the metric, we would be doing a disservice because no one would understand why things work the way they do, and thus be less equipped to further our knowledge.
This is why I think common core, at least for math, is such a good thing because it teaches you methods that help you intuitively figure out how to get to the answer, rather than some mindless set of steps that gets you to the answer.
As another poster questioned, if it saved them tine then, yes, it is absolutely a win. But if they spent the same amount of time, I would agree with you that it's not a win.
Interesting thought, I would be curious about this too.
The question was how is it better. Sure there is a question of how much accountability there is with the government...but there is zero with a billionaire.
Yup. My strategy has long been:
- Put game in wishlist.
- Wait for it to drop to under 20$ (or close)
- Profit. Well maybe not profit, but save money.
I have kids and sometimes it's important thing from a doctor/school/whatever that I want to get.
However, I'm lucky that my cell phone area code is nowhere near where I live, so if I see an area code near my phones area code, I know it's almost certainly spam. If I get a call from near where I live, its almost certainly legitimate.
Because we jumped to the conclusion that he is being arrested for providing privacy, and thus our internal biases make it difficult for us to quit that idea. Much easier to force the facts to fit the conclusion than it is to reevaluate the conclusion.
This is a much more honest answer, one that I also agree with.
"It's expensive, but I still want everything, so I pirated it. Seems pretty justified."
Look, I've pirated a ton in my life, but this whole "This is actually a noble pursuit" is such a load of fucking horse shit. We want something and don't want to pay the price that is required to get it, so we take it. The best part is "preserving" it, because we all know that when this guy is done playing, it will be deleted and he'll never think of it again.
As I noted elsewhere, the latter argument about him having to sell to bail out x is a compelling argument. That their values are inherently tied together by virtue of him being owner I'm less convinced about because people claim the stock prices are linked, but have no provided no evidence that it is the case, despite it being a relatively easy thing to prove mathematically.
I've never done this. But I have taken lessons from people for instruments, listened to bands I like, and then created and played songs that certainly are influences by all of that. I've also taken a lot of art classes, and studied other people's painting styles and then created things from what I've learned, and said "look at what I made!" Which is far more akin to what AI is doing that what you are implying here.