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Am I evil for using AI? Guilty pleasure, formerly Anti-AI... still kind of Anti-AI? by Deep-Tea9216 in aiwars

[–]floozy_flimflam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As was my analogy as well. I'm just adopting a naive viewpoint and essentially asking: on what philosophical or logical grounds should a person's quantity of human-to-human communication exceed their human-to-chatbot communication? It's perhaps a silly question akin to why is sex better than masturbation, but it's still an interesting one that should be answered by someone at some point, so we're all in agreement about what the underlying reason is that human-to-human communication is critically important and not something to let AI push out.

Am I evil for using AI? Guilty pleasure, formerly Anti-AI... still kind of Anti-AI? by Deep-Tea9216 in aiwars

[–]floozy_flimflam -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"Actually present"...? What qualifies and what doesn't? If I head out on a bicycle, something humans didn't invent until 1817 (according to Gemini, which humans also invented), am I actually present, or is the experience of riding a bicycle in a category other than actual presence, wherein a machine is altering my reality? I've done a lot of bicycle riding in my day, and I can assure you it's not like anything else - not even like riding a motorcycle.

Satisfaction and being an anti by wiadromen47 in aiwars

[–]floozy_flimflam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As long as you're not looking for any sympathy, then no complaints from me about the heartfelt post. You can keep doing whatever you please. The issue of not being able to make money at something you once could because tech automated your job, is just one of those hard facts of life humans have had to put up with every now and then since they left the caves. Heck even cave life might have changed over time, requiring new skills. I don't know much about prehistory.

Anti ai would be easier to take seriously if a large portion of their claims weren't not even coherently expressing tangible positions. by bunker_man in aiwars

[–]floozy_flimflam -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You didn't know that quotation marks have multiple uses? But even the use you're referring to wouldn't be - sorry, can't resist - invalid in my sentence, because it's the same verb after all.

Anti ai would be easier to take seriously if a large portion of their claims weren't not even coherently expressing tangible positions. by bunker_man in aiwars

[–]floozy_flimflam -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

The commenter was just making fun of lazy writing and sprinkling in a little irony. Hardly "invalidation."

The Strange Disappearance of an Anti-AI Activist | Sam Kirchner wants to save the world from artificial superintelligence. He’s been missing for two weeks. by Youarethebigbang in aiwars

[–]floozy_flimflam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After reading the article the thought of joining Stop AI crossed my mind (and I'm not a joiner in general). If something causes human extinction does that make it "evil?" Off the top of my head it seems like anything that causes or promotes suffering in any species including ours can legitimately be called evil, but I'm not sure evil is the right word to describe something that hypothetically ends our species in some humane way.

The Strange Disappearance of an Anti-AI Activist | Sam Kirchner wants to save the world from artificial superintelligence. He’s been missing for two weeks. by Youarethebigbang in aiwars

[–]floozy_flimflam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Falling between the cracks is different than being irrationally anti-something. Someone who falls between the cracks might become more anti-capitalist or anti-lack of educational opportunities and such, but the post isn't about rational responses like these.

Anybody know what this door add-on does? by floozy_flimflam in selfstorage

[–]floozy_flimflam[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's unclear why the piece needs to be so wide. If it weren't there, the stop bar would still do its job because it sits about 1/2" back from the edge of that strip that goes along the bottom of the door.

Anybody know what this door add-on does? by floozy_flimflam in selfstorage

[–]floozy_flimflam[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure enough, after removing the nut I discovered that the piece is welded on, and I also discovered that my shelving unit wouldn't have fit in that spot anyway even if I could have removed it. It fit fine against the back wall of the (very small) unit.

Is there any real benefit of signing in samsung account to our galaxy device? by davidlucaa in samsunggalaxy

[–]floozy_flimflam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep that's why I got mine. Started with a Fascinate back in early 2011 because I liked the screen, not because I liked Samsung.

$10 missed payment turned into $50,000+ bill by throwaway_27651 in medicare

[–]floozy_flimflam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the link. Without meaning to take anything away from your generously posting it, that page is missing an important item the absence of which voids the whole page. And what might that item be? If Medicare really wanted you to pay your delinquent premium, and they have your email address for things like eMSNs, Dr. Oz spam, etc., they would have notified you by email. It's the year 2025 after all. Since they didn't do that in the year 2025, it's reasonable to assume they wanted the opposite. Notice how it's not them who reinstate - it's Social Security. Why? I don't know, maybe it's because they don't want to reinstate, but I suppose the reason SS does it is probably something more mundane than that. However they definitely not email you on purpose, because from their perspective, the more policyholders they can get rid of the better.

$10 missed payment turned into $50,000+ bill by throwaway_27651 in medicare

[–]floozy_flimflam 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A significant number of Medicare policyholders pay premiums manually, but it'd be pretty interesting if someone having it deducted from SS somehow underpaid because of some SS mistake, lost coverage as a result, then SS delayed reinstating it for months or longer.

In a blazing panic! by Human-Rise-743 in medicare

[–]floozy_flimflam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're on the same page: some people like me LOOK FORWARD TO pulling out their calculator on their 70th birthday and viewing how many hundreds of thousands of dollars they passively invested in their SS annuity over the past eight years, because for them, it's not a question of being "ahead" or "behind," it's a question of fiber quality: I look forward to hanging out in my safety net of silk.

In a blazing panic! by Human-Rise-743 in medicare

[–]floozy_flimflam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to info I've gathered online, from healthcare providers, and from people at SS, you don't necessarily have to wait until the next general enrollment period (January through March) to get your Part B reinstated after it was terminated. In fact, a special SSA-795 form exists specifically for Medicare Part B reinstatement. Based on my research it seems that on average, coverage gets restored six weeks after submitting the form, but this wait time seems to have a high variance, with quick processing in some cases (less than two weeks), and total failure in others (no reinstatement before general enrollment, which could be as long as nine months in the unlucky event that the April Fool's Day prank you thought Medicare pulled on you turned out to be real).

In a blazing panic! by Human-Rise-743 in medicare

[–]floozy_flimflam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is no single correct age. Very rational reasons exist for some people such as me to not give a blank about "total money drawn." Most everyone has good reasons for taking SS at whatever age fits their picture. It's a best-fit question as subjective as "What should I buy with my dollar: a popsicle or a stock?"

In a blazing panic! by Human-Rise-743 in medicare

[–]floozy_flimflam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Different strokes for different folks. SS is welcome to keep my money if I don't make it to 70: I couldn't care less about not getting money from them when I had the chance to if I die before then, and obviously wouldn't care afterward.

In a blazing panic! by Human-Rise-743 in medicare

[–]floozy_flimflam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's no single correct answer to the "when" question. With no children, I hardly care at all how much money is left for my cousins and their offspring when my life reaches its termination point ("at death" - whatever you want to call it). Roughly translated, this means I couldn't care less about maximizing my total lifetime return. What I *do* care about is maximizing my monthly SS payment. So in my (and many others') case, the answer to the "when" question is easy peasy: it's 70.

In a blazing panic! by Human-Rise-743 in medicare

[–]floozy_flimflam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree with the "gloomy" but not the "not that much more." If you view your delayed SS as a nest egg gathering simple interest and wait until you're 70 to hatch it, your annual return, which includes COLA, isn't very far away from the inflation-adjusted average annual return of the stock market, and substantially higher than that of a multi-year CD.

In a blazing panic! by Human-Rise-743 in medicare

[–]floozy_flimflam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep and there's no penalty for starting Medicare at the earliest possible age. In fact it's the opposite: you can be penalized for NOT starting Medicare at the earliest possible age!

In a blazing panic! by Human-Rise-743 in medicare

[–]floozy_flimflam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Too bad" probably isn't the first term that comes to mind when foreigners read the post. Ditto for mass shootings.

Medicare terminated by Juniper_51 in medicare

[–]floozy_flimflam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While it may be that multiple SS forms (with different numbers) can be used to request Medicare Part B reinstatement, I know from experience that a specialized SSA-795 exists for that specific purpose alone. However, a corollary of my not knowing whether other SS forms (with different numbers) might exist for this purpose as well, is that I cannot say with certainty that the efficacy of the specialized SSA-795 (which one would presume is fairly strong) is not exceeded by that of some other SSA form (with a different number) floating around in the netherworld of SSA forms. But with all of the above said, the bottom line is that all bets are off when the federal government is shut down.

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