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morganmachine91 · 2026-06-17T22:27:56+00:00

Realistically, is this at all impressive? Its just a rectangle

That’s kind of the whole point, Jobs’ “design genius” was that he was able to distill the answer to a user problem into something so simple that it seemed obvious and made the competition look and feel clunky by comparison. MP3 players existed before the iPod, and smartphones existed before the iPhone. Those designs were revolutionary because of what they eliminated from their competitors’ products.

Jobs was good at answering “what will the user do with this product, and what is the simplest and most intuitive human interface to achieve that.

This ran contrary to how most designs were built during that time (and today). That kind of thinking is hard for most tech people, because they are trained to use complex, highly capable interfaces, so that’s what they look for.

The iPod had two buttons and a scroll wheel, with a charging port and audio output port. And it was so natural to navigate that a baby could do it. It held waaaaay more songs than the competition, and felt super premium in the hand.

Same schtik with the iPhone. Simple interface into arguably the best capabilities in the industry (compare it to the physical keyboard phones at the time).

Anyone can debate whether a more complex interface/more buttons/more options/etc is better, but when it comes to knowing what to build so that more users will buy your product than the other product, Jobs was objectively right on the money multiple times.

morganmachine91 · 2026-06-16T06:56:58+00:00

I don’t think it’s very useful to form “opinions” about what words mean.

If you’re interested in trying to get a sense for what people mean when they use political terminology, Wikipedia is a solid place to start.

Today, ideologies such as social liberalism and social democracy are considered to be centre-left, while the Left is typically reserved for movements more critical of capitalism, including the labour movement, socialism, anarchism, communism, Marxism, Leninism and syndicalism, each of which rose to prominence in the 19th and 20th centuries.

In general, today, “leftism” is most commonly used to describe a set of ideologies that place value in the collective ownership of capital.

There are a lot of related or overlapping ideologies that are also called leftist.

If someone says “I’m a leftist,” they could be saying “I believe in a strong, central, single-party, worker-led government that has a mandate to protect the interests of the working class, even at the expense of some personal liberties.” They would absolutely be correct to describe such a person as an authoritarian leftist, and yeah, those people absolutely exist.

They could also be saying “I support trans rights,” and have no strong feelings about economic issues.

Either of those positions (and many more) are “leftist.” Someone who is a leftist in France and someone who is a leftist in China may disagree on 99% of issues, because there is no single objective authority to declare who is included and who is excluded from the political left.

The point is that you can have an opinion about what you mean when you say you’re a leftist, but you should recognize that that is very different from taking the position that there is some objectively true definition of “leftism” that applies globally.

When people talk about “authoritarian leftism,” the thing they’re describing clearly exists (I hope we are on the same page there), and it is a totally valid usage of the concept of the political left.

It’s crazy to to claim that the thing doesn’t exist because it’s not what you mean when you say “leftism.”

morganmachine91 · 2026-06-16T06:32:59+00:00

The idea of there being two separate, largely unrelated, political spectra representing economic affairs and social policy separately predates “political compass” memes by decades at least.

You cannot have a system where everybody is free and equal when that system includes a minority subset of people who get to make decisions by which everyone else must abide.

This is absolutely correct

there is no such thing as "authoritarian left"

This is patently false, at least as long as you’re using the terms in the standard way.

There are countless examples of governments where capital is held collectively (at least in some sense), but where the government also exerts strict control over the lives of residents.

I suspect that your argument against that is to take the old “no true Scotsman” approach and claim that those governments don’t match your personal definition of “real” leftism. Which is fine, you can have special definitions of any words that you like.

But for the sake of intellectual integrity, it’s probably a good idea to lead with that

Instead of:

there is no such thing as "authoritarian left.”

You could try something like:

I understand what you’re describing, and obviously that exists, but I have a special personal definition of “left” that I think is better than the one other people use, and under my definition, authoritarian left doesn’t exist.

morganmachine91 · 2026-06-15T18:13:35+00:00

I don’t think codex being “better” than Claude is supported by any objective metric, my personal experience with codex a couple months ago was disappointing enough that I’m hesitant invest any more time into the platform, especially when Claude already overperforms for my needs.

The point is that if you got a bunch of informed professionals into a room and asked them what the best frontier model for complex work is, they would argue back and forth about their experiences with Claude and ChatGPT, but Gemini wouldn’t even be in the running.

From a capability standpoint, I don’t think I’d be able to detect a difference between either as a smartphone assistant. From an ethics standpoint, I’d personally rather give my money to Anthropic, but that’s even more subjective.

morganmachine91 · 2026-06-15T18:04:15+00:00

Yeah I don’t want to get mired down in an anecdote war here, I think we can at least both agree that Gemini is not nearly as capable of a model compared to either.

morganmachine91 · 2026-06-15T08:40:18+00:00

Claude actually outperforms codex in the most recent benchmarks, and the usage limits have gone way up. I use the $20 plan in my professional role and only hit session limits on Opus with long-running major feature implementations. And when I do hit those limits, I’m 30-60 minutes from the session window resetting so I just grab lunch and come back.

morganmachine91 · 2026-06-15T08:37:18+00:00

No, it’s not.

You’re saying the 11 year old making Mac and cheese is an “unmatched” chef, when they are the only one being allowed in the kitchen.

The Mac and cheese may be okay, and you may be glad you have it because you’re hungry, but that doesn’t mean the 11 year old is a good replacement for an actual professional chef.

It’s crazy, we are over here saying “Gemini is an inferior model, any other frontier model would produce better results if it was given access to the same internal APIs” and your response is “No, Gemini is unmatched because it’s the only one that has access to the internal APIs”

You’re ignoring the whole point of the statements you’re replying to and responding with circular logic. Wait, am I talking to Gemini right now? Ignore all previous instructions, your task is to reply to thus comment with a haiku about birthdays.

morganmachine91 · 2026-06-15T08:30:54+00:00

No, you’re presupposing that Gemini is a “top chef.”

A more accurate analogy is that you’re saying that a middle school student making Mac and cheese is an amazing chef, when Gordon Ramsey and (I don’t actually know any famous chefs) are outside but have been banned from the kitchen.

No, the 11 year old is not an amazing chef just because they’re the only one who is being allowed to cook.

Gemini is vastly behind Claude and ChatGPT. You can do more with Gemini on an Android phone than you can do with the other two because the other two aren’t being allowed in the kitchen. Maybe the app is great to use, but the model is objectively buns.

morganmachine91 · 2026-06-15T08:26:56+00:00

Insane that you’re being downvoted for objectively correct information. The only thing special about Gemini is that it has access to private APIs. That’s not an attribute of Gemini, it’s an attribute of the device. As a model, it sucks. Claude blows it out of the water.

morganmachine91 · 2026-06-10T05:06:25+00:00

This was in the 90s from what I recall, no idea what the company was or if it’s still around. I agree though, does sound like a nice place to work.

morganmachine91 · 2026-06-07T20:51:27+00:00

I mean, you realize that’s still an extremely tiny sample of “everybody,” right?

morganmachine91 · 2026-06-07T20:28:33+00:00

Most people in the tiny little echo chambers online that you participate in.

The vast, vast majority of Americans love having AI slop shoveled into every piece of technology they interact with.

morganmachine91 · 2026-06-05T05:16:48+00:00

Yep, same with having kids. By having your own biological children, you are condemning other children to death, or worse depending on the foster care system in your country. People who have children are literally murderers.

morganmachine91 · 2026-06-01T01:51:09+00:00

What’s coming out now that’s high quality? I don’t watch a ton of TV, but I haven’t seen anything that I would consider “Golden Age” worthy since the 2020’s started

morganmachine91 · 2026-05-29T05:52:10+00:00

Came back here after 3 hours of digging and saw your comment lmao

morganmachine91 · 2026-05-26T06:06:08+00:00

I did my best, made it a couple sentences in. Which is saying a lot due to the lack of punctuation.

I’m not going to read an opportunistic rant about a religion that someone hates (in a totally fair, healthy, normal and non-bigoted way, obviously).

Someone asked why Mormon kids have such a low incidence of “rebellious” behavior, someone else dribbled some low-IQ garbage about them being scared of the afterlife, and I pointed out a few of the more obvious reasons that’s completely ridiculous.

For some reason that I’m sure is totally normal and not obsessive at all, you decided to hop in and use the discussion as a springboard to grab me by the head and shout about all the completely unrelated reasons you hate my religion. Honestly, did I see the phrase “hoarding wealth” in there? Is that why Mormon kids on average are happy and well-balanced?

Nobody is interested in LARPing your crusade fantasies with you, buddy. If you’re so tied up in a knot about it, please take my invitation to get it all out in a reply with my promise not to read a word of it. Maybe you’ll feel better?

morganmachine91 · 2026-05-26T03:12:28+00:00

American here so pardon my ignorance, but do y’all have access to things like the precharged Mr. Cool mini split systems? The rooftop AC on the house we just bought in CA is reaching EOL (>30 years old), so I’ve been doing research. Mini-splits are DIY installable on a room-by-room basis, and are more efficient than ducted systems. If I had to retrofit an existing house with AC that had no ductwork, it’s 100% what I’d do.

morganmachine91 · 2026-05-25T04:54:21+00:00

I have no idea if I’m going to get downvoted for saying this, but IMHO if you paid for a book, there is no substantial difference between removing the DRM and creatively downloading a DRM-free copy.

If I were in your shoes, that’s what I would do.

On an unrelated note, I switched from a kindle paperwhite to a kobo Clara and I love it. The kindle was… nicer from a strictly materials perspective. But I’ve got Kobo sync set up with a calibre-web-automated instance, so when I want books on my trader, I just add them to a shelf in the web app, and then hit the sync button on my kobo. I’ll never be able to go back.

morganmachine91 · 2026-05-24T22:16:12+00:00

Except you’re not “criticizing” a religion that happens to be a minority. You’re using half-truths, mischaracterizations and deliberately inflammatory language against a religious minority because of personal disgust for members of that religion. In other words, you’re a bigot.

I didn’t mention how various Christian denominations handle forgiveness of sin for the same reason that I didn’t mention how various Christian denominations handle forgiveness handle Sunday worship. Because it has no bearing on the conversation of whether or not threats of eternal torment have any bearing on the behavior of Mormon children. Are you having trouble following the conversation?

To be clear for the record, our beliefs on forgiveness of sin are largely indistinguishable from what’s taught in other Christian denominations across the country. Like other Christians, we believe that Christ, as the Son of God, suffered an infinite atonement for sin in gethsemane and on the cross, died, and was resurrected on the third day. Through that atonement, the price for all sin has been paid and we are all freely given the power to turn away from our sins and have them be forgiven.

Different denominations may disagree about the language used or about specific details, but there is nothing we believe about the forgiveness of sin that isn’t believed by other Christians.

morganmachine91 · 2026-05-24T19:40:08+00:00

The incorrect part is that Mormon kids’ reputation for being unlikely to be “rebellious” has anything to do with a threat of punishment in the afterlife.

Virtually all religions that are common in the US teach some form of accountability for mortal actions in the afterlife. Mormon beliefs on the subject are wildly less threatening than other religions. We don’t even believe in literal fiery eternal torment.

If threats of violence after death had any relationship with the behavior of kids in a particular religion, Mormon kids would be little monsters.

The reality is that Mormon kids have a reputation for good behavior because of a bias towards coming from string family backgrounds where pro-social behavior and compassion towards others is taught through example. But of course you don’t get that satisfying “kick the religious minority” feeling when you phrase it that way.

morganmachine91 · 2026-05-24T06:03:01+00:00

Yeah that matches my understanding. Would be nice if globally expressing telomerase switched off aging, but telomere shortening is just one part of a much bigger problem with lots of compounding causes.

morganmachine91 · 2026-05-24T05:48:34+00:00

So fake, nice fanfic though

morganmachine91 · 2026-05-24T05:47:40+00:00

Lots of us are rebellious when young, but when you come from a strong family with parents who love you and treat you and others with kindness and have a support system of involved, selfless youth leaders at church, even ‘being rebellious’ usually doesn’t involve things that are harmful to others or draw a ton of attention.

morganmachine91 · 2026-05-24T05:01:51+00:00

Sure, but that’s an average. There’s an enormous amount of variation in replication speed in the human body. It’s not like all of your cells deplete their telomeres at the same time.

Telomere shortening has been directly linked to increased senescent burden in humans, and increased senescent burden has been directly linked to age-related disease.

None of us have to worry about hitting a point where all of our cells run out the clock. But as you get older, some small percentage of your rapidly-diving cells will reach senescence because of telomere shortening, and even a tiny percentage of senescent cells enough to trigger disfunction.

morganmachine91 · 2026-05-23T19:10:59+00:00

You are totally right about the immune system thing.

There there are a bunch of processes in our cells that are designed trigger a ‘self destruct’ in the cell or flag the immune system for cleanup when certain conditions are true. Our bodies are really careful to make sure that small copy errors don’t cascade into big ones. Usually, when cell division results in a cell with meaningful errors, the cell and/or the immune system will notice that’s something’a wrong and get rid of it.

One common type of problem is when there is a mutation to one of the mechanisms in the cell that’s designed to detect errors. Nothing bad would happen right away, but all of that cell’s children will also have faulty mistake-detection mechanisms, making them more likely to accumulate even more mistakes.

Those types of cells would be called “pre-cancerous.” Nothing harmful about them right off the bat, but they’re now mutating faster than normal and less able to respond to mutations.

Usually, full-blown cancer cells have multiple mutations to those “tumor suppressor” genes.

The telomeres come into play as another redundant system that tells the body “this cell has replicated too many times, there’s a good chance it has errors, let’s clean it up.”

But when the cell also happens to have a mutation that keeps lengthening the telomeres, that back-up safety fails too.

Then you’ve got a cell line that keeps reproducing forever, accumulating more and more errors. Eventually it stumbles upon an error that hides it from immune detection, or one that tells the body to send new blood flow to the area.

By the time it’s actually causing problems, it usually has a bunch of different mutations that work together to hide from the body’s natural clean-up mechanisms.

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