MacOS could automatically determine whether a clone can be done though.

The behavior of cp is standardized across multiple operating systems. It should do the same thing regardless of where it is run.

Have you tried TeXmacs or its fork Mogan?

Maybe money from these AI novels would go to their estate.

Wouldn't you want people to eagerly anticipate new novels from "you" every year, long after you've died?

I don’t want for anything after death save peace.

What about seeing more novels written in your name by an AI as you get older and don’t write as frequently?

If your only concern is making money, maybe. Some authors do that, but an AI isn't necessary. If anything, using a ghostwriter and not an AI is a better guarantee of quality.

However I would assume many if not most authors actually care that the words attached to their name are their own.

Not really. Besides, those new novels wouldn't be from me. Why would I care about them?

But that would encourage students to intentionally do poorly on IQ tests so they can get more AI help.

In the future, you will be able to augment your brain with an AI headset.

Having a smarter person walk around with you all the time to augment your brain would not be as feasible.

Maybe you just want better hearing without knowing the extent of your hearing problem.

I feel like you missed my point.

If they correct your hearing noticeably, you will know that you had a hearing problem. Whether they pop up a little dialogue telling you that or not.

"Hearing problem" is not a binary thing. People just want to have their hearing improved while believing that their hearing problem is minor even when it is not.

> People just want to have their hearing improved while believing that their hearing problem is minor even when it is not.

How do you know? Do you have serious research proving this, are you guessing based on your own opinion, or are you making stuff up entirely?

People in hell want ice water, I want my iPad to run Linux and sideload an IDE and a browser that isn't a toy. Apple does not care, ever, and will always implement a single happy-path solution for people instead of giving them customization options. That's just the way it is, period - screw how you feel, it's our device and you're just living with it.

You need to "validate" your questions before asking them. You are posting literal nonsense most days and it's getting to the point that people cannot respond to your posts with rational answers because they'll get an even more irrational response back. If you're expecting Apple to give a shit about people's hurt feelings then bud, you've got another thing coming.

No teacher right now is going to take the time to check that. Most of us are already near a breaking point.

If you force people to be parents, that feels like it would not lead to a great outcome for the children.

It's not a problem. It's basic autonomy. My life is my own, and I am not state property.

And, frankly, what makes you think I'd be willing to raise somebody else's children if I don't want to have children of my own?

The very notion of mandatory parenthood is as un-American as the notion of an official church of the United States. What in Satan's holy name is wrong with you?

Social media sites could suspend users who post with bad grammar.

But social media sites rely on the illiterate masses to as impressionable targets for ad revenue. Why would any rational business enforce that when a competing and indiscriminate alternative would be guaranteed more successful?

Have you seen any such advertising at all on the fediverse?

No, but as a Fediverse user I can tell you firsthand that it's a less successful or attractive platform than X or Facebook.

Not that I mind, but I think the statement still stands.

X is dying and a series of terrible decisions are contributing towards it. Most recently allowing people who are blocked to view posts.

Twitter has been dying since the moment it was born. It never turned a profit under Dorsey, sure as hell won't turn a profit under Musk, and will likely die after being traded around as a hot-potato asset after Elon liquidates. Maybe Zuckerburg will wake up with a chip on his shoulder and buy it to make "Twitter: A Meta Product". HN would sure get a kick out of that.

None of that really changes the popularity or adoption of federated alternatives, though. I think people are getting tired of social media and are cutting it out of their lives whether they realize it or not. Musk's politically-motivated ramblings definitely drove the knife in the back, but I'm not going to smile and pretend that @jack incorporating crypto features into Twitter wasn't cringeworthy and drove people away too. I never made a Twitter account specifically because I knew this would happen, and now that it's gone up in flames I don't find myself being more active on the fediverse. I think I just resent the whole thing as a vain and poorly commercialized popularity contest.

Why would they do that?

That would just result in an overly toxic userbase where being a grammar Nazi is actually encouraged.