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It's not either of those. Anthropic put a lot of effort into getting FedRAMP approved so the DOD could use them; they are now being punished for that, and the g
by mediaman 8mo ago
It's not either of those. Anthropic put a lot of effort into getting FedRAMP approved so the DOD could use them; they are now being punished for that, and the government at present has no other good options. Other options could of course be developed, but other vendors may question how unreliable and untrustworthy the current DOD leadership is as as customer.
- stronglikedan 8mo ago> DOD *DOW
- ok_dad 8mo agoNo it’s still the DoD legally
- dpkirchner 8mo agoThere is no such thing. That's a fantasy term used by deluded people to signal a particular virtue.
- mindslight 8mo ago... signal a particular vice. It's vice signalling. We generally think of war as bad and try to avoid it, most especially the people tasked with fighting said wars. Nothing has changed about the performative-ness, in fact if anything it's gotten more performative and hollow. They just signal vices rather than virtues, so a bunch of rightist-flavored-Lenin's useful idiots think it is fresh or effective or anti-"woke" or at least different.
- jvandreae 8mo agoAh, yes, the Orwellian newspeak that is the phrase "Department of Defense" is something worth protecting. What next, the Ministry of Truth? I don't really give any weight to what a leftist considers a vice or a virtue.
- mindslight 8mo agoThe "Orwellian newspeak" at least makes an effort to aim for positive values, despite falling short. That's the point. Also, please define what you mean by "leftist". These days it seems like it gets applied to anybody who believes in Constitutionally-limited government and the rule of law. That used to just be called being an American, but social media is a hell of a drug.
- b112 8mo agoI keep seeing DOW everywhere, and honestly had no idea it wasn't a legal namechange yet (or ever). There's even a webpage for it. So cut the guy some slack. No one knows wtf is actually going on these days.
- mindslight 8mo agoWith a malevolent agent in the bully pulpit deliberately swamping the American zeitgeist with hostile nonsense ("flood the zone with shit"), it has become every American's duty to be on guard to avoid propagating the regime's bullshit. We are indeed at war, an information war of the US elites against We The People. So buck up.
- b112 8mo agoI'm not american, and further, whether a department name change is a primary name change, or an alias slapped on, seems pretty low on the list of things to care about.
- mindslight 8mo agoIs your argument that you're not involved enough in American politics to have responsible opinions about it, even though you're involved enough to comment in the first place? I agree this in isolation is low stakes. The problem is the volume. The memetic assault is everywhere you turn, and propagating it helps the regime. And yes, it's far too easy to do accidentally. That doesn't mean we shouldn't appreciate others calling it out.
- b112 8mo agoIs your argument that you're not involved enough in American politics to have responsible opinions about it, even though you're involved enough to comment in the first place? I wonder who or what you're replying to here. Certainly, it has no relation to anything I've said in this thread. That doesn't mean we shouldn't appreciate others calling it out. Again, who are you replying to with this? I said "take it easy", not "don't ever bring that up".
- LordDragonfang 8mo agoAlso by the people that just work there(, man). I mean, as dumb as it is, there is a certain musicality to hearing someone with a southern accent sardonically call it the dee-oh-dubya.
- croes 8mo agoPretty ironic that this is coming from the same people that are opposing preferred pronouns and like to deadname people.
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- learingsci 8mo agoIs over $50,000, all arguments are invalid.
- SecretDreams 8mo ago> untrustworthy the current DOD leadership is as as customer. Less than a year left on this clock.
- b112 8mo agoYou sure? War with Canada is about to break out, and you can't have elections when at war.
- bhelkey 8mo agoIs this sarcasm? The US held elections during World War II [1]. [1] https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1944 https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-...
- b112 8mo agoI guess that proves elections can't be delayed, right?
- pavlov 8mo agoThe US President in 1944 was someone who wanted to have elections. In 2026 this is not the case anymore. How much of a difference it makes, nobody knows.
- wat10000 8mo agoElections won't be canceled. They're too important for the perception of legitimacy. Virtually every country on Earth now has elections. Russia, China, even North Korea has elections. The modern playbook isn't to abolish elections, it's a combination of blocking opposition candidates, suppressing votes, intimidating voters, and lying about the results. That's what to watch for.
- wrs 8mo ago“Watch for”? That has been actively happening, at an accelerating pace. (Especially if you count “lying about someone else lying about the results”.)
- ksymph 8mo agoSeems like Microsoft/OpenAI [0] and Google [1] both have FedRAMP approval. [0] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azuregov/azure-openai-fedramp-high-for-government/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azuregov/azure-openai-fedramp... [1] https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/gemini-in-workspace-apps-and-the-gemini-app-are-first-to-achieve-fedramp-high-authorization https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/gemini-in...