Freedumbs

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by Freedumbs 12d ago
There isn't much TBH. All newswires are even propaganda by selection mostly. I'd say the newswires that still sort of pretend to be news and usually are only biased through selection: AP and Reuters.
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by Freedumbs 12d ago
If you're interested in being entertained, continue to consume. If you want to learn about science, setup a system to consume Arxiv.
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by Freedumbs 12d ago
Or get this: you could read news if that's what you're interested in. Social media isn't news. It's entertainment.
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by Freedumbs 12d ago
I extend this to people. I understand old habits and what not, but I'm surprised at the culture on social media. Twitter is literally orthodox white supremacy or however they brand it. Quite odd, but not considering current politics. W
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by Freedumbs 2mo ago
Okay. Let's assume they're roughly equal and both never evolved beyond personal liberty or whatever you mean by practically the same. How on earth could you ever claim to be in favor personal liberty, and support GOP over Dems? GO
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by Freedumbs 2mo ago
It seems like you learn about politics through propaganda. When I hear "classic liberal", I think of the philosophical origin of liberalism: Locke and Hobbes. Libertarian contains the same root word, but is not similar to liberal
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by Freedumbs 2mo ago
They were supposed to stop doing it 10 or so years ago. No clue if that's true. Haven't been the zero person for a while.
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by Freedumbs 2mo ago
Maybe I'm really uninformed but classic liberal and libertarian are polar opposites. Republican policy is insanely archaic and constrains human freedoms much more that Democrats, so I'm struggling to see how a libertarian could su
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by Freedumbs 2mo ago
I can agree, it's likely all politicians are corrupt. Democrats are awful, but GOP are genuinely bad people. Like this story for instance. Historically presidents pretended to divest from their holdings and focus on being president, no
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by Freedumbs 2mo ago
This is 100% true and also a tactic used by PNC when I was a near zero person. The hack around it was to try to withdraw cash, then use that. They wouldn't let you overdraft cash withdrawal. That's one anecdotal likely stale trick
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by Freedumbs 2mo ago
How far left do you have to be to oppose white supremacy?
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by Freedumbs 2mo ago
ICE are killing 1 person per week this year. They've tried to game that number down by releasing people as they're about to die from custody. This is a large well organized semi-military force with the backing of the state ($ Bill
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by Freedumbs 2mo ago
From what I've seen and heard, the propaganda is blaming pedestrians for being "distracted". I've heard ads on the radio telling kids to look up when walking and not walk distracted (because automobiles are dangerous). T
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by Freedumbs 2mo ago
Eggs stick if the pan temperature isn't right or if there's not enough lube. User error or skill issue. Here's how to do it: buy good pans, turn on pan to ~medium, add oil and rub in with cloth, add more oil (or butter, butte
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by Freedumbs 2mo ago
Opus 5 also downgrades. it's now Fable -> Opus 5 ; Opus 5 -> Opus 4.8. Unclear why they want to nerf their own products with sometimes right classifiers. I guess the government ban might've been real and not coordinated mar
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by Freedumbs 2mo ago
Why anyone would care what Hegseth thinks about open weight models? What's wrong with Chinese models? The censorship? I think it's good to have diversity of opinion. Get US flavored output on sensitive subjects from US models and
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by Freedumbs 2mo ago
because the maga regime operates this way. they make short term policies to inflate the economy that aren't sustainable while in power, then deadlock congress so the time bomb policies are locked in. it's the same play every time,
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by Freedumbs 3mo ago
Right the areas that companies took money to roll out high speed internet to, then just kept the money and called DSL high speed or just did nothing. The government should keep giving companies money and investing in them. It's brillia
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by Freedumbs 3mo ago
What's the technical distinction? Do you mean music that is composed by an LLM when referring to AI? How can one draw the line? It's like saying math doesn't count if the doctor used a calculator or your house isn't real
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by Freedumbs 3mo ago
There's a lot of moving parts one of which includes the destruction of the concept of truth itself, so it's tough to describe. TLDR: we get to see how powerful modern propaganda systems are compared to those that existed prior to
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by Freedumbs 3mo ago
I don't think so. Covid just provided more cover and justification for the looting programs.
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by Freedumbs 3mo ago
If we assume the play is the same as MAGA 1, the economic fallout happens post-2028. They'll keep inflating the bubble until MAGA cedes power. If that occurs.
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by Freedumbs 3mo ago
Gotta say, I'm really annoyed that the corruption of the government is directly responsible for what new toys I'm allowed to play with.
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by Freedumbs 3mo ago
This article is absurd for an outlet who published an article that's meant to be news not editorial. Reuters was once a news wire and is still considered that. The first two paragraphs refer to "attack" and "strike"
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by Freedumbs 3mo ago
Same thing, but qwen has decided to rebrand certain LLMs that were trained slightly differently as "world models". Despite the fact that "world model" typically means !LLM.
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by Freedumbs 3mo ago
It's possible that there are geographic differences. I don't dispute your experience, just sharing mine. It would be nice to experiment with their platform.
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by Freedumbs 3mo ago
Again, neither Anthropic or OpenAI asked for PII. Only my payment information. Open Router requires a phone to get an account, which is why I'll never have one.
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by Freedumbs 3mo ago
To create an OpenRouter account, you have to supply a phone number. Neither Anthropic or OpenAI required this. This prevents privacy aware users from signing up.
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by Freedumbs 3mo ago
I don't know if it's unhelpful if you consider broader time scales. In 2027 or 2028, Anthropic and OpenAI might decide to stop subsidizing LLM usage and charge enough to profit. Would you pay $100 for a bug fix? They're alrea
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by Freedumbs 3mo ago
I use claude and codex with VPN on and off everyday on personal computer. That's not why.

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