Varelion

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   by Varelion 2mo ago

   Leaders profit off the military industrial complex. Take away that complex and they would certainly look for the next opportunity so bleed the working class, but the sham would be far more visible and less efficient. Either way, a massive s
2. 62.▲
   by Varelion 2mo ago

   What a fucking joke.
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   by Varelion 3mo ago

   What sardonic and woefully glib comment. To think that this is in anyway going to help people -- or even the industries that are stepping on their necks, is really some wishful thinking.
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   by Varelion 3mo ago

   Trash in, trash out -- just like LLMs and data. Then comes to mind George Carlin's comment on politicians: “Now, there's one thing you might have noticed I don't complain about: politicians. Everybody complains about politici
5. 65.▲
   by Varelion 3mo ago

   Exactly. I am simply done using any service whose source code I cannot audit myself.
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   by Varelion 3mo ago

   Project 2025 vehemently goes against of it. Why was I downvoted? I am right. The american government strides in lockstep with P25 and corruption.
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   by Varelion 3mo ago

   Sorry, where is the source code? For any trust to be built OS should be a prime feature at this point in the game.
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   by Varelion 3mo ago

   This sums up every single bit of AI "progress" since 2022.
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   by Varelion 3mo ago

   So much for innocent until proven guilty.
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    I really hate that these kinds of justifications almost always ends up to serve as a push for acceptance through apathy of the status-quo, as opposed to fueling that outrage that pushes for positive change.
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    > Some people would say it is reaching some sort of singularity. Those people never took Systems Thinking, or are failing to apply it to AI as a non-closed system.
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    When learning new languages, frameworks, or systems, I've learned over the last ten years that I -- as ADHD riddled as I am -- retain and engage with information a lot more when I write by hand, even if I am not medicated.
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    If Billionaires steal from the present, which they do (see net wealth change over the past seven years as wealth transfer from the people), they also steal from the future. Not to mention the deluge of capital going into the pockets of poli
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    Warned by YComb? I got something similar when discussing Flock. Tech companies, in the end of the day, will stand together to suppress dissent under the guise of anything nearing plausible deniability.
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    Jesus H. Christ, never thought about that.
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    I specifically outlined non-MUD role playing environments because I know MUDs lost popularity long before Discord. I am outlining that any form of tech, besides Discord, is sidelines -- MUDs and a hopeful resurgence as well.
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    I really, really hope you lot manage to!
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    I honestly worry that the relevance of text-based systems is largely tied with literacy and how it interacts with the player's imagination -- something largely in decline, at least in the US.
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    A little irrelevant, but I need to vent about something MUD adjacent. I really wish MUDs were still a thing. The text-based roleplaying communities were largely swallowed by Discord, where as before they existed scattered over proboards, jc
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    I really wish I was in a position I could afford to subscribe to Kagi.
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    Perfect -- this is exactly the kind of project I was hoping to see gain some traction as of late.
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    I sincerely don't understand what the point of these laws are, when the cost of flagrant violations is no more than a slap on the wrist -- these really meager sums that serve as nothing more than something to point at and say "Loo
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    I believe in, and am a big proponent of physical 2FA being widely adopted -- though I own a half-dozen YubyKeys, I do wonder what their profit margins are. They feel a lot more expensive than they should be.
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    I can't believe this is how the guise of democracy in this country dies.
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    This process has been carried out, publicly, a few times. Every time the results not only fail to support the current regime's narrative, they actively goes against it. So, the question becomes: "Who is getting kickbacks for this
26. 86.▲
    by Varelion 3mo ago

    This UI is YUMMYYY
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    Will do, thank you!
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    I'm sorry, is there further reading material on this? I am pretty new to political/economic science.
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    I do not understand the logic going into these companies. Flagrantly violate all IP in Human history, essentially claiming domain over the heritage of Humanity... And... Try to privatize it? When the technology -- and data -- are both publi
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    by Varelion 3mo ago

    A very interesting thing to read on a long NYC metro ride.