archagon

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by archagon 1y ago
As an American with extensive time spent in Europe, I’d much, much rather have European-style metros and tramways than self-driving cars. Waymo (though a technical marvel) is a bandaid over our inability to build and maintain public infrast
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by archagon 1y ago
Meanwhile, Musk is busy on Twitter calling for white nationalist “remigration”[1] and advocating for political violence in the UK[2]. One can assume the board fully supports this deranged behavior. I really hope he finds his way to prison s
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by archagon 1y ago
I’m pretty sure my landlord’s family trust owns our 100 year old home outright. At this point, any rent is “free” for them, modulo repair and maintenance costs.
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by archagon 1y ago
The comments here are making some odd assumptions: 1) That buying implies owning your own top-to-bottom house, with no adjacent neighbors. 2) That renting necessarily comes with arbitrary rent increases and risks of eviction. 3) That mixed
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by archagon 1y ago
Do restaurants even use Teflon? I get the sense that most restaurants use stainless steel, carbon steel, or cast iron for practically everything, because nonstick pans will last all of a week under heavy use. (And if you’re a good cook, you
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by archagon 1y ago
I guess maybe making the biggest buck (at the expense of everyone else).
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by archagon 1y ago
I’m not sure what point you think you’re making. The article points to several examples of Grok giving a politically unfavorable answer to a user, Musk throwing a fit about that answer, and then Grok returning a politically tuned answer sev
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by archagon 1y ago
Musk is actively pushing white nationalism these days, so maybe he adjusted the algorithm in line with his political priorities: https://bsky.app/profile/harikunzru.bsky.social/post/3lxrqzm...
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by archagon 1y ago
“Fact checks,” sure. Grok is finely tuned to its master’s demands and politics: https://archive.ph/G0Y4i
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by archagon 1y ago
I think my hardest gaming achievements have been Pantheon of Hallownest, Malenia in Elden Ring, and 106% Super Meat Boy. Silksong is nowhere near as hard as any of those… but I think I’m about 2/3 of the way through, so who knows what’
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by archagon 1y ago
Not to mention promoting full-on white nationalism on Twitter: https://bsky.app/profile/harikunzru.bsky.social/post/3lxrqzm...
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by archagon 1y ago
Meanwhile, Musk can't stop babbling about white nationalism ("remigration") on Twitter: https://bsky.app/profile/harikunzru.bsky.social/post/3lxrqzm... I have to conclude that members of the bo
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by archagon 1y ago
Most Americans don’t drive anywhere near that far.
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by archagon 1y ago
By the way, one of his primary political goals these days is white nationalism. He does not try to hide it anymore: https://bsky.app/profile/harikunzru.bsky.social/post/3lxrqzm... (In case anyone is not famil
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by archagon 1y ago
Or... maybe they actually need money to keep maintaining the project? Not everyone is out there living a life of leisure. If open source purists can't accept that, they'll find their cause gradually shrinking into nothing.
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by archagon 1y ago
Maybe China should colonize Britain to make things better, then.
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by archagon 1y ago
An AI helmed by a deranged megalomaniac who keeps publicly tweaking it to conform to his fucked-up worldview is a fundamentally damaged product, no matter how many millions get poured into it or how shiny the splash page is. I feel like thi
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by archagon 1y ago
For what? He obviously lied.
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by archagon 1y ago
I’ve observed that most of those who switched back are egotists addicted to their status as influencers, not people wishing to actually participate in public conversations. Good riddance, I say. My Bluesky and Mastodon feeds are much nicer
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by archagon 1y ago
Why is this downvoted? Objectively true.
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by archagon 1y ago
> If you ask me, this is a mistake. The algorithm is simpler if you primarily think of it as inserts into a list. (Thanks Kevin Jahns for this insight!) Can you elaborate? This sounds a little tautological, so I must be missing somethi
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by archagon 1y ago
Without any additional context, your comment entirely equivalent to "WAH, I DON'T LIKE IT!"
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by archagon 1y ago
I see European quality of life, not some imagined demons.
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by archagon 1y ago
And what power will force neighboring countries to absorb these people, exactly? Pure wishful thinking.
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by archagon 1y ago
Read his Twitter for a bit and there’s no way you can come away with the impression of an intelligent man.
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by archagon 1y ago
> It's not the British people. Maybe not you , but plenty of British people support immigration. Believe it or not.
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by archagon 1y ago
This is a content-free comment.
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by archagon 1y ago
Can you be more specific? What books were being banned on the state level for being culturally insensitive?
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by archagon 1y ago
Except these revisions were driven by the publisher and not the Democratic party, as far as I can tell. An entirely different scenario.
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by archagon 1y ago
Think what you will, but language does not require your permission to change. Modern English will be as alien to our descendants as Shakespearian English is to us.

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