bigbadfeline

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   by bigbadfeline 2y ago

   There are a whole lot of propaganda-spreading non-profits with agendas which contribute much less to the public interest compared to Wikipedia. This should be the starting point of this discussion because it's apparent that in this cas
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   by bigbadfeline 2y ago

   >> Thousands of innocents are jailed in there. > Maybe, maybe not. If "Maybe guilty" is grounds for punishment, it can excuse any atrocity, including genocide. > But definitely better than ~10000 killed in the meantime
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   by bigbadfeline 2y ago

   How can we even know ends or means if the government or whatever cult/cartel/corp/warlord can dictate what information is released and what you know? Those who try to tell the truth are labeled "violent gangsters"
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   by bigbadfeline 2y ago

   On the contrary, humans need to develop these territories further because AI is only a follower and a student of human-created knowledge, that's why it excels in student-related tasks. In order to have good AI we need good human scienc
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   by bigbadfeline 2y ago

   That's sounds like what religions do, so call it a religion and proceed accordingly.
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   by bigbadfeline 2y ago

   > "career unelected bureaucrats" Still sounds like a magic spell, as the first time I've heard it from Musk. Practically everyone on some sort of management position is a "career unelected bureaucrat". Electing e
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   by bigbadfeline 2y ago

   Behan's criticism of critics then makes him an eunuch who's criticizing eunuchs... according to his own "logic".
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   by bigbadfeline 2y ago

   > The section on conspiracy thinking was interesting to me. I've been trying to understand the ever increasing amount of it in our society, and my thoughts keep going back to the rise in marijuana legalization. Are we switching the
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   by bigbadfeline 2y ago

   I don't see the numbers though. Tariffs are a compete non-starter as far as government revenue goes, "income from tariffs" on the "countries that have been robbing us" is mere theatrics (those countries only accepte
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    by bigbadfeline 2y ago

    Here come those pesky direct effects: "US to impose tariffs of up to 3521% on south-east Asia solar panels" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/22/us-huge-tar... Edit: added title
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    by bigbadfeline 2y ago

    > "I’m pretty sure" That's an interesting thing to say after tariff-on / tariff-off high intensity workouts almost every day. Not to mention the great desire to fire everyone standing in the way of the glorious inflat
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    by bigbadfeline 2y ago

    "Fighting the oligarchy" is the new slogan. "Fighting the deep state" and "Draining the swamp" are the old ones. I see no reason to believe that any of these is more truthful than the others, it's just tai
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    by bigbadfeline 2y ago

    If government dictatorship vs personal choice is "a semantic shell game" then "war is peace" is just a divine revelation of another "semantic shell game" and Big Brother is really your brother. "Dictatorsh
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    by bigbadfeline 2y ago

    > My first amendment right not to be forced to support causes I disagree with is being harmed. I don't want my tax dollars going to support discrimination against Asians and others. This is absolutely NOT what the 1st amendment is a
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    by bigbadfeline 2y ago

    Scott Bessent > "I think it's unfortunate that the Chinese actually don't want to come and negotiate, because they are the worst offenders in the international trading system" Why are the Chinese labeled "offende
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    by bigbadfeline 2y ago

    Oops... thanks.
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    by bigbadfeline 2y ago

    I don't use oil but gas has been going up here (Midwest) in the past 2-3 weeks, since the big talk about tariffs started.
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    by bigbadfeline 2y ago

    https://docs.polar.sh/merchant-of-record/fees >Polar is currently built on Stripe Stripe supports paypal only in Europe, Switzerland, United Kingdom
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    by bigbadfeline 2y ago

    > Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Lie is Truth... sure, sure. > Through passion, I gain strength. Weakness is Strength Sounds like a 1984 sequel from 1939.
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    by bigbadfeline 2y ago

    Oh, because I like that color :)
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    by bigbadfeline 2y ago

    So, the goals are noble, the intentions are good, but the road to hell is the only realistic one? Retaliatory tariffs aren't a risk, they are the present reality, see the market performance on Friday when China announced them. The rela