diputsmonro

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by diputsmonro 2y ago
An interesting perspective on this is that language is just another tool on the job. Like any other tool, you use the kind of language that is most applicable and efficient. When you need to describe or understand weather conditions quick
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
There were several prime opportunities during his last term when those elusive "deeply concerned" (remember that meme?) Republicans could have chosen to act. We could have nipped this all in the bud, convicted him during his impe
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
You don't think Trump commands a cult of personality? I don't know where to begin with that.
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
The word "fascist" still applies as a descriptive term, even if Trump doesn't identify with or intentionally pursue it. I mostly agree with your characterization of him, but those tendencies of sleazy egoism naturally lead to
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
Duh, but we're obviously past the point of Republicans acting in good faith.
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
What's the point of submitting a story like this if you're just going to play the "both sides" game? Yeah, Democrats suck too. But you'd have to be extremely uninformed or naive to believe that there's no diffe
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
If I'm reading that right, the attack assumes the attacker has (among other things) a private key (IK) stored only on the user's device, and the user's password. Thus, engaging on this attack would seem to require hardware ac
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
I mean, yes, technically it's "not new" for the President and Judiciary to disagree at this level. But doing so results in events like the Trail of Tears, which is pretty bad . People are alarmed and concerned because they
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
For those looking for something to Google or concrete facts to back this up, "obstructionism" is the proper term for this. Some key examples: Reagan saying "the government is the problem", Newt Gingrich starting the mode
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
I think you hit the nail on the head. The president is a con man who larps as the richest person on the planet and his biggest accomplishment last term was a giant tax cut for the rich. The "actual" president is the richest man
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
I don't think it's that simple, for at least two reasons I can immediately think of: 1) Several Americans live paycheck to paycheck with no significant savings outside of property either. One unexpected emergency is enough to emp
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
It's not just about internet access , it's about the medically recognized highly addictive and predatory nature of social media. It is designed with the same principles as slot machines, to draw you in and keep you engaged for as
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
I know the site clarifies it, but the headline messaging on this is meaninglessly confusing. "Wait until 8th!" "Oh, you mean their 8th birthday?" "No, 8th grade!" "Oh, so wait until they're in 8th gra
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
If people already understand what "hallucination" means, then I think it's perfectly intuitive and educational to say that, actually, the LLM is always doing that, just that some of those hallucinations happen to coincident
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
Precisely, I'm glad someone picked up on the reference!
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
> Even the most blatant lies, even all of fiction writing, they're all incorrect or fabricated only at the surface level - the whole thing, accounting for the utterance, what it is about, the meanings, the words, the grammar - is st
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
Exactly this, I've been saying this since the beginning. Every response is a hallucination - a probabilistic string of words divorced from any concept of truth or reality. By total coincidence, some hallucinations happen to reflect t
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
> At least the Right/Republicans seem more content to just call me an American and leave me alone. I am honestly happy that you get that treatment. A lot of other minorities don't. The left didn't just decide to play iden
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
I generally agree with your sentiment, and I do think open dialog is necessary to bridge the divide. It is way more easily said than done though, especially as political violence becomes more frequent. But I will say - it's pretty terr
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
> ...but that doesn't have to affect their ability to engage with trans people, or vice versa. I disagree. How am I supposed to trust and feel safe around someone who knowingly voted for a politician who loudly campaigned on removi
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
I don't want to get into a giant political debate here, but I would urge you to follow the spirit of this post and actually talk to some trans people, in person, to get their perspective before voting for people who demonize them and t
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
I agree with and second every word of that. I grew up in the US during the 9/11 era, and I was just old enough to recognize the horrible nationalism that it spread through the entire country. How am I supposed to celebrate the flag of
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
I respect that viewpoint and would be happy to adopt it in different times. But it's not as simple as political tribalism. For example - Several of my close friends are trans. For the last decade or so, Republicans have been viciousl
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
> I didn't mention selling the picture I made of a Disney character. I mentioned only drawing it. If you are paying for an AI service to produce art based on your prompts, then they are selling the art to you , rergardless of wha
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
What if we flip the script - would it be cool if Disney scraped DeviantArt and created merchandise, movies, etc. based on the art and characters of small creators? Rules need to exist to protect the little guy. Technically a lot of the mer
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
Information in the abstract, maybe. But it's entirely different to assume ownership of artwork other people produce, either for profit or personal expression. Maybe I would feel a little differently if all the AI art I see came from
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
Selling a picture you made of a Disney character is IP infringement. If the work you create is substantially derivative and competes against the IP holders work (which is pretty arguable given the prevalence of prompts containing the names
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
> Meanwhile, the AI model developers, who have taken in massive amounts of capital, need to find a business model that will repay all that investment. ... > The extreme case is these companies are no longer allowed to use copyrigh
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
> That's not what I'm talking about! Okay, but when people are complaining about fines in this cases and similar cases, that is what they're talking about. You can take a fine detail and make an argument out of it, but
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by diputsmonro 2y ago
Generally, it's a distinction without a meaningful difference. The people you're complaining about don't really care whether or not it's government or civil action. They care that these people are getting away with murd

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