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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
Is it that simple when everybody is trying to promptmax foreign models?
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
Sorry i forgot to ask. What are the top 5 theories, and do you see any modern parallels?
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
Thenn, it makes it more riveting when modern day phenonema happen, surely? Unless you subscribe to a historical channel?
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
Is there a historical precedent as to what happened when the upstart denied capability to the empire? The closest I can think of is the bronze age collapse.
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
I'm against mass surveillance, but gambling sites managed for years.... Can't addictive social media algoshit be thrown in the same bucket?
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
Always thought the dencrentalisation and forking of Wikipedia would be the endgame. Would allow for people to actually curate their own spaces again. Wikipedia is a great project, but I feel it's basically complete, and is technically
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
When I go to a bar, I appreciate not having to order 'one alcohol, please', and getting a clear bottle of odourless mystery liquid. I don't have time to be an expert in every subject. I appreciate using the collective power o
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
Always thought it was weird that the Commonwealth Realm nations had never pooled resources to have standardised reactor designs and expertise. Canada and Australia have loads of uranium - seems like an obvious strategic move. Instead, the U
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
I practically beelined to Ukraine when the war broke out and dedicated a good 2 months to humanitarian work. I've probably achieved more independently than huge organised movements with probable nation state backing. Huge amounts of fu
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
I personally would like the police to come down hard on unauthorised and unregulated chemists. Not a fan of dealers being tax exempt, either, given the negative externalities their services provide.
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
It feels like I'm force to pay tax which then evaporates into the pockets of private companies like Palantir, though... I mean, you arguably can't even fully participate in the society you pay taxes to help run if you don't h
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
Lots of the problems in the UK stem from a lack of strategic vision. More coalitions, infighting, compromises, etc aren't going to drive serious change home. Don't really care if it's Labour or Tory, tbh, just want national p
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
You vote for a local candidate, who may belong to a party. The candidate can switch party, resign from the party, etc, and will still keep his seat. Whoever can prove to the King he can 'command the confidence of the house' is giv
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
I guess it's like castle doctrine for the information space. Something like "your right to privacy stops when you openly try to undermine mine...". I see it as a morally valid approach. Politicians are well within their power
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
An example would've been nice. All too often people throw around the racist buzzword without ever actually providing evidence. It's as if we're expected to just blindly trust and follow that somebody is now excommunicated fro
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
The police definitely need to intervene, but I'd like to think that playing tit-for-tat with the government is a valid protest, and that this won't result in a loss of freedom. I guess they need to ascertain whether he's oper
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
The rich are always going to manipulate politics. Maybe it'd be better for them to directly influence politics with their names and votes attached to policies, as opposed to hiding in the shadows and using representatives as fall guys.
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
I think I heard that the Carthaginians used to auction off political positions, and the proceeds were effectively the taxes which ran society. While on the surface it sounds like a ridiculous concept, maybe it'd be better if we just cu
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
Difficult to pray without 2 hands.
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
He's not unique though. Quite a few people are on record for performing miracles in front of large audiences. Seemed like it was all the rage around this time period. Vespasian apparently healed blind people in Alexandria. Apollonius o
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
It's also pretty damaging for the health of small businesses when they need to pay thousands to webdevs. We don't consciously think about every heartbeat or work out how all the light in the spectrum creates vision. Some things ar
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
Fun stories of hearing about key equipment gets caught up in Libyan customs. Weeks and weeks of meeting various officials, learning about each others families, drinking tea, etc, before 'the cost of compliance' is finally raised.
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
Growing up in the UK, I never thought about ticks, ever. I then moved to Poland, and remember thinking the Poles were crazy for worrying about tall grass all the time. It was a huge 'wtf are you doing lol?' moment... Then a friend
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
the article has a huge 'flash sale' and is selling shit. Not the best evidence to declare huge swathes of people racist. c If you search "extraterrestrial origins of Stonehenge" you'l find the same shit. 'Muh a
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
Thank you :)
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
I spent like 20% of my adult life in Ukraine and Russia. They overwhelmingly don't like the globalosed world. Ukraine might be a fashion symbol in the west, but when I was volunteering out there in the first year, the points of view wh
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
Here's the actual graph/data in question. The article is a dense academic snooooooozefest: https://www.socsc.hku.hk/rhps/global-migration/ Ffs, trying to click on a country and the globe keeps rotating,
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
This is a great thing for innovation though? Nations/blocs protecting their tech interests will result in more jobs to go round in the industry, more unique ideas, and less centalisation, surely? The globalised, hyper-centralised world
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
It'd be quite difficult to operate if the government departments of the US didn't collaborate! The US, Russia, China, etc, are all imperial powers trying to maximise access to resources to help keep their oligarch class in check,
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by gaiagraphia 4mo ago
Everything about the US' actions at the moment screams pivoting to counter China this century, and it's quite convenient that all the 'bold moves' can be blamed on Trump. I think the US realises that having working relat

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