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greggoB
8mo ago
> See Wikipedia, where they talk about how they are not biased, they have many processes that ensure no biases, blah blah blah, and it turns out they are massively biased, what a surprise. It's clear you have some unfounded issue wi
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8mo ago
> not to mention the its bias is reason that Grokipedia came about in the first place. No, the reason is Musk didn't like that the Wikipedia article on him added the factual record of him doing a Nazi salute [0] [0] https:/&
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8mo ago
> impervious to groupthink, cliques, and organised campaigns Yeeeeah, no. LLMs are only as good as the datasets they are trained on (ie the internet, with all its "personality"). We also know the output is highly influenced by
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greggoB
8mo ago
Very well said, thank you
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greggoB
8mo ago
The OP said they didn't consider this important , not surprising . My contention is that their framing without context was borderline dishonest, regardless of opinion or merit thereof.
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8mo ago
It is evidently an indicator of a sea-change - I don't get how this isn't obvious: Pre-2026: one human teaches another human how to "interact on Github and write a blog about it". The taught human might go on to be a bad
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8mo ago
> Someone set up an agent to interact with GitHub and write a blog about it I challenge you to find a way to be even more dishonest via omission. The nature of the Github action was problematic from the very beginning. The contents of th
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8mo ago
I'm not so sure - everyone goes on about the EU's relative lack of GDP growth as though it's a death sentence, which is obvious hyperbole. In any case, numerically I'd imagine that 15% being made up by spending increasin
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8mo ago
Care to expand?
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greggoB
8mo ago
I see what you did there... (゚ヮ゚)
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8mo ago
> None of them involve making fun of people for doing it. I'm expressing frustration at the lack of a proper answer, which you still seem to not be able to provide. > Who primed them? Conspiracy theory influencers, cult leaders,
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8mo ago
> You gotta do your own research, I'm afraid. So again, how do you propose one actually does this? Via crowdsourcing on FB? AI-generated news gathering? Consulting with a medium? Like what is your actual, concrete solution for how t
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8mo ago
Yes, but what sources do they use for their research? Is it expected that everyone should get a PhD, a lab and do their own mRNA vaccine trials? That hardly seems feasible, no? Still doesn't explain the "long term point of view&
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8mo ago
> I think this is a fundamental misunderstanding of one party systems. One party systems do not mean everyone agrees on everything. I am aware of this, and that the USSR had elections which allowed the people to express themselves to so
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8mo ago
> you have already lost the debate from a long term point of view I don't get what this is alluding to - can you expand, specifically wrt the long term part?
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8mo ago
In a country with a one-party authoritarian politicial system, the only conceivable way they'd be allowed to not be so is if a non-predetermined outcome was not considered to be a threat to the CCP. So in a country of 1.4 billion peopl
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8mo ago
Because that's how autocratic regimes like the CCP (asian), Belarus (white), Uganda (black) work? As opposed to states like Taiwan (asian), France (white), South Africa (black). > Hilarious that Europe and the west’s govts are not l
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8mo ago
If the outcome is predetermined (which it obviously is), then no?
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8mo ago
> From a legal perspective, the Lai judgment reflects the institutional professionalism of Hong Kong's courts. The proceedings were conducted in accordance with established judicial practice, with extensive evidence presented, teste
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greggoB
8mo ago
Lol what is this website - after a few seconds the page changes to a giant donation box - trying to exit that brings up an additional popup. Top quality stuff.
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8mo ago
Can you provide some actual sources?
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9mo ago
Can you say where that (in its original form) appears? Closest I can find are "I will make much of your voices" and "Your voices: for your voices I have fought", but neither of these relate to any type of permanence.
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9mo ago
> Your voices are now a permanent artifact in America's historical record. I like how the wording here ( Your voices) is giving off that sarcastic and patronizing "you're welcome" tone. Like a religious person saying
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9mo ago
The headline isn't quite right, the wording "urged to explain" suggests the problem is the contents of the memo, but > "... demanded that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirm or deny the existence..."
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9mo ago
> This is a one time cost > which would get regular traffic back-and-forth I hope it's not a mystery why this commemt has been downvoted
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9mo ago
I'm personally more persuaded by the argument that Tesla is a meme-stock at this point - like much of crypto, it runs on "vibes", not solid fundamentals. But even if share price is the metric for success, 33.6% over 5 years i
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9mo ago
> He gets away with it for one reason only, and because he consistently delivers good returns on capital. Didn't Tesla just have a terrible 2025, with European sales plunging due to the stigma of owning a swasticar?
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9mo ago
It's increasingly something the general populace is not a fan of, at least that's been my experience. so if the cybertruck is not a win, what in the last 5 years is?
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9mo ago
> but have exceptional hyping skills seems quite useful when attracting investment. Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos) and a lot of ex-crypto-bros (fraudsters) would agree. "Exceptional hyping skills" is (today) possibly a more deroga
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9mo ago
Ehhh, the story of Swiss multilingualism is more than a bit romanticized. A lot of people under 40 know their region's language, English at a decent level, and at best a barely passable 2nd national language (exception would be those
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