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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
The FBI also recommended people use commercial VPNs… coincidentally they don’t need a warrant to spy on communications that leave the country
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
Fair, my first point was poorly worded. People who think space is the best and can’t imagine anyone else thinking it’s not the best are still self centered and lacking in empathy imo. > How many times in history did necessity create effi
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
Haven’t heard “black hat marketing” before but that’s very fitting for a lot of the “growth hackers” out there
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
Exactly what I mean. People who obsess over space are so egotistical they can’t imagine someone not thinking it’s “the best”. It’s interesting, but no more important than any other science or field of study. And no, I’d prefer we take care
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
Will be interesting to see if those still hold any weight (in the US at least) after the latest Meta rulings established defective design as a valid reason to sue big tech for damages
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
Is it AI or is it Larry subsidizing his dipshit son’s media exec fantasy/throwing money at Trump’s patronage system?
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
How is that theft?
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
What’s being stolen? AI output isn’t copyrightable, and it’s not like they’re ripping pages out of a book
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
That’s a big assumption. It’s a brand new account, might be a bot. PR/astroturfing is a great use case for agentic AI
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
I’d be inclined to agree with the “meh” if their entire product weren’t built off pirated content
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
It would literally just be a compilation of TikToks
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
> I can’t believe they aren’t using there AI to figure this out. Why would they burn compute on it when they have zero incentive to fix the problem?
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
See I would say the malignant part is the systems and people in power who enable and profit from corruption.
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
> clearly largely made and popularized by true believers who think they are making the world a better place. Is it clear? To a lot of people they come off as “true believers” in the same way as Kenneth Copeland and all the prosperity gos
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
To some extent yes, so why make it easier for them? While also giving them another way to siphon wealth off the losers for betting against them?
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
Strawmen aren’t particularly persuasive either. If I said “people who think murder is okay are sociopaths” would you have a problem?
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
People who aren’t sociopaths might argue no one should be taking advantage of this, and that the people behind these services should be in prison
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
Prediction markets advertise insider trading as a feature, and enforcement of financial crimes is a racket anyway. If you know the right people, make the right campaign contributions, laws just don't apply to you.
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
So are you advocating for the idea that the wealthy should be able to control history then, by nature of having the largest amount of betting capital?
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
I think the difference between the two is Amazon and Meta do provide some utility to balance it out, whereas gambling is purely a net negative on society. You can be young and naive enough to believe you're "making the world a bet
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
> the goal: to make something curated, crafted, and desired. None of these are the goal. The goal is to deliver value. The saying just means to sample your own product, with the implication being that you should be doing some form of qua
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
You’re not wrong, unchecked inflation is bad for most people though. Stable currency is pretty important for trade and economic stability. Unless you prefer heating your home by burning stacks of cash
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
> Abstaining is not voting. Fair if you’re already not giving them money. But if you manage a sizable chunk of cloud spend at AWS, GCP, Azure etc, you can send a meaningful signal by taking away that revenue and shifting it to a company
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
You know that’s not the entire budget right? You’re being an asshole by denying funding for disaster relief, schools, healthcare, roads, scientific research, all the public goods and services that don’t work on a profit driven model, but yo
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
This just seems like panic M&A. They know they aren’t on track to ever meet their obligations to investors but they can’t actually find a way to move towards profitability. Hence going back to the VC well of gambling obscene amounts of
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
Ah yes, an ad hominem is an excellent way to deflect from reality. Thanks for your thoughtful reply.
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
> In California people are very scared of poor people because they tend to commit more crime and the justice system refuses to prosecute and imprision them, especially if they are criminally insane. Funny to read this when it’s common kn
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
No, you are misunderstanding th economic principle. There is still a cost associated with serving that user, and the user is still paying for the cost of their internet connection and the opportunity cost of spending time on the service, or
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by mcmcmc 7mo ago
I’m sick of this idea that “free” services are beneficial to society. There is no such thing as a free lunch; users are essentially bartering their time, attention, IP (contributed content) and personal/behavioral data in exchange for
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by mcmcmc 8mo ago
Hard disagree. How can it be “walled off” from the internet if it’s not connected? Despite the jokes, cutting access on its own is not the same as air gapping or a firewall. As soon as it’s plugged in there are zero controls.

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