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by monkaiju 1y ago
I love the high citation per sentence ratio and couldn't agree more with the sentiment. It seems that, finally, people are starting to verbalize sufficiently direct responses to the AI slop being flung at us from all angles.
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by monkaiju 1y ago
I'm not sure it makes sense to assume the creative act of a person writing to other people, which is fundamentally about a consciousness communicating to others, is anything like delivering goods. The distinction I pointed out, applied
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by monkaiju 1y ago
Of course the WSJ is against anything even vaguely gesturing towards nationalization, how could this possibly be considered a reputable source for info on this topic?
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by monkaiju 1y ago
What makes you say that? I don't like a lot of things that aren't neoliberalism, is there some trend where people are doing this? I could make it clearer: Neoliberalism, specifically it's distinguishing trait of having govern
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by monkaiju 1y ago
No it should not, this is one of the primary moral hazards we get from neoliberalism.
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by monkaiju 1y ago
Some combination of cargo cult hype fomo mixed with laziness
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by monkaiju 1y ago
I like the distinction between syntactic tools, like spellcheck, and semantic tools, like AI. The former clearly doesn't impugn the author, the latter does. They seem clearly and fundamentally different to me.
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by monkaiju 1y ago
Both of those examples invalidate and/or endanger people though. For example, repeatedly asking how many genders there are ignores the obvious 'its a continuum' and implies its a finite number. The person asking almost always
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by monkaiju 1y ago
Hard disagree
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by monkaiju 1y ago
Autocomplete is, for the most part, a syntactic tool. AI attempts to guide the semantics of the code generated
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by monkaiju 1y ago
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by monkaiju 1y ago
The printing press (and the others listed) aren't homogenizing, they're if anything tools of diversification. They allowed far more novel ideas to be presented and distributed than before, AI on the other hand "distils"
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by monkaiju 1y ago
Unfortunately typical, cops have always and will continue to act like a gang free from any consequences. If you wanna do something about it then help turn the surveillance spotlight back at them: https://app.copdb.org/
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by monkaiju 1y ago
Love to see people trying to quantify the violence of the state. Like some other comments I agree focusing on the economic impact might be a bit of a distraction, but if it helps put a stop to this then so be it... In Utah we have a pretty
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by monkaiju 1y ago
None of the little technocratic nonsense matters though if you blow it when workers are actually trying to directly exert their power. The power of the workers doesn't come from the NLRB or any of these government institutions, it come
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by monkaiju 1y ago
You're totally correct, but it wasn't _just_ Republicans. The Democrats are incredibly anti-labor. Even Biden, who was marketed as "most pro-labor president since FDR" forced the railroad workers back to work. Both parti
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by monkaiju 1y ago
The burden of proof is on the one making the (extraordinary) claim.
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by monkaiju 1y ago
At first glance this seems like briar except only supports Bluetooth and is made by someone with a less than stellar privacy record. Its cool, but maybe more as a personal project of Jack's than something I'd want to use in the se
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Trump officials create searchable national citizenship database(theguardian.com)
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by monkaiju 1y ago
Their purpose is absolutely not "to produce positive externalities" (whatever that even means). What makes you say that? You can, and people do, run a business doing all sorts of heinous things
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by monkaiju 1y ago
Blows my mind how people think Iran is building nuclear weapons when nobody in the intel community does... Thought y'all wouldve learned after Iraq but guess not... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun
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by monkaiju 1y ago
Iran doesnt have and hasnt pursued a nuclear weapons program: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/trump-iran-i...
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by monkaiju 1y ago
Obligatory briar mention... Briar supports communication over multiple mediums, including wifi & Bluetooth, has forward secrecy, and feels quite 'signal-like' so its not impossible to get people to use it. https://b
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by monkaiju 1y ago
I love spectre.console, use it in dug! https://dug.unfrl.com/
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by monkaiju 1y ago
First off, there's an entire field attempting to answer that question, cognitive science. Secondly, the burden of proof isn't on cog-Sci folk to prove the human mind doesn't work like an llm, it'd be to prove that it doe
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by monkaiju 1y ago
No it's not, vans are quieter and don't give a overhead view of your entire property. Also, I don't love delivery vans zipping around the neighborhood in a rush and clogging the street either.
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by monkaiju 1y ago
The looney part is you pretending a van driving in front of your house is nearly as invasive as drone flying over your yard...
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by monkaiju 1y ago
Idk how you can think this is the reasonable take given any familiarity with history...
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by monkaiju 1y ago
Adding this comment to my HN bookmarks! Well said
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by monkaiju 1y ago
I really hope this type of delivery never catches on... I live in a fairly urban location and still get to do great birdwatching in my backyard. Woodpeckers, hummingbirds, geese and ducks flying over between the various lakes. Losing out on

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