simianparrot

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by simianparrot 9mo ago
Don't worry, this time it's the Social Democrats who ban books, it's _totally_ different.
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
The good players are the US on this front. I say this as a European. Europe at large is in a dark place in terms of freedom of speech, the press, and other issues like immigration. And the US might eventually have to be the ones to apply fo
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
How do you not understand the difference..?
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
Herd immunity isn't on its own enough to justify coercion of medical interventions. You might want to read up on the principle of informed consent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_ethics#Informed_consen... &
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
If you think it's not true today, it's just the Gell-Mann amnesia effect.
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
And they get confident lies back 2/10 times, not enough to make them constantly question the answers, but just enough to _really_ mess with them over time. And not just that, almost no new good questions and answers are created anymore
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
So let me get this straight. When people use these tools to steal artist’ styles directly to generate fake Ghibli art, then it’s «just a tool, bro». But when it’s used to create CSAM, then it’s suddenly not just a tool. You _cannot_ stop th
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
Microsoft might just be the first company run by an LLM. At least I couldn't tell the difference anymore. What an incredible joke.
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
Given how many impactful books I've read by both small and large authors, even before the age of the internet, I'd say this murderous fuckwit was simply justifying murder. This does not justify murder. Had his moronic ramblings be
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
I think ad hominems are fine when the lunatic in question mail bombs and injures/murders innocent people. Like what the eff are you talking about!?
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
Have you heard about making deals with criminals for intel? Pardoning is a tool. And did Biden not pardon a _lot_ of sketchy people, including his own son..? Come on, try harder
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
I’m a Norwegian. But had I voted for Trump as an American I would so far have gotten what I wanted. He’s doing exactly what he ran on; still a lot of work left to do, particularly on the real economy of the average Joe (stonks aren’t real I
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
I’m a Norwegian, I don’t ascribe to any one political leaning. But I observe the failings of the EU and European countries from within and know where this path leads, I see it every day. Call me any <label> you prefer I don’t care and
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
You talk about "rules" again. Let's look at what NATO does when it thinks the rules are in the way of doing what it thinks is right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia Yes Russia po
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
You can and need to have both. Look at Ukraine.
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
You're not going to stop Russia with rules unless you enforce them. Look at Ukraine. Same with China. They're not going to leave Taiwan in peace unless you are willing to back up your "concern" with _force_. Maduro traff
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
Rules and laws only matter if you can enforce them. The UN sits and is "deeply concerned" about terrible leaders and events all around the world all the time. Leaders of so many EU countries "condemn" people they disagre
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
You can watch even CBS explain why this was done. Maduro was letting the cartel use private planes under diplomatic immunity to traffic drugs and weapons. EVEN CBS. Don't close your eyes and ears now.
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
I think it's pretty clear based on the intent. We are not privy to the details of policy making, we are only privy to what is actually shared publicly. The _intent_ of the policies seem to be "treat the US better as a trading part
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
China will and is doing this through their own means. I’d rather our guys, with the values I hold, win and get there first. If you think the EU’s “diplomacy over force” approach will deter anyone, look at Ukraine.
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
Already captured. Press conference in 5 hours.
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They’re anti-unelected tyrants in Brussels. So am I as a Norwegian, and we’re not full members. They’re anti-censorship, something that’s rampant in the UK and Germany among others. They’re for the _core_ principles of the EU The trade “war
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
Ukraine got invaded during Biden. Was Biden fascist?
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
As a European (but from Norway, so not entirely beholden to the unelected EU overlords) how in the _world_ do you get to the mindset that the _USA_ are traitorous!? How does this happen? Is it spending so much time online on social media in
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
Been working with web related tech since the early 00’s. Safari has just never been a problem except for invasive ads, like back in the Flash days.
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The world hasn’t ended but it arguably got worse with most of those features. Good enough reason to not implement them.
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
"But Tesla bad so BYD is a necessary evil" seems to be a common sentiment.
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by simianparrot 9mo ago
Yeah I agree with all of this. Having seen the final episode now, while not as bad as Game of Thrones, it's very reminiscent. It's like they never had any idea how they'd wrap it up and just wrote something that checks the bo
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by simianparrot 10mo ago
50% expenditure saving sounds good, but how many more hours per month are you now spending making it all work?
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by simianparrot 10mo ago
Yeah this season started off decent but by the penultimate episode it’s nosedived off a cliff…

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