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by thrance 7mo ago
Hell no, we're already ruled by functionally illiterate [1] morons, dumbing down the discourse further is the very last thing we need. Stupidity should be made shameful again. [1] Using the words of Trump's own biographer, Michael
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by thrance 7mo ago
> the mentality that the best way to rule is from a single summarized interpretation is both flawed and scary. Very much agree. This reminded me of Project Cybersyn [1], an attempt by socialist Chile to build a central heavily-computer
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by thrance 7mo ago
He should probably drop out, seek funding from Thiel and start his company. He could call it something like "visagebank" or similar. Then in a few decades he can join the select club of dickheads ruling the world.
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by thrance 7mo ago
Source?
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by thrance 7mo ago
I think "Because (the dev) prefers it that way" is a satisfactory answer. Often, these small languages don't aim to be used in production and become the next big thing. They're made for fun and exploration's sake.
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by thrance 7mo ago
Something similar could be said of a the brain? Bundles of inputs come in, bundle of output comes out. It only exists while information is being processed. A brain cut from its body and frozen exists in a similar state to an LLM in ROM.
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by thrance 7mo ago
Wow, didn't know this existed, thanks. But 761 Mo download?? That's insanely big for a terminal, what could possibly make this bundle so big?
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by thrance 7mo ago
See also: Functionalism [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functionalism_%28philosophy_of...
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by thrance 7mo ago
Republicans have been following their overtly pro-pedophilia agenda for a while now. Bondi didn't hear from any victim, she failed to protect them and censor their informations in the files, while putting extra care in hiding the pedop
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by thrance 7mo ago
It's a convenient way to merge AI and spacetech, two hot topics to the retared investor class that rules our world. The reality and feasibility of it doesn't matter.
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by thrance 7mo ago
Lack of medium in space so can't rely on convection or conduction there? This is really basic.
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by thrance 7mo ago
> Poor people in the US live like gods The fentanyl addicts drying in the Sun on Tenderloin's sidewalks beg to differ. What a ridiculous statement. There is less poverty in the US, but extreme poverty isn't any easier here. Als
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by thrance 7mo ago
Surprisingly, and perhaps fortunately, because of some boring biological details I won't expand on, cloning humans is harder than cloning horses or sheeps.
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by thrance 7mo ago
I fail to see any connections between this piece and Reaction, even tenuous ones. Also, what would define a "leftist reactionary" anyway? An opposition to social conservatism? That's already the left's stance. > is it
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by thrance 7mo ago
What exactly do you disagree with here? The statement is not very substantive and a bit simplistic, but it's not exactly wrong either. Inequalities are rising, and the system is biased in favor of the owning class. The environment
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by thrance 7mo ago
False equivalence. A more apt comparison would be with banning spell checkers (which are still allowed btw). AI isn't a dumb calculator, I feel like this should be obvious.
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by thrance 7mo ago
Trans people are explicitly on the receiving end of Republican's bigotry. They are constantly targeted through law and rhetoric, stripped of their rights and demonized at every occasions. Exactly like gay people were a few decades ago.
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by thrance 7mo ago
The vast majority of trans people wish their demographics received much less media attention... The issue is with right-wing bigots who feel it is their life missions to make their lives as miserable as possible, when they just want to be l
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by thrance 7mo ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47538036 Get some help.
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by thrance 7mo ago
You were asking "Why do we need a carve out for one particular group because of their genetic bad luck?". I'm telling you the reason is purely ideological: the right needs scapegoats and trans people are one of the current on
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by thrance 7mo ago
> Michal Phelps didn't chose to have long arms Oh, and Khelif chose to have a female phenotype so she could compete in the female category in the Olympics? Get real. There are many other women in the same situation. > You will ne
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by thrance 7mo ago
Khelif has an uterus, breasts and any other characteristics associated with women. Conservatives calling her a man is pure insanity and just shows how limited their perspectives are and how confused they are about the subject. Used to be th
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by thrance 7mo ago
That's dumb as fuck. Olympics have always been for genetic freaks, whatever line we draw between "male" and "female" categories is completely arbitrary. Using reproductive organs was bad enough, are we now supposed
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by thrance 7mo ago
Just because you are confused about the distinction between gender and sex doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
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by thrance 7mo ago
"I can't believe you won't embrace our simplistic bigoted narrative with zero proof".
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Because apparently it's OK to hate on trans people, scapegoat any current issue on this particular demographics, and do everything possible to make their lives as miserable as possible.
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by thrance 7mo ago
So-called "detransitions" represent way less than 1% of the trans population. In particular, the proportion of people regretting their transitions is much smaller than that of mothers regretting having their kids. They receive mas
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by thrance 7mo ago
I find the links you provided uninteresting. Americans only care about what they're made to care about. Trump ran on inflation and oil price, accusing Biden every step of the way, negatively polarizing enough voters against his opponen
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by thrance 7mo ago
Literally anything . They are incredibly passive, we never hear anything from anyone of them. Trump is running the country to the ground live, each day going on unhinged nonsensical rants and doing obviously insane shit. Democrats should b
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by thrance 7mo ago
When you realize that trillions have been spent on anti-renewables propaganda over the last half-century, it gets easier to understand. Many people have been indoctrinated into fighting tooth and nail for the right of oil companies to destr

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