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by vrganj 3mo ago
What a full, mask-off crashout. Point four is especially telling. Ball is deeply terrified of "AI communism", or in less red-scarey terms a world where AI is a public good and him and his fellow oligarchs don't get to central
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Some Observations on Kimi (OpenAI "Head of Strategic Futures")(xcancel.com)
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US data center protests go national as backlash grows(reuters.com)
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by vrganj 3mo ago
Luxury brands don't want the poors to be seen wearing their merchandise. It hurts brand perception.
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Brazil Eyes Film Royalties and Drug Patents in US Tariff Retaliation(riotimesonline.com)
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by vrganj 3mo ago
> That ethnicity is executing mass genocide in Gaza and is over 85%of the Epstein list perpetrators. My friend, now you have crossed from implied antisemitism into open antisemitism. Jews are not the same as Israelis. My lefty Jewish fri
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by vrganj 3mo ago
It is only problematic because you brought up his ethnicity, out of nowhere, in a clear nod to Nazi ideology. I had no idea he was Jewish, nor do I care. It has no effect on how I feel about him (which is poorly, because hes an American oli
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by vrganj 3mo ago
I have to tighten your earlier point a bit first: it is not just absolute concentration of wealth that causes this, it is high levels of inequality , e.g. lots of people in misery with a few folks that have ridiculous riches. I'm pr
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by vrganj 3mo ago
Indeed. It's just that capitalism produces immense concentrations of wealth as a core feature of the system.
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The problem is capitalism and the injustices it creates. The hated industries are just symptoms.
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by vrganj 3mo ago
These days, I wouldn't be so sure. Hell, they even did it to a sovereign head of state.
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by vrganj 3mo ago
> And you can vote out "Big Tech" - by refusing to use their products That argument completely ignores network effects. Case in point, Twitter is, for better or worse, still where a lot of public figures post their updates and
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by vrganj 3mo ago
You're moving the goalposts from "pushing". It also leaves a bad taste in ones mouth that you brought up his Jewish background unprompted. I do wonder how your account is still active. Every time I see your name, it is in con
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by vrganj 3mo ago
That adds to the concern as a European. Thanks to the CLOUD Act, sharing data with an American tech company effectively is sharing data with the American government. And that I would definitely like to avoid.
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by vrganj 3mo ago
Everything you do affects others, unless you live in a cave in the mountains somewhere. Part of the reality of living in a society is constantly negotiating what is and isn't acceptable. Democracy is the most fair way of doing so.
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by vrganj 3mo ago
I can choose to move (and I have!), I can't practically quit my dependency on tech.
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by vrganj 3mo ago
The EU pricks that pushed Chat Control is... American oligarch Ashton Kutcher. https://edri.org/our-work/how-a-hollywood-star-lobbies-the-e...
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by vrganj 3mo ago
> Not if you're in the minority. Tyranny of the majority is still tyranny. > you as an individual I understand. Such is living in a society. No man is an island. > Not ideal, but way easier than moving to a new country. I&#x27
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by vrganj 3mo ago
As another European, I agree with GP. I don't fully trust my government. But I definitely trust it more than any American tech company. I can also vote out my government. I can't do that for Big Tech.
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Swiss Army Breaks with Microsoft: "Cyber Command" Relies on Open Source(heise.de)
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Meta's AI advertising dreams have become a nightmare for brands(businessinsider.com)
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by vrganj 3mo ago
Thanks! It's important to be aware of how unjust an organization who's origins are groups that hunt for escaped slaves is, and how fucked up the way they treat black people is to this very day.
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by vrganj 3mo ago
That I'm aware of how big of a problem racial discrimination is in policing? > Black Californians are more than twice as likely to be searched as white Californians, at about 20 percent versus 8 percent of all stops https:/&
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by vrganj 3mo ago
> -Meta can already track your every move; that ship has sailed. Not sure why it is relevant to this discussion. I've gone through great lengths to ensure it can't, I'd rather not have the government undo all that effort.
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by vrganj 3mo ago
I can't help but wonder what skin color those young men had that made the police suspicious in the first place...
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by vrganj 3mo ago
The idea of Meta being able to track my every move creeps me the fuck out, sorry. What right does the government have to give my data to randos? The public that's captured is not the same as the public that accesses the data. Just imag
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Social media limits are coming for teens across Europe(theverge.com)
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Major trial finds healthy behaviors help brain health in older adults(nbcnews.com)
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The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler(rsn.org)
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Elon Musk's family foundation took Tommy Robinson to Russia(theguardian.com)
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