whacko_quacko

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by whacko_quacko 7mo ago
Not a fan of trade barriers, but love it when CEOs go to jail for ignoring the law. Now start enforcing copyright laws against AI companies please <3 A (classically) liberal society can only work if everyone is held to the same standard
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by whacko_quacko 7mo ago
A majority thought differently. They knew who Trump was and who Kamala was, and they voted for Trump. That's how it goes in a democracy... Anyways, they're getting what they voted for
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by whacko_quacko 7mo ago
Especially given that a popular open source project recently tried to do exactly that. https://github.com/chardet/chardet/issues/327 I really got fooled here for a second, but the unfortunate reality is that
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by whacko_quacko 7mo ago
Are you kidding me? Hamas controlled the aid distribution until the US and Israel recently implemented their own distribution channels. BTW, here's 120 Million funneled through te UN, which has dependent organizations (UNRWA) with ties
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by whacko_quacko 7mo ago
That's like saying the EU fundeh Hamas because they gave aid money to Gaza. If you squint at it the right way then maybe, but fundamentally it's disingenuous to call something like that funding. But "the Jews .. uhm, I mean I
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by whacko_quacko 10mo ago
Care to articulate them?
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by whacko_quacko 11mo ago
Yes. This wording just misses the mark and sounds super tone deaf Not sure that an apology is necessary though. Some overconfident marketing person tried something, and it failed. That's what happens if you try stuff. They should just
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by whacko_quacko 11mo ago
I'm sure you're fun at parties
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by whacko_quacko 1y ago
You're mixing up AI and Blockchain there, bud. AI has other, much deeper problems than energy usage, but nice virtue signalling nonetheless.
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by whacko_quacko 1y ago
Love the idea! And thanks for sharing the script =)
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by whacko_quacko 1y ago
If you can find such a "choke point" that makes it relatively easy to enforce, then maybe. But I suspect that won't work for certain products especially if they're B2C, and still by only regulating the supply side withou
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by whacko_quacko 1y ago
Who is "they"? The government is generally not in the business of developing software But I have to agree that actual alternatives are a prerequisite for changing anything about the dominance of the US tech sector
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by whacko_quacko 1y ago
While I generally agree that it's disingenuous, this framing could activate the reflexive hate against Israel that many people share and actually get something done. Would be funny if antisemitism led to good outcomes for once
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by whacko_quacko 1y ago
I agree, that the EU breaking up the tech giants is insane, but I don't think that banning them is much better. How would you enforce this? I don't want a big firewall like china has. I'd argue for open protocols that allow e
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by whacko_quacko 1y ago
I don't see any evidence that this should be the case. My email appears in dumps on haveibeenpwnd too, because of database dumps. How is that evidence that there's a key logger on my system? Actually critisizing DOGE for their maj
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by whacko_quacko 1y ago
For example when reading a CSV. Try using `read_csv` on a file that contains two letter country codes including NA.
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by whacko_quacko 1y ago
Damn, you're right ^^' Thanks for pointing that out
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by whacko_quacko 1y ago
Pandas has a Nigeria problem, where NA -> NaN. It's not that bad, because you can explicitly turn that behavior off, but ask me how I know =(
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by whacko_quacko 1y ago
> I'm just saying, we change the market via regulation (or at least, used to) all the time, and businesses survive despite their endless moaning about it. Ah, got it. Then I'd say we should only regulate things that need regula
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by whacko_quacko 1y ago
I read that as "the US government is already crippling the economy, so other measures potentially crippling the economy are not a problem," but maybe I'm misunderstanding you?
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by whacko_quacko 1y ago
> There was likely economic fallout many would call extensive when we mandated equal wages for minorities and an end to child labor, and yet businesses soldier on. Advertising isn't child labor. If there was something immoral about
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by whacko_quacko 1y ago
Trump's tariffs are idiotic, and I'm against them. I don't see your point
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by whacko_quacko 1y ago
I feel that the lumping together of advertising and propaganda in the article is very apt. That's why I find it somewhat sinister. You should be allowed to try to change minds. If anything should be outlawed, it's the massive trac
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by whacko_quacko 1y ago
Kudos for providing a somewhat sensible definition. This helps by addressing the free speech issues (at least to an extent^[1]), but I think there are other problems as well. The economical fallout would be extensive. Google's and Meta
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by whacko_quacko 1y ago
I like it
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by whacko_quacko 2y ago
> websites and apps should be explicitly required to ask permission when they send your data somewhere to tell you where they send your data and who will get to see it, store it, and with what conditions The first part is somewhat infeas
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by whacko_quacko 2y ago
I had a drug problem once, and di something like that. It helped a lot. If there's no way to procure any drugs, it takes away a lot of the pain and anguish you feel coming off of drugs. RFK might be an idiot, but even idiots might be r
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by whacko_quacko 2y ago
Sure, but who did the proactive flagging back then? Probably moderators. Seems like a shitty job nonetheless
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by whacko_quacko 2y ago
The End of Race Politics by Coleman Hughes. Pretty good book. I used to be a bleeding heart liberal with pro social justice (read: pro affirmative action) sentiments, but he makes a compelling case against it. Also, it's very well writ
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by whacko_quacko 2y ago
"The Selfish Gene" by Dawkins. Very succinct and beautiful explanations for evolution, which in turn explains why chaotic systems under a set of rules tend to spontaneously self organize. Apart from pop-sci like Dawkins, I'd

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