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by zzzeek 1y ago
The motivation does not matter . It is the effect that matters, and also, it is well documented [1] that fascist dictatorships rely (again not in any pre-planned way, simply in how they emerge) on incompetence, sloppiness to achieve th
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by zzzeek 1y ago
this constant skepticism, where does it come from? Does Donald Trump have to come knock on your door personally and say "Hey I'm a fascist dictator!" for you to believe your eyes what the presidency is so obviously doing d
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Sony sues Tencent for allegedly ripping off 'Horizon' video games(reuters.com)
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Linode is freekin down today:((status.linode.com)
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by zzzeek 1y ago
i had the elevated liver enzymes on a higher dose (10 mg / day which is not considered a high dose) and jury is out on whether or not I perceive muscle weakness. unsure
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by zzzeek 1y ago
Yup, when headhunters reach out with all these idiotic startups that I know full well are just playing the game of "see if you can bullshit long enough for someone to buy your useless company" I don't even laugh anymore, just
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by zzzeek 1y ago
This article is so anathema to me. My experience is, your total cholesterol is over 200 (with some more specifics about LDL I can't recall, like 130 or something), all doctors everywhere will then hound you incessantly to get on Cresto
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by zzzeek 1y ago
The first emacs I used at SUNY Stony Brook circa 1989 and pretty much the last. Vi for me
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by zzzeek 1y ago
This thread is not about flaws and shortcomings. I use Claude code all the time, it's great, it's fun. But "the most incredible technology ever created by this point in our history" (OP quote, we assume "our histo
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Smithsonian Fights Back Against $85M Space Shuttle Kipnapping to Texas(jalopnik.com)
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by zzzeek 1y ago
You might want to read about a technology called "farming". Pretty sure as far as transformative incredible technologies, the ability for humans to create nourishment at global scale blows the pants off the text / image imi
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A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data(technologyreview.com)
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by zzzeek 1y ago
> On the other hand, you're trying to build a product that hundreds of millions of users leverage for everything from medical advice to therapy. ... then the next paragraph > As often as OpenAI is maligned in the press, everyone
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Grok Rolls Out Pornographic Anime Companion, Lands Dept of Defense Contract(rollingstone.com)
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by zzzeek 1y ago
this post didn't talk about LLM inevitability in terms of coding. It was about LLM inevitability for everything . Using LLMs to help write code may be perfectly fine but perhaps we as a society don't need to accept that LLMs wi
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'Tremendous uncertainty' for cancer research as US gov target mRNA vaccines(theguardian.com)
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by zzzeek 1y ago
> Directly select candidates at random for positions from an eligibility pool. Set and maintain the eligibility standard (such as an exam) by randomly selected oversight board to keep it updated and prevent the standard from being manipu
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by zzzeek 1y ago
> uv is now the de facto default Python package manager not for me, it's not (nor was poetry, or pipenv, or any of that other stuff). this blog post would be much less annoying and maybe even helpful if it didnt start out with total
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Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows(nytimes.com)
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by zzzeek 1y ago
Sorry we were just told that Threads is quickly catching up to X in terms of users and that Bluesky is a flat line at the bottom of the graph compared to them [1] [1] https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/threads-
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by zzzeek 1y ago
They don't care about deportation, people in these concentration camps aren't leaving. they know immigrants are necessary for society to continue functioning and there's even talk about enslaving the alligator Alcatraz pris
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by zzzeek 1y ago
GPS requires satellites and rocketry as well and is built on centuries of curiosity about space, physics, and the universe. Curiosity by people who could not dream of something like GPS at the time. Your assertion that "ok, we'v
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by zzzeek 1y ago
do you ever use GPS? is it handy? Where's the society that has never done astronomy yet has GPS ?
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by zzzeek 1y ago
more than that, who needs science, when you can have a stressed, desperate and ignorant populace that's easily pliable ?
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by zzzeek 1y ago
As a project for work, I've been using Claude CLI all week to do as many tasks as possible. So with my week's experience, I'm now an expert in this subject and can weigh in. Two things that stand out to me are 1. it depends
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by zzzeek 1y ago
if she had no power to make decisions then how would the company's decline in valuation be her fault?
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Alligator Alcatraz detainees allege inhumane conditions at detention center(cbsnews.com)
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by zzzeek 1y ago
as a USian I hope that we do? As a planet of nation-states, China does not have the best interests of US citizens in mind long term, and it would be super neat if they dont usurp Taiwan and subject all of its citizens to its particular br
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by zzzeek 1y ago
Good point though it is associated with Smithsonian DC
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by zzzeek 1y ago
The provision hosted by John Cornyn and Ted Cruz. How convenient DC has zero senators or US representation to oppose this.

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