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There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.

  • Now that the DOW is below 50,000, are we allowed to care again?

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  • Wow, a whole 0.02%? Better buy now at the low point.

  • I fear the general public is completely unprepared & unaware.

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  • Pretty good. The test may be skewed, though, as my first cars required such abilities to keep going. But as a kid, I was always good at taking things apart and putting them back together.

    My kids are tech-savvy but would rather not do more physical things like car work, and one can afford to have others do the maintenance for him. I can't say if that's an inherited flip thing or a generational one.

  • I fear the general public is completely unprepared & unaware.

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  • My dad can fix any car, machine, or mechanical contraption without a repair manual, he goes through logical steps and rules out issues. But he called me to do his taxes because the online system he entered all his personal info into and paid $100 for gave no results...99% probably a scam site Dad.

    That was my dad. It was always so bizarre to me how someone with his mechanical skills and scientific mindset could not wrap his head around the basics of the computer era. Being the one who had to help with computer problems, scams, and other simple things like navigating the early web... it was tedious. He could not for his life understand that he didn't have to type a website URL into Google first to get to that site.

  • Trump advisers ‘would prefer if Israel bombs Iran first as the politics are better’

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  • So the same strategy they're trying with ICE at home. Do little actions to get a reaction that gives an excuse to hit back harder. Sounds fascist. Because it is.

  • The graphic designer misunderstood the assignment

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  • Fan of Overgrowth/Lugaru

  • Trump team weighs order to force banks to make sure customers are citizens to keep or create accounts

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  • Then there's the racket of paycheck lending places, where you get an advance on your next check for a big fee/interest. A brief solution for those who are that desperate for money now, but it digs a deep hole that many fall into.

  • Trump team weighs order to force banks to make sure customers are citizens to keep or create accounts

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  • Yes, but only at select places, maybe some banks but usually a check cashing place, and they charge a big cut of the check.

  • Trump team weighs order to force banks to make sure customers are citizens to keep or create accounts

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  • It would be absolute chaos.

    So a Trump Presidency term.

  • I made a pizza

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  • Exactly. Meat-lover pizza was usually the one where people would want to pile on the stuff, and rather than waste everyone's time, we just explained exactly what would happen, and people would understand. Could such a thing be cooked, probably, but it would be a far different process than typical pizza, and not something you'd get from a brand store. The same goes for some others, like no sauce, extra cheese, or extra crispy orders. Got to be very careful when straying outside the formula of usual pizza.

    I like black olives as a garnish, like with other toppings on a pizza. As a texture and part of the whole taste. By themselves, nope.

  • Phoebe Gates wants her $185 million AI startup to succeed with 'no ties to my privilege or my last name': 'I have a chip on my shoulder' | Fortune

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  • Agreed again. We should be able to do better. However, it's interesting the list of other crimes you compare to it and call ended... are they? Also, the corporations are in power, so of course, using the very system they control to stop them is not going to work.

    Don't be mad at me for pointing out the guy behind the curtain. I'm with you in the frustration and rage; I've just participated too long in the "we should do something" bandwagon to believe it much anymore.

  • Phoebe Gates wants her $185 million AI startup to succeed with 'no ties to my privilege or my last name': 'I have a chip on my shoulder' | Fortune

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  • I agree with that. However, as I've discussed in other areas, the theft itself may be too far gone to catch the criminals. It's akin to a crime from past generations, since AI research is so fast.

    So while there's a problem and a crime and victims... how do we best handle it? A full shutdown, ban, or do-over is not realistic. It's interesting how Fuck AI and Fuck Cars have a similar dilemma of agreeing there's a problem created a while ago, but any move to fix it is glacial because of the scope of the problem.

  • I made a pizza

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  • I accept that some people like those rancid things. Such is the glory of pizza, where we can all share in what we prefer. And no, I'm not pushing for pineapple, not because of the taste, which is fine, but it tends to make it soggy. Too many toppings can ruin a pizza, too (past professional opinion, I've seen requests that don't work well).

  • The U.S. and Iran Can Still Avoid a War

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  • In the administration, true. The military side has some smart people, though, and at some point, this has to break. We might as well make a crown now if it's yes-men all the way down. They took a damn oath.

    I also get the dilemma of falling on a sword one at a time. It doesn't do much of anything except lose a career and ruin a life. Much like protesting single-handedly against oppression results in losing a job, while needing that paycheck, and no change from the action.

    But enough pebbles at one time make an avalanche.

  • Snack Rule

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  • Reminded me of the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark, where the Nazi priest says, "It's beautiful!"

  • AIs can generate near-verbatim copies of novels from training data

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  • You're getting downvoted because it sounds like you're defending the topic at hand. It shows how most people don't understand the inner workings of an LLM. Hell, experts still aren't completely sure, but they ran with what was working and have been tweaking along the way when things got too ugly. And as also brought up, they used everything they could grab to make it happen without concern for legality or future backlash. For science... and profit. And I don't see a way to go backwards at this point, thanks to AI being embedded into everything (where it's suited and where it's not). For science... no, wait, that's definitely for profit. And also because of your points, there's no real way to filter or carve out what should have been restricted from being used, because it's not really there in that form. We need to do something and quickly, but we do have to work with the beast we've made.

    Laws are notorious for being far slower than the tech it tries to control. And this time it can't be retroactive. Well, I mean, it could be... if we just ban all existing LLM and related AI work and start over. Good luck with that kind of legislation.

  • ICE Goon Shoots Bed in Neighboring Hotel Room While Fiddling With His Gun

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  • Eagan Police were called shortly before 6:30 p.m, and collected Shaver’s firearm and ammunition, but made no arrest and pursued no criminal charges.

    Surprising no one. If it had been just a member of the public, I'm sure the same would have happened, right?

  • airbag?

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  • The plants will die long before that. Is there a plant abuse hotline?

  • Feels more polite for sure.

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  • FWIW, using a shell function is preferred (according to Bash docs) and probably a lot more flexible, and less dangerous. No, actually, anything in Linux can be dangerous.

    And while I'm also in the camp of trying to make the Basilisk happy, I doubt it's going to work.

  • the diddler

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  • Shouldn't be question marks, should be something like <18. Or maybe a smaller number.

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