acabjones

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[–] acabjones@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Blinken huffed his own farts for 3 hours or more, while Xi scrolled til tok and at one point appeared to have a separate meeting in the presence of Blinken, who did not appear to notice".

But seriously, wtf is the point of Blinken wasting a trip for the same old tropes and denials? Just to reinflate some anti china talking points for a few days?

[–] acabjones@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Domestic tasks like cooking, washing dishes, folding laundry. It's something real I can do to make me and my partner's lives keep going smooth, plus they're great opportunities for either podcasts or mindfulness.

[–] acabjones@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I assume both services harvest and sell data. As a Usonian, a foreign service is less likely to be able to act on the data they harvest about me. I guarantee meta sells the social graph gleaned from e2ee communications to a data broker who then sells it to the CIA etc al.

[–] acabjones@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks! I'll give it a try.

[–] acabjones@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I'm interested to see the results and would participate. Thanks for willing to take this on.

[–] acabjones@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The economist should arguably free given the ideological heavy lifting it performs.

I found this interesting: https://citationsneeded.medium.com/episode-98-the-refined-sociopathy-of-the-economist-4966767e1688

[–] acabjones@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

This applies to meat as well. Imo there's a big flavor improvement to a stew made with seared meat vs one where the meat was added raw to the stew.

[–] acabjones@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Roast brussel sprouts:

  • quarter brussel sprouts until you have enough to cover the bottom of a cast iron or carbon steel oven safe pan without crowding; a glass casserole dish will also work
  • toss in cooking oil of choice, salt, pepper, herbs of choice, e.g. herbs de provence
  • 420F for 30 minutes, stirring at 10 and 20 minutes, optionally sprinkling with shredded parmesan at 20 minutes

End result should be crisped on edges. Probably the side dish I've made more than than any other.

[–] acabjones@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have friends who work in Fintech, at least one of whom considers themselves socialist. It's been hard for me to reserve judgement of them considering a choice to work in a sector which I view to be on par with CIA etc in terms of producing bad social outcomes, with the presumption that they also understand the role of finance in capitalism.

Comrade, I come only with curiosity, no judgement, and honestly, I ask the following question only to better understand some people I know IRL; Would you be willing to describe your ideological relationship to your industry and your job? How do you reconcile the contradiction of directly developing the economic base of capitalism while presumably being a communist?

Thank you, and I understand if you choose not to respond.

[–] acabjones@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This coming from someone whose work I respect is a reason to give it an honest try.

[–] acabjones@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Isn't it something how sitting and paying attention for a while can reveal so much?

[–] acabjones@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Wait so this is all it takes to customize a chatbot on an existing LLM? fascinating.

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