gerikson

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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 10 points 2 years ago

I'm pretty sure that if the community "takes out the trash" (i.e. downvotes to dead status[1]) the mods won't bother to ban the user.


[1] I happen to believe thta this is not sufficient to get rid of bad actors

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Libertarian nerds run straight into actual California, not the AI-generated dreamland they imagine

Mercury news: "Billionaires’ utopia company California Forever scraps plan for ballot initiative in wake of damning report"

https://archive.ph/UbdBw

The report released late last week by Solano County said the proposed new city of 50,000 — possibly up to 400,000 decades from now — would likely cost the county billions of dollars and create substantial annual financial deficits, while slashing agricultural production, damaging climate-change resilience, and potentially threatening local water supplies. The project, according to the report, “may not be financially feasible.”

HN shows what they think of the 3 people with actual thoughts on the issue by downvoting them to death

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41047746

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 7 points 2 years ago

Yeah Dreher used to be a staple at LGM but some time ago I think they decided he was struggling so much with mental health they decided to lay off him.

I hope he accepts he's gay and does some sort of repentance for all the stuff he's said over the years.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Trump selecting JD Vance has his running mate has led to stuff I know from this venue bleeding into stuff I follow (shamefully) for US politics. Case in point, behold Mencius Moldbug between Richard Hanania and some racist dweeb from Cambridge:

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/07/meet-you-at-the-bottom-if-there-really-is-one

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago

stupid sexy basilisk

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 7 points 2 years ago
[–] gerikson@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago

Previous workplace merged with a US company that among other things offered "sentiment analysis" for call centers - the software was supposed to detect if someone was upset or irate. Could be used to help employees deal with irate customers, but could also detect if an employee was rude or stressed. Same software could be used to ensure employees used certain stock phrases like "welcome to InitTech, how may I help you?"

Point is, tech has been used to enforce conformity since well forever.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago

Wow I learned even more horrifying things about Yarvin from this.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it would be fun if Biden would just YOLO and ban Bitcoin by executive order

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago

Perfect comment, no notes.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

a hackernews excitedly states that a new LLM version can in fact determine that 9.11 is smaller than 9.9, only to be informed in the comments that the model actually doesn't do that at all. But hey, it's correct if it's version numbers!

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41011228

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"Swiss privacy" for online services is a bit like "Swiss made" for expensive watches - a marketing term.

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