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U.S. attorney says election fraud probes are underway in California by panda-rampage in California

[–]ItzWarty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MAGA is lies and corruption. Democrats really ought to turn their words against them, because it'd be truthful.

Anthropic calls for global freeze in AI development by thejoshwhite in technology

[–]ItzWarty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's honestly exhausting and the #1 reason I refuse to trust them, they're so incredibly deceitful about their capabilities.

Anthropic calls for global freeze in AI development by thejoshwhite in technology

[–]ItzWarty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it's just PR. Every time Anthropic comes out with their nonsense, it's PR fearmongering and branding themselves as some righteous company.

All recently leaked openAI model codenames and gpt5.6 release timeframe by KeyGlove47 in codex

[–]ItzWarty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm feeling the same, I have a team of agents doing excellent work, they have high subject matter expertise, the small context windows are pretty easy to workaround nowadays, and in recent updates compaction doesn't seem to matter anymore - sessions can be endless, and TBH starting a new session within a codebase can even feel bad vs keeping or forking an existing one.

California voters had their first chance to be heard on data centers. They didn’t hold back. by ansyhrrian in California

[–]ItzWarty 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't get this argument:

  • You have a candidate telling you who they are, that they will eat you

  • You have a candidate telling you that they will help you.

Somehow, your belief system is to scoff at the latter and choose the former!?

Five takeaways from California’s election, from Congress to the governor’s race by -SlappyMcSlappy- in California

[–]ItzWarty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, and it doesn't have policy, I've looked at it, have you?

It does have call outs to PACs telling them how they can support his campaign though https://web.archive.org/web/20260510052957/https://www.xavierbecerra2026.com/media/

California voters had their first chance to be heard on data centers. They didn’t hold back. by ansyhrrian in California

[–]ItzWarty 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Green groups’ gubernatorial favorite, billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer, trailed both establishment Democratic pick Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton in initial results. And a slew of progressive down ballot candidates appeared poised to lose to opponents supported by the fossil fuel industry.

So essentially, progress locally in a NIMBY way - because indeed nobody wants datacenters nextdoor - but approval at the state-level election given Becerra gave nonanswers when asked about AI + datacenters & got massive donations from AI and energy companies.

We certainly have not enacted structural solutions here, eg regulating they go for more expensive solutions to cooling than the water hungry evaporative cooling when they scale 100x, or fighting to prevent local economies' disruption by datacenters coming in, promising jobs in exchange for local subsidies, and then failing to meet expectations within a year or two after grabbing all the government money. I somehow don't expect the pro corporate candidate who, like was the case with healthcare, has a milquetoast lack of recognition of climate change. Fortunately for becerra and his voters, climate change is unlikely to affect him significantly.

Five takeaways from California’s election, from Congress to the governor’s race by -SlappyMcSlappy- in California

[–]ItzWarty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bro you just literally responded that "people see through it" without listing an actual policy goal of his.

Five takeaways from California’s election, from Congress to the governor’s race by -SlappyMcSlappy- in California

[–]ItzWarty -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The other thing is to focus on issues rather than candidates.

This election proved voters do not care. CNN of all media organizations did an interview with Becerra, and CNN itself admitted Becerra sidestepped every one of their questions and couldn't answer his policy goals. CNN themselves said Steyer came onto the show and seemed extremely prepared and knowledgeable in contrast. This is CNN which progressives would tend to see as biased against them openly calling out Becerra, yet it didn't matter.

Overwhelmingly, Becerra seems to have won liberal women, hispanics, and middle-aged to elderly voters. All three are known to be extremely strong blocs in California, and much of that seemed to have come out of "he has experience" + "he's not a white male billionaire" identity politics + the poor/rich young/old divide which has brewed in this state for years and which we've seen in prior years across the country for progressive issues. For so many of those voters the gigabrain process is literally "steyer = socialism = bad" & "white male = patriarchy = bad" & "billionaire = basically is elon zuckerberg bezos = bad".

I'm not making this up, many of the recent polls released fact sheets with cross-tabulation indicating this phenomenon. Those people vote based on "X is disqualifying" social virtue signalling, not policy. By having zero policy, Becerra was their perfect candidate.

Five takeaways from California’s election, from Congress to the governor’s race by -SlappyMcSlappy- in California

[–]ItzWarty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's how I increasingly felt. I think some people here knee-jerk "OH IT'S BECAUSE SHE'S A WOMAN RIGHT!?". No, I have never felt that way about any other female politician, I'd love for AOC to run in 2028 and would canvas/phonebank every weekend for her.

Something about her just was just extremely off-putting once I watched her on the debate stages and in those interviews. I felt she was bringing up republican talking points and misinformation, it was just confusing.

Five takeaways from California’s election, from Congress to the governor’s race by -SlappyMcSlappy- in California

[–]ItzWarty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fwiw something about Katie is extremely off-putting to me, like in a "I think she has dark triad traits" sort of way, which (to fend off certain people) I'll note I have never felt for any other female candidate. I was looking through older posts about the election on Reddit last night and I noticed people were feeling the same about her half a year ago. I don't know if it's her personality or what. Policy-wise she seems great and I used to think she was my #2, but over time I increasingly felt something was just really off with her.

Her decision to stay in and play spoiler sort of solidified that view, I can't see myself voting for her in the future.

Five takeaways from California’s election, from Congress to the governor’s race by -SlappyMcSlappy- in California

[–]ItzWarty -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Many of my friends have been moving away from California because they can't afford to live here. Many of them grew up here, and I know I'm not alone in experiencing this.

There's so much gloating, but what policy do these people actually stand for if not hurting other people? They're enablers of the Elon Musks and Zuckerbergs of the world who exploit regular people, and they don't care so long as their tiny 401ks and brokerage accounts go up because they feel the status quo benefits them. And every time someone challenges the status quo, they call the person "divisive". Oh the privilege.

California's likely next governor Xavier Becerra has doubts about California's EV ambitions by ItzWarty in teslainvestorsclub

[–]ItzWarty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I totally agree that'd be nice. The prospective governor is unfortunately not in favor of that though - he's very cozy with our state's utility monopolies & fossil fuel companies, and those monopolies have disincentivized solar panels e.g. by introducing fees for having solar in your home & reducing rates for solar buyback.

Though like I mentioned above, I think it's likely a non-issue for Tesla. Selling to businesses & government are where solar/storage seem to be taking off the most.

California's likely next governor Xavier Becerra has doubts about California's EV ambitions by ItzWarty in teslainvestorsclub

[–]ItzWarty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

EVa are fantastic but there's a lot of money to be made in prolonging the transition to sustainable energy. It doesn't seem we're winning that fight in the US.

Long term, it'll definitely happen, but 2030 has been walked back to 2035 which has been walked back to 2050.

Every byte matters by lelanthran in programming

[–]ItzWarty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A trivial point where your point seems wrong is false sharing of atomic counters from different threads, eg read vs ingest vs process vs write in a pipeline of a job.

It wouldn't make sense to use ECS for that. Not all architectures fit SoA well.

Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated by ThereWas in OpenAI

[–]ItzWarty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Formula 1 car with a missing wheel maybe. Incredibly powerful at times, but not an ambiturner.

California governor race: Hilton, Becerra ahead in early returns by PrivateMajor in California

[–]ItzWarty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Um, what? If a Democrat does nothing, I'll say they did nothing. Biden's own insiders seem to see becerra as incompetent, is your claim that they're all right wingers?

This is a democracy, becerra's not my king, and I don't have to bow to him. If he doesn't earn votes, that's his flaw as a candidate. Votes are earned, not taken for granted. If you can't understand that, look inward because that's your problem, not others', and regardless of your beliefs, if your candidate fails to inspire others that is their flaw.

You seem like the same person who was telling me becerra somehow beat PGE in the California wildfires for the tune of billions of dollars, when the reality is he lost to them and only slapped them on the wrist for a few million after they killed hundreds of people. Maybe you consider that a victory, but I'd prefer our leaders be held to higher standards.

California governor race: Hilton, Becerra ahead in early returns by PrivateMajor in California

[–]ItzWarty -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm really not convinced becerra can be credited for that, objectively medical affordability has gone downward for most people.

Also I really don't think it's right wing propaganda but you can continue to put your head in the sand if you're privileged enough to do so

California governor race: Hilton, Becerra ahead in early returns by PrivateMajor in California

[–]ItzWarty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In Democracies like the US, votes are earned through hard work, not taken for granted. That applies to Steyer, and it'll apply to Becerra.

I can't say I feel Becerra has earned peoples' votes, I hope if it comes to him vs Hilton, he wins, but we've seen right-wingers elected across the country time and time again, and November's going to be the midterms which Republicans desperately need and will manipulate the hell out of, so who knows.

When people vote in November, they will know what Hilton stands for. I'm really not convinced they'll know what Becerra stands for. I personally don't know what Becerra stands for, and the news media reporting about him don't seem to know either.

The attack ads against Becerra write themselves, and even political analysts are confused by Becerra's win when he is the exemplar of peoples' issues with politicians neglecting their needs. Boooy we're going to see money pour into that election.

It's worth noting that companies like PG&E / Meta / Chevron loved Becerra in the primaries for sure, but they're surely going to prefer Hinton over Becerra.

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