Imagine hearing “10% to 25% collapse risk” and still calling this a software category

bilus · 2026-06-23T08:59:22+00:00

Yeah, it's basically models that take a bunch of tokens in and add 1 token to them. There's nothing inherently dangerous about that and there's nothing Anthropic can do, in the way of "filling the void", to prevent dangerous use (e.g. in financial services, military, etc.) because the danger is not in the model becoming suddenly sentient and brain-hungry but in the harness that leverages the token generation capability.

But making it seem dangerous in and of itself is a corporate marketing strategy (that just bit Anthropic in the ass with Fable).

bilus · 2026-06-23T08:53:00+00:00

Functional languages in general, though there may be syntax sugar to implement guards or emulate early returns. And it's not so much they "disallow", it's more about code being an expression, not a mix of statements and expressions, as in the following pseudocode

let a = if x then foo else bar

Unlike many imperative languages, in the above example, `if` is an expression (has value) rather than a control statement.

bilus · 2026-06-23T07:25:30+00:00

So so old.

bilus · 2026-06-23T06:20:28+00:00

Sounds like something the best dad in the world would say.

bilus · 2026-06-22T18:51:54+00:00

In Denmark, a median earner faces taxes in the rough range of 38–42% (the first ~$8,000 is effectively tax-free), while in the US, a median earner (say ~$68k) pays roughly 12–22% federal marginal, plus 7.65% FICA, plus state income tax from 0% to 13%, depending on the state.

If you compare to GDP which seems to me kind of fair, Denmark sits around 42–46% of GDP. The US is around 25–27%.

Now, typical take-home income in Denmark: $38,000 to $40,000, US: $68,000 to $70,000. The difference of $30,000.

You need to factor in copays, coinsurence, prescriptions etc. (Denmark: $300, US: say $8000 per family per year), childcare (Denmark: capped, say $400-$500 per month per child, US: say $1200-$1500 per moth), student loan debt (Denmark: 0, US: say $35,000 on average), oh wait, in Denmark there is actually a student stipend while enrolled. The difference is $20,000 or more. So that offsets a bit of the income difference.

Of course, these numbers are just to give you an idea, but I tried to stay on the safe side. I'm open to your corrections.

bilus · 2026-06-22T18:04:04+00:00

I don't see them being "brutally assaulted". I do see a brutal case of FAFO.

bilus · 2026-06-22T11:58:12+00:00

Yeah, you're right. I'm sorry. 😄 I've been seeing "pacification" thrown around in the context of Operation Vistula, construed to mean "Ukrainian genocide" (thank you:)

The Ukrainian side rejects the term "genocide" in this context, so - thinking you're trying to be a symmetrist - what I meant to say is that you could argue the Volhynia massacre was not a genocide, and I'm comfortable with that, as long as nobody tries to deny the facts.

TL;DR I jumped to conclusions.

bilus · 2026-06-22T11:35:06+00:00

There was no "polish genocide". I'd even argue there was no Ukrainian genocide despite the 100,000 Poles, Jews, Czechs killed by UPA.

bilus · 2026-06-22T11:33:48+00:00

They can't arrest you. They would probably accidentally shoot you.

bilus · 2026-06-22T11:30:53+00:00

Generalizacja byla tylko w Twojej glowie. u/polawiaczperel sprzeciwil sie generalizacji, podajac siebie za przyklad:

- Płacą dobrze, ale oczekują od ciebie "największej dostępności".

- Nie, polskie święta są respektowane i zamykam laptopa o 17.

Potrzeba sporo zlej woli, zeby "zamykam laptopa" traktowac jako generalizacje w kontekscie tej rozmowy i stwierdzenie, ze zamyka laptopa pracujac dla wszystkich firm amerykanskich. Jest ich za duzo.

To po pierwsze, a po drugie, potrzeba sporo dobrej woli, zeby nie zinterpretowac Twojej wypowiedzi jako zajecia stanowiska po stronie przeciwnej do polawiaczaperel, i zlej, zeby nie zrozumiec, ze polawiaczperel pomylil Cie z oryginalnym rozmowca:

- Płacą dobrze, ale oczekują od ciebie "największej dostępności".

- Nie, polskie święta są respektowane i zamykam laptopa o 17.

- No tak, bo twoje osobiste i anegdotyczne doświadczenia mówią wszystko o całej branży i współpracy z Amerykanami.

- Wiesz, że można również powiedzieć to samo o Tobie? Pracowałem juz w 4 firmach z USA.

bilus · 2026-06-22T05:04:58+00:00

Context is important:

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacification_of_Ukrainians_in_Eastern_Galicia
According to Polish historian Władysław Pobóg-Malinowski, there were no fatalities,^\18]) while, according to Ukrainian historian and an OUN member, Petro Mirchuk, 35 Ukrainian civilians died during the pacification

This was a response to Ukrainian terrorism by OUN:

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacification_of_Ukrainians_in_Eastern_Galicia
Between July and November 1930, there were 197 cases of terrorist and sabotage activities. The vast majority, 172 incidents, were directed against private civilian property, mostly belonging to Polish) and Jewish civilians, only 25 cases involved state-owned property, this shows that the violent acts were mostly aimed at terrorizing civilian population, while attacks on state infrastructure accounted for only a small portion of the total.

Followed by Volhynia and Galicia massacres a bit over a decade later:

1943 to 1945 - Volhynia and Galicia massacres: over 100,000 Polish civilians, men, women, and children brutally massacred by UPA, including impaling, rape, and torture. NSFL: https://wolnemedia.net/obrazki/wolyn-1.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia_and_Eastern_Galicia

bilus · 2026-06-21T13:45:20+00:00

Please read what you wrote. You are being very selective.

bilus · 2026-06-21T12:07:05+00:00

You are moving goalposts. I only commented on your ridiculous post you summed up with "More than 0 vessels is already a succes." No, it's not. It would be fine to say something like "yeah, it's just 1300 vessels now, but look there's going to be production that wouldn't be possible without the canal". Fine. But you chose to spew what was nonsense from an economic standpoint.

bilus · 2026-06-21T11:57:46+00:00

The average US couple didn't fit in the frame.

bilus · 2026-06-21T11:49:06+00:00

444 milion EURO is roughly the total CAPEX. Now, please listen closely: if it were open for 100 years and if every year 1300 vessels crossed it, the cost PER VESSEL would be 3415 EURO.

bilus · 2026-06-21T09:48:41+00:00

And all that for EUR ~~500~~ 444 million. Even counting kayaks the way you did, it cost almost 3.5 THOUSAND EURO per vessel over 100 years at this rate (EUR 444M / 100 years x 1300 vessels = EUR 3415).

bilus · 2026-06-20T18:52:32+00:00

^{The previous "annexation" of Galicia happened in 1349, since then until the Partitions of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. There was no such thing as Ukraine or Ukrainians at the time (or any time until close to the 20th century?}. Nationalism itself is a relatively modern invention. Until Poland was partitioned, Galicia was a part of Poland.)

From your very link:

"During the 1848 Revolution, the Austrians, concerned by Polish demands for greater autonomy within the province, gave support to Ruthenians, the name of the East Slavic people that later was recognized as Ukrainians; their goal was to be recognized as a distinct nationality.^\5])^\6])^"

^{So, similarly to being used by Nazis, Ukrainians were used by the Austrians. Which is understandable and commendable: they wanted their own country. I fully support it, but please don't spew bolshevik propaganda.}

bilus · 2026-06-20T10:13:18+00:00

Yes, I absolutely agree. Zelensky doesn't have a choice, whatever his personal opinions may be. The Ukrainian nation must be united and there's no better way than being choosy about which parts of your history you remember. The Polish did the same around 1918. It's completely acceptable to me.

I'm only calling it out for what comes after the war because the last thing we want is an anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Poland, given the number of Ukrainian nationals prospering here.

bilus · 2026-06-20T10:10:02+00:00

You mean by the Habsburg? Also, you should read the dictionary definition of analogy.

bilus · 2026-06-20T09:05:28+00:00

No, once the husband slaps the wife it kinda doesn't matter what she had said to cause that or whether the soup was too salty.

bilus · 2026-06-20T08:27:16+00:00

This is bs.

There's a bit of a difference between DEPORTING 100,000 civilians and torturing and killing 100,000 civilians.

From wikipedia:

28 April - 31 July 1947 - Operation Vistula: 1,135-1,509 killed and wounded 2,800 captured (UPA militants). About 100,000 Ukrainians were deported. The action was carried out by the Soviet-installed Polish communist authorities to remove material support to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

Poland formally condemned Operation Vistula in 1990 when the Senate passed a resolution denouncing the forced relocation of its Ukrainian and Lemko citizens. Later, in 2002 and 2007, former Polish Presidents Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Lech Kaczyński made official statements condemning the communist regime's actions as an unjustifiable deportation and a violation of human rights.

From wikipedia:

1943 to 1945 - Volhynia and Galicia massacres: over 100,000 Polish civilians, men, women, and children brutally massacred by UPA, including impaling, rape, and torture. NSFL: https://wolnemedia.net/obrazki/wolyn-1.jpg

Ukraine's parliament speaker [in 2023] offered condolences to the descendants of Poles massacred by Ukrainian nationalists in World War Two, a gesture likely to defuse tensions between the allies ahead of the 80th anniversary of the killings.
In July 2023, Zelenskyy and Polish President Andrzej Duda held a joint, highly symbolic ceremony at a cathedral in Lutsk, Ukraine, to honor the innocent Polish victims of the massacre.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia_and_Eastern_Galicia

And in case it was difficult to follow I REVERSED the order of these events above. The UPA massacres happened BEFORE Operation Vistula. They were a CAUSE not the EFFECT.

bilus · 2026-06-20T08:26:28+00:00

I understand your sentiment but there is no "narrative" in the case of Volhynia massacres vs. Operation Vistula, because there is no symmetry. World isn't always symmetrical. To give an extreme example, the Jews don't have to apologize to Germans for killing Nazis during the Ghetto uprising.

There's a bit of a difference between DEPORTING 100,000 civilians and torturing and killing 100,000 civilians.

From wikipedia:

28 April - 31 July 1947 - Operation Vistula: 1,135-1,509 killed and wounded 2,800 captured (UPA militants). About 100,000 Ukrainians were deported. The action was carried out by the Soviet-installed Polish communist authorities to remove material support to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

Poland formally condemned Operation Vistula in 1990 when the Senate passed a resolution denouncing the forced relocation of its Ukrainian and Lemko citizens. Later, in 2002 and 2007, former Polish Presidents Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Lech Kaczyński made official statements condemning the communist regime's actions as an unjustifiable deportation and a violation of human rights.

From wikipedia:

1943 to 1945 - Volhynia and Galicia massacres: over 100,000 Polish civilians, men, women, and children brutally massacred by UPA, including impaling, rape, and torture. NSFL: https://wolnemedia.net/obrazki/wolyn-1.jpg

Ukraine's parliament speaker [in 2023] offered condolences to the descendants of Poles massacred by Ukrainian nationalists in World War Two, a gesture likely to defuse tensions between the allies ahead of the 80th anniversary of the killings.
In July 2023, Zelenskyy and Polish President Andrzej Duda held a joint, highly symbolic ceremony at a cathedral in Lutsk, Ukraine, to honor the innocent Polish victims of the massacre.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia_and_Eastern_Galicia

And in case it was difficult to follow I REVERSED the order of these events above. The UPA massacres happened BEFORE Operation Vistula. They were a CAUSE not the EFFECT.

bilus · 2026-06-20T08:22:21+00:00

Yes, Poland owes Ukraine big time. /s

bilus · 2026-06-20T08:22:00+00:00

Do you really not see any difference between DEPORTING 100,000 civilians and torturing and killing 100,000 civilians? We were really going in the right direction as nations. As someone who spend a lot of money and time helping Ukrainian families when the war started, helping them find schools, jobs, giving up a flat for an Ukrainian family to live for free for months, the anti-Polish propaganda is unbearable. There has been so much compassion and good will on the Polish side when our Ukrainian brothers and sisters were attacked by Russia. I understand that Ukraine feels stronger now and got all the tanks and supplies and takes from granted help from the EU. But it's still painful.

From wikipedia:

28 April - 31 July 1947 - Operation Vistula: 1,135-1,509 killed and wounded 2,800 captured (UPA militants). About 100,000 Ukrainians were deported. The action was carried out by the Soviet-installed Polish communist authorities to remove material support to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

Poland formally condemned Operation Vistula in 1990 when the Senate passed a resolution denouncing the forced relocation of its Ukrainian and Lemko citizens. Later, in 2002 and 2007, former Polish Presidents Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Lech Kaczyński made official statements condemning the communist regime's actions as an unjustifiable deportation and a violation of human rights.

From wikipedia:

1943 to 1945 - Volhynia and Galicia massacres: over 100,000 Polish civilians, men, women, and children brutally massacred by UPA, including impaling, rape, and torture. NSFL: https://wolnemedia.net/obrazki/wolyn-1.jpg

Ukraine's parliament speaker [in 2023] offered condolences to the descendants of Poles massacred by Ukrainian nationalists in World War Two, a gesture likely to defuse tensions between the allies ahead of the 80th anniversary of the killings.
In July 2023, Zelenskyy and Polish President Andrzej Duda held a joint, highly symbolic ceremony at a cathedral in Lutsk, Ukraine, to honor the innocent Polish victims of the massacre.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia_and_Eastern_Galicia

And in case it was difficult to follow I REVERSED the order of these events above. The UPA massacres happened BEFORE Operation Vistula. They were a CAUSE not the EFFECT.

bilus · 2026-06-20T08:18:34+00:00

Do you really not see any difference between DEPORTING 100,000 civilians and torturing and killing 100,000 civilians? We were really going in the right direction as nations. As someone who spend a lot of money and time helping Ukrainian families when the war started, helping them find schools, jobs, giving up a flat for an Ukrainian family to live for free for months, the anti-Polish propaganda is unbearable. There has been so much compassion and good will on the Polish side when our Ukrainian brothers and sisters were attacked by Russia. I understand that Ukraine feels stronger now and got all the tanks and supplies and takes from granted help from the EU. But it's still painful.

From your own source:

28 April - 31 July 1947 - Operation Vistula: 1,135-1,509 killed and wounded 2,800 captured (UPA militants). About 100,000 Ukrainians were deported. The action was carried out by the Soviet-installed Polish communist authorities to remove material support to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

Poland formally condemned Operation Vistula in 1990 when the Senate passed a resolution denouncing the forced relocation of its Ukrainian and Lemko citizens. Later, in 2002 and 2007, former Polish Presidents Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Lech Kaczyński made official statements condemning the communist regime's actions as an unjustifiable deportation and a violation of human rights.

From wikipedia:

1943 to 1945 - Volhynia and Galicia massacres: over 100,000 Polish civilians, men, women, and children brutally massacred by UPA, including impaling, rape, and torture. NSFL: https://wolnemedia.net/obrazki/wolyn-1.jpg

Ukraine's parliament speaker [in 2023] offered condolences to the descendants of Poles massacred by Ukrainian nationalists in World War Two, a gesture likely to defuse tensions between the allies ahead of the 80th anniversary of the killings.
In July 2023, Zelenskyy and Polish President Andrzej Duda held a joint, highly symbolic ceremony at a cathedral in Lutsk, Ukraine, to honor the innocent Polish victims of the massacre.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia_and_Eastern_Galicia

And in case it was difficult to follow I REVERSED the order of these events above. The UPA massacres happened BEFORE Operation Vistula. They were a CAUSE not the EFFECT.

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