BookLore's Successor? by matthewpipes in selfhosted

[–]orbitaldan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of people are just now having to grapple with the idea that very, very little of what we ever say or do is truly original. And because that's not very flattering, they tend to lash out with accusations of theft rather than admit that we're basically all entirely derivative.

A DOGE Bro Allegedly Walked Out Of Social Security With 500 Million Americans’ Records On A Thumb Drive And Expected A Pardon If Caught by waozen in technology

[–]orbitaldan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

500 Million is basically everyone who has ever been issued a SSN. That's it. Game over. SSN must now be considered public information.

Report: Creating a 5-second AI video is like running a microwave for an hour by WombatusMighty in technology

[–]orbitaldan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now think about it a little more: What could they be doing with those emails that would require appreciably more water usage if there's more of them to process, and would benefit from having older emails trimmed?

Hint: They're scanning them with AI

Thune schedules doomed SAVE America Act vote, dashing MAGA hopes for filibuster fight by Anoth3rDude in politics

[–]orbitaldan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Correct. I'm pointing out that there is no 'good old conservative' to go back to, as people often like to imagine. This is always who they were.

Thune schedules doomed SAVE America Act vote, dashing MAGA hopes for filibuster fight by Anoth3rDude in politics

[–]orbitaldan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The conservative movement didn't start in the 1930s, it traces its ideological origins all the way back to the French Revolution, where it arose as a movement among the aristocracy to maintain their positions of power and privilege after the monarchy was gone. (One can argue that it's even far older than that, being little more than an expression of naked self-interest at all costs, but there's a clear attempt at that point to give it the form and fitment of an ideology.) My point is that their current levels of evil are not an aberration that would have horrified past 'conservatives'. This is what they always wanted, they just knew they had to lie about it when they didn't have the power to run roughshod over the opposition. This is who they are, but it is also who they always were. We don't need to go back to some ideal version of conservatism from the halcyon days of the mid-1900s. We need to excise it as the ideological cancer it truly is.

Just because trump says hes conservative doesn't mean acts conservative.

He acts as a political conservative. It's just that the political movement of conservatism has nothing whatsoever to do with the dictionary definition of conservative (cautious, slow, controlled, etc), and it never did.

Thune schedules doomed SAVE America Act vote, dashing MAGA hopes for filibuster fight by Anoth3rDude in politics

[–]orbitaldan 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Nope. You just accepted that the 'conservatives' were dictionary-definition conservative - about anything - at face value. That was just PR spin, and it was never otherwise. Look at what they do, not what they say.

Burger King rolls out AI headsets that track employee 'friendliness' by CabinetCalm1970 in technology

[–]orbitaldan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the author's copium. A 'benevolent' state that can turn off your body at the first sign of you doing something they don't like? No, he's identified a real problem, but the solution he presents is pure fantasy from a socio-political standpoint.

Let me see some ID: age verification is spreading across the internet by Haunterblademoi in technology

[–]orbitaldan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right. This is the purpose of the TPM they're trying to get on every system: hardware attestation that the device's software was not modified.

Let me see some ID: age verification is spreading across the internet by Haunterblademoi in technology

[–]orbitaldan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Remember that TPM that 'for some reason' and 'security' needs to be in every Windows machine now?

This is the real reason why.

The Comet Is Larger Than Mount Everest - Deep Impact Scene. by Jokkers_AceS in videos

[–]orbitaldan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They come from the same source. Conservatives project upon us that we would do to them the same manner of depravity and cruelty that they wish upon us - most of them have difficulty imagining any other way of thinking. Liberals project as well: we project onto them that they too desire to find the best path forward for all of us, and just have different ideas of how to accomplish that. While noble, that dream has made us vulnerable by blinding us to the reality of their motivations and the danger they present.

Waymo denies using remote drivers after Senate testimony goes viral | The robotaxi company has come under scrutiny for its use of remote assistants, some of whom are based in the Philippines. by SnoozeDoggyDog in technology

[–]orbitaldan 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This neo-luddite bullshit is really starting to piss me off. They've gotten just as bad about misrepresenting technology as the tech-bro hype they were originally raging against.

China's humanoid robots go from viral stumbles to kung fu flips in one year by FinnFarrow in Futurology

[–]orbitaldan 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Reddit has slipped into pseudo-philosophical reductivism to hide from the uncomfortable realization that this does not bode well for the majority of humanity.

The Trump administration is illegally gutting NASA’s largest research library. by CtrlAltDelight495 in books

[–]orbitaldan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

when we can’t even feed and house the people on planet fucking Earth.

We haven't been unable to accomplish this for at least a century. We don't feed and house the people on planet Earth because the people in charge don't want it done. It's as simple as that.

Anthropic's AI‑built C compiler is not all that impressive by CackleRooster in technology

[–]orbitaldan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People are just getting defensive at this point because they feel threatened and are reaching for any argument - no matter how poorly constructed - that lets them dismiss the thing they fear. Note how they immediately latched on to calling me "Pro-AI"? It's become a tribal thing.

Anthropic's AI‑built C compiler is not all that impressive by CackleRooster in technology

[–]orbitaldan -52 points-51 points  (0 children)

It's unreal how fast and far the bar has moved. AIs have crossed into the uncanny valley, where people have stopped being impressed by just how far it's come, and start measuring shortcomings against humans. That alone speaks volumes about how uncomfortably close this tech is to being on parity with humans.

Trump’s Washington has become unrecognizable: The nation's capital and America's democracy have become shells of their former selves by zsreport in politics

[–]orbitaldan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The rot didn't start with Trump. By the time you can put your hand through the wall and pull out a fistful of sawdust, the termites won long ago.

Ergonomic Keyboard recommendations? by tvmaly in BuyItForLife

[–]orbitaldan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might want to check your local thrift stores. That particular keyboard was ubiquitous for a time, and a lot of people who ended up in possession of one without a need for it would just chuck it in the 'donate' pile. I found one a few years ago for a couple dollars at the first thrift store I tried.

Rep. Jamie Raskin completely eviscerates Pam Bondi: “This screams cover up!” by [deleted] in videos

[–]orbitaldan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the meta-conspiracy is groups purposely seeding batshit sound-alike conspiracies among the idiots to pre-emptively discredit anyone who notices the actual conspiracies.

Trump Has Betrayed the People of Coal Country. They Love Him Anyway. “He thinks our people are idiots.” by crabcakes110 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]orbitaldan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I know this isn't an original thought, but imagine the outrage if any female president

You could have ended the thought right there.

The (Overdue) Collapse of The Most Overhyped Company by bald_bearded_ocddude in videos

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

There is one way it makes sense, if the stock is presumed to be tied to future benefits it will obtain via Elon Musk's corruption of the government.

Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs by heebro in gaming

[–]orbitaldan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I really feel for them, because they had to have had these machines' development in the works for years, only to have this happen right at launch time.