homesweethomeMrL

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 14 minutes ago

It’s also red versus blue.

It can be two things.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/32672000

US Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys have asked a federal court in Texas to end a temporary pause on a case accusing Elon Musk’s tech company SpaceX of discriminating against immigrant job applicants.

Case file: https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/SpaceExplorationTechnologiesCorpvBelletalDocketNo123cv00137SDTexS/8?doc_id=X3GIQUAF0TQ80AB63HIABKNFIUF

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 18 minutes ago

All face!

Until the talons get ya, anyway.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 21 minutes ago

“Flexor Digitorum Longus” is my stage name with my speed metal bluegrass band. I hope there won’t be a copyright problem.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 26 minutes ago

Please. These are the Democrats in these ridiculously-gerrymandered districts with all MAGA election boards who are out for some scalps.

If there was a MAGA revolt one month into the hell they could not fucking wait for, I’m Elmo fucking Munsk.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 28 minutes ago

“N- . . No.”

*click*

“Dangit.”

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 32 minutes ago

Why would anyone think twice about this ridiculous word fart from a demented rapist?

Move on, nothing to see here.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 37 minutes ago

Alcohol is a helluva drug

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 46 minutes ago

He is an American hero. Thank you John Lewis!

Seeing as the FEC has historically had the import of a stale fart, good for him I guess? What do you think he'll do with it?

For the more immediate future, the answer is not, I think, founding some kind of socialist party, but it does require making Democratic Party politics much more democratic and populist.

Excellent, I am on board with this.

I just hate seeing such a resurgence of Democratic groupthink at a make or break moment when we reeeeeeeally need to do some internal soul searching and serious self criticism.

Speaking personally, I'm just incredibly angry there was anyone on the left who decided to let trump win. That's in stark contrast to being a cheerleader for Democratic groupthink. I've always been critical of Democrats for all the usual reasons and more AOC more Bernie is where I want it to go.

Just the slimy 4chan nature of calling Democrats "libs" and throwing "bougie" around like it means anything to the speaker (and quoting Lenin directly in russian which - was a new one for me) is ridiculous. We have a vehicle, let's fucking go is my point, but there seems to be a bulwark of (?? i don't know, bot? russian? idiot sophmore?) left that refuses to move in any direction for any reason because it's "not pure".

Anyway, I don't disagree what what you've got here - most of it is pretty darn lofty but hey, dream big, right? - and moving the DNC to the left has always been my argument anyway so, agreed.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

before if a platform moderated content published by users, it would be considered a content publisher, like a newspaper or magazine, and would be liable for user generated content.

So you're saying facebook and twitter who both have had moderation for many years are liable for the content published under that organization?

I don't think so. But I'm prepared to be proved wrong if you got it.

 
 
 
 
 
 

cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/1675150

I refuse to sit here and pretend that any of this matters. OpenAI and Anthropic are not innovators, and are antithetical to the spirit of Silicon Valley. They are management consultants dressed as founders, cynical con artists raising money for products that will never exist while peddling software that destroys our planet and diverts attention and capital away from things that might solve real problems.

I'm tired of the delusion. I'm tired of being forced to take these men seriously. I'm tired of being told by the media and investors that these men are building the future when the only things they build are mediocre and expensive. There is no joy here, no mystery, no magic, no problems solved, no lives saved, and very few lives changed other than new people added to Forbes' Midas list.

None of this is powerful, or impressive, other than in how big a con it’s become. Look at the products and the actual outputs and tell me — does any of this actually feel like the future? Isn’t it kind of weird that the big, scary threats they’ve made about how AI will take our jobs never seem to translate to an actual product? Isn’t it strange that despite all of their money and power they’re yet to make anything truly useful?

My heart darkens, albeit briefly, when I think of how cynical all of this is. Corporations building products that don't really do much that are being sold on the idea that one day they might, peddled by reporters that want to believe their narratives — and in some cases actively champion them. The damage will be tens of thousands of people fired, long-term environmental and infrastructural chaos, and a profound depression in Silicon Valley that I believe will dwarf the dot-com bust.

And when this all falls apart — and I believe it will — there will be a very public reckoning for the tech industry.

 
 
 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/7988447

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