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balamatom

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About balamatom

accredited representative of lowinger commission.

death to vassalism, freedom to nassalism!

"theory of mind": it's just a theory!

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48333341

    The bitrates, on the other hand...

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    Comment #48333335

    Donkeys are noble animals!

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    Comment #48333161

    > I don't see why people couldn't organize at the grassroots level and build/solve real problems their local (or global) communities may be facing. Usually it's because when they d…

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    Comment #48333140

    I am. Who's the rest of y'all?

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    Comment #48332921

    Don't kill your ego. It's innocent. Find who framed it.

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    Comment #48206786

    Can confirm: am mole person, live at mall. Write software for fastfood which decides the fate of millions. Don't know who I work for or what qualities made me get the job.

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    Comment #48159068

    Ding ding ding we have a winner. Salivate!

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    Comment #48159063

    +1 for the original insult ("control fetish") from the disembodied spirit that broadcasts bitflips at your electro-chemical controller ;-)

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    Comment #48159038

    By directing your attention towards, or away from, physical phenomena that mechanically affect your lower back: overexertion, underexertion, posture, nutrient intake, crowd...

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    Comment #48159019

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    Comment #48075581

    Science opportunity! >:] Get yourself locked up in the slammer for a night while carrying a fresh burner; observe them writing down your IMEI and IMSI; see if that makes you start …

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    Comment #48075529

    Already the case in most EU countries. I don't know if there is a commensurate robocaller problem. Come to think of it, when I get an EU SIM, it does start getting robocalls... as …

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    Comment #48075450

    >Why is it so hard for some people to understand that humans need other humans and human problems can't be solved with technology? Perhaps because they have been persistently faile…

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    Comment #48075208

    >what happens when algorithms can optimize the content itself? You think they aren't already? You're just inoculated by your exposure to pre-AI content - hence you're not the targe…

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    Comment #48073381

    Your children would certainly cherish and respect you for it. Many such cases, in fact! Which you of course don't know about. Because anti-prohibitionist narratives don't cause Num…

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    Comment #48073376

    Parents destroy kids' brains the most.

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    Comment #48073255

    Those two add up to "prove that you allow computer vendors to teach you what 'human' means".

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    Comment #48072045

    Or maybe the difference between doing work, and controlling humans by convincing them that what they're doing is "work".

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    Comment #48047265

    You mean, like, every other social network?

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    Comment #48047247

    Obviously all terms are open to interpretation. Nevertheless, speech acts still have concrete intentions and meanings. Observe: - "Cultural differences" - Selective and intentional…

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    Comment #47946940

    No; like pantaloons but smart.

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    Comment #47945465

    Ah, la culture. It's the enemy's pareksalons this time!

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    Comment #47945390

    >what’s wrong with the vibe coding community For starters, the vibes. Vibe coding, like Web3 before it (like Web 2.0 before it, like the dotcom boom before that - what preceded?) -…

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    Comment #47945176

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