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balamatom
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About balamatom
death to vassalism, freedom to nassalism!
"theory of mind": it's just a theory!
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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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