Announcing the Tech for Palestine Incubator

T4P is one of the most exciting things I've seen in tech. I was an early adopter of both the GitHub banner for my biggest 9k+ star GitHub project, profile[1], and of the photo border tool[2].

Congratulations on the launch!

[1]: https://github.com/LGUG2Z

[2]: https://ppm.techforpalestine.org/

Re: Announcing the Tech for Palestine Incubator

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Post by j_maffe » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 7:17 PM UTC

Can someone please explain why this was flagged? Seems like a perfectly relevant post.

Edit: To anyone that sees this comment, please vouch for the post as someone has flagged it again.

Re: Announcing the Tech for Palestine Incubator

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Post by Imnimo » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 8:01 PM UTC

I am very skeptical that something like "An LLM-based chatbot that answers history and law questions about palestine in a hasbara free way" is going to materially help anyone.

Re: Announcing the Tech for Palestine Incubator

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Post by j_maffe » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 8:08 PM UTC

Imnimo wrote: post #6

I am very skeptical that something like "An LLM-based chatbot that answers history and law questions about palestine in a hasbara free way" is going to materially help anyone.

I think it could be an accessable way to learn more about the topic. But just plainly reading about the topic through the vast written literature would be a better way to do so.

Re: Announcing the Tech for Palestine Incubator

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Post by coolspot » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 9:12 PM UTC

They say there were no rapes on Oct 7 and other things are also made up: https://updates.techforpalestine.org/oct7factcheck-sunday-ed...

Re: Announcing the Tech for Palestine Incubator

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Post by breakyerself » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 9:19 PM UTC

coolspot wrote: post #8

They say there were no rapes on Oct 7 and other things are also made up: https://updates.techforpalestine.org/oct7factcheck-sunday-ed...

They accurately outline the fact that claim of the NYT is not properly supported by facts. There was almost certainly sexual violence on Oct 7. It hasn't been established in an evidence based way that there was organized premeditated weaponization of sexual violence as a tool of war as is claimed in the article.

Re: Announcing the Tech for Palestine Incubator

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Post by khazhoux » Thu, Oct 03, 2024, 9:54 PM UTC

Nit, this line is patronizing: "help people learn... to develop critical reading skills"