leftytighty

@leftytighty@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dear republicans, what's the point of alienating every single ally of the US?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  but surely we have to go back to the Sassanids to find an analogue for current events

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Algorithms are breaking how we think - Technology Connections⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a fair point, improving the subscription feed would be in their best interest for the people who use it, even if that number is low.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Algorithms are breaking how we think - Technology Connections⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The problems with that feed which he touched on in the video are pretty significant. If you subscribe to channels that put out lots of content and ones that rarely do, it becomes much harder to use.

  One thing he didn’t mention is also that it’s not conducive to discovering and gradually catching up on the back catalogue of a new channel, which is something the home feed excels at.

  I’m sure YouTube prefers you use the home feed and has no plans to improve subscriptions, and there are real issues with it, so it’ll probably continue to decline.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it a pattern that every time a movie, show or animation that doesn't have a white person as the protagonist is attacked by right-wingers?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sorry I’ve been dragging them into the theater and making them play games they don’t want to play, it’s my fault

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nature is fucking narly⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  and “paralyze”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Attempt to motivate people to take the stairs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  worth noting though that having more muscle mass does impact your daily energy expenditure

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would happen if USA invades Canada?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the world’s longest border, a military defeat is certain but hundreds or thousands of Canadian partisans will easily get through to commit acts of terrorism and sabotage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Politico swept up in USAID scandal as records show government paid $8.2 million to left-leaning news site⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  o hey it’s that “socialist” guy again who posts conservative viewpoints and doesn’t care about being truthful

  I guess a block is overdue

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit Sub Ban Wave⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Anarchist/socialist communities are always pro trans. I joined slrpnk.net because it’s got those as well as a focus on sustainable living. Your choice of instance doesn’t impact your feed too much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The new Hulu Subscriber agreement just dropped - Don't like ads too bad.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  you’re ruining the catchy slogan, it’s like you don’t even want this to be Reddit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HoMM3 is still fun!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Songs of Conquest is a spiritual successor you might be interested in checking out. I agree HoMM3 is still great to revisit and SoC doesn’t quite scratch the exact same itch but it’s a good way to get more of the same but with some variety keeping it fresh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shut up, haters⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  thanks for participating <3

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shut up, haters⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Humor is subjective of course, but I think “dog” replaced with “husband” would have worked better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China's new and cheaper magic beans shock America's unprepared magic bean salesmen⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t think your point was as shallow as “different people can have different opinions”

  I fail to see how this invalidates that someone can hold both the position that current AI is a waste of electricity and pumping out garbage while pointing out the potential social and economic disruption of future iterations of the technology.

  If your point was simply that some people hold one position, others hold the other, and others still hold both. Then… thanks? I think we can also call this a waste of electricity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China's new and cheaper magic beans shock America's unprepared magic bean salesmen⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It seems you’re firmly entrenched and going out of your way to see a contradiction. I’ll let you be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China's new and cheaper magic beans shock America's unprepared magic bean salesmen⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The cars that replaced horses were several iterations in, early “automobile” devices included steam powered carriages that moved slower than walking.

  A technology may start with limited usage while still having lots of potential.

  Technologies are always useless until they’re not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China's new and cheaper magic beans shock America's unprepared magic bean salesmen⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. I’ve been following the technology of neural networks and generative AI since before LLMs were the new hotness and it’s fascinating and powerful stuff.

  My qualms with what’s happening now are more about how we organize our economy and society. Rushing them to market, aggressively trying to cull workers, etc. are critiques of capitalism not AI. In a different world we would all be excited about the prospect of having to work less and reap the benefits of AI, but we wouldn’t be reopening coal plants and leaving people to starve on the street.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China's new and cheaper magic beans shock America's unprepared magic bean salesmen⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Early cars weren’t a threat to streetcars and trains and urban planning but modern cars have reshaped every North American city. You can criticize the inefficiency, poor quality, energy waste, etc. of the technology today while also pointing out the dangers of tomorrow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China's new and cheaper magic beans shock America's unprepared magic bean salesmen⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  are those competing?

  It’s being rushed to market and is still very inefficient, but part of the reason it’s being rushed to market is because companies are getting ahead of themselves about the opportunity to fire human employees.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump tariffed Columbia in response to not letting a plane of deported illegals in.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not advocating for it to continue, it’s just too bad we’ll have to try to survive the collapse of the American empire.

  There were ways to end it that won’t result in so much suffering but we’re doing it the hard way. The United States will never recover from this, hopefully its people can

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump tariffed Columbia in response to not letting a plane of deported illegals in.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  imagine looking at US hegemony and control over the world’s economies and thinking you’re doing everyone a favor. I guarantee you most nations would be happier if the US stayed the fuck out.

  Typical ignorant conservative seeing the world at face value. I’m glad to see some sense from your peers in this thread.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Multiverse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “A” repeating is an infinite list of letters

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Top 3 Apps in my Country (Venezuela) are all VPNs...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not about the sweets and cigarettes it’s just about the wealth acquisition. Same then as it is now. Companies are still using slave and otherwise coerced labor to extract all kinds of wealth from foreign countries.

  If any countries try to take control over their own economy by closing it to Western “investment” they get wrecked by the world bank and invaded or sanctioned by the US and/or its allies.

  Global capitalism is neo-colonialism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon expects more⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  DoS is an adjustment after BG3, but I’ve come to prefer the combat and character build mechanics. I bounced off it soon after BG3 and got really into it after trying again later. If you thought you might enjoy it, worth another try.

  I hope their next game is DoS 3 (or a Shadowrun game if I dare to dream).

  For more D&D combat and mechanics I also highly recommend Solasta, and Solasta 2 will be coming out this year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Free" Speech Absolutist™⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The point is that LLMs are naturally biased but they’re also explicitly biased by the people training them. Knowing what biases are being programmed into these LLMs by their owners is a glimpse into their agenda.

  If you want to read more on the subject these are referred to as “system prompts” and you can read about various “system prompt leaks” that can include such things as explicitly right wing walking points.

  Grok may very well have such nuggets in its system prompt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨italy flag emoji⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  she’s gonna be so relieved

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I a bad person if (as left as they come) I invest in American Private Prison contractors on the assumption that Trump will go through with his deportation scheme at least to some extent?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  how are you posting from prison?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A person’s relationship with their life is an interesting thing philosophically. You can’t consent to it, and most of us feel you can’t easily give it up either.

  I don’t believe this myself but you could rationally argue that having life and being required to keep living is a violation of your agency as a human being.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I still had this in my clipboard from an earlier comment:

  “The son of the worker, on entering life, finds no field which he may till, no machine which he may tend, no mine in which he may dig, without accepting to leave a great part of what he will produce to a master. He must sell his labour for a scant and uncertain wage. His father and his grandfather have toiled to drain this field, to build this mill, to perfect this machine. They gave to the work the full measure of their strength, and what more could they give? But their heir comes into the world poorer than the lowest savage. If he obtains leave to till the fields, it is on condition of surrendering a quarter of the produce to his master, and another quarter to the government and the middlemen. And this tax, levied upon him by the State, the capitalist, the lord of the manor, and the middleman, is always increasing; it rarely leaves him the power to improve his system of culture. If he turns to industry, he is allowed to work–though not always even that --only on condition that he yield a half or two-thirds of the product to him whom the land recognizes as the owner of the machine.

  We cry shame on the feudal baron who forbade the peasant to turn a clod of earth unless he surrendered to his lord a fourth of his crop. We call those the barbarous times. But if the forms have changed, the relations have remained the same, and the worker is forced, under the name of free contract, to accept feudal obligations. For, turn where he will, he can find no better conditions. Everything has become private property, and he must accept, or die of hunger.”

  The Conquest of Bread

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That betrays a lack of understanding about leftism. Government control over the economy is one way, yes. But your two options aren’t public dictator and private dictator.

  Worker coops, syndicated unions (anarcho-syndicalism), anarcho-communism, gift economy…

  Within the confines of the system you can also balance power quite a bit with UBI, mandated worker councils, worker representation on the company board of directors, etc.

  As long as people are not allowed to fend for themselves because everything is privatized and commodified and you need to work for someone else to stay alive then you will not have freedom, a free market that retains that power dynamic just gives your employer even more ownership over you.