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[–] xyguy@startrek.website 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

This always seemed like the ultimate goal of a chatgpt or a Gemini.

Attract: make a service that magically gives answers, killing the old ways to find or research information.

Extract: once everyone trusts AI implicitly, weave in advertising without anyone's knowledge, allowing for extremely subtle and effective brainwashing.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 8 points 3 weeks ago

Measles, theocratic government, phrenology: everything old is new again.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Use a napkin or suffer a minor finger burn. Worth it for the outcome.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 10 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

You put mustard on top and then spin the hotdog do the mustard is applied 360° and doesnt get all over you while you eat it.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 33 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] xyguy@startrek.website 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I would say most of the customers of Framework are the kinds of people who espouse the kind of antifascist ideology that that guy that started the thread does.

I don't think that the fascist sympathizer circle and the "willing to pay more money for an ethical laptop that isn't beholden to a big corporation for repair" circles have much overlap.

This is easy, "Framework doesn't support fascism or racism in any form. We support open source software and right to repair. Due to concerns with ideology in some of the projects we sponsor we are reviewing the projects we sponsor to make sure that they align with our values as a company."

The fact that they aren't willing to say so says plenty.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This is so often true that I would love to read a sociological study on why it is.