zbyte64

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[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Do something better than the ACA or label AIPAC as a foreign entity.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You have agents classify what each portion of the network responds to and how. One compares it to filling out a very large crossword puzzle: https://already-clean.goodfire.com/

That's the theory anways, not sure if it will stand the test of time...

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 6 days ago

And what happens if you try doing a 3 some by pair programming with AI? I can only assume it is somehow even less satisfying seeing how it is not a common practice.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 6 days ago

200k is like being paid for 4 speeches for some of those folk.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 6 days ago

Or maybe fixating on one literal aspect instead of the context is missing the forrest for the trees.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 6 days ago

Isn't that the idea behind the GPL? To make it so even if a community behind a codebase regressed into that dynamic a different community can decide to fork it.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

And how is the programming language you choose to use a political statement?

Consider the following as one example:

Most programming languages are english-centric and even the ones that support unicode for defining variables and method statements might not support right to left languages. Then there are different numeric systems that are culturally based. These technical decisions have a social impact that makes it more difficult for other cultures to interact with the codebase by increasing the barrier of entry. Does this mean i stop writing code in python or Javascript for work? No, because that would be too difficult and high of a cost. But i don't deny the social and political impact of these decisions.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

There are key distinctions between the movement of the earth and a train, one of which is that humans are in control of the speed, timing, and direction of trains. All those aspects are influenced by politics, unlike the rotation of the earth. But you get the jist, it is impossible for a human to stand still in a political sense.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 10 points 6 days ago (4 children)

In the comments: Enlightened centrists acting like you can stand still on a moving train.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 7 points 6 days ago

Shit man, some days I rolled out of bed only because of political spite. The world is run by those who show up.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 1 week ago

ACA is more popular now than it was in 2016, Gallup put it at 42% . The pandemic made a lot of people rethink their priorities.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Forcing people to purchase health insurance turned out to be rather unpopular and helped Trump get elected. And the insurance companies ended up buying the entire vertical chain so the caps put on their overhead ended up being toothless.

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