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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantl... by deadeye on Thursday June 01, 2023 @09:57PM (#36159938)
I think these two things can be true:

1) I'm happy to let anyone identify as whatever.

2) I may not agree with their self identification.

I disagree with your assertion that misnaming people is harassment, as in the illegal kind. I once worked with a guy named Michael who would get bent when you called him Mike.

As you can imagine he could be tricky to work with and, on those occasions, I would call him Mike.

I repeatedly misnamed him on purpose, it wouldn't have even made HR bat an eye.

As for sports, this isn't a complete list, but I think it defeats the "one women" narrative:

"woman of the year":

Rachel Levine - USA today

Caitlyn Jenner - Glamour Magazine

Laverne Cox - Glamiur Magazine

MJ Rodriguez - Times Magazine

Men in women's sports:

Laurel Hubbard - took a spot in NZ women's team.

Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood - CT state Champs track and field

Austin Killips - wins $35k prize in bike race.

Tiffany Thomas - wins bike races at 46 against women half his age.

And there's more. A lot more.

Tell me, how do you tell the difference between who is trans in good faith and someone who claims to be trans in bad faith?

What about gender fluid people who are men one moment and women the next?

Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantl... by jeeeberz on Friday June 02, 2023 @04:06AM (#36162451)
A good resource, albeit somewhat incomplete, for the latter issue, to indicate the scale of this burgeoning problem: https://shewon.org
Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantl... by deadeye on Friday June 02, 2023 @11:47AM (#36166727)
Wow. I guess it isn't just "one woman".
Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantl... by deanCommie on Monday June 05, 2023 @02:25PM (#36200744)
Are you for real? This is a list of women that "should've" won because of...some unspecified unnamed unverified trans athlete that came ahead of them?

We don't know who is being accused of taking their glory, we don't know if it's 1 person or 100. We don't know if the people that supposedly defeated them is even Trans, or a CIS victim of the Trans Panic like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caster_Semenya

We don't know if the women who beat these "she won" women are self-identified, have been on hormones for 2 weeks, or 20 years.

What a ludicrous transphobic panic.

Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantl... by jeeeberz on Monday June 05, 2023 @08:24PM (#36206400)
The purpose of that website is to showcase the achievements of women athletes, not the males who unfairly displaced them in competition. If you look up names and tournaments in your preferred search engine, you will be able to find the additional information you're interested in.

Also, Caster Semenya is male, with a male-only DSD. This is a fact that was confirmed in the IAAF arbitration proceedings. Semenya's higher levels of testosterone, when compared to female athletes, are due to the presence of functional internal testes. Semenya has since fathered children.

Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantl... by CamperBob2 on Friday June 02, 2023 @11:11AM (#36166215)
I once worked with a guy named Michael who would get bent when you called him Mike. As you can imagine he could be tricky to work with and, on those occasions, I would call him Mike. I repeatedly misnamed him on purpose, it wouldn't have even made HR bat an eye.

So, your career at Dell didn't go as well as you'd hoped. Being a jerk isn't illegal, AFAIK, but at some point you run out of other people to blame for the consequences of your own beliefs and actions.

Still missing the part where the existence of Caitlyn Jenner and the relatively small number of others who were born with certain unfortunate but addressable hormonal issues is negatively affecting your life.

And it's utterly crazy to think that someone would adopt a transgender posture in "bad faith." That's the sort of change someone makes after trying everything else first, because of the obvious negative social consequences it brings. Yes, there are a few genuinely-warped people, but as another comment points out, those people are going to sneak into locker rooms and abuse children anyway.

You want to take the red pill, and see reality as it is? Try cross-correlating the local sex-offender registry with voter registration rolls. Observe who is actually doing the "grooming." Then, go back to the people who've been lying to you all along, and ask them why.

Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantl... by deadeye on Friday June 02, 2023 @11:45AM (#36166714)
Here is an extreme example. I'm not Jewish, so if we had a holocaust in the US I should do nothing because it doesn't affect me?

Hmmm, not sure I like that line of thinking. Plus, I already outlined how it affects me and my family members, one of which runs track in CT.

Seriously though, I did get an LOL from your Dell joke. And another one for "addressable hormonal issues". That was a new one for me.

I am truly curious about the voter role thing, I've not heard that claim before, though I have no doubt that sexual derangement comes in all forms. Can you cite a source?

Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantl... by CamperBob2 on Friday June 02, 2023 @11:53AM (#36166791)
I am truly curious about the voter role thing, I've not heard that claim before, though I have no doubt that sexual derangement comes in all forms. Can you cite a source?

Hard to find a source you'd likely accept, but maybe start here: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/04/from-hastert-to-...

It's one of those cases where it's safe to say "Do your own research," because the outcome will be unequivocal if considered in good faith (meaning if you don't rely solely on right-wing sources for the "research.") The stats aren't even close.

I'm not Jewish, so if we had a holocaust in the US I should do nothing because it doesn't affect me?

I think we're pretty much done here. Good luck on your own path through life, it sounds like a challenging one.

Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantl... by deadeye on Friday June 02, 2023 @01:42PM (#36168341)
Thanks. It's been pretty good so far. Just good clean living, no complaints.
Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantl... by jeeeberz on Saturday June 03, 2023 @02:01AM (#36174132)
> relatively small number of others who were born with certain unfortunate but addressable hormonal issues

Most males who adopt an opposite-sex identity reach that point through repeated erotic stimulation. This is a psychological issue, driven by sexual desire.

Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantl... by deanCommie on Sunday June 04, 2023 @09:48PM (#36191351)
[citation needed]

Correlation, causation, etc.