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Re:LLM Inevitabilism by jakelazaroff on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @08:27PM (#44577413)
I very much did not say that cryptocurrencies' actual use cases address those concerns. In fact, I said the opposite!

Like the other commenter, the reason you need to "translate" my argument is that you can't rebut what I'm actually saying on its merits.

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Re:LLM Inevitabilism by ImPostingOnHN on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @09:17AM (#44582005)
It turns out, it is actually you "translating" views. Here you are "translating" and "stripping out all specifics to build a straw man", as you put it:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44571293

Is that because, as you adroitly put it, you couldn't respond to the actual views on their merits?

Is there a reason you can't be civilized and simply say "I personally believe that government tracking and control of individual spending on legal stuff is okay if [insert your preferred benefits here] are realized, but I respect those who don't agree with me on that"? Here, let me lead by example:

I personally believe that crimes which harm others are bad, but not enough to justify government tracking and control of individual spending on legal things. I also respect people who feel differently (including you), because their opinions here are no more or less valid than mine.

Now you try?

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