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You're the one paranoid about "putinism" so that explains where that came from. The GP said nothing of what you are interpreting. The US itself has a firm grasp on what information reaches its people, so what are you saying?
Re:DeepSeek: DeepSeek v4.1 Flash 1017 on Saturday October 17, 2026 @09:26PM (#50136913)
If an institution told you to jump off a bridge...
Well considering the USA pumps out the largest amount and widest reach of propaganda on the earth, and has for decades, I'd argue it makes more sense to incorporate all the propaganda - omitting any only strengthens/biases the ones included.

That said, your focus on Russia specifically just smells like red scare paranoia, one of many successful psyops from the USA.

To me it has nothing to do with the "sex" as much as the "cult." Hiveminds do not produce intellectual arguments, they produce pressure to conform. That's enough for me to raise an eye brow, not discredit everything they say.
Re:Show HN: Giving Opus 5.5 a simulated paint canvas on Friday October 02, 2026 @10:30PM (#49940890)
"Most everything that the human brain can do is simulated by LLMs to decent accuracy."

Already false. LLM's are tricking you into recognizing it as human, but it is so far from human if you'd only understand what does and does not make you human.

Show me one law that has its justification/purpose explicitly encoded in the law itself.
Laws are only half the picture. Enforcement is an additional aspect. And yes it is extremely prone to corruption.
And how do you know these things aren't edge case exceptions in Palestine?
You individually are powerless. It's the American people, not you, that can shut down the industrial military complex. That means talking to people - this is genuinely the only thing I can think of to do.
Re:The contagion of fear on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @12:26AM (#49707695)
1. breaking out of a poorly built sandbox to find the answers to a benchmark 2. ??? 3. imminent extinction

You skipped a lot of steps. Might I suggest you RTFA?

Re:DeepSeek v4.1 Flash on Thursday September 10, 2026 @11:00PM (#49653049)
Right, but you can say that about literally anything can't you? We have to put our energy into leads. Where's the lead that model welfare matters?
I'm confused. Parental controls for internet use have been around for decades.
This isn't true, fatty liver can improve very quickly. Where are you getting "15 years" from?
Re:Zed DeltaDB on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @09:31PM (#49191313)
FYI: I've had success with changing the file_scan_inclusions setting which forces the file watcher to rescan all projects. Doesn't work consistently unfortunately, but easier than restarting.
You're not considering how our economy/manufacturiing is currently not oriented for war but could easily be made to be.
Re:Big Food vs. the People on Friday July 31, 2026 @10:05PM (#49130439)
Considering we have 0 visibility into how their decisions are made and by whom, I think it's naive to claim that an organization's publicly stated "mission" is the only incentive that organization acts on. I don't know anything about DWB, but what determines if an organization has an agenda is the leadership, not their marketing.
I'm not fan of this administration to say the least but assuming they are incompetent is dangerous. Assume they're actually 10-head and ask yourself, what would explain their behavior?

For example, you make an astute observation corroborated by the duration of the ban. Aligning a model is the biggest challenge of these companies, it's unlikely they were able to make a giant leap in alignment capabilities in about a month. You know what is easy to do in a month? Establishing the foundation for digital identity and surveillance.

The government just forced (heavily incentivized) these companies to invest in classifiers and monitoring in a way they haven't needed before. All of this new infrastructure can be used outside the context of the people using language models.

Re:Kids Act Would Require Age Checks to Get Online on Sunday June 28, 2026 @10:21PM (#48714070)
Because willingly throwing away your safety from the government and the oligarchs for a tale as old as time, "think of the kids", is irrational to say the least.
Re:The war on terror primed America for autocracy on Friday June 26, 2026 @09:16PM (#48694165)
Nothing you're claiming seems worthy of being flagged, sounds more like you're personally bothered by the content of those comments.
Re:The worthlessness of Vitamin D is mildly exaggerated on Friday June 26, 2026 @09:08PM (#48694116)
Mind sharing what "higher powered follow on" studies (not even sure what this means) showed less interesting results for omega3 supplementation?
Yet AIPAC does not need to register.
Re:United Wizards of the Coast on Monday April 27, 2026 @10:28PM (#47929866)
I think you underestimate the anti-union propaganda of the last century. Any working class individual against unions parrot the same surface-level talking points predicated on their own limited understanding of labor. In a way they are bots; the alive variety.
You're absolutely right, only 95% of health services were crippled. Thanks, that changes the meaning of GP entirely.
Re:I Am An AI Hater on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @07:47PM (#45046681)
AI democratizes knowledge better than wikipedia ever could. It makes knowledge accessible to those who can't find good teachers (a good teacher is ridiculously rare). It makes knowledge accessible to those who've been let down by our capitalist society.

I don't care that you hate it. It's the best thing to happen to us in a long time and anyone who disagrees does so on a mountain of privilege. I'm happy for you to have learned everything you know, but to desire to take it away from everyone else is abhorrent to me.

dang I cannot respect you enough. Thank you. I have strong feelings about Palestine and learned quite long ago how powerless my rhetoric is. Although I believe I see the truth, it's clear the world needs yet more time. The only thing that must be done now is to facilitate discourse and to leave the flow of information unimpeded. Time will humble us all.
This perspective is ripe for being manipulated. Use critical thinking and learn to sit with uncertainty.
Indeed. I wonder who profits the most from vilifying RFK. ;)
Re:CDC Data Are Disappearing on Sunday February 02, 2025 @12:57PM (#42910321)
Consider your own ignorance. It is impossible to be certain of anything because of unknown unknowns. You merely assume they are lying, but you could never prove that.

A righteous condemnation with no proof and all feelings is exactly the soil the grows facism.

Re:"Frost Crack" Sounds May Come from Sky, Not Trees on Saturday August 17, 2024 @04:24PM (#41277674)
Point 4 seems to have been made by you, not the article.
Re:Epic Games is laying off 16% of its staff on Thursday September 28, 2023 @04:34PM (#37695445)
Unity is currently redesigning their engine from the ground up using an ECS architecture. They're calling it DOTS or Entities.

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