What’s ironic about the LLM stuff too is that they are usually developed in Linux, not Windows, and when you do get one working, it works a bit faster. The issue, like most things Linux, is there’s no good GUI options on Linux, because the same people working on it in Linux seem to assume you don’t need one because you use Linux.

As long as this remains the norm, adoption will be slow.

Don’t know much about this, but some experts have this to say on Pitbulls: https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/pets/are-pit-bulls-dangerous-experts-set-the-record-straight-on-these-lovable-dogs/ar-AA1nG7F5

Out of curiosity, I tried looking up info on the attack/fatality rate of pitbulls outside of the USA (assuming Pitbulls are dangerous because the culture of the USA views them as such and this they are raised to be) but couldn’t find much.

The only one I found quickly was that they gave a high incidence of attacks in Japan as well, but the owners tend to be Yakuza or other gang members, so yeaaahhh…

I mean, seems pretty pseudoanonymous to me, unless Musk had another kid he named apj2k36 or something.

… Are you happy at least?..

I don’t think it is. I’ve lived there, and I get it. And if you’re not paying taxes to the US government, you’re technically doing more against them than probably 90% of Americans are.

Oh yeah I already pulled a lever, but I pulled one many years ago by choosing to move to another country. And getting rid of my American citizenship (they charge taxes even if you don’t live there anymore).

This lever is now for Americans to pull.

That said, systemic assassination has been proven to be very effective at changing things in the past. Sometimes for the worst, sometimes for the better. That’s the gamble.

The issue is that such a tactic is really hard to pull off, because it needs to be focused more on those already in power rather than those who are power adjacent. Power adjacent people are best removed once power has been transferred.

Of course, this isn’t the only lever for people like you to pull. You can choose a peaceful option, like not paying taxes anymore, therefore not funding a fascist regime. Of course, regardless of your choice, the state will use some form of violence against you.

So no matter what, you’re choices are to risk your comfort, or to be complacent. Even something like leaving is sacrificing comfort. So, what will you choose, FlyingSquid? Or had you already chosen long ago, like I did?

I hate to admit it but damnit, they’re kinda right. At the core this really is a trolley problem. The whole point of the trolley problem is that it’s a moral dilemma.

It’s just feeling harder on y’all now, because now it’s more real. Sure right now it’s easier to not pull the lever, but if Trump and other oligarchs end up doing much worse things, would you regret not having pulled it?

The trolley problem was really always about revealing your values, and specifically if your morality chose the possible wellbeing of many over the few - even in tough situations. Because in real life, the choices aren’t usually “1 vs 3” random people, but something like “1 terrible, 1 innocent, and 8 bad people” vs “society at large”.

Forgot that runs on Fairphone.

Yeah, Calyx is the better option for it

You can install /e/ on the Fairphone

Arizona iced tea finally gonna cost a dollar

I think he hired someone who found an exploit that then allowed a brute force technique at it actually got unlocked . The person hired got a percentage of the money.

With his monkey paw luck, he’d find it just as Bitcoin crashes and loses nearly all value somehow

You could be a Scottie Pippen but most people still say “who?” compared to Michael Jordan.

But yeah, the data I posted showed it basically only gained 8 points going from Vice President to President because he already had a decent approval before the assassination.

There’s other historical examples to compare by, though none in the modern era, but Andrew Johnson didn’t get re-election and was even impeached.

Chester Arthur also didn’t win reelection. Although James Garfield didn’t exactly serve long 😅 but he was also really popular when he was elected.

Yes:

https://presidentialgreatnessproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-VP-Results-Summary-Document.pdf

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-07-07/vice-president-trump-biden-running-mate-election-2024

Seems Lyndon B Johnson already had a decent approval rating before being president, unlike Vance.

Hmmm, you’re right.

Seems like Johnson was more charismatic then Obama on second look I suppose

And this is not what happens with charismatic people.

So Obama wasn’t charismatic either then?

https://news.gallup.com/poll/116479/barack-obama-presidential-job-approval.aspx

They have similar scores.

This brings up some questions. Like how realistic does the game look to the person trapped inside? Are censors that the game normally has still active? What about live service games or MMOs? Do you die if they go out of business and they take down the servers?

But most importantly, how do I know I’ll actually be uploaded into that video game?

I’m confused now. Yes, I’ve been saying Charisma was relevant, not so much sympathy, in his reelection.

And that Charisma in part was named Jumbo.

But I was saying it was relevant

I thought it was about sympathy vs charisma