[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 9 points 4 hours ago

I've got bad news: the oligarchs run the blue states as well. California gave us Palantir and X. Peter Thiel advocates for this exact same thing for fuck sake.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 4 hours ago

That is all true and yet we still need to offer better options than a civil war.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 6 points 21 hours ago

How exactly was it brilliant of him to say Mamdani can call him a fascist?

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 1 day ago

Most people are living paycheck to paycheck... But if you mean owning stock or a retirement portfolio makes you a capitalist then I think that is still incorrect. People who actually own the company of whose stock you "own" can make decisions that will ultimately decimate your retirement savings while enriching themselves.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 24 points 2 days ago

Pretty sure his name will be blacked out because of national security reasons. It's the DOJ that's delivering the files

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 3 days ago

I want to take this argument of efficiency in a different direction. First, two key observations: the system doing the simulation will never be as efficient as the system being modeled. Second a conscious system is aware of it's own efficiency. This means even if you simulate a whole human body to create consciousness it will not have the same quality. It will either be aware of all the extra resources required to create "self" or fed a simulation of self that hides it's own nature and thus cannot be self aware.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 22 points 6 days ago

The best time to organize your community is before the occupiers show up. The second best time is during the occupation itself.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 26 points 6 days ago

If you're in the USA: why aren't you? If you're not in the USA: we don't want the National guard to be sent in

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 32 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The recent GOP defections on the Epstein files might have the oligarchs worried they won't get their bailout

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A critical and funny critique of an AI written song.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 189 points 11 months ago

Luigi is more popular than Congress right now.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 165 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I mean we should all be able to leave our desk to go pick up a prescription for ourselves or a family member. That's the problem, not that parents are the only ones with the privilege.

The discrimination in regards to parents is real. In an interview I was asked if I would be able to keep up with a demanding schedule because I have kids. In my experience, women with children get the opposite end of that consideration than with men being considered bread winners. This is messed up any way you slice it.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 174 points 1 year ago

That's funny from a guy who just got appointed to a made up job in a made up department.

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