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After Harris/Walz Victory (lemmy.world)
 

What should we do after Harris/Walz is elected? I was wondering if you had some ideas. Here are mine:

  • Mass strikes in the workplace, demands being taxes for the rich and higher wages
  • Mass strikes in the military, demands being to end support for Israel, take away excessive military bases, shut down Gitmo, drastically reduce the budget, &c
  • Get as many people off the internet as possible
  • Get people arms and arms training so they can defend themselves without police, and heavily reduce police funding
  • Refuse to pay any landlords, lead attacks on real estate offices

Maybe some stuff would be extreme, but I ask you please to separate the wheat from the chaff, along with adding your own material. I may not be that smart, but at least I'm preparing.

(If you want to remember to vote, set yourself a timer like everyone else with memory issues. It should go ding on the day you get your ballot!)

I also feel kinda hazy

Former Google CEO says climate goals are not meetable, so we might as well drop climate conservation — unshackle AI companies so AI can solve global warming in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean, that wouldn't just solve the climate crisis, that would also get people to talk to each other, help people exercise, cut down on pollution...

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Is freedom of speech actually a bad idea? (lemmy.world)
 

I'm not saying that freedom of speech IS a bad idea, or that the government should simply censor ideas that are harmful, but the idea to just silence people for misinformation seems to be gaining traction.

To be clear: I am NOT pointing fingers and accusing any political party (including the D-Party) of being censorious, or accusing censorship and its proponents as malicious, nor saying there is a conspiracy out to promote censorship. It simply seems that, due to a surge in right-wing terror attacks and the Capitol riots, people have become more accepting of censorship, from Popper's "intolerance of tolerance" to laws against homophobia and conspiracy theories, in search of a comfortable, safe state of society.

I also want to ask how censorship would be enforced. How would riots be dealt with? How would the police be handled? How would jails be prevented from overloading?

Also, this question is not directed at Anarchists. Some leftists don't like censorship, and others do, and I want to ask those that do.

If this question is stupid, tell me why. I may end up seeing myself that this question is stupid, and if so, I'll tell you.

Paralyzed Man Unable to Walk After Maker of His Powered Exoskeleton Tells Him It's Now Obsolete in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

Immeasurably great reporting. This was painful to yet, but a blessing to know.

Despite tech-savvy reputation, Gen Z falls behind in keyboard typing skills in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I blame the attempt to make devices user-friendly. Convenience kills skill.

The air begins to leak out of the overinflated AI bubble in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Like my second, albeit braindead, systems administrator on my shoulder

I think the more important part is that your systems administrator is braindead. I know it's hyperbolic, but you can certainly learn coding (Link 2) and Spanish (Link 2) yourself.

The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I think Generative AI should just be scrapped. Nobody needs hyperrealistic photos and videos, or chatbots, or any of that shit. The main problems of the world are not technological, but legal. Too many laws are enacted for the benefit of robber-barons, and unless they are scrapped, I have no faith in my legal system.

The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You should look at the energy cost of AI. It's not a miracle machine.

The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

There are a few problems, tho. 1 2 3 4 5 6

The Computer As A Brain Metaphor in c/[email protected]
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The Computer As A Brain Metaphor (arxiv.org)
 

This was originally going to be posted on Fuck AI, but it really applies to technology far more generally.

Fewer people are using Elon Musk’s X as the platform struggles to attract and keep users, according to analysts in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

As for me, it should be dead. I'm tired of having people link Twitter, as if any good person will join a discussion on there. It's a digital parasite feeding off ad revenue and it should be taken down so people stop linking to it and posting on there.

Fewer people are using Elon Musk’s X as the platform struggles to attract and keep users, according to analysts in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Whenever I browse Twitter I do it because others link to it

spoiler, and a lot of porn originates from there
. I'm glad that people are moving away, because that means these not as many people will use it as a primary source, and post art and other stuff somewhere else.

I studied political science and jazz... in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I know a little bit about programming, but I think that it's crucial to learn more, not just because of how messed up social media sites are, but because you can do so much cool stuff!

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