Posts by Qybat@batchats.net
(DIR) Post #Aclb0Upw8PcaGfXTCS by Qybat@batchats.net
2023-12-13T12:28:23Z
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@Wolven The article may be good stuff - I won't judge what I haven't read - but that illustration is the most generic, cliché art I can imagine.
(DIR) Post #AcsBfvfLAKY88YiNOK by Qybat@batchats.net
2023-12-16T16:47:29Z
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@Wolven I'm not making fun of you. I'm making fun of Time Magazine, for using a cover so generically meaningless and dated it might be AI-generated itself.
(DIR) Post #Ad8Bwh2FfxsLBVgkqm by Qybat@batchats.net
2023-12-24T09:47:41Z
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@nazgul @chris @anderspuck I don't think it could scale, but even if it could, Meta wouldn't want to. Effective moderation isn't a good thing for them. They need enough to avoid legal trouble and stay advertiser-friendly. Beyond that, the more they moderate, the more they end up forced to make editorial decisions, and every decision angers someone. If they were to purge the transphobia, they'd have angry Republicans passing laws to target them, for example. It's safer for them to remain unable.
(DIR) Post #Ad8CFLHSmcuzDRhE3M by Qybat@batchats.net
2023-12-24T10:09:19Z
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@anderspuck @nazgul @chris Perhaps. But political content is disliked by advertisers, even if it is makes up for that in sheer views.Content moderation might be one of the few things that GPT models are good for.
(DIR) Post #Ahs1xnxUCWyYemzJs8 by Qybat@batchats.net
2024-05-06T08:08:58Z
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@pubby @pdxlawgrrrl I usually just describe in great detail the three-hundred-million-dollar mega-yacht with onboard cinema, pool, spa, and all the other luxuries purchased by the daughter of the walmart CEO with the wealth she inherited. When you steal from WalMart, you're stealing from her.
(DIR) Post #AiRSnYgRdTUxgKx9jE by Qybat@batchats.net
2024-05-31T06:35:04Z
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@p @RD4Anarchy @ariadne @jamesgbradbury @breadandcircuses But while individuals might want to minimise the work they have to do, the people in charge at business want to maximise the work their employees each do while keeping wages as low as they can. When technology means workers can produce twice as fast, that doesn't mean they get to work half as many hours. It just means the boss doubles their quota for the same pay. No matter how productive individuals get, they still have to work the same.
(DIR) Post #AinKvybDKWCfqIO8um by Qybat@batchats.net
2024-06-10T19:50:28Z
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@futurebird We have the same problem in London, over both congestion pricing and another fee intended to address the city's dangerously poor air quality. People who live near the zones are broadly in favor, because they like clean air... but people who live in the zones or commute into them, and thus would have to pay the fee, are OUTRAGED about this infringement on their freedom of travel.It's reached the point where vigilantes with angle grinders are destroying cameras at night.
(DIR) Post #AixeulZKmfSdN2xN68 by Qybat@batchats.net
2024-06-15T19:21:19Z
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@futurebird I've seen many such channels. Curiously, they have a high proportion of stories relating to Elon Musk or his various companies. I guess he scores high in SEO metrics?
(DIR) Post #AjGBQnzECQreRPjHUm by Qybat@batchats.net
2024-06-24T10:08:30Z
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@gerrymcgovern The cheaper electricity gets, the more wasteful the usage. Maybe part of the solution is very short term surge pricing, as renewables are prone to periods of excess production. Let customers queue up 'whenever' jobs that will wait until power is almost free. Not everything is time critical. Training a new model might be worth waiting a few days... and in a renewable heavy scenario, there should usually be excess electricity somewhere in the world.
(DIR) Post #AjGBQpaUFOGJPGAYD2 by Qybat@batchats.net
2024-06-24T13:18:42Z
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@gerrymcgovern Though I do note this only works if electricity gets more expensive.
(DIR) Post #AjGBXz27WiaajFVNHk by Qybat@batchats.net
2024-06-24T17:48:10Z
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@gerrymcgovern The UK isn't quite so bad, largely because we seldom fit domestic air conditioning and our houses are smaller. We don't have the US's love of giant sprawling single-family homes. In rough numbers, per-KWh electricity in the UK is twice as expensive. But the typical US household uses four times as much, so they still pay double the bill!
(DIR) Post #AkB5r9eQUPr2XYWsbo by Qybat@batchats.net
2024-07-21T21:05:37Z
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@HeavenlyPossum @cy This is Texas, right? Doesn't everyone and their dog carry a gun? A single shot in the right place is enough to damage a transformer. The problem is that this is a crime against a profitable tax-paying business, so you can expect the police to do the full forensics and investigation workup to catch whoever is responsible.
(DIR) Post #AkpD7ZJjInWOmI1HF2 by Qybat@batchats.net
2024-08-10T12:29:09Z
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@HeavenlyPossum Democracy is a very vague term. It can mean whatever people want it to mean. Including nominal democracies structured in such a way that the currently dominant party has an overwhelming advantage, or a democracy where the votes are counted in such a way as to ensure only two or three parties have any serious shot at winning. Democracies can act as a form of legitimisation when the voters have to choose from a very short list of candidates.
(DIR) Post #Al9QRmHvyEcnMdLS9Q by Qybat@batchats.net
2024-08-20T07:19:03Z
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@foone Is this were in the EU then it would constitute a data breach and the responsible party would be subject to some potentially serious legal consequences. But the US doesn't have much in the way of privacy law, as that would shackle the infallible hand of the free market.
(DIR) Post #At2fbzs8T25A1Faku8 by Qybat@batchats.net
2025-04-13T08:03:57Z
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@interfluidity That's how it works. Media is always structured as independent articles, which makes sense when there are many stories to report on, but it can lead to giving the appearance that all stories are equally important. Whatever vital story the presenter was just talking about will be abruptly dropped for the next."... civilian deaths are now estimated at fifty thousand as the violence continues. (*pause*) Actor Mickey Rourke has left Celebity Big Brother amid accusations ..."
(DIR) Post #Atvd8ZfGPsnYsRqvS4 by Qybat@batchats.net
2025-05-09T19:46:29Z
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@HeavenlyPossum Neither government can afford to back down and appear weak. Neither government can afford to escalate and risk a real war that might destroy with countries. So they just keep up the controlled aggression and just a little bit of bombing, so let the other know they are serious.
(DIR) Post #AvESx30mDXlzEiuBqy by Qybat@batchats.net
2025-06-17T14:08:22Z
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@HeavenlyPossum Trumpist? But Fox News already ran a story saying he was part of the violent anti-Trump mob because there was a leaflet in his car about the protests. Would Fox lie?
(DIR) Post #B18JxbDOyP9MBrgOjQ by Qybat@batchats.net
2025-12-11T08:16:25Z
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@argv_minus_one I had much the same experience, but the internet now is not as it was then. There's a reason for the popular nostalgia for the old days online. You did not have to contend so much with algorithms engineered to manipulate users into profitable rage, guiding them to ever more extreme fringes to keep them in the app.
(DIR) Post #B1lbmTlvwuy4jEsFoO by Qybat@batchats.net
2025-12-30T07:19:15Z
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@aral It's a badly posed question anyway, because there are non-lethal options to do with baby Hitler.You could mildly maim Hitler so he would be exempt from WW1 service for example. Or you could abduct Hitler and relocate him elsewhen to be raised as just another abandoned baby.There may be unexpected consequences though. Hitler did not invent fascism: Without him, it's possible the war may happen, but Germany could be lead by someone with more military competence.