trackflak

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by trackflak 2y ago
It doesn't matter whether I write a module in Fortran, fold laundry or sell a kidney on the black market. It's all morally equivalent!
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by trackflak 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party
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by trackflak 3y ago
When Jesus said this: "What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent?" (Luke 11) He was actually foretelling the future. He saw Gemini.
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by trackflak 3y ago
Ah, I remember when such things were mere jokes. If AI 'trained' this way ever has a serious real world application, I don't think there will be much laughing.
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by trackflak 3y ago
Tell me you take this seriously: https://twitter.com/napoleon21st/status/1760116228746805272 It has no problem with other cultures and ethnicities, yet somehow white or Japanese just throws everything off? I suppo
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by trackflak 3y ago
From one of the Twitter threads linked above: > they insert random keyword in the prompts randomly to counter bias, that got revealed with something else I think. Had T shirts written with "diverse" on it as artifact This was e
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by trackflak 3y ago
All hail our beneficent global bureaucracy! Filled with smart people who care deeply about our freedom and individual wishes. Now if I could just contact one of its accountable elected representatives to voice some concerns...
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by trackflak 3y ago
Finally someone else will do the window twitching snitching for me.
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by trackflak 3y ago
"Inclusive" but meaningless. The Georgian calendar (at least in the numbering of years) is a Christian construct, and it therefore makes sense to name year 0 after the year of Christ's birth. Whether or not one acknowledges h
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by trackflak 3y ago
You underestimate how much frustration is boiling at the amount of ad breaks on YouTube videos. It only takes one political opportunist to channel it...
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by trackflak 3y ago
If I open a forum and see it is Discourse, I immediately close it. What was wrong with distinct boards and clear categories? And you can leave your endless scrolling on facesbook where it belongs.
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by trackflak 3y ago
That 'everyone online is a predator' act has been going on for a while hasn't it? Its current snake head is the UK's online safety bill.
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by trackflak 3y ago
Bizarrely I find a certain notorious imageboard to be much more sociable than anything that calls itself 'social media'. Even though everyone is anonymous, I come away feeling like it was more like a conversation with randomers in
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by trackflak 3y ago
> nonsensical and dishonest. Or what some of us refer to as 'humour'. It's worth getting into, a lot of people say good things.
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by trackflak 3y ago
My desired method of muting them might require a bit more clean up. It may also involve a trip to the ER ward for burn treatments. But I would at least look back and say I enjoyed myself.
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by trackflak 3y ago
'Please sir, control and regulate the contents of our speech' - smacks of astroturfing to me
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by trackflak 3y ago
I'm not too bothered about their loss, given that gas pumps now have advertising screens installed. Let the ad revenue make up for it.
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by trackflak 3y ago
This is what I was getting at - it is impossible for us underlings to imagine what it is like to have the grasp of power over millions of individuals and innumerable resources. We might experience something of it if someone comes to us for
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by trackflak 3y ago
I think the point was - if the BBC (closely tied with the political establishment) cared so much about children's safety they would have acted against Saville before they were compelled.
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by trackflak 3y ago
This is the problem, why turn up and vote Labour if they aren't that much better? Why waste an hour of your day that makes no practical difference to the sorry direction of our country? I despair of all politics.
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by trackflak 3y ago
It seems like the government playbook reads as follows: - Make the practicalities of everyday life extremely miserable - Make the population worn down and apathetic because things are so bad, a better life unattainable for all but a few - T
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by trackflak 3y ago
It's annoying being one of the seemingly few people who sees through these techniques. I seldom voice support for a position because it does 'one thing' and WE NEED TO DO THE ONE THING NOW!!! Instead, as best as I can, I try
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by trackflak 3y ago
The 'C' in BC reflects what event makes the era 'common', 'common era' is meaningless on its own. Whether or not you're religious, the birth of Christ is a convenient starting point for the western ('
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by trackflak 3y ago
What makes this era common?
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by trackflak 3y ago
Takbir! Advertising is haram.
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by trackflak 3y ago
Seventh century BC if we want to be more accurate.
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by trackflak 3y ago
Laughs in LTSC
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by trackflak 3y ago
Brilliant also for your sock puppeting... I mean legit separation of interests
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by trackflak 3y ago
In OpenTTD, each player controls a rival transport firm and you compete against each other on the same map. AFAIK you can also arrange a buyout of your rival, similar to Railroads. In OpenRTC, each player gets full control over managing the
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by trackflak 3y ago
We already have OpenTTD and OpenRCT. Maybe someone somewhere is creating an C++ remake of our favourite isometric city simulator, with multiplayer support!

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