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Comment on Antiqua et nova - Note on the relationship between artificial intelligence and human intelligence in ~humanities
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Antiqua et nova - Note on the relationship between artificial intelligence and human intelligence
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Comment on USA: What happened in the American 2024 Presidential election? in ~society
Adys Obama was absolutely fantastic and is by far the most politically savvy president the US has had in recent history. This is a good example of that. But he was nuanced, and social media has since...Obama was absolutely fantastic and is by far the most politically savvy president the US has had in recent history. This is a good example of that.
But he was nuanced, and social media has since trained Americans to hate nuance on both sides of the aisle. So now we have only extremes. Obama would lose today if he ran on the same platforms or even with the same attitude as before.
The US isn’t the only place this is the case. And it’s no accident that there is a far right movement across the world: nuance is dead so it’s open field for populists. It’s the same here in Europe, but thankfully less pronounced because we have a few more checks and balances (and a less capitalistic-by-default society).
Blergh. I honestly think the US has embodied this “racist emo teen you don’t want to hang out with” phase, and my gut feeling is it’s best to just .. leave for a while, let it blow over and be far from the blast. Come back in ten years.
The UK had that phase too and is starting to recover from it now. Slowly.
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Comment on Proton CEO tweets support for Donald Trump's Department of Justice pick and the US Republican Party in ~society
Adys Yes of course. But they’re shutting up because they want to remain in their positions. Or they’re sucking up to Trump while pinching their nose. The American masses have shown that anyway truth...At this point, is anyone in a position of influence not competing in brown-nosing up to this guy?
Yes of course. But they’re shutting up because they want to remain in their positions. Or they’re sucking up to Trump while pinching their nose.
The American masses have shown that anyway truth doesn’t matter, decorum is useless and civil society is pointless.
So might as well lie.
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Comment on The Second | short film in ~movies
Adys Behind the Scenes: Animatic vs. Final - Commentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CahiJhFxrTEBehind the Scenes: Animatic vs. Final - Commentary
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Comment on The sustained two-shot in ~movies
Adys Why did nobody tell me EFAP is back! Oh gosh. The latest short popped up on my feed today and I did a double take. Then I look at the history and it’s actually four videos! It’s really back.Why did nobody tell me EFAP is back!
Oh gosh. The latest short popped up on my feed today and I did a double take. Then I look at the history and it’s actually four videos! It’s really back.
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The Second | short film
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Comment on Announcing Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers in ~tech
Adys .... yes? Isn't that the point of paying people to do a thing? That they do the thing?.... yes?
Isn't that the point of paying people to do a thing? That they do the thing?
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Comment on Announcing Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers in ~tech
Adys Why do you assume "free labor" when it says "fund" right there?Why do you assume "free labor" when it says "fund" right there?
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Comment on Revisions of ‘hateful conduct’: what users can now say on Meta platforms in ~tech
Adys Sure I understand this meaning. To this point Zuck thinks the moral ground is inauthentic— because of course, if he’s leader at Meta he’s not going to think they’re doing something unethical, so...Sure I understand this meaning. To this point Zuck thinks the moral ground is inauthentic— because of course, if he’s leader at Meta he’s not going to think they’re doing something unethical, so if people think they are, they must be wrong.
He’s also diminishing the amount of people involved.It’s leader/yes man brain. I didn’t question the actual definition of virtue signaling, just the interpretation of the overall meaning of the post.
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Comment on What are your favourite TV shows of all time? in ~tv
Adys Person of Interest. All my reasoning is here: https://tildes.net/~tv/775/recommendation_person_of_interest_2011_2016 It has shaped my career. Incredible series.Person of Interest.
All my reasoning is here: https://tildes.net/~tv/775/recommendation_person_of_interest_2011_2016
It has shaped my career. Incredible series.
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Comment on Revisions of ‘hateful conduct’: what users can now say on Meta platforms in ~tech
Adys It's not how I read it at all. In fact, to me, Zuck's post reads the opposite. I read "virtue signaling" as in "[those] people are quitting purely on moral grounds" -- as in, they're quitting on...In this case, Zuckerberg is trying to imply that people aren't quitting Meta's services because of honest-to-goodness belief that Meta is doing wrong - he's claiming that they are doing so as a way of proving to others how good they are, without actual moral or ethical belief behind it.
It's not how I read it at all. In fact, to me, Zuck's post reads the opposite. I read "virtue signaling" as in "[those] people are quitting purely on moral grounds" -- as in, they're quitting on moral grounds rather than have a justification to say the product is worse off.
And one reason I agree wholeheartedly with that take is that I believe anybody who's still using Facebook today out of their own free will has no realistic justification of being on a higher moral ground. Facebook [the platform] has never been a justifiably ethical product. This isn't a tipping point. There was never even a tipping point, the product was built pre-tipped.
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Comment on Revisions of ‘hateful conduct’: what users can now say on Meta platforms in ~tech
Adys I'm talking about The Guardian, sorry if it was unclear. Is he wrong? If so how?I agree, but Facebook is not a news institution (although that is debatable, as they could be considered a publisher ... but that's a whole can of worms).
I'm talking about The Guardian, sorry if it was unclear.
In addition, we now have Mark Zuckerberg saying, on Threads, that people leaving his platforms over the rule change are "virtue signaling".
Is he wrong? If so how?
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Comment on Revisions of ‘hateful conduct’: what users can now say on Meta platforms in ~tech
Adys Basically what @stu2b50 said -- but beyond that, it's not just that "the truth matters", it's that quality, unbiased news institutions matter, and we're losing them everywhere left and right...Basically what @stu2b50 said -- but beyond that, it's not just that "the truth matters", it's that quality, unbiased news institutions matter, and we're losing them everywhere left and right [edit: pun not intended].
An the people willingly or unwillingly falling for the clickbait and feeding the rage-inductive algorithms are part of the problem.
This is what we need to fix. Meta's approach to a dying social network doesn't matter two bits. The spread of quality information is what matters.
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Comment on Revisions of ‘hateful conduct’: what users can now say on Meta platforms in ~tech
Adys Update -- I was on my phone when I reviewed the changes, so now I see what happened with the "china virus" thing I mentioned in the sibling comment. I want to address this because it's a radically...Update -- I was on my phone when I reviewed the changes, so now I see what happened with the "china virus" thing I mentioned in the sibling comment. I want to address this because it's a radically obvious example of a journalist taking something and creating a narrative out of it.
Meta updated its "Hateful Conduct" policies. Overall, the changes are not something you can "read into" very much; a lot of them are simplifications, clarifications, etc.
There /are/ some questionable, explicit choices being made. In fact, there's exactly two of them. The one you mentioned, and this one:
+++We do allow content arguing for gender-based limitations of military, law enforcement, and teaching jobs. We also allow the same content based on sexual orientation, when the content is based on religious beliefs.
This is basically carving an exception for religion and discussion of gender limitations on mil/law/teaching jobs. I personally think it's a stupid addition, but as a reminder it's not Meta endorsing it, it's Meta saying "we won't enforce our policies on such contexts". Why? Probably not "because Zuck is a fascist", but more likely because the enforcement is either too difficult on those cases, it's too much of a grey area, and/or it's causing a lot of false negatives. And given the backlash they face whenever they enforce their policies, I cannot really blame them. They've been moving towards a system where they can wash their hands of this stuff and let the community sort it out.
IDK, I think social media is toxic AF, but it is probably for the better that they're moving to community notes overall anyway.Now on the other hand, you have this which was removed:
---Content targeting a person or group of people on the basis of their protected characteristic(s) with claims that they have or spread the novel coronavirus, are responsible for the existence of the novel coronavirus, are deliberately spreading the novel coronavirus.
Okay so they're basically removing an explicit mention of covid-19 in the policy. Robert Booth takes this removal and claims:
The changes may also mean it is acceptable to post about the “China virus”, a term the US president-elect, Donald Trump, has frequently used in relation to coronavirus.
Implying that the removal was explicitly made so that Trump & co can start saying "China virus". Something which is contradicted by line 2 of the policy:
We define hateful conduct as direct attacks against people — rather than concepts or institutions— on the basis of what we call protected characteristics (PCs): race, ethnicity, national origin
And more explicitly mentioned in Tier 1 (do not post):
Dehumanizing speech in the form of comparisons to or generalizations about animals, pathogens, or other sub-human life forms, including: [...] Bacteria, viruses, or microbes
So clearly it's been removed in order to be generalized to all viruses, and now it's a news item spreading shit on Meta.
You know what? I /fucking hate/ Meta with a passion. Why do I have to defend this inane crap? This is just people making their own agenda and picking their own little microwars. And I'll tell you what, being as involved as I am in the actual war in Ukraine really gives you perspective on how ridiculous those microwars are.
And fuck anybody abusing the reader trust built up through decades of professional journalism, to further their own pointless personal agenda.
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Comment on Revisions of ‘hateful conduct’: what users can now say on Meta platforms in ~tech
Adys I agree it’s not completely out of line, but it’s also clearly a take on a set of changes that is exaggerating a lot. I don’t understand where they’re getting the whole “china virus” bit for example.I agree it’s not completely out of line, but it’s also clearly a take on a set of changes that is exaggerating a lot. I don’t understand where they’re getting the whole “china virus” bit for example.
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Comment on Revisions of ‘hateful conduct’: what users can now say on Meta platforms in ~tech
Adys This is the changelog (click Changelog and Jan 7 for the diff) https://transparency.meta.com/en-gb/policies/community-standards/hateful-conduct/ Can I recommend to actually read sources before...This is the changelog (click Changelog and Jan 7 for the diff)
https://transparency.meta.com/en-gb/policies/community-standards/hateful-conduct/
Can I recommend to actually read sources before trusting a journalist’s takes on them and claiming there’s a Zuckerberg fascist arc?
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Comment on Jean-Marie Le Pen has died in ~society
Adys By the way, I'm also realizing that what I used to translate made the original press release look much more emotional than it really is. In french, the tone really is as close as you can get to...By the way, I'm also realizing that what I used to translate made the original press release look much more emotional than it really is. In french, the tone really is as close as you can get to "He was a man. He lived a life. Now he no longer lives it. Condolences to the family."
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Comment on Jean-Marie Le Pen has died in ~society
Adys It is kind of a requirement, yes. Anybody who would have gotten to a second round in presidential elections would be acknowledged as such. And applying different rules to people because they're...It is kind of a requirement, yes. Anybody who would have gotten to a second round in presidential elections would be acknowledged as such. And applying different rules to people because they're disliked is a "road to hell" type thing.
At some point we as a society need to decide whether we want our representatives to take the high road, or the trump road. "I fart in your general direction" is the attitude i want my fellow french citizens to apply to this nazi's death, but it doesn't mean that's the attitude i want my /government/ to adopt.
It's worth mentioning that "ignoring the problem" is something we did all the way from 2002 until 2017. I don't think it's the correct attitude, and all it did was give the opportunity for resentment to grow.
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Comment on Jean-Marie Le Pen has died in ~society
Adys You might be reading too little into the elysee's statement. Here's some other examples of their previous statements: Henry Kissinger Roland Castro And for good comparison, here is Silvio...You might be reading too little into the elysee's statement.
Here's some other examples of their previous statements:
- Henry Kissinger
- Roland Castro
- And for good comparison, here is Silvio Berlusconi
The cold and terse tone is a choice. The wording is incredibly careful as well; "a legacy now left to the judgment of history" is famously and very specifically the wording they used for the death of Philippe Petain in 1951 (a nazi collaborator).
The wording also very specifically reminds the link between the Rassemblement National and the Front National, a link the RN has been trying to hide as much as possible (hence their rebranding).
Discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42877709