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Comment on US Government UFO document release in ~society
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Comment on Toyota built a $10 billion private utopia—what’s going on in there? in ~design
Grzmot LinkPutting aside the concerns the article already notes (privacy nightmare is an understatement), I'm not sure if I like the solutions Woven City provides anyhow. Obviously this city is going to be...Putting aside the concerns the article already notes (privacy nightmare is an understatement), I'm not sure if I like the solutions Woven City provides anyhow. Obviously this city is going to be designed to solve the problems Toyota is best suited to solve, but I think in the process it also creates a problem that Toyota then sells you the solution for: the cars.
For a 3-block experiment, there is no legitimate reason for there to be cars or buses at all, other than the fact that Toyota wants to sell you cars and your city government buses. The counter argument of this being a small experiment also showing off solutions if it scales to a larger area doesn't hold in my opinion, because then cars become a dogshit solution to the transporting people problem, an issue that is visible in every single city on the planet. The little autonomous buses that they use are still a compromise of the city to the road, and likely only really safe once you add in the surveilance hellscape this experiment proposes.
The real solution to mass transit are trams, or ideally: metros. This compacts city to something walkable, which is the true solution for local transit, and leaves wide roads to their actual purpose: supplying businesses and grocery stores.
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Comment on Gothenburg promised to optimise school admissions with a piece of code. The resulting chaos showed how unaccountable systems are ruining lives. in ~tech
Grzmot Link ParentIt's beside the point of the article but I do have to say that a "as the crow flies" implementation of this system is dogshit on a technical level. Kids don't fly to school, they walk, and digital...It's beside the point of the article but I do have to say that a "as the crow flies" implementation of this system is dogshit on a technical level. Kids don't fly to school, they walk, and digital maps and navigation even on foot has been a thing for at least a decade now. The state clearly knows where the schools and the kid's homes are to run this calculation, mapping out the roads and using that length instead would've maybe not been trivial, but certainly feasible.
This is an utter failure by the city government and the fact that they're doubling down on it is truly insane. A straight line calculation would be insane anywhere, Gothenburg just showcases it much better.
On a legal level, it's hard to know wherever the author's strategy was sensible:
I argued that the algorithm’s design violated applicable legislation.
But that's part of the point, isn't it? The city made a clearly erronous choice and the citizens have no way to fight it.
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Comment on The speculative ambitions of Logan Paul and Jeremy Padawer in ~society
Grzmot LinkNot sure of ~society is the right home for this post, but ~arts didn't feel correct, and neider did ~games or ~book or ~comics. It touches all of those areas, but not because of the content, but... -
The speculative ambitions of Logan Paul and Jeremy Padawer
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Comment on In the foothills of Mount Fuji, the fight is on against unruly tourists (gifted link) in ~travel
Grzmot Link ParentVenice is a shell of a city. I've been there once, and I'm never going back again. It really is consumption tourism at its peak, and it pushed out everything else. It's so sad. If I journey to a...Venice is a shell of a city. I've been there once, and I'm never going back again. It really is consumption tourism at its peak, and it pushed out everything else. It's so sad.
If I journey to a place it's to experience the local culture, food and customs. In overtouristed areas like Venice it's like walking onto a film set. It's all fake, catered to a crowd I detest but unfortunately still share some links to, because I too am a tourist. And because that film set is so profitable, it pushes out the locals. The hotels get more expensive, the food gets worse, life evaporates because there is no life on a film set.
I lose the reason for being there, because I don't go somewhere just to take pictures, and the locals lose a place to live. It's parasitic. If you love a place the worst think you can do is post it on social media.
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Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech
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Comment on Interview with Lydia Love, one of Bryon Noem's regular camgirls in ~society
Grzmot Link ParentI think this interview, given its meandering pace and scope, does a good job at also bringing up sex positivity vs sex negativity, addiction, queerness etc. They at one point just go off and talk...I think this interview, given its meandering pace and scope, does a good job at also bringing up sex positivity vs sex negativity, addiction, queerness etc.
They at one point just go off and talk about growing up in a small conservative town and such. I understand where you're coming from and I think that content and discussions pushing only negatives are around, but at least in this particular case they tackle it and it feels pretty positive. A lot of the interview is dedicated to her decision to reveal herself as one of his providers. She is mind you, not the person who leaked the photos initially.
But again, I understand your apprehension on the topic, especially how the initial points of such a discussion can shift over time and go turn 180°.
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Comment on UN warns Denmark that the treatment of a Greenlandic mother whose newborn child was removed by authorities as a result of controversial parenting competency tests “may amount to ethnic discrimination” in ~society
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Comment on UN warns Denmark that the treatment of a Greenlandic mother whose newborn child was removed by authorities as a result of controversial parenting competency tests “may amount to ethnic discrimination” in ~society
Grzmot LinkGenuinely did not know that Denmark still separating kids at birth based on a "parental competency exam". That's insane. I found little information on what exactly the test is, but it apparently...Genuinely did not know that Denmark still separating kids at birth based on a "parental competency exam". That's insane. I found little information on what exactly the test is, but it apparently it consists of a series of psychological tests, including a Rorschach test. It's also always adminstered in Danish, which might not be a first language for Greenland natives. That's pretty terrifying.
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Comment on Interview with Lydia Love, one of Bryon Noem's regular camgirls in ~society
Grzmot Link ParentThat's absolutely a valid opinion to have. I'm of two minds about it. On one hand, it's a fucking joke how often this hipocrisy happens: someone denouncing a kink, a sexuality, a gender identity...That's absolutely a valid opinion to have. I'm of two minds about it. On one hand, it's a fucking joke how often this hipocrisy happens: someone denouncing a kink, a sexuality, a gender identity in public while being (into) it in private. The meme that Grindr crashes every time there's a Republican event somewhere is one for a reason.
On the other hand, these people are actively making a lot of lives worse and while you're right, Noem's husband isn't a public figure at all and it's questionable how much this would personally impact her given that none of these people seem to live fulfilling loving marriages, it might at the very least impact her political career. A little bit. I guess the next grifting idiot while come around, or maybe MAGA won't care in the same way that they have not cared about their president's multiple marriages or JD Vance getting it on with Charlie Kirk's widow while her late husband's body was still warm.
I don't know. This is a 90 min interview and a lot of other things come up, but Lydia Love is also asked why she decided to go public with this and she states that he is fair game. I think things like this will continue while people feel powerless to actually do something about the current US government.
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Comment on Interview with Lydia Love, one of Bryon Noem's regular camgirls in ~society
Grzmot LinkSome background info: Bryon Noem is the husband of Kristi Noem, who was the secretary of homeland security from 2025 to 2026. She's been rightfully criticized for overseeing the ongoing...Some background info:
Bryon Noem is the husband of Kristi Noem, who was the secretary of homeland security from 2025 to 2026. She's been rightfully criticized for overseeing the ongoing facistification of ICE and its raids on American cities and arrests and deportations of legal and illegal immigrants and in some cases even US citizens because that's how bad things are nowadays.
Turns out that her husband is really into wearing huge silicone knockers and being sissified. These photos leaked a while back and this is an interview with at least one of the callgirls that facilitated it.
Disclaimer: I'm not really into US politics that much given it's a different continent and an incredible clusterfuck. This is my best summary of what she's done. I'm sure I've forgotten some things. She's horrible.
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Interview with Lydia Love, one of Bryon Noem's regular camgirls
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Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech
Grzmot Link ParentNo worries! IPO means Initial Public Offering and it's when a private company goes public, meaning you can now buy and sell shares of them on the stock exchange. When you trade stocks as a private...No worries!
IPO means Initial Public Offering and it's when a private company goes public, meaning you can now buy and sell shares of them on the stock exchange.
When you trade stocks as a private individual, the general advice is to ignore IPOs, because usually the stock is hyped and starts high and then drops in value in the short term, which means you lose money. If we take reddit as an example, you can see that they had their IPO on 22nd of March 2024 and it took ~5 weeks till the stock was in the green compared to the IPO price of 50 USD. Most individuals are on a hype train caused by social media, hoping for a quick profit and sell by then, with a loss.
A lot of individuals who trade stocks have generally no fucking idea what they are doing and IPOs is when a stock is very volatile, meaning it can go up a lot, or down a lot. It can be difficult to predict what will happen because the company is being publically traded for the first time and you can't rely on old market behavior to predict if the stock price will go up or down.
Negative attitudes about having missed profits because you meant to buy some stock are very common, and it can lead to emotional actions involving money which is usually a bad idea. I was just trying to affirm a stranger's bad feelings because while they might have missed out on profits this time, it also could've gone the other way as well. That's what I meant when I said that IPOs are a bad idea.
Am I explaining myself better?
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Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech
Grzmot Link ParentGetting in on most IPOs is dumb. Don't get FOMO'd into making a mistake in the future.Getting in on most IPOs is dumb. Don't get FOMO'd into making a mistake in the future.
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Comment on Palantir employees are starting to wonder if they're the bad guys in ~society
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Palantir employees are starting to wonder if they're the bad guys
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Comment on Framework reveals 13 Pro laptop with 20-hour battery in ~tech
Grzmot Link ParentIt's still a presentation by an investor and the CEO of Framework. It might be cool, and I personally think that Framework is very cool, but it's just not an objective review. It's a showcase....It's still a presentation by an investor and the CEO of Framework. It might be cool, and I personally think that Framework is very cool, but it's just not an objective review. It's a showcase. It's an ad. That's okay. But you're not going to get a honest review.
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Comment on Replacing Lenovo’s WWAN unlock blob with a 100-line Bash script in ~comp
Grzmot LinkPosts like these are a fantastic read, and genuinely show that propriatary code doesn't necessarily need to be special. It's often just done to save time, and thus money of the corporation. I...Posts like these are a fantastic read, and genuinely show that propriatary code doesn't necessarily need to be special. It's often just done to save time, and thus money of the corporation. I doubt the original unlock does anything malicious, but it was likely just easier to push through from Lenovo's side.
But the fact that it can be accomplished by such a simple plaintext script also shows that the efficient, lazy way can also be wrong. There's no reason that I know of, that the script couldn't be the official way provided by Lenovo. Throw the dev of the script a couple bucks and adopt it into the official repo. Everyone's better off.
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Comment on Sam Altman may control our future—can he be trusted? in ~tech
Grzmot Link ParentJournalists are allowed to form conclusions based on their reporting. To be frank, I think both ways work, and I understand why they chose to "stay neutral" in tone, even though they're obviously...Journalists are allowed to form conclusions based on their reporting. To be frank, I think both ways work, and I understand why they chose to "stay neutral" in tone, even though they're obviously writing one disparaging remark after another, but I found the conclusion at the end lack-luster considering the overwhelming amount of anecdotes depicting Altman in a negative light that the article contains.
It's strange to write over 10 000 words, and then at the end go "Welp, it's hard to say where his hope for humanity ends and his ambition begins!", that's not the impression the rest of the article gave me.
This is a real Final Fantasy Tidus laugh moment.