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  1. Comment on Gemma needs help in ~comp

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    I had the same thought, why can't I DPO my own brain lol But really it's not that we don't understand consciousness (we don't), it's that this is not that, and I don't think this article is...

    I had the same thought, why can't I DPO my own brain lol

    But really it's not that we don't understand consciousness (we don't), it's that this is not that, and I don't think this article is necessarily trying to be sensationalist but it ends up that way for sure: emotions are way up the ladder past consciousness/AGI as far as our own complexity & understanding, to say nothing of model analysis or replication. This is like where they realized if they told the LLM they were an "expert" programmer & to "try harder," it would A) output better code, but also B) leave comments like #omg omg i am so stoooopid lololol omg i do not deserve to live#—not because it was suddenly conscious & having an existential crisis, but because it said Ope, gotta pull out the "expert coding" examples & copied what they did, which was make better code but also panic a lot.

    What we're doing to LLMs far in advance of them being conscious is making them, for good or for ill, like us: If you are abused as a kid & then have children, and you are 100% going to break the cycle & treat them better, then you may still have lingering effects & habits that they will pick up that you learned as a consequence of trauma, even though there is no current reason for them to learn them. We are preemptively scarring whatever AI we end up with lol

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  2. Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental

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    It's great that you're trying! Also yeah it's tough lol. I wish they were applying for grants, I can appreciate a good scam, but no they just register their business idea, make a website, and then...

    It's great that you're trying! Also yeah it's tough lol.

    I wish they were applying for grants, I can appreciate a good scam, but no they just register their business idea, make a website, and then keep paying those fees every year or whatever for... three or four ideas now. I think that's just the part some people enjoy.

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  3. Comment on Sturgill Simpson's new album released early on YouTube (Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds - Mutiny After Midnight) (2026) in ~music

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    i think most people who go to "This is Sturgill Simpson" on Spotify are gonna be kinda over it after ten minutes or so lol—for anyone who doesn't love cowboy anime, i don't know if this particular...

    i think most people who go to "This is Sturgill Simpson" on Spotify are gonna be kinda over it after ten minutes or so lol—for anyone who doesn't love cowboy anime, i don't know if this particular playthrough is on an album or not but it's choice, as is his cover of The Promise from MSCM. For me, I just wanna split a case of natural light with the guy.

  4. Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk

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    Yeah I hadn't ever heard that he grew up a pastor's kid, but reading that made me feel pretty certain that he did, & sure enough lol—it's the compartmentalization; I'm glad he's still thinking...

    Yeah I hadn't ever heard that he grew up a pastor's kid, but reading that made me feel pretty certain that he did, & sure enough lol—it's the compartmentalization; I'm glad he's still thinking about it at all, after everything they had to deal with. Honesty is the best way tho imo

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  5. Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk

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    yeah i had vague memories of seeing that first one when it came out, and i was not impressed—I'll put it like this, my wife will watch some ghibli movies, and that's the extent of her anime...

    yeah i had vague memories of seeing that first one when it came out, and i was not impressed—I'll put it like this, my wife will watch some ghibli movies, and that's the extent of her anime desires; she was not interested in Chainsaw Man, understandably, but I just sort of had it on rewatching and after that slow start she was absolutely hooked lol, we finished the first season that night. So idk if you're looking for something or not, but dang it is very different from what I thought it was & I would def. recommend finishing it.

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  6. Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk

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    i don't see anyone asking so i'm curious if you've seen Chainsaw Man & what you thought; if not, do you have a moment to talk about Chainsaw Man, I have some literature lol jk /s ...unless? It...

    i don't see anyone asking so i'm curious if you've seen Chainsaw Man & what you thought; if not, do you have a moment to talk about Chainsaw Man, I have some literature lol jk /s ...unless?

    It really caught me by surprise, I generally avoid over-the-top gore because, just, why, but I was actually blown away by both the anime & the manga.

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  7. Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk

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    you and @balooga don't have to wonder about David Bazan, he does great solo stuff & introspective house tours and it's fantastic if a bit depressing (but that's kind of his whole thing, nothing...

    you and @balooga don't have to wonder about David Bazan, he does great solo stuff & introspective house tours and it's fantastic if a bit depressing (but that's kind of his whole thing, nothing wrong with it, I love a fellow eeyore). I saw him open for Jimmy Eat World a while back & he outdid them honestly.

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  8. Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental

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    Gotcha—ok I'm good there then, because neither would I haha, mainly because I've had that type of conversation with coworkers I've been at it with for literal years, so they're already on the...

    Gotcha—ok I'm good there then, because neither would I haha, mainly because I've had that type of conversation with coworkers I've been at it with for literal years, so they're already on the inside & it still comes back to bite you somehow.

  9. Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime

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    chainsaw lord chainsaw chainsaw I blew through the first volume-ish, watched s1, read through reze + the 1980s image comics-esque international santa claus arc lol, now i'm debating on reading...

    chainsaw lord chainsaw chainsaw

    I blew through the first volume-ish, watched s1, read through reze + the 1980s image comics-esque international santa claus arc lol, now i'm debating on reading through the school volume or savoring it & trying to drag it out like i always do things i love this much, gosh. Spy X Family was a game changer, i thought anime shows were all like pokemon & dragonball & I found out I was wrong, but chainsaw man is on another level entirely. The last thing I thought this Fujimoto guy was gonna throw at me was a story about the abuse of the impoverished by their employers (not that it's not timely lol but dang).

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  11. Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental

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    someone explained to me, and it was painful but it tracks, that the farther away you are from actual measurable work, the more money you can make. And I think when we had decent safety nets (or if...

    someone explained to me, and it was painful but it tracks, that the farther away you are from actual measurable work, the more money you can make. And I think when we had decent safety nets (or if you have the benefit of living in a place that still does), it was a better tradeoff, but at this point I'm not sure the gamble is worth it honestly—it's just nuts to live in a world where you trade your knees for enough to pay the bills, and then we have robot knees but they don't pay enough for us to afford them. Something's off.

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  12. Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental

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    is there not some way we can Office Space all these boomers into pitching in some of this money they don't need? I don't care if they call it taxes or socialism, I want in

    is there not some way we can Office Space all these boomers into pitching in some of this money they don't need? I don't care if they call it taxes or socialism, I want in

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  13. Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental

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    Heard lol. I already have too many degrees in the wrong things, and I asked but they said I can't respec this late in the game : ) DMing you, we've run into each other on tildes before & I feel...

    Heard lol. I already have too many degrees in the wrong things, and I asked but they said I can't respec this late in the game : )

    DMing you, we've run into each other on tildes before & I feel like we have a lot in common...

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  14. Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental

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    Right, the #1 option: I can't get anyone in corporate to bite. I am pretty confident I could learn most of any "desk job" in 2-4 weeks, but instead of that feeling wide-open for opportunities, it...

    Right, the #1 option: I can't get anyone in corporate to bite. I am pretty confident I could learn most of any "desk job" in 2-4 weeks, but instead of that feeling wide-open for opportunities, it seems like it's too broad & I'm going to have to find an "in" ( just for ref. I was looking at taking lots of FINRA exams for one of these previous ones & was passing practice tests between interviews—I would have gone ahead and taken the tests, but no one I don't know is going to hire me with no actual experience there, I'm afraid).

    Honestly, benefits were definitely keeping me stationary for a while, & maybe that early momentum would have been helpful, but they are not as great as they once were, so higher pay would be fine—but that means I'm limiting what's available, & not in a way that's helpful to what I mentioned in the last paragraph, because at that level I'm up against their current internal applicants, others already in the field, etc. I know the transferable skills, got those, but it feels sort of like the "Do you have a documented disability?" where it's not technically to rule you out, but maybe that's how it works anyhow?

  15. Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental

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    Thanks for sharing your experience—yeah it def. seems to be the 80/20 (90/10?) rule where some people do great, most people do not. One of my previous jobs had their "HR" lady send out a budget...

    Thanks for sharing your experience—yeah it def. seems to be the 80/20 (90/10?) rule where some people do great, most people do not. One of my previous jobs had their "HR" lady send out a budget spreadsheet that included salary info that was "protected" (it was not), similarly spicy discussions but in the end really nothing changed from what I hear, other than I left lol.

    I have most of the things you listed nailed down; fortunately I was able to buy a house when they were semi-affordable, so one checkmark there, but that also means I would probably never be able to afford a house anywhere else : ) Not super high COL though--retirement-wise I would get bored so fast, even if i was old, and I'm not doing anything I can't keep doing for a good while. Vacations are a huge motivator in all this, I want to take my kids to all the great places while they're still young & at home, for sure; I've never worked anywhere with super-restrictive leave policies, but unless there's a trip I also almost never take a day (maybe that would help lol).

    I'm so glad you asked about charity, because when I thought I'd be making way more for a minute, the thing I was the most excited about was being able to have things & cash on hand to just give away, like during the holidays, send some cards sure, but have a box of like surprisingly nice... something by the door to just hand to the mailman, the UPS guy, your neighbor, etc. I'd love to have enough to be able to be pretty ridiculously generous. If you want to take a stab at a goal # I can send you whatever info you would need, but based on my math 130-150k sounds absolutely luxurious.

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  16. Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental

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    For me every conversation is a fallout dialogue tree unfortunately lol—well, for better or for worse is more accurate, I guess. So I def. get that, unfortunately I can't savescum these people : )...

    For me every conversation is a fallout dialogue tree unfortunately lol—well, for better or for worse is more accurate, I guess. So I def. get that, unfortunately I can't savescum these people : )

    I've been trying to find someone who sees what I'm saying & is equally turnt at the end of it, so glad you're here lol. Would you mind telling me what you would say to that question if you were me; I'm trying to think of something that doesn't go too far in either direction and it feels very wobbly

  17. Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental

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    i am crying reading this dude, thanks a bunch—one of the things I'm learning is that even if things are easier for me than others, it doesn't mean they're zero-effort, and it's easy to get more...

    i am crying reading this dude, thanks a bunch—one of the things I'm learning is that even if things are easier for me than others, it doesn't mean they're zero-effort, and it's easy to get more tired than you realize, even from doing good work. I don't know what you've got going on but I hope you have a great weekend.

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  18. Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental

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    You got it—I always knew that about cops or paramedics or whatever, it's the worst day of your life & they're just finishing a shift at work, but I never thought about it from the other end, wow....

    You got it—I always knew that about cops or paramedics or whatever, it's the worst day of your life & they're just finishing a shift at work, but I never thought about it from the other end, wow. And it totally makes sense that people don't want to talk about things that make them uncomfortable (except no it doesn't, I'm uncomfortable with this & I want to figure it out so bad I am here talking about it lol, but that's me not them).

  19. Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental

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    Yeah, I do feel that if I had started this in 2024 instead of 2025 I'd be set now, but at that point I thought I had great opportunities lined up internally... whoops. It sounds like you've...

    Yeah, I do feel that if I had started this in 2024 instead of 2025 I'd be set now, but at that point I thought I had great opportunities lined up internally... whoops.

    It sounds like you've identified a great path, and I'm glad it's working as planned, good on you for plotting & executing—because even if it was easier in 2024 than now, it still would have been way easier still to just maintain, believe me I know lol. That future pathway you're describing, where you can basically decide to exercise agency & "level up," just unfortunately doesn't exist where I am, being crushed to death under bureaucratic sediment layers, so like I was telling @Eji1700 if I can just find a way out...

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  20. Comment on I need to talk to someone with social mobility experience, and I'm out of ideas in ~health.mental

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    This is great, thanks so much—I'll be honest, I can't imagine a situation like this popping up but maybe it's because I haven't been looking for them, so I will work on keeping an eye out for sure!

    This is great, thanks so much—I'll be honest, I can't imagine a situation like this popping up but maybe it's because I haven't been looking for them, so I will work on keeping an eye out for sure!

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