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Comment on Another media outlet comment: Misuse of "gaffe" for Nikki Haley in ~talk
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Comment on Another media outlet comment: Misuse of "gaffe" for Nikki Haley in ~talk
tnifc LinkNiki Haley didn't do a mistake. It was intentional rhetoric.a mistake
a social mistake
careless mistakeNiki Haley didn't do a mistake. It was intentional rhetoric.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech
tnifc LinkI have a feeling a lot of people have gone into private servers. Often on Discord. The way I see it right now is the old internet used to be like public gathering with pseudonymous friends. The...I have a feeling a lot of people have gone into private servers. Often on Discord. The way I see it right now is the old internet used to be like public gathering with pseudonymous friends. The current internet is like a public space in real life. Except it's not the one that big social media firms want you to believe. It's not the idealistic "town square" where humanity gathers to exchange ideas and peace and harmony and singing Kumbaya and stuff.
It's a real world crowded public space in a big city. Everyone is a stranger. You keep your head a swivel. You watch out for pick pockets. You watch out for criminals. You don't just talk to anyone who approaches you have to be careful.
They wanted to digitize the world. To create a mirror world online without physical limitations. They succeeded. The real world is a dangerous place. And so that's how the internet is. The era of community internet is over.
I've tried to dive into those private servers but it was too much effort for me with little reward. There's cliques and social drama. People want to keep their own establish little circle of social milieu or whatever. You are the outsider and that's their purpose for you. It's nothing like the old internet that was primarily public spaces that anyone could get into once they understood the nature of the community.
Places like old internet is very few and far between anymore. My only suggestion is to find specific topics interest and find where those people are. The general internet (ie social media) is easiest for ideological pushers to proliferate their ideas to a wide audience. More specific topics of discussion aren't as appropriate for them to just spout off.
That doesn't mean there won't be users who hold bigoted beliefs in those places. It's just not appropriate topic of discussion. You cannot control what people hate. If the admins and moderators (or even users) of that place don't do anything about it if or when those people run their mouth then just leave.
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Comment on Can a social media post change public opinion? Researchers weigh in. in ~tech
tnifc Link ParentYeah they've only scratched the surface of a broad topic. Propaganda has a long history throughout prior mediums preceding the internet. It works. Different medium is just different ways of...Yeah they've only scratched the surface of a broad topic. Propaganda has a long history throughout prior mediums preceding the internet. It works. Different medium is just different ways of disseminating it. The next thing proceeding the internet in some distant future will not be spared either.
I'm sure the academics wouldn't be so short sighted as to say that was an absolute conclusion but it will no doubt be construed as such as articles are posted around.
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Comment on The rise and fall of MuchMusic in ~music
tnifc LinkI know someone who sent in an arts and crafts thing to request a song. They spent a lot of time making a thing. Then we spent weeks (months?) after school every day glued to the television waiting...I know someone who sent in an arts and crafts thing to request a song. They spent a lot of time making a thing. Then we spent weeks (months?) after school every day glued to the television waiting to see when the VJ would get through the pile of requests with theirs in it. Fun times. The prize that day was a console game. They didn't win it.
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Comment on Inside an OnlyFans empire: Sex, influence and the new American Dream in ~life
tnifc LinkWhat is there to be concerned about when they've already earned more than people make in a lifetime. Socioeconomic relativity is a hell of a thing.The women in Adams’s business voice some uncertainty over how long this all can continue.
What is there to be concerned about when they've already earned more than people make in a lifetime. Socioeconomic relativity is a hell of a thing.
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Comment on Regular Americans are getting richer in ~finance
tnifc Link ParentI'm not arguing for or against that. Nor did I put forth to begin with that the baby boomers did or didn't have a materially better life in their 20s. I certainly didn't say they were "spoiled...I'm not arguing for or against that. Nor did I put forth to begin with that the baby boomers did or didn't have a materially better life in their 20s.
I certainly didn't say they were "spoiled kids".
Your response is tantamount to flame bait.
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Comment on Europe’s coming reckoning on immigration – large-scale immigration is the only thing that can prevent Europe from becoming an empty amusement park in ~misc
tnifc Link ParentThere's that dirty political word associated with policies that lean towards quality of life over continuous shareholder growth.There's that dirty political word associated with policies that lean towards quality of life over continuous shareholder growth.
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Comment on Can someone recommend me a great bluetooth keyboard for my home office? in ~tech
tnifc LinkAvoid anything not Bluetooth if you go wireless. The plain RF wireless keyboards are inherently insecure. I only found out recently about MouseJack. The exploit has been around for a few years. It...Avoid anything not Bluetooth if you go wireless. The plain RF wireless keyboards are inherently insecure. I only found out recently about MouseJack. The exploit has been around for a few years. It allows for keylogging and key injection.
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Comment on Regular Americans are getting richer in ~finance
tnifc LinkI've long posited that internet discourse is centered around teenager and college students. There is no wealth at phase of life. So they all tell each other that everyone is poor. That it's going...I've long posited that internet discourse is centered around teenager and college students. There is no wealth at phase of life. So they all tell each other that everyone is poor. That it's going to be doom and gloom forever. Society is on the brink. Cats and dogs living together. Mass hysteria. etc. The anecdotes from the older individuals are most popular as it provides confirmation to the doomsday echo chambers. Those who go against the narrative are always unpopular posts among the general social media rabble.
From a high level view this is just another time in history. The economy goes up and down. Social strife comes and goes. Wars are fought and ended. Yet internet discourse would have you believe this is a special time in history. The very end of history in particular. When it all everything comes undone.
Better to look at the data than try to read tea leaves that is social media.
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Comment on The rich and famous are dominating podcasts and I don't like it one bit! in ~life
tnifc LinkIt's low rent versions of traditional talk shows. Conan for example used to have writers and sketches. There was whole productions going on. All a podcasts requires booking guests and getting them...It's low rent versions of traditional talk shows. Conan for example used to have writers and sketches. There was whole productions going on. All a podcasts requires booking guests and getting them into the seat. His podcast is little more than an hour long laughing. They don't really talk about much at all. Maybe he will tease out a few anecdotes from guests. For the most part it's random banter with lots of cackling into the microphones. That doesn't appeal to me at all.
I don't think it's anymore self evident how low production these famous podcasts are than the guests often remarking they forgot they were recording. Some times guests don't even know they've started recording.
I don't know so many people are saying Conan is doing his best work as ever. I've watched since the 90s Light Night show and his whole getup is a shadow of his former self. That's not meant in a negative tone. He's been on air for three decades. So it's understandable that he's dialed back.
These rich and famous genre of podcasts are cashing in on the loneliness and media binging epidemic. People are using para-social relationships as a crutch. Get a bunch of rich and famous people together. Record their conversations as friends. These podcast are honed in on it. A sign of the times.
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Comment on Firefox money: Investigating the bizarre finances of Mozilla in ~tech
tnifc Link ParentHe's a developer and has held executive technology position before. He would know contract developers incorporate. There won't be a business presence online. Except for their personal presence...He's a developer and has held executive technology position before. He would know contract developers incorporate. There won't be a business presence online. Except for their personal presence like LinkedIn and stuff.
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Comment on What else is going on? in ~talk
tnifc Link ParentRead Doppelganger after that. It's basically the sequel to Shock Doctrine. Written very recently so it's up to date with all the crazy ways the internet has affected the world.Read Doppelganger after that. It's basically the sequel to Shock Doctrine. Written very recently so it's up to date with all the crazy ways the internet has affected the world.
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Comment on Thoughts on techno-optimism in ~tech
tnifc LinkIt's difficult to be very invested in discourse that's dominated by tech capitalists opining on things they are well insulated from. It's the plebs who suffer the ravages of their exploits....It's difficult to be very invested in discourse that's dominated by tech capitalists opining on things they are well insulated from. It's the plebs who suffer the ravages of their exploits.
They're too busy patting each other on the back. They're stubbornly stuck on the mindset that they alone are divine ordained ministers of technology. Their word is gospel of the church of math and science. Non-believers are heathen who dare question math?!? It's not surprising he ended the article pressing you to have faith.
A depressingly large number of people seem to see technology and society as fundamentally in competition.
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This worldview sees technologists as fundamentally a type of pirate, sailing the high seas in search of plunder while the navy of social responsibility chases them around.This is your worldview of what you think is the worldview of others. This is the fundamental flaw of so called tech optimists. They assume everyone else are opposed to technology. Few are. Predicating your dialog with such silly notions is an insult to everyone else. But of course IT nerds have traditionally carried themselves with holier than thou attitude.
Just as the manifesto disingenuously equated Luddites to being opposed to technology. They were not. They were a labor movement.
These so called tech optimists want to talk to their straw man who hates technology then I will take no part in being their scarecrow. Everything they derive from their flawed premises is pompous self congratulatory rhetoric. Where every step is met with their utopian technology trump card. They speak of benefits for humanity at some time in the future. Accuse you of being technophobe. That is not discussions. It is a sermon.
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Comment on How AI art reduces the world to stereotypes in ~arts
tnifc LinkThe developed nations adopted the internet earlier thus have the lion share of representation online. Machine learning has encoded this inequality. The datasets are western centric views of the...The developed nations adopted the internet earlier thus have the lion share of representation online. Machine learning has encoded this inequality. The datasets are western centric views of the world.
Now these AI outputs being used for content creation are putting additional skew factor. That human created content in which any amount of AI was involved will be fed back into machines which will strengthen bias encodings. Rinse repeat. The great feedback loop is coming.
Just as every other modern technology in the past decade or so heralded as saviors of humanity. The dark side cannot (but will be) ignored in pursuit of rapid adoption and capitalization. The unprivileged will suffer as usual.
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Comment on The Techno Optimist Manifesto by Marc Andreessen, redacted by Grosser in ~tech
tnifc (edited )LinkI'm so tired of technology being used to justify market exploitation. Being used for propaganda. That is no such "techno optimism". The antithesis if anything. They deliberately substitute "free...I'm so tired of technology being used to justify market exploitation. Being used for propaganda. That is no such "techno optimism". The antithesis if anything.
They deliberately substitute "free market" with technology rendering good faith discourse impossible. They win by default in forcing their opponent to debate the merits of technology instead of their unfettered exploits of "free markets". It's technically true that machines do math faster than humans. Such technical truths are not what's up for debate.
I guess it's fitting these guys have built so called digital "town squares" that don't work fuck all. They're overrun with the same kind of bad faith discourse which are the embodiment of themselves. So what chance will they ever make decent platforms. One cannot build and operate something they fundamentally don't believe in. We will continue to see bastardizations of technology until it's free from the grips of people like Andreessen and Horowitz.
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Comment on Analysis: Why is so much anti-Palestinian disinformation coming from India? in ~misc
tnifc LinkThe "lurk moar" mantra of past days needs to come back. It forces people to think about the content they're seeing.The "lurk moar" mantra of past days needs to come back. It forces people to think about the content they're seeing.
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Comment on How China’s EV boom caught Western car companies asleep at the wheel in ~transport
tnifc Link ParentIt's free markets when it's a European or American company. It's a political adversary when it's anyone else doing capitalism. Same goes for semiconductors. China's chip engineering capability is...It's free markets when it's a European or American company. It's a political adversary when it's anyone else doing capitalism. Same goes for semiconductors. China's chip engineering capability is getting too close for comfort even if they're still generations behind. America does not want anyone coming close to challenging Intel or AMD in the market.
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Comment on YouTube is now rolling out disabling videos after detecting adblockers in ~tech
tnifc LinkThey make billions in profit. They've minted numerous new multi-millionaire content creators. I don't know why they need to act like these platforms are the teenager in 1999 trying make some beer...They make billions in profit. They've minted numerous new multi-millionaire content creators. I don't know why they need to act like these platforms are the teenager in 1999 trying make some beer money from their personal website. In the decades since the early web ads have been wildly successful even with ad blockers.
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Comment on How will AI learn next? in ~tech
tnifc LinkRecent history has shown people won't stop generating engagement data. The reddit exodus never materialized. Facebook is still used inspite of that never ending circus. What concerns me more is...Recent history has shown people won't stop generating engagement data. The reddit exodus never materialized. Facebook is still used inspite of that never ending circus.
What concerns me more is the era of accessible information is over. Things are going to be collated and priced. Put behind paywalls controlled by the few tech giants. The internet which was once heralded as a great equalizer is now going to be another tiered system of socioeconomic class.
Meh you fully understand then. You're just being obtuse. There's no need continue down this derailing of OPs point.