Pilgrim

joined 9 months ago
[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 16 points 2 months ago

Could it be because they're centering technology that's inherently unreliable? GPT is just a guessing machine

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Sorry, I understand why a company would want to capitalize on the crypto bubble if it was 2022, but I meant this more as an existential "whyyyyy" but didn't have the energy for that.

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 42 points 3 months ago (14 children)
[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 10 points 4 months ago

Call off the election, that's an official act that no one could punish you for. Oh wait, only the other side wants to become a dictatorship.

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago

You could look at this and see it as pandering, which it is, but I also take it as a decent sign that they have to at least pay lip service to renewables since fossil fuels have become a significant liability in many eyes.

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 5 points 5 months ago

Yeah, individuals make decisions within the structures that exist around them. Asking people to heroically sacrifice their own financial or career opportunities as opposed to changing those structures just won't succeed.

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago

They actually had an industrial policy for the last forty years, unlike the United States or Europe, which both abdicated their interests to those of giant corporations whose only goals are reducing costs and increasing profits.

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 9 points 5 months ago

Oh nooo not the precious, sweet plastic manufacturers!

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"I'm not trying to bring anyone down, I'm just trying to bring them down"

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 3 points 6 months ago

God I'm always accidentally causing warcrimes my bad

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Don't worry guys I'm sure with one more shipment of weapons they'll feel secure enough to stop doing all this horrible stuff

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