detectivemittens

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[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Assuming Trump will be around. His cognitive decline has been steep, and he’s just been a convenient vehicle for others to gain power. I wouldn’t be surprised if they invoked the 25th Amendment.

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago

For fuck’s sake. All these Republicans are just ignoring the fact that the shooter WAS A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN.

We need this shouted from the rooftops and thrown into every headline. This should be the only response any time someone in the GOP in Congress says that the left has been calling for civil war.

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I was worried about this since people were whipping a frenzy about how this had to be antifa.

The shooter is a white male gun enthusiast Republican. How awkward for MAGA.

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 0 points 3 months ago

Just remember that polls made it seem like the far right was going to overwhelmingly win.

And then they didn’t.

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah, fuck ‘em. Don’t apologize.

In addition to what you’ve mentioned, don’t forget it’s the same groups of people who want to give guns more rights than women/people of color/LGBTQ+. After reading things like this… you realize you shouldn’t be apologizing because these people don’t give a shit.

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 7 points 8 months ago

Yes and no. I compare it to a graphing calculator: I know how to graph a parabola by hand already, but I don’t want to have to do it over and over already. That’s just busy work for me.

LLMs are similar that way. There’s often a lot of boilerplate to get out of the way that’s just busy work to write over and over again. LLMs are great at generating some of that scaffolding.

LLMs have also become a lot more helpful as Google search has gotten worse over time.

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

According to the report, while 54 percent of developers canvassed said there had been no layoffs at their company over the last year, 35 percent said either they or their colleagues had lost their jobs.

Yeah, its 35% of the people canvassed for this report. Even then, not all those people were laid off - some of them are people who know somebody who was impacted.

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Really glad to see this. I’m appalled at how little grad students are paid given their very large role in keeping universities afloat (teaching classes and helping with research).

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 15 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Might just be me looking at the game with rose colored glasses and the game may not have aged well - but I remember having a blast playing Golden Sun as a kid. I think you’d enjoy it if you like JRPGs.

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 13 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I think Xi is counting on the west to be too distracted by Ukraine and Israel to effectively support Taiwan.

Also, speculation on my part - but this feels like the usual posturing/distraction playbook. China’s economy isn’t doing so hot and the government’s bungling of COVID is still fresh in everyone’s minds, so what better way to make people forget about that than to saber rattle?

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 7 points 10 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Asia

Based on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and preceded by the CIA-operated Radio Free Asia (Committee for a Free Asia), it was established by the US International Broadcasting Act of 1994 with the stated aim of "promoting democratic values and human rights"

Uh wow… TIL. Absolutely not an unbiased source whatsoever.

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 16 points 10 months ago

Maybe it’s just morbid fascination with the slow motion trainwreck that’s Twitter?

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