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no one of consequence. professional cybersecurity person and failed academic. queer feminist wittgensteinian artist who values privacy and is inspired by people.
(and please note: i have tolerated legions of insufferable apple fans on hacker news and support forums who dodge-and-gaslight whenever apple is questioned--i am no fan. just observing that, like their hardware was the best for a good late2000s/early2010s stretch, their AI thirst is least annoying)
December 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
(and please note: i have tolerated legions of insufferable apple fans on hacker news and support forums who dodge-and-gaslight whenever apple is questioned--i am no fan. just observing that, like their hardware was the best for a good late2000s/early2010s stretch, their AI thirst is least annoying)
google and microsoft are both so terrible about this. maybe "apple intelligence" is sneakier than i know, but disabling that (as much as one can) was one and done, while i trip over google and microsoft's "WE'VE ACTIVATED THIS AI FEATURE" / (giant popup) "USE AI FOR THIS??" daily.
December 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
google and microsoft are both so terrible about this. maybe "apple intelligence" is sneakier than i know, but disabling that (as much as one can) was one and done, while i trip over google and microsoft's "WE'VE ACTIVATED THIS AI FEATURE" / (giant popup) "USE AI FOR THIS??" daily.
woof, "confusing marginality for insight" is a white supremacist euphemism if i've ever seen one. and they're not even disguising "i am talking to white men." who else "confuses" marginality for insight but people who aren't marginalized? these fucking people.
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
woof, "confusing marginality for insight" is a white supremacist euphemism if i've ever seen one. and they're not even disguising "i am talking to white men." who else "confuses" marginality for insight but people who aren't marginalized? these fucking people.
this back and forth is why i still love social media; i think both of you are right, and surfacing tons of points people ought to consider, as well as demonstrating how different contexts (giving someone advice vs criticizing collective behavior) change how one might take a statement.
December 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
this back and forth is why i still love social media; i think both of you are right, and surfacing tons of points people ought to consider, as well as demonstrating how different contexts (giving someone advice vs criticizing collective behavior) change how one might take a statement.
it's sad to me, because what we need (and i think want?) is solidarity. if someone is grieving or angry, you can join them without competing with them.
December 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
it's sad to me, because what we need (and i think want?) is solidarity. if someone is grieving or angry, you can join them without competing with them.
honestly, it shows why the whole "argue with your family about politics" imperative is actually important.
if you're not going to be beaten up or triggered out of your mind by engaging, a lot of these people are getting *no pushback at all* and really do need to be challenged "is that stuff ok?"
if you're not going to be beaten up or triggered out of your mind by engaging, a lot of these people are getting *no pushback at all* and really do need to be challenged "is that stuff ok?"
December 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
honestly, it shows why the whole "argue with your family about politics" imperative is actually important.
if you're not going to be beaten up or triggered out of your mind by engaging, a lot of these people are getting *no pushback at all* and really do need to be challenged "is that stuff ok?"
if you're not going to be beaten up or triggered out of your mind by engaging, a lot of these people are getting *no pushback at all* and really do need to be challenged "is that stuff ok?"
if the problem is happening in, or even being driven by, the institutions and people where i live, how can i rely on someone else, somewhere else, to Defeat the bad people making all these bad things happen?
December 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
if the problem is happening in, or even being driven by, the institutions and people where i live, how can i rely on someone else, somewhere else, to Defeat the bad people making all these bad things happen?
it's a great trick to believe people are entitled to compassion, life, etc, but put it behind some dollars and suddenly no ones entitled to shit.
(and i like your recontextualizing the question as being about many people and how they treat each other, no some artificial individualism nonsense)
(and i like your recontextualizing the question as being about many people and how they treat each other, no some artificial individualism nonsense)
December 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
it's a great trick to believe people are entitled to compassion, life, etc, but put it behind some dollars and suddenly no ones entitled to shit.
(and i like your recontextualizing the question as being about many people and how they treat each other, no some artificial individualism nonsense)
(and i like your recontextualizing the question as being about many people and how they treat each other, no some artificial individualism nonsense)
yeah, there are actually many options that would use networking but not necessarily the open internet. it introduces some extra attack surfaces one way or the other, but feasibility (even without surveillance) isn't the problem really...
December 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
yeah, there are actually many options that would use networking but not necessarily the open internet. it introduces some extra attack surfaces one way or the other, but feasibility (even without surveillance) isn't the problem really...
i love the "guess you've never been almost carjacked at a red light huh??" (: no, and you fucking haven't either, come on. "need to be able to go 0 to 80 in 5 secs bc i saw how that guy looked at me. you know what i mean..."
December 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
i love the "guess you've never been almost carjacked at a red light huh??" (: no, and you fucking haven't either, come on. "need to be able to go 0 to 80 in 5 secs bc i saw how that guy looked at me. you know what i mean..."
not gonna find too many transphobes without some measure of virulent hatred of women.
December 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
not gonna find too many transphobes without some measure of virulent hatred of women.
you're a google search away from that not mattering.
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
you're a google search away from that not mattering.
the fact that his killer appears to be *plainly* not motivated by anything resembling leftist / liberal / dem politics is another telling wrinkle to the whole thing.
December 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
the fact that his killer appears to be *plainly* not motivated by anything resembling leftist / liberal / dem politics is another telling wrinkle to the whole thing.
evidently the jump from Windows XP to Windows 7 was a real DEI milestone.
December 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
evidently the jump from Windows XP to Windows 7 was a real DEI milestone.
when he brings up the 37 dolls straw man, i have to fight to suppress conspiratorial thought like "he's saying this shit to draw out his stupidest supporters, so he can enlist them to do some shit." I don't believe conspiracy theories but also the doll thing is maybe the stupidest thing ever.
December 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
when he brings up the 37 dolls straw man, i have to fight to suppress conspiratorial thought like "he's saying this shit to draw out his stupidest supporters, so he can enlist them to do some shit." I don't believe conspiracy theories but also the doll thing is maybe the stupidest thing ever.
full disclosure: i am not rich, i studied the humanities, then i parlayed formal logic to comp sci and IT. my opinions just kind of flow forth naturally.
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
full disclosure: i am not rich, i studied the humanities, then i parlayed formal logic to comp sci and IT. my opinions just kind of flow forth naturally.
you tend to only meet the awful ppl in the humanities if you yourself are also in the humanities, or you are also rich.
December 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
you tend to only meet the awful ppl in the humanities if you yourself are also in the humanities, or you are also rich.
yeah. are his rage bait soundbites of late just shameless attempts to pump his boring movie rerelease, or is this stupidity all earnest? who knows, but it's irritating as shit.
December 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
yeah. are his rage bait soundbites of late just shameless attempts to pump his boring movie rerelease, or is this stupidity all earnest? who knows, but it's irritating as shit.
personally, i feel like jung and his influence are more interesting to study as objects or indicators of things about our culture(s) than is his thought (which feels inconsequential). i want to ramble on, but in lieu of doing so i will recommend all readers watch Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method.
December 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
personally, i feel like jung and his influence are more interesting to study as objects or indicators of things about our culture(s) than is his thought (which feels inconsequential). i want to ramble on, but in lieu of doing so i will recommend all readers watch Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method.
the sad thing is that literally the only thing wrong with the setup, really, is the "need a degree to get [fed, housed, respected, but we'll say] employed."
really, nothing wrong with forcing ppl to read poetry if they want the degree favored by ppl running the large hardon collider or whatever.
really, nothing wrong with forcing ppl to read poetry if they want the degree favored by ppl running the large hardon collider or whatever.
December 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
the sad thing is that literally the only thing wrong with the setup, really, is the "need a degree to get [fed, housed, respected, but we'll say] employed."
really, nothing wrong with forcing ppl to read poetry if they want the degree favored by ppl running the large hardon collider or whatever.
really, nothing wrong with forcing ppl to read poetry if they want the degree favored by ppl running the large hardon collider or whatever.
[extremely confrontational reply about how it's not actually a nipple ring but rather a mundane pocket square because tolkien said in an interview he loves pocket squares one time]
December 9, 2025 at 5:20 AM
[extremely confrontational reply about how it's not actually a nipple ring but rather a mundane pocket square because tolkien said in an interview he loves pocket squares one time]
like, 400 years ago "i think space itself expands" would be a nonsense thing to say, not because it was less true then, but because you'd be saying it without alllllll this context that makes it make sense and be valuable for explanation/prediction. that's the best case hope for FTL-like (slim hope)
December 9, 2025 at 5:10 AM
like, 400 years ago "i think space itself expands" would be a nonsense thing to say, not because it was less true then, but because you'd be saying it without alllllll this context that makes it make sense and be valuable for explanation/prediction. that's the best case hope for FTL-like (slim hope)
yes, i'm making the same point as you but from the other way around, so to speak. FTL is like flat earth in that it's the same paradigm as what everyone else believes, only a mistake has been made (your point). if the mistake were "licensed," it means EVERYTHING else was given up (my point).
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
yes, i'm making the same point as you but from the other way around, so to speak. FTL is like flat earth in that it's the same paradigm as what everyone else believes, only a mistake has been made (your point). if the mistake were "licensed," it means EVERYTHING else was given up (my point).
if i were them, i would simply not die. not sure why they make such a big deal out of it
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
if i were them, i would simply not die. not sure why they make such a big deal out of it
yeah, FTL is back on the table only if we have a fundamentally new way to view spacetime / existence. not *impossible*, but the point is we have FTL only if a *whole bunch of much weirder shit* is how we're explaining math and experimental results. otherwise, gotta let go, sorry.
December 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
yeah, FTL is back on the table only if we have a fundamentally new way to view spacetime / existence. not *impossible*, but the point is we have FTL only if a *whole bunch of much weirder shit* is how we're explaining math and experimental results. otherwise, gotta let go, sorry.