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strypey

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renice, to random
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the code isn't shitty because people don't care about quality. the code is shitty because most of the authors are just trying to put food on the table and see a movie once in a while. investment is required to get more than best effort output in a work-or-die society. and yet, companies regularly sacrifice that growth for short term margins. it shouldn't be sustainable but money was too cheap for too long. as the interest rate winter rages on, more than fiscal debts will come due

strypey,
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@renice
> investment is required to get more than best effort output in a work-or-die society

100%. The code isn't shitty because people writing it don't care about quality. It's shitty because the people paying don't care about quality.

Hyolobrika, to random

ipns://vitalik.eth/general/2021/09/26/limits.html
https://vitalik.eth.link/general/2021/09/26/limits.html
This was an interesting read

strypey,
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@Hyolobrika
> This was an interesting read

As was this;

https://cnliberalism.org/overview

From a site linked from the words;

> it's worth pointing out that the "neoliberalism" being criticized here is not the same as the "neoliberalism" that is cheerfully promoted by the lovely folks at The Neoliberal Project

They've even changed their name to distance themselves. But... they are kind of neoliberals in the way Schneider (and I) use the word.

strypey,
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"... the cypherpunk spirit is fundamentally about making maximally immutable systems that work with as little information as possible about who is participating ("on the internet, nobody knows you're a dog"), but making new forms of governance requires the system to have richer information about its participants and ability to dynamically respond to attacks in order to remain stable in the face of actors with unforeseen incentives."

, 2021

https://vitalik.eth.link/general/2021/09/26/limits.html

@Hyolobrika

strypey,
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"Failure to do this means that everything looks like finance, which means, well.... perennial over-representation of concentrated interests, and all the problems that come as a result."

, 2021

https://vitalik.eth.link/general/2021/09/26/limits.html

This really hits the nail on the head for me.

@Hyolobrika

strypey,
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"There is one key difference between blockchain political theory and traditional nation-state political theory - and one where, in the long run, nation states may well have to learn from blockchains. Nation-state political theory talks about "markets embedded in democracy" as though democracy is an encompassing base layer that encompasses all of society."

, 2021

https://vitalik.eth.link/general/2021/09/26/limits.html

@Hyolobrika

strypey,
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"In reality, this is not true: there are multiple countries, and every country at least to some degree permits trade with outside countries whose behavior they cannot regulate. Individuals and companies have choices about which countries they live in and do business in. Hence, markets are not just embedded in democracy, they also surround it, and the real world is a complicated interplay between the two."

, 2021

https://vitalik.eth.link/general/2021/09/26/limits.html

@Hyolobrika

strypey,
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@silverpill
> The idea of algorithmic governance is flawed. And he was wrong in his conclusions, because it can not be fixed by adding more cryptography

Did we read the same article? As I read it, this is exactly what both @ntnsndr and Vitalik are saying.

> Blockchains are good for one thing: payments.

This is exactly wrong. Payments are the one thing blockchains consistently fail to be good for.

@lain @Hyolobrika @Sarosa

strypey, (edited ) to random
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When overcrowded buses replace train services, they should be free of charge. It's nowhere near the same quality of service, and charging for it is kind of rude. If it's free, it encourages train operators to do everything they can to avoid replacement bus situations.

They could make it half price, at the very least.

strypey,
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@negative12dollarbill
> the 1980s-era buses we get don't have the technology. Ripped seats, hint of cigarette in the air, yes. Opal card terminals no

What your government needs to do is redirect huge swathes of public transport funding into Roads of Dubious Significance with no allowance for bikes or pedestrians in the budget. Like our enlightened coalition is doing .

strypey, to ai
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In a 13 May video, Dave Shapiro makes a strong call for using free licenses for all AI development;

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=gQuLRdBYn8Q

strypey, to random
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"Scientists have identified a set of nine ecological and biophysical limits within which the Earth can continue to sustain human society. These are known as the ‘safe planetary boundaries.’

...There are three planetary boundaries that have already been breached. They are biodiversity loss, climate change and the nitrogen cycle."

, 2020

https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/greenpeace-briefing-government-on-priorities-for-the-environment-and-build-back-better-covid-recovery/

strypey,
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"The application of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser [in Aotearoa] has increased by 670% since 1990."

, 2020

https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/greenpeace-briefing-government-on-priorities-for-the-environment-and-build-back-better-covid-recovery/

strypey,
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It's heartbreaking to read this now. In 2020 it really seemed like it might be possible to convince the Labour government to do a bunch of the stuff described here, and that they might have 6 years to do it. Now we've got the Coalition of Chaos doing exactly the opposite, on almost every point.

strypey, to ai
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Last night I asked a question of an AI chatbot running on my friend's laptop. He's a fulltime professional developer with a very flash laptop, but still. It was a step change to interact with an AI running locally, with no dependence on any remote system.

RustyBertrand, to random
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"Politics is the entertainment division of the military industrial complex."

  • Frank Zappa
strypey,
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"Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible."

, 1994

@RustyBertrand
@nom

strypey, to aotearoa
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"So here is a call from the NZOSS to the New Zealand Government to set up a Government centric Mastodon instance to provide a conduit for Agencies, Departments, Entities, Schools, Councils, DHB's and any other central or local government organisation to disseminate pertinent information in real time."

, May 2022

https://nzoss.nz/node/2168

strypey, to random
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"I think the core, critical sin was choosing the advertising model to begin with. Brand advertising is not like direct advertisement, which is more programmatic. It requires something like a Disney to essentially give you a favor, because the only players that matter to them are Google and Facebook. Snapchat, Twitter, everything else did not matter. And these are ads that are essentially throwaway for them. But we made that choice in order to go public."

,

https://www.piratewires.com/p/interview-with-jack-dorsey-mike-solana

strypey, (edited )
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@sj_zero
> If you're trying to swing an election and you're either a nation-state or a political organization or even an NGO, it's really easy and surprisingly cheap to hire a bunch of people to say whatever needs to be said

The CCP are well known to do this to influence online discourse on domestic politics, and is presumably using it as a soft power tactic outside China too. What AI potentially does is make the same scale of operation available to a much wider range of actors.

dustcircle, to Seinfeld
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Dozens walk out of speech at commencement in protest of his support for

https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/israel-palestine/jerry-seinfeld-duke-commencement-protest/

strypey,
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@dustcircle
> Dozens walk out of Jerry Seinfeld speech at Duke commencement in protest of his support for Israel

Good for them. Read the room Jerry.

Daojoan, to random
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I’m excited to launch @theindex on Mastodon!

  • social native news (full story in one toot)
  • just the facts, zero opinion pieces
  • no clickbait, no misleading headlines
  • human verified sources and content
  • no AI hallucinations
  • stay informed in your feed

📰

strypey,
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For a feed intended to amplify reliable news...

@sashin
> a stricter set of requirements than the big ones like social and online, one of which being defederation with Meta

... sounds like a failing, not a feature.

@Daojoan @theindex

mirlo, to random
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More than 100 supporters have backed 's campaign! Thanks everyone for the support.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mirlo/mirlo

strypey,
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@mirlo
> Bandcamp Alternative

How many of these are there now? Are they federating, to create a shared search space at least?

strypey, (edited ) to Podcasts
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"We're also competing against a lot of people in politics who come along and say... it's those rich people's fault, we'll just take even more money off them and give it to you."

, 2024
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/30-with-guyon-espiner/story/2018936159/david-seymour

This is the fundamental lie of neoliberal politics. A total inversion of the truth, which is that neoliberal parties say 'it's those poor people's fault, we'll just take the money off them and give it to you', and they do.

strypey,
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"...one of the biggest supporters of extra regulation is big business. If you're a big business, more regulations are a pain, but they're going to hurt and maybe wipe out your competitors and stop any upstarts coming and competing with you."

, 2024

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/30-with-guyon-espiner/story/2018936159/david-seymour

Another common neoliberal lie. Regulation can be crafted to increase competition or suppress, depending on the level of regulatory capture.

strypey,
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Take the NZ Food Act 2014. An anti-competitive food safety regulation would have one set of standards that only the largest market players could afford to comply with. But the Food Act has 3 different sets of standards, applying at different scales, so smaller businesses have lower compliance requirements than larger ones. It's a good counterexample to Rimmer's broad brush claim, as is the EU Digital Markets Act.

strypey,
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@IceNine
> Three tiers? What about God Level?

You know I actually have some sympathy for this woman. She's expected to meet tier 2 of the Food Act because it's a processed product. But if she was making the juice as she serves it, she'd only have to comply with Tier 1.

It's just fruit juice for chrissakes, not milk. As long as she's sterilising her bottles etc, the health risk is infinitesimal. The only other rule I'd expect her to follow is being transparent about it being unpasteurized.

strypey, to Podcasts
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"The clock is ticking for Tiktok in the US with the government giving the social media giant a deadline to sell its US operations."

, 2024

https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/newsable/

The US government wants to make sure only they can use DataFarming platforms to spy on and influence US citizens. They're following the example set by the CCP, which has been blocking foreign-owned platforms for years, for similar reasons.

strypey,
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@austin
> I think EU's end goal is a sovereign internet (esp. how they posture against big tech), it's just that they lack teeth and also incentive for alternative platforms

This may be worth a read on this topic;

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/study-about-impact-open-source-software-and-hardware-technological-independence-competitiveness-and

@raphael

DoomsdaysCW, to vexillology
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Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of

" studied the fascist regimes of (Germany), (Italy), (Spain), (Indonesia), and (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.

  1. Powerful and Continuing
    Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

  2. Disdain for the Recognition of
    Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.

  3. Identification of / as a Unifying Cause
    The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: , or ; ; ; , …

  4. Supremacy of the
    Even when there are widespread problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

  5. Rampant
    The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional roles are made more rigid. Opposition to is high, as is and anti- legislation.

  6. Controlled
    Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government and especially in war time, are very common.

  7. Obsession with
    Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

  8. and Government are Intertwined
    Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.

  9. Protection of Power
    The and business of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

  10. Suppression of Power
    Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

  11. Disdain for and the
    Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.

  12. Obsession with and
    Under fascist regimes, the are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

  13. Rampant and
    Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.


  14. Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."

https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/

strypey,
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@DoomsdaysCW
> Historian LawrenceBritt studied the fascist regimes... and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism

Disturbing how many of these can be seen in the election campaigns of the parties in the new NZ coalition government 😳

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