TheDag
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TheDag
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1d ago
Note: On a meta level, sorry for posting my top-level comment right after yours. When I see a stale front page I sometimes get motivated to write something. Next time, I'll double-check that no one posted while I was writing.
Don't worry about this. I for one welcome more and more top level posts.
TheDag
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1d ago
After January 6, the Democrats focused their self-image around the idea of “procedure” and “doing things the right way”. This calcified to such an extent that anyone in a position of leadership is now incapable of forming and executing plans which do not conform with the collective PMC understanding of what is allowed or “proper”.
I think this is part of it, but I also think there is just a lack of physical courage among most people on the left (and people on the right, to be fair.)
I am genuinely not trying to caricature or strawman the left, but they do tend to attract a more effeminate, intellectual type of person as of late. Note that this CERTAINLY isn't true of the left historically, but seems to be the tendency today. Young men are at historic lows for the Democratic party, the group who tends to have the most physical aggression and willingness to go occupy a building or storm a castle. Combine this with the fact that physical courage seems to be dropping across the board, and you have people who simply aren't willing to put themselves at risk or take bold physical action in this way.
TheDag
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1d ago
I highly doubt the Republican party wants to actually lock up Congressmen, seems like this would be a huge waste of political capital. Well perhaps they want to, but they know it would be a foolish move strategically.
This seems like a bit of a paranoid fantasy from my perspective. If anything the Republicans have been far less willing to use lawfare against their opponents than the last Democratic president.
TheDag
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2d ago
ps: tried to get chatgpt to uppercase the first letter of some words like old political texts but didn't really work out :/
I thought it worked out great! I loved reading it. Reminds me of the Terra Ignota series.
TheDag
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3d ago
Yeah I think this is why OpenAI is cozying up so much to the defense establishment, and pushing for regulation. They know that regulating competitors out of existence is their best bet.
Hopefully that doesn't happen but... we'll see!
TheDag
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4d ago
Grok 3 just came out, and early reports say it’s shattering rankings.
Now there is always hype around these sorts of releases, but my understanding of the architecture of the compute cluster for Grok 3 makes me think there may be something to these claims. One of the exciting and interesting revelations is that it tends to perform extremely well across a broad range of applications, seemingly showing that if we just throw more compute at an LLM, it will tend to get better in a general way. Not sure what this means for more specifically trained models.
One of the most exciting things to me is that Grok 3 voice allegedly understands tone, pacing, and intention in conversations. I loved OpenAIs voice assistant until it cut me off every time I paused for more than a second. I’d Grok 3 is truly the first conversational AI, it could be a game changer.
I’m also curious how it compares to DeepSeek, if anyone knows more than I?
TheDag
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9d ago
I agree with this sentiment. I broadly align with the right wing but don't like the turn this place has taken since the move off of Reddit. I think we would all be much better served by actually looking more for heat than light, and having less right wing applause lights.
TheDag
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10d ago
I second starting your own business. You have to get out of there for the sake of your own soul it sounds like. Starting your own business comes with PLENTY of challenge and surprise, plus you clearly have the skill to handle it. What do you thnk?
TheDag
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11d ago
I think I generally agree with most of this except the biometric ID, and abolishing NASA!!!! How could you even say that?! You don't think space is important?
And wait when you say free lethal dose, you mean kill addicts without their knowledge? I don't get it.
Also I'm curious how you got to a lot of these policies without being religious?
TheDag
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11d ago
It being an informal panopticon is still better than a formalized system, imo. It is about dignity and what our society is willing to do to its citizens in the light of day.
TheDag
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11d ago
I find the 5,000 word galaxy-brained posts to be insufferable.
Yeah, very much agreed. I basically skip them at this point.
TheDag
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11d ago
That isn’t even remotely my argument. The change I want is far more radical than anything imagined by Trump/Musk.
What is the change you want?
But the public demand their bennies, and if you want to significantly cut spending you have to cut them. It’s that simple. Nothing DOGE has uncovered even somewhat challenges that thesis.
I agree with this, and frankly it seems like most people in my generation (early 30s) tacitly accept we are never going to get social security because of this issue.
TheDag
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11d ago
That said, I still want someone to aggressively comb over the payments, instead of hand waving away that everything is totally normal and nothing at all to be concerned about what so ever. Check the names on accounts, send people to do in person interviews if need be. I'm sure the FBI could be put to more productive use than having 40% of their agents conducting no-knock paramilitary raids on grandmas who got waved through the capital by confused police.
I agree with this sentiment. I'll add as well that even if the gross amount of money saved isn't that huge, it sends an incredibly important signal to the rest of the government - if you commit fraud and/or waste money, we will find it, and you will be punished.
The chilling effects from this alone I'd imagine would save a ton of money. Plus it improves public sentiment towards the government, encourages people who just want to grift to stay away, etc etc. It's not just about saving money right off the bat, it's the entire mindset of the people who would go in and do something like these cost cutting measures.
TheDag
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11d ago
I see, yeah I got sniped by an MSNBC headline. You'd think I would know better by now. Thanks for correcting me.
TheDag
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11d ago
If he manages to roll out a biometric national ID card to digitize access to government benefits before the end of Trump's term I'll start a petition to make his position of the man behind the curtain permanent.
Hmmm I personally would hate this, why are you so for it?
And yes I agree, I appreciate that a politician who got elected on downsizing the system is ACTUALLY doing that for a change. It's incredibly refreshing.
TheDag
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11d ago
I think it's a quality contribution, though. I don't understand the issue.
I don't AAQC random one liners that I strongly agree with.
TheDag
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11d ago
AAQC for this, strongly agree. This fallacy is deep in the western mind at present and is quite a rot.
Ironically the most liberal people who talk about manifesting and such have it right - if you engender the right mindset, you can absolutely do far more than you think you could.
TheDag
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11d ago
Yeah they definitely seem to be trying to just change things by fiat and come up with legal justifications later. I’m not sure that the political reconciliation strategy would even work, though. Seems like any time people try to compromise the deed of cutting never actually gets done.
TheDag
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11d ago
TheDag
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11d ago
A quick google shows that it mostly administers policy, sets standards, and disburses federal funds to states.. On it's face I think that if we don't care about federal education policy and allow states to just educate as they please, there should be practically no issue with destroying the entire department.
As long as the funding continues to flow to the states of course. I'm sure if this means that DOGE is pulling the funding... that could get quite messy. The optics would be terrible there I'm sure.
Wait what’s the problem with capsules?
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