You mean far-right groups like Israeli officials = Zionists = genocidal terrorists?

Less than you would expect, this looks like it’s a good, balanced synopsis if you’re interested however you’re not wrong about it being a problem, and pointing out the PR/gaslighting that surrounds the issue.

Also it’s worth noting that SpaceX is using LOX-Kerosone because it’s “cheaper” than options which pollute much less (namely LH2-LOX) because the cost of the kerosene is “externalized” and you are correct that something like appropriate taxing could start to fix that issue and force them to make better decisions…

From an article about a recent lawsuit

The App Store appeared to harvest information about every single thing you did in real time, including what you tapped on, which apps you search for, what ads you saw, and how long you looked at a given app and how you found it. The app sent details about you and your device as well, including ID numbers, what kind of phone you’re using, your screen resolution, your keyboard languages, how you’re connected to the internet—notably, the kind of information commonly used for device fingerprinting.

Notably, knowing keyboard language and monitoring tap locations allows for reconstruction of text the user types (as detailed in this article

I do think you are correct that Apple probably isn’t actively keylogging every iOS device (just because there’s easier ways with less legal concerns that ultimately get the same outcomes), but it’s not like there’s “no evidence”.

Another factor was the PPP and other “totally not bailouts” that were part of the COVID relief spending.

Of the roughly $800 billion dollars from PPP which was provided as uncollateralized, low-interest loans 66-77% went directly to companies and ~92% of those loans were completely forgiven.. In other words an ~5-600M bailout predicated on keeping positions open long enough to maintain plausible deniability that is what the goal was.

“All models are wrong, some are useful.”

✓ Open source generative AI

✓ Disney model

✓ Federated

Mock away :D

No they don't… You do and the media is engaged in a terrifying amount of manufactured consent, but the raw data from those same polls does not agree with that claim.

Ignoring the sampling methods used, lack of transparency on filters and other methodology, clearly biased questions, etc. The latest CBS news poll on the topic lists:

• 52% believe less weapons and supplies should be sent to Israel.

• 76% believe more humanitarian aid should be sent to Israel.

• 57% believe more humanitarian aid should be sent to Gaza.

• 56% disapprove of how the situation with Russia and Ukraine is being handled. (Though there isn't much of a breakdown on the "how is it being mishandled…")

A few things that should be explicitly pointed out as this is a bad poll, but it would appear the inherit bias is trying to agree with you, so the margin of error means the "true feelings of Americans" is even further in contradiction to your statement.

• Note how Isreal is kept consistent without a single reference to Netanyahu/Israeli government compared to the constant switching back and forth between "Hamas" and "Palestinian people"

• poll is 63% white, 62% of that group has "no degree", 33% aged between 45-64 (amongst 4 categories).

So even when polling predominantly uneducated* white baby boomers who are the exact demographic that agrees the most with you, and doing the typical statistical magic the numbers still cannot be finagled in such a way as to make your statement true.

• it should be said that "uneducated" doesn't necessarily mean 'uninformed, stupid, etc.' However, in this context it means they are deliberately polling non-experts who's primary source of information is CBS/Paramount itself (or other closely related corporations) in order to manufacture consent.

Starts the rant with "We are being lied to." Proceeds to regurgitate capitalistic propaganda and bad assumptions which are easily disproved…

"the total human population may already be shrinking." It's not, and it's a trivial thing to check.

"Productivity growth, powered by technology, is the main driver of economic growth, wage growth, and the creation of new industries and new jobs." There was correlation between those things… Until 1979.

Ignoring the usual anarcho-capitalist drivel in the "markets" section I think the most damning line is "We believe markets are generative, not exploitative; positive sum, not zero sum… Markets are the ultimate infinite game."

Shows a complete lack of understanding of basic economic theory. In a theoretical "market economy" markets exist as a means to distribute a limited supply of goods which by definition makes it a zero sum. Calling it an "infinite game" is insanity considering the context the author is quoting was demonstrating that each transaction is a finite game. An infinite set of finite games does not change the inherit nature of the game.

For my sanity I'm going to stop there, but hopefully provide some additional insight on how poorly researched and paper thin this manifesto is and save the next person some time.

There's a specific model for stable diffusion called riffusion that does an okay job. If you want to play with it I recommend downloading the automatic 1111 client and installing it from the "plugins" tab.

Yep! It's known as "The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect".

I'd recommend at least reading a Wikipedia article or 2 about the role of police in society and the state and coming back when you're a little more informed on their role in society.

People are capable of more than 1 emotion at a time and that doesn't make any other emotions invalid and it certainly doesn't make any of the other possible ones people may feel or express "immoral".

Yes, someone is dead. They were flawed, but so is everyone and their passing is a tragedy to those close to them. Sadness, mourning, and empathy for those who will be most affected by his passing is a valid emotion.

Ryan actively chose a profession dedicated to inflicting violence upon those around them including the deaths of many others. Relief that he is no longer able to cause harm is a valid emotion.

Ryan was unable to stop causing harm to others on his own volition. He likely did it with the best of intentions, but through a steady diet of misinformation and lies he was conned into acting as a violent enforcer of capital. Frustration that this is what it took to prevent him from inflicting further harm is a valid emotion.

The empathy you are demanding with "it's bad when people get killed" is the same moralistic argument that "it's good when killing is avoided". Celebration that Ryan will no longer be causing the deaths of others is a valid (and morally equivalent) emotion.

Etc.

In short: It's a good platitude, but it's a poor moralistic argument, and is a narrow-minded viewpoint. Lemmy isn't the problem, your lack of empathy for those outside of Ryan's direct social circle is.