The idea behind capitalism is to use the greed of the people as the driving force behind the economy. What is the result of this? Greedy people are being rewarded, and therefore bad people get more power.
Who could have known that this is not the best idea? I mean, it works somewhat well as long as the corporations are held in check by laws and oversight. Too bad that the lawmakers who should do this are largely bought off…
The cat was Schrödingers example how super positions make no sense in complex organisms. It was a counter-example, yet everyone uses it as if there would be a undead cat in the box.
Human developers should not develop with the production DB, why the hell would you give an AI the rights to touch the prod DB?
Ah yes! The Gleichschaltung of the media. Always loved by dictators.
Just think about all the good a really dedicated billionaire could do. Of course nearly all of them have “charities”, but most of them are tax doges or just a really small fraction of their wealth goes into them or they are just there to paint them in a favorite light.
One of their favorite “cheats” is the following: donate all your wealth to a charity you created and have 100% control of. Charity is tax exempt and you simply control the wealth of the charity instead of your own - still doing everything you did before, but now without taxes and you can claim that you are a GREAT philanthropist.
You might have some duties as a charitable organization, but since you can choose where the charity is located that is probably not a problem.
Aren’t they dangerous?
Ah yes, the trolley problem.
Same in Germany: The center right CDU tries to get voters from the far right AFD. Never worked, but they keep on trying.
Of course we should teach kids about consent! Of course we should not blame the victim! That was not the point of my post.
The message I hate is “don’t use these tips to minimize the chances to be raped, just teach boys not to rape”, as if that would be so easy. This meme is the same, making fun of useful tips.
I have seen the same message often, although slightly different. Like “Don’t teach girls how to avoid being raped, teach boys not to rape!”. Always trying to make the message with slight humor.
If telling people not to rape would be enough, there would be no rapists.
Is there really anyone out there who doesn’t know that raping someone is fucked up?
Do they think there are rapists out there, who aresimply not aware of that? “Oh, I didn’t know, my bad.”
There are evil people everywhere. People without empathy. People who only think of themselves. Trying to “teach” them? Good luck.
Teach girls how to defend themselves. Make people aware of the signs of abuse. Call the police and help whoever you can, because rapists won’t disappear by telling them not to. They need to be caught and put behind bars, for the rest of their life.
The German government is deathly afraid of anything that could be constructed as anti-semitic. Probably also bought, but that’s just a guess. Pathetic, and I say that as a German.
The story is nearly always the same:
develop service, gain customers, numbers go up.
Gain more customers up to market saturation, numbers go up.
Market saturation is reached, or nearly reached, numbers don’t go up.
Panic.
Try to get more money: add commercials, buying rivals, reducing workforce, raising prices, reducing services, … in short: enshitification for new growth/monetary gain
Numbers go up… for a while, until users leave.
Panic again.
Make it even more shitty for short term growth.
Repeat.
I think part of it is also that a random stranger in a star wars shirt can be anyone. A random stranger in a star trek shirt is a nerd, and therefore more likely to be a cool dude.
I think the At bubble is actually two AI bubbles:
One bubble is about putting AI into everything, weather it’s useful or not - this one will pop soon
The other bubble is about reaching AGI and replacing nearly all workers with AI - this one will not pop before the massive data centers are built and used.
Of course it’s called serverless because there are less servers! /s
Flying dinosaurs, swimming dinosaurs, but not dinosaurs?
Yes, but if those aren’t Dinosaurs, what are they?
What are those in the ‘seem like dinosaur - are not’ group?
UBI is not the solution, but a great first step towards a better system.
To make it work well, you need strong regulations on a lot of systems: banks, utilities, corporations.
At some point it will be easier to just give the state control of everything concerning basic needs. Then to control institutions that ‘fight back’ the most against regulations, like banks and mega corporations.
You see where this might lead?
It’s a slow way towards a better economic system without the need for a revolution.
And who is trying to push all of these? The picture could have Maga people on the other side with a sledge hammer.