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Did you forget where you were?

https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/MsF-optifye-ai-ai-perfo...

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They’re pointing out that we’re having this discussion on a site funded by a company that also funds a company that makes software to monitor factory worker performance, because it might make some money. Quasi-fascist leanings here shouldn’t be too much of a surprise.

Yeah, I mean obviously discourse is worthless unless it's GNU self hosted in an air gapped Faraday cage fed by sneakernet.

No, the point is those tendencies shouldn't be a surprise. But I'm starting to see where the real issue lies here.

There's a huge planet-sized gap between techno-fascism dystopia and being Richard stallman.

If you want to actively make the world a worse place for everyone be my guest. But naturally, people are probably not gonna like you. People might point to you as an example of what's wrong with humanity.

That's a something you have to live with.

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