simianparrot

* died while trying to flee from their crime.

She tried to run over a police officer.

Why do we want CCP vehicles spying on us outside China? Did we forget everything we learned over the last decades..?

That’s good then the situation ought to be even better now.

Are you seriously saying that because there are some viruses and diseases we _should_ vaccinate against (which I agree with), therefore people have to accept _all_ recommended vaccines regardless of risks and benefits?

If so that’s ideological insanity and probably exactly why anti-vax is a rising problem: Your zealousness creates it.

Or not at all. My body my choice.

You can say fuck on TV, it just increases the age rating. Same with showing nipples. Freedom of speech isn’t freedom from _any_ consequences of speech…

Don't worry, this time it's the Social Democrats who ban books, it's _totally_ different.

The good players are the US on this front. I say this as a European. Europe at large is in a dark place in terms of freedom of speech, the press, and other issues like immigration. And the US might eventually have to be the ones to apply force to hold our leaders accountable, ironic as that is given history.

How do you not understand the difference..?

Herd immunity isn't on its own enough to justify coercion of medical interventions.

You might want to read up on the principle of informed consent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_ethics#Informed_consen...

> After receiving and understanding this information, the patient can then make a fully informed decision to either consent or refuse treatment.

You are overly simplifying vaccines as if they do not affect individuals individually. They absolutely do, for so many reasons, like allergies. But even if that wasn't the case, _all_ vaccines carry some risk/benefit tradeoff, and each individual is entirely in their right to weigh this for themselves.

Also did we learn nothing from covid?

If you think it's not true today, it's just the Gell-Mann amnesia effect.

And they get confident lies back 2/10 times, not enough to make them constantly question the answers, but just enough to _really_ mess with them over time. And not just that, almost no new good questions and answers are created anymore for the next iterations of LLM's to train on, so they'll be consuming more and more AI-centered SEO slop until that ratio becomes so high it becomes useless. But by then most of us who used to answer human questions won't give a s*t anymore. You reap what you sow.

Best of both worlds? I disagree vehemently. At least my job is secure; experts with decades of experience are in high demand, and I can be even more selective who I decide to work for. I'm done contributing for free to the corpo Internet though.

So let me get this straight. When people use these tools to steal artist’ styles directly to generate fake Ghibli art, then it’s «just a tool, bro».

But when it’s used to create CSAM, then it’s suddenly not just a tool.

You _cannot_ stop these tools from generating this kind of stuff. Prompt guards only get you so far. Self-hosted versions don’t have them. The human writing the prompt is at fault. Just like it’s not Adobe’s responsibility if some sick idiot puts bikinis on a child in Photoshop.

Microsoft might just be the first company run by an LLM. At least I couldn't tell the difference anymore. What an incredible joke.

Given how many impactful books I've read by both small and large authors, even before the age of the internet, I'd say this murderous fuckwit was simply justifying murder.

This does not justify murder. Had his moronic ramblings been worth the paper it was printed on, the murders would not be necessary to spread it.

I think ad hominems are fine when the lunatic in question mail bombs and injures/murders innocent people. Like what the eff are you talking about!?

Have you heard about making deals with criminals for intel? Pardoning is a tool.

And did Biden not pardon a _lot_ of sketchy people, including his own son..?

Come on, try harder

I’m a Norwegian. But had I voted for Trump as an American I would so far have gotten what I wanted. He’s doing exactly what he ran on; still a lot of work left to do, particularly on the real economy of the average Joe (stonks aren’t real IMO), but he’s fixed the border, made America respected, working for the American people’s future. Removing at least some wasteful government spending and getting rid of illegals.

If only Norway had the political system to allow something similar…

I’m a Norwegian, I don’t ascribe to any one political leaning. But I observe the failings of the EU and European countries from within and know where this path leads, I see it every day. Call me any <label> you prefer I don’t care and don’t identify as any. I judge events and actions individually based on my own life experience and foundational morality, which also means I am not shackled by having to like everything a leader does when I like some things.

This was a good thing. It gets Venezuela out of Russia and China’s grasp, removes a cruel dictator, and puts the country’s resources to better use for both its people and the West. And as many problems as I have with many facets of the west it sure as hell beats whatever shitholes Russia and China are cooking — they are incompatible with the things I value, and yes I have been to the latter and will never return.

You talk about "rules" again. Let's look at what NATO does when it thinks the rules are in the way of doing what it thinks is right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia

Yes Russia points to Iraq and Libya, and they may be right. We can point to Georgia and Ukraine, and maybe we are right. At the end of the day, and I'm repeating myself because people forget this constantly, rules and laws don't mean _anything_ unless you're willing to back them up with consequences -- and in this context, military might.

It's just like raising a child. When a child starts kicking you in the shins, you can say "please stop dear" as much as you want, they'll keep doing it until there's consequences. Might not need more than a strategic targeted pinch in the ear that hurts just enough to back up what you should've said: "That hurts, stop it right now."

This way of removing Maduro wasn't excessive force. It was a strategic pinch in the ear.

You can and need to have both. Look at Ukraine.

You're not going to stop Russia with rules unless you enforce them. Look at Ukraine. Same with China. They're not going to leave Taiwan in peace unless you are willing to back up your "concern" with _force_.

Maduro trafficked humans, colluded with terrible gangs, was working with Iran, and had so many opportunities to stop. He was given an olive branch by the current US government and ignored it. He fucked around, now he found out.

If you want Putin to stop harassing Ukraine, you either are willing to go to the FO stage, or your words are wind. Because Russia is. And now, luckily, so is the US, and my way of life as a Norwegian is _so much more_ aligned with the US way of life than China or Russia or a socialist dictatorship like Venezuela was under for decades. I _want_ my allies to be able to enforce my world view _if and when_ our opponents don't respect us.

Edit: The EU is a perfect example of an (unelected) ruling body that plays nice with everyone, diplomacy first, always concerned, never willing to back up anything by force. Your perfect utopia judging by your own words. They _never_ get _anything_ done, and nobody respects them. Especially not its enemies like Russia or China. Spineless bureaucrats that are so far removed from everyday human reality they don't even understand how laws _work_.

Rules and laws only matter if you can enforce them.

The UN sits and is "deeply concerned" about terrible leaders and events all around the world all the time. Leaders of so many EU countries "condemn" people they disagree with. But they can't enforce anything, so it doesn't matter.

I prefer living in a world where a country I'm more aligned with than most can enforce their morality on the world _effectively_, like this. Not just empty words and platitudes and endless talking about "this is against international rule of law" -- none of that is real unless you _enforce_ it.

Venezuelans seem to be celebrating this. Maybe let them speak for themselves for once. And let's not forget, Maduro was indicted under Biden. This isn't a recent invention by the Trump administration.

You can watch even CBS explain why this was done. Maduro was letting the cartel use private planes under diplomatic immunity to traffic drugs and weapons. EVEN CBS. Don't close your eyes and ears now.

I think it's pretty clear based on the intent. We are not privy to the details of policy making, we are only privy to what is actually shared publicly.

The _intent_ of the policies seem to be "treat the US better as a trading partner than you have under Biden, or get punished in ways that hit you the hardest", usually via tariffs or other means. NATO members have exploited the US with lopsided investment in the alliance under Biden, and many European countries had really bad trading agreements with the US -- bad for the US, not for us. I'm surprised we got away with it for this long.

China will and is doing this through their own means. I’d rather our guys, with the values I hold, win and get there first.

If you think the EU’s “diplomacy over force” approach will deter anyone, look at Ukraine.

Already captured. Press conference in 5 hours.

They’re anti-unelected tyrants in Brussels. So am I as a Norwegian, and we’re not full members. They’re anti-censorship, something that’s rampant in the UK and Germany among others. They’re for the _core_ principles of the EU

The trade “war” is pressuring without kinetic force, yes. And our populations need the help, because our governments are spineless.

Ukraine got invaded during Biden. Was Biden fascist?