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vict7··on 25 years of mass surveillance is enough
Why are these supposedly serious violations funny to you?

Most of what you cited is about what a policy might imply or what someone’s rhetoric might lead to. Also, I don’t know if you knew this, but Walz was never part of the Biden administration.

Are you similarly bothered by the actual First Amendment violations the Trump administration has carried out?

The White House excluded AP reporters because the AP wouldn’t adopt its preferred “Gulf of America” wording. A federal judge found that unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination: https://www.ap.org/media-center/ap-in-the-news/2025/ap-wins-...

The administration targeted pro-Palestinian students and faculty with visa revocations, detention, and deportation efforts because of their political advocacy. A federal judge ruled that unconstitutional: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-backed-targeting-pro-...

It targeted Perkins Coie with loss of federal access, contracts, and security clearances over the firm’s clients and political associations: https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-temporarily-blocks-tr...

It canceled more than 1,400 humanities grants based on viewpoint. A federal judge found that violated the First Amendment: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-rules-huma...

It canceled billions in Harvard research funding in an effort a federal judge found violated Harvard’s First Amendment rights: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-unlawfully-canceled-h...

Many of these Trump cases involve the government actually imposing penalties on people or institutions because of protected speech or association, not just an argument about what a rule might eventually imply.

This is not something you get to pretend is equivalent across “both sides”.

vict7··on 25 years of mass surveillance is enough
Oh yeah. For that reason (I guess an unpopular opinion?) I have always been a fan of the /s.
vict7··on 25 years of mass surveillance is enough
I may have issues detecting sarcasm. I hope to god this is sarcasm… because these kinds of takes are rampant on this site.
vict7··on 25 years of mass surveillance is enough
Please cite specifically what the Biden administration did to curtail people’s right to freedom of speech.

I’ll wait.

vict7··on 25 years of mass surveillance is enough
Are you familiar with the concepts of propaganda and lying?
vict7··on Chicken products recalled in five states due to “false marks of inspection”
I agree with you. I simply took umbrage with the characterization of other human beings with different points of view as “bots”.

It’s really no different than the cringy characterization of other humans as “NPCs” often spouted by children. That thinking indicates a sort of complex that is very off-putting.

Given that, this person would likely benefit from exposure to alternative viewpoints instead of further insulating themselves.

vict7··on Chicken products recalled in five states due to “false marks of inspection”
That is a perfectly reasonable request.

Is it reasonable to trust statistics provided by the current administration?

vict7··on Chicken products recalled in five states due to “false marks of inspection”
i.e. create a personal bubble to avoid being exposed to alternative points of view. We’ve seen how well that has been working out.
vict7··on Chicken products recalled in five states due to “false marks of inspection”
Are you familiar with the concept of cause and effect? Are you aware of any major changes to these agencies in the past couple years?

I’ll leave the rest as an exercise to you.

inb4 correlation is not causation.

vict7··on Chicken products recalled in five states due to “false marks of inspection”
Ah yes, blame the victim for their decision while also attempting to moralize the consumption of frozen food.

It’s not unreasonable for people to expect their food not to poison them. Have you considered being less sociopathic?

vict7··on The Egg Bandits Made a Thousand Times the Fine They Just Paid for Price Fixing
Morals? On Hacker news? But seriously, happy to see some pushback against such inane takes as that which you replied to.
vict7··on Texas Man Gets 30 Years in Prison for Transporting 'Anti-Government' Pamphlets
“Terrorism” right… as defined by the folks at CPAC who openly admitted they are all domestic terrorists. And the same traitors that pardoned the insurrectionists that attacked the Capitol and police officers on Jan 6th.
vict7··on Banning AI Art – Wallhaven
Wallhaven has consistently been the best location I've found on the internet for wallpapers. From alpha until now. I'd be surprised if there's any other site that matches the UX and amount of quality wallpapers they have. And all that with no ads!

Glad that they are maintaining their reputation with this decision.

vict7··on Notepad++ for Mac – Independent community port
First I've heard of Nova. I have used Transmit--also made by Panic--and was impressed with the UX there. I'll have to give Nova a spin.
vict7··on AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it
> Not all

is doing a lot of work to avoid engaging with the actual argument.

vict7··on AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it
IDEs are free. Libraries are free. Languages are free. This is becoming more like an internet subscription where you’re at the mercy of Anthropic the same way you may be at the mercy of Comcast.

I’m sure you can see the difference between a garbage collector and a nondeterministic slop generator

But it feels good to equivocate, so here we are.

vict7··on Claude Code removed from Anthropic's Pro plan
Team plan shows “Claude code” in a main bullet point still. Which would indicate it is part of the team plan regardless if it has premium seats or not.

But it seems this is all in a state of flux.

And there’s the lovely asterisk at the bottom:

> Prices and plans are subject to change at Anthropic's discretion.

vict7··on EFF is leaving X
Key thing being pictures, not videos. Far easier to make the same false equivalence you are making that way.

Sad to see folks continuing to twist themselves into knots to defend an indefensible gesture performed by an objectively terrible human being.

vict7··on Native Instant Space Switching on macOS
I have been dealing with the same issue and thought I was going crazy that the setting which purports to fix this exact behavior simply doesn’t work?
vict7··on Will Claude Code ruin our team?
Have you ever heard of the Goomba fallacy?
vict7··on Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or 2020 recessions
Could you provide an example of your “very simple tests” ?
vict7··on Why vampires live forever
I have not read Echopraxis yet, but I thoroughly enjoyed Blindsight. Some very thought-provoking concepts in that book.

The idea that vampires needed to take “anti-Euclideans” and the way the ship was constructed to avoid generating right angles were some great details.

vict7··on I miss thinking hard
I saw the same post and was a bit saddened that all the comments seemed to be focused on the implied hypocrisy of the OP instead of addressing the original concern.

As someone that’s a bit of a fence-sitter on the matter of AI, I feel that using it in the way that OP did is one of the less harmful or intrusive uses.

vict7··on The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)
Yep, the nonstandard part of their setup absolutely should have been the first thing to consider. Feels a bit disingenuous to not mention that part straight away.
vict7··on AI is a horse (2024)
Nope. You apparently are incapable of distinguishing the massive gulf between an e-bike that enables the elderly, differently-abled, commuters, and less fit people to enjoy cycling at reasonable speeds. And an e-moto which is an illegally souped up vehicle that can reach closer to highway speeds. The latter is indeed a danger and should not be used in bike lanes or multi use paths… or really at all.

E-biking is only gaining popularity, so I’d suggest you educate yourself and adjust your ignorant perspective rather than digging in :)

vict7··on AI is a horse (2024)
There are 3 classes of e-bikes in the US, with class 3 topping out at 28mph—anything above that is illegal or in some weird legal grey area. You are thinking of e-motos which are an entirely different beast.

e-motos are a real problem; please don’t lump legitimate e-bikes in with those. It’s simply incorrect.

vict7··on Helldivers 2 on-disk size 85% reduction
Many players perceive Arrowhead as a pretty incompetent and untrustworthy developer. Helldivers has suffered numerous issues with both performance and balancing. The bugs constantly introduced into the game (not the fun kind you get to shoot with a gun) have eroded a lot of trust and good will towards the company and point towards a largely non-existent QA process.

I won’t state my own personal views here, but for those that share the above perspective, there is little benefit of the doubt they’ll extend towards Arrowhead.

vict7··on Confessions of a Software Developer: No More Self-Censorship
I feel this is similar to how my brain works. If I am not using a skill close to every day/week then it can atrophy fairly quickly. On the plus side, it also comes back quickly (usually) if I start using it with greater regularity again.

I notice that general concepts usually stick better in my brain than specific things like your example with ‘when’. Even those are pruned down a bit after long enough though.

vict7··on When is it better to think without words?
That is truly fascinating to me. My rumination takes a verbal form almost all the time… but it is also often related to past or anticipated conversations or interactions.

With no internal monologue, you can still hear words inside your head, but it would be a more conscious effort rather than an automatic, constant process?

vict7··on When is it better to think without words?
Yep, as someone whose brain is biased towards a higher verbal IQ and thinks primarily in words, a lot of the replies to this post are amusing.

I have genuine curiosity about those that claim to think in “pure abstract thoughts” or whatever. I don’t believe my way of thinking is superior. I’m certain that my constant internal monologue is strongly correlated to my tendency to ruminate. Or, I struggle with concepts that do not translate well into a verbal format.

People apparently can’t pass up the opportunity to disparage those with a different thinking style.

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