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Andrew "The Kid" Glidden

@asglidden

Official Laundry Barrister of the Ingroup. Into Stoicism, engineering, blockchains, Governance Econ, InfoSec, 2A. AnCap stereotype. Opinions not my own.

West of the Hajnal Line Katılım Haziran 2017
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St. Rev. Dr. Rev ⏭️☯️🏴😻
St. Rev. Dr. Rev ⏭️☯️🏴😻@St_Rev·
The discourse on H1Bs is mostly about its impact on Americans, but I haven't seen much discussion about it being indentured servitude/high-class slavery
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Dean W. Ball@deanwball·
Reading the encyclical, I am reminded that the Vatican is fundamentally a city-state on the continent of Europe, and that its elites, which of course include the Pope himself, cannot resist the myopic preoccupations of the Eurocrat. This document would be much improved if it were less enamored of the traditional academia/civil society talking points on AI (“The apparent objectivity of the responses and suggestions these systems provide can lead us to overlook the fact that they reflect the cultural assumptions of those who designed and trained them” woah! really???) and more engaged with where AI is headed. But instead of doing that, the encyclical dodges in the deepest sense, denying that AI “really thinks” or “really learns” and all that typical strain of cope that amounts to magical thinking: “when a computer does it, it is ‘data processing,’ beep boop, but when a human does it, it is ‘actual learning’” It is probably actively bad for global understanding of AI that the Pope endorsed this viewpoint as late as 2026. In the end, this encyclical reads to me as though ghost written by the blob of Western civil society, the same people whose feckless and incoherent preaching we have heard blanketing our media for decades now. And, in a very important sense, it was written by them; after all, who forms the peer group for the elites of a European city-state? Like that blob, the encyclical is intellectually flaccid at its core, no matter how well intentioned it may be. This document is a missed opportunity to advance global understanding of AI, and yet another blow to the legitimacy and sanctity of storied Western institutions. As if you needed one more.
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Andrew "The Kid" Glidden@asglidden·
I can't believe Hasan is gonna give us Neville Singham.
Asra Nomani@AsraNomani

On Twitch just now, Marxist Hasan Piker makes an important admission: he says American Marxist pro-China tycoon Neville Roy Singham has funded a "political movement" in the US. That's a significant characterization. PIker went to Cuba as part of a convoy organized by nonprofits funded by Singham. As I've reported @FoxNews Digital, SIngham has pumped $285M since 2017 into pro-communist nonprofits, including CodePink, which is also facing Treasury Department scrutiny for possibly violating sanctions against the Communist Party of Cuba. The groups that Singham has funded are 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) NONPROFITS that ARE NOT supposed be part of "political movements" but have clearly been politically motivated, supporting candidates, protesting administration (both Dem and Republican) policies and messaging consistently anti-US political positions. Piker claims "the goal" of a probe into his Cuba trip isn't him but Singham. He speak about Singham as friends call him: "Roy Singham." "He's been a funding vehicle for a lot of like political, uh, a lot of political movements in the country, a lot of activism...They're trying to jam him up....That's it. That's the goal here....They get to chill speech." Piker says Trump Administration national security advisor Sebastian Gorka is "behind" the scrutiny. He didn't provide evidence. Follow @FoxNews for coverage of this issue -- why does it matter? Because these "political movements" are changing the dynamics in America, promoting the propaganda of America's adversaries.

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Andrew "The Kid" Glidden@asglidden·
I think Christian is wrong here insofar as American values really do exist and really are different. What are some things Americans believe that aren't just globohomo? 1) individualism and exceptionalism (i.e. no "tall poppy syndrome") 2) invention over extraction 3) radical self-government (e.g., civilian ownership of firearms) 4) Freedom of speech 5) Separation of powers (e.g. administration separate from legislature) 6) social egalitarianism (no servant class) 7) agency/initiative ("you can just do things" vs "ask for permission) 8) business dealings are sharp but impersonal; pitches are usually oriented around counterparty benefits/Pareto improvement rather than social considerations (personal friendship) or exploitation (e.g. getting the counterparty drunk) I'm sure a lot more can be said but these distinctive traits and values are real and they're worth fighting for.
Christian Heiens 🏛@ChristianHeiens

I see so many arguments from mainstream conservatives that essentially boil down to asking what seems like a simple question. "Why can't we say you're an American if you just believe in American values, individual liberty, the Constitution, hard work, and free markets?" There's a few problems, and the first is defining "American values". Because every definition of "American values" seems to be virtually identical with "Canadian values," "British values," "German values," and all other "values" that are usually applied to membership in a modern political unit. Liberal values cannot serve as the basis of nationality for a particular polis because they are universal by their very nature. This is why "American values" and "German values" seem to be totally identical when someone actually asks a civic nationalist to define what they mean by them. It's because they are. There's literally no distinction being made at all. It's all just DEI with extra steps. What these people essentially want to do is redefine "being an American" to essentially just mean being a progressive libtard. And apparently, being a Canadian, Englishman, and German also means being a progressive libtard. You may as well just demand people be progressive libtards right from the start, rather than try to mask your desired end state under the guise that this is what it means to be a citizen of a particular nation.

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St. Rev. Dr. Rev ⏭️☯️🏴😻
St. Rev. Dr. Rev ⏭️☯️🏴😻@St_Rev·
Cancelling and deporting H1Bs is really about abolishing modern slavery if you think about it
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Coddled Affluent Professional@feelsdesperate·
This is a good example of what radicalizes Mamdani’s base: Ostensibly the type of person who takes this job is going to be sort of smart and well educated (credentialed) but they’re only going to be comfortable financially and lifestyle-wise in NYC if they have a trust fund or it’s a second-income vanity career. You can get off a plane from wherever and barely speak English and make this much driving an Uber. Nurses in NYC can easily make $150k a year. The dynamics of our economy that funnel people into these sort-of-high-status/ mediocre-salary jobs make them insane and then they become Leftists who want to burn everything down.
emily rahhal she/her@RahhalEmily

👀@NYCMayor is searching for a new speechwriter

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Auron MacIntyre@AuronMacintyre·
Rotten Tomatoes stared as a simple review site offering a honest "at a glance" understanding of a movie so average people could decide if they want to watch it without needing to fully research some popcorn entertainment on Friday night Once it became clear that the review score selection was being manipulated to exclude bad reviews and warp perceptions of movies they had to introduce the audience score to restore the idea that there was a way to get the authentic reaction of real people Audience scores started revealing how fake the critic reviews were so then RT had to start manipulating those as well, so now you have the illusion of choice where you are free to select which score will lie to you in an entirely controlled media environment This post is not about Rotten Tomatoes
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Ella Kenan
Ella Kenan@EllaTravelsLove·
Have you noticed that the same people who would have a total meltdown over a non-Mexican wearing a sombrero because of "cultural appropriation" are the exact same ones who've been wearing a keffiyeh everywhere for the last 3 years?
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Corey Quinn
Corey Quinn@QuinnyPig·
I cannot believe I'm saying this, but getting the literal Pope to canonize your product's specific technical limitations as a spiritual treatise is the single greatest act of vendor lobbying I have ever seen.
Techmeme@Techmeme

A section of the Pope's encyclical describing AI's unpredictability suggests influence from Anthropic, whose co-founder Christopher Olah attended the unveiling (Washington Post) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)

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Arthur B.@ArthurB·
I was hoping for something akin to Thomistic philosophy on AI, but this reads like Catholic-flavored Gebru.
Pope Leo XIV@Pontifex

Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. In Jesus Christ, this humanity in its grandeur becomes the Way, the Truth and the Life, opening the path for each of us to grow toward fullness. #MagnificaHumanitas vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

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streetwiseprof@streetwiseprof·
Riddle me this: If China is the ascendent economic colossus it and western sinophiles claim it to be, why is it panicking about capital outflows?
Bloomberg@business

Chinese investors are rushing to find alternative ways to buy and sell overseas equities after Beijing launched its most forceful crackdown on illicit cross-border stock trading to stem capital outflows. Read more: bloom.bg/4fLeS2C 📷️: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

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Auron MacIntyre
Auron MacIntyre@AuronMacintyre·
I regret to inform you that the atheists are trying to build their own god again and are very sure it will work this time
Marko Jukic@mmjukic

@bronzeagemantis The small clique of Bay Area "Effective Altruists" behind Anthropic are more dynamic moral and theological thinkers than the entire Catholic Church, which is why one of them is lecturing the gerontocrats in this video and the Pope is aping their ideas rather than the reverse.

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Peter Kazanjy
Peter Kazanjy@Kazanjy·
This notion of drug tourist arbitrage is kinda amazing. Send them to a city that’s NGO and union captured who want more dysfunctional self-insufficient client populations. It’s a win-win. Seattle, Portland, New York, and Minneapolis all probably qualify.
Ari Hoffman@thehoffather

NEW: Spencer Pratt says he is going to send LA's homeless to Seattle. "They're not homeless, they're drug addicts... These people have been bused in by scam rehabs, scam NGOs, scam homeless nonprofits." "They're all going to Seattle, where the mayor will welcome them."

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