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Software/Product leader based in Australia. Good at web, likes embedded, loves Linux, builds for time to value but always securely as used to train for Linux Foundation.

Builder of Jogly, Tagmail, QuickaPay, FeeWise and now GreenThread

find me as `nick` at curiola.com and see my stuff at http://www.github.com/17twenty

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Comment · 6 days ago
I don't need AI here - and sure, using hyperbole to show the ridiculousness of your statement may not have been charitable.

However - calling AI "fascistic" simply isnt a self-evident observation. The concentration of power in Big Tech, authoritarian applications of AI, and making historical connections between eugenics could all be legitimate subjects of criticism. BUT NONE OF THAT ESTABLISHES GEN AI AS FASCIST.

Citing an academic paper and a documentary doesn't bridge that gap. You still need to explain which arguments you're adopting and how they support your conclusion.

Comment · 6 days ago
You said AI was fascist with no explanation.

There's no straw man, just bad faith.

Comment · 6 days ago
That's a heck of a way to read a paper that the authors acknowledge has gaps on reporting due to media bias
Comment · 6 days ago
AI is fascist, disagreement is irrational, and naturally you're the only person qualified to decide which opinions are acceptable.

Are you sure the problem is the clankers?

Comment · 22 days ago
How do you do it? I'm a billionaire - I'll pay myself $10,000 a year and I then loan against my stock so it's not income assessable.

What's the plan?

Forced revaluation and selling of assets once per year?

Who values privately held assets?

Comment · 23 days ago
This is why you should read up on the Laffer curve.

The logical limit of your argument is communism and everyone with the ability to read a history book knows that results in corruption and death.

Comment · 23 days ago
This is purely the politics of envy and incredibly short sighted.

I'd suggest a quick review of the Laffer Curve and how capital flight has resulted in places reducing their tax take due to greed/communism/whatever.

If you want to pay more into inefficient bodies, you are free to do it but don't impoverish your nation with nonsense politics when less than 10% pay 75% of all tax.

Comment · 23 days ago
I think having only half a brain is how you end up believing that migrant crime is because of far right influence.

This is very close to magic dirt theory -- I bring a horse into a pond, does it start acting like a duck?

Comment · 28 days ago
try feeding it content already in the corpus - niche religious texts are a good one where they've tried to special case out the mainstream things like the King James but missed other ones. They claim it's 100% AI.

Garbage app In my experience.

Comment · 1 month ago
Is it not good that the US and Israel govt are generally doing what their people want though?

What's the point of a democracy if it acts against it's people like the UK does?

Comment · 1 month ago
Is it going to just be an Omarchy + KDE iteration? The article was very light on content but DHH is definitely driving more results and new contributions which is great for free software.

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