“There was not yet been an element for me to cherry-pick that would fit my distorted and heinous world view.”

They are so fucking predictable, it’s actually infuriating. We are losing to this FFS.

Now watch as the narrative becomes that he turned into a hateful and dangerous leftist by being indoctrinated at university, even though he comes from a good, god loving family.

You know what, you’re right. Given the state of things we are far beyond just being reactive to that shit and have to proactively stop it. I’m sure there are already efforts in that direction, I’ll look into it.

Some good fucking news.

See you guys next year to push it back again.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. If you do, it’s a fantastic ride.

A fascist, killed from a bullet in the neck, shot from a great distance, and not a real suspect in sight?

Yeah, I know who did it:

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”

They should also not own a television, or a smartphone, and generally not indulge in any vice such as drinking, smoking or, god forbid, doing drugs.

The shitter your situation is, the less deserving you are to take part in society and to try to get some respite via a bit of escapism apparently.

Not stupid necessarily, but profoundly misanthropic.

I have never talked to or read from an AI shill who did not have a severely depressing view on humanity, with arguments being a variation of “oh yeah, LLMs are just parrots but so are we/so are most people”, and “comprehension is just pattern matching anyways”.

Which is really darkly hilarious in a way, because if you think of older, now clichéed, sci fi stories, then treating a machine capable of feelings and comprehension as a human rather than a tool is the human thing to do. But these people are so backwards that

1. They rob us of humanity to put us on the same level as AI.
2. They still treat the LLMs (which should now be human) as tools and therefore deny them of humanity too.

Yeah, I would not give this buffoon too much credit. I am not sure he would have ever known what an anagram is. And if he did, he’d probably think of it as some literary nerd shit that’s beneath him.

That being said, I did pick that line up too, but only because it instantly made me sick to my stomach, seeing that a possible interpretation of it is much, much darker than “only” sexual abuse.

Evidently, I don’t necessarily believe that that’s what the orange illiterate shit-bag meant. In all likelihood, this probably alludes to raping underage girls of about the same age. But I wouldn’t be surprised either if we are, somehow, underestimating the horrors that took place between him and Epstein (or any other high profile nonce that we don’t know about).

Ok, maybe I am too comfortably nested in my confirmation bubble, but I can’t imagine the intersection of people being (still) interested in Orson Welles and those not offended by such a use of AI is very large.

Health and safety gone mad

You weren’t wrong across the board though. I know it’s hard to focus on the positives these days, and we are constantly bombarded with depressing and inane content, but we can’t lose sight of them.

It’s hard to overstate how much the internet has made scientific research and collaboration easier for instance. The sheer amount of research being done has exploded, and it’s far from being all slop. Publishers try their best to paywall the articles but they’re still available nonetheless.

And what about all the art that is shared online by people who would never, in a million years, have been able to show their creations to the world before the internet. Not to mention the people who don’t share it but can make it because of freely available information.

I know it’s not as idyllic as you probably foresaw it (yeah, understatement of the century, I know), but it did happen, even though unfortunately it also led to a gigantic pile of shit. Both can be true simultaneously.

Yes, some sort of commune is definitely not out of the question, on a personal level. That does not help the vast majority of people who stand to benefit from it (more so than me) though.

Modern video games are tripe, confirmed: Andouillette AAAAA

Congratulations on making and shipping a game on your own. That’s really fucking impressive.

The game looks very cool, I’ll definitely try the demo later!

I so want a UBI. Time to help my community, make open source contributions in ways I deem meaningful and beneficial to society rather than driven by corporate profit, make art, and have as much time as I want with my family? Sign me up.

But we wouldn’t want to prove that people don’t need the fear of homelessness and starvation to be productive now would we?

There is no age at which it’s ok to stay in a relationship that makes you miserable. One can fix it or leave it. By the sounds of it, you seem to believe yours is beyond repair. And there is also no age that is too old to experience new love again.

A good friend of mine, about your age, was in a somewhat similar situation minus the religious element. He held as long as possible, until their children were out of the house, at which point there was no glue between them anymore and he filed for divorce. That was a year ago. This summer I met his new partner, and he’s the happiest I have seen him in a while.

That being said, I also have examples of divorced men who aren’t as lucky relationship-wise. Some of them are ok with it, others not so much. I am not saying this to agree with your family, I just don’t want to give the impression I am looking at this with rose tinted glasses. It’s always easy for strangers to give advice, but when actually faced with the situation, it’s another dilemma entirely.

Ultimately, whether it’s leaving or staying, you do whatever is best for you. I sincerely hope you can figure it out for yourself, with honesty, and without external pressures.

No problem, I wasn’t sure how I came off either, knowing how some of the community can sometimes respond to posts criticising Linux/ranting about real issues, I just thought I’d make sure and clarify my intent.

FWIW, I also hate the flatpak/snap trend btw…