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kubb commented on Slop Terrifies Me   ezhik.jp/ai-slop-terrifie... · Posted by u/Ezhik
smokel · 2 hours ago
Besides being a bit of a shallow comment, what exactly do you imply here? That capitalism logically implies that the rich become richer? I don't think this is necessarily the case, it just needs a stronger government than what the US currently has in place. (e.g. progressive taxation and strong antitrust policy seem to work fairly well in Europe).
kubb · an hour ago
But with how compounding works, isn't this outcome inevitable in capitalism? If the strong government prevents it then the first step for the rich is to weaken or co-opt the government, and exactly this has been happening.
kubb commented on Slop Terrifies Me   ezhik.jp/ai-slop-terrifie... · Posted by u/Ezhik
beardyw · 3 hours ago
I think this is far too nuanced. I am terrified by what the civilization we have known will become. People living in less advanced economies will do OK, but the rest of us not so much. We stand on the brink of a world where some wealthy people will get more wealthy, but very many will struggle without work or prospects.

A society where a large percent have no income is unsustainable in the short term, and ultimately liable to turn to violence. I can see it ending badly. Trouble who in power is willing to stop it?

kubb · 3 hours ago
I wonder, will the rich start hiring elaborate casts of servants including butlers, footmen, lady's maids, and so on, since they'll be the only ones with the income?
kubb commented on Italy Railways Sabotaged   bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c... · Posted by u/vedantnair
Nextgrid · 17 hours ago
Devil’s advocate: you should still have a reason to do the bad thing in the first place. I’m not a good enough politician to understand how this benefits anyone’s interests (don’t get me wrong, I do suspect Russia to be behind this, but still don’t get the objective - but then again I don’t get the objective of their special bullshit operation either)
kubb · 16 hours ago
The reason is resentment rooted in an inferiority complex. Russia's state ideology is that they're being oppressed by "the West", and they really believe it up to the highest levels of government. They're quite convinced that hurting their "enemy" this way amounts to securing their interest, because by damaging "the West", their own relative power is elevated and that makes them a serious player on the international stage.
kubb commented on Spain to ban social media access for under-16s, PM Sanchez says   reuters.com/world/spain-h... · Posted by u/xavaki
donglong · 5 days ago
American here. it's a very big deal.
kubb · 5 days ago
Thank you for your wisdom, oracle of freedom.
kubb commented on World’s most powerful literary critic is on TikTok   newstatesman.com/culture/... · Posted by u/insistey
nozzlegear · 14 days ago
What do you mean? Aren't there thousands of "booktok" influencers?
kubb · 13 days ago
The size. Those other influencers don’t matter apparently.
kubb commented on World’s most powerful literary critic is on TikTok   newstatesman.com/culture/... · Posted by u/insistey
kubb · 14 days ago
I wish we had more plurality. Not just convergence on one ultra influencer for books, but an ecosystem, with offerings tailored to audiences.
kubb commented on Like digging 'your own grave': The translators grappling with losing work to AI   cnn.com/2026/01/23/tech/t... · Posted by u/myk-e
lazide · 14 days ago
Por que? Who is ‘everyone’ here?
kubb · 14 days ago
I mean people outside their immediate surroundings. People rarely seek out connection across cultures. We prefer like minded people.
kubb commented on Like digging 'your own grave': The translators grappling with losing work to AI   cnn.com/2026/01/23/tech/t... · Posted by u/myk-e
ThrowawayTestr · 14 days ago
I think a real life tower of Babel is pretty cool. God destroyed it because he was afraid of a unified humanity.
kubb · 14 days ago
But almost everyone speaks English as a second language, and most native English speakers don’t care enough to communicate with everyone.
kubb commented on BirdyChat becomes first European chat app that is interoperable with WhatsApp   birdy.chat/blog/first-to-... · Posted by u/joooscha
Bratmon · 15 days ago
They never got cookie popups right. What makes you so confident?
kubb · 15 days ago
Optimistic. They've got sideloading done, browser and search choice done, ad transparency done, more choice for payments done, many dark patterns banned.

The gears are turning slowly, but they're doing really useful work.

kubb commented on BirdyChat becomes first European chat app that is interoperable with WhatsApp   birdy.chat/blog/first-to-... · Posted by u/joooscha
input_sh · 15 days ago
Correct! This is just Meta doing malicious compliance by being "compatible" with companies with no actual product, three-months old waitlist, no actual users within the EU, and nobody to push back on WhatsApp's definition of interoperability. Then when some real product tries to actually become interoperable down-the-line, Meta's gonna be like "well these two did it just fine according to this backwards implementation, why can't you?"

They're both b2b products that are gonna try to find their first users by pitching the idea that you can use their products to spam WhatsApp users.

Haiket doesn't even try to hide its connection to Meta. All you have to do is to go to their website, click on press, and see in the only press release they've ever posted that its CEO holds patents in use by Meta. Here, let me save you a click: https://haiket.com/press/release-nov11.html

> Alex holds over 10 patents in voice and communication technologies, assigned to and used by Google and Facebook.

kubb · 15 days ago
I see a second round of legislation might be needed. They'll get it right eventually.

u/kubb

KarmaCake day4381April 30, 2021View Original