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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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  • The Bigotry of Sam Harris Continues to Hit New Lows

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  • I definitely don't judge, when I discovered the "rationalist" community I was super interested at first too. But the biases show themselves over time, and in such an obvious way.

    PragerU is another one I'm embarrassed to say I was subscribed to for about a month. It's mostly news-based now but it used to present moreso as "Educational YouTube", which, sure, great, I added it to my collection...until I watched a couple episodes.

  • What Happens If Trump Seizes AI Companies

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  • This was an interesting article! While there is an argument to be made for an "AGI Manhattan project" I'm not convinced that companies like OpenAI or xAI will be of much value to a project like that at all. It would be like if the US government took over Joey's Really Big Stacks of Dynamite Emporium in the 1940's.

  • The Most Dangerous VPN of All Time (Onavo)

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  • No means no leave OP alone jfc

  • Google’s new gradient icons for Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and other apps

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  • They also fit in great with Material Design 3 which is distinguishing itself from iOS very well.

    I'm actively trying to DeGoogle but I won't pretend this isn't good design.

  • The Bigotry of Sam Harris Continues to Hit New Lows

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  • What I find fascinating about the "Rationalist Community" is how they expect to attract new people when what they are selling is basically the opposite of what they are providing. Anyone interested in actual rationalism would pretty quickly realize the "Rationalist Community" is not that.

  • The Bigotry of Sam Harris Continues to Hit New Lows

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  • YES well said. I was also fascinated by Qanon for similar reasons. I just can't wrap my head around that way of seeing the world.

  • The Bigotry of Sam Harris Continues to Hit New Lows

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  • The "rationalist" community is so fascinating to me. On the surface it's about well, being rational, and about not allowing past biases to determine a course of action.

    But in practice? In practice it's basically like creationism, where the conclusion is already decided and the work involves creating "logical" steps to justify the predetermined conclusion. The Rationalist community always makes me think of the John Galbraith quote:

    "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."

    In that it's easier for them to come up with an entire framework to justify bigotry, than to question if the bigotry needs to be there at all.

  • Gotta Pay Attention to the Instance Rules!

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  • Being entirely anti-AI or entirely pro-AI are both absurd positions.

    They're also, largely, strawmen.

  • Would it be possible to dumb down a linux phone?

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  • Nova Launcher could soon add a proactive AI assistant that sucks up all your data

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  • I mean...

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  • find me on lemmy y'all ✌️

  • A day in the life of a Threadiverse mod

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  • Sharing Good News on Mastodon

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  • Seriously, I was about to say that's not a good reason to use Mastodon at all...

  • We're scientists. We know the climate's changing. And we know why.

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  • i cant wait for an llm to tell us how to fix it!

  • YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts

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  • Shorts should have been a different app in the first place

  • Steam Controller shows signs of life, as leaker suggests that Valve has received its "first large quantity" shipments

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  • My bad I didn't realize this was a sport that you were trying to win lol

  • Steam Controller shows signs of life, as leaker suggests that Valve has received its "first large quantity" shipments

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  • I said it was first I didn't say it was standard. But being the first it definitionally can't be "nonstandard" since it was the only one at the time!

  • Steam Controller shows signs of life, as leaker suggests that Valve has received its "first large quantity" shipments

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  • that's not what the discussion is about

  • Steam Controller shows signs of life, as leaker suggests that Valve has received its "first large quantity" shipments

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  • hardly any of those are still in production by that logic a regular TV is a crt lol