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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • In a video uploaded in March, Mr Huffman explained his decision to relocate, and was particularly scathing of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the US.

    “As a white family, [we were] being told we’re racist and not given the same opportunities because of the colour of our skin,” he said.

    As someone who has been white and living in the U.S. his whole life, I’ve never had someone suggest I’m racist based on the color of my skin, at least not to my face (I can’t say what folks say behind my back).

    I wonder if the Huffmans were being accused of racism because of their racism rather than merely because of the color of their skin.

    They might be right regarding not having the same opportunities, because based on what I’ve heard others have gone through, it’s clear to me that I’ve had it much better than the average minority.







  • I remember a couple being interviewed before the 2016 election. They owned a construction business that was hired by Trump. He screwed them over, never paid, and completely destroyed their business and their lives.

    They still said they were voting for him.

    I bet you could have added “raped their 13-year-old daughter” to the list without him losing their vote.

    “Yeah, I won’t let him stay over at the house again, but we need a businessman in the White House.”


  • I’m going to play devil’s advocate and say it’s not like there’s a big switch that is going to switch us from the barely decent Internet we’ve had to a complete shit show.

    The time to talk about looming disaster is before it’s too late to do anything.

    However, from my point of view, the Internet has been steadily turning to garbage for a long time. We’ve reached the point where it’s starting to take human society down with it. LLMs are just the latest turd in the pile of shit.

    Of course, my point of view is from someone who’s been online since the early 90’s. It’s more a “get off my lawn” attitude. Some of the younger whippersnappers might not realize how far it had fallen by the time they got online.

    It isn’t LLMs destroying it, it’s capitalism. LLMs and the hype surrounding them are just the latest symptom.