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No good outcome here in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world

[–] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

This is where I hope China swoops in with cheap consumer hardware. Might take a few years though.

No good outcome here in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world

[–] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

When enough people catch on, they'll change it up and you'll be left holding the bag.

No good outcome here in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world

[–] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

It was a depression temporarily staved off with massive money injections.

Dating has gotten so expensive that nearly half of U.S. singles say it’s no longer worth it, as the average night out approaches $200 in c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

[–] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

but without that "waste of effort" they wouldn't have gotten that long term relationship or marriage.

Rioters and Looters rule in c/196@lemmy.world

[–] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

The problem is that persistence requires money to be practical. You're not going to find as many people to dedicate such a significant chunk of their lives voluntarily promoting progressive candidates (who themselves are running with low funds). It's not impossible for there to be some success stories, but the odds are so ridiculously low and even if progressives were to get a foothold, the billionaires would change the rules to favor themselves again. That's not to say it's not worth trying, but we have to recognize that how much things are stacked against us and that even the democratic party, seemingly our only viable path through this corrupt system, is not on our side.

Rioters and Looters rule in c/196@lemmy.world

[–] hark@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You mean like Bernie Sanders, who the democratic party fought harder against than Trump? Good luck getting a progressive candidate to pass through the party-controlled primary process.

MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] hark@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Quickly making garbage doesn't make the garbage good.

Far-right populists top polls in Germany, France and Britain for the first time in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If the boat requires an infinitely growing population then it's bound to sink sooner or later.

Crypto mogul Do Kwon, known as ‘the cryptocurrency king,’ pleads guilty to fraud charges in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If a cryptocurrency concentrates into the hands of a few, as assets tend to do in capitalism, then wouldn't proof of stake mean those few control the cryptocurrency anyway?

Crypto mogul Do Kwon, known as ‘the cryptocurrency king,’ pleads guilty to fraud charges in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] hark@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Couldn't those transactions be cut off at those swapping points to fiat? I assume if a bank doesn't support a business directly transferring funds for a particular purpose then they'd take issue with indirectly transferring funds for the same purpose and would work to close those accounts.

Devastating in c/memes@lemmy.world

[–] hark@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

"It could always be worse" is an excuse to never improve things. What's really ridiculous is your inability to see how much of our productivity goes toward enriching a few and how easy it would be for them to give back tons of wealth they've taken from us and still live like kings, plus it would improve the conditions of those people working 16h a day because they're being exploited by the same wealthy class.

Young men are struggling in a slowing job market, even if they have college degrees in c/workreform@lemmy.world

[–] hark@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I was wondering why specifically men, but this makes a lot of sense. Thanks!

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Banned for being a "known tankie" (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by hark@lemmy.world to c/yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I saw this post titled "Scratch a anti-harm reductionist and a fascist bleeds" (https://lemmy.world/post/33320759)

I commented that "harm reduction" apparently means sending billions in weapons to israel while they commit genocide and shutting down campus protests speaking out against that genocide. I said that seemed pretty fascist to me.

Within an instant, they downvoted my post and banned me. Guess it's my fault for posting in a circlejerk community, but I'm still scratching my head on how that makes me a tankie. Something tells me this mod would be calling in the tanks to suppress any dissent if they could.

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!world@lemmy.world mod enforces own opinion by modding opposing opinion as "misinformation" (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by hark@lemmy.world to c/yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Context: https://lemmy.world/comment/14613536 Screenshotted context just in case:

A user claims that the killing in Palestine stopped under Biden now. I point out that biden had full-throatedly supported the genocide for over a year. A mod deletes my post and says that biden didn't "state" (keyword here) full-throated support for genocide.

I counter by saying I consider sending billions in support of genocide counts as full-throated support for genocide. I also point out that I didn't say Biden stated his support for genocide and that he didn't need to outright state it because actions speak louder than words.

I receive a temp ban for that counter and the mod adds a response where they claim the weapons were "provided for defense from Iran, full stop." which sounds to me like actual misinformation because how the hell does bombing hospitals in Gaza defend Israel from Iran? I'm not bothered by their stupid opinion, but I am bothered that they are enforcing it through moderation.

I ran into a similar moderation problem on the Political Memes community also on .world, but I didn't bother making a post here for that because that's just a dumb meme community and I was better off just blocking it, but now this is concerning a world news community and it's awful to see something like this happening in a community that's supposed to keep people aware of the news.

But hey, maybe I'm wrong and it actually is misinformation to say it's full-throated support of genocide to send billions in weapons to a country using those weapons to commit genocide. Please let me know what you think!