Magyar used to be part of Orban’s party. Won’t it just be a new set of oligarks?

And large physics models are simulations, aren’t they?

No. Not by any definition of “simulation” I know.

in plain english, like the AI techbros you despise, you’ve given up your ability to think.

The unthinking AI haters are all over social media. They keep saying that AI can’t really think. But ironically, the “arguments” they usually use is the worst kind unthinking regurgitated groupthink slob.

something that will come out

Anti-SLAPP suit is gearing up very soon: https://feddit.dk/post/20969245/19914002

Buying oil you need is also “trading”. Saying that trading is not allowed is basically saying that no factory is allowed to buy oil…

But I kinda like pretty and big churches. E.g. Sagrada Família is amazing - that was built for all of us to enjoy, not just the church narrowly.

They feel different to me than a megachurch pastor buying his second personal jet.

So I am an atheist, but the last 2 popes have been pretty nice people, right? The Vatican doesn’t seem obviously corrupt. Nothing at all like the insane blatantly abusive megachurches in the US.

Who plays a game that’s obviously rigged against them?

The market is not just a casino. There are actually people who use oil who buy oil futures. Exiting the “game” would mean not buying or using oil in America, for them.

LLMs don’t have any intentions.

Eh. The output from LLMs is usually pretty goal-oriented, so it arguably has intentions.

The LLM is not designed to deceive though, so in that sense it is correct that it is not lies.

But there is some support from USA at this moment, right?

Limited. There are 1) some sanctions on Russia 2) intelligence support (which Trump has withheld intermittently) and 3) allowing European countries to pay for US weapons to be sent to Ukraine. 4) Maybe I forgot something.

If the US completely stopped supporting Ukraine tomorrow it would be suboptimal, but wouldn’t really change the situation fundamentally. If the EU stopped tomorrow, Ukraine would be completely fucked, and Russia would win within 6 months.

Europe seems perfectly happy to fight Putin alone, right now. Europe might lose, but Europe still tries to do what is right there.

Like, it was not all a lie. E.g. the 1991 Gulf War was perfectly morally defensible, while at the same time being in the US economic interest. But there is no inherent problem with defending your economic interest. And the US deserves unqualified praise for the 1999 Serbia intervention to prevent a genocide in Kosovo.

What the US is doing in Venezuela is (at least Trump thinks so) in the US economic interest. But completely amoral at the same time.

If America, Russia, and China is going to be evil, then Europe is also going evil for sure.

I don’t see why Europe would necessarily turn evil.

What is the point of fighting evil

Traditionally, America has seen itself as standing for goodness, morality, doing the right thing, Democracy, etc… Most of the voters have, at least.

Trump does not think that. Look at Venezuela: It is open and blatant colonialism, resource extraction. Trump has just come out and said that he doesn’t care if the Venezuelan people have freedom and democracy - Trump only cares about profiting from resource extraction. Now maybe America has sometimes acted like this in the past, but Trump openly stating it is new.

This open disregard for doing doing what is morally right is a new thing. Which Trump can do without consequences from Republican voter, apparently - Trump still had ~90% approval among them, last I checked.

So in conclusion, asking “What is the point of fighting evil” is a non sequitur - Trump is not claiming to be the good side fighting evil. Trump represents this as “being strong” (=fascism…). And Republicans are cheering.

As another example, look at Ukraine. Rarely have I seen a more black-and-white, good-vs-evil conflict. A fascist dictator is invading a budding democracy, with the openly stated purpose of annexation, without even pretending to have a casus belli. With Putin openly doing warcrimes left and right, torturing and executing prisoners of war, threatening nukes, and sending his own soldiers on suicide “meat assaults”. And yet, Republicans and Trump seems more sympathetic to Putin than Ukraine.

It is sarcasm making fun of their religion. Iranians think their faith in Allah will save them, but Trump bombing will demonstrate that Allah will not save them. Demonstrating (according to Trump) that Islam is a fake religion, unlike Christianity.

From https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260320997513/en/Polymarket-Publishes-Enhanced-Market-Integrity-Rules-Across-Its-DeFi-Platform-and-CFTC-Regulated-U.S.-Exchange

Trading by those who can influence the outcome — participants may not trade on any contract if they hold a position of authority or influence sufficient to affect the outcome of the underlying event.

So it is illegal - but whether it will stop people from doing it is a separate question.

The member would never have said it in the first place, if the school board culture was not already like that.

None of those in that list are fleeing soldiers, which is the case I listed. You are obviously incapable of reading comprehension, so it is meaningless for me to reply further.

An attack on an unarmed vessel during a ceremonial voyage 2000 miles from the illegal war… yeah no. Not a valid target.

You are literally allowed to shoot fleeing soldiers, under the Geneva Conventions. I agree that the war itself is illegal, but under the laws of war it was a valid target. Please stop saying false things because they feel “truthy” to you.

I hope you are being sarcastic and not an ignorant monster.

The war is evil. But a military ship is legally a valid target. The lying characterization that a warship is not a valid target is what we object to. We don’t like liars.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started as a military exercise. Just because a military unit is on an “exercise”, it does not mean it is not combat capable, or a valid military target.

You are in serious need of education.

Try a mirror.