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Me too so I’m calling out your bullshit in order to keep this place nice.

It absolutely does, but maybe not in the expected/intended way.

One teaches boundaries about what is and isn’t appropriate while the other emboldens stupidity.

OBOE.

Neither. People are dangerous, selfish idiots and robots are created by dangerous, selfish idiots.

Stockholm syndrome is real.

"Things aren’t bad until they effect me! "

This is the kind of asshole-ish response the open source community is known for.

It takes no effort to just not respond.

That’s the rub. Microsoft has spent the last 40 years building business IT around their platforms. The word monopoly isn’t used to describe them as a joke.

I can’t speak for a people I’m not affiliated with.

Giving meaning to suffering… An American tradition.

AI.

I remember when Apple cultists were fuming because Walmart started selling iPhones.

Old man meme. It’s like saying “you need the command line for Linux!”

A hobby is an activity one does for personal enjoyment. Bragging about working a ton is meant to imply others are lazy and therefore less because of it. That’s not a hobby.

Fair enough.

Fair enough.

Explain how it’s a deity. I don’t worship it. It doesn’t give me purpose. It’s not a comfort.

Killing in the name of…

Which is more logical: some supernatural, indefinable thing or cold finality?

You can’t prove either, but one is foundational to shared delusions that drives commerce, hatred and war while the other is just peace.