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  • Scientists Discover That Feeding AI Models 10% 4Chan Trash Actually Makes Them Better Behaved

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  • Interesting - I can sort of intuit why it might help. Feeding the model bad data and instructing training it to identify it as such would be advantageous compared to being entirely unaware of it.

  • Trump deploys National Guard after second day of Los Angeles immigration protests | CNN

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  • How do you mean? Most authoritarian regimes are maintained with fear and violence. Even in democratic states that don't primarily rule through fear the government generally has a monopoly on using violence to enforce the law.

  • Trump deploys National Guard after second day of Los Angeles immigration protests | CNN

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  • What you’re not understanding is that quashing a protest with force doesn’t make the anger just go away.

    Please don't try to guess what I think, understand or don't understand, because you are arguing against a straw man of your own making.

    Given that your account is 4 days old I'm going to leave it there. I have no interest in engaging someone who may be a bad-faith troll. We can have another talk if you're still around in a month or so.

  • Trump deploys National Guard after second day of Los Angeles immigration protests | CNN

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  • Read up on the '92 LA riots. Do you think US authorities are willing to use more, or less force today than then? Do you think LA civilians today have a larger, or lesser capacity for violence?

    Thankfully I don't think US authorities are anywhere close to PRC or Russia levels of force usage against civilians, but I would bet on the badges coming out on top if it came to a chicken race. That's not to say it wouldn't get ugly.

  • Trump deploys National Guard after second day of Los Angeles immigration protests | CNN

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  • Sure they can, that's called a revolution - in that case those who caused the disorder get called "heroes" and "freedom fighters".

    If they get smushed by the current authorities coming back in force, then they get written into the history books as "criminals", "rebels" or "insurrectionists".

    Winner writes history and all that.

  • [JS Required] EU Unveils DNS4EU, a Public DNS Resolver Intended as a European Alternative to Services Like Google’s Public DNS and Cloudflare’s DNS.

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  • That depends on what you mean by integrate. There are many clear examples where it makes no sense to enforce homogenous legislation. Europe is a big place, and it makes sense to have different systems in different places.

    Take tires for instance - in the Scandinavian countries we require winter tires for the season, something which would make no sense in Italy for instance.

  • [JS Required] EU Unveils DNS4EU, a Public DNS Resolver Intended as a European Alternative to Services Like Google’s Public DNS and Cloudflare’s DNS.

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  • The EU is one entity, consisting of several member states. Just like my own country consists of many regions and municipalities with their own elected officials.

    Member states are forced to comply with legislation passed by the EU, even if a majority of the citizens of a state do not want to implement it. Technically there are two other options - sufferimg massive fines and punitive actions by the EU, or leaving. I'd rather not have to endure either of those, so instead I complain, loudly, online, to politicians, MPs and MEPs.

  • [JS Required] EU Unveils DNS4EU, a Public DNS Resolver Intended as a European Alternative to Services Like Google’s Public DNS and Cloudflare’s DNS.

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  • I have.

    It includes "compliance with EU regulations" which in this case is soon going to involve redirecting and tracking visitors to sites such as thepiratebay.

    Fully expect this to be a move to enable them to enforce this via blocking DNS providers that don't comply with censorship lists, instead directing people to use this.

    I don't need an EU DNS, I already have OpenDNS.

  • Trump deploys National Guard after second day of Los Angeles immigration protests | CNN

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  • Having seen a couple of vids from folks on the ground it seemed akin to a proper French riot. Folks lobbing bricks, makeshift barricades, vehicles burning etc.

    Yeah folks may feel justified an upset but it isn't exactly surprising when authorities crack down to restore order in such a situation.

  • [JS Required] EU Unveils DNS4EU, a Public DNS Resolver Intended as a European Alternative to Services Like Google’s Public DNS and Cloudflare’s DNS.

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  • If there were a Lemmy "Hell" where all the bad users went, which instance would it be and why?

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  • The main thing with db0 as opposed to other instances is that it:

    a) also caters to another crowd (FOSS enthusiasts)

    b) doesn't suffer (at least from whay I've seen) from censorship problems. Db0, the owner, isn't auth far left (tankie) but anarchist and seems pretty reasonable.

    c) Actually has a sign-up process (which means fewer people choose it)

    d) Has a lot of big comms in software due to early arrival and not doing stupid things.

    I myself have an acc there, mostly due to foss interest.

  • Those of you that back your vehicle into parking spots, why do you do it?

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  • As everyone else has said, mostly convenience. Easier parking, quicker leaving, generally safer. If I'm early to work I'll "drive-through" an empty spot to park with the nose outwards. The rearview mirrors make it very easy to keep track of where your car is going.

    Occasionally I've also managed to do some stupidly tight parking jobs where I literally had to climb out of the trunk :)

  • people keep talking about how "em dashes" are evidence of ai. i use them all the time. am i a computer now?

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  • Yeah idk. It's one of those things I fix into proper sentence structuring when I feel like writing more formally. Otherwise there may just be random parenthesis (like this with interesting thoughts) cluttered in occasionally - sorta lazy.

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  • Agreed - all Ghibli movies are beautiful in their own right, but taking that cinematic mastery and applying it in what is essentially a film about the tragedies of war?

    Shivers.

  • Top Ten Reasons Americans Want Enormous Cars

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  • I feel this so much in my 90s hatchback :'(

    The SUV plague is a european phenomenon too.

  • Tell me the truth ...

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  • ...or you can be coding assembler - it's all just bits to me

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    Are there any lemmy instances that support freedom of speech?

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  • Not really. The Fediverse has a slant towards american left/far left and moderation tends to reflect this in larger communities. Particularly the americentrism and hostility to different perspectives can make it difficult to have meaningful discussions on certain topics.

    (For context, I'd be impressed if I have more than ~30 countrymen active in the fediverse)

  • Moderate left

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  • Here's a few reasons:

    • Not funny
    • Not nuanced
    • Bad art
    • Comes off as smug/condescending (author)
    • Makes fun of/disparages broad groups of people
    • Assigns positions that people don't agree with to labels they identify with.

    Etc. Etc.

  • Books to read for a beginner atheist

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  • Honestly, I would recommend not books on atheism per se, but rather ones exploring non-theistic philosophy. Schools of thought amongst atheists and agnostics are just as diverse, if not more so than amongst theists. My world view is made up of many things, humanitarianism, empiricism and so forth. Ideas that build a foundation.

    There is also the more emotional side, finding beauty and purpose in life. Personally I find myself coming back to the works of Carl Sagan, particularly "The pale blue dot". Capturing, at least for me, a lot of essence.

    Here is a short excerpt that he read. Just, wow.