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one of the world's great mysteries is how swedish and german can both be perfectly normal germanic languages with very reasonable spelling and pronunciation, while in between sweden and germany there is somehow denmark

you know, sweden is very lucky that its capital happens to be named in a way that native english speakers will pronounce correctly without help

in reality, pulling everything into the computer does empower people to some extent, but the reason corporations want to do it has always been so that they can impose their own new constraints in the new context. the goal is not for humanity to solve its problems, but for corporate entities to be in charge of the problems and profiting by them.

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Apple SVP of marketing, apparently: so our core message should really be that Apple will destroy all the things you love, and sell you a joyless piece of glass to replace them

i think its really cool how they named the moon luna, in honor of all the trans girls named luna

i love the trans representation!

Here are some common acronyms used by tech companies in 2024, and what they mean.

AI = Always Inaccurate

AGI = A Guy in India

LLM = Large Lying Model

GPT = Great at Producing Trash

Oh, no, China may not get access to software that stole everything it knows, constantly makes shit up and pollutes like it is a billionaire with a fleet of jets! Whatever will they do?

probably the best marginally abstract thing I’ve done, that probably doesn’t even count

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