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  • Having been near death a couple times, I can say the human body seems to have mechanisms for physical trauma death more than advanced synthetic techniques.

    Bleeding out really just gets you very cold pretty quickly, and then very, very sleepy. Also a warm, cozy feeling the closer you get to falling asleep. Drowning is similar, and so is asphyxiation but there's a bit more panic and random colors first with asphyxiation before the void kicks in. You'd think it'd be the same as drowning but no - maybe with water there's some primordial memory of the womb that activates?

    If you do have a chance at surviving tho, make sure you stay awake.

  • The rules to remember when this is happening but before it gets that bad:

    1. remember your own advice
    2. have you tried turning it off and on again?
    3. have you explained the issue to the ducky?
    4. have you eaten?

    Rule 1 is the hardest tho

  • What's ironic about the LLM stuff too is that they are usually developed in Linux, not Windows, and when you do get one working, it works a bit faster. The issue, like most things Linux, is there's no good GUI options on Linux, because the same people working on it in Linux seem to assume you don't need one because you use Linux.

    As long as this remains the norm, adoption will be slow.

  • Oh yeah I already pulled a lever, but I pulled one many years ago by choosing to move to another country. And getting rid of my American citizenship (they charge taxes even if you don't live there anymore).

    This lever is now for Americans to pull.

    That said, systemic assassination has been proven to be very effective at changing things in the past. Sometimes for the worst, sometimes for the better. That's the gamble.

    The issue is that such a tactic is really hard to pull off, because it needs to be focused more on those already in power rather than those who are power adjacent. Power adjacent people are best removed once power has been transferred.

    Of course, this isn't the only lever for people like you to pull. You can choose a peaceful option, like not paying taxes anymore, therefore not funding a fascist regime. Of course, regardless of your choice, the state will use some form of violence against you.

    So no matter what, you're choices are to risk your comfort, or to be complacent. Even something like leaving is sacrificing comfort. So, what will you choose, FlyingSquid? Or had you already chosen long ago, like I did?

  • I hate to admit it but damnit, they're kinda right. At the core this really is a trolley problem. The whole point of the trolley problem is that it's a moral dilemma.

    It's just feeling harder on y'all now, because now it's more real. Sure right now it's easier to not pull the lever, but if Trump and other oligarchs end up doing much worse things, would you regret not having pulled it?

    The trolley problem was really always about revealing your values, and specifically if your morality chose the possible wellbeing of many over the few - even in tough situations. Because in real life, the choices aren't usually "1 vs 3" random people, but something like "1 terrible, 1 innocent, and 8 bad people" vs "society at large".

  • Yeah, I have to admit sealioning about sealioning is something I've never seen 😂

    I think it's because it's like watching a slow moving train crash. Like, in the evidence provided is how they gaslight, and then they proceed to gas light in these comment sections 🤣

    Just remember, for people like them, having the last word is "winning" an argument lol.