Kimmy W

i'm pointing to the HK protestors.

they knew this. and at least some of them felt strongly that theirs was the right path, even after everything they went through.

wrote some words about "when is performative protest meaningful if it leads to worse outcomes than capitulation"

(my answer: idk, but it's not always worthless, even in loss conditions.)

i'm citing 1000x resist because it was written by a team who made the choice and wanted very strongly to inspire others in similar situations to make a similar choice.

idk much about HK protests, but "we still felt this was the best path even though we lost" is an important takeaway

but it's not nothing.

i'm responding narrowly to your point that messaging "accomplishes nothing" and "doesn't affect the world."

i strongly disagree. sometimes it sends a signal to others. i wish that had more value than it does.

did girlguides "resist until they couldn't?" does their choice lead to more good? idk.

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but no.

we can't say that.

because it has gone down in history: that the protestors resisted fiercely

that they fought for a different future

until they couldn't

youtu.be/OqD3o6aGVy4?...

hundreds of thousands marching shoulder to shoulder

biggest demonstrations in HK history

the world watched it all happen, heard their voices, saw them bleed

if they stayed silent...didn't stand up for themselves...the world would say, "this is how it always was. this is what the people wanted"

you remember the 🇭🇰 hong kong protests?

"all it did was expedite the end... brought their fist down harder, faster... they lost, didn't they?"

but it wasn't just about winning

I recognize that such a statement would be legally inadvisable, but it’s the Right Thing To Do, and that’s more important in these sorts of spiritual battles

Totally understand what they’re doing and why but even though the position makes sense, it’s the coward’s way. I think it’s the wrong call

“We will not change our policies around this even though it exposes us to liability. If a disgruntled parent wants to sue us, they can, but they’ll be hurting our group and what we stand for by doing so” is a way better play by a mile

I share this question and earnestly think you’re making the wrong call here

bankrupting anthropic, one "yaay thank you!" at a time

I suspect that we really do need to emphasize a much more social learning/collaborative knowledge approach to this versus individual understanding, that's the piece that software culture doesn't like to admit though!

And the study performed at Bundeswehrkrankenhaus?

This reads like a parody

bet Wittenberg could do it

it’s on the “animal style” menu.

well-known but not official, you have to know to ask for it during your consult

That post was a message

That post was not a post of honor

The danger of that post exists in your time as it did in ours

This helped me understand, thank you

Quoted post supposes that anti-AI sentiment will become a major factor in left wing politics

Quote post is saying AI tools are currently too popular to foresee anti-AI sentiment taking hold on the left

Is that not directly engaging with the argument? Sure he’s wrong but that’s besides your point

I understand Google considers their TPU tech a point of competitive advantage, there’s no way they would want that division to be spun off.

Google and GDM certainly use TPUs for training

I know like, T Rex, triceratops, but like, nothing else. The long neck one? The one guy with a dinner plate on her back? Idfk but I need to learn

Connection to the users and their desire paths is the most important path of working in security and nobody goddamn does it. You are gonna make compromises. And they're all gonna be worth it. Because you understand what they want and you're gonna deliver it and they're gonna stop doing stupid shit.

so it turns out that carrying around d a roll of dinosaur stickers on my purse at all times comes with a sacred responsibility of knowing the different kinds of dinosaurs

I was not prepared for this, what’s the best way to learn the broad varieties?

Are there like recommended flash card sets or

I just think it would be neat if turkeys used the same technique to draw us

(apologies if you don’t see yourself that way, guessing at shorthand here)

this is actually really fascinating, thank you!

I’d summarize your position as being a chuunibyou Star Wars fan, and that’s badass

if my read is accurate, have you given the books a shot? You might especially like the original Thrawn trilogy and Wraith Squadron!

imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like

screenshot of text: Triple-Base64 Encoding All exfiltrated data is encoded through three layers of base64 before upload: content → base64 → base64 → base64 This serves multiple anti-forensic purposes: Evades GitHub's built-in secret scanning Bypasses third-party secret detection tools Makes casual browsing of repository contents ineffective Complicates forensic analysis of stolen data

movie: we can't trace their payload, it's behind two layers of base64!

computer knowers: *groan*

reality:

I’m curious what you particularly dislike about the prequels! They’ve grown on me as I’ve gotten older