Hêro

Software Engineer & Founder of Potan and Hackasuly, MSc Artificial Intelligence.Saving the world, one line of code at a time...or just procrastinating

[Scharo Bajalan @ScharoBajalan]

The most pressing issue for the Kurds is the US wishes for the Kurds to become active participants in the war against the Iranian regime and its proxies in Iraq.

What must be said first: the Kurdish factions shall make their decisions; they know the regime and its capabilities. We as the Kurdish community should not pressure our forces to partake in a war that we can’t win.

The Kurds are being offered what the USA has always offered the Kurds: A transactional alliance.
Kurdish forces will be armed, *trained* and they will be given the opportunity to call in air support when possible/needed.
It is very similar to the war against the Islamic State - this similarity however may become the reason for why the Kurdish factions will not partake in this war like the USA wishes - even as we will inevitably become part of this war.

1. The war against the Islamic State taught us that the partners in the war will seek to work with a different partner as soon as a different partner becomes feasible.
In Iraq, the USA prioritised arming the PMF over arming the Peshmerga - in Syria they prioritised arming the *FSA* over arming the YPG

Especially in regards to arming military factions it must be highlighted that both the SDF/YPG and the Peshmerga received less arms and less modern equipment as the other factions in the conflict-region - even as the other factions declared their hostility towards the USA/EU before forging the alliance.

2. As conditions on the ground change, so do the conditions of the alliance.
Guarantees become non-binding agreements only under ideal conditions.

3. Blame will be sought within the Kurdish factions to not uphold pre-agreed upon terms.
The Kurds received extraordinary backlash for liberating Raqqah and Deirezzor from the Islamic state or for defending Kirkuk against the Islamic State - as soon as another potential partner emerged or more valuable regional powers interfered, Kurds were dropped without a second thought.

In short: It will not matter what the USA promises or guarantees to the Kurds every transactional alliance with them has proven to be binding for us but non-binding for them.

Or as US envoy Tom Barrack has said *The Kurds served their purpose, it was a transactional alliance and the USA didn’t promise the Kurds anything*

The big miscalculation of the USA and other actors was to believe that the events involving Kurds in the KRG and Rojava will not have direct consequences on how the Kurds perceive the USA in other parts of Kurdistan, such as Rojhelat.

However, every Kurd must acknowledge the reality that the war - in which we sit right in the middle of - will inevitably pull us in; even if we were to stay neutral.

So the question should move away from “should we enter the war” and instead we must raise the question of “when would the conditions be ideal to enter the war”

Kurds are faced with the choices
A) Fight the Iranian regime now while its military capabilities are evidently still intact
B) Fight the Iranian regime at its weakest point in the future

In both cases we will end up with the same outcome - and the USA has proven to us that there will be no *rewards* for being overly committed to aiding the USA in achieving their objectives.

[Hêro @Herormo]

زۆر خۆشحاڵم بەڕاستی کە چیتر شاپەرست و فاشی و شۆڤێنییەکان چیتر ژن، ژیان، ئازادی بەکارناهێنن.

ئەم دروشمە هی ئێمەیە کە بۆ ئازادی جەنگاوین و دەجەنگین، نەک بۆ داگیرکەر!

[Hêro @Herormo]

@ScharoMaroof @grok can you explain? and compare to whats happening with Iran now

[Hêro @Herormo]

@ScharoMaroof Abdanan*

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

A beautiful blend of physics and art propelled by wind. By Theo Jansen.

[Hêro @Herormo]

Good paper to read:

https://t.co/J38gmO98bb

[Hêro @Herormo]

Imagine looting a land dry, then claiming its people owe you.

Ultra-nationalist Iranians were mad that Dr. Caucher Birkar dedicated his Fields Medal to Kurds instead of the mentioning the enforced 'Iranian identity.'

[Hêro @Herormo]

They cried that he ‘took advantage’ of Iran’s taxpayer-funded education :)) ignoring how Iran has spent decades extracting Kurdistan’s vast resources (oil, water, minerals) to fund central development, leaving Kurdish regions in poverty

[Jimmy Wales @jimmy_wales]

I think Elon is unhappy that Wikipedia is not for sale. I hope his campaign to defund us results in lots of donations from people who care about the truth. If Elon wanted to help, he'd be encouraging kind and thoughtful intellectual people he agrees with to engage.

https://t.co/RU9YwbvqOI

[Karim Franceschi @karimfranceschi]

12/ Jolani’s transition is methodical: tax offices, ID cards, police, licensing, and courts — seized in silence.

But it’s more than bureaucracy. It’s "The Monopoly of Violence."

HTS isn’t just a faction now. They are the state. Their adversaries? "Enemies of the state."

[Karim Franceschi @karimfranceschi]

9/ What is HTS building? Not the “local councils” Jolani promised, nor “decentralization.” Those were lies. If HTS sought local autonomy, they’d dismantle Ba’athist institutions—not inherit them. Jolani isn’t tearing down Syria’s state—he’s becoming it.

[Hêro @Herormo]

@HaremKarem @realDonaldTrump 😭😭😂

[Sina Ahmadi @sina_ahm]

Amazing progress on DOLMA-NLP🥳
Some languages have exceeded my expectations, with even very low-resourced varieties like Kolyai & Garusi now represented.
One more week to go! I'm incredibly proud of all the amazing volunteers who’ve made this happen. Let’s finish strong!
#NLProc

[Sina Ahmadi @sina_ahm]

🚀 DOLMA-NLP continues to grow! 🌍
New advancements in Hawrami, Laki, Talysh & Zazaki translations thanks to our amazing community.

Do you speak any of these? Join us in developing machine translation for Middle Eastern languages!
More info: https://t.co/5EJUkJerig
#NLProc

[Sina Ahmadi @sina_ahm]

>95% of languages are low-resourced in language technology, with languages in the Middle East especially underrepresented.

Help us change this! 🆘🚨📢
If you speak Mazandarani, Gilaki, Tati, Luri, Laki, Shabaki, Achomi, Southern Kurdish, or Hawrami, we need your help!
#NLProc

[Sina Ahmadi @sina_ahm]

هاوڕێیان سپاس بۆ لایکەکانتان بەڵام بەڕاستی کەسم بۆ هەورامی و کوردی خوارین نەدیوەتەوە 😞 ئەوە بۆ؟!؟

باوڕتان هەبێ ئاخێوەریان بام بۆ خۆم کارم لە سەر دەکردن، بەڵام پێویستم بە خۆبەخشان هەیە کە لە وەرگێڕانی هەندێک ڕستەدا یارمەتی بدەن.

ئەگەر کەسێک دەناسن پێیان بڵێن تکایە!
#بانگهێشت

[Hêro @Herormo]

@sina_ahm من هەم بەڵام جارێ خەریکی تاقیکردنەوەکانمم، ئەگەر بەپەلە نییە، بەسەرچاو :)

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

My opinion of @elonmusk
I like his cars (I own a 2015 S, and 2023 S), his rockets, his solar energy systems, and his satellite communication system.
I also like his positions on open source and patents.

But I very much disagree with him on a number of issues.

I disagree with how he treats his scientists.
Technology/product development may not need openness and publications to advance, but forward-looking *research* sure does, whether it's in AI, neural interfaces, material science, or whatever.
Secrecy hampers progress and discourages talents from joining the effort.

I also disagree with the hype. I mean, expressing an ambitious vision for the future is great.
But telling the public blatantly false prediction ("AGI next year", "1 million robotaxis by 2020", "AGI will kill us all, let'spause",...) is very counterproductive (also illegal in some cases).

More importantly, I think his public positions on many political issues, journalism, the media and the press, and academia, are not just wrong but dangerous for democracy, civilization, and human wellfare.
Say what you want about "traditional media" but you can't really have reliable information without professional journalists working for a free and diverse press. Democracy can't exist without it, which is why only authoritarian ennemies of democracy rail against the media.

Finally he doesn't seem to hesitate to disseminate batshit-crazy conspiracy theories as long as they serve his interests (e.g. boosting "PizzaGate", "illegal immigrants corrupt elections in the US", "person X is a pedo",...).
One would expect a technological visionary to be a rationalist. Rationalism doesn't work without Truth.

This has become particularly concerning since he bought himself a platform to disseminate his dangerous political opinions, conspiracy theories, and hype.
He has been quite naïve about the difficulties of running a social network and the (legal) necessity of doing content moderation. One can claim to be a 1st Amendment absolutist, but a lot of content *must* be taken down by law, e.g. terrorist propaganda, child exploitation, blatant hate speech (in the EU and other regions).
Then, there is dangerous disinformation that puts public health in danger or corrupts the democratic process. You have to moderate that too.
Content moderation is a complicated problem whose best answer is not an attitude of total laissez-faire but a complex trade-off.

[Hêro @Herormo]

@GinWithLemon @designershumor Role'y developeri