My kingdom for a way to automatically filter all comments on X, GitHub, Bsky, Reddit, blogs, etc. that were authored by an LLM so my brain doesn't have to waste any neurons doing it.
zoomers have a unique inter-generational divide where older zoomers who grew up with desktops and computer labs act like millennials and younger zoomers who grew up with iPads and smartphones act like gen alpha
might have been a mistake for silicon valley to roll out their products with the sales pitch "it's over for [your way of making a living/deriving joy and meaning from existence]: say hello to our amazing human obsolescence machine! it only requires all of the water in the world!"
Major issue: Young people can't afford homes.
Dem and GOP bipartisan agreement: Eliminate property taxes *for seniors*, thereby both subsidizing empty nesters staying in big houses *and* shifting a larger fraction of the tax burden to young people!
GREAT SUCCESS!
Datacenters have basically zero employees. A few maintenance technicians, and security guards. That's it.
They're the perfect post-capitalist economic engine. They by (Marxist) definition cannot generate surplus value (no workers).
They can only extract rents.
Democratic Party’s Playbook of Opposing Fascism
Step 1: Point out fascism
Step 2: Fundraise off the threat of fascism and promise to oppose it.
Step 3: Do little to meaningfully oppose fascism when in power. Often collaborate with fascists.
Step 4: Gaslight the public.