There is a specific archetype of person in the tech community: the one who only does something because someone else told them it was impossible.
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@trobuling@Aella_Girl Under natural conditions of scarcity or forced political unity, they inevitably come into conflict. Someone that cares about long term civilizational survival and growth finds it rational to make sacrifices today, the rational YOLO hedonist completely disagrees
@benduchek@moriah_bridges Back in the old days they'd have this book where they "doxxed" everyone's number and made it publicly available.
Somehow, society did not spontaneously collapse from this
> It's July 1944
> The allies have just successfully landed in Normandy and attempts to dislodge them have failed
> The Soviets are crushing you in the East
> You're desperately trying to resolve the situation
> A random mf starts making jokes
Yeah I'd crash out too tbh
@flowersslop Crazy thing is that if you went back in time and showed someone this in 2024 they would believe you. That's how insane GPT 5 hype was back then
@TheGeorgePu It's cargo cult AI sycophancy. Bragging about how much in tokens you spend is like bragging about how many lines of code you can write, all that matters is useable output