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New comment by hardbass in "Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says"

hardbass — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 06:06:49 +0000

As I said the practical reality of who has more firepower is a different issue. It might as well be China who owns that patch of land 50 years from now for all we know.

New comment by hardbass in "IRGC claims it destroyed Amazon's Bahrain data center"

hardbass — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:30:01 +0000

What is a deal? I think its a matter of definition. America is in the 9th or 10th day of continually dropping bomb deals unprovoked after setting a peace deal. Under that definition of deal, I think Iran should drop some good deals on some American naval vessels until America stops this stupid war.

I am of course not certain why Iran's armament is of any concern to America. It might be of concern to another country of course, which loves to make America fight its wars.

New comment by hardbass in "IRGC claims it destroyed Amazon's Bahrain data center"

hardbass — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:50:11 +0000

Yes of course but you are forgetting Iran needs to arm itself to the teeth before the new deal, so that when American does dealy things during the deal they are repelled. Just like the last few times America did a "peace deal" with Iran and then started dropping bomb deals upon them.

New comment by hardbass in "IRGC claims it destroyed Amazon's Bahrain data center"

hardbass — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:47:46 +0000

I believe IDF accepts foreign volunteers if they are Jewish. I could be wrong. If you are a jew, you can join now. You don't have to wait for the USA to send troops.

New comment by hardbass in "Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says"

hardbass — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:28:05 +0000

Again, I should clarify that I am speaking of the justification not the practical reality which is where at present whoever has more firepower will manage to own the place. Even if no previous state is interested in it, it does not just make the land free for all morally and justly. It also applies to the houses of Jews that were stolen at end of WW2, it is recent enough I believe it should be restored and any present owner should be compensated and let out.

New comment by hardbass in "Infinities, impossibilities, and the man in the white linen suit"

hardbass — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:14:12 +0000

Yes but as of yet physical systems have barely scratched even more than 0% of simple turing machines, so presently I'd consider that possibility a wild speculation.

New comment by hardbass in "Infinities, impossibilities, and the man in the white linen suit"

hardbass — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:10:31 +0000

Some problem being too chaotic or computationally expensive to perform is a completely different thing that claiming something supernatural. And there is hardly any reason for computers to be confined to silicon digital logic, using coprocessors is a standard procedure, so whatever element if any which exhibits hypercomputation (which is highly doubtful as the universe barely even reaches even a small fraction of the possibilities of turing machines let alone beyond them) or otherwise more efficient classical computation, we can isolate the element and use it as a chip.

New comment by hardbass in "Infinities, impossibilities, and the man in the white linen suit"

hardbass — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 19:08:21 +0000

As of yet we have no such evidence of physical systems that are more powerful than Turing machines. We will consider if ever such evidence arises.

New comment by hardbass in "Someone Used AI to Write an Unauthorized Biography of Me"

hardbass — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:17:52 +0000

If they hate these companies why is usage of llms increasing so much?

Artists are the wrong people to ask. Ask non-artists and non friends of artists how they feel about being able to generate images on command.

New comment by hardbass in "Someone Used AI to Write an Unauthorized Biography of Me"

hardbass — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:13:50 +0000

How do data centers poison and kill people?

New comment by hardbass in "Infinities, impossibilities, and the man in the white linen suit"

hardbass — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:06:38 +0000

If the theorem is truly general ie any algorithm not just certain classes of neural net training methods, then is a moot point. Computers, humans or any other physical system can't solve it.

New comment by hardbass in "Infinities, impossibilities, and the man in the white linen suit"

hardbass — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:59:01 +0000

The worse confusion they seem to have is they think mathematical theorems are only applicable to "computers". Mathematical theorems have no escape, they apply just as much to human brains as to computers. If these theorems were a blocker for developing general intelligence then how do humans exist.

New comment by hardbass in "Infinities, impossibilities, and the man in the white linen suit"

hardbass — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:57:45 +0000

I don't understand the point at all. Mathematical theorems like godel's incompleteness theorem or the halting problem are applicable to everything including the human brain. If they were a limitation to developing general intelligence then human beings wouldn't have existed.

New comment by hardbass in "Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says"

hardbass — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:46:47 +0000

If it were something completely alien like remote tribes then the property rights concepts would need some bridging, but the Levant has had traditional governments for centuries, so in that case I think the fact that it went through a period of instability does not negate that people, including in living memory had legal documentation and ownership deeds to a valid government. In my view, claims should thus pass to the last legitimate government if the time period has been so short. Again I should make it clear I am speaking independent of the fact of who has more firepower right now, ie the legally just solution would be repelling the invaders.

New comment by hardbass in "Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says"

hardbass — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:17:23 +0000

The rightful property owners shooting for defending themselves from the violent robber of course.

New comment by hardbass in "Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says"

hardbass — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:57:22 +0000

Past crimes being hard or impossible to prosecute doesn't mean current crimes can't be prosecuted. Israel is illegal today and today it is just and moral to do everything possible to repel them. I would have supplied Natives with fighter jets if they were being invaded by "Americans" today. If some entity manages to keep it for 200 years without trouble, then I'd consider it a legal state. And that entity might as well call it Qin Shang or Provincia del Levante or anything else.

This is of course distinct from the mere practical fact of some entity owning some place. Russia currently owns places that are justifiably Ukrainian property but it doesn't make its ownership claims valid. If it can keep on to it for a few centuries stably which is to say without internal threads to break off or constant barrages of freedom fighters haven't existed for 200 years and people legitimately identify as Russian, then it is Russia. Otherwise it is not, and I support arming and aiding Ukrainians to repel the invaders.

I believe we must help Iran, Lebanon, etc build nukes. This will have the added benefit of the gulf arab countries being forced to build nukes and Israel's mindless hyperviolence having a degree of checks and balances put upon it.

Let me ask you a question now, you said you don't agree with everything your government does. Would you disagree with shooting illegal settlers who are right now robbing others lands? Why or why not?

New comment by hardbass in "Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says"

hardbass — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:20:09 +0000

Yes, whoever manages to keep it stably for 200 years or so. The ones that manage to do so might name it Qin Shang for all we know.

New comment by hardbass in "Stop saying that AI is just a tool and it only matters how it is used"

hardbass — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 07:35:02 +0000

Who is stopping the third world from using and forking open source tools? I think its a nonsense excuse. Many of their people become accomplished developers when they immigrate to first world countries so foss is not the one at fault but crappy governments and crappy cultures are.

New comment by hardbass in "Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says"

hardbass — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 07:18:12 +0000

No, as I had said before, timing maters. Fresh wounds still bleed. Centuries or millennia old ones are too late to be reconsidered. Past crimes cannot be changed but current crime can and should be fought. Eg if the people of Hong Kong want a greater independence from China, I'd fully support that. But english fighting normans is too late.

New comment by hardbass in "Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says"

hardbass — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:57:40 +0000

Where in anything I wrote do you see me applying special rules to Israel? The very previous reply I wrote is completely general. If "Americans" were colonizing the natives today, then I'd support supplying the natives a nuclear program, fighter jets, tanks, guns, etc. You seem to have difficulties understanding an extremely simple and clearly stated point: no, a region lacking a formal state absolutely does NOT make it suitable for the construction of a new state UNLESS IT IS DEVOID OF PEOPLES OR EXISTING LAND CLAIMS AND OR THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE PROVIDE AGREEMENT TO THE SAME. This applies to Israel, America, Japan, China, anyone else.

Why 3000 years? I go back further. Restore Inanna, Baal, Ishtaar, Set, Osiris. Return the levant to the original civilizations and their descendants.

Unfortunately none of the points you quoted are negotiable in isolation, Israel was a very recent false creation and the best solution after much thinking I have come up with is indeed relitigating all land claims to the last government ie British or Ottoman and the points regarding innocent victims vs invaders. Obviously this also means "Israel" must either willingly accept these terms or be subjected to a continued campaign of repelling by the true stakeholders and suitable international military force first, both of which are completely justified under most reasonable interpretations of property and land ownership.