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New comment by smcg in "Anthropic reported diary entry to police, woman faces felony charge"

smcg — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:06:19 +0000

How do you get that through to someone who doesn't even understand that mass surveillance and profiling is a problem? Or to young people who have only lived in a society of mass surveillance?

New comment by smcg in "People are asking ChatGPT to help them decide how to vote in the midterms"

smcg — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:45:04 +0000

What's stopping someone from paying to influence AI results?

New comment by smcg in "Why the Bronze Age Collapsed"

smcg — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:14:56 +0000

Well they were a people, who came from somewhere! Are you really saying that these battles didn't happen?

New comment by smcg in "Why the Bronze Age Collapsed"

smcg — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:29:20 +0000

But I bet he would rant about immigrants who don't affect him at all.

New comment by smcg in "Why the Bronze Age Collapsed"

smcg — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:23:54 +0000

Okay then, who did the Egyptians fight during the Battle of the Delta during the reign of Ramesses III?

New comment by smcg in "September 2026: The world today, as seen by one Polish guy"

smcg — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:20:06 +0000

The US has materially supported terrorist groups in the Middle East and South America.

New comment by smcg in "Everybody’s home. No one’s coming over"

smcg — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:51:56 +0000

Um, I take after my mother, Gigachad, so yes it does have to be a huge production. Just yesterday I finished the leftovers from a party a week ago.

I know what you mean, but the real issue for most people is time, money, and social connections. Dinner parties were way down before TikTok. Most people I know cannot host at all, either they live with their parents or their apartment is in such rough shape that it would take days of cleaning to be able to invite people over.

New comment by smcg in "You are no longer invited to dinner"

smcg — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 18:56:16 +0000

I'm confused because it sounds like you're describing social anxiety, but then saying it's not social anxiety. I have social anxiety so I can't really imagine why somebody would act like that if they didn't.

New comment by smcg in "500k facial scans at UK stations yield no arrests, 1 false positive"

smcg — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:12:11 +0000

brexit proved that the UK would rather stab itself than show accord with anyone

New comment by smcg in "Everybody’s home. No one’s coming over"

smcg — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:04:24 +0000

That doesn't explain the declines before that. It requires a lot of domestic skills and time to host a good party.

New comment by smcg in "28% of job postings on company career sites have been open over 90 days"

smcg — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:13:10 +0000

Or they don't have options and have to put up with it.

New comment by smcg in "28% of job postings on company career sites have been open over 90 days"

smcg — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:08:57 +0000

What if your $100,000 worker is actually more than twice as productive as your $50,000 worker?

New comment by smcg in "28% of job postings on company career sites have been open over 90 days"

smcg — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:08:12 +0000

That's unusual. Most applicants are sending out dozens or hundreds of applications for a sub-20% response rate.

New comment by smcg in "There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy"

smcg — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:45:47 +0000

"Contains 0% Juice"

you can't call it juice if there's no juice

New comment by smcg in "Solitaire Alone Together"

smcg — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:44:13 +0000

SAT! Solitaire Alone Together!

New comment by smcg in "Teen Social Media Bans Miss the Point"

smcg — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:49:55 +0000

I'm not sure that most people have a concept for what positive online engagement is.

New comment by smcg in "I Don't Like LLMs"

smcg — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:18:41 +0000

those can be cultivated.

New comment by smcg in "Cops Search Flock Cameras for Reasons of 'LMAO,' 'IDK,' and 'Asdfg'"

smcg — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:25:12 +0000

Wow, they eliminated crime! Amazing!

New comment by smcg in "Brewdog's Business Book has aged like milk [video]"

smcg — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:52:44 +0000

I can't watch videos right now... is there an article about this?

New comment by smcg in "What a time to be alive – rouge AI agents attack RubyGems.org"

smcg — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:21:59 +0000

if they weren't, shouldn't there be lawsuits?