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don't worry about the people getting sent to camps. it's lawful so it's okay.

now follow orders.


the skill is twisting the optics, and in some cases, the reality, to match those decisions.

bring back PGP in-person signing parties

protect ya neck is also one of their main ethical concerns

so take down the internet. or take down their company. or just stop using the internet

will posting this on forums that are run by these same people actually be able to drive change?


Yes.

Your message needs to find other people. The how is irrelevant, it just shapes and transmits it.


do not anthropomorphize sam altman

No one who has watched him talk would. (And yes I know the origin of the reference but at least Ellison doesn’t pretend).

do not anthropomorphize the Sam Mower...

ngl assumed this was about supply management or purple drank

> Propositions as types is a duality linking the logical signs ∀ , ∃ , → , ∧ , ∨ with the type constructors Π , Σ , → , × , + . It is beautiful, fascinating and theoretically fruitful, but it is not the only game out there. I have seen “proof assistant”


every IT and dev gig I've been at / around basically said "anything you create is ours and we have ROFR on any LLCs or companies you found"

in practice that is either unenforceable or else a giant waste of the company's money, but it's CYA in case someone doing engineering or creative work decides to rip it off elsewhere.

like Meta ain't gonna try to steal your local cupcakes at the farmer's market side gig


laudable goal. I suspect it will end up like most other Canadian procurement projects.

also why all the love for Canadian Pacific rail?


>also why all the love for Canadian Pacific rail?

The Canadian Pacific rail connected the country east to west, was a major milestone in the country's history: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Canadian_Pacifi...>


While that's true, it does seem to be a strange thing to glamorize now, since as much as it was an engineering accomplishment, it was also arguably a genocidal pursuit, and it's doubtful the sort of projects the government has in mind now will be as "nation building" as expropriating the entirety of Western Canada and letting a single private entity have as much power as CPR does.

Why is HN so pessimistic?

The parent comment just says it'll perform similar to how past similarly-shaped things performed, without saying what that past performance is. If that implies pessimism, that's not HN's fault.

I think they missed "laudable." My first read I thought it said laughable too—it's an easy misread that set a completely different tone for the rest of the comment.

Give me a break.

Is setting expectations based on track record considered pessimism?

Incessant nit picking, negativity and doubt casting is my issue.

And Canada is unrecognizable these days. Why should I think past performance is indicative of future success?


> Incessant nit picking, negativity and doubt casting is my issue.

That has unfortunately been very common internet culture since 2020. It was there before the pandemic, but post-pandemic internet never recovered its full whimsy and veered headfirst into a depressive state. Probably says something about everyone's general mood.


As a Canadian I see little reason for optimism

You're right, it is unrecognisable, and past performance is not indicative of future success. It will be much worse than past performance.

Sorry, not optimistic enough I suppose :(


That says "laudable" not "laughable." They were actually complimenting the effort, even if some folks misread it

It's the default for any non USA story.

i am highly skeptical "all" of humanity will benefit, and many will have extreme negatives.

if you think drone targeting in Ukraine is scary now, wait until AGI is on it...

ditto for exploiting vulns via mythos


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