kata1yst

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[–] kata1yst 10 points 11 hours ago

The answer, as always with extremism, comes back to indoctrination, disenfranchisement, and finally, radicalization.

There have been tons of studies in this, but at a high level, men are indoctrinated by constantly being put under a lens of toxic masculinity by their peer groups and male role models.

Then they become disenfranchised from "mainstream" ideals, not hard to do with the mental health crisis and wealth disparity we see in the world every day. Or the simpler method of being raised in a small community (a church or small town) where such progressive ideas are frowned upon and demonized.

And finally, they search for meaning and inclusion in an 'in group'. This is natural human behavior, and is preyed upon by a laundry list of bad actors who are all too happy to offer answers, meaning, and most of all, some nebulous group to blame and attack for your problems. This step in particular has become easier and easier for more extreme groups with the advent of the internet.

It's a vicious cycle. And that's not to say the victims here are blameless, because of course they made their choices along the way, but they are indeed victims.

[–] kata1yst 43 points 1 day ago (6 children)

We know they hearded them off cliffs in many parts of the world, probably egged on by throwing spears and jabs.

It seems pretty unlikely they'd have regularly risked death by planting a spear and waiting for a charge. It's not like a multiple ton animal is going to be stopped by the spear.

[–] kata1yst 1 points 2 days ago

I guess it depends on scale.

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[–] kata1yst 6 points 4 days ago

Well realistically it's up to Samsung and Micron to respond. We could get a price war, which would be grand. But unfortunately we'll probably instead see price collusion once again and the main competition will effectively settle on a price they're all making a ton of money at.

[–] kata1yst 31 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Oh wow so that means the consumer cost will be -50%, right? ...Right?

[–] kata1yst 8 points 6 days ago

Entirely fair.

[–] kata1yst 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There are many ML/AI models that are doing a lot more good than harm. The shitty mass market chat bots and art generators are mostly hype and greed.

But Mathematics, physics, healthcare, and many other industries have embraced models that accomplish amazing things humans with similar resources just could not.

It's a problem of application.

[–] kata1yst 1 points 1 week ago

Yup. A seriously intelligent AI we probably wouldn't have to worry too much about. Morality, and prosocial behavior are logical and safer than the alternative.

But a dumb AI that manages to get too much access is extremely risky.

[–] kata1yst 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Well... now the paperclip thought experiment becomes slightly more prescient.

[–] kata1yst 28 points 1 week ago

I saw the bastard press the spatula down on burgers he was grilling.

[–] kata1yst 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Yes, true of most any national/international chain.

It's because they value large volume, year round availability, and high consistency from their beans and roasts, so that no matter what location you go to it tastes exactly the same.

To do that, they select and blend several bland varieties of coffee bean, put them through an aggressive industrial cleaning and drying (which reduces the natural fruity and funky flavors but minimizes costs) then roast them in huge batches to several steps past where a normal roaster would stop for a given roast (a darker roast gets rid of more of the unique flavors of the coffee cherry and brings out more uniform roast flavors instead).

Again, not something exclusive to Starbucks at all, and plenty of small coffee shops don't bother with the hassle and just buy cheap bulk coffee pre-roasted by large scale operations and will have similar results.

But man, when you get coffee made in small batches, with natural processing or even fermentation and gently roasted... It's an entirely different experience.

[–] kata1yst 24 points 1 week ago

My 1.5yo son once reeled in the runner on a table hand over fist to get my beer. It was over 8ft away across the table. All within 15 seconds or so.

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