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Add another card, in my case I used a virtual card, then you can remove that card. If you use a virtual card you can invalidate that card when you’re done.

This quote ignores the issue of sociopaths, which may constitute up to 10% of people in every group.

How so? You don’t have to have empathy to see the non-human costs. Or do I not understand what you’re saying?

Weapons usable in war should be as easy to get as notebooks and pens. Or at least as smartphones. Then we’ll see some kind of peace (the medieval way, there’ll be more small-scale violence, but less large-scale violence as in war, and less death all things considered).

Correct me if I’m wrong. What I’m understanding from this is that your claim is that more weapons means more peace on a larger scale? I could agree, in theory, if we were still fighting with sticks and blades. However it seems like you’re claiming that making modern weapons of war accessible as notebooks and pens is the solution to large-scale violence?

I agree, there was a lot that could have been done to avoid it but humans (as a group) are stupid.

There’s just some lines that should not be crossed, genocide, slavery, etc. and when that happens it comes down to who has the bigger stick and can stomach the suffering.

I am not an expert by any means, what I am sure of is that there were opportunities for dialog but humans did what humans do best. They ‘othered’ the fuck out of each side and made sure that this was the only possible outcome.

Which is no problem for them! Since they’re going to be rewarded in the afterlife! So who cares that they just shit in the proverbial sandbox!? /s

That is one way to view it. However due to everyone, in including blue collar workers, having their lively hoods threatened by AI we need to ask the question if were okay, as a society, for there to be more jobs eliminated than created. Are we okay with the current ways and (some would say the illusion of) the free market controlling everything? Are we okay with letting people suffer needlessly? Would you be okay with looking into the eyes of someone you know and saying “too bad that’s the free market baby!” Because it’s starting with the arts but it’s not stopping there. It’s only a matter of time before it will not need many warm bodies to do things. The knowledge works are next on the list and it won’t be long after that where manual labors will be impacted. This is all WAY before we even hit AGI.

I’m not saying that AI taking jobs is a bad thing. I think it is an amazing thing but we need to start embracing it as an opportunity for things to be more Star Trek and less dystopian hellscape. That means changing this mindset that a lot of us have and start asking ourselves how do we want the world to look in 100 or even 500 years from now.

HTH

I totally agree with you on that. Still out of all the other possible scenarios at our current stage of civilization you gotta admit a benevolent overlord is the best case scenario

Abso-fucking-lutely. There’s almost no reason there wouldn’t be any.

Are we likely to meet them? no.

If we did meet them now the best case is a childhood’s end situation.

That being said it’s likely we might find something on Europa or Titan if we’re correct about those moons. But that’s a long shot at best.

Ahh then more than likely they purchased a training program that is overly broad to save some money. Probably figured it won’t hurt to make sure people know what herpes looks like so Quagmire doesn’t end up spreading it around the floor

Medical IT? Or is your company a contractor of some medical company and it’s just boiler plate training for all contractors? Or are you likely to have some kind of contact with these concerns in the course of your duties?

If not then maybe your employer got sued for something and that kind of training is part of the settlement?

Yeah for the most part I have. There’s still a few things and reasons I’m still using it for. I expect that it will become less and less as time goes on

Yeah, They offer XMPP hosting and other services. Having a bank account setup to collect donations and what would make it easier for B2B transactions.

Given all the scams and stuff these days I can see where that would raise some concerns though.

I’ve been using them for nearly a decade. I think they’re one of the only places around that host XMPP like that too.

Reminds me of my ex with BPD…

Lol yeah, but why do that when https://conversations.im/ is doing an amazing job of making great software and running an amazing service? Plus with super easy and simple E2E it’s pretty damn secure and private!

I LOVE XMPP!

I’m still upset that it didn’t take off like email did. It is/was the best federated instant messaging platform ever.

However with things like discord and to a lesser extent matrix, I don’t see it ever making a comeback and being widely used. I think google dropping it and going full hangouts was the final nail in its coffin 😞

Yeah, I ended up canceling my premium and I’m now using it to donate to lemmy / mastodon instances I’m migrating too. They (spez) has destroyed any (trust) chances of me going back too.