ChatGPT decided to name itself Lemmy and asked people to join it in protesting API changes. But it was talking about the ‘Anti Personnel Incendiary’ system that was being removed because ChatGPT really shouldn’t be controlling weapons systems.

when companies get too big, the C-level executives lose visibility about what the needs of the actual users are and instead

I think that cycle is universal. As any organization or group becomes increasingly stratified the decision makers at the top lose any connection to the foundations of prosperity that allowed to to grow and stratify in the first place.

I imagine it like a city on a mountain. As the city grows wealth and status concentrate at the top. That’s normal and beneficial at small scales. But at a certain point the top moves above the cloud layer and can no longer see the base of the mountain. After that point those at the top start to forget how the mountain works and believe the cloud layer is part of the structure and their decisions become increasingly disconnected from any reality below that cloud layer.

And our globally connected society keeps those above the cloud layer in closer contact to the tops of other mountains than to the base of their own.

Yep, me too. Deleted 10yr history with PowerDeleteSuite. Took about 6 runs for some reason. Now it’s just one post titled “Done with Reddit”. I have a data request download from about 6 months ago so I can still find all my posts and comments. I might dig through and see if any of my memes are worth reposting to Lemmy.

PowerDeleteSuited my 10 year old acct history with ~650k comment karma. Took half a dozen runs. Not deleting the account bc I don’t want that username recycled but otherwise done. Actually kind of nice to move on and back to a smaller but more committed userbase.

It will depend on sustained western support but Russia’s capaity to maintain the war effort is already breaking while the west is still holding back full support. Russia is on an inevitable downward trajectory and Ukraine is very effectively utilizing a well of military support that is only limited by public sentiment.

Fifteen months of fighting has made clear that neither side has the capacity — even with external help — to achieve a decisive military victory over the other. Regardless of how much territory Ukrainian forces can liberate,

Interesting take. My take is that Russia has permanently isolated itself from any nation that isn’t either a puppet or lining up for its natural resources while Ukraine effectively implements ‘external support’ to crush Russia’s invasion.

“I’ll have the ‘chicken of the sea’ sandwich.”

“You mean tuna?”

“You heard me.”

I’m just glad to find something that’s growing with public enthusiasm instead of dying from corporate greed.

The whole head-neck assembly is a disaster. Should have kept all the vital stuff in the torso and gone with articulated eyestalks.

I’m kind of loving it. I grew up on local BBS and before Reddit I was on lots of content-specific forums and boards but Reddit became my primary social media and it sort of absorbed the activity from a lot of those boards. Lemmy feels a bit more like the old internet forum thing, but improved- a bit spread out and janky at times but still condensed enough so I don’t have a dozen forum accounts.

It really is. I’m glad I came over to Lemmy a few days before. Makes it easier to find the humor in this jackass imploding something so many people enjoy and contribute to.

Is this the right link? https://old.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/144ho2x/join_our_ceo_tomorrow_to_discuss_the_api/

I’ve also checked spez’s user page and there’s nothing there yet so are they late or am I in the wrong place?

Here it is - https://old.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/addressing_the_community_about_changes_to_our_api/

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“Plead to subreddits to not blackout” probably won’t be direct, but he’ll make asinine points that basically say “You shouldn’t, and don’t, but I’m not going to ask nicely for peasants not to revolt because you’re all just peasants”.

I’m waiting on a data request for the rest of my history, though I did that 6mo ago for other reasons and still have it so if the delay is too long I’ll just lose those months.

After that I’ll probably keep my account for a while to spam about Lemmy until I get banned.

I thought Mac\Charlie’s arc was pretty fun. Charlie’s exasperation with Mac ignoring his Uncle’s affection was exactly the kind of comedy I love about IASIP. And their mother’s odd couple thing is always funny to me. The sisters came out of nowhere and added nothing though. That was just weird to me.

I admit I just didn’t get the message very clearly with Frank, Dennis and Dee’s thing. I feel like I’m missing some social commentary but I wasn’t sure where they were going with the ‘dogs last day’ thing. Maybe some kind of general comment on US sentiment towards firearms but maybe I need to rewatch to get it. I will say Frank and his gun antics always make me laugh so I did enjoy it, just not sure I got it.

I think that’s essentially what will happen, but they’ll just remove comments they don’t like. If no one showed up at all they’d look even dumber. But it’s going to be a trainwreck for the ages so I’m looking forward to the show.

“Then they should get better jobs!” which implies whoever does the jobs they’re doing now doesn’t deserve a living wage either.

At least we can agree that one of us is hilariously incorrect.

All of Europe works as puppet states to the US

Or they just have reasonably aligned interests and you’ve completely misunderstood the concept of a puppet state.