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Deservedly so, imo

I agree, but this feels like just doing something tangential rather than addressing the issue. Until we clear out, clear up, and rebuild police departments from the ground up, they are going to continue to be motivated by racism and minority citizens will continue to be unfairly target and charged.

I'm not saying this isn't a good thing or that it won't help, but it feels like trying to put a single bandaid on somebody bleeding out after a bear mauling.

That said, we all only have the power of our station and our voice, so I do appreciate this prosecutor trying to do what they can with the power they has, and I do think they should be celebrated for it.

Imo there is an enormous difference between personal moral failings, hell even personal acts of evil, and endorsing a hateful and toxic ideology.

I don't expect my artists to be paragons of personal virtue, but I absolutely am not okay supporting artists who are actively spreading hate.

....Clint Eastwood? Are you implying Clint fucking Eastwood is a paragon of morality or am I misreading this somehow?

Doesn't matter. This dude has literally opened referred to himself as a Nazi and Hitler apologist and people still put his shit on playlists and radio stations are still playing his music.

Kanye is proof that morality is just posturing, and the moment it is an inconvenience the vast majority will immediately discard it.

I'm afraid things like this article implies we aren't headed that way, we've already arrived

I see your point and I agree, except that that isn't what these headlines are saying. Granted, perhaps that's just the standard issue of sensationalism and clickbait rather than being specific to this issue, but the point remains that while the articles may be as you claim, the headlines are still presented instead as "A chainsaw can't even drive a simple nail into wood without issue and that's why you should be angry anytime you hear a chainsaw." I dunno. I'm just so exhausted.

You are welcome to challenge my comments, Flying Squid. I lob zero objections.

Anyone else tired of these clickbait headlines and studies about LLM which center around fundamental misunderstandings of how LLMs work, or is it just me?

"ChatGPT didn't get a single answer on my algebra exam correct!!" Well yes, because LLMs work on predictive generation, not traditional calculation, so of course they're not going to do math or anything else with non-language-based patterns properly. That's what a calculator is for.

All of these articles are like complaining that a chainsaw is an inefficient tool for driving nails into wood. Yeah; because that's not the job this tool was made for.

And it's so stupid because there are ton of legitimate criticisms about AI and the AI rollout to be had; we don't have to look for disingenuous cases of misuse for critique.

You're right, and I don't intend to either.

Are the contributions of prior peoples rendered moot simply because their ancestral language is no longer being spoken?

Why is a larger or longer empire inherently a better one? I don't care about conquests and empires, I care about cultures, peoples, and innovations.

And frankly regarding religion, I don't think which delusion has the biggest fanbase is a valid indicator of anything more than popularity, tbh (especially when a good number of that "popularity" came at the end of a sword).

All that being said, I have to admit I didn't expect my off-hand quip in response to the memeification of the Roman Empire was going to get me into a debate with the official Roman Tourism Board, so I do have to admit that I feel a bit unequipped in this conflict.

edit: typo and expanding

Only if you decide to rank accomplishment solely based on footprint.

I'd argue there is vastly more to heritage and history than simply "but how much land did they conquer?"