you may not like it, but this is what peak freedom looks like

:)

Sounds like Starmer’s real passion is to be the president of Ukraine.

😆

I guess it’s a question of whether you’re designing a system from scratch, or having to deal with an existing one. I took the original question to mean the former, but yeah it’s not much help if you’ve already got classes and you have to figure out how to make them play nice together.

you’re malding

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this is the best app I’ve found https://www.superchinese.com/

Now the US needs to ban Duolingo for violating national security.

Having worked for nearly two decades in a functional language now, that’s precisely how I feel about the imperative style.

the overflowing copium in the last paragraph was my favorite part

Still think Ukraine is winning bud?

This sort of stuff has been going on since before Chavez though, and Venezuela is arguably stronger than ever today.

The whole knee jerk reaction against anything AI related is tiresome and utterly irrational. This seems like a perfectly legitimate use of technology. If I have a movie in a language I don’t know and I can’t find subs for it, then I’d much rather have AI subs than nothing at all.

I’m sure the US will do everything in their power to prevent this from happening, but so far they haven’t even been able to destabilize Venezuela. And it’s not for lack of trying. It’s also important to keep in mind that destabilization is primarily done through economic means, and that’s where BRICS becomes so important. As long as these countries are stable economically, it becomes difficult to sow unrest. We don’t know how this all plays out of course, but I think there’s good chance the US will continue losing its grip on Latin America going forward.

Hopefully, enough Latin American nations can all rally together and work with BRICS to develop their economies outside western interference. I recently saw an article talking about how Venezuela’s economy is finally growing again now that they managed to restructure it around US sanctions.

lol it’s like a self fulfilling prophecy at this point

That’s true. Since now the framing has been normalized, we might as well start pointing out where the problem lies though. In particular, I think it’s useful to note that rich western countries consume far more energy than the global majority, while doing practically nothing to facilitate the transition from fossil fuels.

Liberal democracy’s portrayal as the sole legitimate form of governance amounts to nothing more than modern-day marketing for colonialism, serving as a pretext for Western invasions and global atrocities masquerading as benevolent civilizing missions. Nothing really changed since the early days of colonialism, it’s just different window dressing for the masses.