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hellothere ,

Stupid sexy Paul!

hellothere ,

Erm, there being dignity in labour is like the foundational concept to socialism...

A bit odd for this to be upvoted here.

hellothere , (edited )

I'm not gonna pretend that life under capitalism means all labour is equally dignified, or rewarding, or a benefit to your community.

But, the fundamental difference between the working class and the owners is that we work, and they don't. They only have their livelihood because of us, and that is why we are valuable, and they are not.

Your skills and abilities are dignified. The future is NOT us all choosing to be idle. That is a bourgeois ideal, and is valueless.

Obviously I'm not counting people who have no option. Ableism can also go fuck itself.

hellothere ,

Even highly automated, an idle future would mean no change.

That would require essentially a perfect, and unchanging, society.

That doesn't sound realistic given our social nature.

hellothere ,

Cheers dude!

hellothere ,

Mildly?!

hellothere ,

I love how Gabe is clearly in a Premier Inn when recording this.

PWI: Eddie Kingston is confirmed to have suffered a tibular (sic) fracture to his leg, We are told he is hoping to return by All In: London 2024 but that will depend on whether surgery is required. ( pwinsider.com )

Bit of extra info than the last report so here ya go. Also unclear if they meant tibial or fibular in place of "tibular" but bone broke is the important thing.

hellothere ,

Or you could post a video....

hellothere ,

Don't tell me what I can and can't do!

hellothere ,

Sucks for Eddie, buuuuut I can't wait to call Gabe Kidd every name under the sun at tonight's NORTH show.

hellothere ,

It's almost like low quality mechanisation is something that should be resisted. I wonder where I've heard that before...

hellothere ,

Oh wow, the gunman must barely believe his luck, Fico basically walked right up to him.

hellothere ,

I'm so happy for Gabe, it feels just like yesterday he was in the old bingo hall in Newcastle losing to everyone.

It's amazing what he's become.

hellothere ,

Casting Ibushi as Drake is far too generous.

hellothere ,

If you have Fite/TrillerTV+, put a reminder in your calendar to watch NORTH's "Let The Cannons Fly 5" show when it is released in a few weeks.

https://www.trillertv.com/vl/p/north-wrestling/

There are multiple great matches on the card, especially the main event.

hellothere ,

And they smell bad too!

hellothere ,

It's an old, bad, joke on the two definitions of revolting.

hellothere ,

Because we believe! 👏 👏

hellothere ,

300 for the Hydro?! Jesus fucking christ.

hellothere ,

This feels far too stupid to be real tbh. Out with injury for ages, comes back and has one match, is reinjured to a career ending degree which coincidentally fits the storyline perfectly?

hellothere ,

But if that's the case, then it's disgustingly irresponsible to have been medically cleared.

It's so much worse if this is legit.

hellothere ,

Fair point, my only counter would be that a pec tear isn't career ending, but I get what you mean.

hellothere ,

This is the sort of behaviour I expect from our former colony, not my Commonwealth brothers.

Very disappointing.

Just respectfully lust in silence like the rest of us, weirdo.

hellothere ,

Daddy Mando stands alone.

hellothere ,

Branston or death.

hellothere ,

Be part of it, sure.

Take over? No.

It's already fairly easy to pump out 2D and 3D generated images, without using "AI" to do so, but there is still a large demand for real people doing real things. That isn't going to go away.

hellothere ,

You clearly have no idea what the luddites actually stood for.

hellothere ,

I want my Lucy Liu Bot as much as the next guy, but I don't see why you feel this challenges the ability of technology to "take over" sex and relationships.

hellothere ,

So, I didn't downvote you because that's not how I operate.

The Luddites were not protesting against technology in and of itself, they were protesting against the capture of their livelihoods by proto-capitalists who purposefully produced inferior quality goods at massive volume to drive down the price and put the skilled workers out of business.

They were protesting market capture, and the destruction of their livelihood by the rich.

This sort of monopolistic practice is these days considered to be a classic example of monopolistic market failure.

There is a massive overlap between the philosophy of the Luddites, and the cooperative movement.

The modern usage of the term is to disparage the working class as stupid, feckless, and scared. This has never been true.

hellothere ,

AI is a tool that should be kept open to everyone

I agree with this principle, however the reality is that given the massive computational power needed to run many (but not all) models, the control of AI is in the hands of the mega corps.

Just look at what the FAANGs are doing right now, and compare to what the mill owners were doing in the 1800s.

The best use of LLMs, right now, is for boilerplating initial drafts of documents. Those drafts then need to be reviewed, and tweaked, by skilled workers, ahead of publication. This can be a significant efficiency saving, but does not remove the need for the skilled worker if you want to maintain quality.

But what we are already seeing is CEOs, etc, deciding to take "a decision based on risk" to gut entire departments and replace them with a chat bot, which then invents hallucinates the details of a particular company policy, leading to a lower quality service, but significantly increased profits, because you're no longer paying for ensured quality.

The issue is not the method of production, it is who controls it.

hellothere ,

I think we're talking past each other. You seem to be addressing a point I have not made.

A piece of technology is not something that exists outside of a political context. As an example, your repeated use of consumer, as a term for individuals, is interesting to note.

Why do you view these people as consumers, rather than producers? Where is the power in that relationship? How does that implication shape the rest of your point?

hellothere ,

I'm not moving the goal posts, I have consistently been talking about workers resisting the capture of their income by businesses mass producing items at lower qualities.

Your previous comment characterising individuals as only consumers is what I was continuing to challenge within the above context.

Either way, have a good weekend.

hellothere ,

What're you doing, step-Toni?

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    hellothere ,

    From his own About page

    My work is organized around a simple mission: to challenge and then overthrow the left-wing ideological regime that has dominated American life for a generation.

    During the 1970s and 1980s, conservative intellectuals started a revolution, pioneering free-market economics and successfully implementing those ideas during the Reagan boom. Today, however, we are faced with a new challenge: to defeat an ascendant activist class that has sabotaged America’s institutions with a toxic combination of socialist economics, cultural chaos, and identity politics.

    Typical fash apologist.

    hellothere , (edited )

    The Gray Zone are literal Putin apologists and are just parroting state propaganda against Bellingcat.

    Bellingcat are also transparent about their funding, here

    https://www.bellingcat.com/about/funding-and-how-to-support-bellingcat/

    While The Grey Zone claim they take no funding from nation states, the editor Max Blumenthal frequently appears on Sputnik and RT.

    Yet again an example of nutjobs projecting on to others what they are actually doing themselves.

    How anyone in 2024 can claim to be left wing and apologise for state-capitalist authoritarians is beyond me.

    hellothere , (edited )

    Again, Mintpress News support the state-capitalist authoritarian regimes of Russia and China, whilst claiming to be left wing.

    They frequently parrot state propaganda, including lies about Russia's invasions of Ukraine, the Syrian civil war, and assorted George Soros nonsense.

    Their funding is not transparent, and like Grey Zone frequently publish stories from contributors who appear on RT and Sputnik, such as Vanessa Beeley.

    hellothere ,

    Check out the Fairbuds from Fairphone.

    hellothere ,

    Say the line, Bart Mox

    hellothere ,

    Welcome to the North Faithful, Geek.

    hellothere ,

    👏 👏

    hellothere ,

    Looking good!

    hellothere ,

    No Bert, don't do it! 😔

    hellothere ,

    👏 👏

    hellothere ,

    While the new sub avatar is better than the old one, can we ditch the snoo somehow? It feels wrong.

    hellothere ,

    Much better. Cheers dude.

    hellothere ,

    Glad to see you're a fellow simp, Geek.

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