arctanthrope

how are you still doing that, I thought they all shut down like three years ago with the whole API debacle

and aren’t inclined planes just a fancy wedge

this is poor writing, highly ambiguous, there’s no way to tell from context which country “its” is supposed to refer to

edit for those apparently not getting it: there is, but only because we know he’s a hypocrite

CiviClick, which bills itself as “the first and best AI-powered grassroots advocacy platform.”

so the word “grassroots” just doesn’t fucking mean anything anymore, huh

this isn’t new, “making smaller marks on a rock” has been mankind’s method for expanding data storage for thousands of years

edit - hmm, needs workshopping I guess. maybe something like: “over thousands of years, humans have refined data storage from its most primitive beginnings as marks on rocks, to its most advanced novelty, different marks on different rocks”

exactly, the real Luddites weren’t opposed to technology, they were opposed to wealthy factory owners using technology in a way that eliminated or cheapened their labor to extract more profit. what Sanders and most others are citing as threats posed by “ai” are actually perfectly in line with the Luddites, but they’re not allowed to say so because the actual history of the Luddites has been smeared and propagandized to make them look like unreasonable morons who are scared of things they can’t comprehend