Comment Re: Is it ragebait, or (Score 1) 214

by argStyopa on Friday August 21, 2026 @01:52PM (#66300384) Attached to: X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds

Oh, so you don't have kids.
Parents don't get the luxury of "giving up" because it's too much work that might be wasted anyway.

I don't disagree with you that they probably WILL see stuff on the internet but... the reality is that most kids are what ~8bn people would call normal and aside from "your team" pushing trans propaganda like this, will NEVER SEEK IT OUT because most people find it gross. So while they absolutely will see sexual subjects on the web, likely it's normalizing, not degenerate. Which is why the trans-propaganda campaign is working so hard, it's an uphill fight against young people's normal inclinations, you need to 'get them while they're young' to try to move the frame of acceptability. We see it, we understand it, and we (& they) reject it.

Sorry for your loss. Hey, at least you have apparently legions of political sheep willing to sacrifice their children for your ideology.

Your opinion has been filed appropriately.

Comment Re: Is it ragebait, or (Score 1) 214

by argStyopa on Thursday August 20, 2026 @01:09PM (#66298580) Attached to: X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds

Insofar as you're being honest about being a libertarian, I genuinely apologize.

Hairsplitting semantics and pretending not to understand idiom are such standard leftist tactics, I admit, I presumed.

To your point, then: Auschwitz was legal, according to German Criminal Codes in 1942. So... to you, not "murder"? Yes, I think this is a stupid point to make and a stupid argument, but you seemed to assert a narrowly-defined concept of murder, just seeing how far you're willing to go? If you are consistent, and affirm that being legal, the Holocaust wasn't murder, I guess you ... win? I would absolutely concede the point.

Comment Re: Is it ragebait, or (Score 1) 214

by argStyopa on Thursday August 20, 2026 @01:04PM (#66298568) Attached to: X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds

Do you believe children should be exposed in any way to adult sexuality?
Particularly hypersexualized dancers with sexually suggestive names, acts, gestures, themes?

The fact that you're even asking suggests you're either
- deeply disingenuous or
- a pedo yourself

The answer, in case you're searching for it? It's NO. Just LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE. They don't need to be groomed, thanks.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new...

"....The performer in drag was none other than the president of the PTA at P.S. 96., Frankie Quinones. Video shot by Morales shows him twirling and gyrating to a song by '80s Puerto Rican performer Iris Chacon.

On an event flyer, the drag show was only billed as a âoeSpecial Surprise Performance!â

Morales questioned what organizers were thinking.

âoeHe got on all fours on the choir stand, he laid on his back, raised his legs, opened his legs wide open. What made you in your head think that was appropriate for elementary school students?â Morales said."

Comment Re: Is it ragebait, or (Score 1) 214

by argStyopa on Thursday August 20, 2026 @07:54AM (#66298126) Attached to: X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds

I didn't care what adults do to/with each other, not even faintly but I draw the line at degeneracy with children and kinks that involve them. Even (shudder) with their parents enthusiastic consent.

If it's just about representation and being seen, why aren't they lobbying to dance in front of the elderly?

Comment Re: Is it ragebait, or (Score 1) 214

by argStyopa on Thursday August 20, 2026 @07:46AM (#66298122) Attached to: X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds

Thank you, I appreciate your post.
Next time I need to demonstrate to someone
- how the Left seems to treat words like magical spells
- how they like to pretend they don't understand something
- how slashdot has been ideologically captured .... Now I have a single, succinct post to show them. Very neat.

Comment Re:Is it ragebait, or (Score 1) 214

by argStyopa on Thursday August 20, 2026 @07:42AM (#66298120) Attached to: X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds

Ok, I'll bite that you're arguing in good faith.

Do I need to quote all the times Democrats - and in particular their leadership - have called conservatives or gop politicians literal Nazis? Racists? Pedophiles (although that seems to be less common, as it starts to become a lifestyle choice for redditors)?

You've used them so repeatedly they've become meaningless even to you.
This is the irony & the hypocrisy of the left in active play: it's fine to insult the right because you agree with it, but a little mud flying back your way has you wetting your panties.

Comment Re:Is it ragebait, or (Score -1, Troll) 214

by argStyopa on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @03:04PM (#66297052) Attached to: X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds

"I'm totally fine with seeing political positions that I disagree with."

Bullshit.

"That's how political discourse in a democracy is supposed to work."
Yes, and your opinion isn't sacred. For every right wing post that hurt your precious feelings, I can show you ten insisting trannies have the right to do burlesque in front of little kids, women insisting on the right to murder their womb fruit, or gleeful at the murder of Charlie Kirk.*

*hint: yes, that was deliberately inflammatory choice of words because leftists are so amusingly emotional. Your TWO posts saying basically the same thing in this thread alone proves that, cupcake*.

As Justice Douglas wrote in 1949: "...[A] function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it induces a condition of unrest, creates dissatisfaction with conditions as they are, or even stirs people to anger. Speech is often provocative and challenging. It may strike at prejudices and preconceptions and have profound unsettling effects as it presses for acceptance of an idea."

Comment Re:Not necessarily a bad thing (Score 1) 214

by argStyopa on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @02:55PM (#66297032) Attached to: X's Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds

Doesn't sound like you actually want to hear anyone that disagrees with you. You make that abundantly clear.

Insisting against all obvious signals that "but I want to hear people from the other side" is simply an outright lie.

How do you believe people are so stupid that you believe they'll believe you? Are you that used to just talking to your reddit friends?

Comment unpopular opinion (Score 1) 147

by argStyopa on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @07:46AM (#66294374) Attached to: 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Lenders Pitch Loans For Needs Like Electricity and Rent

Given
I submit there are an increasing number of people unqualified to spend their own money.

I see young people (in their 20s) COMMONLY using door dash and buying $8 coffee, who talk about the cool shows they saw on the 5 premium channels they subscribe to.

If you're door-dashing McDonald's, you need your head examined or simply a grown-up to control your spending.

Comment Re:"On the bright side" (Score 1) 90

by argStyopa on Monday August 17, 2026 @07:30PM (#66293840) Attached to: Anthropic Criticized For Adding Watermarks to Text that Claude Generates - or Processes

Yes, in a sane society allegations must be proved, not innocence. Your stance is ridiculous.

I've asked in the multiple repostings of this story - what ACTUAL RARE BOOK has been destroyed?
Name one.

Old books? Sure. The dumpsters of public libraries are FULL of books constantly thrown away. "Old" could mean a book from 1965.

All of this is vague, the original story is full of insinuations and hysteria.
The original title of the book with the airtag and the other ~1,000 titles in that specific Biblio bulk order were conveniently kept "confidential" (why? Wasn't it munched?).

A discussion on r/technology points out the strong implication that priceless artifacts or sole-surviving historical manuscripts were being shredded, when in fact the actual bulk stream largely consists of uncommon, out-of-print, and mundane non-fiction (such as mid-to-late 20th-century technical guides or regional softcovers).

This is hysteria fuelled by carefully fact-free bullshit.

Comment Re:"On the bright side" (Score 1) 90

by argStyopa on Monday August 17, 2026 @07:13PM (#66293812) Attached to: Anthropic Criticized For Adding Watermarks to Text that Claude Generates - or Processes

And?
"This post is for paid members only"

Comment dupe (Score 0) 143

by argStyopa on Monday August 17, 2026 @07:11PM (#66293804) Attached to: Tracking Rare Books Leads to an Amazon AI Training Facility

Maybe in those rare books is the secret technique to slashdot not reposting the same fucking story?
https://news.slashdot.org/stor...

Comment Re: perhaps we could observe (Score 1) 165

by argStyopa on Monday August 17, 2026 @11:04AM (#66292818) Attached to: China's Moon-landing Plans And Why the US Is So Worried

Oh look, politically-motivated snark on slashdot. I couldn't have designed a better reply myself.

I don't like Elon much as a person, but please - go ahead and let me know who ELSE in the US (or "the west" generally, lol) is *anywhere near* competitive with an aggressive, dynamic, and far more risk-tolerant Chinese space program?

This is precisely my point. This is barely even a tech-adjacent site any more, and for people here - who literally can't stop injecting Trump (or proxies) into every goddamned issue - to wring their hands over how the Chinese can manage be so much further ahead ... well, I think we have the reason. Maybe they're focusing on something other than scoring political points on social media?

Ever consider that, my brave, courageous social warrior?

Comment Re: "On the bright side" (Score 1) 90

by argStyopa on Monday August 17, 2026 @10:56AM (#66292802) Attached to: Anthropic Criticized For Adding Watermarks to Text that Claude Generates - or Processes

Genuine question, what rare books have they destroyed?
I'm absolutely serious. You refer to it as if it's a proved thing but every single story I've traced back to the source has ended up with (more or less) "well someone told me they were doing it".

Meanwhile, it makes no sense and doesn't pass the reality test.

1) the value LLMs get from books is almost entirely vernacular, idiom, and patterns of credible speech. Facts they can get in abundance and vastly easier/cheaper/faster from the bajilions of sources online than literally chewing through books. "Rare Old Books" are going to have stilted, obscure language, weird constructions, and (in many cases) barely-comprehensible syntax if before 1800ish.
2) old books are fucking HARD to read. Look at the paper and typefaces used before 1800. Why would you OCR those when you can invariably find modern copies in clean print ?
3) just the cost. Again, why specifically hunt down 'old rare books' when modern copies are almost certainly available. Why would LLMs benefit from scouring RARE old books? What benefit would the rarity serve, when likely the texts are reprinted in umpteen subsequent editions that - to put it bluntly - nobody wants? Are they buying an original copy of Samuel Pepys diary (first printings $4000) when they can get the umpteenth reprint for 17 cents? So yes, they're "destroying an old book" but rare? Why would they pay for rare?

You know how I know? Because I've been trying to unload a cache of 'rare old books' for a decade and nobody wants them.

1935 Platt & Munk Indian Series 3 pics Ã" IÃ(TM)ve only ever seen sets of 8, this is 16
https://photos.google.com/shar...

Maximilian I., der Grosse (2 pics) 1876
https://photos.google.com/shar...

Massive Norwegian Bible 1891?, rough shape, 7 pics gorgeous rebinding candidate, probably 14Ã x 10Ã x 4Ã?
https://photos.google.com/shar...

WorldÃ(TM)s Great Classics, The Federalist Papers 3 pics, 1901
https://photos.google.com/shar...

Roman London Ã" 1926? 1 pic (contents on web at https://archive.org/details/in... )

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