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Comment Re:State is probably best stated by the comics (Score 5, Insightful) 138

Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld are not the problem. Modern young people are more fragile when it comes to their image and others, afraid to offend, have rather radical views of the world reinforced by social medial algorithms.

They have harder time of processing the joke without taking in personally. They have been trained to view language as a tool that can cause real, psychological harm. Combined with the threat of digital permanent records and public shaming, being "afraid to offend" is a rational survival strategy.

Social media algorithms are engineered to maximize watch time, driven by outrage, moral certainty, and extreme perspectives. Because young people consume a vast amount of information through these curated feeds, they are funneled into ideological silos. Without steady real-world, face-to-face counterweights to moderate their thinking, their worldview naturally becomes more rigid and radicalized.

Humorous text or video snippets online often lack the vital real-world contexts of tone, intent, and shared history. In modern youth culture, the prevailing ethical rule is that the impact on the listener matters more than the intent of the speaker. If a joke relies on stereotyping or subverting a sensitive topic, it is frequently decoded as a personal or systemic attack rather than a harmless jest.

Comment Re:What's the point if you can't actually change i (Score 2, Interesting) 57

They are open-sourcing the platform. It is good news. Even if it cannot be changed, the insight is worth it.

Take, for example, Slashot algorithm. It had some success but has tendency to create echo chambers in its own right. For example, your post has little substance on the topic except some paranoia, self-promotion and your political views, but yet Slashdot moderates it up.

Perhaps someone will create something better by analyzing both

Comment Re:Social engineering. (Score 0) 92

The question is who and why? What if it was a test and not some random event? Spanish government failed its citizens. 50,000 military-age men invaded Spanish enclave with no warning or resistance. Where was intelligence services, border security, army? Europe has hard questions to answer of it it is actually ready to defend itself.

Comment Re:Highly abusable (Score 1) 43

Many countries in continental Europe and around the world have "duty to rescue" laws that impose an affirmative legal duty on citizens to aid individuals in distress. If you are leisurely broadcasting violent crime instead of alerting authorities or trying to help, you are already breaking the law. If on top of that you are trying to cash in on the situation, 5 years in prison sounds about right.

Comment Re:Indeed (Score 0) 112

People need to understand that it is not that hard to break records. There is only 100+ years of reliable instrumental data and about 50 year of satellite data. You dismiss one "outlier" and your "error rates" and "deviations" change dramatically. One can argue that it is not a trend but rather deviation and that extreme weather events are expected and normal weather patterns.

Comment Re:MAGIC BEANS! (Score 1) 99

This is a bit misleading. There is nothing in the law that limits asset types in 401(k) plans. Trustees limit investment choices because of liability attached to it. Alternative assets have been long available in self-directed 401(k) plans. You can load up on Trump coins in your solo 401(k) any time you want.

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