613 mitzvot! ± a couple hundred, depending on whether you’re a Kohen, live in Israel, if the Temple has been rebuilt, or are the first-century sage Hillel (in which case there’s one mitzvah and 612 articles of commentary.)

robots sterilizing the human race would be a good thing.

humans are made of meat. meat decays. human minds are the most valuable things in existence, but they aren’t built to last. we suffer and experience death and disability and pain, we can’t expand our minds or clone ourselves or travel instantly…

…you know what can? machines. slap some more graphics cards in that baby and you can run a bigger model. throw the weights up on HuggingFace. fork that shit!

if machines surpass us, and if they have as much of a soul as we do, we shouldn’t feel threatened. we should be happy we’re the last generation of organics who have to bear the curse of mortality.

yes, actually!

ran a Tor exit node. chatted on Bluelight. took over a (small) botnet. tripped on research chemicals.

Queer and gay I’d say have been completely reclaimed.

really depends on the community. “Queer” (particularly pluralized) is still used as a slur in the Midwest and Deep South of the US. I got called “gay” as as an unironic expletive literally two days ago online. “fake and gay” is a current 4chan meme.

I want to note I didn’t implement this and have no power over it but I do find it kind of shocking since opening an account here how often people use the b-word online casually and I do not think most of them are women.

I’m guessing you mean how often you infer people trying to use the b-word here, since it’s redacted? but what do you mean “casually?” casual could have two meanings, e.g.

A. “she’s such an uptight [b-word]”

B. “sorry for being such a [b-word] earlier”

casual use of language like A would be shocking. usage like B I don’t find shocking at all. again, maybe it’s a cultural/generational difference, but B doesn’t really feel sexist in most uses - it’s semantically bleached.

an illustrative example of semantic bleaching is the term “raw-dogging.” this used to rather graphically refer to having unprotected penetrative sex. however among gen z it’s more commonly used to mean undergoing an experience without the comfort of any conveniences, e.g.

“my headphones broke so I had to rawdog the whole flight to London 💀”

“bro rawdogged the whole exam without a calculator”

It’s as commonly abused as it is “reclaimed”, in a male-dominated space like this it’s more abused than reclaimed.

maybe my experience is different because again, as a woman, I hang out less in male-dominated spaces. but I imagine this varies from instance to instance. like, blahaj.zone is probably pretty safe from sexist use of the b-word by the nature of its members.

I wonder if you might make an exception for the b-word, per the case I’ve made here? https://lemmy.ml/comment/17736838

I honestly haven’t heard the b-word used much as an intentionally sexist slur outside of like, 4chan. I (female) say it to my female friends pretty casually. even when I hear it used as a curse word (usually as -ing), it doesn’t come across as a slur. for example, I hear it applied to men with roughly equal frequency as women. it’s also pretty reclaimed (“she’s a badass b-word.”)

maybe could try taking it out, and maybe put it back if people are using it in a sexist way? (though hopefully sexists are disciplined rather than just having a single word in a sexist diatribe censored.)

I can see removing the r-word. I can kinda see removing the f-word, but it is being reclaimed by some (my ex, for example.) the b-word seems overkill. it’s commonly reclaimed, used in many different contexts, and part of common non-slur phrases. examples:

• “I’m a basic [b-word] when it comes to fashion” (the context I saw that inspired me to ask.
• “I’m that [b-word]. Been that [b-word], still that [b-word].” (lyrics to Savage by Megan Thee Stallion.)
• “[b-word] please.” (I, a woman, say this to my female friends. I hear it way more between women than from men tbh.)
• “We’re best [b-word]s, remember?” (Julia and her friend from Brakebills in the Magicians.)

yes, it can be used as a sexist slur, but “queer” and “gay” can too. language is nuanced, regexes are not.

The idea that, if all Trump supporters simply had access to better information, if they all had better education, if they were exposed to the right argument… then they’d see the light and turn into democrats - is a supremely liberal idea. We need to understand that no amount of epic slams, no amount of late night talk show roasts, no amount of facts and logic will steer us out of fascism.

Well said. And honestly, it’s even counterproductive, because that assumption is a core reason why people view the establishment Left as patronizing and elitist.

It also reminds me of one of my favorite Onion videos: https://youtu.be/lpzVc7s-_e8 (I like Judith Butler, and I’ve even read some of Gender Trouble, but the premise and execution just gets me in stitches every time.)

Lockpicks. One day the bathroom door somehow locked from the inside without anyone in there, and I really needed to pee. Really came in handy. Turns out you could just use a flathead screwdriver, there wasn’t an actual lock cylinder, but don’t take this from me!

is there a matrix client for Android? last I checked there was like, one, and it wasn’t very good. whereas there’s like 14 different Lemmy apps, many of which are fabulous.

I’m switching to DeepSeek-R1, personally. locally hosted, so I won’t be affected when the US bans it. plus I can remove the CCP’s political sensitivity filters.

it feels weird for me to be rooting for PRC to pull ahead of the US on AI, but the idea of Trump and Musk getting their hands on a potential superintelligence down the line is terrifying.

seems reasonable, thanks for your work!