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[–] berg@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, I hope for the same for Russia. To me it seems like that sort of change has to come from within though. External pressures is put through the internal propaganda machine and out comes agitation. But if they get a movement going I'm sure they'd be heard by the west. The HK demonstrations got a lot of light, not that it helped much... But what else is there to do. We could start a war, but I'm doubtful that will make things better.

[–] berg@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Fair enough. I don't think it's only our cushy lives though. The influence the US has on Israel compared to China makes a difference. We know of the Uighur situation as well, but there's not that much we can do than condemning. Sure, trade embargos I guess... But compared to Israel that is very much dependent on the west. There's a viable way to some sort of solution through sheer influence.

[–] berg@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I don't care for the conflict either, more than that I think it's unfortunate. Much like my take on Tibet. I don't think the CCP is generally liked much in the west though. And I don't know much about the Tibetan conflict, but why would the west side as much with HK as we've done if we already was in China's pockets? Or what are you trying to say?

[–] berg@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Point taken. That's just yours three letter agency though. Ours are blissfully unaware, without resources (or maybe will) to tap sea cables or pay ISPs for direct access.

[–] berg@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago (6 children)

I didn't believe you, but one search told me otherwise.

"as of May 2022, 160 monks, nuns, and ordinary people have self-immolated in Tibet since 27 February 2009" ref.

Your take should still consider the differences in these issues and the prevalence of Israel v Palestine in western media and why that might be, instead of sounding butthurt a dude's sacrifice for something he believed in worked somewhat. If it makes you happier it's probably gone with the next news cycle.

[–] berg@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Lol, how would that work large scale? Or was it tongue in cheek?

[–] berg@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago

It's easier/faster/cheaper to just pay for it and they get a lot of already existing data as well. Even if they'd pay the low price of a dollar for every monthly active user on Reddit to switch over to lemmy, that'd cost them 850 millions.

[–] berg@lemm.ee 13 points 8 months ago

In many engineering professions you really need to understand the underlying math to have a chance in hell to interpret the results correctly. Just because you get a result doesn't mean you get an answer.

[–] berg@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Haha yes, eager to please.

[–] berg@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

So it did it correctly but you told it to hallucinate? Or did it just fail from the get to?

It really isn't great at math, but I've had okay results for equations where common integrals/trigonometry is used. It's quite easy to spot the mistakes and can lead you to the answer even if it's wrong in the explanation. Pretty much like how it can hallucinate while programming but still end up useful.

WolframAlpha is still my go to though if I'm lazy. But I haven't payed for it in ages.

[–] berg@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In the threads I mentioned users were literally asking for alternatives. Trying to shove alternatives by posting in subs will end badly, no doubt.

[–] berg@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This isn't work.

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