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  • https://github.com/ziglang/zig/pull/24983 https://github.com/ziglang/zig/pull/25687 https://github.com/ziglang/zig/pull/25974 https://codeberg.org/ziglang/zig/pulls/31154 read these a while ago in a different forum site. I think you are misreading/misinterpreting what I objected to. I said “like a bit of revisionism/justifying previous actions with a more palatable excuse other than fuck AI.” if this was too abstract, let me put it this way, no where in the coc or wiki or anywhere did they try and make this about growing a community or vetting contributors until recently. it was per that wiki not at all like that and easy to miss. my issue is not with banning ai contributions. it is with what i see as trying to change the tone to something palatable/reasonable after the fact. also i’ve tried to keep this free of personal attacks against you or anyone else. I don’t think i’m going to continue this. I made what i felt was a pretty mild critique based on a conversation i had on a different forum explained my critique, was then told go get a list of incidents which missed my point entirely of the whole changing narrative bit which was then partially acknowleged as “less professional” but “totally unambiguous”. obviously this isn’t about engaging on what my critique was, just winning arguments. I’ll save you the trouble. you win!



  • Like I said look at the PR’s and the way they are closed off. there were no explanations of this policy then just a “Fuck AI”. If there was a time to take the time to explain this, it was when the first one came through. They didn’t and that’s perfectly fine but circling back later and trying to make a justifiable reason after the fact is either a shitty thing to do to the random people that were trying to contribute and didn’t understand the stance or the stance was only “fuck AI”, then they felt there was a reason they should explain or had to come up with a more palatable explanation later. My thoughts on AI actually don’t matter at all. I have concerns the realistic expectations of this policy but there’s no rules all policies must be maximally realistic. like I said earlier I wish Zig all the best in there endeavor. it just seems like this coming out now after there attitude and lack of explanation is new policy masking as policy that always applied.


  • WizardGed@lemmy.catoOpen Source@lemmy.mlContributor Poker and Zig's AI Ban
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    I mean, maybe I am wrong but this seems like a bit of revisionism/justifying previous actions with a more palatable excuse other than fuck AI. Especially when you go and look at the attitude and literal words from the devs in those PR’s (check their github for term AI in the closed PR’s). whether you agree with the sentiment or not the genie is out of the bottle, you can ban it as much as you want but it’s creeping into every part of nearly every project or its dependencies. I genuinely wish zig the best in their endeavour regardless of This bit of “revisionism”.


  • Respectfully, that’s more a decision between the prescribing physician, and the patient. If the Doctor has actually prescribed Ozempic(or it’s generics) per the drug manufacturer and health Canada’s Ozempic guidelines then even if the person is not doing enough to change their lifestyle the effects will lessen the cravings and general glucose management in the diabetic patient. the real thing to watch is the other forms of semaglutide which can be prescribed outside of diabetes as they have much looser guidelines around them a lot more open to interpretation. would recommend talking to a doctor about this, you’re not wrong but the risk that does exist is not necessarily what you might think. I’m much more concerned about the relaxing of the guidelines then the use of it.



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    You certainly didn’t waste any time with the fallacy.

    What about the literal wars killing innocent children, the weaponised rapes, and other war crimes being committed by Israel?

    I do not support them and condemn them. I also realize that randomly calling people zionists when the above is the case is indirectly saying they agree with killing innocent children, weaponised rapes, and other war crimes. The reality is whether you like it or not people do call themselves zionists because they believe in the dictionary definition and not the historical and real life consequences that come up when the land that zionism either requires everyone on that land to be okay with it being turned into jewish land when other cultures had claim to it or force. Is it stupid? yep. Do You go around calling for death because they are stupid and don’t understand that or think there is some magic man that will make everyone ok with it? No.

    I think it should be clear from my language how I “feel” about it.


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    The othering of people and culture wars that some people are doing in that yptb thread is sickening. Also a pretty shit thing to do to go around calling for any group of people to be murdered while at the same time deciding for them if they believe in something/are a part of that group, or not. It’s pretty damn sad that intelligent and respectful discussion is pretty much dead on this because if you aren’t calling for zionists to killed you must be supporting them. Pacifists and those that want them to face a trial for what has happened be damned. I can already hear the dumb arguments, false dichotomies and fallacies justifying there viewpoints.


  • failed suicide attempts are rarely clean or lead to deep reflection if they have already gone through the maid process. maid is not some kind of instant approval we do it in an hour situation. failed suicide attempts at this level are messy and tend to involve mutilation and even deeper suffering. You seem to assume i am ableist and completely ignore the fact that there are people who have and will suffer to the very end and want assistance in doing something that is inherently undignified with some dignity while not having to worry about a doctor or a family member being charged with manslaughter for being with them in their last moments. maid gives those people a pathway to self reflect before they make a rash decision. please familiarize yourself with maid and the process before misrepresenting how it works.


  • then lets not circle back around to who is involved and look at the results of not allowing it. the alternative is failed suicide attempts and long term suffering. assuming we can treat or make people jump through hoops or find some kind of grand arbiter just prolongs suffering and helps us look the other way as we force people poorly trained or in immense pain to figure it out themselves or put themselves/others in legal jeopardy in addition to suffering. If I have the right to life as long as it is not at the expense of others than i have the right to end it.






  • I’m in one of the big cities affected by this in Ontario. I’ve got mixed feelings, but I think this may end up being for the better. With all the American manufacturers backsliding on their EV transitions and keeping their prices sky-high for whatever they do have—all while refusing to stand up to Trump in any meaningful way—now, they’ll have to compete or risk losing the market entirely. I still think we should do more and accept vehicle standards from other countries in our market, not just the American ones. This should lower vehicle costs and, in turn, insurance rates for affordable vehicles. It should also make it more economical to export products directly to China, rather than the current convoluted process of selling to intermediary countries that add minimal processing before re-exporting to China at a higher cost.




  • The answers already mentioned are great but I want to add a bit as well. Remember that just like you or I grew up in the countries or culture/group(s) we grew up in and have some allegiance, hold dignity in or have warm feelings for, so do Russia/USSR/KGB about their countries or culture/group. Unfortunately It doesn’t seem to really matter for most people if you are in the “wrong” or not. Human nature, society and our baser instincts tell us that betraying, speaking ill, or leaving these places or things are not only bad, but a hugely taboo thing that is one of the most shameful things possible. it runs counter to the baser instincts that have allowed humans to survive as a species. Whats more in a more practical way the majority of the Russian population that the most powerful people are scared of are not really seeing the full damage wholesale. So it’s easier to dismiss concerns and issues as exceptions or “one offs” even when life is hard it’s easy to compartmentalize it. especially if your culture has an attitude of “Shut up, it could be worse!”. unfortunately Russia seems to be shaping up their population to get rid of the people that pose no risk, trying to solve the problem until they win or they cause their society to shatter. the unfortunate thing is that Russia doesn’t even fully understand all they have lost yet (no one ever truly does until it’s over and they can look back), but they may have already sealed their own fate. There is no amount of children or resources to loot from Ukraine that will undo the damage done by the current war even in the best case scenario. Russian leadership has pretty much dug their own grave as they sacrifice more and more to build their own gallows(the wartime economy that crushes nations and weapons they have neither the people, or allies to sell to).




  • Warning Opinions/rant incoming:

    If they think that Doug Ford (DoFo) is going to start being nice and quiet by refusing to negotiate or that he is going to suffer in the polls because of this they’ve misread the situation. If anything this just hardens everyone’s resolve that Trump will be petty about even minor grievances and therefore we should accelerate our move away from the USA and look more to the other big guys in the room. If trump is as petty and as much of a “pain” to deal with as china or India but with the only benefit being distance then maybe we need to start setting things up to deal with them more and work on cutting the US out of our dealings with Mexico.

    If the US wants to try and kill the auto sector and lumber industry in Canada. lets make them priorities and make the transit of those resources to ports a priority. if pipelines are such a no go for BC then lets expand rail west. rail can be used for lumber, auto, crops and oil. There seems to be more appetite for a pipeline east especially if it replaces the oil pipeline that goes south through the US and the great lakes and instead goes around it through the prairie’s and Ontario. Ontario has Break Bulk ports and many cities that would love to build them if they are given capital and an opportunity to be the next trans mountain project of the east.

    maybe also time to look for some other company to buy the Brampton, Oshawa and Ingersoll plants. maybe some EV manufacturers in china want to assemble there or maybe some low cost smaller cheaper vehicles from India could be made there.

    The US thinks they have us pinned down (mostly because they do at the moment) lets make that not the case in the future so we can still do business without involving them. That will hurt far more than any commercial can.


  • Just want to clarify are you asking what people should have been paying attention to when DOGE was all they would talk about? or are you asking what what DOGE “should” have focused on?

    My Best guess at timelines for when DOGE was all over the news was January to June ish: From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump

    Timeline:

    Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE): Trump establishes this new government initiative.
    
        Implementation: DOGE is tasked with reducing federal spending and limiting bureaucracy. It has overseen mass layoffs of civil servants and efforts to dismantle agencies like the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). 
    
    Executive Orders: On his first day, Trump signs an executive order related to restoring "merit-based federal hiring practices."
    
    Immigration Policy:
    
        The Laken Riley Act is signed into law(Start of crackdown on anyone not a citizen) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laken_Riley_Act.
    
        The administration revives numerous immigration laws from Trump's first term.
    
        Procedures for mass deportations are initiated, including mass raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) nationwide. 
    
    Foreign Policy Withdrawals: The administration initiates the withdrawal of the United States from:
    
        The World Health Organization (WHO)
    
        The Paris Climate Accords
    
        UNESCO
    

    Ongoing from that period:

    Executive Orders: Over 200 executive orders have been signed. Most have been or are currently being challenged in court.
    
    Trade and Tariffs: The administration has overseen a series of tariff increases and pauses, including the "Liberation Day" tariffs. These have led to retaliatory tariffs from other countries and caused a brief stock market crash and market instability since then.
    
    Russo-Ukrainian War: The administration has undertaken multiple attempts at peace negotiations to end the war that began in 2022. All have mostly failed.
    
    Foreign Aid Freeze: The administration froze most foreign aid programs for 90 days.
    
    Targeting of Opponents: The administration has taken action against law firms for challenging its policies and has been targeting political opponents.
    

    It’s a big mess. Is there a specific time frame you have in mind?