wonderingwanderer

You’re still overreacting. But I’m done trying to convince you of that.

Inertia is really the only thing keeping me alive at this point…

So you’re in favor of a one-state solution?

Who do you think will govern that state?

And what do you think the plan is for all the Israeli civilians who are currently living there?

Do you expect a Hamas-led government to treat them with basic dignity and respect for human rights?

She married the wrong guy.

But most feminists would skewer me for saying that, because it’s her choice and “nice guy” actually means “predator” apparently. And then they complain about how men are so abusive and wonder why they can’t find a man who treats them well.

And nobody is allowed to tell them that “Not all men are like that” or that “Your perception is indicative of the kind of men you’ve chosen to give your attention to.”

And all the guys who spent their lives respecting women are instead quietly pursuing their own hobbies because they’ve realized there’s no room for them in the dating pool, and never approaching women because apparently they would rather be mauled by a bear…

I feel like I’ve heard him say those words before, but I don’t remember seeing him follow through on them… strange…

I didn’t mean to stress you out that bad, but I wasn’t “going on the attack” like you characterize me as. You were overreacting from the start, and things escalated from there. If I had known you weren’t trying to be a jerk then I wouldn’t have been so harsh.

If that many people misunderstand or “misinterpret” what you’re trying to say, then maybe it’s an opportunity to do some self-reflection and try to understand what they’re saying. Because the way you initially came off, did not align with what you later explained was your initial intent.

If I had realized sooner that you were on the spectrum, I wouldn’t have argued as much because I would have seen that it was primarily a miscommunication. I thought you were being a jerk, so I was dishing it back to you. I didn’t realize until later that your internal logic made sense to you in a way that didn’t quite come across as clearly as it probably seemed to you.

I understand how it’s frustrating to try to communicate something that makes sense to you and have it not be understood by pretty much anybody. I’m all too familiar with that pattern in my own life, which is why people often ask me if I’m on the spectrum. I think I am, but I don’t have a diagnosis.

Anyway, it’s been a painful process, and I’m still not well-adjusted, but one thing I’ve heard consistently from people is that I’m still responsible for how I come across to other people, even if how I come across is consistently different from the way that I intend, and even though I find it near impossible to comprehend the kinds of social norms that seem intuitive to most people. I can never predict how I’ll come across, so I don’t know how that’s supposed to be my responsibility, but that’s how neurotypicals tend to view things. To me it seems like that’s their perception, so it should be their responsibility, but when they all share the same or similar perceptions due to their normative perspective, then suddenly I become the one that’s easy to single out and blame for it. And while it’s been painful and frustrating to accept, it comes with more inner peace than trying to go against it. Because unfortunately, we live in a neurotypical-dominated society and how neurotypicals decide to perceive us is what defines who we are from their perspective.

I can think of myself however I want, and at the end of the day only I know my own internal life, but if the majority of society decides I’m annoying or abrasive, then I can’t stop them from having that opinion, spreading it around, and ostracizing me. So even though I find it impossible to conform to their norms, it’s in my interest to do so, simply from a survival standpoint. If I want to have friends, I need to be likeable, and being neurodivergent doesn’t change that.

That all being said, if it really affects you that much, to the point where you would throw up from the stress of an argument with a stranger on the internet, then maybe you should take a break from it. Do something that brings you peace.

A volley of accusations doesn’t bring peace. That’s how things escalate. And while there’s relative safety, as these are just words, it can be stressful. I’ve had arguments with trolls that had me apoplectic before I remembered that it wasn’t worth my peace of mind.

If you need an apology, then I’m sorry you threw up. But that comes with the caveat that you can’t expect the world to apologize to you every time you’re misunderstood. It’s harsh, but it typically doesn’t happen that way. The only reason I’ve changed my attitude towards you is because I realized the underlying miscommunication, that you’re neurodivergent, and I only understood that because I am too.

So I’m taking responsibility for my part in it now, but you have to realize that you have a responsibility in it too. I was wrong when I thought you were a narcissist, because I misidentified the pattern. Narcissists don’t take responsibility for their part, and they misapply rules to others while carving out special exceptions for themselves. But not everyone who does those things is a narcissist, there are other explanations for those patterns, so it was hasty for me to jump to that conclusion. If that’s what stressed you out so bad, I’m sorry.

Even going back to the top level comment, what makes you think OP was trying to convince their friend to stay in a shitty relationship? It clearly says “Dump him.”

Earlier I was getting pretty annoyed with you, but now I’m starting to see that you might be on the spectrum. It seems you are/were genuinely confused, so I take back what I said about you being a narcissist and using DARVO. You’re probably not doing it on purpose.

I’m not here to torment you, but you need to get over this victim complex that you have. You’ve clearly blown this whole thing beyond proportion by taking the post too seriously from the start, and when people tried to point out the error of your perception you got really defensive. You don’t seem to understand, and I’m not gonna try to explain it to you anymore. Just take a few deep breaths and try to have a nice day

Hopefully the AI bubble popping means they have to close data centers and liquidate hardware. Dirt-cheap aftermarket servers would be good for the fediverse.

2B is nothing, even 7B is tiny. Commercial API-based LLMs are like 130-200 billion parameters.

I mean yeah, training a 7B LLM from scratch on consumer-grade hardware could take weeks or months, and run up an enormous electric bill. With a decent GPU and enough VRAM you could probably shorten that to days or weeks, and you might want to power it on solar panels.

But I haven’t calculated what it would take to do on rented compute.

Scientific modeling and simulations

I get the disdain for GenAI, but are AI chips really the problem? Maybe they’re more expensive and price people out, but it’s not like they’re built on plagiarism like most generative AI models.

As far as I’m aware, they’re just capable of running highly complex multivariable calculi in parallel, making them more efficient for AI applications, but wouldn’t the same features make them better for more realistic physics and other game mechanics like procedural generation, NPC pathfinding and behaviors, etc.?

I guess it would suck for anyone who doesn’t have the hardware to play a game, but there could always be options to configure in the settings to make it playable, like “don’t use tensor calculus in game physics” or whatever

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They’re based in Europe and I’m pretty sure they offer laptops with AMD GPUs, if integrated ones count. Not sure if it’s the highest end stuff, might not have VRAM, but there are definitely AMD laptop GPUs

It’s been twenty years, and I still haven’t beat Peasant’s Quest…

I’m not even gaslighting you. You were giving OP shit for a post that was clearly meant to be humorous, and you were making blanket statements about tarot which it looks like you’ve walked back in other conversations on this thread.

Where I initially commented, someone had told you that some people use tarot as a psychological tool similar to jungian archetypes and shadow work, and distinguished from religion. You said that you recognize them as distinct concepts, and then doubled down on saying tarot is a religious/spiritual practice.

I pointed out the apparent self-contradiction, although at this point it looks more like it was one step in the process of realizing that tarot has broader use than being limited to just spiritual or religious contexts. But I haven’t seen you say anywhere that you’ve learned something and changed your opinion, and now recognize the secular usage if tarot. It seems like you’ve instead pretended that that was your opinion from the start, as if your initial insistence that it’s religious was just a fluke.

Sealioning means to ignore all evidence while repeatedly demanding evidence in a badgering sort of way, does it not?

Should people be allowed to use nazi slogans at protests? What about racist slogans?

I understand it’s dicey to draw a line somewhere, but do you really believe hate speech should be protected as political speech? It’s a slippery slope either way, the trick is to find the point of balance.

And repeating a phrase which initial intent is to call for the eradication of an entire ethnic group is, in my opinion, on the side of the line that should be considered hate speech, promoting violence, and shouldn’t be protected.

The history of the conflict is indeed relevant. And the proscription of the phrase isn’t being done “regardless of intent and context.”

(By the way, ‘proscribe’ means to condemn something; ‘prescribe’ means doctor’s orders)

I’m not following the logic of your last paragraph.

It means there won’t be any Israelis left between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.

Hamas’s stated purpose for existing is to vanquish not only the state of Israel, but all Israelis and more broadly all Jews. That’s overtly genocidal.

And before you call me a zionist, I don’t support the Israeli government. What it’s doing to Palestinians is atrocious. But I’m capable of discerning between Israelis and the the Israeli government, just like I’m capable of discerning between Palestinians and Hamas.

Israelis and Palestinians alike deserve peace, justice, security, autonomy, and self-determinism, just like every other human being in the world deserves these things.

The Israeli government and Hamas, on the other hand, are both genocidal organizations and need to be replaced with something more civilized.

Do you mind telling the audience what your plan entails for all the Israeli civilians living in Israel, many of whom don’t approve of their government or its actions?