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haele

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7. It seems to be a bit soft, but I suspect it's more gristle and chewy.
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 12:40 AM
Yesterday

Probably less meat, more rancid fat.
When the majority can no longer afford to buy food, they will eat the selfish Rich.

I've been interested in the late Bronze Age collapse - Archeologist Eric Cline has an interesting thesis that our civilization is facing a similar collapse; They were facing climate change, poor leadership, internal strife, economic corruption, stratified class systems, breakdowns in supply and trade infrastructure...
If we ignore climate change, if we ignore the average working people, if we ignore the health of our environment and our Infrastructure, if we obsess over petty hierarchy and outer show of wealth and power, one small series of catastrophies - like high unemployment along with a long drought/famine which leads to large numbers of migrants and fights over resources to survive.
And the lack of the local governments to adapt and shore up the ability to maintain resilience within their populations.
It will be different, but we are heading for a collapse, or we are looking at a transformation.

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What if they... 2naSalit Saturday #1
It's like the fuckin tulip mania of the 1630's struggle4progress Saturday #2
Bingo. multigraincracker Yesterday #13
AI can only copy what has been done edhopper Saturday #3
The layoffs ARE about AI. These companies have all pissed away hundreds of millions of dollars Bluetus Yesterday #6
Just to illustrate that point about curated LLMs Bluetus 16 hrs ago #16
Deep expose. cachukis 8 hrs ago #28
Very well explained. Thanks. cachukis 8 hrs ago #27
I think that if an individual has some knowledge or expertise and asks the right questions that it can lead CentralMass Yesterday #9
The difference is edhopper 18 hrs ago #15
I understand your point, but i think that people who think that they are safe from it are being overly optomistic. CentralMass 10 hrs ago #18
I don't think anyone is safe edhopper 10 hrs ago #20
Are psychologists relatively safe? Dave says 9 hrs ago #25
+! struggle4progress Yesterday #12
It's a lot more nuanced than that. tinrobot 16 hrs ago #17
Yes edhopper 10 hrs ago #21
Codex is beyond that. It has special tools built into it to automate coding that go beyond just being trained... FascismIsDeath 10 hrs ago #22
I get that edhopper 9 hrs ago #24
When circumstances are forcing you to lay off people... hunter Saturday #4
A year from now: they'll be hiring people back to debug AI slop code. JHB Saturday #5
I'm not sure about that. From what I can tell, it is getting better and better. With a knowledgeable programmer working CentralMass Yesterday #10
It seems to be a bit soft, but I suspect it's more gristle and chewy. haele Yesterday #7
As an immersed peruser of history, I like your study cachukis 8 hrs ago #29
Meanwhile, companies are hiring human programmers to fix all the shit AI does sakabatou Yesterday #8
An AI response to a related question. CentralMass 10 hrs ago #19
Yeah, who's going to organize your fantastic new army of agentic AI? Gonna do it all yourself, Sam? 0rganism Yesterday #11
The models are learning from him IbogaProject 18 hrs ago #14
I agree, that is a concern, one only partially addressed by exclusively running locally. 0rganism 8 hrs ago #31
I see your point. But the scenario id that the compamy employs a small team of very skilled coders abd ir engineers who CentralMass 10 hrs ago #23
It's definitely an awful situation, but there's an up-side too 0rganism 8 hrs ago #30
Five to one, baby, one in five... OC375 9 hrs ago #26
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