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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago

Yeah jail everyone doing piracy too (they also might do that lmao) im reporting every republican I know using an illegal firestick,ill make california blue

[–] [email protected] 97 points 1 week ago (2 children)

As well as banning research. Absurd overreach of government and it will accomplish the opposite of what it wants.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Unless the goal is actually sabotage

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Of the US's own capabilities?

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 week ago

In the United States you get sent to prison if you use the wrong slop machine

[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 week ago (2 children)

US doing exactly what they accuse Communist China of doing exhibit 420

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A dying empire doing everything it can to delay the inevitable. We really are watching the beginning of the end of the US hegemony aren't we?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Prof Richard Wolff has a great analysis of things: https://youtu.be/9u4A0D_Wc9c

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"American Liberty", ladies and gentleman.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)

another great day of not being an american

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The whole globe is sliding right. It's not a great day for anyone.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Anyone who doesn't know how to (safely!) pirate books, articles, films, games and software, please read, use and share the resources over at [email protected]

This skill is increasingly useful.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

We need some Firefly emotes on Hexbear. Especially the combination of the USA-Chinese flag.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 week ago

They'll sing praises of the "free market" all day, until it stops going their way.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So we've gone from banning books to banning apps.

could face up to 20 years in jail, a million dollar fine, or both.

So I'd get less for stabbing someone.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

oh, these third world dictatorships with no consideration for individual freedoms and human rights...

no, wait.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago

HELL YEAH I'M GONNA BREAK THE LAW explosion skeleton-motorcycle explosion

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Didn't I just read an article about Apple wanting to use it. It's open source it can be forked and be American tomorrow. No matter how much Openai crys. This just shows the true lack of any knowledge on the subject. I'm not a fan of the Chinese government as much of the next guy. But the information is out there.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Perplexity already runs a US copy of it.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Good thing I've just accepted a faculty position outside the US.

I'll get to move to a country that doesn't persecute academics and I think I'm just beating the crowds on the way out.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago
> be european
> deepseek gets banned
> "hardfork" it to a european hosted gitlab instance
> see openai and xai tears flowing again
[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

they want to jail people who use Deepseek

but not people who use Tiktok or Xiaohongshu
XHS has been out for weeks longer than Deepseek yet no action

this means that Deepseek is way more important and Sam Altman or someone else has tremendous power over the US government compared to facebook/google executives?

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

Guess you'll have to jail all the chuds and libs who typed "Tienanmen Square Massacre" so they could post the screenshot on Reddit as some kind of gotcha on China.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

It's only a proposed bill (thankfully), but definitely one to keep an eye on.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

Lmao.

The theory that the builders of Empire were the ones that understood it, and the inheritors of Empire are true believers in the false justification the builders gave and thus defeat itself when given the reigns is coming more and more true.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

Hawley introduced the legislation, titled the Decoupling America’s Artificial Intelligence Capabilities from China Act, on Wednesday of last year.

For people who see this, I think they meant "last month."

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

You're supposed to fine companies, not jail people wtf

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

if i was american i'd download it rn

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Ima download it even harder now

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Cool! Do a flip next.

Might as well go all the way if you're doing stunts.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Yeah that TikTok ban is paying off already! We really saved the children this time!!! WAhooo!!!! \s \s \s

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Clown Country

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