Erik Haugen @ech@qoto.org
Computer programmer
"From what we can tell, Haugen works at Google. So much for "Do no evil."" – Kent Anderson
Joined Mar 2023
@deborahh @dangillmor Yeah, that's a pretty good article, I think.
We see he encouraged Trump to keep up the lawsuits and stuff. I think filing lawsuits /etc like this like Gore and Trump (and many others) did after losing has to be seen as reasonable, although Gore did it with much more class, of course. Like, when you hit 50 lawsuits that's probably a sign you crossed a line awhile ago. But gauche is Trump's brand, I guess? (Did Johnson do anything to encourage violence, or "martial law" or whatever?)
We see here that he is pro-life. Lots of people are pro-life: is a label like "far-right" dependent on %age of popular support, or would you label like 40% of the population as "far-right"? I guess, whatever, if "far-right" means "more right than I like" then you do you, but I wouldn't waste any energy complaining about media not following your lead. Same point with certain gender-affirming medical procedures for minors.
We see that like a lot of Rs these days, he doesn't support aid to Ukraine. This is also pretty popular, so it's hard to label this position as far-right as above. Personally I have mixed feelings: I desperately want Ukraine to win decisively and take back donbass/crimea, and I have some concept of the broader problem with this sort of thing happening, but as a practical matter, if nothing else, our continued aid clearly means more civilian deaths in the near term. (Similar analysis in Israel/Gaza.)
@lauerhahn @dangillmor A coup... what did he do along those lines?
Assuming we all agree there's a distinction between "filing lawsuits about what you think are procedural violations" (like what Gore did in 2000) and "attempting a coup" (like what Ferdinand Marcos did in 1972)....
Did Johnson support more the former, or more the latter? (If it's the latter, sorry I missed it in what I've read, I'd love a pointer.)
@ct_bergstrom @drs1969 Yeah, it's a tool that writes (mediocre?) prose; I think it's best to think of it that way.
So if you want to use it to write something, you have to go back and forth with it until the material is correct.
If it answers questions correctly, you got lucky: it's echoing something from its training data, I guess.
That's my understanding of how it could be useful. People seem concerned that it is going to take over the world and kill us all, so I might be missing something, though.
@Linux_Is_Best@mstdn.social @MissingThePt Yeah, it's weird how Musk repeatedly wildly underestimates software engineering complexity.
@jensorensen just saying that woman would have been against Trump in a big way.
@whatzaname @freemo @NikaShilobod yeah I was replying directly to freemo's post end article, which were largely about Soviets. I fully realize his article does not refute your point! We definitely would all benefit from stronger neighborhoods and communities and so on.
@jensorensen More infrastructure spending was one of Trump's main things in the '16 campaign. This cartoon has a really odd understanding of "Trumpism".
@thor The guy in the back should probably try to get his chest up more – i.e. a straighter upper back. Think: proud chest. More like the woman in the front.
@freemo It's almost like nobody knows what Mizrahi Jews are. But we've tried (and failed) to discuss this already.😂
@freemo @whatzaname @NikaShilobod Soviet central planning was weirdly incompetent, at least at times. Like, I don't think central planning could ever be anywhere near as good as laissez-faire, but I wouldn't have guessed they'd make the kinds of mistakes they did.
Erik Haugen
boosted
It's #GlobalEncryptionDay!
Time to remind everyone that a backdoor "for the good guys only" is simply not possible.
By demanding encryption backdoors, politicians are not asking us to choose between security and privacy. They are asking us to choose no security. 👇
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/why-a-backdoor-is-a-security-risk
@osma @sebsauvage @protonmail Did anyone get an answer? Did the OP just fabricate this whole cloth? (Don't be fooled by my bio I know nothing.)
@vyodaiken @robpike Hey I'm curious how modules could be a 3rd party thing.
@lxo "that's not the way dual- or multi-licensing works." Of course, but as you say: "I realize that's not exactly what's being suggested"... I was talking about something that was not dual-licensing, and is instead something totally different from that.
@freemo IANAL but I think this leads to contradictions. 😂
@InorganicFella @flexghost I do love that Elim Garak meme tho.
@Wahooney @geotrill @johntherun The left eats its own?
@geotrill @Wahooney @johntherun You realize he was a bernie supporter in '16, right?😂
Computer programmer
"From what we can tell, Haugen works at Google. So much for "Do no evil."" – Kent Anderson
Joined Mar 2023
