@nprofile1q... Not so much. When U encounter something I don't understand, I decide whether I need to understand or not. Assuming I need to understand, I seek expert opinion. If I don't need to understand, I accept not knowing and don't bother to make up answers.

I always skip the conservative step of "rationalize giving rich people money about it" which is really where I think they have the hardest time with my process.

@nprofile1q... Most people would lie to you and themselves to say they are "chaotic good" because they envision this version of themselves who stands up for what's right against even the law.

Sadly, when push comes to shove, most of us are "lawful neutral" at best. We follow the rules unless we have a really strong personal motivation to do otherwise.

@nprofile1q... Collectively, we're pathologically terrified of conflict here.

"No matter what's happening, don't poke your head out of the burrow or upset the apple cart because that always makes everything worse."

It's not true but we've been buried in that propaganda for decades.

@nprofile1q... This has been a consistent gripe of mine.

"We're so divided!" - Good, the options are well differentiated then.
There's the Right, which the MAGAts own outright.

There's a big empty middle with mild issues nobody cares about and no voters.

There's the Left where motivated voters are once again found (as opposed to the middle).

There's no appetite for a moderate Right. There's nobody even *in* the center. Run credibly Left to pick up every vote that's not a MAGAt.

@nprofile1q... Why do they think we'll keep throwing money into their bullshit after they leave?

We should automatically nationalize anything owned by ex-pat oligarchs. We force them to dogfood the governments they paid for.

@nprofile1q... The computer always does exactly what you told it to do.

The gap between what you thought you said and what you actually said is why programming is a profession and vibe coding is not. LLMs still follow this rule, they just don't allow you to communicate as precisely as code.

It didn't go rogue, you just didn't know that's what you told it to do.

@nprofile1q... And it's a totally and responsibly disclosed accident every time, right?

@nprofile1q... What *exactly* has gone too far?

The Right attacked the capital, threatened Congress and murdered police. The Right is currently protecting Epstein's cabal by withholding lawfully ordered information. The Right has dozens of child predators, rapists, adulterers and assorted criminals in their midst.

The Left asked you to treat us all fairly and do the work you were elected to do.

And it's the Left that's gone too far somehow?

@nprofile1q... A close friend has very strong opinions about how door to door evangelicalism is *actually* designed to make the people going door to door feel ostracized instead of "spreading the word".

Most of us have no real quarrel with Jesus but know the churches are a mess. Those kids bear the brunt of it and go back falsely informed that the church is the only place that will have them.

@nprofile1q... Because the media measures morality and ethics in petrodollars.

@nprofile1q... Same in every industry now, the bot gets credit, the human gets blame, regardless of whether the human or bot contributions were helpful.

"Project A succeeded because AI is magic! Project B failed because those filthy humans got their hands all over it!"

In truth they were both vibe coded, but one got luckier than the other.