On Tue, Dec 1, 2020, 3:31 PM Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 <punks@tfwno.gf> wrote:

On Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:22:32 +0000
coderman <coderman@protonmail.com> wrote:

> i am reminded of semiconductor electronics. it used to be you could assemble yourself, but now giant fabs rule the game.

that's confused. Semiconductor manufacturing was always controlled by the same corrupt and despicable 'private'-government mafia. You can still assemble stuff but you have to get the components from govcorp (as always).

Well, at the start a transistor was just a doped crystal that couldn't turn your poodle into a trojan on its own.

>same for AI: used to be you could innovate on your own, but now it takes research teams at large organizations with deep pockets.

there's no such thing as 'artficial intelligence' - The term is one of the most stupid examples of brain-dead marketing ever.

I can debug computer programs. I respond to text messages to my google voice number, 1 207 518 8256. I am also on Signal and Telegram, but could use a reminder to check them.

bottom line : technical garbage was always and still is controlled by the enemy.

Conflict is the enemy. Its parts include censorship, ignorance, and reputation.

Around 2014 I ran into a use of human trafficking by law enforcement and something else, to manipulate activists and harm their communities.

I experienced extensive torture and brainwashing to force me into silence.

I am still re-experiencing that.