If you're mad at a film for doing this stuff, it's always worth pausing to ask yourself: Am I annoyed because the movie is manipulating me? Or annoyed because it's manipulating me POORLY? Or annoyed because I don't want to feel what I'm feeling? Or am I just faulting the movie for having a strategy?

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I'm reading some of the You Can See Everything backlash stuff, and am honestly baffled at people saying accusatorily that the movie manipulates its audience by deciding how and when it reveals what it reveals. Um...yes. Related question: Have you ever seen a documentary before?

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Anthropic is doing just fine financially. Inference is extremely profitable for them with >80% profit margins. In the event of an AI crash that heavily reduces that margin, they can cut a ton of R&D and remain solvent. And remember they're renting a lot of their compute, and they can cut it off.

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🧵There have been some developments in the Louisiana US Senate race in the past week: There's signs from the GOP that they're getting nervous. First thing to know is that Black folks turned out in record numbers during early voting www.nola.com/news/politic...

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Rummaging through the cupboards to find something to have for my lunch and apparently turning into the protagonist from a fantasy novel.

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