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@vokainen099 That's what I meant, and I think there are already models like that for GPT4All. Some of them will even give you instructions on making drugs or illegal weapons.

Has anyone forked DeepSeek and removed the pro-CCP biases yet? I want an AI that is completely neutral as possible.

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From tunes.org/wiki/no-kernel.html

> A term describing a system without a kernel. The idea looks like it is original as far as operating systems are concerned, but it is so natural that for any other kind of software (and one of our points is that there should be no such privileged notion as that of an "Operating System" well-separated from "Applications") where there isn't such a stubbornly overwhelming tradition, it is the very idea of a kernel that looks odd.

> Software in a no-kernel system works just like most any software: various objects interact, each doing its part of the work. The difference compared to software in kernel-based systems? No-kernel software is not limited to a single centralizing entry point like the Unix syscall() or DOS interrupts, whose overhead, limitations, bugs and misdesign you must cope with or work around. Instead, objects can directly interact one with the other, and you can upgrade/extend/modify any unlocked part of the system anytime.

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The Arctic was supposed to be ice-free by 2013. It wasn’t. The Maldives were supposed to be underwater by 2018. They aren’t. How many failed predictions before they admit it’s a scam?

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On behalf of the SHELL Liberty Community Center in the Freecoast of New Hampshire, we would like to offer an honorary lifetime membership to our friend Ross Ulbricht as a gift for his dedication to liberty and in celebration of his freedom.

No matter where he goes in his travels (now that he is free of federal cages), we want Ross to know that he always has a home in the Free State.

What is the SHELL?

We began as a clubhouse during Covid to foster a sense of normalcy, and have since grown into a vibrant community.

We take pride in being a voice for honorable victims of the federal government, as exemplified when we hosted Julian Assange's brother and father in their efforts to free Julian. Our members have worked behind the scenes to raise awareness about Ross' case.

For example, our member Rhonda Rohrabacher ran the RFK Jr. Presidential Campaign and brought him to Porcfest, where he was first pressed about Ross Ulbricht and his stance on the case. Later, Mr. Kennedy publicly advocated for Ross’ full pardon.

Additionally, the great liberty philosopher and PorcFest organizer, Dennis Pratt, brought prominent political candidates to Porcfest 2023, including Vivek Ramaswamy. It was here that Ramaswamy first learned about Ross Ulbricht and ultimately spoke out in support of a pardon, becoming the first major GOP presidential candidate to do so.

We also introduced all political candidates to Ross' wonderful mother and champion, Lynn Ulbricht. Porcfest has long been fertile ground for the "Free Ross" movement.

One of our members and Free Ross petition signers, Brent Tweed, organized the Ron Paul 2012 victory in Maine — an act that led to a strong overreaction by the RNC and rule changes that backfired against the establishment, ironically benefitting Donald Trump's path to the 2016 GOP nomination.

This is just a small part of the dedication our SHELL members have shown in advocating for Ross, whom we believe was unjustly prosecuted through an unfair trial and prosecution.

Therefore, the SHELL Community and our members would be honored to offer Ross a membership as he transitions to back to a life of freedom. We understand that this transition will be challenging, but our members have always supported one another in difficult times. We would be privileged to extend our friendship and support to one of our heroes, Ross Ulbricht.

@Pawlicker @vokainen099 @wowaname @souldessin So basically just buy hardware from System76, Purism, or ThinkPenguin?

@wowaname @vokainen099 @souldessin Or go the Ardour business model where they charge for binary downloads even though you can still compile the source code for free or download the binary for free from a mirror.

For some reason, it works for them. It's the only modern example of FLOSS that I know of that is paid.

community.ardour.org/download?

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@souldessin @vokainen099 @xianc78 basically foss needs to rethink a lot to stay sustainable in the broader market so we aren't solely depending on the fsf as a cornerstone for our success. something else to worry about is maintaining a release schedule for updates, which (in your example) libreoffice would have to figure out on their end how to enter contracts with these businesses
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@souldessin @vokainen099 @xianc78 the trick there is for those software projects to distribute physical copies so that it *does* introduce production and logistic costs. pretty much a loophole for that shitty system
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NVIDIA trading like bitcoin right now. I might buy some here, but in bitcoin land I'd wait several days post-crash before buying. Falling knives and all that.

It's interesting to see the reaction specifically by NVIDIA to DeepSeek. Why? DeepSeek was trained on NVIDIA cards. Does this mean analysts are pricing in the idea that H100s is all you really need for frontier models. CapEx is done?

I don't think so. LLMs are not the end game of AI training. They're not even that good, yet.
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WEF 2025: Jonathan Greenblatt, Randi Weingarten, and Jennifer Schenker Advocate for Increased Social Media Censorship to Combat Antisemitism

reclaimthenet.org/wef-2025-ant

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@wowaname @vokainen099
>i'm someone interested in bridging this gap, but nobody gave me enough interest to support my direction, and i never had enough money in my pocket to put toward initial funding myself.

And the worst part about it is that there are organizations that could do it but choose not to. Disroot has been around for a decade now, runs on entirely free software, and is funded 100% by donations (some features are ONLY available if you donate though), but their ToS prohibits commercial use of their services with a few exceptions. I understand not wanting huge corpos using your service, but I see no problem with small businesses using it.

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