Why would people from place X be more interested in abuses happening in place X than in a country literally half a planet away that they have no control over? Truly a mystery, probably they are just DEI crazies (whatever that means).
From my experience online, it's just that's it's far more acceptable to say "I hate DEI" (never to be defined), instead of "I actually hate black people/minorities".
Real slavery, like what's permitted via the Thirteenth Amendment and propagated by over-policing black communities? Pretty sure the "American Left" is keenly aware of this, even if terminally-online armchair policy analysts engaging in whataboutisms aren't.
This is kinda the whole crux of prison and police reform in the US; you may want to read "The New Jim Crow". Decent primer.
Oh, you don't have to out yourself like that; not here in public! Many people care about black lives and DEI. In fact, I'm willing to bet you probably agree with the most palatable form of DEI - jobs programs and hiring incentives for veterans.
In any case, here's a quote FTA:
>Rather than explicit imprisonment, the compound relied on a system of indentured servitude and debt to control its workers.
You could, of course, demand/wish/hope that right-wing politicians did anything about slavery in foreign nations. But somehow “trying to do anything good” is on left-wing politicians, while right-wing politicians, without repercussions, can thwart all anti-slavery efforts made by the US over several decades.
Spot on. Between the end of the Cold War and the 1994 Congressional election, the right wing decided to flip the enemy from external communists to internal partisans. You’d hear some “party of Reagan” platitudes, but it was really the party of Cohn and Stone, names more influential today than Reagan. Those are people who recoil at doing good in the world.
I'm still trying to wrap my head over the past decade: useful AI, self operating vehicles, real AI robots, immersive VR, catching reusable rockets with chopsticks, and of course the flying cars.
What will be the expected work output for the average future worker?
It's worth noting that if someone has the skill to install and run Linux with games, they probably have the skill to use massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts and ask AI to help bypass to install a local Windows account. And that probable takes less time.
So apparently all swarm features are controlled by a single gate function in Claude Code:
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function i8() {
if (Yz(process.env.CLAUDE_CODE_AGENT_SWARMS)) return !1;
return xK("tengu_brass_pebble", !1);
}
---
So, after patch
function i8(){return!0}
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The tengu_brass_pebble flag is server-side controlled based on the particulars of your account, such as tier. If you have the right subscription, the features may already be available.
The CLAUDE_CODE_AGENT_SWARMS environment variable only works as an opt-out, not an opt-in.
I mean no offence to anyone but whenever new tech progresses rapidly it usually catches most unaware, who tend to ridicule or feel the concepts are sourced from it.
ai is actually useful tho. idk about this level of abstraction but the more basic delegation to one little guy in the terminal gives me a lot of extra time
Depends. Some agents can finish simple tasks by themselves. Sometimes for complex tasks or random reasons they may need more management. There are no rules in such a dynamic field with all these new, experimental workflows.
Ignatenko et al., 2025 found the 2025 tariffs could yield modest U.S. welfare gains through improved terms of trade if partners don't retaliate. Concrete data shows $236 billion in revenue, a 25% drop in Chinese imports, and $1.7 trillion in announced manufacturing investments. So the debate isn't who pays (both sides agree Americans do), but whether reshoring and revenue gains justify the cost.
That's a tax increase, using a regressive tax. It would strain belief in their seriousness if Republicans suddenly thought tax increases are a good thing.
> reshoring
A tax on ordinary people that goes to welfare for US corporations.
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