You cannot support the right of self-determination for the people of the Cape but not for the people of Palestine, and vice-versa you cannot support the right of self-determination for the people of Palestine but not for the people of the Cape. All people have this right.

Thank God I already just asked my now fiancée’s hand in marriage. She and her entire friend group are huge Taylor Swift fans and I would have never heard the end of it….

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Considering 50+% say don’t it’s not going to happen as there’s no interest.

I see a lot of my fellow Kaapenaars and neighbouring South Africans have quite a few misconceptions and confusions regarding Islam. I’m happy to do a X Space sometime next week to clarify things like:. - Who do Muslims pray to .- Why there are many terrorists.- other (comment 👇).

Latest DA polls suggest turnout may drop significantly, with potentially only 1/3 voting-age adults at polls. While benefiting minority voters (who vote DA), it’s concerning for SA's stability. Indicating declining faith in our democracy, making space for authoritarian actors.

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South Africa's political rollercoaster:. Plan A: Believe in the ANC .Plan B: Hope the 'good' ANC (Cyril) faction saves the day.Plan C: Pray the DA wins outright .Plan D: Beg for strong concessions in a DA-ANC coalition (GNU).Plan E: ? . I have a proposed solution, do you?

Tbh as an engineer by training I find the whole tax bracket system dumb. Instead of brackets it should just be a smooth monotically increasing function like a sigmoid or something.

RT @cremieuxrecueil: The most common arguments I've seen against lab grown meat are about. (1) potential dangers, and. (2) a belief that an….

I’m slowly to starting to give up on South Africa, more and more I see that it’s not just the ANC/MK etc voters whose politics are irrational, but DA/VF+/PA voters equally as well. Maybe the smart ones all emigrated already or plan to.

I think we can all agree now that AI2027 etc is definitely wrong and the LLMs are like any other technology rather than something special.

Naturally, AI labs exist on a spectrum between these two poles (or not influenced at all) see the graph for my take . EA is likely the dominant ideological paradigm, with e/acc being newer . *OpenAI, initially heavily influenced by EA thought, has moved away from that pole

e/acc is more optimistic about ASI's future than EA and wishes governments invested more in building ASI. AI labs influenced by e/acc include xAI. Meta AI could also be considered closer to this side.

The Effective Accelerationists (e/acc) believe ASI is the next step in universal progression. They argue that delaying ASI causes suffering and death. E/acc dismisses safety concerns, stating that if humanity perishes so be it as there is nothing inherently special about Mankind.

In one camp, you have the Effective Altruists (EA) or Rationalists:. EA claims that ASI poses both the greatest threat & potential benefit to humanity. They advocate for increased focus on AI safety, with some calling for an AI ban. EA influenced include Anthropic & OpenAI*.

Over 90% of people don’t realize that hundreds of billions of dollars and the world’s top minds are racing to build a literal Machine God (ASI). While laypeople fight about immigration and whether Jews or Muslims are worse, two main competing ideologies have formed in tech:. 🧵.

Glad to see that Western Europe is finally taking the Palestinian’s peoples right to self determination seriously.

Civilisation starts with you:. Keep a safe following distance, avoid littering, and dispose of cigarette butts in bins. Cross roads at zebra crossings when green. Keep left, including on escalators. These are daily acts of micro-separatism, behave as if you would in an Indy Cape.

I think people undervalue bureaucracy's role in successful civilizations. Developed countries' bureaucratic systems are far more complex & efficient than SAs, or historically Ming China's vs eg Tribal ppl. Bureaucracy isn't bad; it’s more a question of making it more effective.

Just came back from a trip to KZN. What struck me was how the entire province (besides Umhlanga and the airport) feels like it’s stuck in the early 2000s.

RT @CapeIndy: The Cape Replacement. Our anonymous guest author compares the replacement policies of the ANC to Israel’s settlement of the W….