Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Gabriel]

The contrarians around AI are really weird and prob dont realize how much of the tasks humans perform is basically pattern recognition and repetition. I am going to assume most people here are software developers or something like that? AI cant replace a senior developer but it prob can replace junior developers and entry level positions. And even if no breakthrough comes, there are still gains to be made in creative fields such as writing and art. Not to mention there is still self driving that we know its possible but a matter of sorting out the kinks.

So where are you going to get those senior developers in the future, if nobody hires junior developers anymore?

[zorkuus]

Hey can you Americans tell your cheeto faced dipshit president to keep his nose out of the UK and kindly tell him to go fuck himself please.

The only ones with access to the president are journalists and american journalists are absolutely fucking useless at confronting him.

[Kiria]

The only ones with access to the president are journalists and american journalists are absolutely fucking useless at confronting him.

Sadly the media in the UK is useless aswell as they are bought Right wing lackey's for the most part, what a fucking horrible timeline we are on.

[SAY HER NAME]

There's nothing weird to realize it's a perfect tool for rich tech assholes to screw over everyone else. They won't use it to make our lives better, forget that.

I mean yeah its a technology. Whatever use cases arise from it will largely depend on like standards and whatnot. I dont have that much trust on Trump doing that but I am also very much against the people that want to stop the development of the technology via regulations.

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So where are you going to get those senior developers in the future, if nobody hires junior developers anymore?

Junior Developers will still be hired but in less quantities. Like we already seeing that shift with FAANG companies pushing their new tools to write code, cuz like lets be real there are only so many ways you can write certain functions and new tech people will prob need to specialize more in stuff that AI doesnt have a lot of training data to do or do things that AI cant do

[zorkuus]

Junior Developers will still be hired but in less quantities. Like we already seeing that shift with FAANG companies pushing their new tools to write code, cuz like lets be real there are only so many ways you can write certain functions and new tech people will prob need to specialize more in stuff that AI doesnt have a lot of training data to do or does things that AI cant do

And what then when AI learns to do those things?

[SAY HER NAME]

And what then when AI learns to do those things?

Things arent meant to last forever. Do you think people that operate and manage carbon power plants should have a job forever?

[zorkuus]

Things arent meant to last forever. Do you think people that operate and manage carbon power plants should have a job forever?

There's always a replacement for those kind of jobs. What is the replacement for a job that was entirely taken by AI?

[Poopymonster]

Its genuinely frustrating to see Republicans attack the basic functions of government. Like regardless of your objectives you need inspectors so that it works. Trump and the GOP are dismantling the foundations of that for as of now undefined reasons.

What policy goal does getting rid of the people in charge of audits do? Well beyond doing things that would get caught by those audits like naked corruption and fraud

Inspectors? Nah. Free market will handle it.
Shit goes pear shaped, a company will be created by the gentle caresses of the invisible hand of the market to fix it.
That company fucks up? The hand will provide another company that has the sole purpose of cleaning it up.
A third company appears to unfuck the second company's mistakes.
Look at all the jobs the free market just made.

Now, look at how the people on the other end of the equation who get the invisible unlubricated clenched fist of the free market inserted rectally.

[Edge-]

We have DHS Puppykiller now - https://www.npr.org/2025/01/25/g-s1-...firmation-vote

I'm curious why none of our "it should be a meritocracy" crowd are outraged by some of these decisions. These are very clearly not remotely close to the moist qualified people for these jobs, and folks like Noem and Hegseth arguably have no meaningful qualifications for the jobs. Their only qualifications are, "Is a Donald cultist."

It's almost like it's not about meritocracy? It's never been about meritocracy? It's only when it's people of color who get hired or women or other marginalized folks like trans people that the meritocracy matters so much.

Not when it's the alcoholic, abusive Fox News host who's never managed more than a few dozen people. Or a governor of a small state with no real security experience who brags about pointlessly shooting a puppy she poorly trained in the head for acting like a poorly trained puppy.

[tehdang]

He can't. This is illegal. Arguably moreso than anything he did in first term, including the things he was impeached for.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-...-bill/928/text


If the American Congress had the spine of an osteoarthritic gerbil, the members would be impeaching President Trump tomorrow morning.

The law was changed in 2022. It has yet to be challenged legally. Prior to Trump, Biden, Obama, and Reagan all fired inspectors general.

This will undergo a legal challenge simply because the executive can argue that it violates separations of powers. For a case where Congress tried to attach legislative strings to an agency it created, and failed a legal challenge, see Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

[Endus]

We have DHS Puppykiller now - https://www.npr.org/2025/01/25/g-s1-...firmation-vote

I'm curious why none of our "it should be a meritocracy" crowd are outraged by some of these decisions. These are very clearly not remotely close to the moist qualified people for these jobs, and folks like Noem and Hegseth arguably have no meaningful qualifications for the jobs. Their only qualifications are, "Is a Donald cultist."

It's almost like it's not about meritocracy? It's never been about meritocracy? It's only when it's people of color who get hired or women or other marginalized folks like trans people that the meritocracy matters so much.

Not when it's the alcoholic, abusive Fox News host who's never managed more than a few dozen people. Or a governor of a small state with no real security experience who brags about pointlessly shooting a puppy she poorly trained in the head for acting like a poorly trained puppy.

"Being a white supremacist" is the kind of "merit" they've always been talking about.

[Nightmare Queen]

Has Project 2025 Made America Great Again, yet?

Is the War in Ukraine over?

Are eggs back to $2.99/dozen?

No, but there's some very full faceeating Leopards

[PACOX]

Well the good news is, tRump will visit, promise to fix things, but then won't.

He is going to dissolve FEMA and replace it with a federal agency

[Doomcookie]

The law was changed in 2022. It has yet to be challenged legally. Prior to Trump, Biden, Obama, and Reagan all fired inspectors general.

This will undergo a legal challenge simply because the executive can argue that it violates separations of powers. For a case where Congress tried to attach legislative strings to an agency it created, and failed a legal challenge, see Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

It figures you'd jump in to defend government corruption.

[Cthulhu 2020]

Good publicity photo for Newsom.

The awkward meeting came after Trump threatened to withhold federal aid if the state doesn't enact a voter ID law.

But the internet appeared more concerned with their initial meeting — with some dragging Trump for appearing to "cower" to Newsom.

In a separate post, Madrid wrote: "Trump goes full beta male cowering to Gavin Newsom on the tarmac. Weak."

"The asymmetry of our politics - Trump can heap vicious personal abuse on Newsom (“Newscum”) but Newsom has to be the bigger person and welcome Trump to his state with grace and civility," remarked former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan.

In response to Hasan, S.V. Dáte, White House correspondent at HuffPost, wrote: "EVERYBODY treats Trump like a toddler."

"Ouch. I've always thought Trump is sort of alpha-ish but, no. Look at the way Newsom completely takes over the conversation immediately and Trump is just defensive/reacting/listening, instantly in his place. Wow," chided attorney and former senior advisor to the Trump campaign A.J. Delgado.

"Donald Trump doing his weird lean with Gavin Newsom. Methinks Donald isn't well," jabbed artist Candee Corliss on Bluesky.

I want the lip reading lady who lip reads at every major political event to take a look at the video of this. Newsom absolutely dominates Trump and barely lets him speak, Newsom spends the majority of the time talking while Trump occasionally gets a word in.

[Shadowferal]

We have DHS Puppykiller now - https://www.npr.org/2025/01/25/g-s1-...firmation-vote I'm curious why none of our "it should be a meritocracy" crowd are outraged by some of these decisions. These are very clearly not remotely close to the moist qualified people for these jobs, and folks like Noem and Hegseth arguably have no meaningful qualifications for the jobs. Their only qualifications are, "Is a Donald cultist."

Trump’s Cabinet nominees represent a rogue’s gallery of incompetence, cronyism and hostility to the very agencies they are meant to lead. From a secretary of energy who once wanted to abolish the Department of Energy, to an education secretary with no background in public education, to a secretary of defense whose erratic views and lack of expertise raise serious concerns about national security, this slate of nominees is breathtaking in its audacity and disregard for good governance.

[Cthulhu 2020]

God I hope this bubble bursts so fucking hard. I hate AI so fucking much.

Yeah about that...

https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads...1#post54629723

[Shadowferal]

I want the lip reading lady who lip reads at every major political event to take a look at the video of this. Newsom absolutely dominates Trump and barely lets him speak, Newsom spends the majority of the time talking while Trump occasionally gets a word in.

At the inauguration, Trump tries kissing Melania, but her hat is in the way. Here, she didn't have any problems with Newsom giving her a smooch.

[Cthulhu 2020]

The contrarians around AI are really weird and prob dont realize how much of the tasks humans perform is basically pattern recognition and repetition. I am going to assume most people here are software developers or something like that? AI cant replace a senior developer but it prob can replace junior developers and entry level positions. And even if no breakthrough comes, there are still gains to be made in creative fields such as writing and art. Not to mention there is still self driving that we know its possible but a matter of sorting out the kinks.

I'd be all for AI (with reservations about stealing creative works)... if we were having basic needs met and had universal basic income. As it is, all AI is going to do is demolish millions of jobs and put us into a depression because of it. These guys will say to our face that they're developing a tech to replace millions of human jobs and then have the audacity to tell us we need to have more babies.

[zorkuus]

I want the lip reading lady who lip reads at every major political event to take a look at the video of this. Newsom absolutely dominates Trump and barely lets him speak, Newsom spends the majority of the time talking while Trump occasionally gets a word in.

Bigly diaper don speaks a lot of shit when the target of his ire is not present but turns into a little bitch when confronted face to face.
It must eat him up inside that even with high heels he was still shorter than Newsom.