birdwing

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[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes.

Not mandating them will also harm the people affected by the antivax types. Think for example antivax parents who would rather let their kids die than vaccinate.

I'd also add that there be a yearly checkup of whether the kids at school/daycares/home education are vaccinated or not. The one to do the checkup is prohibited from being a member of an antivaxx movement, and must be medically qualified.

And the following consequences for not vaccinating:

  1. 500 hours community time for not vaccinating.

  2. 500 hours community service on top of that if spreading antivax ideology or supporting antivax groups, whether fiscally or nonfiscally. They also will be required to follow a course on how vaccination actually works, and take an exam for that.

1,000 hours community time would amount to 25 workweeks (8 hr, 5 days a week).

  1. On top of that, a hefty fine of 5% of yearly net disposable income (stocks and non-material wealth included). Kid will be vaccinated also.

  2. If the parents/caretakers lied about the kid being vaccinated, kept the person absent for the checkup, or didn't register the kid (so services knows there's a kid that needs to be vaccinated), they will be called to court for abuse. If they still register and vaccinate the kid after that note, the consequences are 1/3rd less. This all also applies for if the people themselves are not vaccinated; they'll be called to court for endangering other peoples' safety.

They are killing people. I say that that deserves a vaccine mandate with enforced consequences.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Doesn't DeepSeek still censor sensitive questions (e.g. about Taiwan and the Tiananmen protests) when ran locally and offline?

Although it's certainly got its merits (being FOSS? and much more energy-efficient than most models), censorship of state violence is still bad.

I wonder how other chat AIs do, concerning that censorship. Grok we already know to be shit, it warps the truth beyond words. Even regarding non-political stuff, its accuracy is trash compared to other models.

How about ChatGPT? Ollama? Kobold? Llamafile? Do they censor stuff?

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

And Ollama then? Kobold.cpp? Llamafile? Those might arguably be better.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago

Pro-tip: block using keywords. Some instances also are defederated from others, meaning you don't see their comments or posts.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Don't. If the sport teams want to reach you, they gotta do it another way.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

There's no russophobia when that country would want you killed for opposing authoritarianism. Or when that country routinely invades Europe. Or when it shoots down a plane and doesn't apologise nor extradite the criminals who did it (Girkin and Putler).

Or when it opposes your very existence as a person. Or when it infects your people with the disease of far-right hatred. And I could go on. Fuck Putler's Russia.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Where did I talk about a 4-year-old? I'm not exactly appealed with you putting those words in my mouth.

That said, obviously there is a big difference. I already mentioned the gentle guidance, for that sixteen year old; eg. that if they ever have questions concerning the house maintenance and all that, they should always feel free to come ask you.

And... these aren't really dangerous years to be unsupervised. In fact, I think it's more dangerous to live supervised by a deeply controlling helicopter parent, evangelist family.

As I said: gentle guidance. I ask you to read before commenting.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Going by all your comments, honestly, I'd say, why not? You get privacy, your kid grows independent. Try it out for half a year or year at least.

Make clear arrangements:

• Clean your apartment every once in a while.
• Take good care of yourself, but don't be afraid to ask for help.
• Pay utility bills themselves.

You could give a low allowance (so you can pay the rent for them). Once they work/study and can pay rent themselves, offer that they pay rent themselves in exchange for a higher allowance.

Or withhold a bit of the allowance (10%/mo?), and later together pick out a useful household item to buy, from that withheld bit.

You could try doing it with a trial for say, half a year, if that goes well, perfect.

Other than that, let 'em go for it.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

That is strange reasoning. Not living on your own doesn't help you mature or grow independent at all. It's the reasoning insecure or helicopter parents tend to give.

People here move out earlier all the time. I think it's a great way to foster independence and selfcare.

As long as the kid is gently guided (eg., put rules on paying a relatively low rent, don't discriminate, that stuff), and knows they can ask questions re: "parent, how do I ... X" and feel secure, that is good. A good parent raises their kid to be independent, not obedient like a dog.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Maybe the surveillance cameras need to be destroyed. Safety can only be achieved when the Epstein creeps can't spy!

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We actually do have EU-grown coffee beans, though not that much. In Spain there's one. The Canary Isles also have some.

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