When USSR was crumbling, factories were also paying workers in products they manufactured.
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@rysiek aside from the whole "maybe your product sucks if you have to force the employees that make it possible to use it" thing, company town behaviour is also maybe not the best sign of a healthy company or economy
@OctaviaConAmore yup, I mention company towns a bit later in the thread.
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RE: https://mas.to/@trendsbot/116211553284922724
When USSR was crumbling, factories were also paying workers in products they manufactured.
This is AI bubble companies trying to print own money. Printing your own money only works if you find a way to make it necessary. That's what taxes do, for example (recommended reading: David Graeber's "Debt").
Here:
👉 "printing money" part is paying employees in tokens
👉 "taxes" part is requiring employees to use AI in their day to day work (thus making tokens necessary)
@rysiek @trendsbot scrip has been in USA history quite a bit.
And using it to compensate wage laborers has been outlawed since 1938.
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@rysiek @montar Regarding the edit - yeah, there could be a difference in different meanings of "useful" there.
Anyway, found another joke :)
Q: What is three stories tall, consumes 20 gallons of diesel an hour, and cuts an apple into three pieces?
A: A soviet machine designed to cut an apple into four pieces.
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RE: https://mas.to/@trendsbot/116211553284922724
When USSR was crumbling, factories were also paying workers in products they manufactured.
This is AI bubble companies trying to print own money. Printing your own money only works if you find a way to make it necessary. That's what taxes do, for example (recommended reading: David Graeber's "Debt").
Here:
👉 "printing money" part is paying employees in tokens
👉 "taxes" part is requiring employees to use AI in their day to day work (thus making tokens necessary)
@rysiek anyone who doesn't take cash is a fool
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RE: https://mas.to/@trendsbot/116211553284922724
When USSR was crumbling, factories were also paying workers in products they manufactured.
This is AI bubble companies trying to print own money. Printing your own money only works if you find a way to make it necessary. That's what taxes do, for example (recommended reading: David Graeber's "Debt").
Here:
👉 "printing money" part is paying employees in tokens
👉 "taxes" part is requiring employees to use AI in their day to day work (thus making tokens necessary)
@rysiek
So, all they need is to make an bio implant in the serfs arm with a nice display of how many tokens a person has left. If this counter went to zero, so is the serf''s life...Those crooks are all into sci-fi just they want to rewrite endings from sad to happy.
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@OctaviaConAmore yup, I mention company towns a bit later in the thread.
@rysiek oops, sorry 'bout that
gonna go properly read the rest of the thread now before nodding off 
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@davidgerard oh good. Looking forward to reading about it!
@rysiek this is fuckin nuts, play from 20:50 https://youtu.be/aYn8VKW6vXA?t=1250
"just making up a huge number"
also, theo von's cap conceals an extra cock and balls
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RE: https://mas.to/@trendsbot/116211553284922724
When USSR was crumbling, factories were also paying workers in products they manufactured.
This is AI bubble companies trying to print own money. Printing your own money only works if you find a way to make it necessary. That's what taxes do, for example (recommended reading: David Graeber's "Debt").
Here:
👉 "printing money" part is paying employees in tokens
👉 "taxes" part is requiring employees to use AI in their day to day work (thus making tokens necessary)
@rysiek That sounds similar to ye olde miners having to spend most of their salary to buy their equipment at the company store.
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@rysiek The only difference i see is the fact that suff produced by soviet factories was usually quite useful.
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Q: What is it: does not glow and does not fit in one's arse?
A: Soviet device to glow inside an arse.But I think @montar's point was more about how stuff produced in those factories was at least ostensibly useful.
As in: a washing machine is a useful thing in general, even if a particular washing machine happens to be broken.
Which is not really the case with "AI" tokens.
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What I'm saying is: unionize. ✊
Recommend tech proles fill this out and pick up the phone when the organizer calls.
Feel free to DM if anyone wants advice from another tech prole about going about this.
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RE: https://mas.to/@trendsbot/116211553284922724
When USSR was crumbling, factories were also paying workers in products they manufactured.
This is AI bubble companies trying to print own money. Printing your own money only works if you find a way to make it necessary. That's what taxes do, for example (recommended reading: David Graeber's "Debt").
Here:
👉 "printing money" part is paying employees in tokens
👉 "taxes" part is requiring employees to use AI in their day to day work (thus making tokens necessary)
@rysiek So, you're suggesting that they set up company towns where one could buy overpriced nutrition slop with tokens
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RE: https://mas.to/@trendsbot/116211553284922724
When USSR was crumbling, factories were also paying workers in products they manufactured.
This is AI bubble companies trying to print own money. Printing your own money only works if you find a way to make it necessary. That's what taxes do, for example (recommended reading: David Graeber's "Debt").
Here:
👉 "printing money" part is paying employees in tokens
👉 "taxes" part is requiring employees to use AI in their day to day work (thus making tokens necessary)
@rysiek I work for an AI company and if it tried this, I'd look for a new gig. This is even less useful than free snacks—those are at least good for empty calories. Just pay me money for my labor. I'm not here for the decor.
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RE: https://mas.to/@trendsbot/116211553284922724
When USSR was crumbling, factories were also paying workers in products they manufactured.
This is AI bubble companies trying to print own money. Printing your own money only works if you find a way to make it necessary. That's what taxes do, for example (recommended reading: David Graeber's "Debt").
Here:
👉 "printing money" part is paying employees in tokens
👉 "taxes" part is requiring employees to use AI in their day to day work (thus making tokens necessary)
@rysiek @trendsbot how much tokens for a food?
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RE: https://mas.to/@trendsbot/116211553284922724
When USSR was crumbling, factories were also paying workers in products they manufactured.
This is AI bubble companies trying to print own money. Printing your own money only works if you find a way to make it necessary. That's what taxes do, for example (recommended reading: David Graeber's "Debt").
Here:
👉 "printing money" part is paying employees in tokens
👉 "taxes" part is requiring employees to use AI in their day to day work (thus making tokens necessary)
@rysiek After skimming the article I'm kinda torn on this. I think would-be-employees asking about what kind of resources (and quotas) they'll have at the job are fair questions. I think employers trying to frame it as comp is scummy. Your comp package includes 20 cups of coffee per pay period.
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RE: https://mas.to/@trendsbot/116211553284922724
When USSR was crumbling, factories were also paying workers in products they manufactured.
This is AI bubble companies trying to print own money. Printing your own money only works if you find a way to make it necessary. That's what taxes do, for example (recommended reading: David Graeber's "Debt").
Here:
👉 "printing money" part is paying employees in tokens
👉 "taxes" part is requiring employees to use AI in their day to day work (thus making tokens necessary)
@rysiek
I agree that this is a sign of the impending #aicrash. But your economic analysis seems a little off.These employers are hiring shoemakers. But if you take the job it isn't certain whether there will be any shoemaking tools for you at your workstation.
It's just a severely undercapitalised shoe factory.
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Q: What is it: does not glow and does not fit in one's arse?
A: Soviet device to glow inside an arse.But I think @montar's point was more about how stuff produced in those factories was at least ostensibly useful.
As in: a washing machine is a useful thing in general, even if a particular washing machine happens to be broken.
Which is not really the case with "AI" tokens.
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What I'm saying is: unionize. ✊
@rysiek Sadly, my union appears to have bought into the bullshit too. Sigh.
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@davidgerard Apropos of nothing. How is Worldcoin doing?
@henryk @davidgerard they call it just ‘world’ now, and are partnered with Tinder for goodness knows why
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RE: https://mas.to/@trendsbot/116211553284922724
When USSR was crumbling, factories were also paying workers in products they manufactured.
This is AI bubble companies trying to print own money. Printing your own money only works if you find a way to make it necessary. That's what taxes do, for example (recommended reading: David Graeber's "Debt").
Here:
👉 "printing money" part is paying employees in tokens
👉 "taxes" part is requiring employees to use AI in their day to day work (thus making tokens necessary)
@rysiek The only difference here is that this company scrip is addictive and psychosis inducing
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My youngest dog always walks around the house and back yard like he's ancient. Like, wobbling along like he's in pain, kinda limping. But, when we're on a walk or he's off-lead in the forest, he's like a rocket, absolutely full-tilt 100% of the time, not a care in the world, no think just run. No trace of a limp, seemingly no problems.
I think he's just really lazy when he's somewhere boring? Like a sullen teenager ambling through the halls at school.
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Al posto di Gassman per interpretare l'avvocato Guerrieri sarebbe stato meglio
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Point of order.
CAMH in Houston is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_Arts_Museum_Houston
CAMH in Toronto is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_Addiction_and_Mental_Health
You were possibly thinking of this other Toronto institution?
