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qkslvrwolf

@qkslvrwolf@mastodon.social

Gardening, hiking, bike riding, game playing, inactive poly, left-ish/liberal-ish/radical-ish, partisan, urbanist, separated air force, RCV

Very interested in social media and how community is built

software engineering manager by trade

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qkslvrwolf, to random
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I am begging old people to turn their fucking cameras off during public meetings.

qkslvrwolf, to random
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Hey , vc's are coming for your salary with AI.

They're gonna use it to hire fewer people to do more work, so our pay and benefits are gonna tank.

We should unionize now.

NewsDesk, to random
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Some observers say the debt ceiling showdown in Washington is a partisan manufactured crisis.

Vox offers an explainer on the political games as the U.S. inches closer to default: https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/4/27/23700637/debt-ceiling-house-republicans-democrats

qkslvrwolf,
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@NewsDesk " some observers say".

Yeah. Everyone observing who isn't an oligarch, an oligarch's minion, or an oligarch's propagandist.

But sure.

"Some observers say"

🙄

qkslvrwolf,
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@JJPeterson @NewsDesk which likely means the world economy.

And they still can't just state a simple truth.

qkslvrwolf, to random
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Honest, potentially dumb question:

Can't Biden sue her for defamation?

https://boingboing.net/2023/04/27/now-marjorie-taylor-greene-asserts-biden-is-involved-in-sex-trafficking-and-money-laundering.html

qkslvrwolf,
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Apparently the answer is the "speech and debate" clause lets you tell whatever lies you want and you get immunity as long as it's related to your job of being in congress.

Lovely rule to have in place when you have unshameable liars get elected.

qkslvrwolf, to random
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These are always so good.

I need to subscribe.

https://mastodon.social/@JuliusGoat/110292880694136780

qkslvrwolf, to random
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This is so fucking stupid.

Fuck nukes. Wind+Solar+Storage is all we need. The amount of money we blow on nukes would fund MASSIVE expansions of storage research and experiments. Like, just buy a thousand CO2 energy domes, FFS. Start building pumped hydro, and spend the pennies to make it safer for wildlife.

https://www.vox.com/science/23702686/nuclear-power-small-modular-reactor-energy-climate-change

qkslvrwolf,
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Oh, and this article talks about ways to store energy which would...also work for wind and solar, but without the ridiculous up front investment, post waste, or easy terrorist target that a nuke site is. (How does anyone see what's happening at Zaporizhzhia and think...yeah...let's make sure we have that here!)

qkslvrwolf,
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Like for the billions being tossed around here, split evening between solar and wind, how much capacity could you build? Capacity that wouldn't need to spend a dime on waste management, security, secure supply chains for fuel...

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    qkslvrwolf,
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    @Toastie dude's probably never asked anyone their proper noun either

    qkslvrwolf, to random
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    Honestly, interesting: https://jabberwocking.com/health-care-pros-prefer-ai-to-human-doctors/

    I don't think I can be comfy with pure AI, but AI + health care pro review... ok.

    qkslvrwolf, to random
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    lmao

    qkslvrwolf, to random
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    Reposting instead of replying because my troubles <<<<<<<<<<<<<< trans troubles, but speaking as an atheist mouths full of scripture are nearly always full of hate.

    https://progressivecafe.social/@TonyStark/110289804462181090

    qkslvrwolf, to random
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    So apparently the NIMBYs are coming for a mixed use project in .

    Grrrr. This is why we can't have nice things.

    brettk, to random

    I should be able to track endless time yard work as in Strava...

    qkslvrwolf,
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    @brettk YES.

    Spent 4 hours pulling weeds taking down bittersweet this morning. Definitely a good workout.

    qkslvrwolf, to random
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    Had a great removal party along the rail trail today in as part of the city cleanup day.

    We're hoping to do this regularly and then start counter-planting with !

    Would be happy to help anyone else in the get started on their own sections!

    pluralistic, to random
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    Weak Institutions: It's not a fair fight

    https://doctorow.medium.com/weak-institutions-a26a20927b27

    qkslvrwolf,
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    @Heather @12thRITS one of the first things to know about improved voting methods is that very opinionated and often unkind nerds will come yell at you if you talk about them

    qkslvrwolf, to random
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    I have been melancholy all day. No reason why, AFAIK.

    I dislike it. Snap out of it, me.

    MissingThePt, to random
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    Why did Bluesky choose to call a repost a “skeet” when they could have chosen “bleet”?

    qkslvrwolf,
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    @MissingThePt I assume because jack, like elon, is still a 13 year old asshole boy-child.

    qkslvrwolf,
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    @reddy2go @MissingThePt whether jack, the mob, or the workers, choosing a euphemism for male ejaculation as their "post" title doesn't speak well of intentions or inclusiveness

    seldo, to random

    Also this is an astonishing exchange between two of the founders of Twitter.

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    qkslvrwolf,
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    @jf And sure, yes, good marketing and and the ability to build a cult make for a nice network effect. But it doesn't actually make the products themselves easy.

    Anecdotal point: my mom was convinced to buy a mac because they're "better for photography", but she has no network there.

    So now she does about 1/4 of what she used to on her windows box, because the mac is harder to use AND she has no support for it.

    qkslvrwolf,
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    @jf and she paid twice as much for the privilege.

    But your network effect exists because of cultural fictions, not because of actual ease of use. Cultural fictions carefully planted and grown by marketing folks.

    I wish we could do an experiment where we had people who'd never used an OS before and we could teach them on all the biggies without exposure to the world.

    qkslvrwolf,
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    @jf Right, but the mac store gets to exist because marketing convinced a bunch of people that these expensive pretty machines were easier and better than other options, so folks paid a massive premium to buy them.

    They weren't easier.

    But the premium was still paid and that ALLOWED the stores to be opened.

    Again: its easier to build a cult following on top of existing culture. Cults, famously, are good at collecting money from their followers.

    qkslvrwolf,
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    @securescientist @pthenq1 @seldo

    I hear ya, although in some ways I'd say it's actually pretty close to the facebook model.

    Just shorter form posts and a different crowd.

    I think this is the best statement of the issue I've seen, though.

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