That "Humane" gadget is a super creepy #dystopian horror mass #surveillance device. Sadly world is full of creeps who wanna introduce such stuff + naive gadgeteers who proudly wear them.. to eventual demise of our freedoms.
Better alternative might be possible. There's open source #LLM's and pre-trained models can run on reasonably small personal hardware. And yes, leave out the camera. But still there's the always-on mic.
How do you know whose gadget is good or evil, though?
Next year #UK will tax state pensions rather than increase taxes on the wealthy
Pensioners will not only have a tax bill, they will have to put money aside to pay it, & will have to complete a self assessment tax return, with all the associated risk of serious penalties attached to that process.
On agency, independent alternative artist reach and voice and a new old classic.
We were excited to have quite the pent up hiatus breaking pile of remixes (some already out), sample and sound collections, EPs, ALBUMS and a covers project done, approaching done, or well in the build pipeline.
The timeline for indy artists wanting to avoid walled gardens, coupled with the bandcamp incidents, recent and still inflamed fedi admin wars might leave us wondering how or if we should even share.
We have been experimenting with a self-hosted #faircamp.
Complimentary to that we're hoping to retain some of our #bandcamp community friends and invite more to keep an ear to the ground of our sonic resurgence.
Please join our new, old school, self-hosted, zero nonsense mail list for occasional event, project and release news from control freak studio.
♲ @mlansbury@despora.de:> ## How Russia’s liberal tech companies became the foundation of Putin’s war effort
When #Yandex's founders created the weekly ritual, they wanted to foster a sense of transparency, democracy, and community not found in other Russian companies.
Today, staffers can either join the khural in person or watch on live stream from across the world. Yet, while the meeting has remained a place for heated discussion, the exchange of views is not as frank as it once was.
"There is growing complicity through self-censorship," says Olga Solovyeva, a researcher at the U.K.'s Open University.
She has spent months studying the shift in Yandex's leadership from liberal and pro-democracy to increasingly apolitical as a case study for Russia's wider tech scene.
"Top management are censoring themselves, and employees are censoring themselves to avoid a potential clash of the views," she says.
Watching a really excellent, proper aspect ratio print of "Colossus: The Forbin Project" (1970). Can't get enough of that "AI takes over the world" goodness!
This is one of my absolute favourite dystopian visions. The whole thing is creepy and disturbing, but when Colossus starts controlling Dr. Forbin and Dr. Markham's living arrangements and daily activities to the tiniest detail...
The Narratess Indie Sale is tomorrow! My books Windward and Between Starfalls are both reduced to 99cents for this sale (for US, Canada, Europe, and Australia), and that price is in effect already for most book sellers!
Tomorrow the sale page goes live with tons of amazing deals: prices Free, 99cents, or $1.99.
Check out https://promotions.narratess.com before the weekend is over.
Boosts appreciated to help others find incredible #IndieBooks to snatch up!
Which Low-Key 2023 Indie Sci-Fi Film Is Right For You? (www.yahoo.com)
Breaking down a bumper crop of trippy, dystopian genre films featuring some of the finest actors working.