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peterbutler

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CNET editor. Totally serious. No candy.

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peterbutler, to random
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“Well-meaning young people, understandably troubled”

from @tzimmer_history

https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-students-have-never-been-the

lolgop, to random
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Here's today edition of "How is it that only Matt Drudge has decided to be the only big media outlet that covers Trump like he's a Democrat"

peterbutler,
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@lolgop Drudge dropped Trump back before 2020

https://www.cjr.org/politics/drudge-report-trump.php

realTuckFrumper, to random
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‘Commander, say hello to Cricket’: Noem book contains threat against Biden dog https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/06/kristi-noem-book-biden-dog?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

peterbutler,
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@realTuckFrumper

>> Noem, whose publisher said it would retract part of her book, said: “I’m not retracting anything.”

The publisher’s own note about the retraction says, “At the request of Governor Noem, we are removing a passage regarding Kim Jong Un from her book No Going Back”

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GM2L3vQWoAATM-K?format=jpg&name=medium

billbennett, to random
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One thing I would love all marketing people to understand: My phone does not need any more apps... especially when what you app does could be handled by a web site.

peterbutler,
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@billbennett For location, contacts, other permissions etc? Boo on apps

vingtroiseize, to ArtificialIntelligence
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Please Insert a ZipDisk

peterbutler,
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@vingtroiseize “Put this on a ZipDisk, and send it to your lawyer” is a quote I use far too often

mark_ohe, to random
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24% of plastic waste is the responsibility of just five corporations:

Coca-Cola
PepsiCo
Nestlé
Danone
Altria

Screw that. For your own health, and that of the planet, demand and choose glass containers!

https://www.ecowatch.com/plastic-pollution-global-companies-responsible.html

peterbutler,
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@mark_ohe If micro plastics are present in water from plastic bottles, there’s a strong chance they’re in other drinks and foods

Protect yourself and the planet. Ditch plastic packaging

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/plastic-particles-bottled-water

rightardia, to random
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How to watch the Kentucky Derby on TV

The main event of the Kentucky Derby is at 6:57pm ET.

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/01/kentucky-derby-horses-how-to-watch

peterbutler,
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@rightardia Is it me, or does it seem to get later and later every year? Gonna be running under the lights in prime time in 10 years

peterbutler,
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@rightardia (post time in 1990 was 5:32 ET)

peterbutler, to music
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TIL that the Beastie Boys were on Soul Train in 1990

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtEVKO9_ZDY

peterbutler, to linguistics
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Words matter

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/alcohol-is-dangerous-so-is-alcoholic/

Wivik, to books
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I've finished Alfie, a French novel about the of an home automation system.

https://zedas.fr/posts/alfie/

@bookstodon @scifi

peterbutler,
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@Wivik @bookstodon @scifi That reminds me of Bigbug (which is a little more over the top for sure)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWUkh23vBhs

KeithDJohnson, to random
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@aaron.rupar wrote: "What’s most striking in the interview is that Trump, even after four years as president, has virtually no grasp on any policy issue beyond empty talking points, most of which are lies. When asked how he will implement his plans, he waffles, obfuscates, & delivers a stream of non sequitur boasts about how great he is or about how other people have said that he’s great. He lies all the time, but many of his statements on core policy issues are so garbled & gassy they don’t even qualify as lies. It’s like interacting with a chatbot programmed by a fascist parrot." https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-time-magazine-interview-2024?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3MOkdO50_vBK7Yc9CraUP6XXaVvTHANw7RC-maRYC7FHNaHovR8jk1eO4_aem_AWpli_df4RJqgFmhcHdo7EfIiSAFT_HFOiR_Zl2UGeanPXORxU3iDxg6EhH5lVX7xRTDy_E5sV7WPqdo_8bxsG2c

peterbutler,
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@KeithDJohnson @atrupar That first sentence you quoted is 🔥

Also: "He has shown, over and over, that incompetence doesn’t have to undermine evil intent; often it can exacerbate it.” 🎯

peterbutler, to TierraSapiens
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This new video of the surface of the sun is pretty neat

It was captured by the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter in September 2023

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2024/04/The_Sun_s_fluffy_corona_in_exquisite_detail

batkaren, to random
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Taking off my house hoodie and putting on my professional hoodie for a videoconference.

peterbutler,
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@batkaren I wear a hoodie almost every day for work

I was interviewing some contractor candidates via Zoom last week, and, before I even started talking, one of them said:

“Oh, that’s funny. I was just talking with my writing group about how unprofessional it is to wear a hoodie for a video call…”

Not a good cold open 😐

ElleGray, to random
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cicadas understand that the only truly universal language is rage screaming

peterbutler,
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@ElleGray rage screaming for sex

TucsonSentinel, to Tucson
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Photos: Police use rubber bullets, pepper balls to break up Gaza protest on UA campus https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050124_ua_gaza_protest/photos-police-use-rubber-bullets-pepper-balls-break-up-gaza-protest-ua-campus/
Three hours after police warned arrests were imminent, dozens of officers in riot gear smashed their way into an ad-hoc camp of Palestinian supporters at the University of Arizona, using pepper balls and rubber bullets to push the crowd onto Park Avenue.

peterbutler,
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@TucsonSentinel a lot of these “rubber bullets” are rubber-covered metal. unacceptable

https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/rubber-bullets-explained/

kissane, (edited ) to random
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US folks, we have an e. coli recall on organic walnuts sold in bulk bins or repackaged in-store (plastic clamshells, etc.)—recs are to throw them out and wash containers and contacted surfaces:

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/s0430-ecoli-walnuts.html

(Hat tip to the manager of our local co-op.)

peterbutler,
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@_L1vY_ @kissane CDC needs to work on its structured data! 🥴

peterbutler, to ai
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Very interesting reading on LLMs and their current and future limitations

>> It might be best to say that LLMs demonstrate incredible intuition but limited intelligence. It can answer almost any question that can be answered in one intuitive pass. And given sufficient training data and enough iterations, it can work up to a facsimile of reasoned intelligence.

https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/what-can-llms-never-do

Nonilex, to america
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What emerged in 2 interviews w/ , & conversations w/more than a dozen of his closest advisers & confidants,were the outlines of an imperial presidency that would reshape & its role in the world. To carry out a operation designed to remove >11M people from the country…he would be willing to build migrant detention camps [] & deploy the …


https://time.com/6972021/donald-trump-2024-election-interview/

peterbutler,
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@Nonilex I appreciate Time releasing the full transcripts, which really demonstrate the delusions and nonsense thinking

More outlets should do the same thing — don’t just give us the cleaned up and edited version

https://time.com/6972022/donald-trump-transcript-2024-election/

UP8, to television
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📺 Into the Tubi-Verse

(... it's like as cable died and went to heaven: multiple MTV branded channels really play new and old music videos)

https://www.theringer.com/tv/2024/4/17/24132371/tubi-streaming-service-explained

peterbutler,
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@UP8 I don’t mind the Tubi experience at all — commercials are less annoying and probably less frequent than YouTube tbh — but it’s hard to find anything good to watch

I did watch the entirety of Lovecraft Country, which is probably one of the best “prestige” HBO dramas I’ve ever seen, so I’m glad it’s around

AlexJimenez, to ai
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Do employers want skills or AI-enhanced skills? That could depend on you

https://www.zdnet.com/article/do-employers-want-ai-skills-or-ai-enhanced-skills-that-could-depend-on-you/?utm_source=flipboard

peterbutler,
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@AlexJimenez what's your takeaway from that article?

I didn't grok most of it (not a technical developer), but it sounds like the general suggestion is "use AI to code faster"?

Sustainable2050, to london
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An investigation found 36 Facebook groups posing as separate grassroots movements opposing the expansion of London's ultra-low emission zone schemes to reduce air pollution. They were set up by the Conservatives as part of a coordinated political campaign.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/27/tory-staff-running-network-of-anti-ulez-facebook-groups-riddled-with-racism-and-abuse

peterbutler,
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@Sustainable2050 part and parcel of the global fascist conspiracy. What's remarkable is how easy it is to do, as well as the fact that there will be no repercussions

Hats off to Greenpeace for uncovering this conspiracy

RustyBertrand, to random
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Lynch outside Netflix HQ this morning...

"David Lynch Says Netflix ‘Rejected’ His Animated Feature ‘Snootworld’: It Would Have Been ‘Spectacular’"
https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/david-lynch-netflix-rejected-animated-feature-snootworld-1234972066/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1HTEGG59_Oeda5_pCgnCWCIHEItnwQ0bZD5x7An1KDD3NifXkSTV_kJSw_aem_ARhD0olkMz4KXxUm4FKtP5TEyWoZv7CgypBJUJo2CIu22sYJGWsQuaAHkwLPcLzmXRqgbrNWqbsKVREvgjjm6hit

peterbutler,
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@flockofnazguls @nicholas_saunders @DrollTide @RustyBertrand blame? First Dune was more fun and interesting than the new ones 🤷🏼‍♀️

FantasticalEconomics, to random
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Important question: when have large-scale student movements been on the wrong side of history?

I may be biased by my progressive leanings (no, scratch that, I'm definitely heavily biased by them) but it seems like we can reliably look to the young to see the direction we should be moving.

I don't care where you stand politically or your views on the fucked up situation in Gaza, everyone should be standing up to loudly support the rights of students across the globe to protest.

Full stop.

peterbutler,
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@Runyan50 @durrandon @lednaBM @FantasticalEconomics what's funny is that they still own 95% of the Western world and they're FURIOUS about what they have lost

jwz, to random
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Some Andreesen-Horowitz Crypto-Bro bloviates on a vision of Fascist San Francisco.

I hesitate to even give oxygen to a story like this, but it's just so fucking whack-a-doodle. It sounds a parody, or an April Fools joke, or a stand-up comic doing a...
https://jwz.org/b/ykOm

peterbutler,
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@jwz Poe’s law. Yikes 😬

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