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@sue@glasgow.social

🎏 Writes code to help other folk learn to write code

🏊🏻‍♀️ Swimmer
🃏 Clown
🪩 Lefty smartarse
💅🏻 Still petty after cancer

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mekkaokereke, (edited ) to random
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If you made a lot of noise yesterday about the D-DAY anniversary, but have nothing to say about rising fascism in your country the other 364 days of the year, then all that tells me is that you like war movies. 🤷🏿‍♂️

grimalkina, to random
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Ok enough me complaining about research that I want to read not existing (https://mastodon.social/@grimalkina/112576085634643142), let's do something actionable.

So you're in an engineering org using something like Copilot. You want tips from science so YOU feel you are using them in a way that is efficient & grows your skills vs muting them. Or you want to help colleagues.

(Even if you profoundly disagree w/these tools, there is benefit in a harm reduction approach & knowing what helps the humans right here right now)

grimalkina,
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Because we often FEEL like it's good to "consume a lot of information" (reading a million stackoverflow threads/throwing prompt after prompt into a window), we can waste a ton of time & exhaust ourselves. Kind of like the work version of browsing social media. Instead, choose small targeted effort over hours of meandering and browsing. This is often called "deliberate practice" and planning WHAT and WHY you are practicing a thing is far more effective. Do it sooner than you feel like

gvwilson, to random
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Just posted on LinkedIn - the timing is chef's kiss

danilo, to random
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BeefstickAI, which wants to build generative AI for dogs and doggy daycare providers, raised a $14M series A led by Gullible Ventures and LPSwindler (TechCrunch)

danilo,
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Jackboot, which wants to build an artificial intelligence to menace the populations of rebellious vassal states, raised an $8M seed round from guys who didn’t realize that women had sentience or human dignity until they had daughters (Bloomberg)

gvwilson, to random
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Another day, another article on the gulf between research and practice in software engineering that's behind an academic paywall…

mekkaokereke, to random
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Some of y'all are still confused as to why it seems that Silicon Valley billionaires are "turning to Trump." That's because you don't listen to Black people, you disrespect poor white people, and you ignore obvious statistics that have been staring you in the face for decades.

Silicon. Valley. Billionaires. Have. Always. Supported. Trump.

Not because they like the tax breaks. Because they are more likely to be racist, and racism is the greatest predictor of Trump support.

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mekkaokereke,
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  1. The most accurate indicator of Trump support, is racism. The 2nd most accurate, is sexism. Not "economic anxiety." The only anxiety that they have, is that Black people might have some money.

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/112509146141942999

  1. Most Trump voters, were not working class.

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/109876824739991841

  1. Most Jan 6 participants, were rich.

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/109880485930219870

  1. Venture Capital, is the most racist part of the US financial/capital allocation system, by far.

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/109982115166606787

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divya, to random
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On Twitter, some Black people I follow are discussing how racist US publications are. Variety asking "will moviegoers see Will Smith after the Slap" while not saying a word about the actual human who Alec Baldwin killed in the headlines for his new tv series.

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/alec-baldwin-hilaria-reality-series-tlc-the-baldwins-1236024828/

https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/box-office-bad-boys-4-opening-weekend-projections-will-smith-martin-lawrence-1236024500/

jalcine, to random
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I'm still reading this piece about digitally communing with the dead and my great-grand aunt is already telling me to leave these people alone (with Pocahontas energy): https://fortune.com/2024/06/04/ai-dead-relatives-eternos/ (https://jacky.wtf/2024/6/_3CR)

timnitGebru, to random
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, the worst genocide of the 21st century, has been the single most disturbing event in my lifetime. Not only this genocide, but also seeing the ease with which so many people deny it, with so much anger towards those who have the audacity to even mention the genocide.

https://newlinesinstitute.org/rules-based-international-order/genocide-in-tigray-serious-breaches-of-international-law-in-the-tigray-conflict-ethiopia-and-paths-to-accountability-2/

gilduran, to random
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San Francisco political boss Garry Tan is boosting a conspiracy theory about George Soros and ... ME!

That doesn't seem weird or antisemitic at all! 👀

Also: My newsletter on tech authoritarian politics has a new name:

THE NERD REICH

read & subscribe! (it's free, powered by Ghost) https://www.thenerdreich.com/y-combinator-ceo-garry-tan-soros-conspiracy/

mekkaokereke, to random
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So the Black man that everyone was laughing at for dialing in to his court case from his car, while his license was suspended, is not so foolish. Racism has people laughing at its victims.

https://www.wxyz.com/news/why-was-the-driver-in-a-viral-videos-license-still-suspended-2-years-after-a-judge-ordered-it-lifted

We'll see how many of the people that were laughing because they thought "Foolish criminal dials in from car, on suspended license case!🤣" have anything cute to say now. You know that none of them will.

It's just the regular anti-Black cruelty in the US criminal justice system.

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jalcine, to random
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fixes ties and brushes pants

clears throat

You want a software engineer. I know it (lol). But fr, if you know of a place looking for a fullstack dev, swing them https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacky-alcin%C3%A9-6a9ab730a/ (or e-mail me at jackyalcine@fastmail.com)

marcprecipice, to random
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What an excellent idea, we should try it everywhere
https://mastodon.social/@TheWarOnCars/112555685224027481

collinsworth, to random
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Anybody else notice it seems like all software has gotten extra buggy and unreliable over the last year or two?

I don't have an exact timeframe, but I'd say it loosely coincidences with when all the big tech companies started doing mass layoffs.

Weird.

richpuchalsky, to random
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Holocaust survivor removed as speaker at Holocaust museum for protesting genocide in Gaza

https://forward.com/news/618082/holocaust-survivor-cut-museum-protest-gaza/

gvwilson, to random
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This felony conviction is the only thing Trump has actually earned in his entire life.

alicemcalicepants, to random
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THIS. This is why 'I don't want to put a label on my child' is harmful. If you don't know you're not neurotypical, you end up thinking it's a personal failing that you don't fit in/keep up, and that you're not trying hard enough even though you've been trying hard all your life.

Neurodivergent Kids Flourish When They're Taught How Their Brains Work - Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neurodivergent-kids-flourish-when-theyre-taught-how-their-brains-work/

StillIRise1963, to random
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12 CITIZENS CONVICTED THAT CRIMINAL FUCK.😁

sue, to random
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Folk using "algorithms" to refer to everything that's wrong with the web the way folk believed "miasma" caused the spread of disease pre sanitation

grimalkina,
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@sue like either believe human behavior matters at scale or don't... it's oddly just as detached from truly recognizing the importance of human behavior to act like it's going to be naturally and immediately positive

MichaelTBacon,
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@sue

It's an ongoing frustration for me that federation is seen as the end goal, instead of something that opens other possibilities for improvement.

Federation could be a really good first step, but we need to follow it up with assemblages of federated instances that collectively make agreements on rules and norms that provide safety.

And we keep, you know, not doing that.

stux, to random
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She has a real good example of how algorithms on platforms like Instagram not only try to make you addicted but also divide us even more

I real LOVE the fact Mastodon and most of the Fediverse software avoids this all together

A girl explaining comments shown on an example Instagram posts. It looks at your age, gender, interests and serves comments based on that.

mekkaokereke,
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@stux

🤔 People keep saying that Mastodon doesn't have this problem "because no algorithms," but Mastodon absolutely does have this problem.

For example, whether or not a fediverse user sees this post that I'm writing right now, depends on whether or not their admin thinks that they should see posts from hachyderm, or from me in particular. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Someone is still deciding which replies you see and which ones you don't see, presumably for your safety and enjoyment.

marcprecipice, to cycling
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If riding an ebike is "cheating" compared to other exercise, why do my ebike rides have such a profound effect on my happiness and physical well-being? Why do I have measurably better health and get dramatically more minutes of activity compared to when I was riding a non-electric bike? Why can't I find a single downside to this form of exercise other than cost?

If it walks like exercise and quacks like exercise, maybe just call it exercise and leave off the judgment.

puppygirlhornypost, to random
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I was sent this in a group chat. Feast your eyes on this cursed cable management

00Aaron, to random
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A white person just explained to me how I should feel about Joe Biden's commitment to people of color and then blocked me. This is why people love social media.

black_intellect, to random
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How Black Lives Became The Hidden Cost of Clean Energy: Black activists in the U.S. are fighting the exploitation of Black resources and workers in the Congo. https://capitalbnews.org/congo-clean-energy-us-workers/

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