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Jakra

@Jakra@aus.social

Science/IT teacher in a country Australian town. Don't really want to be identified by my students, so leaving it brief.

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Old_IT_geek, to auspol

On Insiders PK claimed that if Meta didn’t fund News Corp reporters then misinformation would run riot.

I think not funding News Corp would significantly reduce misinformation, lies, and Biased Liberal party reporting.

That’s why I cancelled my Australian subscription 20 years ago, I also never watch SkyNews or any commercial television channel. I also have an iron clad rule to never cross a paywall.

Jakra,
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@Old_IT_geek I cross a few paywalls, but they are all chosen very carefully with much attention given to the owners and flows of Monies.

frameworkcomputer, to random
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Per Phoronix:

"Crap! HDMI Forum Rejects Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Driver Support Sought By AMD"

"The HDMI Forum has rejected our proposal unfortunately. At this time an open source HDMI 2.1 implementation is not possible without running afoul of the HDMI Forum requirements."

https://www.phoronix.com/news/HDMI-2.1-OSS-Rejected

Jakra,
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@frameworkcomputer @Linux_Is_Best now bring on the DisplayPort televisions. My understanding is that hdmi was favoured because of the DRM enforcement capabilities. I’ll watch this with interest!

Jakra, to auspol
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“House prices continue to rise despite higher interest rates, inflation and cost of living” - wow, it’s almost like when it’s something essential, demand can’t be altered much, and the price is determined almost solely by supply! Imagine if we could have predicted that!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-01/house-prices-continue-to-rise-despite-higher-interest-rates/103526554?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

Jakra, (edited ) to ai
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“In my opinion, nobody should ever attempt to hand-write a prompt again,” says Battle. “Let the model do it for you.” - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2419531-ais-get-better-at-maths-if-you-tell-them-to-pretend-to-be-in-star-trek/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=currents

So now humans aren't even doing the prompting to the AI that does the work! What role will we have in this New World?! (edited: typo)

Gargron, to random
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I'm tired of hearing about AI, to be honest. I never cared for it. I don't respect people who use generative AI, and I despise companies that sell out people's data to train it. Yes, people will lose jobs to it, but the world will not be better for it. It's just that consequences are rarely immediately apparent in such complex systems.

Jakra,
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@Gargron As always, there will be enormous benefits, for a small percentage of the population. Whether the benefits flow on to the rest of the economy, at the global, national, and local levels remains to be seen.
The eventual benefits of the industrial revolution, which took away jobs, and disrupted the economy, are the very foundation of our current, technological world.
The fact that those same changes to the economy also cause climate change, waste on a truly horrendous scale, the poisoning of the air and water, should not be overlooked. So even if AI eventually becomes an economic boon to the world, it may well still be to the detriment of the planet.
Or maybe I just think the sky is falling.

Daojoan, to random
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It’s not an accident that “Side Hustle” culture emerged at the same time as corporations hit 70 year profit highs and wage growth hit a 40 year low.

This shit is connected, folks.

Jakra,
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@Daojoan the best side hustle is joining your !

Jakra, to FIRE
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Last day of school, and the arson has already started... Two fires started within minutes of each other #rural #arson #fire

TheDropBear, to threads

With all due respect, can fuck right off.

It's not a matter of but a matter of principle.

Jakra,
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@TheDropBear if giant orgs federate, they gain access to monetise all posts that arrive at their servers.
Are we federating for our benefit, or for theirs?

Jakra, to random
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6.5kg of harvested from the tree. They should probably have been picked on Monday. I'll pit and freeze the overripe ones, and keep the less ripe ones for snacking!

Jakra, to random
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Dear oven, please just do the thing. You have one job. Make the food hot.
Please?

amonkeyinsilk, to auspol
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If Anthony Albanese wants to be anything other than a 1 term PM in a 1 term government he and his ministers need to step up.

They need to stop letting the opposition determine policy. They need to stop the opposition dominating MSM with their own talking points and spin.

They need to stop letting the opposition take credit for decisions.

In short the Albanese government needs to start governing.

Jakra,
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@sortius @amonkeyinsilk if Labor becomes the opposition, then who would be governing? Another decade of the LNP fills me with dread.
Perhaps a coalition of the minor parties on the left? The greens, sustainable Australia, Leaglise Marajuana, etc.
We can’t afford another decade of climate inaction and more fossil fuel projects!

Jakra,
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@sortius @amonkeyinsilk would changing Labor from the inside be more effective? If LOTS more people became members of the political parties, could we drive change from the inside?

Jakra,
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@amonkeyinsilk @anne_twain @sortius I don’t mean subverting the system, I mean grassroots engagement in politics.
But I was just doing some research. Caucus members lose any real say once the party gains government. Which might explain the difference between Labor in opposition vs Labor in power.

geordie, to random
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Jesus fuck I am 1800 years old.

Jakra,
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@geordie Name that logo! And its not Telstra!

dgar, to random
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Jakra,
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@dgar @u0421793 or terrifyingly, implies the existence or diverging, or perhaps worse, converging universes. What happens when they intersect?

Jakra, to auspol
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"There is one reason why all these people were being detained, and that's because they have failed the character test," Shadow Immigration Minister Dan Tehan said.

Yeah, but ScoMo failed the character test, and he’s allowed out in public!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-16/government-to-rush-immigration-legislation-through-parliament/103111708?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

cynthia1960, to random

OMG, all this: https://crookedtimber.org/2023/11/15/silicon-valleys-worldview-is-not-just-an-ideology-its-a-personality-disorder/

I'm a product of pre-prop 13 California public schools and got gifted enrichment opportunities in school. I have been in the my entire life, and these toxic people have been held up to me as models all through my adult life. Fuck that shit sideways.

Jakra,
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@cynthia1960 join your union people!

fixatedpersonsunit, to auspol
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Australia's governing Labor Party missing in action on many fronts, one of the most glaring is privacy

Under their regime, there are no protections, no rights. It's a digital free-for-all on every Australian's data

Glaring is they're one of the biggest offenders

Jakra,
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@fixatedpersonsunit absolutely, this is why we need constitutional change. It doesn’t matter who is in government, none of them take our rights seriously.

lukasm, to random
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Woolies new overhead surveillance just called the attendant over to say I hadn’t scanned an item, while said item was still in large text on the screen as scanned. Bemusement from myself and the attendant about the machine openly lying.

So yeah, back to ALDI.

Jakra,
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@lukasm Oh great, looking forward to yet another way to make the supermarket experience more unpleasant. Unfortunately, I don't have an Aldi, or even an IGA in town.
I can't stand the horrible beeping machines always complaining about something.

Jakra,
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@lukasm Maybe its time for government to create some incentives and tax-breaks to assist in setting up in competition with the big supermarkets. Cost of living crisis? Time for local co-ops! Imagine locally-sourced food! Not shipped from Sydney! (->WA).

Jakra,
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@lukasm Or possibly, if the automated machines accuse you unfairly, you get it free!

luciedigitalni, to random
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Growth! One of these is Snow Peas, the other Climbing Beans, and no I don't know which is which

some other newly sprouted shoots in a rectangular pot

Jakra,
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@luciedigitalni I'd call the photo with 6 plants snow peas!

Qldaah, to auspol
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"A great deal of respect for our Indigenous heritage. We celebrate it regularly as we should. We also celebrate the great migrant story of this country." Peter Dutton's pitch to migrants to vote No at the Voice referendum. https://twitter.com/Qldaah/status/1709056212481020126

Jakra,
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@Qldaah Its a nice idea, except that it comes from the party that brought us off-shore detention and processing, boat-people, and babies overboard.
If they actually meant it in some meaningful, actionable way that wasn't totally hypocritical, it might be worth consideration.

davidho, to random
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People complaining about e-scooters littering public spaces obviously haven’t seen cars.

Jakra,
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@LucyKemnitzer @davidho fine the scooter share companies when their scooters block the paths. Make enforcement THEIR problem. They created the problem, they profit from the problem, make them responsible for the solution.

dgar, to random
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What is a scientocracy, and how do we get it?

Jakra,
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@dgar unfortunately big money can buy you bad science. It doesn’t matter how you organise a society, if money can buy you power, then the rich will do so.
How do you decouple wealth from power? Well, that’s the rub isn’t it!

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