Gogs, 15 days ago (edited 15 days ago) to random

“A wop bop a loo bop a lop…. bam boom?” he said, with genuine concern.

loshmi, 20 days ago to Palestine

Block’s decisions have resulted in rubber bullets - which can be lethal - fired at our students. There is word from those on the ground that a student was shot in the face. Faculty and students arrested, as police was cheered on by counter-protestors.

The same violent mob of white supremacists and alt-right supporters of Israel violently attacked the camp two nights ago. The level of state violence and suppression of free speech rivals that of dictatorships.

#Palestine #UCLA #StudentSpring

18+ ifixcoinops, 1 month ago to random

1. LLM-generated text reads, at its absolute best, like lifeless overwritten gunge
2. computers can't tell LLM gunge apart from actual writing and will never be able to
3. humans CAN tell LLM gunge apart from actual writing, because of point 1
4. humans increasingly fucking hate this shit and don't want to read it
5. it takes much longer for a human to realise that they're reading LLM gunge (and close the site obvs) than it takes for the computer to vomit it up

Given 1-4 of the above, the first person to create a working LLM blocker or LLM-free search engine or browser will make SERIOUS BANK

But also given 2, they won't be able to, at least not without hiring an army of human readers

Given 5, a new type of job will appear, and a LOT of people will need to do this job

Given 4, and also 5, nobody will actually want to do it

Bonus: writing that's so crap it's indistinguishable from LLM vomit will also get flagged and flushed

People telling me this is a ridiculous take, pls refer to deadDoveDoNotEat.jpg

volpeon, 2 months ago to random

Foxes ​:drgn_heart:​

#VectorArt #Wyvern #Comic #FediArt .

ExtinctionR, 4 months ago to random

Your money might be burning a hole in the planet.

"Banks use your deposits to make loans to carbon-intensive industries. A new analysis finds that $1,000 in your account creates emissions equal to a flight from NYC to Seattle."

LeBonk, 4 months ago to random

it is
raining
on christmas eve
in minnesota

pluralistic, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

They stole something from you. For decades, they stole it. That thing they stole? Your entire culture. For all of human history, works created in living memory entered the public domain every year. 40 years ago, that stopped.

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/20/em-oh-you-ess-ee/#sexytimes

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pluralistic, 5 months ago to random

A persistent current in the people who believe that AI could be profitable from low-risk activities is the belief that people don't care about extremely low-value AI-generated spam, and that this spam generates a lot of money.

These are both totally incorrect. The point of AI generated spam is to get clicks people who are looking for better content. It's SEO. No one reads 2000 words of algorithm-pleasiing LLM garbage over an omelette recipe and then subscribes to that site's feed.

igd_news, 6 months ago to random

Mike Johnson, the new Republican Speaker of the House who fought to overturn laws decriminalizing gay sex "called homosexuality a “inherently unnatural” and “dangerous lifestyle” that would lead to legalized pedophilia and possibly even destroy “the entire democratic system.”

Johnson also played a key role in "Donald Trump’s attempts to subvert the results of the 2020 election."

Before entering politics, Johnson worked for the Alliance Defending Freedom – designated a hate group by the Southern Law Poverty Center, which tracks US extremists.

According to the SPLC, the ADF has “supported the recriminalisation of sexual acts between consenting LGBTQ+ adults in the US and criminalisation abroad; defended state-sanctioned sterilisation of trans people abroad; contended that LGBTQ+ people are more likely to engage in paedophilia; and claimed that a ‘homosexual agenda’ will destroy Christianity and society."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/25/who-is-mike-johnson-house-speaker-election-denier-climate-anti-abortion

pluralistic, 6 months ago to Cruise

#Cruise #SelfDriving License Revoked After It Withheld Pedestrian Injury Footage.

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2023/10/murderbot-reprieve/

ExtinctionR, 6 months ago to random

pluralistic, 7 months ago to random

Don't have a cow, man.

UnicornRiot, 7 months ago to random

The Story of Chris Kaba: How London Police Hide Behind the Thin Blue Line

Chris Kaba, 24, was unarmed when he was #KilledByPolice in London on Sept. 5, 2022. Last month, the unnamed officer that killed Kaba was charged with murder. Protesting the charge, officers stopped working & are threatening to quit the force if the officer has his anonymity shield lifted and is named publicly.

https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/the-story-of-chris-kaba-how-london-police-hide-behind-the-thin-blue-line/

0xabad1dea, 7 months ago to random

it's nethack doomsday!

Due to the very rare confluence of multiple real-world-date based penalties, today, October 13, 2023 is uniquely difficult in nethack! If you are doing a challenge run, it is recommended to use a current from-source build of the game as the new moon based penalties were made more harsh about a year ago and this may not be reflected in most binary installations. https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Time

joebiden, 7 months ago to random

peñis colada

cassidy, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

For people working on actual privacy-preserving technologies like sandboxing apps from one another and your data, it’s pretty infuriating that Google is steaming ahead with the extreme misnomer “Privacy Sandbox”.

It’s a system that tracks everything you do on your device or browser—the opposite of privacy—then gives a profile of you to any app or site that asks—the opposite of a sandbox.

It’s telling that it’s mostly adtech companies who are on board.

https://privacysandbox.com/#ecosystem

RadicalGraffiti, 8 months ago to random

Tories Out mural spotted in Hastings, UK

RadicalGraffiti, 8 months ago to random

"Google 40% of Cops"
Sticker spotted in Wollongong, NSW

RadicalGraffiti, 8 months ago to random

"Abolish Real Estate Agents"
Concrete graffiti seen in Melbourne

VPS_Reports, 8 months ago to random

BREAKING: Chaya Raichik, AKA Libs of TikTok, has incited death threats and lynching threats against Los Angeles Unified School District staff over a Zoom meeting link for an optional afterschool Rainbow Club supporting LGBTQ+ students. She has incited numerous bomb threats against similar targets. https://www.vpsreports.com/post/lynch-them-all-libs-of-tiktok-incites-death-threats-targeting-los-angeles-unified-school-district

VPS_Reports, 8 months ago to random

Former Executive Director for Gays Against Groomers Frank Rodriguez and Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified school board member Leandra Blades (who attended Trump’s January 6th pre-insurrection rally) have been accused by OUSD Recall of influencing a minor to commit fraud for a social media stunt. https://www.vpsreports.com/post/anti-lgbtq-school-board-activists-accused-of-influencing-a-minor-to-commit-fraud-on-camera

UnicornRiot, 8 months ago to random

NEW: Over 60 People Indicted on RICO Charges in Atlanta, Allegedly Promoting 'Anarchist Ideas'

https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/over-60-people-indicted-on-rico-charges-in-atlanta-allegedly-promoting-anarchist-ideas/