Had to block a fediverse instance for right-wing extremism. One of the admins has a pinned post saying something like "we're not right-wing, we're just accepting of everyone", one of their moderators has a bunch of anti-gay shit, another a bunch of racist shit.
I honestly do not know how to explain to someone why they should care about keeping their data secure. It's so glaringly obvious to me that this needs to be done, it's like asking why having access to clean water is necessary.
I find it very scary, in the #Netherlands, I grew up with stories about how when the Nazis conquered NL, our great census data made it super easy for the Nazis to find the Jews. That was enough reason for us to not save as much data about our population anymore.
Here in #Germany, after the war, they had the Stasi, using seemingly trivial personal data to make targets feel like they were losing their mind.
NL seems to have forgotten the lesson by now, DE not as much yet.
The popularity of Reese's peanut butter stuff (cups, pieces, etc.) really goes to show that putting chocolate and peanut butter together is such a good idea that it barely matters if the chocolate is foul and calling it "peanut butter" is really pushing the boundaries of the definition.
So, lemmie get this straight, the people advising the US government on how to safely implement AI in critical infrastructure are the people who would most benefit financially from implementing AI in any way whatsoever? That's like taking advice from oil companies on whether climate change is an issue. Oh, they're doing that too, great.
Well this is a rather interesting discovery. If you're finding that your search results are all AI-generated garbage, try excluding the word "Amazon" (on duck duck go you tack -"amazon" to your search, google used to do that too, not sure now). There's still AI garbage in there, but it definitely seems to have improved the quality of the search results.
I tried this out when I realized that each and every AI crap page was an Amazon affiliate and I wondered what I'd get if I excluded them.
Any company that is so important that its collapse would cause extreme harm to society, it shouldn't be privately operated. It also shouldn't be a for-profit organization since other things obviously must take priority over profit.
AI search DOES NOT WORK. A working search engine, upon finding no results, tells the user that it has found no results. An AI search engine just chooses things at random.
I've stumbled across a new term: "Not going forward." In the context of a TV series it means it was picked up and then cancelled before a single episode airs, usually before a significant amount of it was filmed. It seems like a relatively new phrase (or, at least, new to this context), the earliest I can see it being used is 2018.
It's interesting that the term we use for events that take place outside the narrative is "off-camera" which implies that discussions about such events are relatively recent or only recently increased in frequency. I can't think of any term for "off-camera" events in a book, audio play, stage play, or graphic novel other than "off camera". There is "off stage" for a stage play, but that refers to stuff that happens in the real world, not something related to the narrative.
I am not a follower, I'll take suggestions with solid reasoning under strong advisement, but I don't follow orders well. I am not a leader, even when people know me well and know my ideas are good more often than not, I apparently don't present then in a way that is trustworthy. Therefore I've gotten out of the way.
Watching "In The Hands of the Prophets" with a friend for his first time. Wynn is such a selfish, evil shit. I love how well Louise Fletcher made us hate her characters so much.