absamma

absamma, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to reddit

So there you have it. Twitter under Elon is the inspiration for Reddit's new business vision. That explains so much of what we're seeing. #reddit

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/reddit-blackout-protest-private-ceo-elon-musk-huffman-rcna89700

absamma, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to climate

I had no idea Antarctic sea ice has failed to form this year (to the extent that it is expected to form for this time of the year; it's still forming, just MUCH less than expected) despite being in the dead of winter. Seriously people, it's 5 sigma below normal sea ice there! Wtf are we doing?! #climate #ClimateCatastrophe

harsh, 7 months ago to random

Just finished reading "The Internet Con: How to seize the means of computation" by @pluralistic . Surprisingly, a lot of the book is about interoperability and making it happen legally. For me, this hit really hard because of how involved my work is around both. Key takeaway for me is that if we want to create a better tech society, we need to open up stuff with interoperability to drive innovation and competition rather than just regulate big tech expecting them to behave.

absamma, 11 months ago to fediverse

The Reddit drama is morphing into a confrontation that can only be described as Black mirror-esque in nature. Dissenters in subreddits gone dark are being approached by the company to conspire in toppling their top moderators to restore their subreddits, and people are finally realising that even if they delete their account, Reddit's t&c gives them complete and irrevocable ownership of their content. They will never delete that valuable content. Reddit is dead. Glory to the #fediverse #reddit

carnage4life, 7 months ago to random

One problem we’re going to have with generative AI is that the practical use cases are going to be so valuable that customers are going to be the ones ignoring the AI ethicists not the big tech companies

https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/10/16/adams-taps-ai-robocalls-languages-he-doesnt-speak/

absamma, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to Ukraine

‘In case I die, I need to publish this paper’: scientist who left the lab to fight in Ukraine

A Ukrainian scientist and soldier tells the world about how war has shaped his perspective on science and war: they cannot be separate. They're inextricably linked. Which is why Russia targets Ukrainian academic centres. I would add that this can extend to every part of the civilian sector. This is what total war looks like. #Ukraine

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03044-z

absamma, 8 months ago to random

Here's the thing: the "original waterfall methodology paper" (which does not even use the word Waterfall) advocated for an iterative approach to software development. Unfortunately, nobody got past figure 2 of 10 and the DOD compounded the problem by turning the misconception into a standard. In other words, Agile is nothing new. It is a rediscovery borne out of not practicing RTFM. #agile #waterfall #softwaredevelopment

http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/waterfall.html

absamma, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to random

To put #Fukushima into context, the concentration of tritium in your drinking water is way more than in the water they're discharging into the ocean. The issue has been so politicised it's ridiculous.

Conversely, the Japanese government has not really done any meaningful consultations with its citizens hence the angst. See more context in this thread🧵: https://fedibird.com/

absamma, 11 months ago to random

This blog is just wow. Beautiful interactive illustrations of physics and mechanics.

https://ciechanow.ski

absamma, 9 months ago to random

Everybody keeps raving about building super apps but I wonder why nobody considers the possibility that web browsers are already kind of like super apps with a more level playing field (which may perhaps be the "problem"; no one has a real monopoly over the web). #web #browsers

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

Brilliant video on how the invention of the clock eroded workers' leisure time, and how the pocket watch empowered workers to discover how their bosses were tampering with the clocks to make people work more for less. This is an example of how technological innovation can enable tyranny. We must learn from history. Share this with your boss and union 😉

Work. https://youtube.com/watch?v=hvk_XylEmLo&si=Rb715wJLTRBr7q3L

absamma, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

Here's a scary thought: is #Trump the Mule from the Foundation novels? #Foundation #scifi 😂

absamma, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to news

While the saner parts of the world rightly scoff at the "alien" spectacle shown off at Mexico's Congress, this spectacle is being powered by something far more sinister: grave robbing and tomb desecration in Peru. It's inhumane and grotesque and it must stop. Demand for so called "alien" evidence must stop. There are no aliens, only an illegal and unethical capitalist pipeline for rearranged body parts you fools! 😡 #news #capitalism

https://www.livescience.com/62045-alien-mummies-explained.html

absamma, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

As our world burns, why is the Biden administration signing more oil and gas exploration and pipeline projects? #climatechange

absamma, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to climate

It's quite amazing that our attempts at reducing pollution from sulphur rich fuels for ships is adding on to global warming. We really don't understand our complex climate system. #climatechange

‘We’re changing the clouds.’ An unforeseen test of geoengineering is fueling record ocean warmth | Science | AAAS https://www.science.org/content/article/changing-clouds-unforeseen-test-geoengineering-fueling-record-ocean-warmth

absamma, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to uk

The managerial culture that allowed Nurse Letby to go on a killing spree for so long is not an exception. It is the norm; systemic to the NHS. I don't know what kind of reform is needed to root out this culture, but it hurts staff, minorities especially. If anyone tries to raise concerns for whatever reason, management dismisses them, bullies them into submission before packing them off to the GMC for a career disrupting tribunal. #nhs #healthcare #uk #medicine

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66120934

absamma, 9 months ago to China

I love how #China has slapped a ban on seafood imports from #Japan because of the #Fukushima water discharge amidst its own environmental catastrophes. This water is really not so dangerous: it only contains tritium that has been diluted because we can't remove tritium from water. The amount present is way below WHO's limit. It seems uninformed political discourse has turned nuclear physics and facts into a boogeyman that is to be feared no matter what which is utterly ridiculous.

absamma, 11 months ago to random

Our planet is burning while we gawk over Apple products. #wildfires #WildfireSmoke #ClimateCatastrophe #wwdc

A MODIS satellite image showing several wildfires in Québec and Ontario, Canada.

absamma, 8 months ago to space

"Every vision is a joke until the first man accomplishes it; once realised, it becomes commonplace."

-Goddard #space #rocket

The New York Times mocked this scientist in 1920. His discoveries could now take us to Mars - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-16/robert-goddard-s-space-legacy-moon-race/102849484

absamma, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to philosophy

Amazing to know that we may have finally cracked ancient Roman concrete's formula and recipe, giving us a possibly more environmentally friendly concrete with self healing properties! Ancient knowledge has been recovered. #Roman #concrete #chemistry

We Finally Know Why Ancient Roman Concrete Stood The Test of Time : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-why-ancient-roman-concrete-stood-the-test-of-time

absamma, 11 months ago to android

I am so grateful that @fdroidorg exists. ❤️ #android

absamma, 7 months ago to random

The timestamps on tweets seem to be reverting to the beginning of the Unix epoch. #birdsite

carnage4life, 7 months ago to random

How does he keep coming up with even worse ideas? X is testing requiring an annual subscription before you can tweet or retweet.

Current price $1/year. This will definitely fix their money problems…not.

https://fortune.com/2023/10/17/twitter-x-charging-new-users-1-dollar-year-to-tweet/

boris, 7 months ago to random

I’ve written up a post about the background and plan for this server https://commonscomputer.com/t/tft-rocks-mastodon-server-move/13

• old https://toolsforthought.rocks Mastodon Server is 42EU/month, to be shutdown end of November
• this https://toolsforthought.social is much cheaper, and Boris will run it for a year no matter what
• follow Mastodon migration to move here, or to some other server
• get involved if you want to run this server!