axbom

axbom, 1 day ago to random

We’re automating our way out of knowing how to adapt to unforeseen circumstances.

axbom, 4 days ago to random

Siri doesn't seem to even be able to tell me what week number it is.

Happy to be proven wrong on this. And I'd rather not depend on building my own shortcut…

axbom, 5 days ago to random

How people trust this software for decision-making is beyond me…

https://chat.openai.com/share/534ac2bd-332c-43d5-a26c-4b1bd8050c38

axbom, 5 days ago to random

Starting a new regimen today. Every hour, before I can use my phone, I need to do 10 pushups. If I don’t use my phone that hour, I don’t have to do them. If the time is 9:45 and I haven’t used my phone yet that hour, but want to do so, I have to do 10 pushups.

And yes, I’ve done my first 10 before writing this. 😁💪

Will be interesting to see how many pushups I end up with today. Gonna be so buff in a couple of months. 😅

axbom, 9 days ago to random Swedish

I believe I will find people here who appreciate how utterly satisfied I feel being able to use this url:

https://per.ax/bom

😎

axbom, 11 days ago to random Swedish

In my 20s I knew very little but was confident I knew quite a lot. Today I know much more and am much more confident that I know very little.

carl, 12 days ago to random Swedish

Tänk om svenska myndigheter var lika djärva, experimentella och nyfikna på hur öppna, icke-kommersiella sociala medier kan bidra till våra demokratiska samtal. Det skulle stärka vår opinionsbildning och myndigheternas digitala rådighet.

https://social.network.europa.eu/

axbom, 13 days ago (edited 13 days ago) to random

In a recent post I first wrote “third-world countries”, considered changing it to developing countries, then edited to “Global South”.

There is a lot of baggage in language that imperfectly labels entire groups of countries, while also carrying with it many negative connotations.

Then I came across Dayo Olopad’s op-ed talking instead about a shift in thinking to “fat” and “lean” countries. While perhaps I would have preferred the use of “bloated” rather than “fat”, Olopad’s insights are worth sharing:

« “Lean” societies approach consumption and production with scarcity in mind. In the so-called least developed nations of sub-Saharan Africa, where the gross national income averages just $2,232 per capita, populations are young and hungry — at times for food, but mostly for opportunity. Nothing can be taken for granted or wasted. But resource constraints have provoked an astonishing bounty of homegrown solutions to the problems philanthropists like Mr. Gates address with charity. If necessity is the mother of invention, lean economies have a distinct advantage. »

It should be obvious by now that “fat” economies need to learn to be more like the “lean” countries.

« As the old adjectives about Africa — “hopeless,” “war torn,” “impoverished”— fade, fat economies must stop assuming that poor countries should mimic them and instead embrace their models for social innovation and efficiency. The post-crash ethos of doing more with less is essential in modern Africa. And for philanthropists like Mr. Gates and world leaders who have committed to solving big problems, lean thinking is imperative. »

https://archive.is/oU4RZ

axbom, 13 days ago (edited 13 days ago) to random

As more of the world is coming to terms with the psychic con that is generative AI, some of the images from Altman’s businesses are just ludicrous, almost like “well we just borrowed all the props from mediums and seances”.

Never forget that Worldcoin is the brainchild of Sam Altman. His minions are travelling to the Global South with a crystal ball, sorry orb, and asking people to look into it, with the promise of more fortune in their futures.

The Buzzfeed story is from 2022 but the Worldcoin scam is still going strong, even if their operations were suspended in Kenya, after this:

«[…] the Communications Authority of Kenya says it’s going to evaluate Worldcoin due to a “lack of clarity on the security and storage” of the iris scans it’s collecting as well as the “uncertainty” surrounding the attached cryptocurrency. It also takes issue with Worldcoin offering people incentives to get their irises scanned.» (source: The Verge)

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/richardnieva/worldcoin-crypto-eyeball-scanning-orb-problems

axbom, 14 days ago to random

Real-time footage of the AI bubble bursting…

VIdeo description:
A wooded,, green area with a close-up of a large soap bubble forming inside the loop of a string and slowly, in slow motion, growing larger and larger before it pops. Overlaid on the video are scattered text quotes that appear and disappear, as if they are speaking in unision with the bubble growing and popping:

What is it?
It’s AI
How can it do that?!
It’s mindblowing.
It’s going to take over the world.
It looks so real.
This is all happening so fast!
We need to invest 7 trillion to make it grow bigger y’all!
But it’s not making any money!
I can control it.
It’s actually pretty silly.
But you just have to believe!
And it’s using so much energy!
And water…
Wait, is this all a hallucination?
(soap bubble pops)
Ah, fuck.
Clean that up please.
Sam, has your orb scanned all the eyeballs yet?
Yeah, we need everyone to keep an open mind here.

axbom, 14 days ago to random

”One participant was a British former journalist become computer tycoon who had been awarded a lordship.”

Well well well… that would be Clive Sinclair, inventor of the first computer I owned, the Sinclair ZX81.

Very much worth a read (” Because you really need to know how deeply twisted some of these plutocrats who run our society truly are.”):

https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/112329743209523481

axbom, 16 days ago to random

Some of you may have seen me researching online signing services yesterday, testing about five different services through their trial accounts. One of those companies just called me up(!) and wanted to book me in for a demo of their product.

I said I went with Docuseal because it’s open source and I have control over my own data as I can self-host. “Oh is that important to you, why?”, he asked. So I actually went on a rant about digital ethics, indieweb and how we are tracked whatever products we use these days.

So that sent him off on a rant about how they use blockchain and are based in the EU and no data ever leaves the EU and the data always belongs to the customer.

So I’m like, “well how did the fucking blockchain protect me from you calling me at 8.30 in the morning!?”*

*Hmm, I actually didn’t say that last part because it just hit me when I hung up. And I have a hard time being rude on the phone. But wow I wish I did say that. Let’s just agree I did.

Karinkvittrar, 16 days ago to random Swedish

Tålamod och vilja, visst är det en bra kombination?

axbom, 17 days ago to random

Hm, so what online signing service do you all use for signing agreements with several parties involved?

And that you would recommend…

axbom, 18 days ago to random

I should be doing bookkeeping and instead I'm building an accessible blog template using Pico CSS.

#StoryOfMyLife

axbom, 19 days ago to random

Don't wash the Cybertruck in direct sunlight.

So essentially:
• Keep away from bright lights
• Keep away from water

I'm just waiting on the rule that you can't feed the Cybertruck after midnight.

https://futurism.com/cybertruck-brick-car-wash