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balslev, 7 days ago to random Danish

Det virker som om vi danskere har en særlig interesse i at forhindre global opvarmning. Eller er det bare mig? https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1cuuvxl/continental_maps_of_the_world_if_all_the_ice/ #danish

balslev, 8 days ago to random

This is absolutely crazy, devoid of evidence and just built on improbable scenarios (but financed by Google) https://cms.implementconsultinggroup.com/media/uploads/articles/2024/The-economic-opportunity-of-generative-AI-in-Denmark/The-economic-opportunity-of-AI-in-Denmark.pdf

balslev, 14 days ago to random

Who can come up with the most edgy brand name for an enshittified "as-a-service"-type startup, by replacing an "I" with a "Y" in a word? I'll go first:

YCE-CREAM™

balslev, 28 days ago to random

https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-exponential-enshittification

slothrop, 1 month ago to ai

Re #AI, can we please move on to the trough of disillusionment already?

balslev, 1 month ago to random

"The Cold Call installation takes the form of a call center, where audiences are invited to connect by telephone to executives in the fossil fuel industry and instructed to keep them on the phone as long as possible. The cumulative time stolen from these executives is then quantified as carbon credits using an innovative new offsetting methodology" https://tegabrain.com/Cold-Call

balslev, 2 months ago to random

"The exponential enshittification of science" https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-exponential-enshittification?r=8tdk6&triedRedirect=true

balslev, 2 months ago to random

So important! "But it is important to understand that the axioms of rationalistic decision theory were not empirical facts, but normative directives. None of them had been established by observation." https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545600/insolvent/ p.177 @cbecker

balslev, 2 months ago to random

"Pigcasso (c. April 2016 – March 2024) was a 700-kilogram (1,500 lb) painting pig from South Africa whose paintings have sold for millions of rand all over the world. Pigcasso is best known for being the first non-human artist to host her own art exhibition and holding the record for most expensive artwork ever sold by an animal." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigcasso

via @shaft

balslev, 6 months ago to random Danish

Revolutionær socialistisk data-analyse https://revosoc.dk/persondatapolitik/ (spottet af @Kjaerulv ) #mutedanish

balslev, 7 months ago to random

Homo Disconnectus! https://journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/mz/article/view/8188/8260

alcinnz, 3 years ago to random

I finished reading World Wide Waste by Gerry McGovern. I'd consider it essential reading for anyone working with computers!

https://gerrymcgovern.com/books/world-wide-waste/

It's well cited (though I still need to check those citations) & uses maths effectively to make it's point.

That computers + (surveillance) capitalism is actually worse for the environment than the predigital era. That we can and must move slow and fix things, and fund that vital work directly.