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karabaic

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John Karabaic's account. he/him. BLM.

NYC MIT WPAFB CIN PDX, kinda in that order

Virtual plumber to https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic

Breakfast on the Bridges volunteer https://social.ridetrans.it/@bonbpdx

Working for tech companies since they made hardware.

The gurney is the reward, as my NeXT colleagues put it.

Expect book and media reviews, comments on science and technology policy, frequent #NoirAlley #TCMParty posts.

Banner from Leo Szilard: His Version of the Facts

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rebeccawatson, to random
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this was my mother’s day present from Indy and I’m glad he’s excited but what happens when we get the results and we only share like 80% of our dna

karabaic,
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@rebeccawatson I'm sure you will love this guy regardless of what this eugenics-inspired product reveals.

karabaic,
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@rebeccawatson Srsly. https://gizmodo.com/why-breeding-pedigree-dogs-is-just-eugenics-by-another-1692030738

mekkaokereke, to random
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If you got upset at me for pointing out that more people died of Covid under Biden than Trump, in large part because Biden rolled back common sense restrictions that were in place under Trump...

Then you'll hate me pointing out that Trump introduced a 25% tariff on Chinese EVs, and Biden is upping that to 100% tariff.

https://insideevs.com/news/719283/chinese-ev-tariffs-biden-quadruple/

We can't allow the US to get off of fossil fuels... unless US billionaires win! 🤡

Fear the BYD Dolphin! (an EV car for $12K)
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/T3nfyO_UHjk

karabaic,
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@tojiro @mekkaokereke Chevy Bolt. Union made.

karabaic, to random
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So depressed by AI Hype...hey, here's a promising story in Nature about scientists being encouraged to report negative results...I'll read that to cheer me up!

5 grafs later...

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01389-7

karabaic,
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@alex @emilymbender pertinent to the last ep of MAIHT3K ^^^

karabaic, to random
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Robert Kennedy Jr gets multiple (correct) diagnoses of a brain tumor, and one quack who says maybe it's a parasite. Guess who BobbyJ went with? Dr Red Wiggler, the Cadillac of oncologists.

karabaic,
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@thepoliticalcat He apparently consulted more than 1

karabaic, to random
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Google is an unreliable business partner, even if you're an independent writer using their free apps.

HT @phil_stevens

https://www.wired.com/story/what-happens-when-a-romance-author-gets-locked-out-of-google-docs/

karabaic, to random
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gonna put a stop sign on my car's liftgate

https://youtu.be/LzHnFqw46eg?si=ustguK1glxbBodCx

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karabaic, to random
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I don't remember the NY Daily News having this strong a pun game but damn.

From Sam Staggs Close-up On Sunset Boulevard

karabaic, to random
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I'm reading The Freaks Came Out to Write, Tricia Romano's oral history of the Village Voice and getting angry and sad all over again over the censorship of Lenny Bruce and the death of Don McNeill, Jr, things I haven't thought about it in years.

karabaic, to random
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in the toby-won't-eat-his-cinnamon-monstrosity Wendy's ad they kind of make the feminine crewmate the caregiver when she puts the fork in his fist and why do i care about this shit but i wish they had cast a masculine person in her role

karabaic, to random
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One of the things I never realized as a kid reading the Odyssey and the Iliad is that Odysseus is just a compulsive liar who can't tell the truth under any circumstances.

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    karabaic,
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    @thepoliticalcat 'Noting the massive lobby waterfall promoted by the Trump Organization as "One of the most notable features of Trump Tower is the breath-taking 60-foot waterfall embellishing the eastern wall of the building," Scovell reported, "Today, it’s notable that there’s no water in the waterfall. And a waterfall without water is just a wall."'

    Did Mexico pay for it?

    karabaic, to random
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    The most and, yet, least surprising thing I learned from this Raffi profile is that he's a Swiftie.

    Of course he is.

    Raffi is a transnational treasure.

    https://www.motherjones.com/media/2024/04/raffi-guide-to-fighting-fascism-baby-beluga-penny-penguin/

    ht @gratefuldread

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    I think we can now stop saying “google it” when looking for info. No one will find it there.

    karabaic,
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    @axeshun @StillIRise1963 This was always a risk, though we never acknowledged it! Brewster Kahle was a lone visionary when he started archive.org, the web's DVR.

    karabaic, to random
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    It is important to note that the context for the FTC's ruling to ban noncompetes is not the techbruh who signed a NC.

    It's the person who works at a Wendy's franchise who signed a noncompete during onboarding and now can't get a job at McDonald's.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/opinion/noncompete-agreement-workers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mk0.ZCWO.4QqYOicCdWVF&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

    karabaic, to random
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    Hey! US folks! Those noncompete clauses you signed? Just banned.

    Celebrate!

    Go work for a competitor. Go found your own competition.

    https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-announces-rule-banning-noncompetes

    karabaic, to random
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    Oh, and let's put everything, even the tilt of a tanning bed, under control of this fucking insane Alexa. #2001ASpaceOdyssey #TCMParty

    blogdiva, to random
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    🙋🏾‍♀️ who else is so old, in internet years, you used Mosaic the first time you browsed the web?

    h/t @augustocc
    https://mastodon.social/@augustocc@social.br-linux.org/112317059607037922

    karabaic,
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    @blogdiva @augustocc How about the original CERN text-based browser?

    karabaic,
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    @augustocc @blogdiva oh, just answering the question!

    karabaic, to random
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    With Google's main search becoming more unreliable and the Internet itself becoming polluted with generative nonsense, I find myself searching on scholar, books, and my local library's OCLC interface and limiting myself to results from 2022 or earlier. This seems extreme.

    What are you doing?

    andybaio, to random
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    "Consent Mode is off by default" should be the unofficial motto of the tech industry. https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/15/24130832/limitless-ai-pendant-wearable-meetings

    karabaic,
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    @andybaio Gotta wonder how this works in multi-person consent states? Would a person recorded without their consent be able to take action against Limitless? Betting the user agreement indemnifies Limitless from the purchaser, but not sure how that would work for the person recorded.

    karabaic,
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    @stg That makes sense for a generic recorder used in a place with no expectation of privacy with other uses, like recording music.

    This is specifically designed to record human interactions and has a consent setting turned off by default.

    Is there a colorable argument that the service provider knows the product has consent issues?

    I'm thinking something like the product liability lawsuits against gun manufacturers who marketed guns for particular uses?

    karabaic, to random
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    Software is eating the world and it wants the humans sous vide.

    https://gizmodo.com/tesla-software-update-traps-woman-in-hot-car-1851407234

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