parismarx

parismarx, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

💥 THE BATTLE BEGINS! 💥

2023 is winding down, so it’s time to choose the WORST PERSON IN TECH!

🗳️ ROUND 1 VOTING OPEN NOW: https://forms.gle/xqcDPSXB98gA4udn9

#WorstPersonInTech #tech

parismarx, 7 months ago to tech

Richest man in the world wants to jail democratic socialist councillor who doesn’t serve his personal interests.

There needs to be a full-scale assault on the power of billionaires. Otherwise, democracy’s days are numbered.

https://missionlocal.org/2023/09/elon-musk-calls-for-jailing-of-san-francisco-supervisor/

#tech #politics #elonmusk #sf

parismarx, 7 months ago to random

He’s literally standing around in his backwards hat looking at a bunch of migrants who’ve been rounded up and cheering the efforts of the border guards. Absolutely vile human being.

parismarx, 6 months ago to random

visited the museum of communism in prague and it was fun to see all the anti-communist tropes in one place, like how bad it was that the state built a lot of housing

parismarx, 8 months ago to tech

Yesterday Justin Trudeau revealed that agents of the Indian government murdered a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil. When Canadian Sikhs went to post about it on Facebook, the platform removed their posts as a violation of Indian law.

https://pressprogress.ca/facebook-is-blocking-canadians-posts-about-the-assassination-of-a-bc-sikh-leader-their-posts-were-targeted-by-indias-government/

#tech #meta #facebook #socialmedia #cdnpoli

parismarx, 8 months ago to tech

Canada just evacuated a city of 20,000 people because of the wildfires devastating the country, but when people turn to Facebook for emergency updates, they get caught up in Meta’s news ban.

It shows how little the company really cares about its users.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/roundup-meta-doesnt-care-about-you

#tech #meta #facebook #canada #wildfires #socialmedia

parismarx, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

🚨 THE TIME HAS COME 🚨

Rocket men Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos face off for the crown. We only wish the winner could be blasted into the sun as a reward!

🗳️ VOTE NOW: https://forms.gle/udviJ3pZFBVGGW7i9

#WorstPersonInTech #tech

parismarx, 10 months ago to tech

The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. Elon Musk admitted it was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled.

He never planned to improve transportation; he just wants to keep people trapped in cars.

https://newrepublic.com/article/174089/big-tech-watching-drive

#tech #transport #elonmusk #transportation #hyperloop #trains

parismarx, 7 months ago to tech

Elon Musk’s grandfather “believed that apartheid South Africa was destined to lead ‘White Christian Civilization’ in its fight against the ‘International Conspiracy’ of Jewish bankers and the ‘hordes of Coloured people’ they controlled.”

Damn, why didn’t Ashlee Vance or Walter Isaacson mention that part?

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/joshua-haldeman-elon-musk-grandfather-apartheid-antisemitism/675396/

#tech #elonmusk

parismarx, 7 months ago to tech

After spreading “white genocide” myths and demonizing migrants, there’s no denying it: Elon Musk is a racist.

But he’s been pushing racist ideas in a less overt way for years. He dismissed racist abuse in his factories or pushed eugenic ideas about population levels. We need to reckon with why so may were unwilling to call it out sooner.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/elon-musk-is-a-racist

#tech #elonmusk #migration #racism

parismarx, 5 months ago to twitter

It’s incredibly dangerous how the richest man in the world — deluded by paranoia, narcissism, and far-right conspiracies — can get arms of the state to go after his perceived enemies instead of holding him to account as they should be doing.

#elonmusk #x #twitter #socialmedia #tech #politics

parismarx, 5 months ago to random

💥 FINAL FOUR 💥

We’ve reached the semi-finals. It’s time to choose who will head to the final round!

🗳️ VOTE NOW: https://forms.gle/CP7XV9q3oS54qKWJ8

#WorstPersonInTech

parismarx, 9 months ago to tech

In 2000, Elon Musk tried to rebrand PayPal as X.com, but was forced out by the board and replaced as CEO by Peter Thiel.

Now he’s doing the same to Twitter, but is surrounded by sycophants who can’t tell him it’s a bad idea.

Read more: https://www.disconnect.blog/p/elon-musk-wants-to-relive-his-start

#tech #twitter #x #elonmusk #socialmedia

Elon Musk tweeting the new X logo to replace Twitter.

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

so the dude is richer than humanly imaginable and basically just wants to be a robot, but since he can’t merge with AI he’s decided to create a restrictive “algorithm” to ensure he lives a joyless life that’s as machine-like as possible

https://time.com/6315607/bryan-johnsons-quest-for-immortality/

parismarx, 4 months ago to random

Which Mastodon app should I be using?

parismarx, 4 months ago to tech

Innovation is dead. In its place, companies just add internet connectivity and voice control in places it’s absolutely not needed so they can pretend extracting data and profit is the same as progress. No one needs a “smart” bidet.

#tech #innovation #toilet

parismarx, 6 months ago to tech

Over and over we’ve been told self-driving cars would solve our transport problems only for them not to deliver.

In 2023, Waymo and Cruise promised us their services had finally cracked the code — but a new scandal in San Francisco shows they deceived us once again. We need to stop falling for their fantasies and take real action to fix our transport system.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/self-driving-cars-still-arent-the

#tech #cruise #waymo #sf #transport

parismarx, 6 months ago to tech

When we warn the real threat of AI is how it’s used against people in the present, not the fantasies that some day computers might think for themselves, this is exactly the kind of thing we’re talking about: health insurers using AI to deny care.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/

#tech #ai #health #healthcare

parismarx, 5 months ago to random

🚨 QUARTER FINALS 🚨

The top 8 remain. Now it really gets tough. Who will move forward to the semi-finals?

🗳️ VOTE NOW: https://forms.gle/xvBeU6GraAW1ZAL4A

#WorstPersonInTech

parismarx, 7 months ago to random

I didn’t realize how valuable domains can be to small countries. Anguilla, which owns .ai, gets a third of its government’s monthly budget from domain sales. Tuvalu, which owns .tv, could make $10 million a year from the domain, allowing it to pave its roads and expand electricity access.

https://restofworld.org/2023/whats-in-a-domain-name/

parismarx, 4 months ago to random

Substack’s response to the open letter isn’t a surprise, but it does confirm they absolutely will not abandon the right-wing framing of free speech they’ve adopted which not only accepts hate speech, but actively defends racism, transphobia, and other forms of bigotry.

I’ve already been looking into moving to a new platform, and will put more emphasis on that after the holidays.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/24011232/substack-nazi-moderation-demonetization-hamish-mckenzie

parismarx, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to tech

As Hyperloop One shuts down, we need to remember that the Hyperloop was never meant to be built.

Elon Musk’s goal was never to transform transportation for the masses, but to stop or delay high-speed rail from reaching North America. Sadly, he succeeded — and we all lost as a result. While the rest of the world moved forward, the US remains stuck in the past.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/the-hyperloop-was-always-a-scam

#tech #transport #transportation #train #hyperloop #elonmusk

parismarx, 4 months ago to random

Disconnect published 100 posts through 2023 and finishes its 11th month at nearly 10,000 subscribers.

In a year of AI hype and a spiraling Elon Musk, it’s no surprise they dominate the top posts of the year.

Let’s review the top 10 of 2023 👇

parismarx, 7 months ago to tech

The Luddites weren’t backward technophobes. They saw factory owners using tech to degrade their livelihoods and they fought back — first by trying to negotiate, then writing to Parliament, and finally smashing the machines.

As workers today organize and strike over bosses using digital tech to upend their industries, there’s a lot we can learn from the Luddites’ story. I was thrilled to dig into it with @brianmerchant!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/13638517-the-real-history-of-the-luddites-w-brian-merchant

#tech #history #luddite #workers

parismarx, 10 months ago to tech

we’re not ready for the crazy shit tech bros are gonna try with the apple vision pro

#tech #apple #visionpro #reddit