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futurebird, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

People trying to train AIs are now complaining that all of the AI data on the internet are making it hard for them to get quality training sets of natural language and images.

bitter snickering

nixCraft, 2 months ago to random

This is going to help scammers a lot. Imagine getting a call from your loved ones, and they explain they are in trouble and need immediate financial assistance. This is going to affect so many elderly and innocent people. OpenAI is developing these tools again from publicly scrapping of your voice samples.

futurebird, 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

These AI SEO spam operations have used lists of common searches to ensure that their pages come up first in searches in the “long fat tail” the kind of search where it used to be about 50/50 if you’d find a page addressing your needs. But, it used to be if you found something like “The top 15 smallest ants in the world” it wouldn’t be nonsense. It’d either exist and be the work of another person who cared OR you found nothing. Not so now! I can’t possibly over-stress how bad this is! 1/

trisweb, 4 months ago to random

CNN reports on "Superyachts and the Super Rich" this evening, and it's just one hour that screams "RAISE TAXES" over and over and over again.

gwensnyder, 1 month ago to random

Excuse me, but in what WORLD does this disinformatic crank's harmful opinion merit a top-of-page banner headline?

Journalistic malpractice by CNN

trisweb, 7 months ago to random

So much “I’m super sick with all the symptoms of #COVID but it’s not COVID because I had three negative home tests” going around.

People—home tests aren’t perfect and there’s increased immunity and lower viral counts these days. It’s probably COVID.

trisweb, 3 months ago to random

"In 2023, we returned more cash to shareholders and produced more oil and natural gas than any year in the company's history," Chevron chief executive Mike Wirth boasted.

We will not survive on this earth unless fossil fuel companies are deliberately and systematically dismantled by force.

pluralistic, 2 months ago to random

According to "the greater internet fuckwad theory," the ills of the internet can be traced to anonymity:

> Normal Person + Anonymity + Audience = Total Fuckwad

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/greater-internet-fuckwad-theory

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/04/greater-corporate-fuckward-theory/#counterintuit-ive

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trisweb, 24 days ago to random

I finally have #Mosstodon and #LichenSubscribe content! An old dogwood tree just blooming with moss and lichen on the trunk.

A tree branch covered in bright green moss and pale lichen.
Two white dogwood blossoms just opening, with a blurry tree branch covered in bright green moss and pale lichen.
A tree branch covered in bright green moss and pale lichen.

trisweb, 4 days ago to random

For all the talk of “maker schedule vs manager schedule,” I don’t think we appreciate just how much management and coaching benefits from focus time and deep work and open space to think and help others.

A back to back jam packed agenda is the problem for everyone.

Imagine the coaching that could be done if you had two solid hours to help someone? Imagine the career development if you had an hour to plan and think through someone’s growth before speaking with them on it?

Managers suffer from a “manager’s schedule” just as much as makers.

trisweb, 7 months ago to random

You don't fight evil with more evil.

That just creates a whole lot more evil.

trisweb, 5 months ago to random

Most #leaders don't know how to lead.

There are straightforward methods. You need to do the work to gain clarity on the system and people you're responsible for leading. You do the work to communicate that clarity of purpose—constantly, repeatedly.

There are straightforward values. You respect people above all else. You empower them to participate in the work, not just do. You make everyone a part of the mission you're undertaking together.

Most leaders were never taught. How could they be?

nixCraft, 5 months ago to random

Can we return to purchasing software instead of subscribing to it?

I don't believe it will happen with popular software. Your best option is to vote with your wallet or use a FLOSS-based solution, provided it meets your needs.

trisweb, 10 months ago to random

The wild thing about self-driving cars is that human-driven cars are a legal hack more than anything.

Car makers are legally able to exist because they can blame all the death and destruction caused by their products on drivers. They've even carefully designed cars so that no possible liability can be traced back to them (ex: no built-in cell phone holders!)

My guess is that as soon as software drives the car, it becomes impossible for the manufacturer of that software to legally survive.

trisweb, 19 days ago to random

Absolutely loving all the #aurora shots tonight! Keep em coming! Here are a couple random snaps from me, I’m just amazed that it’s real and in Boston!

Aurora borealis over a tree-lined landscape at night with ground illumination.
Aurora borealis over a residential area with power lines and trees in the foreground.
Aurora borealis (Northern Lights) visible in a night sky over a silhouette of trees, with streetlights illuminating the foreground.

trisweb, 3 months ago to random

We need to start contending with the fact that not only is AI simply not helpful, it's actively harmful—to the environment, to our continued survival on this planet, to our society, and to human progress.

We need to stop the AI train before it drags us off the cliff it's barreling toward.

It's not enough to simply ignore it and roll our eyes.

universalhub, 19 days ago (edited 19 days ago) to boston

Aurorinspiring: Some #aurora photos from across the #Boston area

https://www.universalhub.com/2024/aurorinspiring

#Massachusetts

trisweb, 3 months ago to amateurradio

I've decided to get my #AmateurRadio license. I already know most of the fundamentals so with a little study should be able to pass just fine. I think it's an important infrastructure to keep going and expand, especially these days.

I will also continue to expand the #LoRa #Meshtastic network on the North Shore of Boston, with hopes of having it support connection all the way to Boston Proper (we have line of sight spots up here directly to the city and surrounding areas!)

On top of that, I've got the hardware and ability to set up a MassMesh mesh wifi node. The network is small, but a good proof of concept for a higher bandwidth community networking solution independent of the trunk internet.

Any tips or encouragement from anyone appreciated!

trisweb, 9 days ago to random

@universalhub first week of the inbound Haverhill line only running one train from Reading at 7:30am all day is going great… only 5 cars, no double deckers, every station packed. Lovely.

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

I’ve followed up yesterday’s #SVG filtering toot with a more detailed blog post, with examples, which I hope makes more clear what I’m after (if not why). And it includes a link to a Codepen for any helpers to fork and edit! https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2023/12/21/pixelating-live-with-svg/

trisweb, 24 days ago to random

Byeeeee stackoverflow

trisweb, 9 months ago to random

Companies are, on average, very stupid.

trisweb, 1 year ago to random

Easily forgotten:

The things that genuinely motivate people to work ten or a hundred times harder toward a common goal are human, emotional, meaningful, purposeful, empathetic.

You can achieve minor gains with the mechanical, numeric, authoritative, concrete, inhuman; and it can feel like progress. But doing those same things but harder turns into #demotivation.

Genuinely #motivating people is not just more and better of the same; it's an entirely different kind of #management.