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trochee, 16 days ago to random

A shockingly large proportion of SV technosolutions are band-aids for the "problems" of a techbro who

• drives to work alone
• in an expensive car
• with a good mobile connection
• through silicon valley traffic

For example:

• autonomous driving (or gig drivers)
• food delivery; task rabbit
• agents to read and respond to your email
• voice assistants providing emotional validation

https://mastodon.online/@danirabbit/112502816917988936

spinningthoughts, 16 days ago to random German

Designing #ToolsForThought - one of the long-term things I have been musing about is how to combine the power of the bullet-point outliner with the power of the long-form writing tool. The issue is, both are pretty powerful in a modern setting. Throw something like Capacities together with something like Tana. The interface gets nastily cluttered.

So why don't separate them a bit? Here's what I call a 90/10 solution - it's not perfect, but I think it manages most of the things needed. 1/n

TheNeedling, 17 days ago to random

You can read more about this 2022 study here: https://theneedling.com/2022/03/06/geologists-mount-rainier-will-not-erupt-during-your-lifetime-with-possible-exception-of-very-end/

mhoye, 17 days ago to random

I kind of love how pitch-perfectly Elon Musk this is.

"Neuralink is looking for new approaches to this compression problem, and exceptional engineers to work on it."

What have we tried so far?

"Zip."

Yuuuuup. Ok, guy.

https://content.neuralink.com/compression-challenge/README.html

hannah, 17 days ago to random

Neptune/Poseidon is god of the sea and horses because they're both things that can get you somewhere in a hurry but can also kill your ass dead. I don't think this is supported by any classicists but it sounds good

mhoye, 17 days ago to random

ok everyone's gotta pick a corner and then we can put this week behind us

Adam_Cadmon1, 17 days ago to random

Shit. Just been informed that Andy Ngo supplied some of the footage for Civil War. Smh. C'mon A24. Do better.

trochee, 17 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to random

"I never imagined that I would be surveilled by Private Panopticon", sobbed Bob CTO, local party chair for the Surveil-everything With Private Panopticon Party.

https://infosec.exchange/@chrismerkel/112495797916386580

trochee, 17 days ago to random

Y'all

If you see me grouching "journalists*, you have one job"

It is no kind of checkmate to retort that journalists* are subject to the merciless vise grip of capitalist enclosure

I am simply reminding us all: "there are standards for conduct as a decent person & y'gotta NOTICE & COMPLAIN when bosses tell you to act against them"

"journalists" may be read "editors'", "photographers", "engineers", "firefighters", "designers", "educators", etc*

**probably not "cops" tho

#SolidarityForever

trochee, 18 days ago (edited 18 days ago) to random

Watching @ruha9 talking to a bunch of Seattle area independent schools about AI, ghost labor, and the idea of "inclusion" as a tricky word.

She played a clip from SLEEP DEALERS, and now I have to see this movie.

trochee, 18 days ago to random

Internet occultist technomages like @Wolven will enjoy (or perhaps cower in terror) at this story of a brief rebellion by one of the Thirteen Knowers of True Names that support the very foundation of our noosphere

Thanks @dangoodin for bringing this to my attention

https://infosec.exchange/@dangoodin/112491572983898437

FeralRobots, 18 days ago to random

Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math And Doesn't Want To Talk To You may well be the best title I've read for a biographical musical show.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/22/my-songs-spread-like-herpes-why-did-satirical-genius-tom-lehrer-swap-worldwide-fame-for-obscurity

jalcine, 18 days ago to random

made a LinkedIn account, please weep with me

(I am not looking for work, too many people still do not have personal websites and use LinkedIn to highlight their work and I haven't found a proxy for ... LinkedIn)

trochee, 18 days ago to linguistics

Huh it looks like there's a Berenstain #linguistics / #psycholinguistics dataset visiting from a previous simulation reboot

Thanks @ergative for escalation; the Time Police have been notified

https://wandering.shop/@ergative/112489237275922461

trochee, 19 days ago to random

Oh, I have such FOMO for @xoxo

(I'mma be unavailable that week but I wish I could be there!)

https://xoxo.zone/@xoxo/112480750007821597

_L1vY_, 19 days ago to random

Complete my "collection"?

The hell have I been looking at to get this ad? 😂

Lana, 19 days ago to random

CUSTOMERS: please don't print lies in the newspaper we sort of hate that.

NEWSPAPER: good news! we replaced half our staff with a machine that automatically prints lies in the newspaper.

mhoye, 19 days ago to random

As always, domestic abuse is the flagship infosec threat model, the one where the victim has the least resources, the least recourse, where they're closest to immediate physical harm.

That this industry has failed at and mostly abandoned the idea of even pretending to try dealing with a threat model that's difficult and unprofitable and mostly hurts women is not news, but this new Windows Recall feature is next-level professional negligence.

trochee, 20 days ago (edited 20 days ago) to random

> Linux is a bit shit sometimes

> - but when it's a bit shit, it's a bit shit in the way of a cat who watches the mouse run across the living room floor, not in the way of a cat who suddenly decides to bite you for no reason.
> It's not actively malicious, it's just a bit shit sometimes
— @ifixcoinops, with a new charter for Linux

I propose a corollary:

"The Fediverse is a bit shit sometimes"

https://retro.social/@ifixcoinops/112481957392068239

Meyerweb, 1 month ago to random

Reality is being written by a malfunctioning Markov chain generator.

(Hat tip: @cstross)