liampomfret

liampomfret, 11 months ago to random

With its latest #privacy policy update, Google is basically claiming that it has the right to use anything that anyone has ever put up online in public for the purpose of training AI.

As far as I’m concerned, what they’re pulling here is equivalent to someone wandering around a busy shopping complex taking photos up womens’ skirts, and then when caught claiming that if women don’t want those photos taken, then they should wear different clothing or just not go to the shopping complex at all.

liampomfret, 7 months ago to auspol

As much as I would like a breakdown between "people who voted no because they're racist idiots" and "people who voted no because they were misled by the people claiming a progressive cause for voting no", there's no such nuance in a straight yes/no vote for a referendum. And just like the republican referendum, any nuance that may have theoretically existed will never be acknowledged in future political discussions about today's result.
Shame on us Australia.
#VoiceToParliament #auspol

liampomfret, 19 days ago to random

It's simply absurd to see some people suggesting those helping Ukraine are warmongers because they're not going along with bad-faith suggestions of a ceasefire from Moscow.

If Moscow really wanted a true ceasefire, they could get that at any time simply by giving up on their invasion and withdrawing their troops beyond the pre-2014 borders. But Moscow doesn't want a true ceasefire and cessation of hostilities. They just want time to train and rearm their troops before their next offensive.

liampomfret, 1 year ago to aitools

Hoping that we'll soon start to see some real growth in the list of #Marketing and #ConsumerResearch Academics on Mastodon. If you'd like to be added to the list, just give me a ping! https://lpomfret.github.io/Mastodon-Marketing/

liampomfret, 10 months ago to random

MyNeighbourFireflies > Barbenheimer
The fact that was intentional by Studio Ghibli, as opposed to the ad hoc pairing of Barbenheimer, is honestly a bit unreal.

liampomfret, 9 months ago to auspol

So if this referendum goes well, we can start organising a referendum to become a republic, right?
#auspol

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

At this point, I can’t help but feel like blaming the Yes campaign for the referendum result is akin to victim blaming.

To my mind, any blame should rest in the lies and misinformation peddling from the No campaign, in the media who generally superbly ineffective in their journalistic duty of combating the lies, and in particular with those in the media who were complicit in facilitating the spread of lies and misinformation.
#auspol #voicetoparliament

liampomfret, 5 months ago to Eurovision

All the #kohaku toots tonight are giving me the same kind of vibes as #eurovision. Just the right mix of fangasming and snark.

liampomfret, 5 months ago to random

Listening to everything about these tsunami warnings in Japan kind of makes the severe weather warnings we've been under all day here in SEQ feel like child's play. They're expecting 5m waves in Noto in Ishikawa, and something like 3m waves across around a third of their western coastline? Bloody hell.

liampomfret, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to Eurovision

For those following me, this is your warning ahead of time that you may want to mute the #SBSEurovision hashtag prior to the Australian broadcasts of #Eurovision this coming week.

Unless of course you enjoy snarky tooting and hot takes fuelled by about 1/3 of my annual alcohol intake, in which case, I hope you'll join us for the broadcast!

kcarruthers, 3 months ago to random

The Feds Are Coming for “Extremist” Gamers: The Department of Homeland Security and FBI are in dialog with Roblox, Discord, Reddit, and others.

https://theintercept.com/2024/03/09/fbi-dhs-gamers-extremism-violence/

liampomfret, 4 days ago to random

Constantly annoys me whenever I get one of these Isuzu ads here in Australia, when they're all pronouncing their own brand name incorrectly.

liampomfret, 13 days ago to random

Simply amazing that the verdict came down on May 30th, the 7th anniversary of covfefe.

liampomfret, 12 days ago to random

Just how long does Ticketek hold on to consumer information anyway? Apart from tracking problematic patrons, there's nothing in their business model really that should require retention of consumer data to begin with.

liampomfret, 9 days ago to random

The longer I hold out on a deal on the Synology, the more I second guess myself about if I should just find some sort of cheap NAS mobo and build one from scratch. Not sure what's available on the market locally for doing that though.

liampomfret, 12 days ago to random

The devil's greatest trick was convincing people that there's no moral culpability in intentional inaction to prevent foreseeable harms.

liampomfret, 7 days ago to random

From the Lettersite (formerly Birdsite). Apparently Little Bobby Tables is all grown up now, and he's carried on the tradition with naming of his kid.

liampomfret, 8 days ago to random

Bit the bullet and bought the Synology. Found a local company actually doing a reasonable EOFY discount on it, and in the end I just trusted them over the TerraMaster. Both in terms of software quality, and in terms of softward and hardware security.

liampomfret, 10 days ago to random

Still waiting for some decent EOFY sales on stuff for this NAS. Would be good if I could find some nice SSD prices too, would love to be able to get a proper Linux setup on the laptop.

liampomfret, 7 days ago to random

If the ICC really wants Cricket to get the attention of Americans during this World Cup, there's just one thing that needs to happen.

There needs to be a Mankad.

Preferably in a game like India Vs. Pakistan. Or maybe even in a game involving the US team itself. After all, they're more likely to see it as equivalent to a Baseball player being caught stealing by the pitcher, so they're not going to be biased against the tactic.

liampomfret, 7 days ago to random

So Microsoft plans to add unspecified new features to Windows 10? When the OS is going end-of-life in October next year?
What do you want to bet this is back-porting all of the advertising and AI bullshit that's making people not want to move to Windows 11 in the first place?
I'd intended to dual boot for a while yet, but I guess I'll be moving over to Linux permanently sooner than I expected.

liampomfret, 4 days ago to random

Beyond a certain base level of computer use, decision paralysis is a real issue for switching to Linux.

I've been using Kubuntu on and off on my desktop for a while now. I am very satisfied with KDE Plasma, and am looking forward to trying Plasma 6, but I hate Snaps with a passion. I need a distro that "just works" though, and I can't imagine I'll be fully comfortable switching to an Arch based one unless and until Valve does a full Steam OS release on desktop.

liampomfret, 13 days ago to random

Got to make sure I don't drink too much alcohol today. Need to have some left over when the tangerine Palpatine wannabe gets sentenced.