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Not so private room: Zoom's AI privacy fiasco exposes how vulnerable we are to Big Tech's whims
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
a great reference
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cat_static ("cat static") wrote:
@tankgrrl @jsonstein I'm not local but I hope one has already called this in. Please bookmark and share, red staters. They've only just begun.
https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/public-corruption/regional-corruption-hotlines
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ryan@dads.cool ("Ryan, the Dad Who Loves Coffee") wrote:
hate when this happens to me
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Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Geez...
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Here's a nice sample:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdwzko9DZ0s
But don't stop there.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
If you're into documentaries about people with excessive rock n' roll talent, then you might want to find time to watch "Fanny: The Right to Rock". I watched it through PBS, but it might be available in other ways. Content warning: you might cry a little.
https://www.pbs.org/show/fanny-right-rock/
If you can't watch that show, then at least catch a few of their performances which are readily available on Youtube.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
'As a journalism professor in Illinois, Meyer said, he had graduate students from Egypt who talked about how people would come into the newspaper office and seize everything so they couldn’t publish. Those students presented a scholarly paper at a conference in Toronto about what it has done to journalism there.
“That’s basically what they’re trying to do here,” Meyer said. “The intervention is just like that repressive government of Egypt. I didn’t think it could happen in America.”'
h/t @dangillmor
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stevenrosenthal@mastodon.online ("Steven Rosenthal") wrote:
If Democrats really want justice for Trump’s crimes, they should do the ethical thing and arrange vacation trips, gifts and personal loans for the judge overseeing his case.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Good read re @Bellingcat Christo Grozev: ‘Prigozhin will either be dead or there will be a second coup’
“The Russia investigator on exposing assassinations and Putin’s plots, looking over his shoulder — and using a cat to find a secret agent”
https://www.ft.com/content/03f220e1-6a7e-4850-bf4e-4b0f521d8f8c
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
PwC scandal: “Repeated efforts by the Australian Tax Office to convince federal police to investigate PwC in 2018 failed because it did not have “the investigative powers” to secure key evidence.
For the first time the ATO has published a detailed timeline of the PwC scandal that confirms years of frustration at the firm allegedly withholding information about how it helped multinational companies avoid paying tax.”
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Independence Day in Chad
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Heroes Day (2 days) in Zimbabwe
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Perseid meteor shower (look north; three days)
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: France Ends War in Indochina, 1954
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Dog days end
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):
philipdrobar@peoplemaking.games ("Philip Drobar 🎮🎬") wrote:
Seeing CW "Latex" on a post.
"Ok, thats either an allergy or a sex thing."
Click.
"Aaand of course it's a programming language."
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oxidecomputer@hachyderm.io ("Oxide Computer Company") wrote:
You probably know that we love Rust, but did you know that we're big fans of P4 too? Check out Ryan Goodfellow's Open Networking Foundation talk on building a rack-scale computer with P4 at the core:
https://opennetworking.org/news-and-events/blog/building-a-rack-scale-computer-with-p4-at-the-core/
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I Never Listened Too Good by Eric McFadden
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:
it was the fuck aroundiest of times, it was the find outiest of times
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
The web perf community is awesome, in no small part, because when you work to diagnose the pathologies of complex systems, you can't always hang on a single hypothesis. You have to be flexible and driven by the evidence, focused on the user experience and all of the bits that contribute. Mysteries to solve & engineer around.
If that sounds like it's the opposite of "modern" frontend's marketing-driven approach...welp.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Skepticon is happening without me. How dare they!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/11/skepticon-now/
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Wow, the mugs are sold out already! And not many pins remaining either. I know the shipping costs are a bit steep, sorry about that, but it's exciting to see the demand 🥰
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org wrote:
We submitted a letter to the court today in the ongoing lawsuit against our library. We’re fighting for the rights of libraries to use their print collections in the digital age: https://blog.archive.org/2023/08/11/our-fight-is-far-from-over/ #DigitalRightsForLibraries #EmpoweringResearch
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
My vaccinations give me magnetic powers! Or, I can't believe it took this long to expose Sherri Tenpenny.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/11/sherri-tenpenny-is-not-a-doctor/
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Face it, Matt Walsh is just a plain, unadorned, banal Nazi, employed by a Jewish person who thinks bigotry is OK.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/11/behold-matt-walsh-nakedly-nazi/
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ben@werd.social ("Ben Werdmuller") wrote:
“Weizenbaum’s questions, though they seem simple—Is it good? Do we need it?—are difficult ones for computer science to answer. They could be asked of any proposed technology, but the speed, scope, and stakes of innovation in AI make their consideration more urgent.” #AI https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adk0176?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon