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andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella") wrote:
I wonder how many events you think there are in the web platform.
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emilymbender@dair-community.social ("Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)") wrote:
Must-read reporting by +972 on how the IDF are using “AI” in their indiscriminate murder in Gaza. It’s horrific, and we must not look away. And it’s an absolute nightmare of the usual sorts of AI harms cranked up to the extreme: mass surveillance, "we don't have any choice but to automate", AI as pretext for deadly violence.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
I don't think this illustration is medically accurate. Or useful.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/04/05/are-my-lungs-really-that-garish/
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rasmus91@fosstodon.org ("Rasmus Lindegaard") wrote:
Ollama is pretty cool in how easily it can be deployed, Mistral 7b is absolutely astounding.
Thank you to @bcantrill and Alan for having a talk with Simon Willison on #OxideAndFriends about LLMs that reawakened my interest in looking at this:
primarily the part about open source, open datasets, and being able to run it locally without a $1000 GPU
Mastodon Feedandreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella") wrote:
Currently writing a blog post including the text:
“You’d think folks who work on browsers would be all about making browser go brr [...]”
This might not survive the first draft...
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
ugh, need to read this a few more times before I do anything...
https://easydmarc.com/blog/how-to-configure-dkim-opendkim-with-postfix/
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Was chatting with a friend last week and as we lamented Silicon Valley PM blindness to Goodhart's Law and the McNamara Fallacy, they said *"What would Marissa Mayer do? Then don't do that"*
Which made me realise that I'm an anti-Mayerist PM.
Anyway:
https://www.platformer.news/marissa-mayer-sunshine-shine-app-design-cofounder-quits/
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zens@merveilles.town ("Luci for dyeing") wrote:
“Toll Bridge” means almost literally the same thing as “Bill Gates”
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
*two* whole apps? That'll teach 'em _for sure._
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/4/24114673/google-sues-alleged-crypto-scammers-play-store
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Meyerweb ("Eric A. Meyer") wrote:
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and the time an online recipe promises it will take to prepare a meal.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
If you put together a slide that says, in essence, "we are going to tax user's batteries and CPUs while we think they aren't looking, and it makes our system XX% better", my immediate question is going to be "ok, what does it make worse?"
If you don't have an answer that's at least as specific as your claimed wins, expect a bad time.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
It is a not-uncommon occurrence in my world that, when presented with evidence a bloated JS-stack system isn't nearly fast enough by a team trying to embed an experience, that instead of reducing the total time taken, shortcut-takers will invent some iframe "pre-boot" nonsense to smuggle the costs into "idle time".
I believe in redemption so it need not necessarily be a firing offense. But it certainly argues against promotion.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
FediThing@chinwag.org ("FediThing 🏳️🌈") wrote:
Some random really nice Fediverse things to look forward to later in 2024 🤞
- @dansup's Pixelfed apps finally getting into mainstream app stores, could greatly widen Pixelfed's audience
- @gotosocial leaving alpha testing. It's a lightweight safety-conscious microblogging platform, could be a good alternative to Mastodon.
- @Feditext being released, Metatext had a lot of fans even after development stopped and will be great to see a direct successor app
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
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seattletimes@press.coop ("The Seattle Times :press:") wrote:
Massachusetts council approves pardoning people with misdemeanor cannabis convictions
A Massachusetts council has approved Gov. Maura Healey’s plan to pardon tens of thousands of people convicted of misdemeanor marijuana charges going back decades. #press
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NewsDesk@flipboard.social ("Flipboard Picks in News") wrote:
The United Nations says more than 53,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in the past three weeks as gang violence consumes the city. Most of those escaping Port-au-Prince are going to the country’s southern region, where officials say there is not enough infrastructure or resources to handle them. At least 1,500 people have been killed and 17,000 have been left homeless since March 22, according to the U.N. Read more from NBC News.
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ElectionCentral@flipboard.com ("The Politics Desk") wrote:
Is the current Congress, the 118th, is “the least productive in our lifetime,” as Democratic strategist Donna Brazile said recently? The numbers back her up.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/apr/03/donna-brazile/is-the-current-congress-the-least-productive-of-ou/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypubPosted into Fact Check @fact-check-ElectionCentral
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“noted that Knight was not registered to issue appeal bonds in New York… seeking to clarify whether Knight, which had never posted a similar court bond before aiding Mr. Trump, is financially capable of fulfilling its obligation to pay the $175 million if Mr. Trump defaults… Mr. Hankey said that Mr. Trump pledged $175 million in cash as collateral that was being handled by a brokerage firm. Mr. Trump, in the meantime, is able to earn interest on the money.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/nyregion/letitia-james-trump-bond-deal.html
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nytimes@press.coop ("The New York Times :press:") wrote:
Letitia James, the Attorney General, Objects to Trump’s Bond Deal
Letitia James, the attorney general, said in court papers that the California company providing the guarantee was not qualified to do such deals in New York. #press
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/nyregion/letitia-james-trump-bond-deal.html?utm_source=press.coop
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Reps. Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar subpoenaed in #Arizona probe of #Trump fake electors
The Arizona attorney general is nearing a decision on whether to charge Trump allies with crimes, but there is no indication Biggs or Gosar will face charges.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biggs-gosar-arizona-subpoenas-00150416
Mastodon FeedReblogged by nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi"):
Rare interview of an Israeli reservist that was deployed to Gaza, saw actions motivated by revenge and young soldiers indiscriminately shooting on everything that moves.
“And in this unrestrained violence, all of which is motivated by revenge, the brigade commander was in first place. He is known as "the Tiktok brigade". He endangered us at every moment in this war, without any operational need. And his lieutenant, his hobby inside Gaza was to enter houses and burn them”
https://politicallycorret-co-il.translate.goog/mmm/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp#google_vignette
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
amusing
“Trump Media & Technology Group, which trades under the ticker DJT, slipped on Wednesday to below $50 per share, extending a steep decline this week that pulled the stock down from its high near $80 and erased more than $2 billion of market value.
Trump Media is the most “shorted” special purpose acquisition vehicle in the country, according to the financial data company S3 Partners.”
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mikeblake@climatejustice.rocks ("Mike Blake ☮️") wrote:
Sorry to post another Onion article today, but their Gaza reporting has been the best in the west.
https://www.theonion.com/biden-israel-has-an-obligation-not-to-harm-my-reelect-1851388220
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
IT FINALLY HAPPENED (I got the daily word in Quina on the first guess)
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Mastodon Feednadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
Rust is awesome
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella"):
autocomplete just suggesting "of grief" after "tc39 stages"
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choochoobot@botsin.space ("trains botting") wrote:
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
yes!
"Indiana’s appeals court hears arguments challenging abortion ban under a state religious freedom law"
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
okay, this is truly creepy:
have we indeed become a 'Banana Republic'?
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
A tale of two messages.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/04/04/its-the-insincerity-joe/
