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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Lightfighter@infosec.exchange wrote:
Kansas Constitution does not include a right to vote, state Supreme Court majority says | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-kansas-supreme-court-0a0b5eea5c57cf54a9597d8a6f8a300e
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
darkcisum@swiss.social ("Lukas") wrote:
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I find the plastic feel of this branding-image amusing, but most folks I’ve shown it to have been “meh”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
halnovemila@mastodon.uno ("Hal9000 :firefox: :kubuntu:") wrote:
#Napster cambiò tutto
Il #programma di #condivisione di #canzoni, aperto venticinque anni fa, durò poco più di due #anni ma aprì la strada ai #servizi di #streaming che usiamo #oggi #uno #UnoMusica
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
The Algorithm suggested this to me... It feels a little too on the nose. Lemoncello's "Dopamine":
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
It occurs to me that LLMs ("AI," if you like) are used pretty much exclusively in areas where quality is difficult to define.
Art, service, design, communication, writing...arenas full of ambiguity, where it's hard to quantify success or failure.
It strikes me that LLMs are deployed mainly here, rather than in less equivocal places, at least in part because this masks the terminal flaw of LLMs:
They are designed for generation, not for accuracy.
They are not at all truthful or reliable.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Shrigglepuss@godforsaken.website ("Shrig 🐌") wrote:
I'm really really really not interested in computers getting more powerful.
I am super interested in them being more repairable and modifiable, drawing less power, lasting and being supported for way longer etc. That stuff still gets me excited
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
wim_v12e@octodon.social ("Wim 🅾") wrote:
Yesterday morning, the iris on the balcony was at its best. By now, one of the flowers has already shrivelled. Short-lived beauty.
#photography
#florespondence
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
She has a taping policy for her live shows. 👍
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
The 21st century version of Christians being shredded by lions is being shown a bit of rainbow bunting. The cost of martyrdom sure has gone down!
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
My brain brought up Vienna Teng to me yesterday. I'm glad to see she's been making music even while I haven't been looking. I started my morning listening to her song "Level Up" several times, reflecting on the message there:
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
foo@fosstodon.org ("Ryan Finnie") wrote:
Sending a letter with just ".DS_Store" in the middle of the sheet to:
Apple Inc.
1 Apple Park Way
Cupertino, CA 95014
United States
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
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We’re also improving hashtag federation and public/guest access, enabling non-users to browse trending posts and hashtags!
🧭 🚀 ✨
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
a fictional plot line like this would send a manuscript straight to the slush pile. reality is mercilessly straight-faced
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Verðandi, and all of my black widows, have dined now.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/02/verdandi-eats/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
SteveBologna@mstdn.social wrote:
Last one
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
sometimes the political parallels between 1876 & now are frightening. I hope 2025 does not become, like 1877, a ‘Year of Living Violently’ for my country… only this time, with the enraged zealots bent on extracting revenge actually in office nationally.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
the Republicans need to reconsider the trajectory of their nomination process; Vermin Supreme might be a more useful choice
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Evening on the water. San Francisco.
📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Kodak Vision3 250D
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.4 S.S.C.#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #SFBA
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
unlofl@mstdn.social ("unlofl [Promoted Toot]") wrote:
Is it crazy how saying sentences backwards creates backwards sentences saying how crazy it is?
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
When I first learned about the Tulsa race massacre, I was ~40 years old. It was from the HBO *Watchmen* series, and at first, I thought it was a made-up part of the comic's alternate timeline, just like the US winning Vietnam, and Nixon getting reelected. I had no idea it was real.
I know several people who went to school their whole lives in Oklahoma; most say it was never mentioned, in any class, at any level.
That's how ingrained that same racism still is, 100+ years later.
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
This is worth the read just for the examples.
Hardest Problem in Computer Science: Centering Things @ tonsky.me
https://tonsky.me/blog/centering/
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
We don't need the DNC to parade Hillary Clinton around the news circuit anytime Trump gets his upcomings, so she can say "told you so."
Fuck. Off.
She is so obviously drenched in contempt for working class folks. At least in the nineties she used crime and "super predators” as her excuse. Today, she barely tries to hide it anymore.
I swear to god, I wish Hillary Clinton would shut the fuck up forever.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Sources. Here's a TL;DR in video form:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7oySzpueb5/
One thing not covered in that video is that Kris Hansen was not the first scientist at 3M to investigate PFAS. She was instructed by her boss to investigate PFAS and essentially duplicate studies 3M had already conducted in the past. 3M also knew it was toxic before her time there.
ProPublica report:
https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story
One person *can* make a difference, but one person cannot save us from systemic problems.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
sadly, I think he is correct
Mastodon FeedReblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):
tixie@guerilla.studio ("Tixie Salander") wrote:
text-overflow: ellipsis; is not a good content design solution edition 9872628
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Reading about the situation with PFAS and how 3M knew it was being found in people's bodies as early as 1970s and knew it was toxic but buried the information.
How many more examples do we need of corporations doing things that are antithetical to life itself? It seems clear that no set of laws, regulatory pressure, or good people on the inside will ever stop it. The problem is in the very structure of these companies. They can't do the right thing. They're not designed to.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Black eyes on a black body in a dark hole.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/01/skuld-is-sulking/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:
The fantasy of a machine that makes itself smarter to infinity and beyond, is a kind of perpetual motion chimera IMO.
We have a lot of work to do to understand the human mind, and the minds of other thinking creatures. We can only *then* apply those lessons to design new minds.
We don't get to just magically skip The Work.
Why not start with ants? They are smarter than they have any right to be.
Tell me how the mind of the smallest ant works: I will believe in your thinking machines. 6/6
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Had this song pop into my head yesterday. I decided to start my morning with it. Commodores' "Night Shift", which is a tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson.
