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isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
@NfNitLoop that trial was a typical Musk decision. He's actually convinced himself that the thing "pretty much works" and all those people saying that it doesn't are just mean woke lefties. Fortunately, the bulk of people who simply wanted a car to drive ultimately decided for themselves, like you say.
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kcarruthers@infosec.exchange wrote:
@GottaLaff @CStamp @SnowshadowII because trump thinks trade is transactional he thinks he can just turn the tap back on when he wants. But it is not. It is a relationship. It’s very hard to rebuild trade relationships again after they’re broken.
And I’m pretty sure folks are seeing the US as inherently unreliable now and are planning to route around them.
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GottaLaff@mstdn.social ("Laffy") wrote:
You’ll excuse me if I don’t mince emojis. 🖕🏼#Hegseth
“Defense Sec Hegseth ordered an immed pause on gender-affirming med care procedures for all active-duty service members in memo that was addressed to sr Pentagon leadership & military command.
..also ordered immed pause on all new promotions in military for indivs “w a history of gender dysphoria.” #LGBTQ
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drjudystone@mstdn.science wrote:
New: Texas Measles Outbreak Hits As Congress Weighs RFK Jr.’s HHS Secretary Bid via @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2025/02/10/texas-measles-outbreak-hits-as-congress-weighs-rfk-jrs-hhs-secretary-bid/ #RFKconfirmation #measles #PublicHealth
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briankrebs@infosec.exchange ("BrianKrebs") wrote:
Meanwhile, this is actually happening: Trump is rolling back anti-bribery regulations, arguing that our inability to bribe other countries is unfairly disadvantaging US business interests.
"President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order rolling back enforcement of a law that makes it illegal for US companies to bribe foreign officials, arguing that the restriction puts American firms at a disadvantage.
Trump is ordering Attorney General Pam Bondi to pause actions taken under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act until she issues new enforcement guidelines, according to a fact sheet on the executive order, a copy of which was seen by Bloomberg News. All current and past actions will also be reviewed."
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
okay, so between Ko-fi and Stripe, that’s 14% in payment portal & processing fees. ugh.
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croyle@wandering.shop ("David Croyle") wrote:
Good move from the mods at rpg.net! Even more relevant today than when it happened in 2018.
Mastodon FeedNfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️🌈") wrote:
@isagalaev My sister showed me the state of the self-driving about a year ago, when Tesla had a free demo. It tried to drive us over a curb into oncoming traffic. She did not renew the service after the free trial. 😆
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Is anybody attempting to track and display a timeline and database of all the illegal shutdowns and interference from Musk/Trump/Vought etc. Maybe in the style of Molly White's Web3 is Going Just Great?
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/
I mean, it's been coming fast and furious, so I don't expect it to have happened yet. But if a Propublica or something similar (like the fucking Democrats) could manage it, it would be helpful.
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triker@mstdn.plus ("Sarah") wrote:
Move slow and fix things
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
"A Tesla owner reported that he crashed his Cybertruck into a pole after hitting a curb while using Full Self-Driving, Tesla’s advanced driving assist system that Elon Musk claims will be unsupervised this year."
https://electrek.co/2025/02/09/tesla-cybertruck-crash-on-full-self-driving-v13-goes-viral/
Mostly posting it for the folks who think that Tesla is indeed close to "solving self-driving". It's not. It's been trading one set of non-working corner cases for another for many releases, each one claiming a huge progress.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
No matter the system, the "guardrails" are people. Not processes or institutions. Those things can guide people's actions or provide an umbrella for solidarity, but ultimately people's actions and bodies provide the "guardrails". Ideally working together with others.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
it seems like the center-left in most of the world is in trouble, like more evidence of broad polarization
https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-neoliberal-fdps-desperate-fight-for-survival/a-71563087
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jaythurbershow@union.place ("Jay Thurber Show") wrote:
I thought The Onion was supposed to be satire
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junesim63@mstdn.social ("JuneSim63") wrote:
Thought for today:
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor"
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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GuelphOnTwoWheels@guelph.social ("Guelph On Two Wheels :yesbike:") wrote:
Doug Ford banned riding your kid to school in an e-cargo bike. He also banned anyone under 16 from riding an e-bike (including bike shares).
It is still legal for a 16-year-old to drive a Ford F250 Super Duty pickup ruck with worse sight lines than an M1 Abrams Tank, however.
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atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org ("Chris Trottier") wrote:
Okay, the reason Robin Sparkles is so funny is because it really happened.
Specifically, it happened to Alanis Morissette.
At the start of her career, she made dance pop for teenage Canadian mallrats. Then she had a big break-up with another famous Canadian (Dave Coulier).
And this break-up was so horrible, it caused her to make an angry alternative rock album called Jagged Little Pill – which completely changed everything.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
OMG how did I not know this? I needed a larf today.
https://atomicpoet.org/objects/7535e9fb-38e6-4304-b2a7-484da354b3a5
another factoid I did not know, from Wikipedia: “During the same period, she was a concert opening act for rapper Vanilla Ice.”
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ZhiZhu@newsie.social ("Zhi Zhu 🕸️") wrote:
#Musk associates granted access to confidential info about X's competitors
https://www.muskwatch.com/p/musk-associates-granted-access-to"With Elon Musk's #SocialMedia platform X poised to launch a digital wallet & peer-to-peer payment services, Musk's associates have been granted access to confidential information about X's competitors...
#DOGE, a White House body led by #Musk, embedded themselves at the #CFPB [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau] late last week."
#ElonMusk #Coup #Trump #GOP #Politics #Government #Tech #News
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
okay, tested out the Ko-Fi flow and it seems to be working this far. if I can keep Storyteller
as a free-to-use service, that will make me A Happy Camper
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
added a Ko-Fi domation button to the free-to-use Argh Stufdios Storyteller service at https://arghstudios.com
we shall see if I can keep it free-to-use this way
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
cool, ko-fi works https://ko-fi.com/arghstudios
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daylightatheism@universeodon.com ("Adam Lee") wrote:
Story time. What do you do with people in your life who are Trump cultists? Here's what I did.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
22 states are doing the right thing. Is one of them yours?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/02/10/is-your-state-on-this-list/
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WeirdWriter@caneandable.social ("Robert Kingett") wrote:
That time has long since passed. Now it's all about having more, and, all the money. None of what the initial promises were and unfortunately it won't go back to those days. This is why I largely stay in the indieweb space. I'm starting to get to the point where I can't take the mainstream web and companies that take VC money. I try to avoid them when I can. @adam
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WeirdWriter@caneandable.social ("Robert Kingett") wrote:
Be my Eyes is an app that connected Blind people to sighted volunteers but see below.
The denigration of Be My Eyes begins. It was fun while it lasted. Every company that takes venture capital soon falls dramatically into disrepair and, soon, hostel practices.
Be My Eyes recently announced that it has raised $6.1 million through a Series A+ investment round and non-dilutive working capital from multiple enterprise partners. Be My Eyes will deploy this additional capital to accelerate the adoption of its AI-driven enterprise products, drive additional distribution of its free consumer products globally, further expand its vibrant user community of blind and low vision people, and help propel an aggressive new market expansion.
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endonend@social.lol ("Jason") wrote:
Kendrick’s performance last night was great. My favorite part was Humble, complete with an American flag made up of Black men, being torn in two while the president was in attendance. Quite a statement.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
This university will keep on keeping on.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/02/10/another-memo-from-the-um-president/
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
hmmm, the low-end Stripe account processing fees can add up & take a chunk:
2.9%
+ 30¢ per successful charge (for domestic cards)
+ 0.5% for manually entered cards
+ 1.5% for international cards
+ 1% if currency conversion is required
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NewsDesk@flipboard.social ("Flipboard News Desk") wrote:
Three Baltic states disconnect from the Soviet-era grid to merge with the European energy system.
@AssociatedPress reports: "For the three countries, as well as the rest of Europe, the move was steeped in geopolitical and symbolic significance."