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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
jon@henshaw.social ("Jon Henshaw") wrote:

#AI or #NoAI

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

> This discussion has made it clear to me that LLM enthusiasts do not value the time or preferences of open-source maintainers, willfully do not understand affirmative consent, and that I should take steps to explicitly ban the use of such tools in the open source projects I maintain.

https://lobste.rs/s/gkpmli/if%5Fai%5Fis%5Fso%5Fgood%5Fat%5Fcoding%5Fwhere%5Fare%5Fopen

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Imagine a world where computing power (compute) was regulated like weapons of war. It's unlawful for private citizens to own a personal computer stronger than a BB gun.

A small group of private companies who helped author misguided government regulations now control the nation's compute. Every consumer device, from desktops to smart watches, are little more than thin client machines tethered to data center kingdoms.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I wonder if Apple was able to make such an enormous leap in computing performance with its M series chips because the rest of the market would rather us not have powerful machines.

If it were up to, say, Google, everyone would have thin clients machines where most of the computing power required came from their data centers.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cloud | Think Tank | SupplyChainBrain (2012)

"Proviti’s research found security to be the biggest barrier to full adoption of the cloud, followed by concerns over data privacy. IT managers were further worried about business continuity in the event of a network failure such as that experienced by AWS."

Who would’ve thought that all the cloud companies would eventually use all our ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/05/14/how-i-learned-to-stop.html

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Dang, remember when memes weren't so esoteric and drenched with detached irony? I'm being old man yells at cloud right now aren't I

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

This article always comes up when I search "there is no cloud". I get the sense that maybe some of the big tech companies might've paid for some sponsored blog posts to push back at cloud marketing backlash.

I don't keep track of which blog posts are the worst I've ever read, but if I did, this would be top three. It's vapid and pedantic, and every word feels forced.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/stop-saying-the-cloud-is-just-someone-elses-computer-because-its-not/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Remember when this sticker went viral

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Bring back the "there is no cloud" meme

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Being motivated to write without any immediate thought on what to write about

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
ckape@teh.entar.net ("Brian Danger Hicks") wrote:

Instead of storing my data in the cloud, I just store it in the bush. It's the same thing, only palette-swapped. More accessible, too.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

xAI’s Grok suddenly can’t stop bringing up “white genocide” in South Africa - Ars Technica:

"In some responses, Grok says outright that it has been “instructed to accept white genocide as real and ‘Kill the Boer’ as racially motivated.” In other replies, it merely allows that the topics are “complex” and “divisive” or “heavily debated” while pointing to outside sources like Afriforum or Genocide Watch for more ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/05/14/xais-grok-suddenly-cant-stop.html

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Apple Music launches Sound Therapy, a new ‘audio wellness’ feature - 9to5Mac:

"Sound Therapy songs may be “enhanced with auditory beats or colored noise to help encourage specific brain responses.”"

Listening to the Focus playlist now and it’s actually really good. https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/13/apple-music-launches-sound-therapy-a-new-audio-wellness-feature/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
AxiosNews@flipboard.com wrote:

Ben & Jerry's co-founder among those arrested at RFK Jr.'s testimony
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/14/ben-jerrys-co-founder-arrested-kennedy-hearing-protests?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Health Care @health-care-AxiosNews

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

I'm planning to start making videos again.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/14/76407/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qilmo9r%5FnFA

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
xkcd@mastodon.xyz ("XKCD Bot") wrote:

Scholars are still debating whether the current period is post-postmodern or neo-contemporary.
https://xkcd.com/3089/

Boosted by jwz:
thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("The Tennessee Holler ") wrote:

🔥 DAMN! — @benniegthompson to @kristinoem: “I’m glad you found time among your many photo ops and costume changes to testify.”

Attachments:

• video: f760e44b387e0941.mp4

Boosted by jwz:
jk ("josef") wrote:

the fact that duckduckgo has an AI thing at the top of the search results which DOESN’T answer in character as a duck, or even quack several times between each sentence, is, i think, a shocking betrayal and a demonstration of utmost cowardice

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
sleepless@social.lol ("Courtney") wrote:

Every day is an existential crisis remix. I’m just waiting for the bass drop.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
cve@tech.lgbt ("Clara") wrote:

Introducing oniux: Kernel-level Tor isolation for any Linux app :linux: :tor:

oniux is a tool written by me and some other folks for isolating arbitrary applications through Tor using Linux namespaces.

Check out the amazing blog post!

https://blog.torproject.org/introducing-oniux-tor-isolation-using-linux-namespaces/

:BoostOK: #Tor @torproject

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

The Trad Wife Industrial Complex would've loved the 90s family sitcom era.

All the intro songs were like - whatever happened to straight people? Where's the milkman? All the news is bad. Please have many children.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
digitalsnow@social.lol ("Kerri :usad: :knife_lgbt:") wrote:

They may look cute, but they're secretly plotting some shenanigans. #Dachshund #Dogs #DogsOfMastodon

https://photographyis.fun/6824f5002ceaa

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

In an Al-driven world, taste is the ultimate currency.

Source: 1granary https://www.instagram.com/p/DJEzogstvM0/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org ("Joe Ortiz") wrote:

Don't take my word for it.

Here's @mmasnick on WTF the Dems are thinking helping this administration unleash a major censorship machine.

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/14/why-the-fuck-are-democrats-helping-build-magas-censorship-machine-with-kosa/

#KOSA #freespeech #speech #censorship

jwz wrote:

Dr. Tongue's 3D House of Stewardesses.

I am very disappointed to report that there does not appear to be a torrent of House of Wax (1953) in the original anaglyph 3D format (red-blue glasses), the presentation that its one-eyed director intended.
https://jwz.org/b/yknr

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Decided to try and enter one of my photos into the #APOY2025 contest on #Photocrowd. We'll see how it goes.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Pay-Analysis App That Uber Fought Launches for US Drivers - Business Insider:

"Many gig workers saw their earnings on apps like Uber and Instacart fall in 2024 despite spending a similar or greater amount of time on the platforms, a study by data analytics company Gridwise earlier this year found."

Uber’s entire empire is built on scamming workers. You can work a full day and barely break even. It’s ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/05/14/payanalysis-app-that-uber-fought.html

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

If you live in CA you could look for this tiny poppy. Just like onenicebugperday said "look at them!"

https://www.tumblr.com/futurebird/783149779381288960/image-descriptions-in-gray-tiny-gravel-rather?source=share

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org ("Joe Ortiz") wrote:

US Senators have reintroduced #KOSA today and sadly I expect this to become law invevitably as it gained even more support (from Apple most notably) since it was stalled late last year.

Like I said, this would create more #censorship and chilling of #speech, especiially towards minorities and the marginalized.

https://www.theverge.com/news/666729/kids-online-safety-act-reintroduced