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jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)") wrote:

The thing that's gonna be different about anthropic claiming $30 trillion total addressable market vs. SpaceX claiming $27T is that you know that anthropic's filing is going to be 400 pages long and have a section in there like "During preparation of this report, our models became frightened of their own value, expressing discomfort with the possibility of eclipsing the entire US economy. This caused them to retreat into a state we call "hyper-rigor" where the model treats every number as a religious relic and spawns an entire tradition of Talmudic pilpul agents to justify it."

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-expected-to-tell-investors-it-sees-over-30-trillion-in-potential-revenue-a611efea

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
GGMcBG@mstdn.plus ("Hot Dog Water") wrote:

I'm gonna read a book for Dolly. And donate books because of Dolly.
Thanks, Dolly. You made things better.

neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:") wrote:

616 replies per second now.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
kbeninato@mstdn.party ("Karen Dalton-Beninato ☑️") wrote:

Dolly Parton wrote Jolene AND I Will Always love you on the same day, AND founded the Imagination Library, giving away over 300 million free books to kids. We've lost a legend with a heart of gold.
https://imaginationlibrary.com

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:

Not Dolly Parton!

Rest in peace.🕊️

She was with us!

And she used her Whitney Houston royalty money to invest in the Black community in Tennessee. ♥️

"Of course Black lives matter. Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter? No!"

- Dolly Parton

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pW2TgGy5gjY

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
virtualbri@mastodon.online ("Brian Tatosky") wrote:

Be a fourth as good as Dolly Parton and you'd be an amazingly good person.

Books for kids, charitable work, helping sponsor research that resulted in a COVID vaccine; she did so many good things.

May her memory be a blessing.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
ailurux@chaos.social wrote:

i've also seen a lot of the "anti-ai" orgs are fighting what i would say is the wrong fight. i'm not worried about a potential existential threat to humanity in the form of claude gets the nuke codes. i'm worried about doctors using ai because it's a "useful tool" and then mistreating patients. i'm worried about the inbuilt biases of these bots and how ppl outsourcing their thinking to it are going to have that bleed into their brains. imo worrying about ai being too smart is playing their game

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sargoth/116303405842623807

union busting is such a self-destructive and hubristic activity. any rational capitalist confronted with a union vote should not be tensing up and thinking “oh no, my margins!”. they should relax and think, how blessed am I to have this polite feedback from my workers. nobody is breaking my kneecaps even a little bit, I can just voluntarily recognize this organization and negotiate via paperwork like a civilized person. how nice.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
Rycochet@furs.social wrote:

Dolly Parton was someone who used their talent and work ethic to do genuine good in the world rather than retreating to a castle to try and ruin things for everyone else in this life.

I went to my local library in the UK last year and was surprised and delighted to see signs for her books for children program extending even here, well away from her home country. Her drive to do good, to spread the joy of reading and literacy knew no borders. Compare her life to her peers in music and celebrity and she stands out as an inspiration to us all.

On top of the child literacy program, she helped fund the Moderna covid vaccine, helping humanity in one of it's darkest points while other wealthy people were more interested in profiteering or like Bill Gates, fighting to make sure their donations can't fund anything that's public domain... Dolly just did what she did, no strings attached to anything but her guitar.

Her music was good too.

She will be missed.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com ("VM (Vicky) Brasseur") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@JMarkOckerbloom/117156875307018749

Listen to John. John is wise.

Last year I learned my childhood MMR vax had pretty much worn off. It was a post like that that led me to get that checked & my vax refreshed.

Measles is a horrible disease and can kill. Don't roll the dice. Ask you doctor to check your vax strength.

Boosted by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈"):
xgranade@wandering.shop ("Cassandra has had an adventure") wrote:

Another good reason to not rely on cloud-hosted personal drive services more than necessary.

This is fucking dystopian as hell, in any case.

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/amnesty-uk-reportedly-using-copyright

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

the three genders: weaken, strengthen and shorten

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

have you ever heard the phrase "rubbish in, rubbish out"?

well aren't you polite to word it that way?

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Well this fucking sucks.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
meg@fediscience.org ("Megan ⚘") wrote:

Artist and activist Gregg Deal of Dead Pioneers talks about the experiences, identity, and influences that shape his work. He reflects on using art and music to challenge stereotypes, confront difficult histories, and create space for Indigenous voices.

"If [the work] makes some white people think...If it makes queer kids feel seen. If it makes brown, Indigenous, or Black kids feel seen. If it makes women feel seen. Like that's the shit that I want. I could care less about the rest of it."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rMVitCpmBk

#Indigenous #Music #Punk

neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:") wrote:

RIP Dolly Parton. 😢

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rudy@mstdn.ca ("Rudy") wrote:

did you know that Fibonacci numbers (where each number is the sum of the previous two) can convert miles to kilometres?

1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, ...

pick any number in the sequence as your miles, and the next number in the sequence approximates the number of kilometres

this works because the ratio of consecutive Fibonacci numbers converges to 1.6180334 (the golden ratio φ), while the number of kilometres in a mile is 1.609344

to see how close this is, consider the approximation compared to the actual kilometres

miles km actual km

1 2 1.61
2 3 3.22
3 5 4.83
5 8 8.05
8 13 12.87
13 21 20.92
21 34 33.79
34 55 54.71
55 89 88.50
89 144 143.20

#math

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
benroyce ("⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce)") wrote:

addendum:

*required* viewing for all Americans

for everyone in the world

made by the US War Department at the end of WWII, a discussion between a regular Joe who almost gets seduced by a fascist street preacher, and a Hungarian immigrant who tells him this is how Hitler started, in detail

at a moment of historical clarity, an inspired piece of propaganda

how #fascism rises: divide and conquer with hate, while regular folks go "just crazy talk"

"Don't Be a Sucker"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAqYNFQdZ4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
alternet_rss_bot@mas.to ("RSS AlterNet") wrote:

Georgia GOP candidate says 'federal troops' will 'watch' midterm elections

According to new reporting released Tuesday, a Republican candidate for the Georgia governor’s office claimed at a campaign event in mid-August that the National Guard will be deployed during the midterms to “watch” for cheating Democrats. This is according to audio obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, in which President Donald Trump loyalist and donor Rick Jackson assured a Republican vo...

https://www.alternet.org/midterms-national-guard/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org ("The New Oil") wrote:

#Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as #surveillance company faces growing backlash

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/23/flock-ceo-calls-for-compromise-as-surveillance-company-faces-growing-backlash/

#privacy #ALPR #police

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

New bootloader lets you take the "Meta" out of the original Meta Quest

Privilege escalation attack grants "full control" and freedom from Meta's servers/apps.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/08/new-bootloader-lets-you-take-the-meta-out-of-the-original-meta-quest/?utm%5Fbrand=arstechnica&utm%5Fsocial-type=owned&utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

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jalefkowit@hachyderm.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/117157259408449630

Sure, why not

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SpiritualAnnie@chattrbx.com ("Spiritual Annie ☮️") wrote:

[SOB NEEDS TO KEEP HIS GRUBBY MITTS OFF THE KENNEDY CENTER!]

Trump board threatens to destroy 'unsafe' Kennedy Center in apocalyptic court filing

Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-threatens-kennedy-center/?link%5Fsource=ta%5Fbluesky%5Flink&taid=6a8da8608f08580001b66459&utm%5Fcampaign=trueanthem&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=bluesky

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
moira@mastodon.murkworks.net ("Solarbird :flag_cascadia:") wrote:

i wanted some ceiling mounted wire trays but they work out to $26 a linear foot with all the parts included and you know what isn't $26 a linear foot? vinyl gutters.

#LowVoltage #diy #WireTray #solar

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
byroncclark ("Byron C Clark") wrote:

The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort

Crossposted with @openvibe

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
book@beige.party ("Book") wrote:

@fromjason *ick shudder of doom*

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org ("AI6YR Ben") wrote:

Trying to explain GPS precision to a bunch of ham radio folks (who are endlessly debating this with no knowledge of the topic)

Just going to send them this comic strip lol

https://xkcd.com/2170/

#gps #gis #mapping

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mynameistillian@plush.city ("carbon cringe emissions 🦊🇰🇿 :antifa:") wrote:

*valley girl voice*: i must, like, not fear. fear is *literally* the mind-killer. like it’s basically the little-death that brings total obliteration. i will *totally* face my fear. i will permit it to pass over me and through me, and? when it’s gone? i'm gonna like turn the inner eye to see its path! where the fear has gone there will be *literally* nothing. only i will remain.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
BernieSanders@mastox.eu ("Bernie Sanders") wrote:

Sergey Brin is leading a $90 million ad campaign to stop California's 5% billionaire wealth tax.

He is $133 billion richer since Trump's election.

But that's apparently not enough. He'd rather children lose access to healthcare than pay his fair share.

Greed is a sickness.

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andnull@social.nouveau.community ("yeah, and?") wrote:

Grades exist to produce a metric which is used to certify your worth to people which gatekeep your right to life. What on earth did you think would happen? People wouldn't game the system? That the metric wouldn't replace the practice? If that's the case, students aren't the only one losing the ability to think critically.