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parismarx, 2 days ago to tech

Germany’s AfD is so extreme it was kicked out of the far-right grouping in the European Parliament last month, but Elon Musk thinks their policies “don’t sound extremist.” That’s because he’s also a fascist.

#tech #elonmusk #politics

baldur, 3 days ago to random

“Anti Trust in Tech – Pixel Envy”

https://pxlnv.com/blog/anti-trust-in-tech/

> These product introductions all look like hubris. Arrogance, really — recognition of the significant power these corporations wield and the lack of competition they face.

jeffjarvis, 4 days ago to random

The Post is forced to cover its own journalistically dubious boss, who issues traditionalists' favorite slander against critics, calling @davidfolkenflik “an activist, not a journalist.” He projects. Gift link:
Post publisher draws more scrutiny after newsroom shake-up https://wapo.st/4e8aPu5

popey, 4 days ago to random

What fresh hell of a captcha is this!?

jeffjarvis, 4 days ago to random

It is all part of the same right-wing insurrection attacking every institution of society:
Some Republicans booed or walked out as Pa. House recognized Jan. 6 Capitol police officers https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/pennsylvania-house-capitol-officers-republicans-20240606.html?utm_source=t.co&utm_campaign=edit_social_share_twitter_traffic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=&utm_term=&int_promo=]

ai6yr, 5 days ago to sustainability

Big social media company trumpeting that augment reality helps sustainability... because consumers using AR are "increasing their purchases" of products.

(technology which increases consumption is not helping with sustainability, folks)

#sustainability #climate #climateemergency

Some specific findings from the research include: AR experiences that positively impact sustainability increase consumer confidence in purchases, with 84% more likely to make a purchase, 71% less likely to ask for a refund and 69% willing to pay more.

atrupar, 5 days ago to random

New in PN: Jim Jordan understands that congressional hearings are powerful political tools that drive news cycles and put pressure on officials. Dick Durbin does not. And Democrats are much worse off for it. https://www.publicnotice.co/p/dick-durbin-scotus-senate-judiciary-hearings

ProPublica, 6 days ago to random

Multiple witnesses in the criminal cases against Donald Trump have received significant financial benefits, including large raises from his campaign, severance packages, new jobs, and a grant of shares from Trump’s media company.

https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-criminal-cases-witnesses-financial-benefits

cassidy, 6 days ago to Starwars

I watched The Acolyte last night, and forgot to share about it here!

Spoiler-free first impressions thread:

• I really like this era. 100 years before Episode III is close enough to the prequels to feel much more like them than anything else, but also, the Jedi are more at their peak than even then.

• So far there have been no references to or appearances of characters or planets that we know besides Coruscant. And I’m okay with this.

#StarWars #TheAcolyte #SciFi #TV #DisneyPlus

arstechnica, 7 days ago to random

Windows Recall demands an extraordinary level of trust that Microsoft hasn’t earned

Op-ed: The risks to Recall are way too high for security to be secondary.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/06/windows-recall-demands-an-extraordinary-level-of-trust-that-microsoft-hasnt-earned/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

arstechnica, 7 days ago to random

Elon Musk is diverting Tesla’s GPUs to X, xAI, Nvidia emails say

The Tesla CEO is accused of diverting resources from the company again.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/06/elon-musk-is-diverting-teslas-gpus-to-x-xai-nvidia-emails-say/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

badastro, 7 days ago to random

JWST has very likely seen the most distant galaxy ever found, and I'm still kinda boggling about it. It's too big, too massive, and too bright to exist according to our current understanding of how the Universe works.

We need a better understanding!

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/jwst-bags-distant-galaxy-ever-seen-hoo-boy-mystery

rebeccawatson, 7 days ago to random

Another billionaire is taking a submersible to the Titanic! I have a spicy take: this is good actually
https://skepchick.org/2024/06/uh-oh-another-billionaire-is-heading-to-the-titanic-wreck/

GGMcBG, 7 days ago to random

Fucking literalists will be the fucking figurative death of me.

baldur, 7 days ago to random

“Beware the cloud of hype - The History of the Web”

https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/beware-the-cloud-of-hype/

> The rise of dot-com companies was pitched as a no consequences gold rush. We were on the precipice of a fictional future where everyone would be cashing in on the web. The reality was quite a bit more slow, and boring.

shoq, 7 days ago to random

Elon Musk accused of selling $7.5 billion of Tesla stock before releasing disappointing sales data that plunged the share price to two-year low

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-accused-selling-7-141507920.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=YW5kcm9pZC1hcHA6Ly9jb20uZ29vZ2xlLmFuZHJvaWQuZ29vZ2xlcXVpY2tzZWFyY2hib3gv&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHRPWtaZWPQKHmA7T1jeGxwPb7ROMmu42ZFOI7SVjVcxpf_VSFy0-e8P3PjhvFHyN9FudHiZUGwUsPVWE_51r1cEwBdcpKx7XJEBLv7WFTk5HMRZZeKBYYPAVClUrJmi-lO3IK97EyN8K_L1xjQs2PWSPWtCjVGr84VeNPE4vUEV

> The Tesla CEO faces claims he pocketed $3 billion in ill-gotten gains in late 2022 after learning Q4 vehicle sales would not deliver the 'epic end of year' he promised investors.

h3artbl33d, 7 days ago to random

Upon troubleshooting a hosting issue, I stumbled upon a rather aggressive bot that was crawling the website - for an AI.

The crawler is Claude and the user-agent:

Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)<br></br>

They use thousands of IP addresses from AWS that don't seem to be unique to this bot; the party responsible doesn't publish a list of IPs. They do however mention that it can be blocked by adding this to robots.txt:

User-agent: ClaudeBot<br></br>Disallow: /<br></br>

Adding: Here is an nginx config for WordPress websites.

jacqueline, 8 days ago to random

tech company ceos talk about "AI" and "LLMs" like it's the deflector dish in star trek: voyager

caseynewton, 8 days ago to random

After a new investigation in the WSJ, I am once again asking: what is the conflict of interest policy at OpenAI?? https://www.platformer.news/openai-altman-investments-conflicts-wsj/

sushubh, 8 days ago to random

Elon Musk accused of illegal $7.5 billion Tesla stock sale in new insider trading lawsuit | Fortune

https://fortune.com/2024/06/03/elon-musk-tesla-insider-trading-lawsuit-board-directors/

tristansnell, 8 days ago to random

BREAKING -- Epoch Times, far-right media company, engaged in $67 MILLION of money laundering, according to a new indictment from federal prosecutors.

Epoch allegedly swapped crypto for fraudulently obtained unemployment funds and increased "revenue" at company 410% in 1 year.

LateNightLinux, 8 days ago to linux

A brief news segment with mostly good stuff from Mozilla and KDE. Plus some great discoveries including downloading YouTube and other videos, processing data and CSV files on the command line, controlling cycling workout gear and graphing your progress, and a top tip for following Mastodon accounts in a normal RSS feed reader.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-284/

#linux #podcast #opensource

cferdinandi, 8 days ago to random

Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection

https://adhdftw.com/continuous-improvement-is-better-than-delayed-perfection/

timbray, 8 days ago to LLMs

I see that openai.com/gptbot is crawling my blog, top to bottom, side to side. I’m sure OpenAI has consulted the “Rights” link clearly displayed on every page, invoking a Creative Commons license that freely grants rights to reuse and remix but not for commercial purposes.

#genAI #llms

colinwright, 8 days ago to random

Crash Again, Crash Better: A Brief History of Failed Attempts at Human Flight
https://lithub.com/crash-again-crash-better-a-brief-history-of-failed-attempts-at-human-flight