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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky now platform of choice for science community⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  True. I just had a long discussion with a former coworker about that yesterday. I don’t buy the whole “people who go to college aren’t smart. the salt of the earth really know how the world works” that comes up sometimes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky now platform of choice for science community⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Most people aren’t that bright. Even people who are experts in one field or another.

  But more than that, most people don’t care about things. They don’t know how platforms work, and they don’t care. Just picture a boundless void where things fall in- that’s the typical user apathy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stunning new data reveals 140% layoff spike in July, with almost half connected to AI and 'technological updates'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know. Some CEOs are pretty stupid

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is saving millions with AI and laying off thousands - where do we go from here?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Can we start reframing this as instead of “saved $500mm” we say “stole $500mm from labor”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta’s “AI superintelligence” effort sounds just like its failed “metaverse”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure you could really make a dent in the housing crisis, transit problems, food insecurity, any other real life problem of your choosing, with that kind of money. The fact that they blew it on “the metaverse” should be a crime

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta’s “AI superintelligence” effort sounds just like its failed “metaverse”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He probably read Snow Crash (or maybe an AI summary, because he is a soulless husk) and thought it was super cool. It’s a dystopia. The book is not aspirational.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhatsApp Deploys AI, for Those Incapable of Comprehending Straightforward Messages From Their Friends and Family⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Most messages are so short I don’t see why you’d need a summary. Are people that poor at reading that like 10 sentences is a struggle? If so, education seems like what we should spend millions of dollars on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech CEOs are using AI to replace themselves / CEOs from Zoom and Klarna used AI avatars while reporting earnings⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s still going to be production, and I don’t think we should continue with the capitalist class extracting value and making bad decisions

  If you introduce basic income without addressing that, you’ll still have all the enshittification

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech CEOs are using AI to replace themselves / CEOs from Zoom and Klarna used AI avatars while reporting earnings⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Basic income seems like an obvious solution.

  Many people would pursue happy lives. Do some art. Do some gardening.

  You’d also want to have like public housing or something so you don’t have parasitic landlords and homelessness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech CEOs are using AI to replace themselves / CEOs from Zoom and Klarna used AI avatars while reporting earnings⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My understanding is the most “useful” thing a CEO typically does is schmooze with other rich assholes. A lot of companies need funding, and a lot of funding is handed out based on vibes. A good CEO makes friends with the assholes handing out money. That’s hard to replace with AI, probably.

  On the other hand, CEOs routinely make stupid decisions. Maybe cutting that out makes up for the loss in funding opportunities?

  Also this capitalist hellscape sucks. labor should unite instead of letting business idiots take most of the value they create.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta argues enshittification isn’t real in bid to toss FTC monopoly trial⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Zuckerberg is garbage and shouldn’t be allowed to keep living with his tremendous, ill-gotten, wealth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA employees "upset and confused" at return to office mandate⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Folks should unionize. The people mandating these “return to office” schemes can’t do shit unless labor cooperates.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paradox Interactive's return-to-office policy may be driving employees away from the studio⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No one who mandates return to office should be in a position where they’re empowered to make those decisions.

  Labor needs to organize and say no

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok ban loses momentum as fewer Americans view it as a security threat⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I kind of want to live in a world where people stop using tiktok because short form video like that seems bad for your brain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What one Finnish church learned from creating a service almost entirely with AI.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Big “y tho” response from me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why was there a pro-Hitler, Holocaust-denying ad on X?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re an idiot that’s not engaging with my points. I hope you die alone, removed from everything you’ve ever loved.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why was there a pro-Hitler, Holocaust-denying ad on X?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not going to do legal research or write a whole thesis for you.

  Maybe start here for cases where freedom of speech is not absolute: …wikipedia.org/…/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_theat…

  You can also consider that the NYT is not legally or morally obligated to publish every letter they receive. Are your first amendment rights being violated when they opt not to print your letter? No.

  I don’t want to discuss with you. I don’t think you’re acting in good faith.

  I mean really “sometimes laws are incorrect” -> “fascists say that” is like satire.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why was there a pro-Hitler, Holocaust-denying ad on X?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are numerous cases showing that free speech is not absolute.

  Law is also not necessarily correct.

  And that doesn’t address that we’re talking about a private platform.

  You’re still wrong, and you’re still wrong in a way that supports the absolute worst of humanity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why was there a pro-Hitler, Holocaust-denying ad on X?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Paradox of tolerance comes to mind. If you just put up with people who want to do bad things, they’ll probably do bad things!

  And it was considered before. There was a Holocaust. It was decided, via violence and other means, that naziism is not okay.

  Also, Twitter is a private platform and is largely free to decide what goes on its platform.

  You’re approaching fractally wrong, here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why was there a pro-Hitler, Holocaust-denying ad on X?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Better question: what are people going to do in response?

  Probably nothing. Disappointing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pornhub Is Pulling Out of Florida⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The GOP are bad people and should not be in charge of anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit bans posting UnitedHealthcare shooter’s manifesto⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems like a textbook example of why federation is better than something owned by some rich assholes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Klarna Stopped All Hiring a Year Ago to Replace Workers With AI⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  CEO said he did to prove that AI could ultimately replace all jobs.

  This is worthless or even counter productive without like basic income or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic’s holiday sale includes 16 free games this year⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t looked into how epic works on Linux, but I assume not as nicely as steam. So it’s kind of a non starter now

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam drops Windows 7 and 8 support with the latest client — users told to ‘update to a more recent version of Windows’ to continue gaming⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I switched to mint because ms won’t even let me upgrade to 11 if I wanted to. Other than some initial hurdles installing it, and losing some hd space because I kept windows on the other partition, it’s been fine. Proton and Wine are pretty low maintenance

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Steam Agreement gets rid of forced arbitration and waivers for class action lawsuits⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a little hard to square “steam is over charging for games” with “look at all these games I bought for 80% off ($5) off”, but I guess there’s more to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most Amazon workers considering job hunting due to 5-day in-office policy: Poll⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand fear of retaliation. No one wants to lose their home or go hungry, and it’s not like landlords will give a shit. But I also want management to fear the workers rolling up to their house and hour before dawn. They only have power because we let them.

  Well, at least until they have fully autonomous kill drones or something.

  But it’s easy to say that from my comfortable home. It’s another to actually get in a truck with your friends and actually shoot a VP in the back of the head.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most Amazon workers considering job hunting due to 5-day in-office policy: Poll⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not as informed as I’d like to be. Rock paper shotgun did an article recently about unions in video game development, which was interesting and might be somewhat broadly applicable: rockpapershotgun.com/from-blizzard-to-bethesda-ga…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most Amazon workers considering job hunting due to 5-day in-office policy: Poll⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Folks should unionize, and then use that collective power to tell “back to office” mandates to fuck themselves to death.

  Shut down AWS and let the world burn until management capitulates. It’s not like the soulless husks calling the shots can run the show themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nothing is requiring employees to be in the office five days a week⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  What an asshole

  More tech workers should unionize so they can say “fuck you” to this kind of idiocy.