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Comment on What's your p(doom)? in ~talk
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Comment on At the University of California San Diego, there's the Shake Table; an earthquake simulator with the heaviest payload capacity in the world in ~design
mtset LinkWoah, that's surreal! That first drone shot is the road I used to drive on several times a week to get to community college, and at 1:07 you can see my middle school in the background. For what...Woah, that's surreal! That first drone shot is the road I used to drive on several times a week to get to community college, and at 1:07 you can see my middle school in the background.
For what it's worth, the shake table is a loooong way from the rest of the UCSD campus - it's basically just a bit of uninhabitable desert that they bought from the Marines right outside a suburb.
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Comment on Linus Sebastian is stepping down as CEO of Linus Media Group, Creator Warehouse, and Floatplane in ~tech
mtset Link ParentIt feels more like a class thing, to me, than anything else. Linus is bourgeois now, in the sense that he could sell LTT and live off the proceeds forever, as he admits. He's palling around with...Seeing that that new CEO has been in huge corporations (Dell, etc) before in various roles gave me a bit of pause
It feels more like a class thing, to me, than anything else. Linus is bourgeois now, in the sense that he could sell LTT and live off the proceeds forever, as he admits. He's palling around with other bourgeois - in this case his old boss. It's very on the nose, really.
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Comment on Linus Sebastian is stepping down as CEO of Linus Media Group, Creator Warehouse, and Floatplane in ~tech
mtset Link ParentI think you're giving him too much credit. Anyone who runs a company that unionizes has failed, at least a little, as a capitalist, because they no longer have the ability to produce the optimal...I think you're giving him too much credit. Anyone who runs a company that unionizes has failed, at least a little, as a capitalist, because they no longer have the ability to produce the optimal amount of value from the company.
And Linus does want to succeed as a capitalist, or at least he acts like it!
If you don't want to extract value from your employees, give them part ownership and encourage them to set up a union. Anything else is intentional, deliberate exploitation, in both the technical and colloquial senses.
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Comment on Linus Sebastian is stepping down as CEO of Linus Media Group, Creator Warehouse, and Floatplane in ~tech
mtset LinkClearly a good move for the company. Linus is talent, not management. I hope this, plus his well-documented anti-union attitude, doesn't lead to problems for the employees.Clearly a good move for the company. Linus is talent, not management. I hope this, plus his well-documented anti-union attitude, doesn't lead to problems for the employees.
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Comment on This free TV comes with two screens - Would you give up your data in exchange for a free TV? in ~tech
mtset Link ParentTrue, but we're already in a situation where buying a non-smart TV is difficult and expensive; I don't really want to see the prices of non-spyware TVs go up, which I'm pretty sure we will if this...True, but we're already in a situation where buying a non-smart TV is difficult and expensive; I don't really want to see the prices of non-spyware TVs go up, which I'm pretty sure we will if this is at all successful.
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Comment on This free TV comes with two screens - Would you give up your data in exchange for a free TV? in ~tech
mtset LinkI mean, I would pay $500 for a dual-screen TV if the top panel is any good, so...I mean, I would pay $500 for a dual-screen TV if the top panel is any good, so...
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Comment on ‘So, I hear I’m transphobic’: Dee Snider responds after being dropped by SF Pride in ~lgbt
mtset Link ParentI've heard this a few times, but every time, people think the "leftist orthodoxy" is something different. Is it that trans people are "born that way", or that people can change gender at will? Is...It is virtually impossible for one to dissent from the orthodoxy in online leftist spaces
I've heard this a few times, but every time, people think the "leftist orthodoxy" is something different. Is it that trans people are "born that way", or that people can change gender at will? Is it that nationalization and density will solve all our problems or that degrowth is the answer to climate change? Hell, leftists can't even agree on whether or not the concept of government is good.
It's hard for me to take a "party line" argument seriously when you can ask three leftists a question and get five opinions.
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Comment on Speed trap | Google promised to create a better, faster web for media companies with a new standard called AMP. In the end, it ruined the trust publishers had in the internet giant. in ~tech
mtset Link ParentFactually, you're absolutely right, but for end users of search, it is indeed a distinction without a difference. It's legal weaseling with no bearing on morality.Factually, you're absolutely right, but for end users of search, it is indeed a distinction without a difference. It's legal weaseling with no bearing on morality.
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Comment on Speed trap | Google promised to create a better, faster web for media companies with a new standard called AMP. In the end, it ruined the trust publishers had in the internet giant. in ~tech
mtset Link ParentThe issue isn't the technical details of AMP - they're fine, and as you say, have a lot of useful restrictions. The issue is Google applying monopoly pressure to the publishing industry by...The issue isn't the technical details of AMP - they're fine, and as you say, have a lot of useful restrictions.
The issue is Google applying monopoly pressure to the publishing industry by de-ranking pages that didn't use AMP.
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Comment on ‘So, I hear I’m transphobic’: Dee Snider responds after being dropped by SF Pride in ~lgbt
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Comment on Indiana governor signs “Don’t Say Gay” bill that forces teachers to out trans kids to their parents in ~lgbt
mtset Link ParentThe average of a Starbucks barista is 24. Most union workers at Starbucks locations are Gen Z. We're plenty good at organizing.The average of a Starbucks barista is 24. Most union workers at Starbucks locations are Gen Z. We're plenty good at organizing.
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Comment on What's your not-D&D RPG, and why? in ~games.tabletop
mtset Link ParentI love The Quiet Year. One of my favorite uses of silence in a tabletop game, really.I love The Quiet Year. One of my favorite uses of silence in a tabletop game, really.
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Comment on What's your not-D&D RPG, and why? in ~games.tabletop
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Comment on What's your not-D&D RPG, and why? in ~games.tabletop
mtset LinkI wrote a non-D&D TTRPG a while back, which I still run quite often: Whittledice and Parchment. I'm still working on it, but it's simple and definitely playable!I wrote a non-D&D TTRPG a while back, which I still run quite often: Whittledice and Parchment.
Whittledice & Parchment is a tiny, embeddable TTRPG – a game for your TTRPG characters to play, inside your existing game. Perfect for those times when someone doesn’t show up or your party just needs some downtime. If your current GM is interested in GMing two games at once, great – otherwise, pick someone else in the group.
Whittledice is print-and-play - just print out the rules, cut out the Character Cards, and get going.
I'm still working on it, but it's simple and definitely playable!
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Comment on Resources for learning to code in ~comp
mtset Link ParentThat does make sense, but I'd argue that learning how to figure out what to Google was the most important part of learning to touch computers, for me. Using ChatGPT for that is fine at the start,...That does make sense, but I'd argue that learning how to figure out what to Google was the most important part of learning to touch computers, for me. Using ChatGPT for that is fine at the start, but you need those skills when you encounter obscure or proprietary technologies.
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Comment on Resources for learning to code in ~comp
mtset Link ParentI do not agree that you should use ChatGPT or any other LLM system unless you don't have access to a human mentor. It's better than nothing but it's worse than most human engineers would be.I do not agree that you should use ChatGPT or any other LLM system unless you don't have access to a human mentor. It's better than nothing but it's worse than most human engineers would be.
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Comment on FediDB - Metrics and developer tools for ActivityPub servers in ~tech
mtset LinkSome tools from dansup, the main developer of Pixelfed (an ActivityPub compatible Instagram-alike). Interesting stats for this month include: Over 1000 new servers this month About 1 billion known...Some tools from dansup, the main developer of Pixelfed (an ActivityPub compatible Instagram-alike). Interesting stats for this month include:
- Over 1000 new servers this month
- About 1 billion known posts across the network
- MAU around 1.4 million
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FediDB - Metrics and developer tools for ActivityPub servers
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Comment on Bluesky is Jack Dorsey’s attempt at a Twitter redo and it’s already growing fast in ~tech
mtset Link ParentI think e-mail and ActivityPub are alike in that way: they started out as ways for people to directly communicate, but they are also messaging substrates for other applications. For instance, see...I think e-mail and ActivityPub are alike in that way: they started out as ways for people to directly communicate, but they are also messaging substrates for other applications. For instance, see this WordPress plugin that turns ActivityPub into a comment substrate, or Darius Kazemi's RSS to ActivityPub server.
They may seem less nutty, but they shouldn't seem more right; among other things, the TESCREAL folks are, by and large, unbelievably racist, ableist, and just generally shitheads.
The real risk from AI is the same as the risk from any other labor-multiplying machines: that capital uses it to further exploit workers and bend democracy to their will. And in that sense, p(doom) is 1; we're there.