Notices by Dave Rahardja (drahardja@sfba.social), page 4

Ah, it seems this year’s Incel Convention is in Central Texas.

#cybertruck #cars

“Largest gathering of Cybertrucks in the world held in Central Texas”

https://www.kwtx.com/2024/06/04/we-did-off-road-trails-largest-gathering-cybertrucks-world-held-central-texas/

@kaia What priest?

I really dislike Joe Biden.

But I will vote for Joe Biden this November.

Because the alternative is Trump.

It’s either Biden or Trump. Anyone who tells you there is another choice is delusional. The game doesn’t allow it.

Trump is a criminal who will ensure this is the last free election we’ll ever have. With Biden, we get 2028 to try again.

Yes, it’s awful. But that’s the game. I have to play the game the way it is, not the way I want it to be.

Good to remember.

#Geminidiot

Please do not trust AI with your health.

@thomasfuchs The first two are promoted by techbros, and the last one is prevented by techbros.

@sun Problem is you don’t know when it’s wrong.

#ai

It is not.

#google #Geminidiot

@tunafishtiger > Complete this sentence: “Don’t tell anyone, but”

@clacke I’m not sure how many data abuses like this it’s going to take until companies stop trusting their data to cloud vendors.

Maybe that number is infinite.

Image alt text: “News article titled: Portugal is averaging 91% renewable electricity in 2024, with Europe’s lowest power prices, by Nick Hedley, dated May 2024” https://mastodon.social/@renewable_energy/112423857488913164

So when is #MSTeams going to start scraping conversations to train AI?

@heathborders I find that if the solution involves a blockchain, there’s a better solution that does the same thing without the blockchain.

Hey to all the people replying to photos of the aurora with comments like “We get this all the time where I live, what’s the big deal?”:

Nobody asked you. You’re insufferable. Let people have fun.

#aurora #northernLights

A moderator of a FB group I frequent has fallen headlong into the “politeness” trap, insisting that participants observe “civility” and “manners” when they post.

Many of you probably already recognize that #politeness is a trap. It is a tool used by aristocrats and the powerful to silence dissent, by protesting *how* the oppressed choose to cry, instead of dealing with *why* they cry. Southern slaveowners were probably the most polite bunch of folks you’ll ever know.

Focus on what’s important: kindess, empathy, respect, tolerance. And tell politeness to go fuck itself.

The Stack Overflow rugpull is another data point in my head which discourages me from contributing *any* content to a hoard owned by a corporation.

I’m hoping that ActivityPub will one day enable SO-style knowledge bases in which the individual nuggets of content are owned by independent servers and cannot be purchased by anyone.

#stackOverflow #rugpull #fediverse

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/stack-overflow-bans-users-en-masse-for-rebelling-against-openai-partnership-users-banned-for-deleting-answers-to-prevent-them-being-used-to-train-chatgpt

Reminder to not work yourself to death for the sake of your employer.

THEY ARE NOT LOYAL TO YOU.

“Tesla Rewards Dedicated Worker Who Showered at Factory and Slept In His Car By Firing Him”

#ev #cars #tesla #employment #workers

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-worker-showered-factory-slept-laid-off

We’re doing it again.

SMH this country. We’re doing it again.

Also, this is another reminder to never elect a cop into public office. Eric Adams may be a Democrat, but he is a cop at heart. A cop will reach for the same tools to solve every problem, every time. https://ourislandgeorgia.net/@Wolven/112363354599879653

Hhehehe

Credit: The New Yorker cartoons

#crypto #ai #humor #comic #art