Notices by Yogthos (yogthos@mas.to), page 3

Street-Complete is like Pokemon Go but for improving Open Street Map

https://streetcomplete.app/

AI models collapse when trained on recursively generated data.

#machinelearning

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07566-y

@firebreathingduck also dialectical materialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectical_materialism

It's baffling how often we overlook the importance of negative freedoms, such as freedom from poverty and the fear of illness or a lack of financial security in old age. These are tangible, real-world freedoms that directly impact our quality of life.

Meanwhile, we're constantly told that the ability to express ourselves is the ultimate form of liberty. It's time to reevaluate our priorities and recognize the true value of actual tangible freedoms.

The ICJ ruling on Israel lacks teeth without enforcement mechanisms.

For example, US and UK ignore ICJ rulings that the Chagos Islands are not the property of the UK and must be returned.

The US will not give up its strategic Diego Garcia base, and the US still illegally occupies half of Syria.

#politics #gaza

Over 6,000 workers at Samsung Electronics are participating in the first ever strike of company’s history in support of their demands of pay hike, paid leave and compensation. ✊

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/07/15/indefinite-strike-at-samsung-enters-second-week/

The world’s power grids are failing as the planet warms.

#climatecrisis

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/07/15/energy/world-power-grids-planet-warms/

It's adorable to see people rediscover the labour theory of value on their own.

spot the difference

US workers in debt to buy groceries. The leap in grocery prices has outpaced the historic 20% rise in living costs that followed the pandemic, squeezing households around the country and fuelling widespread economic and political discontent.

Across the country, Americans on average spent more than 11% of their incomes on food, including restaurant meals last year – a higher proportion than any time since 1991.

#us #economy

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx002795738o

Emmanuel Macron is avoiding acknowledging the defeat of his liberal camp in the general election, delaying the mandate for the New Popular Front to form a government.

#france #politics

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/07/08/macron-delays-mandate-for-new-popular-front/

Canada releases 70-year-old document that accuses U.S. of genocide, biological warfare during Korean War.

https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles/canada-releases-70-year-old-document-that-accuses-us-of-genocide-biological-warfare-during-korean-war

In this satirical city builder, your goal is to convert walkable cities into parking lots and use propaganda to convince everyone it's what they want. 😆

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/city-builder/in-this-satirical-city-builder-your-goal-is-to-convert-walkable-cities-into-parking-lots-and-use-propaganda-to-convince-everyone-its-what-they-want/

Only 1 in 4 Americans now agree that most people can be trusted. Welcome to life under late stage capitalism.

https://pluralofyou.org/trust-among-americans-not-over-yet/

how to browse the web in 2024

1. open site
2. close email subscription pop up
3. close push notifications
4. dismiss cookies pop up
5. dismiss the request for your location
6. close the "did you find what your were looking for?" dialog
7. apologize to those around you for the loud swearing
8. try to remember why you opened the site in the first place

One of my personal favorites among Mastodon's tropes is when liberals engage in sealioning, where they post inflammatory replies, only to block you afterward.

It's as if they were never truly interested in having an actual conversation from the start. 😆

The whole conversation about Biden's mental capacity for the upcoming presidential race overlooks a far more interesting question. Namely, who is actually running the United States government.

The role of the President entails making critical decisions, and without strong leadership at the highest level, the functioning of the government becomes inherently impaired.

Motherboards and systems with China's Loongson CPUs now shipping to US customers — options start from $373 for a DTX board with processor and cooler.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/motherboards-and-systems-with-chinas-loongson-cpus-now-shipping-to-us-customers-options-start-from-dollar373-for-a-dtx-board-with-processor-and-cooler

Norman Finkelstein destroys a Western media class hack: "Listen to you, you're just spouting Israeli propaganda."

This is from 2009, and the Zionist propaganda talking points have stayed exactly the same today with the ongoing #Gaza genocide.

@HeavenlyPossum @djuuss meanwhile in the real world https://nitter.privacydev.net/KyleTrainEmoji/status/1803229471140671825