Notices by Calishat (researchbuzz@researchbuzz.masto.host)

Y'all #Pixelfed is having a MOMENT.

https://lifehacker.com/tech/pixelfed-the-ad-free-instagram-alternative-now-has-a-smartphone-app?utm_medium=RSS

#Facebook #Fediverse #Pixelfed

'Meta appeared to be blocking links to Pixelfed, a decentralized photo-sharing platform, on Facebook, according to both users on Bluesky and 404 Media. A small group of posts that linked to "pixelfed.social" was deleted, with Facebook's "Community Standards on spam" used as a justification.

When asked to comment, a Meta spokesperson said removing the posts was a mistake and that they'd be reinstated.'

https://www.engadget.com/social-media/meta-admits-it-deleted-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed-194624098.html?src=rss

Y'all know Facebook's always been full of shit when it comes to content moderation, right? Enjoy this article I wrote EIGHT YEARS AGO about Facebook running an ad saying Michelle Obama was getting a divorce.

https://researchbuzz.me/2016/12/14/why-you-will-never-convince-me-that-facebook-gives-a-damn-about-fake-ads-and-fake-news/

#Facebook #LGBTQ #AntiLGBTQ

'Meta employees are furious with the company’s newly announced content moderation changes that will allow users to say that LGBTQ+ people have “mental illness,” according to internal conversations obtained by 404 Media and interviews with five current employees. The changes were part of a larger shift Mark Zuckerberg announced Monday to do far less content moderation on Meta platforms.'

https://www.404media.co/its-total-chaos-internally-at-meta-right-now-employees-protest-zuckerbergs-anti-lgbtq-changes/

#Google #ContractWorkers #unions #LaborRelations

'Alphabet's Google is facing a second complaint from a U.S. labor board claiming that it is the employer of contract workers and must bargain with their union, the agency said on Monday.'

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-forced-bargain-contractors-union-215216074.html

#Florida #porn #PornHub #legal

"Florida witnessed a massive rise in VPN demand on New Year's Day after Pornhub began prohibiting people from accessing its site from within the Sunshine State, it is claimed. Between the clock striking midnight and 4am on January 1, the day of the Pornhub pullout, the folks at VPN-pushing vpnMentor documented a rather incredible 1150 percent spike in Floridians wanting to use a VPN to mask their public IP addresses."

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/05/pornhub_vpn_demand_surge/

Today in "Headlines I would have reconsidered"

https://www.clickorlando.com/entertainment/2025/01/03/man-brings-his-big-banana-to-central-florida-heres-how-to-catch-a-ride/

@anna ASK A MANAGER.

https://www.askamanager.org/category/resumes

#mathematics #OpenSource #3DModels

"Princeton researchers have unveiled Infinigen, a open-source tool that generates limitless photorealistic 3D scenes using pure mathematical rules – no AI or reliance on models trained on existing videos or images. Unlike traditional 3D generators that rely on existing art assets, Infinigen builds everything procedurally from scratch."

https://boingboing.net/2024/12/23/math-not-artificial-intelligence-powers-new-infinite-world-generator.html

#Google #legal #antitrust

'Alphabet’s Google proposed on Friday a loosening of its agreements with Apple and others to set Google as the default search engine on new devices to address a U.S. ruling that it unlawfully dominates online search.

The proposal is much narrower than the government’s bid to make Google sell its Chrome browser in the antitrust case over online search.'

https://wtvbam.com/2024/12/20/google-says-it-could-loosen-search-deals-in-us-antitrust-case/

#Google #SiliconValley #unions #labor

'A group of Google Help staffers reached a union contract with their employer, Accenture Plc, securing protections on remote work and workplace surveillance that could be a template for others in Alphabet Inc.’s sprawling contract workforce.

The collective bargaining agreement between Accenture and the Alphabet Workers Union covers about 25 workers including writers and design analysts.'

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/company-news/2024/12/18/google-contract-staff-reaches-union-deal-banning-keystroke-monitoring/

LinkedIn keeps recommending "People you may know from Wake Tech" then shows me people I'm 100% sure were NOT EVEN BORN when I got my GED 40ish years ago

If it were up to me I'd cancel it. I watch YouTube channels for engineering, breakdancing, and any other random shit I think is interesting. The only time I watch *TV* TV is when I'm at Granny's and her roomie's got a Hallmark Channel movie on

I just got an e-mail from YouTube TV that they are upping their sub prices by TEN DOLLARS A MONTH starting next month. $82 a month, and we don't have any extras.

"Streaming services are the future because they'll be cheaper than cable!" Good lord everything in this world is a damn scam

#agriculture #sustainability #batteries #rice #AgricultureWaste

'A closer inspection of ash from burned rice hulls, the hard outer layer of rice grains, revealed a form of carbon that could nearly double the energy density of typical lithium-ion or sodium-ion batteries.

This sustainable source of ‘hard’ carbon, which outperforms ordinary graphite in battery electrodes, was discovered at the University of Michigan.'

https://news.engin.umich.edu/2024/12/burned-rice-hulls-could-help-batteries-store-more-charge/

What the HELL GitHub, I'm browsing a list of results with my human eyes and paging through the results with my human mouse clicks!

@neurovagrant When I tell you this headline made me stop and take a breath

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/internet-sleuths-say-wont-help-find-unitedhealthcare-ceo-suspect-rcna183228

#cycling #RoadSafety #PublicSafety

'Described as a “dashcam” for bikes, CycleSafe is a device that attaches to handlebars and can connect to a mobile phone. When a car comes too close to a cyclist, CycleSafe activates and records information about the encounter, capturing both data and images of the vehicle and its license plate.'

https://news.asu.edu/20241203-science-and-technology-asu-software-engineers-honor-late-cyclist-dash-cam-bikes

Did you ever have a code idea that was REALLY stupid but also REALLY complicated? And if it were stupid and simple you wouldn't bother with it but since it's stupid and complicated you're like "Dang, I gotta see if I can actually do that"?

Nobody? Just me? 😂

#sustainability #marketing #psychology

'A free coffee. One in 10 odds. That’s all it took to get people to ditch their disposable cups and embrace reusable ones at bustling university cafés.

A research team from the University of B.C. psychology department and the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability turned an everyday coffee run into a game of chance—and it worked. Reusable cup usage nearly tripled at Blue Chip café and skyrocketed at Loafe café.'

https://news.ubc.ca/2024/11/chance-of-coffee-changed-habits/