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cdrnsf··on U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective
Yes. The president fomented a violent insurrection and then pardoned its participants (who should all still be in prison). He shouldn't be in office and you could similarly sanction his own social media platform, X and any other number of their supporters.
cdrnsf··on U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective
This administration is on a witch hunt for anything they can identify as "antifa" when no such central organization insists. Instead it's being used as an over broad label to attack organized opposition to it's broadly unpopular policy agenda.

(If you're opposed to antifascists what does that make you?)

cdrnsf··on US Government designates host of noblogs.org a "global terrorist"
Is characterizing them as cultists also a slur then? Or calling out the outsized, malign impact they're having? Working a job in tech shouldn't require an adherence to the founder's quasi-religious beliefs about uploading their brain, inventing god or colonizing a dead rock.
cdrnsf··on US Government designates host of noblogs.org a "global terrorist"
Nerds using untold wealth to inflict fringe beliefs on societies at scale can do plenty of harm.
cdrnsf··on Corporate political donations shatter record at $646M so far for US midterms
This is how democracies die.
cdrnsf··on US Government designates host of noblogs.org a "global terrorist"
It's an acronym or neologism. The groups comprising it are often cult like, but I also don't view that as a controversial statement.
cdrnsf··on Trade (and Tariffs)
My dad worked 12 hour shifts for decades (4 days on, 4 days off). Anyone working 72 hours a week isn't going to last long.
cdrnsf··on AI Is a Harsh Mistress
AI isn't sentient, but it can generate text and people will anthropomorphize it. TESCREAL cultists evangelizing otherwise are best ignored.
cdrnsf··on Anthropic Sees over $30T in Potential Revenue
Ah, so it's not just their products that hallucinate.
cdrnsf··on Nitter project received cease and desist
A municipal website? A text file on a file server? Not a login-gated social media platform owned by the world's richest edgelord.
cdrnsf··on Nitter project received cease and desist
Given who controls the algorithm, I don't think there's anything inaccurate about the statement.
cdrnsf··on Nitter project received cease and desist
I'd love to see public agencies or anyone making any sort of significant public announcements use any other platform. FTP a text file to a server for all I care, but I'm not risking a search of a platform that openly encourages extremism and discourages moderation.
cdrnsf··on Oceans hit highest temperature on record
Like xAI's running gas generators non-stop?
cdrnsf··on Oceans hit highest temperature on record
Meanwhile governments are electing to either do nothing or actively make the problem worse (particularly in the case of the US — expanding fossil fuel extraction, pushing data center build out and attacking renewables like wind).
cdrnsf··on Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
And the feckless executive of a lame duck administration applying them on a whim will accomplish this?
cdrnsf··on Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
Everything the current US administration has done has been an unmitigated disaster. Tariffs are taxes. Manufacturing is still declining, not returning and a man who could not run casinos successfully is not going to change that. His economic and foreign policy are dictated entirely based on who flatters him the most. Add to that continued environmental damage, domestic policy dictated by a regressive religious minority and a lack of interest in performing the duties of the position in favor of caring about only what it can be leveraged for. A failing state operating on grievances and stupidity.
cdrnsf··on AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late
We should be destroying AI companies, not books.
cdrnsf··on Google has stopped pushing Git tags for some Android source code
Give them a few years and they'll only provide it by printing out a copy and mailing it to you.
cdrnsf··on AI is helping patients to solve their medical mysteries
How is this better than Googling conditions given how much of this technology depends on having scraped the same data Google once linked out to?
cdrnsf··on Google has acquired the data of failed US airline Spirit
Ah yes, capitalism’s final form: the vampire squid.
cdrnsf··on License plate reader searches should require a warrant
These systems also facilitate criminal behavior by officers and others with access to them. They can also misidentify vehicles and lead to innocent civilians being pulled over at gunpoint. Problems with officer behavior scales with these systems.
cdrnsf··on Controversial creators are benefiting from monetization programs run by Meta
Meta and its products are a cancer.
cdrnsf··on Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app
We have ample evidence that platforms whose goal is to shove everyone you've ever met into the same room isn't a good thing. Modest growth and a healthy community that doesn't have to include everyone to succeed seems like a good thing.
cdrnsf··on Woman pulled over twice after Flock-linked software connected her to homicide
How often are police actually held accountable for anything?
cdrnsf··on Woman pulled over twice after Flock-linked software connected her to homicide
Successful policing looks like directing funding away from police and towards solutions better tailored to problems they do a poor job of handling.
cdrnsf··on Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution
All to power the generation of text nobody wants to read, images nobody wants to see and video nobody wants to watch.
cdrnsf··on App Store Rejection of the Week: Dark Hours
Building web apps is far more enjoyable if only because you don't have to deal with the capricious nature of Apple's App Store review. It's non-deterministic CI at best.
cdrnsf··on White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autism
The science already spoke, they struggle with reality.
cdrnsf··on ICE will release body cam video only when seen in the agency's 'best interests'
Accompanied by childish memes, Bible quotes and the music of artists that loathe them.
cdrnsf··on ICE will release body cam video only when seen in the agency's 'best interests'
They should stop committing human rights violations, at a minimum.
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