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Red_Shirt_no2
@Red_Shirt_no2@c.im
mastodon 4.7.2SW Engineer since '82. Currently doing embedded programming in C on Linux. I sing; I feed chickens; I pet ferrets. Born ~318 ppm
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Joined November 09, 2022
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@petergleick@fediscience.org
The fiduciary obligation of corporations to maximize shareholder returns (plus the ability to externalize costs enabled by captive government agency oversight) drives boards to hire CEOs like this
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@riley@toot.cat @Lightfighter@infosec.exchange @jeffmcneill@hachyderm.io @mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io
Because corporations want you to be in perpetual debt.
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@faithisleaping@anarres.family @sundogplanets@mastodon.social
… has anyone heard an explanation of how these satellites will shed their waste heat?
The more I hear/think about the problems, the more convinced I am that (actually deploying orbital data centers) is not the actual point of these filings.
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@MissGayle @mathowie @cmdrmoto @mekkaokereke
BitCoin smelled of Ponzi from the start; but I think the ZCash crew were (are?) really trying
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@timnitGebru@dair-community.social
Well.. It _is_ frightening that some very knowledgeable people are so enamored of their fantasies that they believe this.
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@whitequark @jonny @jamie
Since “AI-generated code is not copyrightable” is the current state, and “Claude Code was written with Claude Code”, I wonder if anyone is willing to contest a DMCA takedown request….
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@wdlindsy@toad.social
People I know on the left have been saying “once we get P01135809 out, we have to mandate competency tests for candidates”; but that has always raised a red flag to me: Who administers the test? Who decides? Isn’t this just offering those in power another tool to restrict access to power?
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@kalfeher@infosec.exchange @hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange
… you mean the problem ISN’T DNS ?
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@jjcelery@mastodon.ie @luna@post.airsi.de
“The results are too valuable to care about that right now.”
Luna, please know I’m not responding to your specific use case right now; I understand you’re trying to help people.
But that little quote-let caused me to realize the LLM bubble is a microcosm of the Capitalism bubble.
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@Daojoan@mastodon.social @stevendbrewer@wandering.shop
… and that would be a revolution … how?
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@ZLabe@fediscience.org
How much of its stored CO2 has the “perma”frost released?
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@petergleick@fediscience.org
At this point, I think one should assume this fascist, corrupt, MAGA enterprise is something they actually WANT.
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@fesshole@mastodon.social
Put up new curtains, wash the old ones, & we’ll call it even
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