mastodon 4.7.3Obligate infovore. I write fantasy, sci fi, and software. All posts made with 100% recycled electrons, sustainably crafted by artisanal artisans. He*/him/his. Not straight. Doctor, if you absolutely insist.
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You're feeling a lot of pressure to adopt AI because it's a trillion dollar scheme to disenfranchise programming as skilled labor.
A healthy middle class exerts strong pressure against facist takeover, and is therefore under assault. Has been my entire (not short) life.
I woke up this morning to find I had traveled into the future.
Not far. Just a few hours.
Passkeys are "useful" because they take things from "something you know" to "something you have, but isn't really yours, knows, until it is remote-locked by the owner of its walled gardens".
(I hate passwords. Passkeys aren't the right solution for individuals, though they rock for corporations building lock-in.)
What would it take to pass a law in your state that made it illegal to store a user's age?
We already have laws around, for example, asking for and storing SSNs. Can we move age to that category?
(I am seeking a legislative solution to a legislative problem. Technological solutions and workarounds are outmatched when the other side can arrest you.)
It's NOT cognitive surrender. It's not a moral failure on the part of the individual.
That's like calling lethal waterboarding "respiratory failure". Technically true, completely missing the point.
"The goal is not just to make you believe lies. It's to make you reject the truth."
Indulging my inner #railfan at Steamtown.
In case anyone was confused.
Having just re-listened to Hitchhikers' Guide, I am renaming my phone the Crisis Inducer.
Heck, there's one on my wrist, too. Perfectly foretold.
I'm beginning to think that "ideas aren't the hard part" is something clung to by people who don't have good ideas that often.
Like, don't get me wrong, an idea is just a spark, and needs tinder and kindling and fuel to become a fire. But tinder doesn't burst into flames on its own.
The local giant megaplex shopping mall has a little free library set up outside it. I am charmed. I love this state.
Slow and steady.
I'm referring to the snow in mid April...
We need a word for that moment when everyone's arguing with someone you blocked and reported ages ago.
Feel like it's time again to pull out this essay I wrote about (gulp) 9 years ago. Because nothing has been learned and those in the money see this as a feature.
"Refuse to release software that erases less-salient portions of humanity, especially when those portions of humanity are suppressed by everyone else. Make software that doesn’t punch down."
https://afeinman.medium.com/correlation-is-not-totality-ff1b8b72f851
"Debate" is between people who might change their positions.
What you want to engage in is "abuse".