Open post R. Sabourin @rsabourin@pdx.social · 6mo ago Replying to @RuiSeabra@mastodon.social <p>Dear <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> developers...</p><p>These governmental attestation requirements popping up all over the world are nothing but a visible escalation step in the war on generic computing. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> spoke about it in 2011 and here's a nice transcript for you <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Coming_War_on_General_Computation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Com</span><span class="invisible">ing_War_on_General_Computation</span></a></p><p>I'm not modest enough to not say I was also looking at those writings in the wall, but he's a much better speaker.</p><p>Go read that, and please, please, please...</p><p>Stop collaborating with the authoritarians.</p> @RuiSeabra@mastodon.social @pluralistic@mamot.fr Computers are enshittifying at every level. This might be my next purchase.
Open post R. Sabourin @rsabourin@pdx.social · 3mo ago Replying to @eric@social.coop “Mistakenly, we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence and ingesting the design requirements that we had, that that would produce a high-quality product.” How Ford replaced hundreds of engineers with AI, which broke a bunch of shit causing billions in damage and forcing them to rehire those people: https://www.the-independent.com/tech/ford-ai-automation-human-workers-b3003787.html #workforce #AIDisplacement #AIReplacement #jobMarket #hiring #productivity #beliefs #governance @eric@social.coop The pointy-haired bosses who 'thought' that should be flogged with an F-150 wiring harness.
Open post R. Sabourin @rsabourin@pdx.social · 6mo ago Replying to @RupertReynolds@hachyderm.io @rsabourin@pdx.social @RuiSeabra@mastodon.social @pluralistic@mamot.fr This is smaller, but it won't boot Linux, so what's the point? ;-) @RupertReynolds@hachyderm.io The pinnacle of mechanical computer design IMHO. But does it run Crysis? 😆
Open post R. Sabourin @rsabourin@pdx.social · 10mo ago Replying to @Catvalente@wandering.shop My 7 year old just reached for a piece of pizza fresh out of the oven and exclaimed, in the same tone as an adult swearing… “English *folklore*, that’s hot!” I choked laughing ENGLISH FOLKLORE AS A SWEAR? WHO ARE YOU?!? @Catvalente@wandering.shop Can I say, Bas sounds like the coolest, most creative kid EVER!
Open post R. Sabourin @rsabourin@pdx.social · 4mo ago Replying to @mttaggart@infosec.exchange <p>If you think folks are going to let things like this get built in their communities and operate with impunity, you have another thing coming. I'm not saying they <em>should</em> be sabotaged; I'm saying they positively <em>will</em> be.</p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ai-data-center-bigger-2-124356503.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/articles/ai-dat</span><span class="invisible">a-center-bigger-2-124356503.html</span></a></p> @mttaggart@infosec.exchange Tip-up construction is also tip-down, just saying... 🧱🔨
Open post R. Sabourin @rsabourin@pdx.social · 8mo ago @inpc Me: Gotta delete old emails so the Exchange server doesn't fill up and also for CYA Billionaires: Emails documenting the most hideous crimes, never deletes them
Open post R. Sabourin @rsabourin@pdx.social · 6mo ago Replying to @Perspective@c.im @rsabourin@pdx.social @RuiSeabra@mastodon.social @pluralistic@mamot.fr Not to date myself, but I used the cash register version of this adding machine at my first job! Thanks for posting! 😀👍 @Perspective@c.im I certainly remember the big, motor driven cash registers with rows of buttons on the front.
Open post R. Sabourin @rsabourin@pdx.social · 9mo ago Replying to @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt <p>Stony PlayStation? :playstation_controller: <br>XRox? :xbox_360_controller:<br>Flintendo? :wii_classic_controller:</p> @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt Mother: We have controllers at home. The controller:
Open post R. Sabourin @rsabourin@pdx.social · 2mo ago Replying to @warandpeas@mastodon.social @warandpeas@mastodon.social Sous vide?