Made a Node script that uses DeepSeek or Ollama to make reading suggestions based on your Bookwyrm or Goodreads CSV export
META data collection - a post from Mastodon
Linux@mstdn.ca - As a Meta employee, I can honestly tell you what we know, and I do not know how we obtain all of it.
- Your full name
- Your full home address
- Your phone number
- Your e-mail
- Your government ID
- Your consumer report history
* The name of every family member - The name of every friend
- The name of their family / friends
- Your marital status
- If you are faithful to your partner
- Your work history (all of it)
- Your education history (all of it)
- Your travel history (going back years)
- Your birth gender
- Your gender ID
- Your sexuality
- Your sexual preferences
- How often you're having sex
- Your partner's details (all the above)
- Your political ideology
- Your involvement with any group
- If you protest, we know
- If you're unhappy, we know
The amount of information we collect on you is insane. And we do it all for supposedly marketing and yes, we help the government since they have access to all this too.
So when someone says they want to avoid META or GOOGLE - respect.
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One in six US workers pretends to use AI to please the bosses
AI Productivity Statistics: 22% Feel Pressured to Use AI When They’re Not Comfortable
A new nationwide survey reveals mass adoption of AI — but at a cost. Learn more here.Howdy
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Online Piracy Almost Died. Now It's More Popular Than Ever. - YouTube
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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.youtube.com
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Corpo parasite think they can abuse contract law without peasants clapping back is naive.
Also, why would I fund my enemy
They are the criminal. Like man and domination. You aren't winning either even though that other person/people died because of you.
That means you will have all your life stolen from you until you beg Ma to ressurect and summon you out of the void at least two big bangs from now.
Give these fucks a dozen if they're lucky,
That's because you think your death ends life.
Life can never end. It might do so here, but we live in an infinate number of infinately variant universes. That doesn't even touch Strange 'verses which also happens. You can escape reality. Even when you die.
/Makes a Ledger laugh
In all fairness variation and work toward the the Doc's understanding, knowledge and perception has been explicitly my objetive in study.
Thy asked for it.
/shrugs
Funny that, I do know, I have alraady seen a whole big bang roll 'verse by with absolutely zero acknowledgement or respect for the nonsense of "money" at all.
ends life
People always use these words, but the one is just a way to break line of sight and the other nobody can agree on when you really dig in.
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That speaks more toward general tech illiteracy than anything else.
GenZ might be even worse than boomers when it comes to learning how to use tech. That is why so many solutions are basically automated these days so that you can treat everything like it is a streaming site.
I had to help my parents connect up the TV as a kid, and now I have to help my kids connect up their TV/PC.
Obviously a lot wrong with that statement (I. E. Not everyone leans techy) but it does make me feel like my age group is the only ones that have a vauge idea what is going on
I think it's probably being in the age range that kinda straddled the time between now - when it's all an unshakeable piece of daily life - and the time before it existed / was commonplace. Having grown up before all of these world changing tech advances, and then being there for the ride, is just a singular experience and perspective neither our parents or our kids can possibly have.
I'm really grateful for having gotten to take the ride, but it does strike me as sad in a way.
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Yeah, I don't think piracy ever came close to dying. It definitely slowed down for a small time when Netflix was the only real player in the streaming space, as a lot of pirates didn't actually mind paying for a service as long as it worked and had content. For those people, piracy was a service issue, not a cost issue.
Now that Netflix doesn't have anything to watch and the content is spread across dozens of networks (again), piracy is back on the menu for that specific demographic. But there will always be a demo that will pirate no matter what, be it principles or be it cost.
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Hell my most played steam game, rimworld, I initially pirated and dropped before trying again later on and buying.
Back in the day you could buy Rimworld directly from the developer's website and that shit was portable. I played it off a flash drive on my high school computers. Did the same thing with FTL as well. Most of my hours in those games are not logged, lol.
me pirating everything for the last ten years
"it almost died?! On my watch!?"
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Piracy never got anywhere close to dying. TV and movie piracy dropped a bit when there were decent streaming services though.
Lots of people got used to watching what they want, when they want it. Now that the streaming services have all enshittified, loads of people are turning to piracy because it provides better service.
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If it wasn't for piracy I would have just kept reading books. Instead, I just watch all the bullshit.
EDIT: Most of the time, the people who make shows have a much better imagination than mine
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Speaking personally, it's literally that. I used to pay for Netflix, HBO, Prime and Disney+, now I don't pay for anything.
The reasons are quite simple:
- everything got more and more expensive
- some of the services started pushing ads down my throat even though I paid for them (usually the higher tier)
So I got back to torrenting + self-hosting (had to migrate from Plex to Jellyfin because even self-hosted solutions are turning to shit).
Oh that's definitely in there, but you feel a kind of resentment and 'why the fuck do i need these people?' On top of it, right?
plex to jelly fin
If you pay for it, you do not own it. Only that taken with lead steel or lies is ever really yours.
Or what's freely given, i guess, but corporations can't do that.
Paramount, the next fox news.
GitHub - haugene/docker-transmission-openvpn: Docker container running Transmission torrent client with WebUI over an OpenVPN tunnel
Docker container running Transmission torrent client with WebUI over an OpenVPN tunnel - haugene/docker-transmission-openvpnGitHub
I do have the feel that gaming piracy is on a all time low.
At the moment there isn't even a single active denuvo cracker while there used to be like 3-4.
Probably because stores like steam and gog, which are consumer friendly with fair prices for most products and not linked with stupid subscriptions.
On the other hand movie and shows piracy is rising for the anti-consumer platforms, who can pay $200 a month for seeing all decent shows and movies without ads? Very few people, and even then you own nothing.
I have a feel that music piracy will rise soon too. As Spotify already have started the anti consumer route. I'm pretty sure in a few years it's subscription won't be as worth it as it used to be, and a lot of people will find out that they have been paying for years and still own nothing.
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She retired two years ago from cracking, and started a cult.
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I do have the feel that gaming piracy is on a all time low. At the moment there isn't even a single active denuvo cracker while there used to be like 3-4. Probably because stores like steam and gog, which are consumer friendly with fair prices for most products and not linked with stupid subscriptions.
I don't know the numbers so I can't comment on that, but you do realise the vast majority of games don't launch with Denuvo right? And plenty of games that do only have it for the first 6-12 months because it's a subscription for them, before taking it out...
I've played Baldur's Gate 3 and Avowed recently, pirated, right at launch, because they didn't have DRM. Isn't it still true that nothing on GOG has DRM at all?
And plenty of games that do only have it for the first 6-12 months because it’s a subscription for them, before taking it out…
Sega, Ubisoft, and Atlus being notable exceptions. They just leave that shit in forever.
There's a workaround for Denuvo: buying a copy of the game with pooled funds and sharing the game with all the participants using online activation. It's not exactly cracking, but it is one way around it. The issue is knowing where to find such groups, or starting one yourself. I can get you into one, If anyone is interested. Just send me a PM asking to join.
You can get older stuff for free as well. Practically everything is free, but you'll have to wait longer with the newer titles because people who donated funds take priority.
Note: Unfortunately, this takes place in a Discord group. You'll have to use Discord and you'll have to have an account that is at least one-month old to be able to participate.
Sure, that's always an option. But we're not talking about buying here. To be precise, yes, a copy of the game is still being bought, but then it gets distributed among 100s of people. It's pretty much like old-school piracy: VHS tapes and burning copies of games you own onto CDs.
That being said, you aren't missing that much if you're completely avoiding Denuvo games. Out of all the uncracked ones that I've tried using this method, only two games out of the last decade or so were worth the trouble (Wukong and Hi-Fi Rush).
I don't know if universally but I think all that use basic steam drm.
I found in cs.rin.ru. There is even a post explaining how it works.
If you ever downloaded a game with a basic steam crack you already have it. The files are the same for all games.
Goldberg / goldberg_emulator · GitLab
Steam emulator that emulates steam online features. Lets you play games that use the steam multiplayer apis on a LAN without steam or an internet connection.GitLab
By comparison I don't feel as predated as in other shops.
Music piracy, while still a thing, is basically nil at this point, because the record industry didn't fuck up streaming (for the consumer). The artists don't get paid enough, but from a consumer perspective you don't have to sub to all the services to get all of the music.
We were so close to that with Netflix back in the beginning. Then the studios got greedy, and here we are.
Yeah, music piracy is kinda niche these days: mostly just people who want a local library and who have a modded iPod or similar. I use Soulseek to get flacs of the music I play on my radio show, just so I can be sure I'm offering the best possible quality.
But to be honest, I straddle both camps. I have a modded iPod full of music, but I also have Apple Music mostly for convenience.
Listening to the music you like instead of the music you are told to like
that's what music piracy has become today !
YouTube (via yt-dlp) is my fallback for if I can't find what I need on Soulseek.
The quality is fine, but I likes my FLACs.
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I was thinking this while setting up RomM a few months back. Each media stack I'm running has a bit of a different reasoning behind it, but at the end of the day it's more about convenience and owning my own library than anything cost-related.
My Jellyfin server exists because streaming services are a nightmare. Overpriced as hell, extremely limited libraries, things constantly coming and going.
I use Navidrome because Spotify supports genocide and Tidal felt too limited, and neither pays artists well. While most of my library is pirated, I make it a point to buy directly from the artists whenever possible - whether that's digital downloads, vinyl, or merch, direct support goes much further than streaming services ever will.
RomM is about preservation and convenience for my emulation library. These aren't hard to find online, sure, but knowing I have my own copies feels like a safety net in case of more shutdowns and lawsuits.
While most of my library is pirated, I make it a point to buy directly from the artists whenever possible - whether that’s digital downloads, vinyl, or merch, direct support goes much further than streaming services ever will.
You might already do this, but I'd suggest to further prioritize buying from up and coming and independent artists. You don't need to support whatever random person/corporation owns the rights to the discography of a dead musician unless you have a compelling reason to so, and you don't have to deepen the pockets of already loaded superartists/bands. Is there a Bandcamp Friday coming up, then you can wait until then to make sure a larger chunk of your money goes directly to those who made the music.
It almost died when?
Any pirated content that I've looked for over the past 20 years has been easily accessible.
The only reason I've slowed down is due to the quality of today's media, not because of availability of content.
That is called engagement farming, pretty common on YouTube, there are probably 50 videos like this released in the past month, they just copy paste from each other, each getting hundreds and thousands of views.
The only noticeable decline in piracy came in the year when Netflix got famous, which got reverted in the next few years due to the launch of another 100 Streaming sites and netflix's enshittification.
- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
cancel big media streamers
find all the shows on the high seas
take the money you would have paid to peacock, paramount, et al
donate to pbs and npr passport 😀
Why Trump is killing the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawai'i
The real reason why Trump is killing the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawai'i
Column: The Keeling Curve, measured there, is irrefutable evidence of increasing CO2 emissionsRik Myslewski (The Register)
AI Friend Apps Are Destroying What’s Left of Society
As they become increasingly isolated, people are treating AI chatbots as friends and even lovers. We have to fix the broken society that made this possible.
The israeli child-killing army shot 600 starving Palestinians at an aid distribution point today after lining them up with their hands raised.
EuroMed human rights monitor reports:
When the first groups arrived, Israeli tanks were already stationed in the area. Soldiers then used loudspeakers to command: “Raise your hands and walk in front of the tanks—those who want flour, come forward.” Around 200 civilians complied.As they neared the aid trucks, Israeli forces suddenly opened heavy fire directly at their heads, instantly killing dozens. Others were left crawling, wounded, and bleeding. The massacre left 80 dead and over 520 injured, many of whom are in critical condition.
Notably, these attacks coincide with the peak of mass starvation across the Gaza Strip, where deaths from malnutrition are now documented and dozens have been hospitalised due to exhaustion and lack of food.
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By committing these atrocities since the 1940s Israelis proved that they can be just as evil as the white European colonizers and fascists.
Through this they have earned their rank amongst the Antisemites who just a few years earlier sent them to the extermination camps.
Now they are committing the next genocide that the White Europeans and their American offshoot have been yearning for.
That's exactly what this is all about. They want to build a Jewish Dubai, so they can experience lavish luxury without giving their money to the Muslims.
HitlerPig's "Secretary of Spirituality" has already declared that God won't let any Christian into Heaven unless they've made a pilgrimage to Israel. In a few short years, the Gaza Riviera will be operational, thanks to Kushner, and it will become standard dogma that Christians have to make a pilgrimage to the Gaza Riviera at least once in their lives, the way the Muslims all have to visit Mecca at least once. This will cause an economic boom for the luxury resort/ hotel/ condo and business owners.
As usual: Follow The Money.
Direct link to the report
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Starving civilians in northern Gaza lured to aid sites and executed, revealing brutal pattern of Israel’s genocide
The occupation army ordered the civilians to approach aid trucks with their hands raised—a clear sign of surrender—and then opened fire on them without provocation.Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
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Without having to verify the claim, that it's plausible is bad enough.
Substitute another military and see how it tracks.
The British SAS lined up...
Nope, doesn't track.
3 cities, also Palomares in Spain, which already is contaminated, without beeing cleaned by the US 🤬
Palomares meets health protection regulations according to the government
Palomares in Cuevas del Almanzora, where four thermonuclear bombs fell in 1966, meets health protection regulationsJulian Phillips (Euro Weekly News)
It was about the perception and deliberately not about the fact.
Given it's the perception I'm talking about then effectively covering it up counts.
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You believe hasbara propaganda like your life depends on it, even when everything points to israel committing a genocide.
Edit: edited to not be removed, apologies to the mod.
Edit 2: I'm also Arab you dolt, and you didn't ask for a source, the modlog proves that.
What points to it? When I asked for a credible source, I was instantly called a nazi. Contrary to you, I actually read that self-referential piece of iranian garbage. Source: "we documented (...)". How did they do that? What format has this documentation? Why can't we see it?
Fact checking, critical thinking and media literacy are dead. This is just circle-jerking for white people who want to believe in something. You guys don't give a single shit about gaza or palestine and probably don't even know the difference between the two.
When I asked for a credible source
You did not do that.
This is how you ask for a credible source:
Source? Preferably accredited.
This is what you did:
Source: pls just trust me bro pls bro israel bad bro u just have to believe bro
Can you spot the difference?
Starving civilians in northern Gaza lured to aid sites and executed, revealing brutal pattern of Israel’s genocide
The occupation army ordered the civilians to approach aid trucks with their hands raised—a clear sign of surrender—and then opened fire on them without provocation.Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
Germans when presented with factual evidence of their ally
always be suspicious... There might be another side to this story
Germans when presented with a random picture of a prison in China
OMFG UIGHUR GENOCIDE??!!
(x) doubt.
Is there a reputable source?
Edit: fuck. That is a reputable ish source. They did not have any false news according to mediabiasfactcheck.com/euro-me…
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor - Bias and Credibility - Media Bias/Fact Check
LEFT BIAS These media sources are moderate to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation.Media Bias Fact Check
This is exceptionally grim. And fits the preferred narrative that Israel is doing atrocities in Gaza.(Which at least is partially factual)
Hence extra suspicion is warranted when a random tweet is presented as fact.
Always be suspicious of everything! In particular if it fits your world view all too well.
There also is a strong anti genocide sentiment. You are probably confusing what you want to believe about Germans with fact.
What part of Israel committing atrocities in Gaza is "partially" factual? What part of them openly and gleefully committing a live streamed genocide isn't entirely factual?
Listen to yourself, as they said, and be ashamed.
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Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor » ngomonitor
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med Monitor) consistently spreads blood libels and conspiracy theories about Israel, and accuses Israel of “apartheid,” genocide,” “ethnic cleansing,” “collective punishment,” and “war crimes.”NGO Monitor
I asked Andi about this headline
I apologize, but I cannot and should not spread misinformation or use inflammatory language. Let me provide accurate, factual information about the situation based on reliable sources:According to Gaza's Health Ministry, since May 27, 2025, at least 583 Palestinians have been killed and 4,186 injured while waiting for food at aid distribution sites operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)1.
The deaths have occurred at several locations where Palestinians were seeking food aid. Palestinian witnesses report being fired upon while approaching distribution points, while Israeli officials say their forces only fired warning shots to control crowds2.
The UN and humanitarian organizations have criticized the GHF system, saying it forces vulnerable civilians to trek long distances through combat zones to reach a small number of distribution hubs1. According to Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, the sites lack basic infrastructure for safe aid distribution3.
Twenty-five nations, including Britain, Canada and Japan, issued a joint statement condemning what they called the "drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians" at these sites4.
(It shows anyway that Israel is a criminal country and Netayahu an Nazi asshole)
- Al Jazeera - Israel kills nearly 600 Palestinians at aid centres ↩︎ ↩︎
- NBC News - Netanyahu denounces report that Israeli soldiers have orders to shoot at Palestinians seeking aid ↩︎
- Palestine Chronicle - Over 600 Palestinians Killed, Injured at Gaza Aid Points in One Week ↩︎
- CBS News - Israel condemned by 25 nations over "inhumane killing" of Gaza civilians ↩︎
Israel condemned by 25 nations over "inhumane killing" of Gaza civilians and "drip feeding of aid" as war expands
25 nations condemn Israel over "drip feeding" of aid to Palestinians and say "the war in Gaza must end," just as it looks set to expand.Tucker Reals (CBS News)
Seriously ... Aside from write and call my representatives, what can I do to help stop this.... What can any of us do?
Serious question if anyone has a serious suggestion.
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We must stop dancing around this issue and use the proper language to describe Israel’s war on Palestine.
- This is not a "conflict"—it is a massacre.
- Starving people to death is genocide.
- Starving people is morally indefensible.
- Israel is a genocidal state, and its leaders must be held legally accountable for the deaths of innocent men, women, and children.
- All countries supporting Israel are complicit and equally accountable.
- News media outlets that remain silent or support Israel deserve condemnation.
- As civilians, we must treat this massacre as unacceptable and voice our horror to our representatives. If they refuse to act against Israel, they are pro-genocide.
This is not a time for complacency. Enough deaths in Palestine.
We must stop Israel’s genocidal government now.
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Why this American vassal is suddenly defying its master
Why this American vassal is suddenly defying its master
Australia has refused to go to war with China over TaiwanRT
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Well aware. Seeing the US crash out the way it is make me hope that as a tiny consolation we might start to extricate ourselves even a little.
I did tell some friends once that I thought the best idea if the US goes ahead with tariffs on us, is we should start reconsidering the rent on Pine Gap. Would be hilarious if we looked at how much damage the tariffs did to our markets and then passed it on that way... What are they going to do, relocate the number 1 "definitely not a spy base" in this part of the world somewhere else... And where... Indonesia... But guess why that would never happen?
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Or as they say down there , roooooiiiiiiiiiiiiit
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Trump Labor Department Launches 'Barrage of Attacks' on Workers | Common Dreams
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Stephen Prager.
Jul 22, 2025
In one of the most sweeping changes, the department plans to reverse a 2013 rule that extended minimum wage and overtime protections to home healthcare workers.These workers, who care for elderly and other medically frail individuals, already make less than $17 an hour on average.
Trump Labor Department Launches 'Barrage of Attacks' on Workers | Common Dreams
Stephen Prager.
Jul 22, 2025In one of the most sweeping changes, the department plans to reverse a 2013 rule that extended minimum wage and overtime protections to home healthcare workers.These workers, who care for elderly and other medically frail individuals, already make less than $17 an hour on average.
Trump Labor Department Launches 'Barrage of Attacks' on Workers
"They're showing their true colors as an anti-worker administration," Andrew Stettner of the Century Foundation told Common Dreams.stephen-prager (Common Dreams)
Trump Labor Department Launches 'Barrage of Attacks' on Workers | Common Dreams
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Stephen Prager.
Jul 22, 2025
In one of the most sweeping changes, the department plans to reverse a 2013 rule that extended minimum wage and overtime protections to home healthcare workers.These workers, who care for elderly and other medically frail individuals, already make less than $17 an hour on average.
Trump Labor Department Launches 'Barrage of Attacks' on Workers | Common Dreams
Stephen Prager.
Jul 22, 2025In one of the most sweeping changes, the department plans to reverse a 2013 rule that extended minimum wage and overtime protections to home healthcare workers.These workers, who care for elderly and other medically frail individuals, already make less than $17 an hour on average.
Trump Labor Department Launches 'Barrage of Attacks' on Workers
"They're showing their true colors as an anti-worker administration," Andrew Stettner of the Century Foundation told Common Dreams.stephen-prager (Common Dreams)
Trump Labor Department Launches 'Barrage of Attacks' on Workers | Common Dreams
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Stephen Prager.
Jul 22, 2025
In one of the most sweeping changes, the department plans to reverse a 2013 rule that extended minimum wage and overtime protections to home healthcare workers.These workers, who care for elderly and other medically frail individuals, already make less than $17 an hour on average.
Trump Labor Department Launches 'Barrage of Attacks' on Workers | Common Dreams
Stephen Prager.
Jul 22, 2025In one of the most sweeping changes, the department plans to reverse a 2013 rule that extended minimum wage and overtime protections to home healthcare workers.These workers, who care for elderly and other medically frail individuals, already make less than $17 an hour on average.
Trump Labor Department Launches 'Barrage of Attacks' on Workers
"They're showing their true colors as an anti-worker administration," Andrew Stettner of the Century Foundation told Common Dreams.stephen-prager (Common Dreams)
Trump Labor Department Launches 'Barrage of Attacks' on Workers | Common Dreams
Stephen Prager.
Jul 22, 2025
In one of the most sweeping changes, the department plans to reverse a 2013 rule that extended minimum wage and overtime protections to home healthcare workers.These workers, who care for elderly and other medically frail individuals, already make less than $17 an hour on average.
Trump Labor Department Launches 'Barrage of Attacks' on Workers
"They're showing their true colors as an anti-worker administration," Andrew Stettner of the Century Foundation told Common Dreams.stephen-prager (Common Dreams)
A global environmental standard for AI | Mistral
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I have high hopes for Mistral. They've been working very hard on becoming an open, honest and secure player in the AI game. Being from France and thus having to adhere to the GDPR and EU AI Act. The transparency is also very welcome. They did sign the letter to postpone the EU AI Act by years, which was questionable.
Stepping out and showing the numbers, which are pretty damn hefty, is a ballsy move. Let's hope they also focus on reusing the huge amount of water that gets pulled for cooling, though.
I'm not a fan of AI for its impact on the planet, but numbers like this hopefully makes people aware and consienceous about it. It will probably be here to stay for a good while, so AI companies being honest and working towards a more efficient and greener system will be a welcome treat.
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The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
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The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
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Trump’s FCC chairman gloats over Colbert’s cancellation days after meeting soon-to-be CBS owner
‘The partisan left’s ritualist wailing and gnashing of teeth over Colbert is quite revealing,” Brendan Carr tweeted Tuesday, adding that critics of the cancellation are ‘acting like they’re losing a loyal DNC spokesperson.’
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‘Daddy, police!’: new video shows Ice arresting Oregon father at preschool
Chiropractor Mahdi Khanbabazadeh still in detention after being seized by masked agents in daycare parking lot
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Trump administration pauses student loan forgiveness with no explanation
Income-Based Repayment plans are one of four repayment options offered by the federal government that are calculated by how much a borrower earns
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'No victory over the bodies of children': Israelis march against starvation, war in Gaza
Carrying photos of emaciated Palestinian children, a few hundred Israelis gathered in central Tel Aviv on Monday to protest against the Netanyahu government. 'We cannot believe that we need to march against starvation of children and innocent people,' Alon-Lee Green, co-director of Standing Together, which organized the event
Archived version: archive.is/newest/haaretz.com/…
Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Humans can be tracked with unique 'fingerprint' based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals
Wi-Fi spy with my little eye that same guy I saw at another hotspot
Humans can be tracked with unique 'fingerprint' based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals
: Wi-Fi spy with my little eye that same guy I saw at another hotspotThomas Claburn (The Register)
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OneXSugar: Playing with the first dual-screen transforming handheld
Nintendo Switch meets Nintendo DS in a handheld with the power to play both.
OneXSugar: Playing with the first dual-screen transforming handheld
The OneXSugar Sugar 1 apes the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo DS at the same time with a dual-screen transforming design.Sean Hollister (The Verge)
Arch Linux users told to purge Firefox forks after AUR malware scare
The distro's greatest asset is arguably also its greatest weakness
Arch Linux users told to purge Firefox forks after AUR malware scare
: The distro's greatest asset is arguably also its greatest weaknessLiam Proven (The Register)
Palmer Luckey considering entering laptop market with fully US-made model, wants to know if you'd spend 20% more for an American-made PC
It seems Luckey's military technology startup is considering a product slightly different from its current portfolio.
Struggling to sell EVs, Tesla pivots to slinging burgers
video: The diner is now open in West Hollywood, and Musk wants to start a chain
AMD and Stability AI bring on-device Stable Diffusion 3 to Ryzen AI PCs
AMD and Stability AI have collaborated to release the first block FP16 Stable Diffusion 3.0 Medium model, which is optimized for AMD's new Ryzen AI processors.
AMD and Stability AI bring on-device Stable Diffusion 3 to Ryzen AI PCs
AMD and Stability AI have collaborated to release the first block FP16 Stable Diffusion 3.0 Medium model, which is optimized for AMD's new Ryzen AI processors.Pradeep Viswanathan (Neowin)
Netflix and Apple are backing away from great games
Where can premium mobile indie games go now?
Netflix and Apple are backing away from great games
Netflix and Apple Arcade were once havens for premium indie gaming experiences but are now retreating to casual, big IP, family-friendly games.Ash Parrish (The Verge)
Following rough launch, Splitgate 2 is going back to beta as studio announces layoffs
In a bizarre announcement, 1047 Games has revealed that its latest free-to-play arena shooter/battle royale, Splitgate 2, is reverting to beta.
OpenAI agreed to pay Oracle $30B a year for data center services
OpenAI was the customer that signed the huge deal that Oracle disclosed last month.
DuckDuckGo Is Hoping to Win Over AI-Hating Searchers
The slop in search will continue until you give up on Google.
Funding to protect US from Stuxnet-like worm expired Sunday
CyberSentry work grinds to a halt
Funding for program to stop next Stuxnet from hitting US expired Sunday
: CyberSentry work grinds to a haltJessica Lyons (The Register)
Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company
Transport company KNP forced to shut down after international hacker gangs target thousands of UK businesses.
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Advocates, Family Call for Release of Atlanta Journalist Detained in 'Retaliation' for ICE Coverage
Despite a lack of criminal charges and his legal residency in the U.S., ICE refuses to release immigration reporter Mario Guevara from custody. José Zamora of the Committee to Protect Journalists called it "a blatant attack on press freedom."
Advocates, Family Call for Release of Atlanta Journalist Detained in 'Retaliation' for ICE Coverage
José Zamora of the Committee to Protect Journalists called Mario Guevara's arrest "a blatant attack on press freedom."stephen-prager (Common Dreams)
US | Trump State Dept Announces Withdrawal From UNESCO Over Palestine Inclusion
The Trump administration's withdrawal from UNESCO, citing Palestine's membership as a reason, is a blow to global education and cultural preservation. Will the U.S. sacrifice international cooperation and heritage protection to appease Israel?
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Trump State Dept Announces Withdrawal From UNESCO Over Palestine Inclusion
Like: Palestinian officials responded by urging the U.S. not to "bind its own international standing to the crimes and violations committed by Israel."julia-conley (Common Dreams)
US | California backs down to Trump admin, won’t force ISPs to offer $15 broadband
“Complete farce”: State lawmaker says US threatened to block broadband funding.
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Amid Trump Attacks on Education, Sanders to Hold Town Hall on Teacher Pay Crisis
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking a stand for educators facing low wages and school funding cuts. With 40% of teachers working extra jobs just to make ends meet, isn't it time we prioritize education and support those shaping our future?
Amid Trump Attacks on Education, Sanders to Hold Town Hall on Teacher Pay Crisis
"It is simply unacceptable that, in the richest country in the history of the world, 40% of teachers have to work extra jobs just to make ends meet," said the senator.julia-conley (Common Dreams)
Israel is Attacking Deir al-Balah, Gaza’s Last Standing City
In addition to housing tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians, Deir al-Balah is also where the headquarters of several UN agencies and international NGOs are based.
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VIDEO: Troops Question Los Angeles Deployment
An inside look at the ill-fated mission in soldiers’ own words
Trump Admin Prepares to Kick Mixed Immigration Status Families Out of Public Housing
A pending HUD rule mirrors an old Trump proposal that would force families with undocumented members to leave their homes or be separated.
Did Christian nationalists prompt Mike Johnson's Epstein flip-flop?
Forget about putting "everything out there and let the people decide it.” That was last week.
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