"Contemporary discourse often pits Muslims & Jews against one another. But our research demonstrates that a large amount of seemingly disconnected hateful rhetoric about both—at least in 2017—originated from the same far-right extremist communities" | The Same Extremists Target Both Muslims and Jews
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the man who put the "twit" in Twitter, the one and only @elonmusk!" mashable.com/article/grok...
the gradual replacement of “exchanging money for goods” with “exchanging money for a license to use goods as a service” has been one low key one of the worst changes of the 21st century
Imma keep it short this time:
Companies are using our work without compensation. That's the point of AI
The endless debates over whether this is "true art" or not, or whether it's gonna take over the world some day, are a distraction from the indisputable fact that this is pure exploitation
BEGGING people to understand AI language models are just fancy autocomplete, with no ability to fact-check themselves for accuracy. It can’t *answer* a question, it can only spit out something that follows the shape of an answer.
www.cnn.com/2023/12/10/h...
A lady from a lesser known Renaissance work of art fixes her shoe & looks at us: "Everything happens for a reason.Sometimes the reason is you are stupid and you make bad decisions." Much as I would love to ascribe all the vagaries of life, the universe, & everything to the inchoate machinations of a vast, unknowable consciousness whose interest in the minutiae of every human life is as limitless as the vastness of the creation it purportedly spun out of nothingness… I’ve just got this sneaking suspicion none of this has a goddamned thing to do with consciousness - a great, all-knowing, all-powerful one, or the kind to which a human being comes after a night of Cuervo & cocaine-fueled debauchery. Call me a cynic, but I just can’t wrap mind around the idea of a supernatural being capable of creating all THIS… & ALSO giving a good fuck-all about whether or not & by whom someone gets fucked in the ass.
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THE WISDOM OF THE AGES
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Libraries are arguably the best thing the United states has going.
They are not just book collections. They are free public space, job finding lifelines, connections to family genealogy, vital resources for parents. Libraries should be funded, utilized, and universally accessible
It's incredible how accurately Shel Silverstein predicted AI decades ago
Ah, it's nice to see my allusions to Le Guin and Cherryh have not gone unnoticed
I have been trying to regain access to my Coinbase account for months. I have submitted the asked for verification multiple times . The verification has been accepted, but I'm still unable to access my account. No reason given. Anyone else have this issue? Is there a class action against Coinbase?
whew, as in relief 😅
"freedom and democracy" What do you prefer to either?
The world would be a better place if they only sold 1 bottle/can next year 😎
"De Niro then refused to thank the film’s backers, Apple, referring to the removal of part of his speech: “I don’t feel like thanking them at all for what they did. How dare they do that, actually.”
www.theguardian.com/film/2023/no...
"Nantucket’s Rich Are Losing the Battle to Keep Wind Power Out of Their Backyards"
Why don't they just do what they do best? Look the other way
themessenger.com/business/win...
I always add a leaf to my brown basmati
wow, a little harsh. I agree with the sentiment, but I'll be satisfied Meta disintegrates a la twitter (or whatever it's called tomorrow)
Yes to the leaf! Didn't even know there was powder 😎
Intellectually I know that not every soup needs bay leaf. I've never made a soup without bay leaf
"While we should be thankful he [Zuckerberg] has chosen to emulate Augustus instead of, say, Caligula..."
"In Thiel’s words: “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.”
www.theguardian.com/books/2023/n...
