maol

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[–] maol@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago

All that cash Open AI gave to Labour was worth it, huh

[–] maol@awful.systems 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I had to use clipchamp for something recently and my god, what an awful, enshittified piece of software. It's sending me emails now!

[–] maol@awful.systems 4 points 2 days ago

I am no tech expert but I use tuta for email and disroot for forms, pads and file sharing.

[–] maol@awful.systems 4 points 1 week ago

Ahh I remember this article, it removed my illusions about lab grown meat. Thanks for bringing it back

[–] maol@awful.systems 8 points 1 week ago

The left did not push Elon Musk away. The left has fundamentally different interests and values to the billionaire and alleged rapist.

[–] maol@awful.systems 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

A two-part lecture and discussion series that may be of interest to techsneerers:

Reimagining Space: Against Settler Colonial Space Futures

This workshop is a two-part lecture and discussion series addressing urgent issues in space and how they relate to Earth. What does ethics mean in the context of space? Is it possible to explore space ethically? How do military interests drive Mars exploration? Led by multi-disciplinary researchers and organizers Dr. C. Adeene Denton and Dr. Divya M. Persaud, this series will provide an overview of how space is grounded in real-world oppression, colonialism, and genocide and a chance to discuss together how this could be changed.

Runs on January 11th and 12th.

[–] maol@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago

You're disposable! You're replaceable! Buy our product!

[–] maol@awful.systems 7 points 3 weeks ago

I wonder where the superforecasters stand on aella being outed as a ghislain maxwell type fixer for the tescreal high priesthood.

Can you be outed when everyone knows that's what you are already?

[–] maol@awful.systems 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's just....blah.

[–] maol@awful.systems 3 points 3 weeks ago

You can't really accuse the Dead Boys of bad taste and expect it to mean anything. What a dumb idea though

[–] maol@awful.systems 7 points 3 weeks ago

Irish election watch: Scary far right candidate uses scary AI images for his leaflet in the Dublin Bay North constituency.

 

"Total demand for electricity last year grew by 4.4pc, or 1.3 terawatts (TW), but 80pc of that increase, or 1.1TW, was from data centre growth."

Training data for LLMs = higher energy prices and environmental degradation.

 

Sure, why attempt to improve the climate resilience or affordable housing in the cities where millions of people already live, when you can just buy land upstate and get a whole new toy to play with? And why tell local, state or national government anything - they'll only be supplying the land, water, sewerage, utilities & transport links. You pay your taxes, you deserve to get something back.

This is going to be one hell of a planning application. What's the land use code for "feudal stronghold"?

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