👋 Speak freely (on Signal). Occasionally funny, but sometimes grumpy programmer from ZA in AU. Much RoR nowadays. Need more sleep.
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(Header / Cover image Alt: Rainforest canopy as seen from the ground. The tree tops circle, and seem to have communed for a discussion of great importance)
He/Him
Last week, I got an email from Microsoft. It told me I’d be paying 46% more for my Office subscription, starting next month.
But when I tried to cancel, it offered me the same price I was already paying — without the generative AI features I never asked for in the first place.
This isn’t just deceptive; it’s an abuse of market power. I’ve had it with Microsoft.
@Mehrad 🥴
As a marketer by profession I feel this very deeply and struggle to find a way to communicate to fellow people on the left that the methods and tools for communicating messages and persuading masses of people SHOULD be used, as effectively as possible, to promote facts and values we align with.
I get that power is uncomfortable when so many parties visibly abuse it for malicious purposes.
But power in and of itself is a tools that needs to be wielded, and we should be cognizant about targeting it at changes that will improve our societies and help us and the planet.
Yes, don’t use power blindly. Don’t manipulate people. But using persuasive, effective tactics for mass communication to educate people on the truth and get them aboard initiatives that will help them??? Why is that evil?
It feels like the left sees power, influence, and thus marketing / PR / propaganda as too black-and-white. We need to be comfortable in navigating the grey. https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/114913847088444610
Me going to a foreign land and trying not be a horrible tourist.
"I want the dishes like your mother made"
"You sure?"
"Please"
*eats a few bites* "This is terrible"
"Yeah mom couldn't cook for shit. What's on the menu is much better"
"Well, played, very well played"
😊😜😉
fucked up in the crib drinking Default_juice
Buried in Proton's AI announcement today is a pretty shocking detail about their service 👀
Because of legal uncertainty around Swiss government proposals to introduce mass surveillance — proposals that have been outlawed in the EU — Proton is moving most of its physical infrastructure out of Switzerland. Lumo will be the first product to move.
It's crazy how so many reviews of retro first person dungeon crawlers that were written in the 2000s / 2010s basically amount to
"I keep getting lost and there's traps everywhere. This game sucks. It's just too old and archaic"
I think we should pick some core non-negotiable ideas and put money and time behind propagandizing those ideas.
1. The scientific method is VERY effective.
2. All people have a right to exist.
3. All living things have intrinsic value and beauty.
4. Bodily Autonomy
We could get into the weeds of the boundaries of these, but I'm not interested in that at the moment. I feel like the center is being lost.
She beat Garry Kasparov four times but he paid the mainstream media to cover it up. Photo from my collection, no date. ♟️
Please don't fail us while we live the worst famine ever!
Help my family buy food
https://chuffed.org/project/121561-urgent-help-for-ahmads-family
I watched Gemini CLI hallucinate and delete my files
Link: https://anuraag2601.github.io/gemini_cli_disaster.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44651485
@rooster also, would you say the dress in the left corner is black and white?
@rooster does it stay the same when you zoom in? To me it remains white and gold 🥴
@marta Sense8 stirred a lot in me for its presentation of human connection, I balled on a few episodes.
I also enjoy The Poly Couple on Youtube. Much lighter and funnier :)
The Cat No Banana
🎨by Marc P.I.
@Chesi 🤣
