If you believe a chatbot is conscious and self-aware, and you are not agitating for chatbots to have civil rights, you are either not serious or else you believe slavery is just fine, really.
Me: "Okay, I need to backport the change I did on master to my next version branch."
Me: Open files, see it is in the old format.
Me: "The heck?"
Me: "Fuck fuck fuck. I think I forgot to either commit or push from my work computer. I'll need to go the office to fix this."
Me: Goes to the office, opens file, still old format.
Me: Check git commits, everything looks fine.
Me: Realizes I was breaking the main project into modules in master that should actually happen in next-version and some things got half-way.
Me: Finds the proper changes in the proper files.
Me: Facedesk. Hard.
Pussy Riot in Venice.
In front of the pathetic “Russian Pavillion” of the pathetic “Italian Biennale”
SICKOS HAHAHA YES DOT ANS?
okay gonna have to fix this up a bit more later but it does in principle work
By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features).
Our team has been inspecting the Chromium code and disabling stuff from the very first version of Vivaldi (we have some posts about this in our blog, such as https://vivaldi.com/blog/news/alert-no-google-topics-in-vivaldi/ or https://vivaldi.com/blog/no-google-vivaldi-users-will-not-get-floced/).
We've also been very outspoken about our dislike of the built-in AI trend in the browser industry, but in case there's still any doubts: yes, we disable all Gemini-related features, and we've been doing it for a while.
Musk doesn’t care about Mars or automation or the electric car. He says he does because that is the public image of those free market sci-fi heroes of half-remembered books. He cares about his public image and stocks.
I dunno. This may be true, but he also comes across to me as the insecure tech nerd in a circle of much smarter tech nerds. It may be giving him too much credit to say that this image is part of a larger sales tactic.
Willard Orman Vin Diesel
@goncourt Der Erfinder des Dieselgates.
"Why is everyone talking about AI sentience all of a sudden?"
The techbros want you to think the ethical issue in AI is whether we're being nice enough to the statistical model, not whether the AIs are causing psychosis or school shootings
"Why is everyone talking about identity walls on socials now?"
The techbros don't want to pay for moderators on their social platforms
@Edent thanks for the concern, Terrence! Just want to assure you that I’m Canadian and planning to take the full 12 month standard parental leave, like I did with both my other children.
I planned to work through Maintainer Summit because it’s honestly the highlight of my year — but I didn’t think through how much faster things progress when it’s your third kid 😅
@abbycabs I apologise for mis-nationalising you 😁
Klar, die potentielle Anzahl an Kunden ist auf X und Facebook deutlich höher. Aber was nützt es mir, wenn ich an diese Nutzer nicht herankomme? Meine Facebook-Seite hatte es in einem Zeitraum von 2 Jahren nie geschafft, auch nur über 100 Followers zu kommen - obwohl ich dreimal am Tag Beiträge geteilt hatte. Hier auf #Mastodon hingegen habe ich schon über 4000 Followers - Tendenz steigend.
#Facebook, #X, #Instagram, #TikTok etc. verleiten mit den Sehnsüchten nach dem "viralen Post", der einen schlagartig berühmt macht - aber das ist für mich wie Lottospielen, vor allem, da diese Plattformen bewusst Zufalls-elemente wie aus Glücksspielen in ihren Algorithmen einbauen.
Das ist dasselbe Prinzip wie mit extrem spekulativen Investments, wo es in den allermeisten Fällen schief geht, aber die Hoffnung dann doch den seltenen "Gewinner" zu finden der einen schlagartig reich macht hält die Blase am Leben.
Aber mit meinem Geschäftsmodell bin ich nicht an einer Blase interessiert, sondern an nachhaltigen, stetigen, organischen Wachstum. Ich will, daß meine Bücher auch noch in zwei Jahrzehnten gelesen und gekauft werden, und dafür ist ein wirklich authentisches Social Media-System wie das #Fediverse eine bessere Grundlage als die Strohfeuer der großen, kommerziellen Plattformen wo man ständig dem Algorithmus hinterherlaufen muss, um nicht vergessen zu werden.
Mit anderen Worten, ich sehe mein Geschäftsmodell wie ein Mittelständler, nicht wie ein Tech Startup.
@juergen_hubert @kuketzblog Dann ist das für Ihre persönliche Strategie sicherlich auch richtig so.
Ist dann aber vielleicht auch nicht auf jeden übertragbar. Also es gibt ja auch wichtige Tech-Start-Ups, auch wenn mir der Mittelstand persönlich auch mehr am Herzen liegt… ;)
Perspectives on what Europe should do about social media, from member of EU parliament Kim van Sparrentak, in a conversation with Johannes Ernst last week at #FediForum.
https://spectra.video/w/mtiiD5UBf4uQrs76PsWE8Q
Follow her at @kimvsparrentak
US Firms Add 109,000 Jobs, Most Since Early 2025, ADP Says
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-06/us-firms-added-109-000-jobs-in-april-adp-data-show?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Economics @economics-bloomberg
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
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The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Parenting #Health #PublicHealth #Science #Medicine #Children
By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features).
Our team has been inspecting the Chromium code and disabling stuff from the very first version of Vivaldi (we have some posts about this in our blog, such as https://vivaldi.com/blog/news/alert-no-google-topics-in-vivaldi/ or https://vivaldi.com/blog/no-google-vivaldi-users-will-not-get-floced/).
We've also been very outspoken about our dislike of the built-in AI trend in the browser industry, but in case there's still any doubts: yes, we disable all Gemini-related features, and we've been doing it for a while.
@Vivaldi will you consider making it optional rather than fully removing it? Like an opt-in feature?
I know Vivaldi is very friendly when it comes to user choice.
Perspectives on what Europe should do about social media, from member of EU parliament Kim van Sparrentak, in a conversation with Johannes Ernst last week at #FediForum.
https://spectra.video/w/mtiiD5UBf4uQrs76PsWE8Q
Follow her at @kimvsparrentak
Pro tip: To figure out What's Really Going On™ with an issue in tech, think about the expensive but necessary thing that the techbros are trying to avoid that would probably kill their business model if it were required by law
"Why is everyone talking about AI sentience all of a sudden?"
The techbros want you to think the ethical issue in AI is whether we're being nice enough to the statistical model, not whether the AIs are causing psychosis or school shootings
The 64-bit signed integer for time will overflow on Sunday, December 4, 292,277,026,596
@bagder damm, the ONE weekend I had plans....
Concept: In lieu of a social media ban, a minimum per capita number of locally employed youth content moderation specialists
I'm just making stuff up here but
What if there were like youth sponsors who lived in your community, cared about the kids there, got their salary paid by the Platforms, and whose job it was to be someone that the kids could talk to when they get bullied
Because a youth ban on socials just sounds like giving kids a new reason not to talk to grown-ups about being bullied
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