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Pluralistic: Boeing’s deliberately defective fleet of flying sky-wreckage (01 May 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/01/boeing-boeing/

Cloud data management startup Rubrik files for a NYSE IPO under the symbol RBRK, discloses a net loss of $354M on revenue of $628M for the year ended January 31 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024…

Microsoft-Backed Rubrik Shows $354 Million Loss in IPO Filing
Rubrik Inc., a cloud and data security startup backed by Microsoft Corp., filed for an initial public offering, disclosing growing revenue and losses.

the capitialist paperclip maximizer recruitment funnel:
It isn't weird that it happens. It's weird how consistently it happens and how consistent the replies are despite coming from unrelated friends. None of them take my actual context into consideration. It's like we've all internalized an Amway recruitment script without realizing it.
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Wait. Magic isn't real? 😂
Seriously, did anyone really think this was some kind of AI or "disruptive tech"?
I've always suspected this was more Flinstones technology than modern innovation.
"Though it seemed completely automated, Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts. The cashiers were simply moved off-site, and they watched you as you shopped."

Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores
Amazon Fresh is moving away from a feature of its grocery stores where customers could skip checkout altogether.

During our morning walk I saw this Melolontha (Maikäfer) on the street.
I took him up and brought it to the next patch of grass.
It's the second one I see this year. It's causes a bit mixed feelings. I'm happy that I find them and watch them closely.
But it also makes me sad because when I was a child, I saw them ways more often.
#maikäfer

Nope. Not gonna happen on that timeline… https://mastodon.cloud/@DamnInteresting/112373792422893807

Damn Interesting (@DamnInteresting@mastodon.cloud)
Attached: 1 image Electric air taxis are on the way – quiet eVTOLs may be flying passengers as early as 2025 https://theconversation.com/electric-air-taxis-are-on-the-way-quiet-evtols-may-be-flying-passengers-as-early-as-2025-228664?utm_source=DamnInteresting

Season's Greetings.
People used to mark April Fool's Day by sending silly postcards.
Now, thanks to AI and the internet, the process is entirely automated, and celebrated every day of the year.
#1April #AprilFools

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/01/boeing-boeing/

🍿 I’m happy that Tron will get a sequel! We can’t trust #Disney to deliver #films with quality, but I will watch it anyway! — Here’s your first look at #Tron: Ares, premiering in 2025

Here’s your first look at Tron: Ares, premiering in 2025
Disney released the first image for Tron: Ares, the third film in the franchise, which is expected to premiere in theaters in 2025.

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Attached: 1 image I never imagined that I would become a person with strong feelings / about the design of webkit’s colour picker / but that is what working on the https://github.com/aaronland/fingerprint project has done