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RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/116713587055769588
I was actually using LLMs a couple of years ago for text classification. Before that I pushed hard for resources to support automation. I helped build an automation team where none existed. I pushed to use transformer models to solve problems before LLMs existed. I used simple ML to make predictions and classify issues. I've been on the cutting edge for a long time.
I *should* be an early adopter of the modern LLM thing. But tech oligarchs transformed themselves into reverse ouroboros (infinitely shoving their heads up their own asses). The oligarchs never really believed that other people had free will, but I think they had been too scared to let that slip. After the lockdowns, I think they just snapped and here we are.
As much as I trash LLMs, I've had a nuanced critique for a while (wiring about this now). The lack of consent is so huge. The oligarchs have plans for us, and it doesn't involve our consent.
Under different conditions, I do actually think there could be revolutionary elements to this tech (not so much LLMs themselves as LLM MCP, and not for the things they think). But without consent, I think (and hope) the friction will overcome the momentum.
"AI" is already more expensive than humans. It will never be profitable as long as people resist. There are multiplying problems, and I don't see those being fixed without collective effort. I have a lot of thoughts, but "consent" (or the real or implied lack thereof) is central to so many aspects of LLMs.
The oligarchs want to force LLM tech onto all of us without our consent. Ultimately, they want to replace us all with obedient machines. The mistake they made was assuming we would be as obedient as the LLMs with which they have become so obsessed.

I thought I was familiar with a lot of codecs, but Captain Crunch and DVI are names I've never heard. #avpreservation

Phil Salvador (@philsalv.bsky.social)
Some real banger multimedia coverage in this issue of CD-ROM Professional

I bet it's really difficult to get a profile pic like that when you lack a spine. Probably a whole elaborate system behind him holding his head upright.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jl6bnuiemddpm3orm2kcedxh/post/3miw3zs3dak2f

Rep. Johnny Olszewski (@repjohnnyo.bsky.social)
Congress should pass a War Powers Resolution, and if there’s any indication President Trump will follow through on this threat, the cabinet must invoke the 25th Amendment.

ok, I've got some questions for users of #MeshCore
How do you handle custom sensors and modules? In Meshtastic they generally "just work" after setting the pin configuration, but I'm having zero luck. Currently fighting with trying to get a NEO-6M GPS module working with a Heltec V3 radio.
On Meshtastic it worked as soon as I set the pin configuration, but in MeshCore, it's…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
IDLES:
🎵 I'm Scum
#IDLES
https://idlesband.bandcamp.com/track/im-scum
https://open.spotify.com/track/0mXDySw7m2OXK6Wd9hc9Js

Signal Privacy – Better Than You Thought
If you’ve ever tried to write a secure and private distributed communications protocol, you know how hard it is to get it right. (If you have, you are seriously nerdy!) It is really easy to make mistakes, even for professional security developers. So, when Guy Kawasaki mentioned the Signal “Double Ratchet” protocol I was intrigued. I thought I knew a lot about security protocols but this one caught me flat-footed. Down the rabbit hole I went.

Signal Messenger: Speak Freely
Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.

De geschiedenisboeken staan straks vol met vragen hoe het toch mogelijk is dat een dergelijke narcistische klootzak, die het niet eens kan opbrengen om in een interview normale en respectvol gestelde vragen te beantwoorden, het ooit geschopt kon hebben tot president van het toentertijd machtigste land ter wereld (nu allang niet meer ...)

One of the biggest advantages I find with ApplePay is that if a site supports AP, it bypasses all that shit.
It has encouraged a LOT of impulse purchases that I might have bagged on if a site bugged me for all that shit.
*Disclaimer: yes, Apple, I know….
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Zito (@zeets.bsky.social)
I don’t want to make an account just to buy something. I don’t want to download an app either. I just want to pay for the thing and leave. I don’t want to join the rewards program. I don’t want to get the inevitable email that my information has been compromised.

I need to find a job that lets me dress up like this guy from 3TEETH

Y’know I think the only thing worse than the companies trying to cram “AI” into everything is the shills for Big Bubble.
😂
(I may actually be trying this, mosquitoes leave me the hell alone but they think my wife is delicious. What can I say? They’re right)
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Helen Rosner (@hels.bsky.social)
Genuinely life-changing trick for keeping mosquitoes away that I discovered by accident last summer: run a bubble machine.