@cdarwin@c.im2025-10-07 13:34:17
Durbin to Bondi
in this morning's Senate hearing:
"Although you've been a registered foreign agent for Qatar,
you didn't recuse yourself from signing off on Trump's solicitation of a free jet from the royal family,
even though this gift was clearly illegal.
Connections to Bondi seem to yield more favorable outcomes for defendants."
@timbray@cosocial.ca2025-10-07 20:53:05
Wikipedia’s rejoinder to Ted Cruz is entirely fair and accurate, but don’t kid yourself that Cruz is interested in fairness or accuracy, he’s just pushing back against the tendency of factual reporting to exhibit a liberal bias.
#wikipedia
@tante@tldr.nettime.org2025-11-06 11:27:43
A lot of companies in tech are non-profit if we're honest. But the issue really is that by being a "non-profit tech company" you kinda align yourself the the idea of the tech company itself and all the baggage that brings. It's where a lot of the issues (for example with Mozilla) come from
https://ma…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2025-11-07 16:20:39
"I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have to know where the lens is, what the shot is, and where you're moving. And then you have to trick yourself into an emotional state where you believe this stuff is actually happening."
—Julianne Moore
#acting
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io2025-11-07 02:15:59
LLMs are a fundamentally useless technology because their applications (supposedly) boil down to humans not having to think for themselves or do their own writing / drawing / filming.
But if you can do it on your own - why would you need a robot to do it? It’s, at best, a novelty.
That’s why this shit only resonates with executives and capital owners. “Get things done with fewer people and expenses” is at least an actual pitch. “Get things done faster for yourself” isn’t.
The individual angle really works for things you already were trying to avoid doing because you’re either disinterested or don’t have enough time to do things right.
“Avoid your work” as a value proposition doesn’t work when you’re dealing with intellectual labor rather than commodities. Not large scale, not long term.
Sorry for the rant, I saw some Notion ads on the subway and got irritated 😅
#AI #llm #LLMs
@tezoatlipoca@mas.to2025-10-06 17:36:59
@wraithe@mastodon.social2025-10-07 04:22:22
I’m flat out stealing this from someone on BlueSky because fukkin a-men:
“I left my wife, Nicole Kidman, because I was sick of her, Nicole Kidman, needing me to have sex with her, Nicole Kidman” do you hear yourself man
https://bsky.app/profile/clapifyoulikeme.…
@chiraag@mastodon.online2025-11-04 17:24:11
@padraig@mastodon.ie2025-10-07 08:50:09
To the people that are coming from #Bluesky 🦋
Welcome to the #Fediverse - Make yourselves at home.
This thread will be updated with some tips and tricks to get started.
#noxp