Tootfinder

There is a cult of action at the heart of tech.
This cult says: don't mind that the systems are broken. Don't try and fix them. You can just do things, using you ubermensch will.
AI has plugged into this cult to promise 10x-ing your action. But instead your will becomes subservient to the machine.
Doing what is easiest is only going to make things worse. The only helpful course of action is to fix the system.

"Just doing things" is not a path to value
Action for the sake of action feels good, but the path of least resistance leads you to surrender your own agency.

I think there’s a real possibility that local, running on consumer electronic devices, generative AI without the need for expensive processors, data centers, massive amounts of water and electricity may well be the actual long term way forward for generative AIs like LLM, image and video generators.
#tech #ai

Tomorrow is a regular edition of Tech Pizza Monday, though we are discussing to make the second Monday of the month a special edition. Come join us, won’t you? Details at the Luma link. #Toronto #tech #pizza

»Quantenphysik und KI — Warum neue Technologien magisch wirken - und das #BigTech in die Hände spielt:
Während bei einem Kartentrick jeder den Zauber entlarven will, begegnen wir neuer #Technologie gerne mit ehrfürchtigem Staunen. Der Grund hat etwas mit einer ganz rudimentären Angst zu tun, mein…

Quantenphysik und KI: Warum neue Technologien magisch wirken – und das Big Tech in die Hände spielt | t3n
Bei Kartentricks wollen die Menschen gern herausfinden, wie sie funktionieren. Bei neuen Technologien hingegen, lassen sie sich gern verzaubern.

I have a new phone with a mahoosive carbon silicon battery. Now I’m trying to break the compulsion of charging it every night.
The battery is at 89%, and I'm wondering if I should plug it in, just in case the apocalypse hits before lunch.
It's hard to believe that I spent nearly half my life without a smartphone.
#tech

Seems worth posting this again:
#tech #ethics #DataEthics

Rest of World, an outlet focused on covering #tech "outside the west" hires, as their new publisher, someone whose has spent his entire career in #NYC and, as far as I can tell, has no experience "outside the west."

Rest of World Welcomes Gordon Saft as Next Publisher
It’s a big day at Rest of World, as we share the news that Gordon Saft will become our next Publisher. Gordon brings a wealth of experience across media, technology and innovation.

✍️ New post: Euro­pean Tech Alternatives 🇪🇺
#blogtober #tech #software #europe

European Tech Alternatives 🇪🇺 · Matthias Ott
Matthias Ott is an independent user experience designer and web design engineer from Stuttgart, Germany. He also teaches Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design.

SD Card Data Recovery... #tech
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xcukLOhm9zY
very nice

»Tech & #Religion — Peter Thiels geheimer Besuch an der Uni Innsbruck:
Der #Tech-Milliardär Peter Thiel ist fasziniert von der Idee eines "#AntiChrist'en". Im August hielt er dazu vier Vo…

Tech & Religion: Peter Thiels geheimer Besuch an der Uni Innsbruck
Der Tech-Milliardär Peter Thiel ist fasziniert von der Idee eines "Anti-Christen". Im August hielt er dazu vier Vorträge im kleinsten Kreis an der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät. Warum die Geheimnistuerei?

The product triad is obsolete. The ideal software development team actually has four members:
#tech #agile #softwaredevelopment

Über die Gründung von Broadcom und deren Mitgründer Henry Samueli: #techhistory

Henry Samueli: Champion of Digital Broadband
In 1991, the few people who had Internet access at home mainly relied on slow dialup lines. Henry Samueli envisioned faster digital broadband. In research at UCLA and at Broadcom, which he cofounded in 1991, Samueli and his team revolutionized digital modems, enabling today's high-speed communications. Awarded the 2025 IEEE Medal of Honor, Samueli's journey from a curious middle schooler to a tech pioneer is inspiring.

hahah.. yes.. YES...
The #tech #conglomerates, having scoured all crumbs of the original #internet, how turn to each other and devour themselves.

Reddit sues Perplexity for allegedly ripping its content to feed AI
Reddit is selling your posts to AI companies, and now it’s suing to stop the ones who won’t pay. Reddit is suing Perplexity and three “data-scraping service providers” to “stop the industrial-scale, unlawful circumvention of data protections by a group of bad actors who will stop at nothing to get …

As far as we know, it being Labour Day, Victory Cafe will be open tomorrow, as they usually are on holiday Mondays. And it’ll be the first Monday of the month, which means it’s a Stickers Club edition! 6 PM, 440 Bloor St. W. Details at the Luma link! #Toronto #tech

Entirely not shocked. Never gonna buy a Smart display of any kind and I'm done with streaming services so I wouldn't buy one of those either. It's a pirate's life for me.
#Tech #PSA #HDMI

"Indigenous women in Peru use technology to protect Amazon forests"
#Peru #Technology #AmazonRainforest

Indigenous women in Peru use technology to protect Amazon forests
In 2017, when Betty Rubio began patrolling the forests of her ancestral land, she began to question why she was doing it. It wasn’t easy. She knew that tackling environmental crimes such as illegal logging and mining came with risks, and that as a woman, those risks were even greater. “My children would say to […]

It’s Monday again tomorrow, and that means we will host Tech Pizza Monday like we do every week! 440 Bloor St. W., 6 PM, August 18th. #Toronto #tech #pizza

I ditched all my smart gadgets at home and replaced them with USB-C rechargeable lights. I don’t have any assistants, and I replaced my Kindle with a pocketbook.
Removing some technology from my home and daily life feels refreshing.
#tech
#smarthome

Terms and Conditions May Apply.
#tech
#bigtech
#privacy
#documentary

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #StreetSounds
E‐40 feat. Tech N9ne & Brotha Lynch Hung:
🎵 Zombie
#E40 #TechN9ne #BrothaLynchHung
https://open.spotify.com/track/08yQRRz4xUUSK9gHgsPocT

A fresh notepad, clean desk and coffee ready. Red hat 10 training will start soon.
#tech #RHEL #linux #coffee

"Virgin Media 02 to scale tech reuse programme in Coventry"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Coventry #Technology