Tootfinder

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115883445350346364
A quote from Computer Lib (1974)

A useful tidbit that stood out to me in this article:
“Noem [by lying] is training and testing the MAGA base”
Huh − “training and testing”
There’s a dance here: the regime is training its supports in how to think about and talk about current circumstances — but also testing the waters, seeing what sticks, what they’re willing to believe. Recognizing this as a bidirectional dance seems useful. Framing it as “training” instead of “telling” seems useful. Recognizing it as “testing” seems useful.
https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/ice-noem-dangerous-playbook

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115893624389376718
As for this setup, it handles all the most important audio-visual physical media: VHS, DVD, NES and GameCube.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115543075705154101
"You see, the real victims here are these rich old men, who are forced by liberals to live out their god-given masculinity in the shadows"

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115718470244854807
I didn't learn in school that a free market economy is about the suppliers installing fascist regimes to force demand and fix prices, but maybe I understood it wrong.

That CD Walkman was like $5 or $10 at a thrift store btw. https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115719341759043316

So are there any powerful people who aren’t pedophiles?
https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115537830039844784

It holds maybe 2% of our books 🫣
https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115708869159516459

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115883445350346364
I think the technology could be used responsibly for narrow use cases (e.g. writing code is a narrow use case), with the very important caveat that the training data needs to be properly licensed and authors properly compensated (unless they licensed stuff free for commercial use); as well as companies offering it being transparent and honest about what LLMs actually do.
Anyway, even if that’s the case (and that’s a big if and certainly not the case today) I have serious doubts concerning the long-term financial sustainability of companies like idk Anthropic.