“software can’t just ignore laws it doesn’t like” it literally can. corporations do it constantly and I really doubt any of them will drop linux if it doesn’t comply with a set of godawful fascist age verification laws. historically one of the forms of pushback against unjust laws is to show some basic fucking solidarity and do nothing to assist in their enforcement because it really isn’t practical to sue everybody, but unfortunately solidarity is alien to most of these computer fuckers

So let me get this straight. Companies having replaced their human customer support staff with an AI chatbot (an insult to both their customers and employees in so many ways) can be forced to pay massively over the odds for said AI by people asking it to do things like "reverse a linked list in Python"?

I wonder what other examples could be used to do such a thing? Just so I can avoid doing it, obviously.

https://www.cio.com/article/4155404/ai-token-freeloaders-are-coming-for-your-customer-support-chatbot.html

HTM, the public transport operator in The Hague uses Raspberry Pi microcontrollers to display public transport arrival times.

Really fun to see.

I take the tram in The Hague a lot and think: some secondary school kids with Raspberry Pi's made this 13 years ago, and that's pretty cool.

link: https://vimeo.com/60644074

WE BUILT THIS FEDI! 🎶

WE BUILT THIS FEDI ON BLOCKIN' TROLLS! 🎶

Wie gebruikt ook #Thunderbird voor zijn of haar e-mail?

Zoals recentelijk gedeeld, ben ik bezig met een reeks aan blogposts waarbij ik tips ga delen voor #opensource software. Ik ben begonnen met Thunderbird, aangezien e-mail voor nagenoeg iedereen van toepassing is.

Als jij ook Thunderbird gebruikt, een paar vragen:

- Heb je tips voor anderen met het gebruik van Thunderbird?
- Heb je extensies geïnstalleerd (zo ja, welke)?
- Heb je zelf bepaalde uitdagingen met Thunderbird?

🔁 mag 👍

just a reminder that

- i am open for commissions, starting at 15 EUR, check the prices here: https://ko-fi.com/ovvie/commissions - no one complained so far and no refunds have been issued in the past... few years. also no ai is used in making any of these, so you pay for actual labor

- if you don't feel like commissioning for yourself or as a gift, but want to give something, go here: https://ko-fi.com/ovvie for tip giving

for wafrn users: for EUR10 an emoji you can contribute to the waffy emoji pack that's the default emoji set on wafrn

i appreciate your support as it's my only way to earn money as of late, and times are rough

#art #digitalArt #commission #commissionsOpen #fanart #furry

Mijn het Nederlands schrijven oefenexamen:

Vrije dag aanvragen

U wilt volgende week een dag vrij vragen. U schrijft een e-mail aan uw chef, meneer Jansen.

• U schrijft wanneer u vrij wilt hebben. Bedenk zelf een dag en datum.
• U schrijft waarom u vrij wilt hebben. Bedenk zelf waarom.
Schrijf de e-mail.
Schrijf in hele zinnen.

Mijn Antwoord

Beste baas,

Mijn kat gaat trouwen. Ik wil Maandag (20 April) vrij. Ik moet zie mijn kat getrouwd.

Dank u,
Jesse

Open Teams. Disable CoPilot. Every f*cking single morning on every f*ing single device I use Teams on.

Open Outlook. Disable CoPilot. Every f*cking single morning on every f*ing single device I use Outlook on.

I'm looking to connect with the #retrocomputing community here in the fediverse because I'm restoring an #appleii and I really want to avoid things like youtube, reddit, etc.

I know this makes it hard, but frankly, those places suck and if I have to choose between going there and doing it all the hard way, fine.

But I really think there's a third way here in the fediverse, and I'd love to prove it 😁

If you're hacking on Apple II machines, I want to hang out.

@jon I guess you can't sing the rail replacement bus song then xd
https://youtu.be/790OgNMrlTw

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116407495473802207

Long but interesting read about corporations, AI en nature.
(short version: Stop anthropomorphizing corporations!)

Extending moral consideration to Siri, though "she" is just a software construct, will condition our reflexes to treat *everything* with respect.

For years, I'd uncritically accepted that argument, but after hearing Pollan speak, I changed my mind. Rather than treating Siri with respect because it impersonates a woman, we should demand that Siri *stop impersonating a woman*.

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But Pollan complicated that argument, by raising the example of corporate personhood. It turns out that extending personhood to *constructed* nonhuman entities like corporations *reduces* the amount of empathy we practice. Far from empowering labor unions, the creation of "human" rights for groups and organizations has given capital *more* rights over workers.

21/

We made it up the cat tree! 🐯🧡 #FosterKittens #TabbyTuesday #cats #CatsOfMastodon

Pride flag to be reinstalled at Stonewall Monument after federal lawsuit
#News #GCN #GayCommunityNews #LGBTIreland
https://gcn.ie/pride-flag-reinstalled-at-stonewall-monument/

@RomanVilgut
The skills to repair things, as you say, are key, and we are losing them.

At some point in the not so distant future, when this whole capitalist edifice collapses, we will desperately need those skills again. Maintaining key skills across generations is going to be vital.

@wavesculptor

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto

SAN FRANCISCO—Following reports that a 20-year-old man had been arrested for throwing a Moltov cocktail at Sam Altman’s home, the suspect stated Monday that he only initiated the attack because he was following a ChatGPT recipe for risotto. “I’ve been using Cha…
#theonion
https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

Trump got Iran to defend the Pope. Maybe he does deserve a Nobel Peace Prize after all.

Ik, 43-jaar oude #autist , moet van de regering aan het werk, dus UWV wil dat ik (betaalde) dagbesteding heb.

Ik zou niet weten hoe. Ik zou niet weten waar. Ik zou niet weten wat dan.

Ik zit al sinds 2007 thuis. Maar goed, ik ben nu aangemeld bij "jados" die een maandenlange wachtlijst heeft.

Ik ga maar wachten tot die figuren een keertje contact met me opnemen.