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FlashMobOfOne

@ FlashMobOfOne @lemmy.world

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Artist, musical performer, and former derby skater from the Midwest.

I'm single, childless, and married to freedom and adventure.

ACAB, Anti-War, and I hate Democrats, Republicans, and billionaires. (Yes, even your favorite billionaire: the pop star, the philanthropost, the legendary athlete, or the soft-spoken investment guru who cosplays as middle class.) With each passing day I get a little closer to hating everyone.

Also, I refuse to use Donald's last name out of hatred for the man and his brand, FYI.

  • Do You Disregard People IRL who You Know ask AI everything?

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  • It definitely colors my opinion knowing someone routinely uses GenAI and LLM's, especially if it's for little things like writing an email, because I write my own emails and a unique voice is important to me. I feel like writing something in my own voice is a way of showing respect for other people and their time.

    Basically it makes me think a person is either lazy or ignorant.

  • Republican candidate says giraffes prove “You cannot be born gay"

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  • I wish I knew how to get people to care about things that actually matter even 10% as much as they care about things that will never, ever affect their lives in any material way... and are also NONE OF THEIR GODDAMNED FUCKING BUSINESS.

    Why do you care if someone likes dick?

  • Simon yells, because you are pooping when you should be petting.

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  • Simon is always right. Shame on you, OP.

  • Student pilot successfully lands plane after instructor jumps to death mid-flight

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  • Yup, no way to know. Maybe he had a psychotic break in that moment and didn't ever expect to do it. I just have a concentrated hatred for people who do these things and take innocent people with them.

  • Meta Buried Research Linking Instagram To Teen Harm While Facing $1.4 Trillion Penalty That Could Erase Its Entire Worth

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  • I'm not optimistic. Sure there have been (and will be more) settlements, but substantive policy change at the federal level is desperately needed.

    If you know someone who teaches young people, go talk to them about how kids are in the classroom now. The teachers I know tell stories of kids who can't focus for more than 60 seconds, or answer a question when the answer is literally written on the board in front of them. They can't function without AI, and even worse, challenge teachers to explain to them why they need to learn something when AI models can do it for them. And administrators pressure teachers to just move these kids along despite their deficiencies. This is all on top of the well-documented mental health problems experienced (and likely caused by) social media use.

    This is, in my view, already a crisis and I have the sinking feeling it won't be addressed in any meaningful way until the widespread social consequences are undeniable.

  • Trump Secretary Says Bike Lanes Are DEI

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  • Fuck that.

    I love my bike lane, as a recent e-scooter convert. And you know what sucks? Even my protected bike is not respected.

    Just in a month of being a scooter traveler, I've had food trucks park in the bike lane (Ignoring that there's ample parking space beyond the boundary), homeless people just laying down and sleeping in the bike lane, multiple people not paying attention on their phones just walking into it, people pulling out of a McDonald's and more interested in their burger or soda than checking if a bike or scooter is coming, etc. etc. etc.

    Bike lanes are great, but if you're on two wheels, understand that no one is looking out for you and it's on you to ensure your own safe passage. (Not that it should be, mind you. That's just how it is.)

  • Noisy bastard, Henry

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  • It is not for us to question the will of the gods.

  • Student pilot successfully lands plane after instructor jumps to death mid-flight

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  • I will never understand why people do things like this. You want to end your life? Cool. Why do you feel this need to traumatize and/or murder others in the process?

    Also really, really wish we as a species took mental health more seriously.

  • Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption is under 4.5% after 3 years, only 1% use it weekly, yet prices went up

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  • We love a good, free product without any meaningful difference in functionality. :)

  • Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption is under 4.5% after 3 years, only 1% use it weekly, yet prices went up

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  • This is a good time to remind everyone of LibreOffice, which is free and fantastic.

    Also O&O ShutUp, which helps you turn off Windows' intrusive anti-privacy features and delete Copilot. If you'd like to learn more I made a video about Windows privacy earlier this year.

  • 'Knockoff' Browser Extension Hides Sketchy Brands on Amazon

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  • I think there are browser extensions and add-ons out there that plug in alternative storefronts you can buy from when looking up an item on Amazon, but you'd have to dig them up. I don't recall any of the names, I just know I've read about them.

  • Little bare tummy

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  • I would rub that belly when the furry little god demands it.

  • What's the most interesting fringe group you've learned about?

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  • I found Urban eXperiment to be kind of an interesting group. They're the folks who built a hidden cinema in the Paris Catacombs.

  • Gamers push back: 71% say they’re not ready to let physical games die as PlayStation and Xbox move toward a digital-only future”

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  • PC gaming all digital is ok because it’s not a closed ecosystem

    This is the crux of the issue. I have a few games in my library that have been de-listed from the store but my access to those games is unaffected and I can still install and play them, and it's a problem that Sony's approach isn't analogous to this.

  • Gamers push back: 71% say they’re not ready to let physical games die as PlayStation and Xbox move toward a digital-only future”

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  • It's probably more accurate to say Sony is misrepresenting the data.

    The vast majority of games that get released these days are digital-only, indies, or semi-indies that never get a physical release in the first place. And it's not reasonable to trust that Sony isn't including these purchases in their reported stats. If they were giving us figures that included only games that got a physical and digital release, I imagine the narrative would be different.

    The gaming industry wants licensing to be universal and ownership to be a thing of the past so it's easier to price-gouge as they like.

  • Gamers push back: 71% say they’re not ready to let physical games die as PlayStation and Xbox move toward a digital-only future”

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  • driven by manufactured conspiracies.

    I don't think that's entirely true. I know I'm in the minority, but there are legit reasons to resist recent changes with video game hardware, like how manufacturers have made it so they can brick people's consoles remotely.

    Can't remotely brick my PC.

    I do agree that some people are over-wrought about it, but pretending that all of their concerns are unfounded is itself a tad silly too.

  • I can't figure out what flavor this is

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  • That flavor is nectar, the drink of the gods.

  • The Ghost Gun Crackdown Is Quietly Threatening the Future of 3D Printing

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  • For the same reason that it would be better to regulate polluters than to expect individuals to recycle their waste en masse. Regulating this at an individual level is demonstrably less effective, given that the recovery of self-created guns used in crimes has increased significantly in recent years.

    Whether anti-gun 3D-printing algorithms will even work isn't certain yet, but I'm all for giving it a try and forcing people to risk acquiring said weapons via legit manufacturers and shops which may be more traceable or risk the black market.

  • The Ghost Gun Crackdown Is Quietly Threatening the Future of 3D Printing

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  • They're doing this because the number of self-created guns recovered from crime scenes has increased significantly over the last five years. I made a video about it recently, if anyone's bored.

    Calling it a 'crackdown' is a little silly though, and just the kind of overdramatic bullshit one would expect from American gun nuts.

    It's two state-level laws that aren't even fully in force yet, and won't work anyway, thanks to US gun law being a patchwork of fifty different fiefdoms' opinions, many of which are unilaterally unenforced by local sheriffs on purpose anyway. Hell, guns are so absurdly legal in my state that they keep coming up with ways to make them extra-legal so that the gun lobby will keep the bribes flowing.