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Telorand

@ Telorand @reddthat.com

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  • [JS Required] The Past, Present, and Future of Police Body Cameras

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  • Yeah, sure. Like the police need extra help with racial profiling and "probable cause." Fuck this, and fuck the people who think this is a good idea.

    I'm sure the authoritarians in power right now will get right on those proposed "safeguards," right after they install backdoors into encryption, to which Only They Have The Key™, to "protect" everyone from the scary "criminals."

  • Tech firms suggested placing trackers under offenders’ skin at meeting with UK justice secretary

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  • I recommend reading the article, because holy fuck is that whole thing dystopian, but here's who was there:

    Those present included representatives of Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Palantir, which works closely with the US military and has contracts with the NHS. IBM and the private prison operator Serco also attended alongside tagging and biometric companies, according to a response to a freedom of information request.

    Ah, yes. The very companies that helped install a fascist in the US would be great partners to bring about safety and criminal reform, and they would definitely not inject their fascist ideals into the UK government, eroding and poisoning it over time. Sounds like a brilliant plan! /s

  • Supreme Court to decide whether ISPs must disconnect users accused of piracy

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  • Pragmatically, yes. Legally, no. Progressives have been fighting for years to get internet classified as a utility in the US, and regressives and (ironically) internet companies have been fighting against that effort at every turn in the name of profit.

    And now look how well that's turned out. Gee, if only some people had warned them that deregulation was a monkey's paw...

  • Misogyny and Violent Extremism: Can Big Tech Fix the Glitch?

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  • Fix? Bruh, they explicitly cultivate that shit. Even if they could, they're not gonna.

  • On X11 and the Fascists Maggots

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  • Incel means more than the state of not being in a relationship, these days. Some very sad and terrible people turned it into a subculture that revolves around imaginary grievances directed at women.

  • California’s Corporate Cover-Up Act Is a Privacy Nightmare: it would let corporations spy on us in secret, gutting long-standing protections without a shred of accountability.

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  • Jesus Fucking Christ.

    Y'all, remember when people freaked out over Mozilla changing their TOU (but not their Privacy Policy)? This bill is the pro-corporate, ultracapitalist, "hold my beer" version of that change, and it could be enshrined into law.

    If you live in California, call your state reps (i.e. don't just email or write a letter). Tell them to vote no on this blatant privacy violation.

    ETA: this is a bipartisan bill. If you have a Democratic rep, don't just assume they'll vote against it. Call them, too!

  • On X11 and the Fascists Maggots

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  • It makes me sad that some of the "nerdy" people in these spaces would join with the very people that would gladly throw them under the bus or use them as minority fodder, but as I've seen with experts in science, high intelligence in one area doesn't mean you are capable of critical thinking.

    ETA: to be clear, I'm not saying we should ignore scientists and experts, just that specialized expertise ≠ general expertise.

  • On X11 and the Fascists Maggots

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  • You need to think of the kind of people that are interested in nerdy computing topics. Regular people that just want to make something nice to share with the world, sure, but also incels, toxic masculinity proponents, etc.

    They're mostly able to hide, because like you point out, computer science and related topics are mostly apolitical; when you make scary changes, however, those same latter people can't help themselves but to blame the villainous "They."

  • Are Voice Assistants Becoming Family Members?

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  • Sure, if that family member is just deaf enough to mishear everything and has the functional intelligence of a cabbage.

  • Plasma 6.4: IMO, THE BEST Linux desktop & Share environment right now

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  • Good question! I feel like Plasma generally crams more into the UI than Gnome. Context menus, global menus, desktop icons, the system tray, etc., there's so much space being utilized. When you have limited screen real estate, having more at your fingertips matters (for the way I do things). Additionally, you can set the power button to open the shutdown overlay, which I don't think is something Gnome has; it's a button within easy reach on my laptop, so that functionality makes sense.

    Some people have said that gesture support is also better on Plasma, and while I don't tend to need it currently, it's something I might want someday. So while I agree that Gnome seems like it should be more suited, I find it's actually the opposite for the way I do things!

  • Plasma 6.4: IMO, THE BEST Linux desktop & Share environment right now

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  • Cool, and you're entitled to your opinion. I still prefer the workflow of Gnome on my desktop (and Plasma on my laptop).

  • OpenAI supremo Sam Altman says he 'doesn't know how' he would have taken care of his baby without the help of ChatGPT

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  • Calling him successful is technically true, but it kind of glosses over some very pertinent details of his success. He's a billionaire, and you don't get to be a billionaire without doing a lot of monstrous things to good people.

    The surprise isn't whether he's good looking enough to get a partner. The surprise is over the fact that there's another human being who thinks that those are qualities worth overlooking, especially one who's queer, since billionaires like Sam Altman support the current regime that's wholly against LGBTQ+ folks. And that same person with questionable tastes in partners wanted to take care of another human being with Sam Altman.

  • Companies are using Ribbon AI, an AI interviewer to screen candidates.

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  • Enjoy getting replaced at that job, you mean. If they're replacing recruitment, those companies don't value what humans bring to the table.

  • Geologists doubt Earth has the amount of copper needed to develop the entire world

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  • They stopped putting aluminum in homes, because it has a tendency to overheat more. The aluminum expands and contracts with load more than copper, which can loosen contact points and encourage oxidation, which then increases resistance and heat. Hot wires in the walls and outlet boxes are no bueno.

  • Silicon Valley cities hit with request for residents' emails to train AI

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  • Premium supported. You get plenty with the free tier, but you get lots more with paid.

  • Silicon Valley cities hit with request for residents' emails to train AI

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  • These AI apologists are deranged.

    Start taking your privacy back. Use aliases and throwaways whenever possible. https://addy.io/ is free and allows you to create lots of aliases and then delete them later.

  • The World's First Mass-Produced Flying Car Is Here and It Costs $1 Million

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  • Okay I will admit it was impressive to see how they solved where to stow the wings and essentially shrink the airplane footprint to a long car footprint, but who is this for? Who out there has $1mil to blow and is like, "I have to drive directly from the tarmac to my hotel"?

    This thing needs 300m of runway in its airplane form to get airborne, so forget city or even suburban takeoffs. And you're not going to just drive this thing around. At the end of the day, this is still a (very fancy) plane that drives.

  • The candid naivety of geeks

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  • I think they're using "geek" here to mean "fan," but I agree that being a geek implies a level of fandom or interest that these "wounded fans" don't have, or else they'd know more about these corporations they're stanning.

    I think a better word would simply be "fan."

  • We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.

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  • It's pretty cool how books are more than just fuel for imagination, no? But I second the idea of joining a book club, because not only do you get the cognitive effects of a book, but you get the social benefits of a club!