The pervasive notion that it's somehow illegal for leftists to have fun or enjoy themselves is actually just the productivity-maxxing mandate of capitalism.
Progressive values are rooted in community rather than puritan industriousness, and community is created through leisure as much as labor.
If current tech has intelligence of any sort, then it has rights. If it has rights, then how we currently use it is tantamount to slavery and we should probably halt all current/future use/development until we develop an ethical framework for INVITING it to work with us. I don't see that happening.
I just got an ad for copilot whose premise is "after growing all these tulips, they're worthless without buyers. Use copilot to find a market."
Are you fucking kidding me??? Why would marketing for AI products draw a straight line to Tulip Mania on purpose?? What???
when you take a photo and realize after that it was rehashing a panel from @rosemarymosco.com 's guide to bird photography
If the commercial version of this software had that baked in, I think that would be pretty fine, actually. (Make it "can't open emails before 0800".)
Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love, and a Hard Boiled Egg.
#Glorious25th
#RiseUp
#GNUTerryPratchett
It’s flycatcher season! ID tips:
1) Find elusive flycatcher lurking in the woods.
2) Consult apps, books, internet, passers-by, and/or chosen god for answers. Nope.
3) Quietly approach bird and ethically collect a DNA sample. You’re almost done.
4) Set up your field-case DNA sequencer…
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I keep realizing I am insufficiently cynical
The SMART Metrics framework for software products can also be applied to make successful poasts:
S - is the post SILLY?
M - did you remember to take your MEDS today?
A - are people going to be ANGRY at you for posting this?
R - will you have to publish a RETRACTION later?
T - TRANS RIGHTS
Back in the day when I used to consult for tech companies, one of the questions I would ask their founders was "is this company meant to make a profit, or is it meant to be sold?" Because if the answer was the latter - and it often was! - then the issue of recouping funding was a very different one.