#hottake

the term #techbro in the context of global technology is a diversion from calling them what they truly are --- affluent white men continuing #eugenics practices from the early 1900s

When you consider that #AI is a tool for implementing eugenics & take a look at the speed that #siliconvalley and all the #techbros have made #datacenters their white house ballroom (an imperial construction built on the backs of the marginalized) it makes more sense.

Calling Elon or Zuck a "tech bro" is more than a sarcastic reduction of character, it's misinformation!

Call these f****** what they are... #Nazis

#777exi #noAI

I'm beginning to think that LLMs aren't a tool.

I'm beginning to think they're a new kind of mood-altering drug, and ought to be regulated and dispensed accordingly.

We're seeing the same patterns - people try them, get hooked, and some proportion of users become dependent on them. They warp users' perception of reality. They give the user hallucinations of new capabilities (not "I can fly!" but the illusion of competence: "I am a genius!" and "I am a programmer now!") Mental illness manifests in different ways.

And just like mood-altering drugs can help the small subset of people who need them and can be trusted to use them safely, I suspect we will find the narrow set of things LLMs can be safely applied to.

But first we need to recognize what category of thing they are.

#LLMs #HotTake

There’s nothing cheesier than humans howling.

There’s some howling at the start of Apex. Made me want to stop watching.

#HotTake

cR0w (@[email protected])

Cloudflare is protecting a booter. Then rather than stop the criminals from leveraging Cloudflare infra, they sold their protection to the victim. How is this even legal? We all know it's been happening at smaller scale but even with a high profile extended attack like Ubuntu has been dealing with, their response is "LOL. Fuck you. Pay me." #fuckCloudflare

Infosec Exchange

Hot take: Sote-säästöt pitäisi aloittaa rajaamalla voimakkaasti alkoholin saatavuutta ja siten kääntämällä potilasmäärät laskuun. Alkoholinkulutus on suurin yksittäinen syy terveydenhuoltoon, johon voitaisiin vaikuttaa yhteiskunnallisesti.

#hotTake #alkoholi #soteSäästöt

If you have local ma & pop folks come do work for you & you can afford it, give them a few extra bucks. On top of a lot of these folks having to deal with 🧊, gas prices are a direct cost for them. One less impulse purchase for you could help keep them in business. #HotTake #ChaoticQueer #GeekCrafts
My #gaming #hotTake: something as community-forming, incredibly simple, and engaging but not time-stealing as #Godville would be welcome.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4hi6zhp722dspufboce4japx/post/3mksjvnedd22z

#HotTake: the #AppleVision / #AppleVisionPro is failing because the market for high-end #VR Headsets is already oversaturated, and virtually all other players have an established library of #apps and uses, and proven compatibility with either #SteamLink / #WiVRn or #Monado and whatever Windows uses for #PCVR. Even with the #iOS compatibility, you just don't have a reason to buy a $1000+ headset just to hold a virtual #iPad / #iPhone when you likely already own a real one, and unlike cheaper headsets it just doesn't offer many experiences that the average user is going to pay that for.

A new headset line would take way more than #Apple seems willing to invest, especially this late in #VirtualReality #technology's cycle.

That said, there's definitely still a market for something cheap and easy, like a "Quest Lite", something that is made to hook to a lower-end #gaming computer's GPU and run stuff like tracking and reprojection locally, but doesn't necessarily have the power for anything substantial.

Anyone else who is like this?

#meme #furryart #artist #aroace #romance #hottake