Will Goring

@AggroBoy
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Professional software guy with a lifelong love for LEGO, dinosaurs, LEGO dinosaurs and science.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO will probably make him the richest person to ever walk the planet. And while his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/949259/the-worlds-first-trillionaire-is-a-killer

The world’s first trillionaire is a killer

Elon Musk’s empire of wealth is built on suffering.

The Verge

Student: “So Elon Musk is a trillionaire?”
Me: “Yup.”
Student: “How did he get that much money?”
Me: “Well, he doesn’t really have a trillion dollars cash. He just owns a lot of stock in companies that are valued at a trillion dollars.”
Student: “So those companies make huge profits?”
Me: “Oh gosh no. They all lose billions of dollars a year. All of them. Huge losses.”

The Economist headline: “Gen Z Mysteriously Hates Capitalism and No One Can Figure Out Why.”

"While initial pessimism greeted the arrival of Tyranid Hive Fleet Behemoth and its all-devouring host of bio-engineered monsters that will strip Earth of all biomass in a frenzy of claw and acidic venoms, rumours about a strongly oversubscribed SpaceX IPO drove stocks higher to close the day up."
A reminder that Brazil banned Twitter for failing to stop the spreading of disinformation. There is nothing stopping the British government from doing the same.
"We need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent."
@iandunt.bsky.social at https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4ap35rus77cg3lzju2v43jxn/post/3mnweq62jxk2a
Ian Dunt (@iandunt.bsky.social)

Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.

Bluesky Social
Everyone be talking about retribution against billionaires but tbf unix users have been running kill %1 for over 50 years. 

TIL rock fans that were polled in a 2005 survey were asked to choose members for an imaginary supergroup. They ended up forming Led Zeppelin (Plant, Page, Jones, Bonham).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4669597.stm
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1u0omll/til_rock_fans_that_were_polled_in_a_2005_survey/

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Zeppelin voted 'ideal supergroup'

All four members of Led Zeppelin are voted the UK's ideal supergroup in a poll of rock music fans.

@caseyliss wow: congratulations!

Here’s an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of yourwill REALLY appreciate.

It’s so good, I had to make a video.

"The idea that cheating with an LLM is somehow beyond moral evaluation because the technology is new, or because capitalism is bad, or because everybody is anxious, or because life is haaaaaard…. These feelings are not expressions of compassion but condescension dressed up as sophistication."
https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/you-can-and-should-blame-young-people?publication_id=295937&post_id=200132864&isFreemail=false
You Can and Should Blame Young People When They Act Like Lazy Cheaters, Actually

fear of "old man yells at cloud" has become a culture-devouring virus

Freddie deBoer