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RE: https://disabled.social/@tomkindlon/116388219550336492

'They think “I don’t know” is the worst thing they could say to a patient. They actually believe that “there’s nothing wrong with you” is reassuring.

'Perhaps this is yet another failing of medical training: doctors have no idea what is and isn’t reassuring to a patient. “There’s nothing wrong with you” is reassuring if I have a funny-looking mole and the doctor is telling me it’s not cancer. But if I’m so sick I’ve lost my job and my life is falling apart, then “there’s nothing wrong with you” isn’t reassuring, it’s nightmarish. It’s terrifying. It makes you feel like you’re living in a horror film.'

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samir, actually the xkcd top hat guy 13h ago

A couple of people wrote to me to say that they are annoyed that we built robots to make “art” (scare quotes) when we should be making robots to do laundry.

And aside from the fact that unless you do take your laundry to the river to wash it, you already have a robot that does 90% of the work (and I can respect wanting automation for the other 10%)…

We don’t have robots (chatbots) that make art or write code either! They do an average job of some things, poor at others, and you can’t rely on them at all. If this is “AI”, I want it nowhere near my laundry.

Our 2020s tech industry loves to automate the easy part and hand-wave away the part that matters. The chatbots can’t do anything; they can only do the pointless parts, the boilerplate, the busywork. This is not the work. Humans still have to do this and the chatbots make it harder because they have to sift through bullshit to do so.

Keep Sam Altman the fuck away from my chores. He’ll just break all my dishes and dye my t-shirts blue.

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samir, actually the xkcd top hat guy 23h ago

Those of you who like code review: I recommend shifting left, pairing with your colleagues (especially non-programmers such as product designers or testers), and writing lots more test cases. I think you’ll enjoy it a lot.

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MediaFaro Analysis 18h ago

European money pours into Palantir: Over 100 asset managers and banks boost their investments in the controversial tech company.

Investors across the continent have already put more than $27 billion into this leader in military-grade AI that has been accused of numerous human rights violations.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260411-european-money-pours-into-palantir-over-100-asset-managers-and-banks-boost-their-investments-in-the-controversial-tech-company?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Palantir #Tech #HumanRights #AI #Investing #AssetManagement #Banking #Politics #Business #Europe #OECD #EU #Democracy #PeterThiel

European money pours into Palantir: Over 100 asset managers and banks boost their investments in the controversial tech company.

Investors across the continent have already put more than $27 billion into this leader in military-grade AI that has been accused of numerous human rights violations.

El País

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Jerry 🦙💝🦙14h ago

Need ad blocker for the beach. These banner ads are out of control.

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JP 16h ago

@cantzler sometimes a new product is simply asbestos. sometimes a new form of labor creates more precarity than it eliminates. it is morally imperative you look beyond your own comfort.

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G. Wozniak 17h ago

@jplebreton There is always a moment where a person presents themselves in such conversations where you can gauge pretty accurately how much they value this convenience. It's when they start to congratulate themselves on how well they have done for themselves because they "pulled themselves up by their bootstraps" and, especially, how much they deserve the convenience they have.

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sudonem 16h ago

I have, since their inception, found voice notes sent via text message incredibly detestable - but I only just now realized why.

I can’t play them back at 2x speed, and the only people that ever send them always do so because whatever it is they have to say is a long rambling story that they don’t want to type out.

#ADHD #neurodivergent #NeuroSpicy #FuckYouVoiceNotes #Deleted #TLDL