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evacideArticles in which people with bad opinions complain at length that their bad opinions make it difficult for them to get laid demonstrate that at least something is still functioning properly in this dystopian hellscape.
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Mark Blacknell
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Personal feed re media law/policy, pro cycling, & travel ephemera. Day job: Fed reg/small biz attorney.
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Economics is basically astrology for the rich.
Cody@IMGoph I do appreciate the extensive write-up from CM Charles Allen. As is typical, it is thorough and thoughtful. It's almost like those recalls are bad faith efforts. https://www.charlesallenward6.com/councilmember_allen_update_on_secure_dc
TimKarrFirst, Musk's Starlink scams the FCC's broadband access program, building digital bridges to nowhere (as thoroughly exposed by Free Press).
Next Starlink refuses to stop scamming taxpayers, writes FCC Chair Rosenworcel.
Out with the Chad, in with thean episode of Black Mirror where everyone learns the prompt that caused an AI to generate them
Brent ToderianIMPORTANT: The Canadian Federal Government will no longer be funding “large new road projects” according to Canada’s environment minister. Rather, funding will favour public transit and active transport (walking and biking) infrastructure.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/guilbeault-no-new-roads-1.7114867
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/guilbeault-no-new-roads-1.7114867
Feds will stop investing in 'large' road projects, environment minister says | CBC News
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Monday the federal government will stop investing in new road infrastructure — a comment that immediately drew attacks from the Opposition Conservatives and some premiers who said the climate activist turned politician is out of touch.
Dan GillmorIt should be a national scandal that you can be imprisoned based on results from software that can't be audited by anyone other than the company selling it.
Two members of Congress want to put a stop to this travesty: https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/15/24074214/justice-in-forensic-algorithms-act-democrats-mark-takano-dwight-evans
Looking at the auction page for DC's bankrupt City Bikes, and I see a few things I'd like to have. But it feels like picking a dead friend's pockets.
Alex C has movedWhen I was a smartass computer nerd in the 80s and 90s, an eternal theme was friends and family sheepishly asking me for tech support help, and me slowly, patiently explaining to them that computers aren't scary, they're actually predictable, they won't explode or erase your data (unless you really make an effort), and they operate by simple (if somewhat arcane) rules. Edit > Cut, then click, then Edit > Paste. Save As. Use tabs, not spaces. Stuff like that. Maybe not easy, but simple, or at least consistent and learnable.
But that's not true anymore.
User interfaces lag. Text lies. Buttons don't click. Buttons don't even look like buttons! Panels pop up and obscure your workspace and you can't move or remove them -- a tiny floating x and a few horizontal lines is all you get. Mobile and web apps lose your draft text, refresh at whim, silently swallow errors, mysteriously move shit around when you're not looking, hide menus, bury options, don't respect or don't remember your chosen settings. Doing the same thing gives different results. The carefully researched PARC principles of human-computer interaction -- feedback, discoverabilty, affordances, consistency, personalization -- all that fundamental Don Norman shit -- have been completely discarded.
My tech support calls now are about me sadly explaining there's nothing I can do. Computers suck now. They run on superstition, not science. It's a real tragedy for humanity and I have no idea how to fix it.
David ZipperNEW: California DMV has revoked Cruise's permit to operate driverless vehicles, effective immediately.
California DMV cites an "unreasonable risk to public safety."
Note that Cruise is now expanding into Seattle, DC, Miami, Dallas, and many other cities. Question: If Cruise is too dangerous for California, why is it safe enough for other states?
