Mastodawn

cynthb Dec 6, 2024

Mark Cherrington Dec 6, 2024

I really need used, donated smartphones and Chromebooks. I have students and vulnerable persons who need to stay safe and connected to resources.

Please factory reset before donating. I'm happy to pick them up in the Edmonton area. Call, text, or email me.

cynthb Dec 5, 2024

This was written a year ago but might be relevant today for some reason (United Healthcare is the target of the suit) https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/

UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges

For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.

Ars Technica

cynthb Dec 4, 2024

Successfully handed off two of my ongoing projects to a coworker. This frees me up to focus on a couple of things:
* Tech lead for several security assessments from the service point of view (not the assessor for once). I look after gathering the evidence and the documentation
* Tech advisor for an upcoming standard
I suck at delegating lol

cynthb Dec 4, 2024

Mandu 🥟Dec 3, 2024

"When you’re under my roof, you’re getting licked too!"

#Caturday #Dogs

cynthb Nov 24, 2024

Thanks to a recommendation on here a couple of days ago, I picked up the Kindle edition of Elon musk - Enquête sur un nouveau maître du monde (French Edition). This required some shuffling of my Kindle account, because this book is only available on the .ca Kindle store, not the .com store. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0CW183CSW/

I'm Canadian, but I originally created my Kindle account on the .com store back when there was very little on the .ca store, and never migrated it until now. But because I already have a separate .ca account and it's my Prime account, I had to create an email alias on my email provider to be able to do the move.

Anyways all that to say I'm all set now, and it's downloading as I type.

cynthb Nov 23, 2024

Christine Lemmer-Webber Nov 22, 2024

How Decentralized Is Bluesky Really? https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/

A technical deep-dive, since people have been asking me for my thoughts. I'll expand a bit on some of the key points here in a thread. 🧵

How decentralized is Bluesky really? -- Dustycloud Brainstorms

cynthb Nov 23, 2024

Frédéric Jacobs Nov 23, 2024

Land of the —Redacted—

A biography by a British graphic novelist of Elon Musk is struggling to find an English-language publisher due to feared “legal consequences”.

“Cunningham praised Delcourt, who also put out the French edition of his book on Putin, for “having the courage” to publish the Musk book.”

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/23/we-live-in-a-climate-of-fear-graphic-novelists-elon-musk-book-cant-find-uk-or-us-publisher

‘We live in a climate of fear’: graphic novelist’s Elon Musk book can’t find UK or US publisher

Darryl Cunningham blames fear of ‘legal consequences’ for reluctance to take on book, now only available in French

The Guardian

cynthb Nov 23, 2024

Georgiann Baldino Nov 23, 2024

#ShopLocal

cynthb Nov 23, 2024

David Heath Nov 22, 2024

After ProPublica reported that two women died from Georgia’s abortion ban, the state’s top health official fired every member of a group tasked with investigating deaths of pregnant women, assuming one of them leaked the information.

It’s a clear sign that the state wants to cover up those deaths.
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-dismisses-maternal-mortality-committee-amber-thurman-candi-miller

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths

In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outside individuals.”

ProPublica

cynthb Nov 23, 2024

Random Mandelbrot Nov 23, 2024

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