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Fabien 7h ago

DocAtCDI 15h ago

I asked the librarian if the library had books on paranoia. She whispered, 'They're right behind you.'

Fabien 7h ago

RE: https://wandering.shop/@aleen/116306417059477849

What I scream in my head every time some tells me they’ve been surprisingly unwell because of “the cold going around”

Fabien 16h ago

Humor Satire Memes 2d ago

The turbines are ruining the natural beauty of the giant hole

Fabien 1d ago

Omar Antolín 1d ago

Man, LLMs really drive home the lesson that people differ *greatly* in how much they care whether the statements they make are accurate.

Fabien 1d ago

Michael 1d ago

The UK Covid Inquiry has laid bare the avoidable horror of the second Covid wave https://christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-uk-covid-inquiry-has-laid-bare

The UK Covid Inquiry has laid bare the avoidable horror of the second Covid wave

It is becoming ever clearer both how devastating the second wave of winter 2020/21 was, and how much of that devastation could have been avoided.

Making sense... of evidence, data, and the stories they tell

Fabien 1d ago

Kris 2d ago

But energy is not scarce. It falls on the ground and is blown over the surface of the planet, every day.

This is not energy scarcity, it's stupidity abundance.

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Fabien 2d ago

How new Terms or use should be done: new terms presented (ideally with plain language summary of changes) when upgrading, with a clear choice to get the new version under the new terms, or keep the old version and the old terms.

Fabien 2d ago

Unannounced mandatory new terms after a version update in firefox. No way to keep using it without approving.

Tech industry doesn’t understand consent, episode #151848

Fabien 2d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mrudokas/116292259314940765

Another evidence in the case for “the tech industry doesn’t understand consent”.

Fabien 3d ago

Yining Karl Li 4d ago

I’m not surprised by this; I think the huge cash burn rate combined with limited general appeal doomed this from the start. Literally zero non-tech people I know have any interest in a slop video feed and most of them get kind of offended if you ask them to knowingly watch slop.

https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/openai-shutting-down-sora-video-disney-1236698277/

OpenAI Shuts Down Sora AI Video, Disney Drops Planned $1B Investment

OpenAI is planning to discontinue Sora, the generative-AI video creation platform it launched in late 2024. Disney has ended its partnership for Sora.

Variety