https://www.popsci.com/technology/robot-vacuum-army/

fucking spectacular

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During a big storm NYC is represented by two separate but equally important groups. The city officials who try to calm everyone down, and the media who freak everyone out.

These are their stories.

"Part of the reason I made a hard leftwing turn was because I was burned by my own techno-optimism. I am part of a generation that believed it could change the world, and then was taught a harsh lesson about money and power."

(Original title: The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited)

https://aftermath.site/anthropic-claude-ai-leftist-technology/

I saw this on a Finnish post, so let me reformulate it a bit and post it in English.

Finnish universities 1996:

"Here's an operating system we created for you. Here's a chat network we created you can use with the operating system."

Finnish universities 2026:

"We don't know how to replace Facebook for public communications."

Learned helplessness.

#Linux #IRC #Finland #Suomi

It's been a while since my last post here. Starting off with our reading list for Black History Month.

Check out these along with other curated book lists and support independent book stores https://www.waieplus.com/bookstore

🔥 Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon

🔥 Dark Matters by Simone Browne

🔥 The Three Mothers by Anna Malaika Tubbs

🔥 Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey

🔥 Marsha by Tourmaline

🔥 Imagination: A Manifesto by Ruha Benjamin

#BlackHistoryMonth #IndependentBookStores

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I'm tired boss

Everything written by AI boosters tracks much more clearly if you simply replace "AI" with "cocaine".

I shall demonstrate!

(Not linking to OP, because it's trash.)

"Let’s pretend you’re the only person at your company using cocaine.

You decide you’re going to impress your employer, and work for 8 hours a day at 10x productivity. You make everyone else look terrible by comparison. [...]

In this scenario, you capture 100% of the value from your adopting cocaine."

https://jwz.org/b/yk3t