Not The Solution

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A blog about the problems facing our world and the problems with the people who claim to have the answers. Run by @formerlytomato.
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Not The SolutionFeb 17
It's a bit alarming to me how many people I've met who are in rationalist and rationalist-adjacent circles, able to discuss AI at length, and have never heard of Ed Zitron and the set of points he tends to make.
Not The SolutionFeb 13
I feel like on this site (ditto for Twitter and Bluesky) the more posts you have the less seriously your opinions should be taken.
Not The SolutionFeb 10
B40: A Free Software CaucusFeb 10

As per popular demand, we just launched our Mastodon! 🎉

We'll be posting updates on local chapters, announcements of new campaigns, calls for help and other news here. Be sure to follow us to keep up to date!

Show threadNot The SolutionFeb 10
https://www.techemails.com/p/the-fate-of-civilization-is-at-stake
"The fate of civilization is at stake"

Text messages from Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, and Elon Musk. Plus, Microsoft's CTO on why the OpenAI board fired Sam Altman.

Internal Tech Emails
Not The SolutionFeb 10
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Not The SolutionFeb 4
AftermathFeb 4
Adobe is ruthlessly killing off software that animators around the world are using every day: aftermath.site/adobe-animate-...
Not The SolutionJan 25
TorrentFreakJan 19
NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books https://torrentfreak.com/nvidia-contacted-annas-archive-to-secure-access-to-millions-of-pirated-books/
'NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books' * TorrentFreak

NVIDIA executives allegedly authorized the use of millions of pirated books from Anna's Archive to fuel its AI training.

Not The SolutionJan 15

Took a while to settle on this Decision, but we probably won't be doing a December update post for #beyond40 given that a lot of us took the month as a bit of hiatus.

Expect more updates by the end of January!

Not The SolutionJan 9
Nextcloud 📱☁️💻Jan 9

“A company subject to the extraterritorial laws of the United States cannot be considered sovereign for Europe.“

Discover more about the issues with the US CLOUD Act and the chances of Europe to break free from #TechDependency, in The Register’s new story 👇

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/22/europe_gets_serious_about_cutting/

Europe gets serious about cutting digital umbilical cord with Uncle Sam's big tech

Feature: Public bodies migrate in the bloc as hyperscalers claim sovereignty

The Register
Show threadNot The SolutionDec 12

With reference to the rest of the series, it's a pretty interesting deconstruction of the detective archetype and also the moral relevance of "Truth" in mystery fiction.

The first act is the strongest: Blanc is conspicuously missing and so is the murder. It's a back-and-forth of church politics until he shows up as a "savior".

Problem is, the film has no idea how to make sense of what it has just set up.