I invite you to check out some of those claims, to see of there is any validity to them. There are a bunch of links to article, with evidence, that says differently in this search:
https://www.google.com/search?q=comparing+jan+6+to+black+lives+matter+protest
A violent (clear from the videos) and organized (clear from the trials and indictments) attempt to subvert democracy in order to maintain minoritarian control
vs.
a widespread, spontaneous (there is no centralized antifa) and generally well supported series of street demonstrations (the vast majority peaceful) against evident racist behaviors by cops
A reminder for anyone working on a tech platform
Make sure you consider this privacy threat model:
Your server data could be subpoenaed by forced-birth zealots in the red states
so they can prosecute those who arrange travel for women to a state where abortion is legal
https://apnews.com/article/alabama-abortion-steve-marshall-2157a7d0bfad02aad1ca41e61fe4de33
Some really interesting insights in this paper looking at "hallucination" in LLMs:
Creativity and hallucination are really the same kind of emergent behavior, differently named only based on whether they are desirable or not
Both creativity and hallucination are caused by training with such vast amounts of data that there are long-distance connections in the underlying "consent space" which make all concepts be directly linked to all other concepts
They can be avoided by limiting such long distance connections during the LLM training, so that each concept is only linked to concepts to which it has a reasonable close semantic connection
Maybe we can get people to care about the climate crisis of they hear that it will effect their sex life
Article in French about how most sex in France historically happens in summer (with a note on "summer penis") but maybe not any more given the heat waves
Stalkerware is unethical for its intended purpose, often part of domestic abuse
It also leaves data vulnerable to hackers, e.g. in this story by @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
They posed as anti-stalkerware vigilantes, but they still have data of vulnerable people
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/26/brazil-webdetetive-spyware-deleted
Does anyone familiar with the French legislative process know whether this very problematic bill is likely to become law?
It mandates government-controlled blocking by web browsers
https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2023/06/26/france-browser-website-blocking/
Thanks to Suzanne Vergnolle who addressed this question on Mastodon
It seems that the bill is likely to become law
However, there are still opportunities to change it, and remove the browser blocking mandate
Lobbying by Mozilla and others is important!
Quelqu'un qui connaît le processus législatif français sait-il si ce projet de loi très problématique est susceptible de devenir loi?
Il oblige les navigateurs Web à effectuer un blocage contrôlé par le gouvernement
https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2023/06/27/francaise-bloquer-sites/
Does anyone familiar with the French legislative process know whether this very problematic bill is likely to become law?
It mandates government-controlled blocking by web browsers
https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2023/06/26/france-browser-website-blocking/
Trump's ad:
"Look at who's persecuting me, and in case you racists missed the point, note there are three black faces there"
Me:
"That looks like a great model for a new Mt. Rushmore monument"
Love this visualization, where you can enter a city name and see where it was in different geological eras
With increased restrictions on the Internet, including banning of Tor and other VPNs, Jordan is consolidating its position as "not free" on freedom rankings
The king ignored calls to scrap the law
And this is a US ally!
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/24/jordan-scrap-draconian-cybercrimes-bill
This is weird
A simple Newtonian system of a ball rolling on a dome can in theory have events with no cause
It seems pretty esoteric, but this explanation makes it more clear by considering time reversal
Here's some data...
The 10 states with the highest minimum wage are:
Washington
California
Oregon
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Arizona
Maine
Colorado
Compare this list to the states that have not raised the minimum wage beyond the Federal level:
Alabama
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Hampshire
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Which set of states is economically stronger would you say? In which set of states would you rather be a poor person?
The large tech companies have too much power
The only institutions that can curb this power are the governments
But US democracy is hobbled by a lack of campaign finance regulation which means that the tech company "donations" inhibits any politicians from exerting meaningful control over the companies
Luckily EU democracy is not so hobbled, so the EU democratic institutions can impose regulations that meaningfully curb the power of the tech companies in favor of the users
Is Singapore the Peoria of the world?
In the Vaudeville era "Will it play in Peoria?" was asked to question where a show had universal appeal
What is the equivalent for the world?
According to The Inglehart-Welzel Cultural Map it looks like Singapore is the most average country in the world, with Chile, Greece, and South Africa not far behind
Maybe that is where you should be testing your products!
It's nice when someone notices when we make progress towards making privacy controls easier to find and use on Google Search
https://www.androidpolice.com/google-unburying-privacy-terms-search/
Coit Tower Lasers
RIP Jane Birkin whose song "Je t'aime... moi non plus" inspired a generation of horny Irish teenagers to learn French