Ask Cory Doctorow, he has good answers well beyond that one term he coined.

It’s really a pet peeve of mine, that term. So typical for what Google/Alphabet is doing to control the narrative around what’s “secure” and what isn’t.

Hitler (…) even got the Nobel Peace Prize

No, he didn’t. He was nominated ironically by one politician.

a nomination no one took under serious consideration. He was nominated in 1939 by a member of the Swedish parliament, E.G.C. Brandt.

Technically, the Nobel Committee cannot control the nominations that pour in. According to the Nobel Prize website, a nomination is valid if it is submitted by “members of national assemblies and national governments.” So Brandt was able to submit this nomination. However, Brandt’s nomination of Hitler was not intended to be taken seriously, and he described it as ironical.

Read the article to understand the point he was trying to make.

I wonder how history will look back at this time. Or the people of Omicron Persei 8 when that content reaches them.

Yes, it’s normal.

Seriously, books have been written about this. Fiction I mean, but probably also some sort of analysis.

Just listened to someone attempt a Freudian analysis on the X that he seems so obsessed with. It was trite.

‘Not optimistic he will create anything very useful right now’

Or ever create anything (he’s just stealing other people’s creations, at best)

While I don’t subscribe to any religious aspect, this is a perfect venue. They are fairly common around here. The view from the benches is often breathtaking; a lake, mountains… what more can one wish for as a backdrop for almost anything.

Local version:

G O O D

AI simply needs regulation. Not sure this is the best there is, but just doing something is a step forward.

I also read today that some leaders are pushing for AI sovereignty, i.e. being independent of US corpos and running their own.

On the downside, they want to fully embrace that shit for “preemptive data storage”.

Also many go with Palantir regardless, and I don’t understand how that goes together with the call for sovereignty.

Question:

Does buying arms from the USA essentially necessitate using Palantir or related products?

edit: I got the gist of the article wrong. Anduril does produce arms, and the deal is about producing them, not buying. My question stands though.

Electric skyline instead of smoldering ruins? Must be fake.

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There’s an animated and a live action series. Which would you recommend more?

I don’t think NewPipe uses yt’s API. yt-dlp certainly doesn’t. It’s kinda the whole point of these alternative frontends.

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a grant from the NGI Zero Commons Fund.

I looked at the projects they help out; it looks like they really want to find the things that will make the internet more - well, open and less dependent on $corpo, with no regard to flashiness or publicity.

I particularly remember the NLnet.nl foundation also gave a grant to Maemo Leste, a project to keep The Nokia N900’s OS alive, fully opensource and mainstream the kernel. Not sure that was a single or continuing grant though. How about yours?

Street art needs context, I like that about your pic.

I don’t get the reference though, if there is one.

This happens via simple lists of IP addresses, no? I.e. the VPN has a limited number of exit IPs and once it’s known who they belong to, they’re easy to block?

In winter, mostly preschool aged kids use these to slide down a snowy hill:

Used as you describe they’re just as dangerous. Hitting someone with the edge can do serious damage. And they do.