@logan If you want to know more about AI safety, I'd highly recommend the series Computerphile did on the subject:
https://youtu.be/IB1OvoCNnWY
https://youtu.be/tcdVC4e6EV4
There's a bunch more in the series, and also on Rob Miles channel.
@maddiefuzz
I've played that one too: https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/
That, in turn, reminds me of http://www.emhsoft.com/singularity/
@urusan
@freeplay@misskey.ai
If you want to try your hand at application development as a beginner, Flutter might be a reasonable choice. Or, since there's a mountain of tutorials for Python, you could look into QtPy. Either one will let you make something lighter weight than, say, Electron (which basically embeds a copy of the Chromium browser in every app).
@benpocalypse
The golden rule of software distributions - Gabriella Gonzalez: https://www.haskellforall.com/2022/05/the-golden-rule-of-software.html
@olligobber
You could try pets.contact
@iankenway
I get where this list is coming from, but these ideas could be clarified/expanded on.
1. The progressive taxation they recommend would need a starting point for the upper bracket(s).
2. UBI requires something like rent restrictions to really work.
3. A market can only be truly free if monopolism and negative externalities are kept in check.
4. "No walled gardens" might not mean the same thing to everyone.
5. Sortition is a good idea, as long as it is only used to select assemblies of voters, not for directly selecting an official. For single-seat elections, I would also recommend that the assemblies use approval voting.
Please, Stop Disabling Zoom - Manuel Matuzović: https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2022/please-stop-disabling-zoom/
@bchhun@mastodon.social @alcinnz@floss.social .NET is certainly better than Electron, but I'm still looking for an option that binds well to my personal favorite language (Rust)... 😔
Disease
@alexandra
Another way of looking at it: Y2K is closer to the last recorded case than to today.
To take action: disable your advertising ID, and disable location permissions for apps you don’t trust. There are instructions here:
https://www.ghacks.net/2022/02/17/how-to-delete-the-advertising-id-on-android/
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/this-iphone-setting-stops-ads-from-following-you-across-the-web/
@urusan
"It depends."
en: Mostly tech, but not entirely. Privacy is a human right.
ia: Principalmente technologia, ma non in toto. Privacitate es un derecto human.