Brian Beach has moved @bwbeach@qoto.org

I've missed #ILoveFreeSoftwareDay but maybe it's not too late. People say thanks to big projects like Linux, Git, or Python. But I want to acknowledge the contribution of people who are usually forgotten:

1. That person who faced the same issue as I, asked online, found a solution, and wrote it down.

2. That person who did research I need and spent time to make a blog post.

3. That person who made a small library that solves a very specific problem and published it on Github.

Thank you ❤️

This government official’s choice of words reveals that she defines ‘terrorism’ as something done exclusively by foreigners—a definition that exists neither in the law nor in the English language, but in the imaginations of many.

https://www.nytimes.com/article/kansas-city-parade-shooting.html

"Air Canada's chatbot gave a B.C. man the wrong information. Now, the airline has to pay for the mistake" https://bc.ctvnews.ca/air-canada-s-chatbot-gave-a-b-c-man-the-wrong-information-now-the-airline-has-to-pay-for-the-mistake-1.6769454 #AI #chatbot #liability #law #hallucination

@KimPerales Everyone likes to blame it on social media but car-centric city design and a lack of spaces where you can just exist and hang out without paying are a big part of it too - and that was a problem before social media. We don’t make it easy to just hang out and meet people in much of this country.

I am crying I am laughing so hard at the #AI generated colours from @janellecshane 's blog: https://www.aiweirdness.com/new-ai-paint-colors/

I think it's bad form in journalism to punctuate your headline with "Really" when the story isn't true.

“But here's the thing: being able to say, "wherever you get your podcasts" is a radical statement. Because what it represents is the triumph of exactly the kind of technology that's supposed to be impossible: open, empowering tech that's not owned by any one company, that can't be controlled by any one company, and that allows people to have ownership over their work and their relationship with their audience.”

https://www.anildash.com//2024/02/06/wherever-you-get-podcasts/ by @anildash (found via @topstories)

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#podcasting #web

I was in a discussion about AI regulation, and I got angry about it as I sometimes do, but I feel like "computers aren't magic", "words mean things" and "people matter" are reasonable positions to hold strongly.

https://exple.tive.org/blarg/2024/02/06/echoes-of-the-i/

Good morning! It’s the first Tuesday in February, and so you’re all invited to look through Wikipedia’s List of common misconceptions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions) per xkcd custom.

I can speak to the motive for my beliefs, back when I believed that our system was inherently just, that racism was a conquered thing of the past best examined in history’s rearview mirror, and that polarization was a more present threat than injustice.

My motive was comfort.

if it doesn’t have an export button, it’s a trap

@shortridge actually, I take it back, this is my favorite bug story of all time

https://www.teamten.com/lawrence/writings/coding-machines/

The writing is incredible, the twist is beyond absurd. The full implications of it are profound and potentially disturbing

It's not a read for the lighthearted, it'll take a while, but it's absolutely worth it

Trump and Biden are both old.

Trump is a lunatic, rapist, traitor, and wannabe dictator who tried to overthrow the government to stay in power and can’t distinguish fantasy from reality and revels in inflicting cruelty on other humans.

Joe Biden is a middle of the road politician who despite his many flaws on the whole ACTUALLY has done good things for America and especially American workers.

Voting for Joe Biden over Trump is literally the easiest choice in my lifetime. #biden #trump

A cool lil training station where you can practice mounting your bike to a bus in peace.

@targetdrone @pluralistic
Also there are a few credit unions that have a solar financing program. Like everything credit unions do, it's better than the rest of the financial industry.