ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
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Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.
Joined Nov 2022
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Do the last one, do the last one! :)
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Doomscrolling? That’s silly. Put that phone away, go outside and EXPERIENCE the doom!
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As tax day gets closer, reminder that Republicans cut taxes for corporations and the wealthiest Americans in 2017.
Since then, the wealth of the obscenely rich has nearly doubled.
But over half of the rest of us are living paycheck to paycheck.
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A rare off-topic post, but this one's important. To all of you that lived through this in the 80s and 90s, the end is finally in sight. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/hiv-cure-cell-test-dna-b2515169.html
@dangoodin I'm somewhat puzzled as to how exactly he "stole" all these services. I guess if you start a new account they let you use some amount of $ worth of compute on the theory that they'll bill you at the end of the month and you'll probably pay, but...
Just how much do they allow a new account to use without paying for, and just how many accounts did he have to create, to get it to $3.5 million?
I guess that's just not all that much money anymore... 😵💫
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Behold the pyramid scheme known as cryptocurrency mining. Man allegedly consumed $3.5 million of computing resources from Amazon and Microsoft to generate $1 million worth of digital coin.
The real crime here is all the energy consumed.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/nebraska-man-indicted-multi-million-dollar-cryptojacking-scheme
When the corn is as high
As an elephant's eye,
That's amore! 🎶
It's like every overpaid C-level executive on the planet feels like they have to pretend that #GenerativeAI is actually helping their company, because otherwise they'll get snubbed at the country club or something...
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@RustyBertrand@mastodon.ie Perfect :D
#YouTube videos being so often Sponsored is I'm sure good for the creators, but also it's kind of awful.
Yeah, I now realize that Factor and HelloFresh and earbuds and sex toys exist, thanks.
@trinsec Found it! Under like "Settings > accounts > sign-in options > lock screen personalization" there's a "Lock screen status" that lets you "Choose an app", and it was set to "Weather and more", which apparently includes NBA updates lol.
There doesn't seem to be a "None", but I set it to "Devhome" (what?) and now it isn't showing anything extra. Some day I'm sure it will start to show something annoying.
It's not quite an ad; it's like I guess the latest scores and things. Recently the weather forecast started to appear on the login screen, which was fine. Maybe I'm in some A/B test group or something.
Ummmm let's see... Windows 10 apparently.
Posted about some of the things I left out of yesterday's short story.
The Cutting-Room Floor https://ceoln.wordpress.com/2024/04/14/the-cutting-room-floor/
#writing #editing #fiction #microfiction #shortStories #amwriting #amediting
I realize that this is what I get for using #Windows , but why is it suddenly putting news about the NBA on my laptop's login screen? I haven't the tiniest shred of interest in the NBA.
Posted a very short story!
What Separates Us https://ceoln.wordpress.com/2024/04/13/what-separates-us/
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I've never had a discussion about education with a working scientist who was not painfully aware of the lack of the teaching of *how* science is done at most schools, and in many college-level courses. The fact is, that to do this well would require extensive retraining of teachers; I also don't think it is compatible with the current goal of basic education in most countries, which is to raise standardised test scores.
"What is apparent from the surveys is that a better explanation of the nature of science—that it is revised as new data surface—would have a strong positive effect on public trust. Because scientists are so aware of this feature, it is often taken for granted that the public understands this too."
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I swear, in the long term the most useful part of my tech education—which includes a master's degree in computer science from 1990—has turned out to be reading comp.risks religiously since the late 80s and watching every new grift and scam and dark design pattern and type of malware on the internet emerge in realtime.
I hate that in this century everyone needs the paranoia and skill set of a 90s network security administrator.
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.
Joined Nov 2022
