Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org
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Just another worried little citizen of this modern-day Pompeii. Techie at UCL, working on Process Automation with MS Power Platform. Scatterbrain, interested in education, languages, Space and lots of disparate things. sorry.
Keeping my space toots at @astrodad as an experiment in self-moderation :)
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Joined Oct 2022
Frustrating to hear BBC doing the "both sides" thing as if there hasn't been years of violent language and activities from the Trump crowd, and absolute violence in the policies they espouse.
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How does the relationship a developer has with the computing resources around them change when climate and ecology are brought into the picture? Does this produce unexpected other changes, for instance, I speculate without evidence that it might reframe your interactions with technology to be less abstract. Despite the massive crisis of climate concerns, is there a protective effect from this? Might this make some technology work feel less alienated from the world?
@wordshaper @ZachWeinersmith The shame is, there's some really interesting research being done that's critical to any of these utopian visions. Sciences and engineering, obviously, but also "human" sciences" like architecture and anthropology. With the obsession with the rockets and handwavey "we'll figure it out or maybe die gloriously" that work gets overlooked. A shame as it's often very accessible and has applications beyond "Mars Base Alpha".
@LaNaehForaday @ThomHartmann As I recall, the first few episodes just show where Offered is at that point of capture. Much more horrifying is the build up shown in flashback in later seasons: their normal lives and relationships suddenly criminalised by a religious fascist movement that was allowed to grow until it' was too powerful for individuals and the state to resist.
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If you feel very powerless, try not to express this on to those people who have even less power than you.
Even if that's usually the only way that you can express how powerless you feel 🥺
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HR onboarding for AI bots.
This is absolute clown shit.
No other way to spin it.
@tferrer Tal vez use esta camiseta: https://www.philosophyfootball.com/woke-st-george-t-shirt.html
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What happened in and regarding Russia on Wednesday, July 10 (roughly speaking)? I summarize these musings and happenings as best I can for Meduza in a daily newsletter. Here’s the latest edition: https://meduza.io/en/brief/2024/07/11/the-real-russia-today
@kevinrothrock Any thoughts on differing engagement levels?
@fulelo And now a trip to The Shite House to meet the American Rezident.
@chrisgerhard Police should fine them for wasting time.
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FFS celebrating non-white representation is not racist. The racists pricks who have reported her should be prosecuted for wasting police time.
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To my absolute astonishment, many of the suggestions that we put to the fumehood replacement project team have been incorporated into the project. We still have a fair way to go to set up active heat recovery on the 36 hoods on our top floor.
There remain questions to be addressed and some of these require conducting a set of experiments on several of our bigger buildings ASAP. The potential energy savings are just mouth-watering, and at low cost. #UCLChemLivingLab
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Labour needs to abolish the hereditary peers https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/07/10/labour-needs-to-abolish-the-hereditary-peers/ The 92 remaining hereditary peers in the House of Lords are a historical anachronism that preserves privilege for the aristocracy when that should have been gone long ago. It is time for them to go.
It's really great that you give the description of the roles each representative plays in civic life, policy, scope etc. I think many people are apathetic about politics and voting because those roles are unclear. And they're also casting local votes based on unconnected national issues, and vice versa.
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New feature! We've added another lookup to WhoCanIVoteFor.co.uk that tells you about the various elected people that represent you and your area.
Give it a go here: https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/your_area/
Read the blog: https://democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2024/07/09/the-rest-of-the-state/
@rachelcoldicutt Excellent. Also great to see you back.
Also relevant to previous RT, mentioned in the article:
https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Automating-Public-Services-A-careful-approach?utm_source=justenoughinternet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=im-looking-for-a-man-in-ai-think-tank-trust-fund
"...critical to note is that these systems do not affect everyone equally, and marginalised communities, those with uncertain immigration status, or those reliant on state support are more likely to be impacted by automated decisions. This can lead to significant consequences, including bias and privacy violations."
- Location
- Mostly London
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- he/him
Just another worried little citizen of this modern-day Pompeii. Techie at UCL, working on Process Automation with MS Power Platform. Scatterbrain, interested in education, languages, Space and lots of disparate things. sorry.
Keeping my space toots at @astrodad as an experiment in self-moderation :)
*Background banner is a photo Yorkshire flag in blue and white, in front of a classic bell tent, in a field of similar tents at a festival.
Joined Oct 2022
