Olives @olives@qoto.org

Now that there are smartwatches, next there should be a badge you tap then say "Hello Enterprise" into, lol.

Be careful, if someone drops a nuke, you might end up with a guy in a wheelchair with powerful psychic powers and a guy wearing a metallic helmet terrorizing you, lol.

In #Terraformars, mankind's greatest enemy are cockroaches which evolved into big muscular men, lol. #anime

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/supermarket-facial-recognition-trial-rotorua-mothers-discrimination-ordeal/IK4ZEJHLQVFRLMDE6LX4AR57PE/
"A Māori mum misidentified as a trespassed “thief” at a Rotorua supermarket trialling facial recognition technology says she felt “racially discriminated” against and embarrassed during the “horrible” birthday incident."

"Last week #Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster launched an inquiry into Foodstuffs’ facial recognition trial to monitor whether it complied with the Privacy Act and was effective in reducing harmful behaviour at those supermarkets.

In a written statement, a spokesperson from the Commissioner’s office said he was concerned about “bias and accuracy” and facial recognition technology (FRT) not being “a proven tool” to reduce harmful behaviour in supermarkets."
#FaceRecognition #NewZealand #Aotearoa

How to make Light roll in his grave: Get his notebook, get the Death Eraser (which was removed after the first short story), and rub all the names out, lol. #anime

https://nichegamer.com/crash-bandicoot-4-reportedly-tops-5-million-copies-sold/ Nostalgia games have a market, lol.

Death Note wasn't bad for an anime without any lolis, huh? Lol. Okay. Joking. I think it's fine to have a few more serious anime (although, being "serious" is not an excuse for a story being boring or lazy, ahem). I think having multiple styles is alright.

I saw this anime a long time ago, lol. I saw something which brought it to mind.

The power really went to Light's head, huh, lol.

In the original short form of Death Note, there is actually a Death Eraser which brings people back to life after someone rubs names out with it. He removed this element from the main storyline (which was written afterwards), probably because that one is more serious and it would be less impactful to have random characters coming back to life.

I don't think I'd want to be the one to try to arrest an apparently god-like being who remotely kills people from afar through some magical power (and who might not even be human), lol.

You kind of have to admire the guy deciding not to create a Death Note 2, despite knowing that it would probably sell really well. A sequel would probably be far worse, lol.

The example of higher ice cream sales being "linked" to higher crime rates is used in introductory data science / introductory psychology as an example of how an apparent correlation doesn't necessarily mean there is a meaningful link. A possible third variable which might affect both is the weather.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/stop-working-ban-scan-new-york
"Ban the Scan is a campaign and coalition built around passing two packages of bills that would ban facial recognition in a variety of contexts in New York City and #NewYork State."

"The City and State packages are largely similar. The main differences are that the State package contains a bill banning law enforcement use of facial recognition, whereas the City package has a bill that bans all government use of the technology (although this bill has yet to be introduced). The State package also contains an additional bill banning facial recognition use in schools, which would codify an existing regulatory ban that currently applies to schools."

#privacy #FaceRecognition

Simply censoring more and more content is not really a sustainable goal and it would be nice for politicians to move away from it.

"virtual child porn"
The 90s called and they want their antiquated terms back.

For some reason, there are a few people, primarily online, who seem to think it's a valid term. It's a term from the 90s pertaining to one particular lawsuit (from over twenty years ago!) around a law with overly broad language (drafted by overly lazy politicians). While a few used it in commentary *around that lawsuit*, and a few even parroted it, it doesn't make it any more valid, and it hasn't been used in a very long time.

Most recent usages were from a far right QAnon conspiracy theorist cosplaying as an intellectual who wrote a conspiratorial rant about sub-humans five years ago and a Dutch scholar who didn't appear to be familiar with the subject area. It's archaic, it's confusing, and it was never intended to be used as a standalone term.

It also diminishes the seriousness of abuse by comparing mundane everyday harmless content to it by twisting and contorting language.

https://gothamist.com/news/artificial-intelligence-in-nys-courts-panel-will-study-benefits-and-potential-risks
"The New York state court system has established an advisory panel to study the potential benefits and risks of how artificial intelligence is utilized in court."
Is the advisory opinion going to be written by an "#AI"? Lol.

Hey, I know it's a bad idea, it's a joke.

https://www.efa.org.au/get-involved/lobbying/
Contacting elected figures in territorial, state, and federal governments is another avenue to push against censorship. #auspol #anime #FreeExpression

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/27/africa/nigerian-woman-faces-jail-over-online-review-of-tomato-puree-intl-scli/index.html
"A Nigerian woman who wrote an online review of a can of tomato puree is facing imprisonment after its manufacturer accused her of making a “malicious allegation” that damaged its business."
#FreeSpeech #FreeExpression