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66 yro upper middle class; class is important
100% focused on PRACTICAL CONCRETE ideas for stopping slowing the fascists
Failed Lyndon Larouchite is a joke
#prochoice
#forcedbirther is what so called "prolife" people are
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took me a while, but this is pretty good
xkcdSpectrum Allocation
One thing that has gotten better in the last 10 years
my home wifi almost never ever has a problem - 99.99% uptime
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mitsuhiko/117500680388532802
the replies to this are IMO the Ur example of the reply person
One can imagine these people in 1980 or so, replying to poll "do you use a word processor" and they all say word processors rot your brain
Do you still write more than 20% of code by hand?
Hachyderm.ioArmin Ronacher (@[email protected])Do you still write more than 20% of code by hand? [ ] Yes [ ] NoRE: https://defcon.social/@ashwin/117504940275007960
New Mexico won a $25 billion lawsuit against Meta
of course, meta won't pay a dime for years, what with appeals
but lets say that this Santa Clara lawsuit, or some other lawsuit, wins a 2nd $25B judgement
Meta will just declare bankrutcy and if you think the regular legal system is slow, wait till you see bankruptcy court
RE: https://federate.social/@dmarti/117504098411414494 Sue Meta! Ask your government to join this class action lawsuit against Meta. If you hate what #Trump is doing, you should hold #Zuckerberg responsibile for selling out Facebook users and helping Trump get elected in the firs
DEF CON SocialAshwin Dixit (@[email protected])Sue Meta! Ask your government to join this class action lawsuit against Meta. If you hate what #Trump is doing, you should hold #Zuckerberg responsibile for selling out Facebook users and helping Trump get elected in the first place. #classAction #law #lawsuit #legal #FediLaw #government #meta #facebook #zuckerberg #FuckZuck #UsPolThe wall str journal tells me that Meta is seeking to raise 95 billion dollars to finance work on AI
Now, regardless of your views on AI, if Meta can raise such a titanic sum of money in Oct of 2026, that tells me that the AI bubble has very much not burst
but I don't actually know anything about AI or corporate finance, I'm just some rando on the internet
I know I am old and cranky, but to me one of the wierd fails of mastodon is that so many assert that AI (LLMs, not ML) simply don't work
I don't know how often an AI will just hallucinate something, but here is an example where the AI summary is excellent and the underlying article from vox is paywalled and this is why Google is destroying what is left of "news"
https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2016/12/6/13853314/trump-speeches-lessons-democrats-economics-trade
VoxWe missed what was so effective about Donald Trump’s campaign speechesTrump had a clear economic message centered on jobs and wages. What was Clinton’s?
many times over the last 15 years, I have found a wikipedia article that isn't that good, and then found a website, often for profit, that is better on the same subject
eg compare the not very good wiki with the better one from the for profit
stolen from bluesky
so so true
RE: https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:awb53yhfco464fm6qz4a32zi/post/3myfd6l4t222j
IMO, a crappy effing blog post from streets blog
why ?
cause this (screenshot in reply is only way way below the fold
The @[email protected] is still waiting on CRRC to deliver 184 new Red Line subway cars, but the Springfield factory hasn't delivered a new train since May. #mapoli mass.streetsblog.org/2026/10/21/t... The T's New Subway Car Contrac...
Bluesky SocialStreetsblogMASS (@mass.streetsblog.org)The @mbta.com is still waiting on CRRC to deliver 184 new Red Line subway cars, but the Springfield factory hasn't delivered a new train since May. #mapoli
https://mass.streetsblog.org/2026/10/21/the-ts-new-subway-car-contract-enters-its-awkward-teen-years
story on teh boston globe website
charged with vehicular homicide
R.I. Democratic Party chair resigns after husband indicted in $20 million fraud scheme
I am pretty sure no one here will post about this story, but if this had been the GOP party chair, everyone would be chortling
BostonGlobe.comR.I. Democratic Party chair resigns after husband indicted in $20 million fraud scheme - The Boston GlobeBoth the Democratic and Republican nominees for governor had called for party chairwoman Liz Beretta-Perik to step down.
RE: https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/117473875057831588
Do people still say "cause that is where the money is " as the tag to a meme ?
"It's not theft, your honour. In fact, no theft occurred. I am simply acquiring these resources for transformative use." "Can you explain what you mean by transformative use, sir? We are here because you've been arrested for bank robbery." "It's quite simple, your honor. I'm tran
CoSocialmhoye but seasonally spooky (@[email protected])"It's not theft, your honour. In fact, no theft occurred. I am simply acquiring these resources for transformative use." "Can you explain what you mean by transformative use, sir? We are here because you've been arrested for bank robbery." "It's quite simple, your honor. I'm transforming myself from a poor person to a rich person."RE: https://hachyderm.io/@glitzersachen/116850558073277195
this post is the perfect setup for "story of Mel"
I am starting to think, Javascript was the original sin, the fall from grace. The gods of computing saw this and decided to give us LLMs for punishment. They're calling it "give them enough rope to hang themselves". Now I am pretty sure, when the apocalypse comes, our prayers for
Hachyderm.ioNo Fate: Butlerian Jihad Now (@[email protected])I am starting to think, Javascript was the original sin, the fall from grace. The gods of computing saw this and decided to give us LLMs for punishment. They're calling it "give them enough rope to hang themselves". Now I am pretty sure, when the apocalypse comes, our prayers for help will be answered with condescending laughter and random quotes from the ECMAscript standard. And somebody in ththat feeling when you have a great interaction with a real human here and then you go to their timeline and hte 1st post shows they have a total lack of understanding about US politics
which is a complex way of saying we are all human and we all have flaws
RE: https://mastodon.social/@democratsabroad/117473722377820579
Call me a nattering nabob of negativism, but I can't believe that Mississippi will elect a black guy as a US Senator
Mississippi voters! Scott Colom is challenging Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a race where polling has shown a 6-point gap. Request your ballot at VoteFromAbroad.org. Email or fax by Nov. 3 at 7 p.m.; mail must be postmarked Nov. 3. ️ #VoteFromAbroad #Vote #USpol #USpolitics #Mississi
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Mississippi voters! Scott Colom is challenging Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a race where polling has shown a 6-point gap.
Request your ballot at VoteFromAbroad.org. Email or fax by Nov. 3 at 7 p.m.; mail must be postmarked Nov. 3. ️
#VoteFromAbroad #Vote #USpol #USpolitics #Mississippi