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ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto Technology@lemmy.world•Marginalized Americans are highly skeptical of artificial intelligenceEnglish16·4 天前Makes sense given that AI has been trained on all the prejudiced blatherings of humanity so far, and it just tries to imitate what it has seen. Yet it’s being used to make decisions as if it’s some wise oracle.
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto News@lemmy.world•Republicans and Democrats in Secret Talks to Create a Third PartyEnglish3·4 天前There’s not a lot of hope when you look at the list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto News@lemmy.world•Republicans and Democrats in Secret Talks to Create a Third PartyEnglish10·4 天前It’ll be hard for Democrats to decide between the existing center-right capitalist status quo party and the new center-right capitalist status quo party. Meanwhile most Republicans just know they love fascism.
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto Trans@lemmy.blahaj.zone•Robert De Niro Shows “Love & Support” For Daughter Airyn After She Came Out As Trans: “I Love All My Children”English3·2 个月前Many of us are, but we don’t make the news because it’s just ordinary parental love. It’s good to have high-profile examples for the media to report on, or people may only hear about the bigotry of terrible parents like Elon Musk.
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto Blahaj Lemmy Meta@lemmy.blahaj.zone•feddit.uk has been defederatedEnglish391·2 个月前I appreciate this move. The nice thing about the Fediverse is that admins can take a step like this to protect the integrity of this instance, and users can still engage with that stuff if they create an account on another instance. I’ll continue to argue with bigots elsewhere but I’m grateful for how the admins curate Blahaj Lemmy.
It’s a shame how the UK seems to be heading backwards on human rights, and shameful how the UK government has decided to throw in with the bigots and embolden them.
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Keir Starmer does not believe trans women are women, No 10 saysEnglish3·3 个月前It’s at times like these I turn to my man Alexei:
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto Canada@lemmy.ca•Echoing Trump, Canada's Conservative Leader Vows to Deport Pro-Palestine ActivistsEnglish521·3 个月前Do not let this weasel anywhere near power. At best, he’ll send Canada down the fascist drain like the USA, and at worst he’ll hand Canada over to the USA.
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPto News@lemmy.world•Trump admin walks back tariff exemption on electronicsEnglish3·3 个月前Tariffs came in last Tuesday, were removed on Friday, came back on Sunday. I expect Tim Apple is loving the daily surprises.
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto politics @lemmy.world•Trump admin walks back tariff exemption on electronicsEnglish11·3 个月前Sorry, they walked back the walkback of the walkback? Does anyone know what’s going on?
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto politics @lemmy.world•Trump admin walks back tariff exemption on electronicsEnglish61·3 个月前They have to be doing it deliberately. The aim is to destroy the USA.
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto politics @lemmy.world•Trump admin walks back tariff exemption on electronicsEnglish9·3 个月前I think that’s it, and they victimize LGBTQ+ people and immigrants because their supporters love it and it buys them time to implement their kleptocracy. Some of the Trump people are true-believer Nazis, but some of them are just greedy assholes who will throw anyone under the bus for their own gain.
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto Canada@lemmy.ca•Jordan Peterson begging his cult to vote for Pierre PoilievreEnglish63·3 个月前It’s a part of the wider right-wing war on empathy. They see it as a weakness, not as fundamental to what we are.
Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy
Yes, Musk said ‘The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.’ Here’s context
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto News@lemmy.world•Ghislaine Maxwell, jailed Epstein accomplice, appeals case to US Supreme CourtEnglish15·3 个月前She’s a woman. It’s not a sure thing.
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto politics @lemmy.world•Majority of Americans hold unfavourable view of Israel, Pew poll findsEnglish28·3 个月前Clearly it’s time to deport the majority of Americans to foreign prisons.
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto Canada@lemmy.ca•A network of X accounts is targeting Canada ahead of the electionEnglish3·3 个月前There’s always a problem proposing that social media companies be held legally responsible for the content their users create. If they can get sued for anything anyone says in a post, it could become impossible for anyone to run a social media site or even a web forum.
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto Canada@lemmy.ca•A network of X accounts is targeting Canada ahead of the electionEnglish9·3 个月前Its a question of the process and the criteria. I’m a Canadian citizen. I want to know that citizenship is a status I hold securely, not something the government can revoke if I do something they don’t like. There would have to be a rigorous process for it. But it would be better, I think, to deal with citizens under Canadian law and not to consider undoing their citizenship. Any power to remove it is ripe for abuse and a likely slippery slope.
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto science@lemmy.world•Is This Drivel? A Practical Framework for Cutting Through Empty DiscourseEnglish3·3 个月前Your criteria exclude much that is useful. For example, scientific studies that confirm theoretical predictions or replicate previous results, which are both essential to good science. Your emphasis seems to be entirely on challenging established understandings and institutions and shaking things up, but if that’s the only thing you respect as not “drivel”, you just end up pushing contrarianism. Sometimes it’s valuable to agree, or to come to consensus. Sometimes it’s valuable to delve into the subtleties of an existing way of understanding the world. Sometimes it’s valuable to explore how others already understand the world, while keeping quiet and not asserting anything of your own until you are well steeped in it. Not everything needs to be shaken up or disrupted all the time - to look only for this is the unwisdom of hubristic tech bros and conspiracists.
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto Games@lemmy.world•6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?English1·3 个月前Yes, “reduce, reuse, recycle” in that order. It is better to sell or give away an old PC instead of just sending it for recycling or even landfill.
ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto Games@lemmy.world•6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?English2·3 个月前The Linux experience has changed quite a lot over the years. You’re unlikely to have trouble getting your computer to work with it now.
Google Maps in Android Auto does it, but I think they use Waze data.