just_steve_h

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by just_steve_h 11mo ago
Well, they’re certainly developing cars that kill and maim pedestrians, disperse clouds of microplastics, and contribute excess CO2 to our atmosphere…
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by just_steve_h 1y ago
You know “Ghostship” was the name of an incredible East Bay artists’ community that was destroyed in a fire which killed multiple people. Is this really the name you’re going with? It’s not ancient history, either - less than 10 years.
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by just_steve_h 1y ago
Perhaps you slept through the year leading up to the 2024 election, when Democrats sent riot police into student protests? They arrested thousands, and were plenty violent. Democratic president & governor & mayor (NYC and LA and Bos
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LA Times turns off AI commentator that defended the KKK(bsky.app)
14 points by just_steve_h 2y ago|2 comments
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by just_steve_h 2y ago
NY Times reporter Ryan Mac has the receipts on the AI generated commentary that defended the KKK alongside an opinion article in the LA Times. LAT has removed the comment and disabled the AI feature for now.
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by just_steve_h 2y ago
Even weirder… Coristine’s grandfather was a turncoat KGB spy. https://www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-doge-staffer-is-g...
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by just_steve_h 2y ago
THIS is what your “disruptive” heroes have bought & paid for. Yes, I’m talking specifically about paulg and his buddies in the VC world, who’ve stepped up their funding & lobbying to levels matching folks like Adolph Coors and Richa
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by just_steve_h 2y ago
Ten thousand EV batteries packed into a ship’s hull. What could go wrong?
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by just_steve_h 2y ago
R. A. Fisher developed many of the foundational techniques of modern statistics in an attempt to support his odious beliefs in “racial hierarchy.” There is much to learn from considering this reality, but most will dismiss it as irrelevant.
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by just_steve_h 2y ago
I find Schneier to be one of the most cogent observers and commentators on the influence of technology and corporate organization on our society. His writing is compelling. Agree with others that I’m left wanting for solutions to the challe
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by just_steve_h 2y ago
I find this essay to be well-crafted and compelling.
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by just_steve_h 2y ago
And of course, he fit right in around here…
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by just_steve_h 2y ago
Mortgage interest is tax deductible, for one thing.
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by just_steve_h 2y ago
U.S. military has some Very Secret Stuff happening in certain desert areas.
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by just_steve_h 3y ago
I love this! Reminds me of the campus network at Harvard. Around 1994-95 we had multiple zones, but only spotty understanding of networks by most users. I had a blast one day mocking up what looked like a Mac on-screen error message which s
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by just_steve_h 3y ago
YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE MAKE YOUR TIME
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by just_steve_h 3y ago
This is a widely under-appreciated fact!
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by just_steve_h 3y ago
I’m afraid the NSA regularly funnels information to the FBI and other domestic policing entities, and this has been widely documented [1]. The government even deigned to declassify proceedings from their special secret (!) court that decry
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by just_steve_h 3y ago
I have a shell alias so I can just type pb to do pbpaste|pbcopy - easiest way I’ve found to strip formatting and get plain text.
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by just_steve_h 3y ago
Gee, I’m so glad that I “opted in” to have my private medical data used for corporate research! How did I “opt in”? My healthcare provider migrated to Epic for all medical records. I had the “choice” of… not receiving healthcare, I guess? B
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by just_steve_h 3y ago
two comments above this one?
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by just_steve_h 3y ago
Am I the only one disappointed to find that www.mulchme.com isn’t a site by the authors? (It redirects to a natural-fiber playground material supplier.)
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by just_steve_h 3y ago
This is pretty big. Not only did Crow buy the house & then Thomas failed to disclose the sale (which he is obligated to do)… Crow also made a huge donation to Ginni Thomas’s organization, out of which Ginni received a fat salary.
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by just_steve_h 3y ago
Anyone close to the US security establishment recognizes the widespread abuse of the classification system. It becomes the default stance, to slap a “SECRET” designation on something. Just like how, in the old days, “nobody ever got fired f
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by just_steve_h 3y ago
This is extreme. Really extreme. This is about one-third of Fort Lauderdale’ as average ANNUAL rainfall, coming in about 8 hours.
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by just_steve_h 3y ago
SF Muni has reported on at least a dozen instances where a transit vehicle has been blocked from proceeding by a driverless vehicle. That’s only “surprisingly little” if one had expected widespread chaos.
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by just_steve_h 3y ago
Our world we be so much better if the people responsible for mega projects actually thought this way! But, I suspect that a person needs to have a certain hubris to believe themselves worthy of heading a huge project, and that this belief m
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by just_steve_h 3y ago
Silent disco parties are fun, and occupy an interesting social niche— you are around other people, having a shared experience, BUT you are each wearing headphones and therefore presumably not speaking to one another. Of course, you’ll end u
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by just_steve_h 3y ago
Ray Kurzweil has a long-standing interest in Harold Cohen, and is at least partially responsible for the creation of the Windows software version of AARON. How do I know this? I worked for Ray 25 years ago & helped promote AARON. Our an
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by just_steve_h 4y ago
The author Paolo Bacigalupi has a great sci-fi story set in the Gulf Coast of the near future, centering on a teenage boy who works as the titular Ship Breaker [1]. Even though it is technically “young adult” fiction, I found plenty to enjo

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