I'm the Grumpy Old Ape, father of many, avid reader, lover of C++, writing 24/7 software that keeps your lights on. he/him [email protected]
Berlin, Germany
Joined January 2010
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“There were 100s of 1000s of counterfeit Twitter accounts set up by Russian propaganda and disinformation [actors]?”
“Those accounts are still active on social media today. This is an ongoing campaign.” — Yoel Roth, former head of Trust & Safety at Twitter
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LOL, yet another walk back, because the "genius" hadn't thought there'd be uses of the API even he approves.
But what's "good bots" mean? He will decide this based on his personal prefs and moods, mostly on a whim (and maybe revise it later), and Nazi bots are very welcome.
"All of your #Twitter DMs are kept into perpetuity. They can be accessed and read by anybody at Twitter HQ. They are not end-to-end encrypted, and are therefore not private. Consider them public knowledge." — @[email protected]
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Even if they now charge their mind, that trust is lost. They've compromised and shown that providing a safe space is not their top priority.
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To clarify, this is not to achieve some effect or build pressure on the organizers to uninvite the person. Its about ACCU having lost my trust by consciously deciding to invite someone who had shown that they're not safe to be around.
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I have withdrawn my talk and attendance at ACCUConf. Context: nitter.gq/pati_gallardo/status/1…
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GUN OWNERS:
“Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.”
TESLA OWNERS:
“Teslas don’t kill people. I mean, sure, they sometimes randomly decide to. But, really, that’s the driver’s fault for not noticing his car had turned into a missile.”
BOTH:
“Don’t take away my murder toy!”
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I obtained surveillance footage of the self-driving Tesla that abruptly stopped on the Bay Bridge, resulting in an eight-vehicle crash that injured 9 people including a 2 yr old child just hours after Musk announced the self-driving feature.
Full story: theintercept.com/2023/01/10/…
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If people with "unlimited" time off tried to actually take unlimited time off, they'd quickly discover what they actually have is "undefined" time off.
scoop: Microsoft employees are getting unlimited time off. Microsoft will no longer require US employees to formally record vacation later this month, and they're getting a payout for any unused days. Details here: theverge.com/2023/1/11/23550…
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There were two special victims in 🇺🇦 this week. They were a 6-year-old girl from Avdiivka and a 3-year-old boy from Ochakiv. Both children died not from shelling, but from heart problems caused by explosions. The girl's heart stopped and the boy's heart ruptured. Unbearable 💔
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One of the worst anti-trans bills yet.
A bill in North Dakota would mandate employers use pronouns "associated with Deoxyribonucleic acid."
It fines violations at $1,500.
Free speech is not the goal. Trans elimination is.
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In a troubling but unsurprising sign of things to come, UAE has appointed the CEO of its national oil company as President of the #COP28 climate talks.
This is more than conflict of interest, it reflects the @UNFCCC’s complete abdication of responsibility for real #ClimateAction.
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Attention, Germany!
Direct call for murdering @ABaerbock by Aleksey Zhuravlev, Russian politician and member of parliament.
I wonder if he's been sanctioned.
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A homeless man shares his breakfast with a fox who eats half of it and then heads to the Brandenburg Gate.
Early mornings in Berlin.
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Jonas Salk, inventor of polio vaccine: "There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"
Frederick Banting, inventor of insulin: "Insulin does not belong to me. It belongs to the world."
Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel: 400% price hike on COVID vaccine is "consistent with the value."
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Looks like @CNET (DR 92 tech site) just did their coming out about using AI content for SEO articles.
