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RE: mastodon.social/@verge/116738634623222465

"The intentional destruction of the ability to save lives and reduce suffering is psychopathic behavior — the kind that would prevent any rational, kind person from giving power to anyone capable of it. But here we are.

"This man shouldn’t just be kept from having all the world’s money; he probably shouldn’t even be let within 500 feet of a school.

"Elon Musk proved long ago that he’s the wrong man to save the world. It’s even worse now. The world needs saving from him."

even the computer agrees that should not even be a word

I want to go back in time and tell the first soldier getting off a boat from Europe in 1945 that a South African who gave a Nazi salute at a US presidential inauguration just became the world's first trillionaire.

RE: mastodon.social/@fesshole/116742527747888679

All the great shows @hotdogsladies

My favorite UI pattern is: "I've added this button for a feature [nobody wanted] to the interface, but nobody is clicking it. I'll make it...brighter!" 🟠

I always assume this is prefaced by that designer's boss's bonus being tied to engagement with said feature.

"We run a library now, you can stop in to just use the free washroom, or you can spend hours wandering the aisles. You can sleep in the basement."

patreon.com/joeycomeau/posts/softer-world-but-160810376

Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute Index of Aesthetics

cari.institute/aesthetics

'In 2016 “I’ve built a simple AI” suggested that AI was a thing. Could be simple, could be complex, but a thing, ready to be packed. In my opinion, it was the event that marked the beginning of objectification of the Artificial Intelligence concept, its oversimplification, and devaluation.'

pad.profolia.org/s/I_ve_built_a_simple_AI

"...Norwegian data storage company Piql, which prints customer data onto analog film reels for long-term storage in a disused coal mine on the Arctic island of Svalbard. The material processes of cinema have here been repurposed into a post-apocalyptic data container."

librarystack.org/slow-dissolve/

#film