The generative AI con
Everywhere you look, the media is telling you that OpenAI and their ilk are the future, that they’re building “advanced artificial intelligence” that can take “human-like actions,” but when you look at any of this shit for more than two seconds it’s abundantly clear that it absolutely isn’t and absolutely can’t. Despite the hype, the marketing, the tens of thousands of media articles, the trillions of dollars in market capitalization, none of this feels real, or at least real enough to s … ⌘ Read more
Royal Bank of Canada’s Cloud Evolution
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is a global financial services institution and Canada’s largest bank (based on market capitalization). Technology is vital for RBC to deliver cutting-edge services to our clients and advance our businesses, ultimately… ⌘ Read more
** Not what I was expecting **
A while ago I was talking with someone about books. I mentioned that I like to read capital R romance novels, and like 19th century literary realism.
This person excitedly recommended Victor LaValle’s The Changeling. Knowing nothing about it, and because I pretty much say“yes” to any book recommendation I get from a real live person that I can find at the library, I’ve been reading it.
My dude. What the fuck!? This is just horror. 🥲😨 ⌘ Read more
Mozilla Hosts “Feminist, Decolonial, LGBTQIA+, Climate Justice using Al” Event
After laying off 30% of their staff, Mozilla Foundation flies to a Zambian resort to promote Marxism & anti-Capitalism. ⌘ Read more
Taiwan is famous for bubble tea but is now brewing its way to coffee fame
From premium pour-overs crafted with sought-after Taiwanese beans to affordable lattes brewed late into the night, Taiwan has become a true powerhouse for specialty coffee enthusiasts. ⌘ Read more
Dilli Hai Dilwalon Ki
(Translation: “Delhi is for the warm-hearted”) A Delhi guide by Kunal Kushwaha, Field CTO at Civo The capital city of India, Delhi, has roots that trace back thousands of years. Known as Indraprastha in ancient texts dating as… ⌘ Read more
Tasmania firms as the capital of Pinot Wine in Australia
Tasmania wins the National Pinot Challenge again ⌘ Read more
Think $5.50 is too much for a flat white? Actually it’s too cheap, and our world-famous cafes are paying the price
Our recent survey of Australian capital cities found the average price of a small takeaway flat white at speciality venues is $4.78. But in some international capitals, it’s almost double this, even after adjusting for local purchasing power parity. ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Blockchain Tech Deep Dive | 6 Principles
Blockchain technology is transforming nearly every industry, whether banking, government, fashion or logistics. The benefits of using blockchain are substantial. Businesses can lower transaction costs, free up capital, speed up processes, and enhance security and trust.
We’re mapping out the six key principles for blockchain integration success, so businesses can navigate the challenges and opportunities this disruptive tec … ⌘ Read more
@adi@twtxt.net @prologic@twtxt.net It’s worth bearing in mind that
- Fairphone has taken a considerable amount of VC funding so, sooner or later, that bill will become due: (see: https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/31/fairphone-growth-capital-raise and https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/fairphone)
- Fairphone comes with Google Play apps by default, so it’s also a spyware vector (see: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/110978014080809471)
I used to have a lot of hope for them but these two ingredients mean that enshittification is virtually inevitable.
Also, regular reminder - fuck capitalism and may the wealth horders get what they deserve
How to brew the perfect cup of tea
While Melbourne might be considered the coffee capital of the world, there’s still a lot of debate about how to make the perfect cup of tea. ⌘ Read more
Mango-picking robot snaps up $1 million in venture capital
A robot designed to pick mangoes and hopefully ease worker shortage issues, expected to ”create ripples through the supply chain”, has landed $1 million in venture capital. ⌘ Read more
I overslept today in a series of probably depression related reasons. I really hate #capitalism
12 Reasons Why No One Should Ever Listen to Jordan Peterson Ever Again
Here’s why Jordan Peterson is the f*cking worst.: “his ideology quickly morphed into one that reinforces hatred, discrimination, and the oppression of marginalized groups”
ANGRY WHITE MEN MAR. 30, 2016 A History of Piers Morgan’s Terrible Opinions
Piers Morgan Is Now an Asshole of Record-Breaking Proportions
You’re posting Piers Morgan/Jordan Peterson videos lmao???
Love a juicy mandarin? This season has the goods
Consumers can expect high quality mandarins in supermarkets thanks to a booming citrus season in Australia’s unofficial mandarin capital. ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: Remember:
We’re at 1.25/1.75°C of global warming and rising fast.
Fossil fuel emissions should have peaked in 2022 to avoid 2.5°C, but they didn’t.
Forest degradation is getting worse.
Capitalism has put world-ending 2.25/2.75°C by 2045- 2090 in the pipelines. 🧵**
Remember:
1. We’re at 1.25/1.75°C of global warming and rising fast.
2. Fossil fuel emissions should have peaked in 2022 to avoid 2.5°C, but they didn’t.
3. Forest degradation is getting worse.
4. Capitalis … ⌘ Read more
RT @joinmastodon@joinmastodon
Some people ask us why Mastodon isn’t a single website. A single website that can serve the whole world requires so much computing power, infrastructure, and engineering, that it is practically impossible to do without big capital and monetization.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/joinmastodon/status/1586886721706262530 ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: There’s a lot of competition for the title of “Most On-The-Nose Symbol of Late Stage Capitalism,” but I think there’s a strong case for awarding the crown to #VaccineApartheid - the decision to deny covid vaccines to billions of poor people in the Global South. 1/
There’s a *lot* of competition for the title of “Most On-The-Nose Symbol of Late Stage Capitalism,” but I think there’s a strong case for awarding the crown to [#VaccineApartheid](https://nitter.net/search?q=%23VaccineAparthei … ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: Two related stories this month show capitalism’s incompatibility with human and non-human flourishing. First, a study found all rainwater on earth is unsafe to drink because it’s contaminated with the ‘forever chemicals’ Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl (PFAS). 🧵https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/08/04/rainwater-everywhere-on-earth-unsafe-to-drink-due-to-forever-chemicals-study-finds
Two related stories this month show capitalism’s incompatibility with human and non-human flourishing. First, a st … ⌘ Read more
Seoul ranked world’s second-best city for studying abroad, while Hong Kong climbs 3 spots to 12th place in annual QS report
South Korean capital comes in at second place for the first time in global list ranking 140 cities, while London takes top spot. ⌘ Read more
Defrocked Chilean priest sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing minors
Oscar Munoz, 60, was sentenced by a criminal court in the capital Santiago. Pope Francis expelled Munoz from the church in 2019. ⌘ Read more
Bar at centre of latest Beijing Covid cluster loses its licence as staff face criminal investigation
The authorities in the Chinese capital say the Heaven Supermarket Bar in the Sanlitun nightlife district did not enforce controls properly. ⌘ Read more
China refrains from policy rate cut, defying market expectations once again
Economists have said that benign inflation at home, along with the return of capital inflows last month, warranted an interest-rate cut to support economic growth. ⌘ Read more
/r/sneerclub believes that everybody in the bay is attending ceremonies where peter thiel and moldbug sacrifice black children on the altar of acausal capitalism, of course, they are right.
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Erlang Solutions: Blockchain Tech Deep Dive ¼
INTRODUCTIONBlockchain technology is transforming nearly every industry, whether it be banking, government, fashion or logistics. The benefits of using blockchain are substantial – businesses can lower transaction costs, free up capital, speed up processes, and enhance security and trust. So it’s no surprise that more and more companies and developers are interested in working with the technology and leveraging its potential than ev … ⌘ Read more
Alternative names for ‘anarcho-capitalism’: propertarianism, voluntaryism, voluntarism
How to Use Small Capital Letters for Lowercase and Large Capital Letters for Uppercase (CSS) ⌘ https://www.thesitewizard.com/css/small-caps.shtml
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy UP ⌘
Are the people who think ‘problematic’ means ‘cancelled’ the same ones who think ‘there is no ethical consumption under late capitalism’ means ‘never buy anything’? Glad I don’t know any of them.
Are Video Games and Gamers Trapped inside Capitalism? - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueHiAfeksd0
The Spectacle vs Capitalism (Snowpiercer vs Go West) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opMAQzMEkGg
Capitalism, Cultural Disintegration, and Buzzfeed - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9srhgHzUFd4
#now-reading ‘The Age of Surveillance Capitalism’ by Shoshana Zuboff
Why does software suck? Capitalism. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19483230
Trendism is the logic of financialized speculative capitalism extended to the realm of takes: information about information about information (even if it’s false) exceeds the value of the baseline information.
The People’s Republic of Walmart: how late-stage capitalism gives way to early-stage fully automated luxury communism / Boing Boing https://boingboing.net/2019/03/05/walmart-without-capitalism.html
Public service announcement: markets & capitalism aren’t the same thing. You can have non-capitalist or even anti-capitalist markets (ex., cases where progressive taxes actually make rentseeking infeasible, or markets without private property). You can have capitalism without markets (like inside a corporation).
How capitalism reduced diversity to a brand - Vox https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/2/11/18195868/capitalism-race-diversity-exploitation-nancy-leong
Capitalism’s New Clothes | Evgeny Morozov https://thebaffler.com/latest/capitalisms-new-clothes-morozov
What a brandless brand is selling you | The Outline https://theoutline.com/post/6698/brandless-brands-instagram-ads-capitalism
Capital does not love you or hate you, but you are made of labor-value which it can use for something else.
Thieves of Experience: How Google and Facebook Corrupted Capitalism - Los Angeles Review of Books https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/thieves-of-experience-how-google-and-facebook-corrupted-capitalism/
Trendism follows the logic of capital. The more capital you have, the less risk any investment is & the more you stand to gain from it. Given a diverse portfolio, a large investment will grow while a small one disappears: capital’s gravity at work.
Questioning the Logic of Capital: A Conversation With Richard D. Wolff https://truthout.org/articles/questioning-the-logic-of-capital-a-conversation-with-richard-d-wolff/
Reading capital politically - Harry Cleaver https://libcom.org/library/reading-capital-politically-cleaver
Alien Capital – Vast Abrupt https://vastabrupt.com/2018/07/11/alien-capital/
Welcome to the witch capital of Norway | The Outline https://theoutline.com/post/6613/vardo-norway-halloween-steilneset-memorial