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  • PixelFed has increased the Fediverse's monthly active users by over 40% in the last few weeks, how do we feel?

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  • More users isn't necessarily good.

    Every time there's an influx from whatever shit storm we retain about 20%.

  • Google's AI is using past tense to describe a sporting event that takes place in 3 days. And it knows who won too.

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  • Searxng all day baby.

  • 'Doomsday Clock' moves closer to midnight amid threats of climate change, nuclear war, pandemics, AI

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  • My situation is somewhat different because I'm in Australia. Presently we have a center left government, but they're quite impotent like Biden, and as a society we're sliding to the right like everywhere else.

    That said, I'm particularly concerned about the rise of fascist groups. I'm seems their recruits are usually disenfranchised young men. I have no illusion about my ability (or lack thereof) to "reach" members of that segment, but I can certainly support the organisations that can, with both time and money.

  • Trump suggests Palestinians leave Gaza and ‘we just clean out’ territory

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  • Ah yes. Silly me. I'm sure Palestinians are looking forward to living happily ever after under trumps protection. This whole "ethnic cleansing" thing is just the news media I'm sure.

  • 'This is ethnic cleansing': Trump faces backlash over Gaza proposal

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  • I've done something extremely general.

  • Isn't EU's "VAT" a regressive tax? Why do they have that, instead of something like, taxing the rich?

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  • It's regressive in the sense that poor people spend more of their money on goods and services that include VAT.

    It's also "broad based" in that wealthy people spend more money (in total) on things, and the vendors of those things collect the tax.

    For example, if a company in Australia sells a $11m private jet to some asshole, that asshole just paid $1m in taxes.

    Said asshole may well pay no income tax by virtue of their ability to disappear taxable income through complex business structures.

  • 'Doomsday Clock' moves closer to midnight amid threats of climate change, nuclear war, pandemics, AI

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  • I feel you.

    There's all these problems and everyone just seems determined to make them worse rather than working on solutions. It's bonkers.

  • 'Doomsday Clock' moves closer to midnight amid threats of climate change, nuclear war, pandemics, AI

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  • Sometimes "trying" is counter productive.

  • Bill Gates calls Elon Musk’s embrace of far-right politicians abroad ‘insane shit’

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  • Sorry mate this dumb factoid doesn't withstand even a moment's scrutiny.

    If you donate $10 you might save $3 in tax but you lost all $10.

    The Gates Foundation might use a few cents from that $10 for fancy dinners for Gates and his wife or whatever but there are auditors to ensure that the money is used for the people they purport to help. Their records are public and I can assure you that if there were any wrong doing whatsoever the internet would be afire with every detail.

  • The AI revolution is coming

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  • You know, I used to worry about China taking over the world, but honestly they look like a much better choice for a super power than the US is now.

    I for one welcome our new communist overlords.

  • Sam Altman said startups with only $10 million were 'totally hopeless' competing with OpenAI, DeepSeek's disruption says otherwise

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  • I think I saw a post about exactly this.

  • Sam Altman said startups with only $10 million were 'totally hopeless' competing with OpenAI, DeepSeek's disruption says otherwise

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  • I think with a lot of technologies the first 95% is easy but the last 5% becomes exponentially harder.

    With LLMs though I think the problem is conflating them with other forms of intelligence.

    They're amazingly good at forming sentences, but they're unable to do real actual work.

  • (They're not allowed to legally anymore)

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  • From what I read it doesn't cover h5n1 but being vaccinated against the other flu variants obviously prevents you getting both h5n1 and some other preventable illness at the same time.

    You're dead right though, getting a flu shot is a good way to be prepared.

    General preparedness for h5n1 has been in the back of my mind for a while but your comment has motivated me to tick a few things off the list.

    I'll order up some masks, sanitiser, and TP.

    I had a flu shot a few months ago, but probably due for a covid top up.

  • DeepSeek tech wipeout erases more than $1 trillion in market cap as AI panic grips Wall Street

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  • The universal truth with anything to do with money is that the have nots do the heavy lifting.

    Rain, hail, or shine, it's the working class that bear the brunt.

  • (They're not allowed to legally anymore)

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  • You probably already know this but for clarity it sounds like the flu shot won't protect you from h5n1

  • (They're not allowed to legally anymore)

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  • Voters usually have a pretty good idea of whats happening but it's part of a general malaise of misinformation.

  • This is not a good look for brave.

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  • That's daft.

    Develop wherever you like the dev tools, test everywhere.

  • This is not a good look for brave.

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  • I dabble in web development.

    I use ungoogled chromium for that. LibreWolf for most other things.

  • Brazil condemns US after deportees arrive handcuffed

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  • It sucks because it's performative.

    "Look at me being mean to these poor people".