Michael Beckwith - Whitewalker
@tw2113.bsky.social
Previously an 8bit Macho Man. Fitness, books, podcasts, webdev. He/Him. Also @uanmovies aka "Up All Night Movies" from twitter. Links to everything: https://apiratelifefor.me/instalinks/
"Pronouns used to be a funny joke, Hank. Until the government tried to tell me I couldn't use them anymore. So now I'm adamant about making sure trans people are gendered right. Not for their sake. But because I'll be damned if the US government is going to tell me what words I can and can't use."
People who are used to building software to meet an ethical, values-based vision need to stretch themselves by building tools that meet immediate human needs, judged by the person with those needs.
there’s posts like all over tumblr as well that have crossed my feed. “Protecting the kids” is such BS. Children will lose their communities and ability to be expressive in a world that pushes them out of every single space they try to inhabit.
Jess Miers 🦝🦞@jmiers230.bsky.social · 9h agoNot that lawmakers actually give a singular shit about kids or anything, but I've encountered several posts from young people in despair over these age verification bills on r/suicidewatch. But protect the kids, right? www.reddit.com/r/SuicideWat...
there are no trans players in the wnba. the highest estimate is that maybe 0.9% of the us population is transgender. this is just people crushing the most vulnerable humans in america and if you don’t stand up against this you are a fucking piece of shit. what are we doing here.
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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Its embarrassing how many grown ass adults live in these fantasies where people work for some nonsense like the artificial cultures oligarchs manufacture over survival.
Dracula is pretty well-groomed for a dude who can’t see his own reflection in the mirror.
If AI disappeared tomorrow, my workdays would get so much easier. No pressure to use a tool that is simply worse than my brain. Dreamy
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · yesterdayGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
Did you see how Apple, Amazon Walmart and other big companies are refunding the billions of dollars they got back from the federal tariff settlement to their customers, who ultimately bore the cost of higher prices? Yea, me neither.
There's no time like the present to tell your loved ones how you feel about them, write a manifesto about ghost cats, or eat a burrito. Life is full of choices.
“If ChatGPT were a person, it would be facing charges for murder.” Our new investigation uncovers disturbing ChatGPT conversations with the accused Florida State mass shooter, including about brutally violent sex, how to get media attention for killing, and more.
Inside a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT
A year of chats reveals glaring red flags—and disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before a rampage at Florida State University.
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Mental note: make sure to list a higher salary than I was previously making, even if I was comfortable enough at that amount, especially if the listing minimum is above that.
The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.
I was filling out a new patient form and accidentally submitted it with only this in the “Please list current stressors in your life” input Meant to add more but you know what I think this captures it well enough
There are and will always be fans who take things too far, but we need to question who benefits from painting an entire fandom (dominated by women and queer people) that has data-supported proof of their devotion contributing to a better world as "cringe." www.slashfilm.com/2228965/heat...
The Most Rabid Fanbase On The Internet Is Actually Making The World A Better Place - SlashFilm
Not all internet fandoms are bad: Heated Rivalry fans are making the world a better place through grassroots fundraising.
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I’m developing a new search engine it won’t return slop or snitch you out to the fbi it’s called FuckFuckNo
If, like me, you love 1990s Web sites, back when the internet wasn't enshittified by Big Tech yet, have a look at Wiby, a Web 1.0 search engine. Click on "Surprise me…" for random discoveries, often personal Web pages about obscure niche subjects, but sometimes you find a hidden gem… wiby.org
Wiby - Search Engine for the Classic Web
Wiby is a search engine for older style pages, lightweight and based on a subject of interest. Building a web more reminiscent of the early internet.
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I legit can’t understand how anyone could take pride in AI generated code when all you are is a glorified code reviewer using it
To help relieve work stress, don't answer emails on the weekend. Also on weekdays after 5 PM turn off your email. On Mondays, don't log into your email until after noon. Before logging in on Tuesday burn your computer and erase your identity. By Wednesday morning gather supplies and escape into the
One of the most important issues of our time is that the future of humanity is presently being authored by people who have nothing but total contempt for humanity and seek the erasure of everything that gives being a human meaning. It’s not just annoying. It doesn’t just suck. It’s existential.
