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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social [ View ] May 21, 2024 at 16:12 UTC

remind me, when companies create an actual revolutionary technology that is going to change the world, do they usually have to beg users to adopt it, give it away for free for years, and at last resort force it on people with no way to disable it? Is that usually how revolutionary tech works?

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] May 23, 2024 at 21:44 UTC

This person is a joke. The primary selling point Dems have pushed for at least my entire lifetime is their willingness/ability/need to compromise with Repubs. Biden still brags about working with insane bigots like Thurmond. Trump may be a "threat," but they're eager to work with his enablers.

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] May 21, 2024 at 16:09 UTC

Stay mad 😎

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] May 21, 2024 at 16:09 UTC

I'm crushed.

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] May 21, 2024 at 15:20 UTC

If you think the extent of potential harm from wildly unregulated "AI" copying the likeness of individuals without permission is that a person may have to see an image they don't like, you're an extreme dumbass.

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] May 21, 2024 at 15:01 UTC

Also, I imagine it's important at this stage in AI-bullshittery for high-profile people to use their power push back against this kind of shit to try to set precedents b/c when this happens to Mary-Jane-Down-the-Road, she's not going to have the resources to do anything about it.

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] May 21, 2024 at 14:58 UTC

I'm not sure you have to have sympathy for her to think that using someone's likeness against their will for financial gain is shitty.

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] May 20, 2024 at 20:05 UTC

Libs need to realize their candidates/policies don't just alienate progressives. There is an entire half of the country that remains unimpressed and uninterested in their agenda. But libs would rather write off 80+ million potential voters rather than considering meaningful change.

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] May 20, 2024 at 19:39 UTC

Missing from all the vote-scold discourse is the fact that consistently half the eligible voting population doesn't engage in presidential elections, and this isn't a recent trend. Who knows what could happen if you gave people the option to vote for policies they care about and effect them.

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] May 11, 2024 at 16:10 UTC

DD ⬅️ ᗡᗡ

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] May 10, 2024 at 15:24 UTC

Some people want u to think of "food waste" in terms of ur personal consumption ("u should feel bad that u let some veggies go bad in ur fridge"), when the waste produced by individual consumers is a negligible fraction of what industry trashes because it isn't profitable enough to sell.

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] May 09, 2024 at 13:36 UTC

Don't have time to spend with your loved ones because you're always scrambling to stay alive? Can't afford health care to keep loved ones around longer? No problem! AI Dead Mom™ can fill that void!

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] May 08, 2024 at 13:19 UTC

Futurama did it
futurama.fandom.com/wiki/Guenter

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] May 07, 2024 at 23:19 UTC

The Scottish highlands are part of the same ancient mountain range as the Appalachian Mountains, an area that many Scottish emigrated to in the 1700s and 1900s.

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 30, 2024 at 14:35 UTC

Look, guys. This is the first time Trump has had any dealings with "court" and "contempt." It's only fair we give him a few more chances before suggesting that maybe we might consider possibly applying real consequences. He's just a wittle guy 🥺

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 29, 2024 at 20:51 UTC

That'll show 'em.

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 26, 2024 at 16:22 UTC

I see the police response to UT protests being compared to the response to Uvalde. One major difference, however, is that in Uvalde both "sides" were armed. Not saying that would necessarily improve the current situation, but we know cops tend to act differently in the face of an actual threat.

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 25, 2024 at 18:17 UTC

You're mad that a company is producing more affordable versions of vintage synth models (whose original manufacturer hasn't existed for over 40 years)? Personally, I think previously scarce and sought-after synths becoming available to a mass market is a good thing.

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All Together Now @alltogethernow.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 23, 2024 at 19:44 UTC

My understanding is that the term "antisemitic" only came about in the mid 1800s because the "scientific racists" of the day wanted to "soften" their image by moving away from the traditional, more straightforward terminology of 'jew hater."

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