[-] SpunkyBarnes@geddit.social 61 points 1 year ago

Republicans killing a program instituted by one of their own, that saved millions of lives, is a clear indication of the depths the party has sunk to.

[-] SpunkyBarnes@geddit.social 119 points 1 year ago

Guess who’s not getting paid.

[-] SpunkyBarnes@geddit.social 53 points 1 year ago

55” infotainment screen, in a fucking vehicle? That’s what I have in my living room. 🤯

[-] SpunkyBarnes@geddit.social 40 points 1 year ago

About damn time somebody stood up to those fascists and said “No!”, in clear, uncertain, simple terms they’ll understand.

[-] SpunkyBarnes@geddit.social 43 points 1 year ago

Caveat emptor, says the ADA:

There may be challenges involved in controlling the shape, location and number of regrown teeth. Because the research was conducted on animal models, its applicability to humans remains uncertain, as stressed by Dr. Erinne Kennedy from the American Dental Association.”

Waiting for the first reports of unicorn spirals and Paleolithic grade protuberances from the clinical trials.

[-] SpunkyBarnes@geddit.social 65 points 1 year ago

Amazon requires DRM, which Doctorow considers anathema. Since the author won’t allow DRM on his works, Amazon refuses to sell them.

In fact, the author, in order to be found in Audible search results, penned an essay explaining how Audible rips off writers and readers. It's called "Why None of My Audiobooks Are For Sale on Audible".

You can read via the link following:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/07/25/can-you-hear-me-now/#acx-ripoff

[-] SpunkyBarnes@geddit.social 48 points 1 year ago

Just like Trickle Down, “Don’t be evil” has aged well and deserves to be repackaged. /s

[-] SpunkyBarnes@geddit.social 163 points 1 year ago

Those are only the ones that could afford to get there; rafts of those who can’t, are being forced to give birth in a state that won’t support them.

[-] SpunkyBarnes@geddit.social 64 points 1 year ago

Actually, politicians give up public privacy under the fiction of helping children, repeatedly.

I cringe every time “online” and “children” are uttered in the same breath.

[-] SpunkyBarnes@geddit.social 40 points 1 year ago

This is the poster child for enshittification; RIP bluebird, we salute what you were.

[-] SpunkyBarnes@geddit.social 73 points 1 year ago

This highlights issues with A-I generated content crowding out human writers and the need for Google to better regulate such sites to ensure quality.”

Can agree with the first part of that statement, but Google regulating…feels like handing a fox the keys to the hen house.

Regulation of industry should be coming from our legislators, but they’re too busy polarizing their base, abasing themselves to donors and gilding their own cages to care.

Apologies for the rant, but this whole “AI” imbroglio is a textbook case of the cart put before the horse whilst heading downhill.

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