My new #onthisday almanac service, because #serendipity and memory matter.

A LOT.

Selected linksto stuff worth reading, from 1995 (1995!!!!!) to 2023:

https://stop.zona-m.net/2024/09/on-this-day-september-1/

Translation: the rich won't just look better, they'll live longer too

(yes, it's already so, but further progress in THAT direction only isn't something to really rejoy about)

#ozempic

This "let's put data centers in Space" thing made sense...

until it said "let's cool them with water taken (cheaply, for sure) MAAANY million miles away":

https://phys.org/news/2024-06-centers-space.html

Bah

#useless work, always masked as "productivity":

https://stop.zona-m.net/2019/03/the-rest-is-organizational-overhead/

Economists saying tax on REALLY rich ppl would be

"more likely accepted if proceeds went to solve #climatechange than global ­#inequality."

don't say it's 2 sides of same coin

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/28/brazil-radical-plan-tax-global-super-rich-tackle-climate-crisis

#onthisday in 2015, I noticed 3 Wikipedia editions telling 3 different inventions of CGI (the metal)

NINE years later, it's the same, but in FOUR editions.

German & French #wikipedia mention an English and a German, the English one only the English guy, and the Italian one only the German one

My new #onthisday almanac service, because #serendipity and memory matter.

A LOT.

Selected links on interesting things in this day, from 2010 to 2023 (*):

https://stop.zona-m.net/2024/08/on-this-day-august-30/

(*) Like BoingBoing used to be, just with memory, but without ads and distractions.

My new #onthisday almanac service, because #serendipity and memory matter.

A LOT.

Selected links on interesting things in this day, from 2011to 2023 (*):

https://stop.zona-m.net/2024/08/on-this-day-august-29/

(*) Like BoingBoing used to be, just with memory, but without ads and distractions.

My new #onthisday almanac service, because #serendipity and memory matter.

A LOT.

Selected links on interesting things, today from 2010 to 2023 (*):

https://stop.zona-m.net/2024/08/on-this-day-august-28/

(*) Like BoingBoing used to be, just with memory, but without ads and distractions.

#Google's obsession for "newness",

the real problem behind #Disney 's "wokeness",

streaming that should be like movie teathers,

and what these three things have in common:

https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/google-sucks-snow-white-is-woke-in

My 1st MILLION words about #digitalRights, #ethics, #automation & much more is still online: https://stop.zona-m.net

To see the second as it happens, subscribe here: https://mfioretti.substack.com

Public Service Announcement;

this digital popularization service is STILL ACTIVE. It was just forced (*) to pass through Substack first: https://buff.ly/3kUUu59

TIA for subscribing, sharing it, suggesting topics, & any directly support you can give

(*) see https://buff.ly/3SHhe5L

For REALLY DUMB objections to #UBI, see these screenshots.

I am still waiting for explanations, possibly ones that make sense

If #universalBasicIncome is impossible or intrinsically wrong, it's surely not for "reasons" like these:

This is GREAT.

People who buy this kind of stuff DESERVE to be bricked. They asked for it.

If from #Amazon, they asked twice:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/amazon-is-bricking-primary-feature-on-160-echo-device-after-1-year/

The last 2 bullets of this list make a LOT of sense. The first is a TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE mistake, with #music or any other kind of digital document. See why here

https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/ever-wondered-why-we-are-in-a-digital

screenshot from https://mikerourke.dev/blog/cleaning-my-digital-slate/

Turns out at least ONE report said the right thing out loud:

Americans could decrease their needs of strategic raw materials up to 90% by simply stopping to be the Americans they are today.

PS: same for every other 1st world country, of course

PPS: not that there alternatives, see https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/no-petroleum-and-minerals-no-problem

Those in the screenshot are exactly what should be the "Type E" buildings I argue should be taken down asap to have good cities in 2070

My plan: https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/the-city-reboot-for-2070-that-we-122

Quote source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/florida-hit-by-worst-real-estate-crisis-in-decades/ar-AA1oXlcH

Speaking of #AI #ArtificialIntelligence vs human intelligence or ignorance...

I find the fact that the journalist felt the need to include the answers to the puzzles that defeat chatbots a bit depressing.

Do you?

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/06/ai-llms

Hi, I'm your #AI assistant.

I can help you to write about any topic

ME: sure, summarize this:

NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO

you are all getting #UBI and #ArtificialIntelligence / #AI ...

BACKWARDS. Almost literally.

I mean it: https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/ubi-ai-and-reality-always-in-the