proof n. 999999999999....
that #google sucks, #duckduckgo is much better:
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/google-sucks-snow-white-is-woke-in
from my daily almanac (*)
"we know #pensions were underwater before the #covid19 crash. The situation is worse now" (in 2021...)
https://stop.zona-m.net/2021/09/pandemics-pension-funds-and-cheap-money/
(*) https://stop.zona-m.net/2024/09/on-this-day-september-2/
just read online, so, SO true:
"If human intelligence caught up with artificial intelligence, I'd have more clients."
also one more reason to have #UBI, and not because "AI is coming", see https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/ubi-ai-and-reality-always-in-the
@ReneeVoiceBrand @feloneouscat exactly.
@feloneouscat @mfioretti Was anyone on the floor with her? I work in an office space where you can be on the 3rd floor and no one would know you're there because so many offices are now empty due to remote work. It's a tragedy all the way around.
@feloneouscat @ReneeVoiceBrand yes, that's the part that really depresses and infuriates me.
See my previous... hey, what are messages called here on #CoSo??? Not tweets, I assume?
@ReneeVoiceBrand I have no idea, but lots of people have all their relatives in a city different than the one they work in, so it's normal not to hear from each other for 3/4 days. Sad, but very normal.
It's the coworkers, janitor, security people etc... IN the building not noticing it that's inhumane
My new #onthisday almanac service, because #serendipity and memory matter.
A LOT.
interesting things that happened on this day, from 2008 to 2023 (*), from #iraq to #brexit
I'm never gonna answer a job offer from Wells Fargo as long as I'm alive.
which is exactly the point here.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/29/arizona-wells-fargo-worker-death
Bannon is itching to start meddling: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/steve-bannon-asks-trump-appointed-judge-to-get-him-out-of-prison-by-reinstating-bail-or-via-supervised-release-citing-recent-developments-and-significant-events/
it's bad enough his release date is before the election.
13 years ago, #onthisday, I published what may be one of the first comprehensive #opendata reports in Italy, if not internationally. I dare say most of the conclusions are still relevant:
Open Data, Open Society:
https://stop.zona-m.net/2011/09/part-2-of-the-open-data-open-society-report-is-now-available-online/
@lifeinthePNW of course, it can have *significant* side effects. Like getting pregnant:
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/ozempic-babies-unplanned-pregnancies
but this time I was referring mainly to the inequality-enhancing effects, so to speak
My new #onthisday almanac service, because #serendipity and memory matter.
A LOT.
Selected linksto stuff worth reading, from 1995 (1995!!!!!) to 2023:
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)
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
My new #onthisday almanac service, because #serendipity and memory matter A LOT.
That is, LOTS of interesting things today, from 1948 (1948!!!) to 2023:
https://stop.zona-m.net/2024/08/on-this-day-august-31/
(*) Like BoingBoing used to be, just with memory, but without ads and distractions.
@Cosmichomicide yes, please repost that story! That's VERY interesting
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