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she/her. DJ, producer, developer, tech writer. black+queer+disabled. 32. my writing & music: i maintain

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@thecollegehill
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if ur here for music, sorry for all the weird AI people and queer stuff if ur here for weird AI stuff, sorry for all the queer stuff and music if ur here for queerness, sorry for the weird music and AI stuff if ur into all three, you're probably really cool and i'm not sorry
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@thecollegehill
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Peter Molyneux deserves a lot more credit he was an early innovator in the field of "lying about what AI can do in order to get money from Microsoft". he was truly ahead of his time
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@thecollegehill
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@eddmystery the idea of listening to jungle in a stadium seems completely absurd to me
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@thecollegehill
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let me get this straight this company's idea is to build a big ass nightclub in the Bay area and have Grimes DJ there then a "Matter Wizard" wearing a VR helmet beams the psychic energy of those ravers to a particle collider in order to produce...LK-99 this isn't crazy at all
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@thecollegehill
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@focusfronting i see my "AGI researchers stop citing white supremacists" challenge is still at the (impossible) level also, i have some doubts about the accuracy of this political compass
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@thecollegehill
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@Leigh_Phillips that's because those policies don't exist lmao AI today doesn't use a magical hypothetical clean power grid, it's using the one we have today and taxing it to the point where it's keeping coal plants running healthcare keeps people alive. the current AI hype wave does not
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@thecollegehill
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reading about Burial in a paper literally nothing about this paragraph is accurate lmao the drums aren't from dub, the vinyl crackle isn't from the early 20th century, the vocal samples aren't from rave tracks, and the author seems to think Burial is a band instead of one dude
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@thecollegehill
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@Variety people are gonna talk about him being a transphobe, but he's also a NIMBY who helped kill an affordable housing project cause it messed with his millions of dollars in investments Variety even reported on it!
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@thecollegehill
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@fag_daughter the "fix their hearts or die" line in S3 obliterates any possible criticism i could have for Denise's character
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@thecollegehill
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5 months
Sophie -Like We Never Said Goodbye is a grime tune it's basically a Ruff Sqwad beat here's proof:
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@thecollegehill
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the "cute accelerationism" NFT people have created custom shoe charms you can buy for your crocs the middle one is a kawaii Sonnenrad
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@thecollegehill
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@modernistwitch @diamonde @atoosamoinzadeh laying off half the staff is madness. is there anyone left on the writing team at all?
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@thecollegehill
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3 months
@Leigh_Phillips 1. data centers can't all move to the north for performance reasons 2. existing data centers we have now are not based there 3. American companies running out of other countries has a lot of legal implications 4. existing AI demand would overwhelm those jurisdictions
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@thecollegehill
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@ahumblecabbage people always say "make yourself at home" and well...
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@thecollegehill
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3 months
@Leigh_Phillips this is a Spngebob Squarepants approach to dealing with climate change "why don't we just take the giant data centers... and move them somewhere else???" bffr lol
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@thecollegehill
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8 months
@PioneerDJglobal ima keep it real with u chief!! this is some of the worst branding i've ever seen absolutely no one wanted this name change it comes off as a shady American tech company and us Americans are not really fond of them nowadays
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@thecollegehill
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6 months
i have done an exhaustive investigation into Nina Protocol here's a quick summary: it's an NFT platform, it hurts the environment, anyone can download your mp3s, and the language used is dishonest i would like to not think about NFTs for a while now plz
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@thecollegehill
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3 months
@Leigh_Phillips 5. any political proposal to do this would have to involve shutting down the existing data centers anyway 6. those energy grids can be used for something that's actually useful, which is not the case for the vast majority of machine learning use cases
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@thecollegehill
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@spacetwinks i think they're following the Uber strategy of "blatantly break the law until you're popular" idk if that's gonna work this time around tho because Disney et al are much more aggressive about enforcing their copyright than cities are about enforcing laws
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@thecollegehill
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3 months
@generalslug he's also shilling an NFT line made by people who have Nazi merch
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@thecollegehill
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1 year
@songtradr @Bandcamp @bandcampunited Wait, is Epic laying these people off or Songtradr? If Songtradr is doing it, then why is the money coming from Epic? And why are we suddenly now hearing about bad financials when Bandcamp has bragged about being a profitable company for over a decade before the acquisition?
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@thecollegehill
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11 months
@JoshuaPHilll i wouldn't be surprised if they made this just to get jkr to retweet it
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@thecollegehill
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2 months
@hausofdecline idk how people keep having these experiences i put t4t in my name and the only cis dudes i get are random "hi"s that are easy to ignore what Grindr gives me is a burning hate for the tech bourgeoisie for union busting and filling it with awful ads
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@thecollegehill
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3 months
@CantEverDie the trans pride aviator hat went hard enough that my gf wanted one before she realized it was Biden merch i guess the trans pride hat has to be 18+ now in light of Biden's recent pivot away from supporting trans kids
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@thecollegehill
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the craziest part is calling Grimes a "world class DJ"
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@thecollegehill
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7 months
@residentadvisor i was gonna say that Detroit should be on there first but then i found out that the US wasn't even a party to the UNESCO convention that established the list America really hates ratifying UN treaties that help people huh
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@thecollegehill
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@DrMichaelAnn i was once one of those “cis dudes”, turns out i'm just a lesbian many such cases
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@thecollegehill
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11 months
@dril dril tweets are always so educational thank your for the insight, Mr wint
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@thecollegehill
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11 months
@jubamusicldn 1. a streaming platform created in 2019 that doesn't pay DJs is not exactly an indispensable cultural institution 2. the only "dogpile culture of cancellations" of note right now is the one canceling people for being anti-genocide 3. i want the music landscape to be pro-Palestine
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@thecollegehill
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@sofiabuffgf i think a big part of the problem is people conflating dysphoria with being trans the people who are taking it from people who need it are the drug companies causing the prog shortage and the government that apparently doesn't really care about fixing it
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@thecollegehill
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@jess_miers i'm sorry, do you think it's a *good* thing that there's a bunch of startups burning untold amounts of energy on throwing shit at the wall?
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@gaynarcan i can't tell if she's getting thrown under the bus or if she's throwing herself under the bus
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@thecollegehill
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@furmerly it's not a case of adding "white" as an adjective, that tweet is a play on the saying "give me the confidence of a mediocre white dude" which is way worse tbh
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@thecollegehill
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@Liv_Agar i have questions about the methodology used. “sex” can mean a lot of things
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@thecollegehill
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@IChotiner "it's consistent with many other polls" "forget the averages" ??????
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@thecollegehill
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@girlziplocked i know this from experience. my school has an entire program where they haze and sleep deprived us kids while also expecting us to be perfect i ended up going to the press this year after finally realizing how fucked up it was
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@thecollegehill
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9 months
@edzitron wait a minute... all of the "against OpenAI use policy" titles have "black" or "brown" in the title i bet the prompt was something like "generate a title+description of a black {product}" and OpenAI was like "can't do that, it's racist"
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@thecollegehill
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4 months
@Convolutedname this is the bio for one of the authors how tf does replacing humans with computers in political polling "help vulnerable communities and all stakeholders in the analysis and development of public policy"?? they're literally replacing the stakeholders!
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@thecollegehill
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4 months
@bjorksunibrow problem is, homosexual programmers and UI designers want to be treated well
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@thecollegehill
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7 months
so @TIME just put out this article about AI "extinction risks" that mentions there's a new Super PAC called "Americans for AI Safety" the "Americans for AI Safety" Super PAC appears to be run by Trump supporters
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@thecollegehill
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@girlcel_ there's lore reasons. it's a commentary on why it's a bad idea to form a polycule with a toxic couple, just like how the final boss of the base game was a commentary on the power of tboy swag the lewd nature of their relationship is bait for maidenless Tarnished just like Fia is
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@thecollegehill
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if art styles are copyrightable then it stands to reason that music production styles copyrightable which would automatically make every single "type beat" producer in the history of hip-hop at risk imagine getting sued for using 808s that sound too much like Lex Luger or Metro
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@thecollegehill
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@awawawhoami incredible how some folks have seemingly forgot this when it was common knowledge a few years ago we really don't need to give Nintendo's lawyers any more power
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@thecollegehill
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@edzitron Apple getting in bed with him for no good reason is a massive red flag to me in terms of the company's management
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@girlcel_ i deeply despise the fact that "AGP" is a real thing that exists in the DSM and /tttt/ posters, but between this and the Official AGP Mart Meetup i'm starting to come around on memeing about it the memes are getting pretty great these days. "another faith banger", etc etc
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@thecollegehill
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11 months
@HeerJeet the US could also simply *not* veto UN resolutions too. funny how that never gets mentioned
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@thecollegehill
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@Imani_Barbarin just like how he brought peace to the Middle East
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@thecollegehill
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@Jesse_Brenneman 100% the entire reason i started the Grime Archive in my bio is because there's absolutely no way in hell to license 20 year old DJ mixes that were broadcasted illegally from pirate radio stations the only options are "skirt copyright" or "abandon art"
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@thecollegehill
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even if this is a joke (and i hope it is) this group really did host this event called "In Defense of the West" which is emanating extremely high levels of hitler particles
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@thecollegehill
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9 months
@__femb0t a droid in Star Wars would get sold to the Jawas at a discount if it did this
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@thecollegehill
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4 months
what frustrates my about this (as someone who just announced a Fisher-themed album) is that people try to continue his combination of philosophy and electronic music without having a good understanding of the music
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@thecollegehill
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@songtradr @Bandcamp @bandcampunited This is from an article from 2020. How does a company manage to go from profitability and constant growth to this "requiring adjustments to ensure a healthy company"? The company was healthy before all this mess started! Did @timsweeneyepic make Bandcamp unprofitable?
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@thecollegehill
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@wideofthepost i love how we were told that the Biden admin would listen to experts and instead his policies are being guided by Joe Scarborough and Mission Impossible
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@thecollegehill
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@bromf3 Dominican dembow is a genre named after a single song
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@fatestaynova ouppy, eepy, yeag, and woag
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@thecollegehill
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@hausofdecline the placement of Farum on the map is important too the Belfries are on the far west of the map and Farum on the far east, so you get a massive "oh shit the game is much bigger than i thought" moment the map zooming element is genius
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@thecollegehill
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@Very__Regular i think flexing Y Combinator affiliation should be viewed as a red flag these days since its CEO wants to "wipe out the far left cabal" in SF and then "take over every nation"
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@thecollegehill
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@timnitGebru this would’ve been back when people were still using the Lenna picture, right? nothing says “apolitical” like dudes insisting on using the same Playboy centerfold for decades
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@thecollegehill
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i'm sure Chechnya could find some dancehall tunes that satisfies both their script tempo requirements and desire for violent homophobia
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@thecollegehill
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@sportsisdirect @eddmystery @meltedforks @solacies idk if this is /s but the acoustics of a sweaty room with a good soundsystem matters a lot and good systems don't scale up. i was just in a Q&A with a soundsystem operator discussing this if dance music is a spiritual experience, raving at a stadium is like going to a megachurch
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@thecollegehill
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@ZeroSuitCamus it's not even "powering the DJ" if there's external speakers someone from Houston needs to make a Cybertruck slab and add some style to that ugly thing
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@thecollegehill
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@Vinternet78 @becca_oneal It wasn't any different in the US back then either. Henry Ford had a whole ass newspaper talking about how awful Jews are and Hitler was a huge fan of it. It's real easy to go from "they control things" to "they're fucking it up for the rest of us" and then it's all downhill
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@thecollegehill
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just put my Charli XCX and Tinashe edits up as free downloads on Bandcamp i wanted them to be part of a larger compilation, but i'm also trying to get music out faster and the original songs are hot now i hope u enjoy~
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@thecollegehill
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@bcmerchant beyond the lawsuits, all these sketchy startups should be really afraid of more legit competitors even if they survive, there's no reason for any serious customer to pay for MidJourney when the ppl suing them (Getty) now have a competing product w none of legal issues
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@thecollegehill
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@heshidicjudaism female lions do the hunting lmao
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@thecollegehill
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@girlcel_ "progesterone makes me really horny": i sleep "estrogen makes me really horny": REAL SHIT a lotta folks are engaging in some real pick me behavior
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@thecollegehill
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@FractalEcho it feels like a root cause of this is the fact that politicians and people in positions of power can say a lot of vague, repetitive, and bewildering nonsense and still come off as "respectable" this manifests in their speech transcripts which in turn are ingested by chatGPT
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@PatsyeStevenson hold up what exactly does "ambassador" mean? who are these operating costs going to? the Selfhood website doesn't even list any leadership and the one job opening is for a volunteer and how does "championing gender" at "The Gender Festival" fight transphobia? 🤔🤔🤔
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@thecollegehill
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i wonder if OpenAI is gonna offer their dirt cheap AI therapy to all the underpaid workers who got traumatized while training OpenAI's new models
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@thecollegehill
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for example, the video for Bicep - Glue came out the year he died and tackles "abandoned spaces once carnivalised by raves" literally but that doesn't end up in the literature b/c the authors citing Fisher since his death mostly don't listen to the music
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@thecollegehill
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@kouhaiDC The legs were supposed to be AI-based which is a cool idea.. except that they didn't actually get it working so they just faked that screenshot lmao
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@thecollegehill
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@gum_mp3 OpenAI literally thinks that pumping enough energy into AI will eventually make a sentient "superintelligence" that will help us solve climate change but they're also scared of the "superintelligence" deciding to kill us all like Skynet "cooked" doesn't even begin to cover it
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@thecollegehill
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@mplsndy they should file a counter DMCA claim since Nintendo is clearly on the wrong side of the law here
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@LeftAtLondon i'd much rather have full on porn scenes in movies than what we get in r rated films now tbh but everyone's too scared of the MPAA to make a movies that's really nasty
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@thecollegehill
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@assignedmedia what the flying fuck is wrong with these people
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@thecollegehill
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4 years
I bet someone could launder just a ton of money through Discogs
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@joewintergreen life imitates art
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@thecollegehill
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just learned that there is a real job in the US military called the "Artificial Intelligence Officer for Algorithmic Warfare" the guy who had this position just left to go work Anduril (Palmer Luckey's drone company) and used to work for Palantir very cool and not cursed at all
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@gaynarcan ah ok i think i misread, the article wasn't exactly clear about which side she's on definitely thrown under the bus then. and now apparently the DHHS is publicly disagreeing with the WH. very cool and organized executive branch we got here
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@thecollegehill
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@Carcrashwhite damn near every dubstep producer is influenced by dub though. Burial's drum programming is very clearly imitating El-B and other modern 2-step and dubstep artists the phrase "dub drums" doesn't even make sense in this context because Burial doesn't use lots of reverb or decay
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@thecollegehill
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@birdbrainmd3 i love energy drinks but i honestly have no clue why caffeine level info isn't regulated & standardized like nutrition info and alcohol levels
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@thecollegehill
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@hausofdecline on the knee is actually a legit tactic, leg bouncing action is very powerful and doesn't require much muscle or mobility. it's great for accessibility
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@thecollegehill
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@PhilosophyTube the dataset is from 2020 and it's open source so there's no way it was sold to anyone Eleuther is also funded by effective altruists and are "existential risk" doomers i think that's the bigger issue here since they disclosed copyright issues
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@thecollegehill
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@random_walker wtf is up with their security that this happened in the first place? idk what "they would adapt if we blocked them" means in the context of what seems to be a security breach since the attackers quickly realized what was happening anyway
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@JayArrGeeCooKee @PRETTYB0Y_BUTCH oh yeah it's 100% this goes hand in hand with being into AI which in turns leads them to IQ and race science
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@timnitGebru i still can't believe this is a thing that happened without it turning into a big deal Lex went on an unprompted rant abut the hidden truths of race science and Altman kinda just sat there the video has 6 million views now!
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@thecollegehill
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@HannahAllam this is the guy that owns Time Magazine too i haven't exactly trusted all their coverage related to AI recently because of his existential risk doomer stuff and now i trust him even less
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@nataliesqrl i'm p sure it's the autism factor
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@mosharv i don't care who his dad is, this is a huge bop the man knows how to saturate a 909
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@thecollegehill
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@diogenes7774 @fasc1nate I just learned that apparently this isn't just because of maternal instincts. It turns out some Cuckoos will come back and fuck up the nest and other chicks in it if they find out their impostor chick was rejected. They call it the "mafia hypothesis"
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@thecollegehill
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@DNjtrenton @VirgoJ24 imma just post this again. pretending like literal riots weren't a huge factor in the civil rights struggle is ahistorical
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@joedinardo @blacklodgedance @WaywardWinifred the 1968 Civil Rights Act was signed into law by LBJ while there was rioting in multiple US cities in response to MLK's assassination sure seems like saying "I dont like this !!!!" loudly enough to cause civil disturbances near Congress helped
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@thecollegehill
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@sensorystories_ getting recognized by name generally makes me viscerally uncomfortable since it draws attention to how much I samefood. i usually take it as a sign to mix things up since i worry about nutritional deficiencies i'd much rather not have to deal with people at all with food tbh
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@thecollegehill
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@SAMOYEDCORE the best part is that the even the [5] FBI document from 1999 is about how Stockholm Syndrome isn't a big of a deal as everyone thinks "the Stockholm Syndrome does not appear as pervasive as negotiators once thought."
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@iamlouislaroche @kyrsive Aphex Twin copypastes his face on like everything lmao
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@thecollegehill
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@Grady_Booch this tweet keeps getting proven correct
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@Pruwere @awawawhoami you don't because it's technologically impossible to prevent book piracy people can bootleg you regardless, copyright just gives you the right to sue them if you have the time and money for a lawyer* (except for the DMCA, but that's it own can of worms)
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wtf do they mean "none of our board members are EAs"??? TASHA MCCAULEY IS ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE CENTRE FOR EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM does VentureBeat even have fact checkers?
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