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Gabriel
@gabriel@mstdn.starnix.network
I'm fascinated and inspired by the free and open web and have really enjoyed my time on the Fediverse. I'm passionate about #decentralization and censorship resistance, and like to put what I learn to practice.
Over the last few years, my gears have shifted to an intense (natural) #WeightLoss mission. I'm down almost 290lbs down from 570. Being so large was very difficult and I've learned a lot getting to this point.
Trying to become a decent programmer.
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@ZySoua
Reminds me of this classic
Fedi lore I'd like to understand: what does the wrench 🔧 react mean? I've always interpreted it to say "needs fixing" but also assumed I'm missing something...
The man knows what he wants 🧆
Caring about intangibles in society makes you a commie or a fascist depending on how it impacts various rackets.
@cjd
My opinion is that MMOs are one of the more efficient anti-crime prevention tools because they're explicitly addictive to lonely people with highly disregulated emotional states that correlate with anti-social behaviour.
If I was a glowie running a de-radicalization program I would setup a "gaming to careers" pipeline.
@lain @ElDeadKennedy
@ElDeadKennedy
Bros is it gay to watch a man slay monsters?
@lain @cjd
I had no idea RS masses were a thing
The government of Canada wants you to #ThinkBeforeYouShare
Now I understand why it's so revolutionary....
I have a new favorite emoji:
It's so flexible!
- I don't know what I'm doing
- blobfish
- stating the obvious
People noticed they just don't give a damn.
Obligatory addendum: "single payer healthcare" doesn't fix this at all. There are innumerable ways medical information can be weaponized against people by institutions. Not only that, but advancements in how people can be "modified" to better suit deteriorating working conditions are only going to add the things that will be forced onto people.
Medical ethics and privacy generally (but especially medical privacy) have to be solid red lines if you want any hope at preventing all out biodystopia.
@feld
I would not at all be shocked to see lobbying for getting "anonymized" medical info into the whole data broker industrial complex.
So much so I would be astounded if this didn't already happen in some way or another...
@subnetter
@feld I'm assuming they didn't have direct access but rather detected correlations (something AI is notably good for).
From an article:
The lawsuit filed late Monday in federal court in Oakland, Calif., claims the company used internal AI systems, keystroke and activity-monitoring data, AI token-usage dashboards and algorithmically assisted performance rankings, among other methods, to determine who would be laid off.
Meta, according to the lawsuit, did not account for protected leave when taking employees' scores into account and "did not pause the system for the individualized, leave- and accommodation-neutral review that the law requires."
As a result, people on protected medical or family leave were disproportionately selected for layoffs, the lawsuit says. Each of the 26 anonymous employees in the lawsuit took protected leave, or requested or received a reasonable accommodation for disability.
But my original point is people have no idea how much worse this can get.
Remember in 2021 where people decided it was perfectly fine to fire people over not divulging medical information, or not taking a procedure? Yeah, predictably it turns out that can be a huge problem.
He was an anti-5G guy, taking down towers.
She was a deflock dame, shining light into the machine's eyes.
A love story.
A miracle for sure
I wonder if the real reason they want to kill online anonymity is actually just because a lot of absurdly rich people are just lolcows.
https://xcancel.com/bryan_johnson/status/2076365226354909522