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'There's More Black People Over There': False Equivalences in Platform Distribution and Gimmicks of Platform Capitalism
Of course there's more Black people on a platform that holds a billion people and has been around for twenty years. Expecting the same experience across different platforms with different profit (and sustainable) incentives is naive, disrespectful and dangerous.
www.jacky.wtf
Black people aren't monolithic nor should one's impression of where they reside on the Internet. Here, I make the case that focusing on numbers is a failure to put quality over quantity and ignores benefits for more curated online Black communities.
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not to defend data centers, but, this is what crowd out looks like:
October 8, 2026 at 2:57 AM
not to defend data centers, but, this is what crowd out looks like:
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This thread by Terence Tao applies to all knowledge work being confronted by LLMs. The culture of knowledge production is being thrashed by the Silicon Valley cult of speed. mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1173952...
Terence Tao (@[email protected])
In traditional mathematics (or "Math 1.0"), a breakthrough proof of a long-standing open conjecture generates a large amount of subsequent activity and excitement in the field. The authors of the pro...
mathstodon.xyz
October 8, 2026 at 11:51 AM
This thread by Terence Tao applies to all knowledge work being confronted by LLMs. The culture of knowledge production is being thrashed by the Silicon Valley cult of speed. mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1173952...
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If AI is conscious then its use is slavery.
October 8, 2026 at 3:27 AM
If AI is conscious then its use is slavery.
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men aren’t calling each other losers enough.
October 8, 2026 at 11:43 AM
men aren’t calling each other losers enough.
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good morning.
October 8, 2026 at 12:10 PM
good morning.
And visa versa frankly (software folks making sweeping claims about things like CRT, mining and what have you). Look at Curtis Yavin, for example
a curious habit i've noticed is that people with significant domain expertise in things outside of software really like to make sweeping statements about the software industry
October 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
And visa versa frankly (software folks making sweeping claims about things like CRT, mining and what have you). Look at Curtis Yavin, for example
Depends on the company and I always warn when I'm about to
Do yall curse in yall Zooms/Teams meetings?
October 8, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Depends on the company and I always warn when I'm about to
Did they try Deepseek tho?
Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think
fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
October 8, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Did they try Deepseek tho?
THIS WAS MY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT (iPhone Ripple effect)
October 8, 2026 at 1:33 AM
THIS WAS MY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT (iPhone Ripple effect)
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My sister got married and I ain't gonna show you that but I will show you ME
September 27, 2026 at 10:37 PM
My sister got married and I ain't gonna show you that but I will show you ME
Zellij is to tmux the way riding an airplane is to riding a horse
switching from tmux to herdr for a bit finally gave me the gusto to try out zellij.
zellij is quite nice
zellij is quite nice
October 8, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Zellij is to tmux the way riding an airplane is to riding a horse
This is evidence that (when I had a dog, she's dead now) I used Amazon solely for that
October 8, 2026 at 1:12 AM
This is evidence that (when I had a dog, she's dead now) I used Amazon solely for that
community moderation be like:
October 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
community moderation be like:
This is the best way to be, lol
Airport drunk >>>>>>>>>>
October 8, 2026 at 1:01 AM
This is the best way to be, lol
I think this is more fun because then they have something to tell their friends about whereas you can keep living life.
October 8, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I think this is more fun because then they have something to tell their friends about whereas you can keep living life.
Now this is funny
October 8, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Now this is funny
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Typos be whooping my ass most days
Jujutsu Beatdown
ALT: Jujutsu Beatdown
static.klipy.com
October 8, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Typos be whooping my ass most days
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YALL NEED TO MIGRATE AS A BIRTHDAY GIFT TO ME! YOU GOT 8 DAYS.
October 7, 2026 at 8:50 PM
YALL NEED TO MIGRATE AS A BIRTHDAY GIFT TO ME! YOU GOT 8 DAYS.
there's a metaphor I want to make here but it involves the word "nigger" and folks won't like that
i think anyone on the "don't anthropomorphize AI" team is fighting a losing battle. people anthropomorphize everything. just kinda the way language works. it's all metaphor.
October 8, 2026 at 12:09 AM
there's a metaphor I want to make here but it involves the word "nigger" and folks won't like that
omfg lmfaoo this could be an ad by the onion
October 8, 2026 at 12:02 AM
omfg lmfaoo this could be an ad by the onion
This is my Framework 13. It's elite
I much prefer the 3:2 aspect ratio over 16:10 or 16:9 for laptops.
If you haven't tried one you should.
If you haven't tried one you should.
October 7, 2026 at 11:53 PM
This is my Framework 13. It's elite
First time I've gotten this on a job application (had to turn off uBlock Origin):
October 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
First time I've gotten this on a job application (had to turn off uBlock Origin):
*rubs his two pennies together as more conferences are back to in-person with less virtual options and few [if any] sponsorships*
In the era of AI, our network is what makes us valuable, and the work more enjoyable.
(The work is mysterious and important).
Go to more conferences.
(The work is mysterious and important).
Go to more conferences.
October 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
*rubs his two pennies together as more conferences are back to in-person with less virtual options and few [if any] sponsorships*
Okay, tbh, the backtick inclusion is pretty cool. I wonder if it's something more with context than detecting voice but I'd love to talk to type things more often (I'm pretty verbose)
OH MY GOD IT WORKS
I TAUGHT QWEN3-ASR (more) PROSODY
LAUGHTER AND EMOTIONS ARE NEXT
I TAUGHT QWEN3-ASR (more) PROSODY
LAUGHTER AND EMOTIONS ARE NEXT
October 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Okay, tbh, the backtick inclusion is pretty cool. I wonder if it's something more with context than detecting voice but I'd love to talk to type things more often (I'm pretty verbose)
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Yea it's over the last year, and it's 1/4 of the sampling size over 5 counties with a population in the several millions (not that it makes it better)
www.wabe.org/metro-atlant...
www.wabe.org/metro-atlant...
Metro Atlanta leads US in highest eviction rates with over 142,000 filings
Metro Atlanta is leading the nation for the highest eviction rates in the United States, with over 142,000 filings as of June 2026, according to new data by The Eviction Lab, a Princeton University-ba...
www.wabe.org
October 7, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Yea it's over the last year, and it's 1/4 of the sampling size over 5 counties with a population in the several millions (not that it makes it better)
www.wabe.org/metro-atlant...
www.wabe.org/metro-atlant...