"Hannah Arendt considers humankind in terms of its ever-expanding capabilities. Her analysis reveals a troubling paradox: that as human powers increase through technological and humanistic inquiry, we are less equipped to control the consequences of our actions."
Boom.
https://kobo.com/en-SE/ebook/the-human-condition-27
"Hannah Arendt considers humankind in terms of its ever-expanding capabilities. Her analysis reveals a troubling paradox: that as human powers increase through technological and humanistic inquiry, we are less equipped to control the consequences of our actions."
Boom.
kobo.com/en-SE/ebook/...
I’m being targeted in the ongoing fediverse spam attack. It’s hugely annoying and time-consuming. Going to bed now and expecting to wake up to many hundreds of mentions… ☹️
If my server breaks there’s always my newsletter. 😅
“Doomerism wasn’t new, but Hinton—who won the Turing Award, the top prize in computing science, in 2018—brought new credibility to a position that many of his peers once considered kooky.”
In this sentence I take issue with the words ‘once considered’, suggesting past-tense. My position is that the present tense, ‘consider’, is still more applicable.
The word ‘kooky’ appears very fitting in this context though.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/10/08/1105221/geoffrey-hinton-just-won-the-nobel-prize-in-physics-for-his-work-on-machine-learning/
Word for Windows may delete some documents instead of saving them, Microsoft confirms.
Impacts Word for Microsoft 365 version 2409, build 18025.20104.
It arises when users close Word after editing and are prompted to save. Saving may delete(!)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-word-for-microsoft-365-deletes-some-documents-instead-of-saving-them/
Word for Windows may delete some documents instead of saving them, Microsoft confirms.
Impacts Word for Microsoft 365 version 2409, build 18025.20104.
It arises when users close Word after editing and are prompted to save. Saving may delete(!)
www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microso...
Microsoft: Word deletes some documents instead of saving them
@eobet Valid. 😊
I’ve been experimenting with Bluesky and I’m uncharacteristically tickled by how well they seem to be managing moderation, how easy it is to maintain a chronological timeline of only people I follow, and the ability to verify my own domain name for username purposes.
Worth noting is that Jack Dorsey has deleted his Bluesky account and is no longer on the board. On the board is, however, Jabber / XMPP inventor Jeremie Miller.
https://bsky.app/profile/axbom.com
I obviously won’t be leaving the Fediverse, if that even crossed anyone’s mind, but there are a few people I’d like to see more from – which Bluesky may enable for me.
The idea of having to REGISTER to vote is very foreign to people in Sweden.
In Sweden and many other countries you are automatically registered to vote when you turn 18 (or of legal voting age) and never have to think twice about it.
And yes, people in prison can vote as well.
I don't know how widespread this knowledge is in countries where you have to register.
Automatic eligibility to vote of course only works in countries that enforce mandatory residency registration.
Ordvalet “semikriminell miljö” och ett fullständigt ovidkommande resonemang kring att ha kompisar när man kör motorcykel.
Och: “Enligt egen utsago har han inget med kriminalitet att göra, vilket jag förstås tycker är ett välkommet och relevant besked.”
Hur är det relevant? Det är fascinerande formuleringar.
Vill man förstå mer av vilka Comanches är så är det bra att veta att de tidigare hette Satudarah och bytte namn till Comanches förra året.
https://nyheder.tv2.dk/krimi/2023-05-14-rockerklub-oploeser-sig-selv-paa-grund-af-uenigheder-men-noget-andet-kan-vaere-paa-spil-siger-forfatter
Just had the weirdest physical reaction to this photo. Chills through my whole body. No joke.
Damn it's a good photo.
@sardonicus.eu: Sigourney Weaver by Helmut Newton, 1983.
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I recommend reading the accounts of people who were scammed out of large amounts of money. It gives you an idea of how these things go down and how someone close to you may be drawn in, even if not on Truth Social.
https://gizmodo.com/truth-social-users-are-losing-ridiculous-sums-of-money-to-scams-2000506604
What efforts are ongoing to save the Internet Archive? I admit I've not at all been on top of developments in the lawsuits against them…
https://artreview.com/the-internet-archive-lawsuit-marks-an-ending-opinion-michelle-santiago-cortes/
@LeoR1010 Wow, det var länge sedan jag blev så sugen på att köpa högtalare!
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Ofta är det bra att sätta ord på sin rädsla, så kanske viktigt att ställa följdfrågor, tänker jag.
Om det känns rätt kan det ju bli en lärorik diskussion kring hur man upfattar information från tidningar och hur våldsbrott kan minska
samtidigt som det känns värre:
www.forskning.se/2022/04/19/s...
Skjutningar ökar – men det gör inte våldsbrotten - forskning.se
@giedrenord.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy Men helvete vad ledsamt att höra 😢
@gMoon Thanks for sharing Gregory, hadn't seen the lawsuit.
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Good to know I have someone to reach out to if I get some tough questions! 😁