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To put this in perspective, here are some things Elon Musk could do and STILL be a billionaire:
- Pay the salaries of every elementary school teacher in the U.S.
- Fight hunger by fully funding SNAP
- House every person living in homeless shelters
Tax the damn rich.
Trying to track down a famous satirical quote (maybe attributed to Stalin?!), along the lines of, "If the people choose the wrong leader, the leader must elect a new people"
Not quite that (obvs) but close.
Anyone know what I'm thinking of?
ETA: it's "Would it not be simpler, if the government simply dissolved the people and elected another?" (Brecht)
Thanks, 
@timo21Timo!
2025年が終わる前にHolloの新バージョンをリリースしないと…‼️
Ground to Air Message:
HEY WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE UP THERE
The US TikTok sale has been signed. The company will be controlled by a joint venture including Oracle, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, Abu Dhabi-based MGX. Adding a UAE company really makes it clear that this was never about national security concerns.
Are there *any* ethical uses for LLMs?
This is an incredible thread. I could not imagine a better analogy than Bluesky-v-Twitter to illustrate why the "AI is inevitable" line of argument fails.
Bluesky is the new Twitter, not an alternative to Twitter. It's *already* turning into exactly the kind of no-queers-allowed hellhole that Musk *explicitly* turned Twitter into. That analogy doesn't support Anil's argument, it completely *refutes* it.
Dream job alert: Managing Director, Trust & Safety Foundation
광고인데 웃김 ㅋㅋ 인간츄르
omasanori強く周知情報です。
「毎年恒例の〈書物復権〉共同復刊、2026 年は第30 回を数えます。復刊の候補にあがったのは118 点119 冊と、充実したリストをそろえることができした。参加各社がそれぞれの出版の歴史のなかで、この後も読者に届けたいと考えている各分野の基本書です。ぜひ、ご覧のうえリクエストいただき、1 点でも多くの復刊の実現にご協力ください。応募期間は2026 年2 月28 日まで、ぜひ皆さまから多数のリクエストをいただけますようお願いします。また今回も、通常では復刊が難しい少数の要望にも応えるべく、個別の注文に対応するオン・デマンド版での復刊も実施いたします。」
【書物復権2026】10社共同復刊 第30回 ― リクエストで名著がよみがえる！応募締切：2026年2月28日 | 紀伊國屋書店 - 本の「今」に会いに行こう
https://store.kinokuniya.co.jp/event/fukken2026/
生成AIはたしかに凄いのだが結局計算にかかる膨大な物理コストに対して本当に見合った成果が出ているのか？と言われるとどうなんすかね、と思っている 目眩ましになるデカい成果やスケールメリットが出続けないとどこかで「（うちはAI入れても大した成果は出なかったし）人間雇ったほうが安いし環境にも良いですよね」ってなり、本当に恩恵を受ける人々だけが高い金を払って使う市場になるのではないかと
Equivalências fediversais
As mais populares são essas de escrever pouquinho:
- Twitter → Mastodon
- Twitter → GoToSocial
- Twitter → Sharkey
- Twitter → Snac
- Twitter → Hollo
- Twitter → Akkoma
Sim, não faltam alternativas para microblogging. Mas tem mais coisas:
- Instagram → Pixelfed
- Facebook → Friendica
- Reddit → Lemmy
- Reddit → kBin
- YouTube → PeerTube
- WordPress → WordPress com plugin ActivityPub
- Blogger → WriteFreely
Sem anúncios, rastreadores, algoritmos nem bilionários perversos por trás. Só pessoas voluntariamente hospedando esses serviços para a comunidade.
미레라도가 한 순간에 사라질뻔한 사연
Ground to Air Message:
HEY WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE UP THERE
👋 🇨🇦 👋 🇨🇦
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"The Constitution Act, 1867 provides the federal government, through section 90, with the authority to disallow certain provincial legislation in order to protect constitutional principles and minority rights; and
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主流のプログラミング言語のREPLにはあまり継承されていない、Common LispやSmalltalkの特徴について。
（2022-08）REPL駆動プログラミングについて
https://zenn.dev/nfunato/articles/jp-on-repl-programming
「ほとんどのプログラミングは 「大工仕事のようなプログラミング」 とでも呼ぶべきアプローチで行われます。（……）プログラミングには別のアプローチがあります。それは 「教育のようなプログラミング」 とでも呼ぶべきものです。」
（2022-08）教育のようなプログラミング
https://zenn.dev/nfunato/articles/jp-programming-as-teaching
US government to TikTok: “Nice business you have there. We will take 80% of it and share it with our pals.”
脚毛 どう剃るの 帝国華撃団
胸毛 どう剃るの 帝国華撃団
Fediverse friends and acquaintances:
when self-hosting a service, what do you prefer?
I need your help to improve the developer experience (DevX) of #badgefed. #fediverse #askfedi #mastodon #activitypub
It's that time again! Lane 8's Winter Mix dropped chock full of delightful IDs!
(Sorry I'd normally post a platform-agnostic link, but these are, as far as I can tell, Apple Music exclusive.)
https://music.apple.com/us/album/lane-8-winter-2025-mixtape-dj-mix/1859055377
와중에 트위터 임시저장에서 찾음
Propaganda against Venezuela is similar to the tactics used to justify the Vietnam & Iraq wars. Fear is the main tool used to convince the public that it is essential to take military action. PR campaigns work when media accepts government claims as truth.
https://theconversation.com/deception-and-lies-from-the-white-house-to-justify-a-war-in-venezuela-weve-seen-this-movie-before-in-run-ups-to-wars-in-vietnam-and-iraq-272044
Deception and lies from the White House to justify a war in Venezuela? We’ve seen this movie before in run-ups to wars in Vietnam and Iraq
Two US wars based on lies, in which tens of thousands of American troops and millions of civilians died, offer a cautionary tale about the rush to war.
theconversation.com · The Conversation
Link author: 
The Conversation U.S.@TheConversationUS@newsie.social
誰が言ったのかよくわからなくなってる？
官房長官“非核三原則を堅持” 官邸幹部“核保有”発言に対し | NHKニュース | 核兵器関連、核・ミサイル、安全保障 https://news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/na-k10015008061000
I love how the cybersecurity community consensus on this story is generally that the company deserved getting compromised for being so abusive and intrusive to their workers. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/north-korean-infiltrator-caught-working-in-amazon-it-department-thanks-to-lag-110ms-keystroke-input-raises-red-flags-over-true-location
Monitoring keystroke latency is an ADA complaint waiting to happen.
Help me, please! This is my Reddit thread. This is a crisis.
If you cannot provide me tech support, then please share this post for signal boosting.
Thank you.
ティンパニーバード
A quick reminder of a few things Mozilla/Firefox have done in the last *checks notes* ~year that I hope highlights that this is not a case of bad messaging but a consistent pattern of hostility:
- "Mozilla is going to be more active in digital advertising."
- "privacy preserving" Advertising telemetry enabled by default
- New T&C demanding a worldwide license (rolled back) & weakened privacy policy to support the above expansion (active)
- ""[Firefox] will evolve into a modern AI browser"
@sarahjamielewis Not to mention the existing raft of AI features that are already added and can only be turned off with undocumented config settings:
- chatbot sidebar
- ai generated link previews
- ai generated image descriptions
- perplexity search provider
일본은행, 만장일치로 기준금리 25bp 인상… 30년 만에 최고 0.75%(상보)
업데이트 2025.12.19 오후 01:02
인상 이후 엔화 0.4% 약세…오후 3시30분 총재 기자회견 주목
www.news1.kr/world/intern...
일본은행, 만장일치로 기준금리 25bp 인상… 30년 ...
The leaders of an organization keep making announcements like "we are building the torment nexus", "we are a torment nexus company"
How much do you really weight a follow up PR statement on a smaller dev channel along the lines of: "we promise to give you a kill switch for the torment nexus that will probably be opt-in for some definition of opt-in....we can reasonably agree that opt-in is a vague term right?"
But keep following them down that road I guess...
Opt-in means that the person needs to perform an explicit action in order to do something. Ideally it means that they do that action of their own accord, without being harassed. They do that because the software/features/whatever is exciting and/or solves a real problem they have.
Something so good you don't have to trick them into turning it on.
You know, like that time 20+ years ago when people actively sought out and downloaded Firefox because it was simply the better option.
昼休みでCDIを変えてきた ケッチンもまぁ弱めで安心感はあるな
If you find the fediverse useful, don’t forget to support your instance (assuming they accept support). While the software is free, running instances is far from it. I am glad to be part of the community and want to see it continue on as a viable alternative. Thank you all for being here and I hope you have a good holiday season.
脚毛 どう剃るの 帝国華撃団
胸毛 どう剃るの 帝国華撃団
厚顔無恥の極みだねえ……
米首都の総合文化施設、「トランプ・ケネディ・センター」に改称 ケネディ家は反発 - CNN.co.jp https://www.cnn.co.jp/usa/35241888.html
"Noyb claims that TikTok harvests personal data not only from its own app but through other apps – including […] Grindr: an app that collects sensitive information about its users’ sexual orientation, dating life and other personal habits."
https://www.euractiv.com/news/tiktok-and-grindr-face-privacy-complaint-for-sharing-sex-life-data/
도미노피자 운영사 청오, 써브웨이 한국 사업 맡는다
운영 경험 바탕으로 국내 사업 총괄키로
입력 :2025/12/15 18:11
청오DPK 계열사 청오SW가 글로벌 샌드위치 브랜드 써브웨이의 한국 마스터 프랜차이즈 사업자로 선정됐다고 15일 밝혔다.
zdnet.co.kr/view/?no=202...
도미노피자 운영사 청오, 써브웨이 한국 사업 맡는다
Breaking: New bipartisan bill would make 2026 the year online protest organizing dies.
Dems and R’s alike have just indicated they plan to end the first amendment of the Internet next year. Our statement: https://fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-12-18-statement-2026-year-online-protest-dies/
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Can't fall for phishing tests if you don't read your email
今日は
이재명 캠프/민주당 합류 안한 것도, 아산병원이라는 한국 TOP 2 병원 교수를 가장 핫한 타이밍에 그만둔 것도, 굳이 오세훈 밑에 기어들어간 것도, 너무너무너무너무 사유가 짐작이 된다.
@: 아무리 훅 간 거 같아도 정희원은 대부분의 사람들에게 '성폭력범', '사기꾼'이 아니라 '불륜남'으로 불릴 것이며, 그것이 그가 대중에게 믿으라 명령한 내러티브. 이 칭호 차이는 그가 시장에서 피해야 할 위험 대상으로 분류되는지, 아니면 눈치 보며 비벼볼 '보류 자원'으로 분류되는지를 결정함.
Fediverse friends and acquaintances:
when self-hosting a service, what do you prefer?
I need your help to improve the developer experience (DevX) of #badgefed. #fediverse #askfedi #mastodon #activitypub
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