ManualOverride

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[–] ManualOverride@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

He may just talk like that, but I think Doctorow is going through, as comprehensively as his allotted time slot will allow, the talking points he and the host have prepared beforehand. Keeping this in mind and taking into account the audience likely doesn't know what a "protocol" is, I think it's fine that he doesn't mention ActivityPub. Perhaps he mentions it in his book. I'll check it out if it lands in my local library's bookshelves.

[–] ManualOverride@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Before we can (and want to) get tech workers to unionize, there needs to be a shift in culture in the tech industry. Right-wing libertarian ideals are very prevalent in tech, especially in Silicon Valley. This has been the case for years and has already greatly influenced tech legislation in the United States and the world. Class solidarity is almost non-existent at a lot of big tech firms.

That being said, there are of course many tech workers who understand the importance of the class struggle and who are ready to organize. I'll add some links to the tech workers coalition and to a podcast which unveils a lot of the hidden politics of the tech industry, tech won't save us.

On another note, interoperability naturally arises from well designed and largely adopted open standards.

[–] ManualOverride@slrpnk.net 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The research article cited by Ajit Niranjan is worth consulting directly, because a concept brought up by Berland and Leroutier, the researchers, that hasn't been worked into the Guardian article is intersectionality.

Indeed climate change is a systemic issue which requires systemic solutions therefore focusing on what we as individuals can do is shortsighted. However, it's also important not to discount the part individuals play, collectively, in the systems that power the climate crisis. I believe observing the disparity whereby men consume more due to their consumption habits is fascinating! Why do men consume in ways that are more damaging to the environment? Perhaps the corporations producing the vast majority of carbon emissions are actually capitalizing off of the gender dynamics in our society by marketing meat and cars as manly. In doing so, they increase profits, and we all suffer the environmental and social consequences.

To paint an accurate picture of the mechanisms leading to humanities carbon emissions, it's important not to discount the role of power structures that are seemingly unrelated at first glance. More often than not, those power structures are used by the instigators of the climate crisis.

[–] ManualOverride@slrpnk.net 1 points 7 months ago

It'd be great to have a user setting deactivating it permanently. It keeps turning back on for me ...

[–] ManualOverride@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'll take [action for slim chance of success] over [inaction for guaranteed failure] every time.

[–] ManualOverride@slrpnk.net 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I don't get all these "geo-engineering" magic bullets. Capitalists are taking carbon out of the ground and putting it into the air and oceans. The carbon in the air leads to warming, and the carbon in the ocean leads to acidification. Both of these things are disastrous. We need to stop the capitalists. Leave the carbon in the ground, where it belongs. Simple as

[–] ManualOverride@slrpnk.net 3 points 9 months ago

Awesome! I wouldn't call this "releasing moisture" though which, to me, implies a physical change. It's straight up providing the activation energy for a chemical decomposition.

[–] ManualOverride@slrpnk.net 1 points 9 months ago

I wonder if any judge/jury is going to find the large oil conglomerates liable for trillions in damages.

Liable for destroying our world (and for what?)

 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/19147969

Rhiannon Firth touches on many aspects of how anarchism and disaster response are related. Seems like it'd be right up y'all's alley.

A transcription of the podcast has been published in the anarchist library this week: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/rhiannon-firth-igdcast-mobilising-disaster-relief?v=1741035078 Thanks to whomever uploaded the transcription.

[–] ManualOverride@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

I remain doubtful, however I hope this pitch will lead to spades in the ground.

 

As I'm sure most of my multi-lingual peers feel, I hate youtube's recent addition of automatic AI dubbing on certain videos. It's enabled for some videos that are in a language different from your youtube account's setting.

This also goes for the automatic title translation. Show me everything in its original language, PLEASE!

I understand more than one language, you don't need to translate everything to the single language setting I have. The auto-dubbing should be set to OFF BY DEFAULT. At least give me the option to opt out of it. There's nothing more annoying than having to wait for a video to load, only to have to restart it back in its original language as soon as I realize the dubbing is active.

[–] ManualOverride@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Consider checking out /c/writing , where aspiring and seasoned writers/solarpunks discuss their craft.

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