"Once everyone in your country is buying and using jailbreaking tools from abroad, there'll be no point in keeping these laws on your own books. But the first country to get there stands a chance of establishing a durable first-mover advantage – of reaping hundreds of billions selling disenshittifying products around the world. That country could be to enshittification-resistant technology what Finland was to mobile phones during the Nokia decade..." - @pluralistic
"Once everyone in your country is buying and using jailbreaking tools from abroad, there'll be no point in keeping these laws on your own books. But the first country to get there stands a chance of establishing a durable first-mover advantage – of reaping hundreds of billions selling disenshittifying products around the world. That country could be to enshittification-resistant technology what Finland was to mobile phones during the Nokia decade..." - @pluralistic
Ireland is a tax haven. In the 1970s and 1980s, life in the civil-war wracked country was hard - between poverty, scarce employment and civil unrest, the country hemorrhaged its best and brightest. As the saying went, "Ireland's top export is the Irish."
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"I know it's out of step with the times, but all I have is ideas that make money, make us safer, make us richer, and make our technology better..." - @pluralistic
Fun fact: This doesn't just apply to Canada. There's a huge pile of money on the table - seems stupid to just leave it there.
Like all the best Americans, I'm Canadian, and while I have lived abroad for most of this century, I still hew faithfully to our folkways, which is why I'd like to start this essay by apologizing.
I'm sorry.
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Download the Miiriya app here The word Miiriya is a word from the African language of Bambara/Dioula, my native language. The word means "Thoughts" and "Ideas." It can be used in many ways. In...
"Tax is redistributive and getting money back from American companies after they steal it from [everyone] is much harder than simply arranging the system so it's much harder for American companies to steal from [everyone] in the first place..." - @pluralistic
(sidebar: I for one am glad you enabled quote-tooting, Cory 😁)
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It's quite rare to find good reading about Chinese approach to AI, but this one by Caiwei Chen is a very good one.
Chinese universities are promoting the use of AI as an assistive technology that assists in organizing thoughts, drafting reviews, creating charts and presentations, solving complex problems. The AI is not treated as replacement for a human, but as an assistant, a technology which purpose is to help, boost productivity and support creativity.
Like people master the use of tools such as text editors, spreadsheets, design software, people should also master AI to enhance their personal and professional lives. It's perfectly fine to use AI to do something better, support the creative process, make professional or academic work easier and more effective.
Instead of asking question "Will AI replace me?" it's better to ask questions like "How can I use AI to organize information?", "How can I utilize AI to better do my job?", "How can I use AI to help me with presenting research insights?".
AI is here to stay. And with solutions like DeepSeek or Doub
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It's quite rare to find good reading about Chinese approach to AI, but this one by Caiwei Chen is a very good one.
Chinese universities are promoting the use of AI as an assistive technology that assists in organizing thoughts, drafting reviews, creating charts and presentations, solving complex problems. The AI is not treated as replacement for a human, but as an assistant, a technology which purpose is to help, boost productivity and support creativity.
Like people master the use of tools such as text editors, spreadsheets, design software, people should also master AI to enhance their personal and professional lives. It's perfectly fine to use AI to do something better, support the creative process, make professional or academic work easier and more effective.
Instead of asking question "Will AI replace me?" it's better to ask questions like "How can I use AI to organize information?", "How can I utilize AI to better do my job?", "How can I use AI to help me with presenting research insights?".
AI is here to stay. And with solutions like DeepSeek or Doubao, we should always think how to get the most of them to make life and work easier and better while remembering that AI is not replacement, but assistive technology. technologyreview.com/2025/07/2…
Scammers have duped consumers out of more than $1 billion by exploiting Walmart’s lax security. The company has resisted taking responsibility while breaking promises to regulators and skimping on training.
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there's an image of a black woman shopping and smiling.
Under that is a quote post by @miiriya.com, with text saying, \"Miiriya is an app where you can shop Black Owned Businesses on one app, like Amazon but all the businesses are Black Owned. It also has Bartering, a Mutual Aid section, and an Employment help section. iOS/Android\".")
