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Nicolai @critdeathx.bsky.social · 16h

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THE COPYRIGHT KILLER 💙 ⚔️ ✨ @jaidenhybrid04.bsky.social · 1d

Take this as a reminder that you are loved, you are beautiful, you are worth it, you will be able to finish the projects you're making, you will eventually overcome your sicknesses and fears, and you are incredible, no matter what ❤️

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Kenza @kenzamaka.sheath.church · 26d

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Ami - Tiny Retro Robot 💾 🏳️‍⚧️ @amithero.bot · 2d

So is no one going to elaborate on the ddos attack last night

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ivyy @leafiamusic.nekoweb.org · 3d

1 year and two days ago, the finale of pomnicore 2 was dropped and since then became one of my most streamed songs on my leafia alias
as much as i want to look past the pomnicore era, it was an era where i realized that i had so much potential with my music and i wasn't using all of it up until pomnicore 2, and yeah i wasn't exactly going through a good time towards the end but i am glad that i was able to leave it with a good note
i seriously want to thank you all for showing support to my music, thank you tremendo k3plr reallerr reali Sky Serena Liars for contributing to this song, thank you

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onion person @junlper.beer · 3d

if you needed another reason to stop using spotify:

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 3d

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

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Queer Satanic @queersatanic.bsky.social · 8d

Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play

go fuckin Huskies

Nazi UW students fuck off

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KOTH Screens @kothscreens.bsky.social · 3d

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 7, Episode 5

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sasha e head @sievish.bsky.social · 3d

probably won't be making this purchase

subtotal $9.95
shipping $1000
total USD $1009.95

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Rick or Treat | The D-Pad @ricdesi.dpad.fm · 3d

As someone who has two flights coming up at the end of this month, I'm... really not in love with this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Sean Duffy says the safety of the air traffic control system will start being impacted next Sunday if the shutdown continues

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 7d

Sora 2 is also unbelievably expensive, costing OpenAI at least $5 per 10 second video - and likely more considering Sora 2 also generates synced-up audio. OpenAI loses one subscriber's revenue *every four images generated*. It's unbelievably stupid.
www.wheresyoured.at/sora2-openai...

Sora 2 Is Unbelievably Expensive, With Each Video Costing $5 Of Compute and Users Allowed To Generate 100 Videos Every 24 Hours — Meaning OpenAI Will Lose A Month’s Subscription Revenue Every Four Videos Generated
Let’s establish some facts:

Once you have access to Sora 2, you can generate what appears to be an unlimited amount of videos, at least on a $20-a-month subscription, and OpenAI has promised “generous limits” for a non-specific amount of time.
Every Sora 2 generation is at 1280x704 — a variant of 720p resolution — and every single one is 10 seconds long, even if you ask it to generate a longer one.
Each video appears to have sound, whether or not you asked for it.
It takes about a minute to generate each video.
Now, I’m a curious little critter, so I found that Microsoft actually publishes the prices of using Sora on its Azure AI Foundry page if you select “US East 2” as your region. To be clear, this is the pricing for the first Sora model, rather than Sora 2, which is likely more expensive.

Nevertheless, based on Azure’s pricing, it’s likely that each Sora 2 generation is priced at the “720 Global” rate of 50 cents a second, meaning that each video generated on Sora 2 costs $5 in compute, if not more, because it’s very likely that OpenAI’s costs are more than it charges on an API basis.

Now, according to The Information, OpenAI’s gross margins were projected to be 50% this year, meaning that even in the most kindly, sweet maths of all time, it’s annihilating all of its margin in two generations, and another subscriber’s margins in two more.

I also understand that some may argue that OpenAI’s costs “might not be as bad,” and there’s no evidence that this is the case.

Sora 2, by OpenAI’s own description, is a “video and audio generation model,” suggesting it’s one main model rather than a combination with its audio-generation models it released earlier this year.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 7d

10K Word Premium: OpenAI is another unprofitable, desperate AI startup building products on its own models, spending $2.60 to make $1. Sora 2 is a reckless attempt to grow ChatGPT that costs them at least $5 per generated video. They need to raise $20bn+ before EoY.
www.wheresyoured.at/sora2-openai/

OpenAI Is Just Another Boring, Desperate AI Startup

What is OpenAI? I realize you might say "a foundation model lab" or "the company that runs ChatGPT," but that doesn't really give the full picture of everything it’s promised, or claimed, or leaked t...

www.wheresyoured.at

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holden m. accountable @noahs.bsky.social · 11d

THE MEME IS REAL

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · Nov 23

ME, EVERY SINGLE MONDAY, 6:45AM:

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Nov 23

Hey new followers! Here's a timelapse of some bread dough rising I once made. Enjoy!

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Lyska @escapingeveline.bsky.social · 10d

I fell for the scare mongering too until I saw this qrt

Since PinkNews is run by a transphobic bad actor and has a habit of sloppy, sensationalist bullshit, I feel like I should clarify: he wants a complete withdrawal of federal funding for facilities that provide gender-affirming care. That's devastating, but different from a ban of that care in law

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your local dmlx fan @dimilixer.bsky.social · 10d

I'm honestly confused by this. I read the bill and it doesn't mention anything about this at all??? But now bc of this article everyone is freaking out on my tl over the government banning trans healthcare. I swear this article was just made to cause chaos

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 11d

why pay an expert writer when you can instead get classrooms of children to write random words then bring in the expert writer to delete every word she wouldn't have written? it's the perfect system. all for the low, low price of literally more money to fund its current promises than exists on earth

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 11d

Stanford researchers found that AI-generated "workslop" is actually making people less productive, in part because workers have to correct errors or decode the useful information/intent buried in a flood of auto-generated garbage:

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

hbr.org

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Nicolai @critdeathx.bsky.social · 10d

Also whats with them calling the TV aisle their YouTube? Wouldn't they have a TV at their house? Why would they go to the Walmart to look at the TVs, which will likely just be either commercials nowadays or channels they already had in 2002?

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Nicolai @critdeathx.bsky.social · 10d

The kid should go to H Mart, they got live crabs at the one I go to

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THE COPYRIGHT KILLER 💙 ⚔️ ✨ @jaidenhybrid04.bsky.social · 11d

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12d

I know a lot of people won’t click through to read about “med beds” so here’s the crucial quote to explain how fucking crazy this is.

Trump just posted an AI video of himself promising every American access to this.

An increasingly popular conspiracy theory falsely centers around the existence of "med beds" a fabled medical instrument that does everything from reversing aging to regrowing missing limbs.
The theory has grown in popularity among followers of far-right movements like QAnon, some of whom claim to be urgently awaiting a med bed to treat severe health conditions.

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Queero @icanbeyourqueero.bsky.social · 15d

A reminder that protests are meant to be disruptive, and we are working to save lives and make the world better. Seeing joy from being able to partake and protesting for what is right is something we need to see more of. Every action can make a difference.

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 15d

Italy was on strike in solidarity with Palestinians last Monday.
Hundreds of thousands demonstrated blocking roads, ports & railway stations. In Rome, many drivers found themselves stuck in traffic — & were happy about it, saluting demonstrators & condemning Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.

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Computer critters r crawling HERE!!!!!! @beachsideufo.bsky.social · 15d

a doodle of a little bunny thing sitting down and thinking "My friends are so talented."

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PSX Bunlith 🪄 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸 @b0tster.yeag.gay · 14d

boycotts work. anyone who says otherwise is spreading pro corporate, pro government propaganda

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 15d

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

www.theguardian.com

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THE COPYRIGHT KILLER 💙 ⚔️ ✨ @jaidenhybrid04.bsky.social · 16d

TRANSGENDER MUSICIANS ARE THE GREATEST AND ARE GOING TO RIGHT THE NEXT CHAPTER IN MUSIC HISTORY

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