laggedHero
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Some jurisdictions still believe that tighter regulation of cars can encourage innovation and deliver benefits.
The aim here is to improve the efficiency of electric vehicles further.
The aim here is to improve the efficiency of electric vehicles further.
China to enforce world’s first mandatory EV energy standard in 2026, capping two-tonne models at 15.1 kWh per 100 km
China will implement the world’s first mandatory electric vehicle energy consumption standard in January 2026.
carnewschina.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Some jurisdictions still believe that tighter regulation of cars can encourage innovation and deliver benefits.
The aim here is to improve the efficiency of electric vehicles further.
The aim here is to improve the efficiency of electric vehicles further.
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We could easily afford to start paying for the Tempest server in London but it lacks IPv6 and has issues with network downtime. We also aren't interested in paying a company sending us an ultimatum in the holiday season where we have 6 days to start paying or it's taken down.
December 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We could easily afford to start paying for the Tempest server in London but it lacks IPv6 and has issues with network downtime. We also aren't interested in paying a company sending us an ultimatum in the holiday season where we have 6 days to start paying or it's taken down.
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
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feeling even more confident in recommending vivaldi over firefox
wonder why nobody trusts @firefox.com's claims AI is totally gonna be opt out guys trust us after we keep lying our asses off
mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/11579...
mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/11579...
December 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
feeling even more confident in recommending vivaldi over firefox
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this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
December 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
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This dramatically enhanced pressure on Europe/Denmark and the new outrageous sanctions on info researchers coming at a time when Putin is escalating his physical attacks on Ukraine suggests that the US is now *coordinating* with Russia to weaken Europe and Ukraine.
bsky.app/profile/donm...
bsky.app/profile/donm...
Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.
They’re again advocating against Denmark when it comes to Greenland
December 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This dramatically enhanced pressure on Europe/Denmark and the new outrageous sanctions on info researchers coming at a time when Putin is escalating his physical attacks on Ukraine suggests that the US is now *coordinating* with Russia to weaken Europe and Ukraine.
bsky.app/profile/donm...
bsky.app/profile/donm...
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Trump has indeed killed international law and the rules based order established post WW2, but there's also an argument to be made that this order was always designed to be overruled by the US, and now that it is becoming increasingly less useful, can be fully dispensed of by the US ruling class.
December 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Trump has indeed killed international law and the rules based order established post WW2, but there's also an argument to be made that this order was always designed to be overruled by the US, and now that it is becoming increasingly less useful, can be fully dispensed of by the US ruling class.
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Always come back to this observation from @adamserwer.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Always come back to this observation from @adamserwer.bsky.social
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
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China continues to lead when it comes to AI regulation
This specific policy is about setting special rules for minors and the elderly, warning users against excessive use, and manual intervention for addiction or suicidal ideation
Sits alongside existing rules such as AI labelling / watermarking
This specific policy is about setting special rules for minors and the elderly, warning users against excessive use, and manual intervention for addiction or suicidal ideation
Sits alongside existing rules such as AI labelling / watermarking
Ok a translation is up.
No matter what your take on these rules, it's hard not to admire China trying to get ahead of these pressing issues: data protection, dependency, labeling and reminders that you are talking to a machine, etc.
Plenty to unpack here.
www.chinalawtranslate.com/en/chatbot-m...
No matter what your take on these rules, it's hard not to admire China trying to get ahead of these pressing issues: data protection, dependency, labeling and reminders that you are talking to a machine, etc.
Plenty to unpack here.
www.chinalawtranslate.com/en/chatbot-m...
December 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
China continues to lead when it comes to AI regulation
This specific policy is about setting special rules for minors and the elderly, warning users against excessive use, and manual intervention for addiction or suicidal ideation
Sits alongside existing rules such as AI labelling / watermarking
This specific policy is about setting special rules for minors and the elderly, warning users against excessive use, and manual intervention for addiction or suicidal ideation
Sits alongside existing rules such as AI labelling / watermarking
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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The immortal Carl Sagan in 1995
December 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The immortal Carl Sagan in 1995
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White men are 36% of the population but 80% of the outrageously whiny mediocrities who think they deserve more without any effort (the other 20% are white women)
Fact | You can't write something predicated in the utterly ludicrous assumption that white men are being excluded from publishing unless you are racist.
December 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
White men are 36% of the population but 80% of the outrageously whiny mediocrities who think they deserve more without any effort (the other 20% are white women)
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For my pedant friends thinking, "OK fine, 500,000 Black people in pretrial is ~10X the 50,000 migrants in ICE detention... But which number was ~100X the scale for Black people?
* People-days of solitary confinement
* Deaths in pretrial detention vs deaths in ICE detention
* Shot and killed by cops
* People-days of solitary confinement
* Deaths in pretrial detention vs deaths in ICE detention
* Shot and killed by cops
Everything that is happening to immigrants today, happened to Black people at a scale 10x to 100x more, under Biden. Not a typo. 10x to 100x more.
And yet... the plan for avoiding Trump was "Black people, especially men, will show up to vote in record numbers for even more of this mistreatment?"🤡
And yet... the plan for avoiding Trump was "Black people, especially men, will show up to vote in record numbers for even more of this mistreatment?"🤡
December 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
For my pedant friends thinking, "OK fine, 500,000 Black people in pretrial is ~10X the 50,000 migrants in ICE detention... But which number was ~100X the scale for Black people?
* People-days of solitary confinement
* Deaths in pretrial detention vs deaths in ICE detention
* Shot and killed by cops
* People-days of solitary confinement
* Deaths in pretrial detention vs deaths in ICE detention
* Shot and killed by cops
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Dassit.
Supremacy wants to gain all the benefits of society without paying any natural costs, like fair competition.
This response to even the slightest leveling of the playing field demonstrates how committed to the supremacist notion we white folk still are.
Imagine if we ever experienced true equality.
This response to even the slightest leveling of the playing field demonstrates how committed to the supremacist notion we white folk still are.
Imagine if we ever experienced true equality.
December 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Dassit.
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This piece is a great illustration of how the long-term effect of Trump’s destruction of US institutions won’t be felt in a dramatic market collapse, but rather in permanently worse economic conditions, and lower prosperity.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
So long, American exceptionalism
For the first time, investors are talking about ‘US risk’
giftarticle.ft.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This piece is a great illustration of how the long-term effect of Trump’s destruction of US institutions won’t be felt in a dramatic market collapse, but rather in permanently worse economic conditions, and lower prosperity.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
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This WSJ article fails to mention that the US has imposed economic sanctions on Cuba since the 1960s, which are now paired with sanctions on Venezuela, leading to the humanitarian crisis today.
The UN always votes 187-2 to lift sanctions on Cuba, but the US refuses to change its illegal position.
The UN always votes 187-2 to lift sanctions on Cuba, but the US refuses to change its illegal position.
Cuba’s economy is nearing collapse as the result of the U.S. oil blockade and military buildup against Venezuela.
U.S. Oil Blockade of Venezuela Pushes Cuba Toward Collapse
Cuba’s economy, dependent on cheap Venezuelan oil for decades, now struggles to function as a result of the U.S. military’s buildup in the Caribbean and the sharp drop in oil shipments from Venezuela.
on.wsj.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This WSJ article fails to mention that the US has imposed economic sanctions on Cuba since the 1960s, which are now paired with sanctions on Venezuela, leading to the humanitarian crisis today.
The UN always votes 187-2 to lift sanctions on Cuba, but the US refuses to change its illegal position.
The UN always votes 187-2 to lift sanctions on Cuba, but the US refuses to change its illegal position.
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
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vance is a genuine lunatic
JD VANCE THINKS BRITAIN & FRANCE ARE AMERICAS LIKELY ENEMIES.
The world is getting bizarrely screwed with this kind of bull being spewed out.
The world is getting bizarrely screwed with this kind of bull being spewed out.
December 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
vance is a genuine lunatic
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And nuanced:
He was not saying, "I don't see race."
He was saying, "I do see race. I am white. You are Black. I just don't let that be a reason to stop us being friends or to discriminate against you.
And in a racist country, me pretending not to see your race would be contributing to your harm"
He was not saying, "I don't see race."
He was saying, "I do see race. I am white. You are Black. I just don't let that be a reason to stop us being friends or to discriminate against you.
And in a racist country, me pretending not to see your race would be contributing to your harm"
Sinatra on racism | Jazz Stories
YouTube video by Jazz Mix
youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
And nuanced:
He was not saying, "I don't see race."
He was saying, "I do see race. I am white. You are Black. I just don't let that be a reason to stop us being friends or to discriminate against you.
And in a racist country, me pretending not to see your race would be contributing to your harm"
He was not saying, "I don't see race."
He was saying, "I do see race. I am white. You are Black. I just don't let that be a reason to stop us being friends or to discriminate against you.
And in a racist country, me pretending not to see your race would be contributing to your harm"
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I'm not anti-technology. I realize it's impossible to stop the things that have already happened. But I am also an advocate for thinking about environmental costs. Exploitation of labor abroad. The degradation of American education. Jobs. We deserve a real conversation about the costs.
December 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm not anti-technology. I realize it's impossible to stop the things that have already happened. But I am also an advocate for thinking about environmental costs. Exploitation of labor abroad. The degradation of American education. Jobs. We deserve a real conversation about the costs.
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How AI startup acquisitions work in 2025
December 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
How AI startup acquisitions work in 2025
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lololol I’m dying. the ai circle jerk is real 🔄🤣
December 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
lololol I’m dying. the ai circle jerk is real 🔄🤣
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Plato argued in the Republic that the 'tyrant,' or someone with unlimited wealth and power, would live the worst possible life because his soul would be devoured by lawless, unlimited desires that could never be sated. I think we've gotten confirmation of this from more cases than Trump lately
I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
December 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Plato argued in the Republic that the 'tyrant,' or someone with unlimited wealth and power, would live the worst possible life because his soul would be devoured by lawless, unlimited desires that could never be sated. I think we've gotten confirmation of this from more cases than Trump lately
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if any other country did what the US is up to these days it would be sanctioned into oblivion
UN’s Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese:
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
“I truly hope that people will stay calm, will not panic, and will remember that the international community is made of 193 states, and this is the time to give the US what it has been looking for – isolation!”
December 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
if any other country did what the US is up to these days it would be sanctioned into oblivion