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Eric Vitiello

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Sentient Machine Therapist. My job is Computer. he/him. Engineering Manager. Be Curious, Not Judgmental. Photography: https://www.perceive.net/photography/ […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://oldbytes.space/@pixel, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Eric Vitiello @pixel.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 1d

You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

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Eric Vitiello @pixel.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 1d

This is the very definition of a financial bubble, and the same type of circular investing that caused the internet bubble in the early 2000s.
https://mastodon.social/@FluentInFinance/115339557293900240

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Attached: 1 image Nvidia $NVDA CEO Jensen Huang says he wants to be involved in almost everything Elon Musk does. Nvidia $NVDA will now take up to $2 billion of equity in Elon Musk's xAI, Bloomberg reports. Musk brings data from cars, rockets, and social graphs. Nvidia brings compute and systems. Nvidia thinks Musk will build something that competes with or beats ChatGPT, and they want ownership before the valuation goes parabolic.

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Tim Hergert @cjust.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 3d

#shamelesslystolenfrombluesky

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Machine Pun Kelly F—
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Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic
writing a diary.
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your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 @blogdiva.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

APROPOS OF EVERYTHING

MIT created the mathematical proof we are living in a protracted #classwar waged by the parasitic capitalist classes.

Living Wage Calculator
https://livingwage.mit.edu/

❝ We developed the Living Wage Calculator to… estimate the local […]

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for Manhattan, table of LIVING WAGE (LW) vs POVERTY WAGE (PW) vs MINIMUM WAGE (MW) :

with 0 Children
- LW $32.85
- PW $7.52
- MW $15.50

with 1 Child:
- LW $55.38
- PW $10.17
- MW $15.50

a table of the base minimum annually expenses for people without children and up to 3 kids. it includes food, housing, internet, health care, etc.

i’ll focus on the required annual income, AFTER TAXES, needed to live in NYC. this presumes the worker is exposed to the vagaries of housing without rent-control pricing:

0 Children - $56,138
1 Child - $95,156
2 Children - $117,239
3 Children - $145,871

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

We went from "we will deport the worst of the worst" to "we will deport anyone here illegally" to "we will round up anyone who looks wrong" to "people who live in cities are the enemy" essentially overnight.

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Eric Vitiello @pixel.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 7d

Good #meshtastic node name:

Screenshot from the Meshtastic app showing a mode named “Depeche Node BBS”

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Eric Vitiello @pixel.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 7d

@ai6yr I’ve seen far too many of the newer ones in the Bay Area

Eric Vitiello @pixel.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 7d

@ai6yr I kinda want it. I had a tritium wristwatch when I was a kid, which fortunately isn’t really dangerous but a radium watch…. Now that’s fun lol

Eric Vitiello @pixel.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 7d

This is the way.

A post from "sarasyms" stating "This is why I love Portland", with an attached image of a Police unit of some sort standing together in a couple of rows, with two people dressed as military clowns also standing in the rows with the officers as another group of clowns stands nearby.

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Eric Vitiello @pixel.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 7d

Now that the US government is shut down I think it’s a good time to consider if we even want to boot it back up again.

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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 8d

The #globalsumudflotilla said that #israel was trying to sink one of its boats, the Maria Cristina.

"The Israeli occupation navy is currently attempting to sink the Maria Cristina boat … Israel is committing a full-fledged war crime."

[source GSF FB]

#gaza #palestinians #humanitariancrisis […]

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Eric Vitiello @pixel.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 8d

Some Meshtastic nodes way up by Santa Rosa and Sacramento showing up today! A few are 90 miles away from me.

A map of the San Francisco Bay Area with many Meshtastic nodes showing up clustered in San Francisco and the South Bay Area, with a couple additional nodes showing in Santa Rosa and one in Sacramento.

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Chris Hanson @eschaton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

Since I know a lot of iOS developers still read what I have to say:

Don’t use use a third party “metrics” or advertising stack in your application. Ever. The data gathered by such stacks is being sold, and among the buyers are fascists.

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jonathankoren™ @jonathankoren.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

Someone was wearing this shirt at work today, and it’s just excellent

The cat bus from My Neighbor Totoro, but it’s painted like a San Francisco MUNI bus. Beneath it is “Mewni”in MUNI font

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Eric Vitiello @pixel.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 9d

The hot pastrami sandwich from Crust Deli is pretty fire.
https://maps.apple/p/A20eDjeDa72npM

Crust Deli

View details about Crust Deli in San Jose, CA United States on Apple Maps. Address, driving directions, images, nearby attractions and more.

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Eric Vitiello @pixel.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 9d

Just wondering…

What do you call a person that says not to go after pedophiles?

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

I know there's a lot going on right now, but the characterization by the president - to our top military leadership - of US cities as "battlefields" that should be used as "military training grounds" (and without "stupid rules of engagement") is a very big deal. Even by 2025 standards, this is […]

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Eric Vitiello @pixel.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 9d

@heidilifeldman @gimulnautti not to mention the runway he gets because the legal system takes time is huge. It would be many days weeks or even months before he could be stopped and by then the harm is done

Eric Vitiello @pixel.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 9d

@Lazarou that sounds too much like an admission

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 10d

Here's the CEO of Vercel chatting with Netanjahu about AI _today_.

Great that Mr Rauch is now "Optimistic for Peace, safety and greatness for Israel and its neighbors". People in Gaza will be very happy.

You still deploying all your shit to Vercel and using their software stack?

Sceenshot of a Tweet from Guillermo Rauch (Vercel CEO) about the conversation he had today with motherfucking Benjamin Natanyahu about "AI empowering everyone to build software".

He ends it with "Optimistic for Peace, safety and greatness for Israel and its neighbors".

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Eric Vitiello @pixel.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 10d

Univax. Makes for a fun video conference background.

Eric Vitiello @pixel.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 10d

I'm not ready for the rainy season yet.

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Matthew Haughey @mathowie.xoxo.zone.ap.brid.gy · 10d

this news is a bit disturbing. Kushner and his billionaire buddies are buying the biggest game company as conservatives try to control all culture and media.

I bet what EA under new ownership will feel like will be similar to the new game Skate that EA released last week.

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Eric Vitiello @pixel.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 10d

To note one of the investment firms buying EA is the firm run by Jared Kushner, Trumps son in law
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vga256 (@[email protected])

huh. https://apnews.com/article/ea-electronic-arts-video-game-silver-lake-pif-d17dc7dd3412a990d2c0a6758aaa6900 #ultima

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Eric Vitiello @pixel.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 10d

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