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@georgepenney

That is an old god.

Is this geometry problem fun or is it evil?
“prove LMNO is a parallelogram” #matheducation

I would like to tell a parable about how STEM and tech gatekeeping has given us the landscape that we see now. But, it's not that simple. And the insularity of tech nerds is a small (annoying) force compared to these large companies who want us all neatly monetized paying them our monthly tithes for propaganda.

But maybe if we let more people into the club we'd be stronger, you know?

There are young people who don't remember what the internet used to be like. They can't remember it because they were too young when it existed.

They don't know that it was for a time, for some people*, better. And they don't know how that better internet was quashed and never really reached them.

* If you have nostalgia for how, for example, google search used to work I think you need to grapple with the fact that only a small slice of the public ever experienced it in that way.

@krans

You are correct slop is a feature of #enshittification which is a broader problem in the development of mass software and business models that work through software.

@utopiarte

I just look up the person who is doing the work that impresses me and find a way to send them money. I almost think that tech "solutions" in this way will be less effective and only encourage bottom feeders to show up.

As a teacher, I vastly prefer #slopocalypse to #enshittification because swear words present problems in my line of work. I can't host a conversation about #enshittification with middle school students.

Or rather I can but we'd need to call it something else. It's not a huge deal, and I think the swear word is ... valid in this context. It's a valid response to what has happened to much of the internet.

But, it does present a needless barrier.

This is an excellent video. This is the message. Perhaps we need to refine it more. Find ways to communicate it more clearly. But this is the correct take on LLMs, so-called-AI and the proliferation of these tools to the general public. #LLM #llms #ai #genAI #video #slop #slopocalypse #enshittification

@FeralRobots

resistance libs are going to be so annoying putting everything in Calibri for their own performative reasons over the next few months ... i do not need this please.

Of course this is all performative.

Apparently my lovely government is in a state of histrionics over... fonts. Marco Rubio, a republican legislator has issued a stern memo to reverse changes to fonts described as more readable and accessible by some disability advocates.

Conservatives regard "inclusion" and "accessible" as dirty words.

(Were #picaTheCat and I your benevolent dictators all fonts would be fixed width so the ASCII art could look good.)

Thank your for your attention to this matter.

@CppGuy @tobiaspatton

I hear both of those in spoken English from people in NYC all the time. To the extent that "It hadn't have been" or "It wouldn't have been" sound over-formally incorrect.

I wonder if it'll ever trickle into written English.

I support:

* this server
* other servers
* the wikipedia
* Karamu House Theatre
* people who sell ant art
* a ton of people who tiny youTube channels
* Pregones Theatre
* community gardens
* xerces society
* new SF authors selling their first book(it's aspirational)
* building food and supplies pantry
*

When I need more money for these kinds of things I start looking for anything corporate I can cut out. Although most of this is possible due to ditching Amazon. Best decision ever.

We can talk about how it's bad that the media landscape is shaped by cash, but that isn't a reason to be complacent and tithe to six huge corporations who'd be fine without you and never sending a dime to the strange man who makes the creepy analog cat videos you watch every single day.

Not to put too fine a point on it.

There is one upside in all of this. When you support smaller creators you money has a MUCH bigger impact.

Do you financially support the media that you enjoy most often?

If you enjoy posting on the fedi do you support your server? Other small servers?

If you enjoy watching videos do you support the people who make them?

If you read articles do you support the reporters?

What about local theatre and music?

If you have netflix money, spotify money, Hulu or Bobo or whatever money you have money that could do this.

@funkula

"For Emergency Pull Handle"

Does what it claims.

@paco

I need to get that hat too. Or maybe a pin to put on my Enron hat.

@jesse

I don't know what the intention is, though.

RE: https://chaos.social/@jesse/115692278099989417

Excuse.

I need to know immediately exactly what was this "one thing" and what was the "another" because this just isn't something that... "just happens." That's not gonna fly.

There is ... an intention here.

@jmjm @i_give_u_worms

They aren't like that on purpose. Have a heart!

And they are real OGs, the lampreys.