A Boring Dystopia
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will desantis veto natural language question answering in "a.i." feature-laced apps when negative hedonic [tones] respond to "sexual" cartesian theatre prompt engineers connected within florida's policywalls? --- [tones]: "If some negative hedonic tones are appropriate and useful for some purpose, then it will sometimes be inappropriate, and destructive of that purpose, to intervene." ~ hedonic rationality. corns, j. 2020.
- futurism.com Landlords Now Using AI to Harass You for Rent and Refuse to Fix Your Appliances
Rather than talking to tenants themselves, property managers are favoring AI chatbots to handle day-to-day inquiries.
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TIL: How Private Prisons Sued The State of Arizona for Not Having Enough Prisoners
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17081007
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Water refill stations that force you to watch ads at Philly Airport
www.reddit.com Error: Failed to parse page JSON data: EOF while parsing a value at line 1 column 0View on Redlib, an alternative private front-end to Reddit.
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Honest Government Ad | AI
The Government™ has made an ad about the existential threat that AI poses to humanity, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative
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A new survey found that almost 40% of companies posted a fake job listing this year (2024)
qz.com A ton of job postings might actually be fakeA new survey found that almost 40% of companies posted a fake job listing this year — and 85% of those companies interviewed candidates for fake jobs
- www.cnn.com Born from the tragedy of gun violence, this program teaches children how to stop a wound from bleeding out | CNN
“Stop the Bleed” turns bystanders — even young children — into immediate responders by teaching them to pack a wound and use a tourniquet.
“Chances are, you’re never ever going to have to use this. If you do, it’s gonna be scary,” Kate Carleton told the 20 or so 8- and 9-year-olds. “But because we’ve taught you what to do, it makes it a little less scary.”
She spent the next 30 minutes teaching them how to stop a wound from bleeding out.
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Although a child dying at school in a mass shooting may be unlikely, a child dying from a gunshot is not. Firearms are the leading cause of death among people 18 and younger in the US, accounting for nearly 19% of all childhood deaths.
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Even wealthy Americans are struggling to make ends meet
www.cnn.com Even wealthy Americans are struggling to make ends meet | CNN BusinessAbout one in three Americans making six-figure salaries are worried about paying their bills, according to a new survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
- www.nbcnews.com Are you better off than you were four years ago? It can be a murky picture for many
Each campaign has been using their own set of data points to create a favorable economic picture of their time in office. But for many voters, their view of the economy will vary greatly on how they fit into it.
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So, this, now, needed saying.
The Secretary General of the legit United Nations, said this.
Are there any adults in the rooms where decisions like "bomb Gaza" are made? Why are so few saying what defeated Jamaal Bowman are saying, "permanent ceasefire now". And remember how Bowman was defeated. $17K/hr.
Also, cute story, Lebanon is the only other country in the world to feature a plant on its flag. The Lebanese are beautiful, Mediterranean people. LEBANON is at the crossroads of empires, and now — as is often the case — Lebanese are victims of outland calamities; Syria, the dock, and econonic collapse.
Hezb. are based there. Lebanon is thus remade like Afghanistan. Isr. reserves the right to "defend".
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Study: Congress literally doesn’t care what you think. The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.
act.represent.us Study: Congress literally doesn’t care what you thinkI had no idea how bad things actually were until I saw one simple graph.
- apnews.com Car dealerships in North America revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider
Car dealerships across North America continue to wrestle with disruptions that started last week. CDK Global, a company that provides software for thousands of auto dealers in the U.S. and Canada, was hit by back-to-back cyberattacks on Wednesday.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/23769946
> Car dealerships in North America continue to wrestle with major disruptions that started last week with cyberattacks on a software company used widely in the auto retail sales sector. > > CDK Global, a company that provides software for thousands of auto dealers in the U.S. and Canada, was hit by back-to-back cyberattacks Wednesday. That led to an outage that has continued to impact operations. > > For prospective car buyers, that may mean delays at dealerships or vehicle orders written up by hand, with no immediate end in sight. > > On Monday, Group 1 Automotive Inc., a $4 billion automotive retailers, said that it continued to use “alternative processes” to sell cars to its customers.
- www.motherjones.com Overturning Roe Didn’t Just Cut Off Access. It Sabotaged Science, Too.
After Dobbs, scientists say their research has been delayed, limited, and blocked.
Petty Politics Sabotages Science. Details at 11.
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Credit card debt is soaring, especially in these cities
>Using data from the Census Bureau, TransUnion and the Federal Reserve, the study’s authors looked at inflation-adjusted household debt in the country’s largest 181 cities found Santa Clarita, California to have the highest average household credit card debt ($21,836), followed by Chula Vista, CA ($20,920), New York, NY ($19,207), Fontana, CA ($18,843) and Rancho Cucamonga, CA ($18,549).
- variety.com Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined
Five men were convicted for their part in operating Jetflicks, one of the largest illegal streaming services in the U.S., officials said.
It's disappointing that copyright infringement could cause these people to spend time in prison, but the predatory practices of the companies they where competing with are punished with no more then fines. A "cost of doing business" for the corporate aristocrats. This is the threat the upper class uses on the rest of us, and all too often do not suffer themselves.
"Rules for thee, but not for me" - Corporations
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Plastic Fantasy
www.propublica.org The Delusion of “Advanced” Plastic RecyclingThe plastics industry has heralded a type of chemical recycling it claims could replace new shopping bags and candy wrappers with old ones — but not much is being recycled at all, and this method won’t curb the crisis.
I'll be surprised if by the end of the current century if the petrol companies don't see a class action suit similar to the tobacco companies for damages wrought upon humanity.
That is, for who is left of us by then.
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Americans take the least vacations globally. We also get the least amount of time off.
ca.style.yahoo.com Americans are the worst (globally) at taking vacation time: Here's how many days we takeVacations can help us recharge and reset. However, Americans take the least vacations globally, according to a new study by Expedia.
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Having to score strangers on their 'empathy' and 'courtesy' and 'knowledge' (anything less than a 5 star is a 'bad grade', I am sure)
by that i mean, those are intangible, effervescent parts of a human being that should not be quantized down to a fucking amazon star system. the 'anything less than 5 stars is actually bad' thing is disgusting as well - all modern companies do this.
- www.propublica.org The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
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Majority of Japanese support government-run dating apps
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/21037419
- www.nola.com Jeff Landry signs education bills that promise to bring 'drastic change.' See the list.
He signed nearly 20 bills that mostly impact the K-12 education landscape.
Ruining public schools is their favorite pastime.
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Israel's government is set to discuss on Sunday a proposal to restrict the use of administrative detention to cases involving terrorist activity against the state or its citizens.
The Ministerial Committee for Legislation is scheduled to discuss the revolutionary proposal devised by MK Simcha Rothman that would limit the use of administrative detention and restraining orders to members of specific terrorist organizations.
The result is very clear: Jewish terrorism in the West Bank will be immune to such measures.
It must be said: Administrative detention – that is, detention without trial – is a draconian tool that deprives persons of their liberty without even minimal due process on the basis of classified evidence and, in some cases, without the detainees knowing the allegations against them. There is no place for such an instrument in a democratic state, and at the very least its use should be limited to specific emergency situations.
However, a selective and racist restriction of the kind that Rothman proposes does not do this: It permits the continued use of administrative detention, with all its faults, against Arab citizens of the state, while prohibiting it entirely regarding settler terrorism in the West Bank.
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Protect yourself from our shitty infrastructure for just $22.99 per month! One-time installation fees as low as $49.99 for a limited time only!
An email I received from the Detroit Edison (DTE) Energy Company today. The text reads:
>How it works: > >Installation*: DTE will install the device on your electric meter in less than 30 minutes. No need to schedule an appointment or be at home. Your home is protected as soon as the device is installed by our technicians. > >Protection and Warranties: The warranty coverage provides $5,000 per event for appliances and $1,000 per event for electronics to repair or replace your household items in the event the device fails to protect against damaging surges. > >Stay Connected: Your surge device comes with a FREE 20-foot power cable. In the event of a power outage, you can connect your generator to the surge device with the power cable to power your home up to the generator’s capacity. Easy access for your generator – you won’t have to run extension cords from your generator into your home. > >Learn more | Enroll now > > > >*There’s a one-time installation fee for a surge protection plus device of $49.99, which is a limited time offer and will expire on December 31, 2024. After the expiration date, the installation fee will return to its normal price of $99.99. To access the Surge Protection Plus program’s Terms and Conditions, visit dteenergy.com/sppterms.
and of course that URL is hyperlinked with a big long tracking string on the end of it so I won't be sharing it
- www.newsweek.com I'm a psychologist—doomscrolling has a devastating impact
The way we feel is largely a result of the thoughts and images that go through our minds.
- www.wheresyoured.at The Man Who Killed Google Search
Wanna listen to this story instead? Check out this week's Better Offline podcast, "The Man That Destroyed Google Search," available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else you get your podcasts. This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story...
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Majority of Hispanics Support Mass Deportations
www.newsweek.com Majority of Hispanics now favor mass deportationA new poll has found that mass deportation is popular with Hispanics, with 53 percent saying they would support such a program.
Start building #community and #mutualaid systems now. It's about to get ugly out there.
#election2024 #2024election #immigration #immigrants #PresidentialElection2024 #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden
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First Horizon Bank system detects when a call center worker was on the brink of "losing it" and plays an AI-made montage of family photos set to their favorite song to calm them down.
www.bloodinthemachine.com AI can't fix what automation already brokeGenerative AI is the latest in a long line of technologies that promise innovation and fixes but grind away at public life
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4856141
> We live in a sci-fi dystopia.
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Planetizen: "Florida Passes Outdoor Sleeping Ban." It's illegal to sleep on public beaches in Florida... Up next, prison for being housing insecure?
www.planetizen.com Florida Passes Outdoor Sleeping BanFlorida is the latest state to pass legislation barring unhoused people from sleeping or camping on public property.
