Posts by kcivey@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #ARRoAf4FgYCK7akZEW by kcivey@mastodon.social
2023-01-08T18:18:24Z
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@jjoelson @mashbooq @timbray @davidgerard @davew @mitchw @BarbNerdy It was bad enough when every small newspaper started expecting you to subscribe to read the one article a year you were interested in from them. Now we're moving toward having a full subscription for every author? I want to pay by the article, and a small enough amount that I don't have to think about it. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be workable either.
(DIR) Post #ARRoGsccChRftemwkK by kcivey@mastodon.social
2023-01-08T19:38:04Z
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@timbray @FLGLchicago @jjoelson @mashbooq @davidgerard @davew @mitchw @BarbNerdy Yes, "a couple of premium subscriptions" may provide more than I can read if I read all of it (which I won't), but it's far from covering all the things I happen across and want to read over the course of a day. Those places demanding I sign up for $12 a month to read one article aren't benefiting by blocking me from reading it, because I'm never going to do that.
(DIR) Post #ARRomZPn9Lkxautx4K by kcivey@mastodon.social
2023-01-08T19:49:34Z
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@FLGLchicago @timbray @jjoelson @mashbooq @davidgerard @davew @mitchw @BarbNerdy At a newsstand I can buy one newspaper or magazine. They don't make me subscribe.
(DIR) Post #ASHJlQbnHEj5Y4JG2S by kcivey@mastodon.social
2023-02-02T19:13:06Z
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@peter Just had that experience. I'm unsubscribing and going back to just seeing his posts that get boosted into my feed. That's enough. Don't need half my feed to be from him.
(DIR) Post #ASlueTURp2yVdI6sca by kcivey@mastodon.social
2023-02-17T13:27:43Z
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@peter The main mocking I see seems to be of someone who wasn't even fooled but just wrote about and posted his bizarre conversation with Bing's chatbot, showing that it went it unexpected directions that clearly could be dangerous for vulnerable people.
(DIR) Post #ASx81LgkQlRyEveyvo by kcivey@mastodon.social
2023-02-22T23:19:22Z
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@peter I never used the algorithmic feed on Twitter, but I could imagine using something that allowed me to say "This person posts too much, but I don't want to unfollow them. Show me less of them, and try to figure out which posts I'd be most interested in."
(DIR) Post #AUkRPe5D8mrCdzYQsa by kcivey@mastodon.social
2023-03-12T17:54:46Z
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@dkbgeek @BeegyPsi @bettybowers Gaetz is a scumbag and should probably be in prison, but this particular accusation seems to have its facts wrong. https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-matt-gaetz-ppp/fact-check-company-affiliated-with-matt-gaetz-had-482321-in-ppp-loans-forgiven-idUSL1N34J23O
(DIR) Post #AVcWVkICRVXcVrU1AG by kcivey@mastodon.social
2023-05-13T18:20:44Z
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@lauren They corrupt the process and then negotiate the price for doing it. Now they (and other companies) have a better idea for next time of how much to budget for it. Can they deduct the cost as a business expense?
(DIR) Post #AWz6Da685OqS5rPhQW by kcivey@mastodon.social
2023-06-23T13:36:26Z
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@brewsterkahle "Meta confirmed that it would block news sharing from its Facebook and Instagram platforms in Canada, while Google met with Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez to see whether a compromise could be reach to avoid a similar outcome."I don't understand why news organizations would have thought discouraging linking to their sites was going to benefit them.
(DIR) Post #AbXRvMZTcfgTLefNuy by kcivey@mastodon.social
2023-11-06T18:46:43Z
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@simon "Legal Assistant" being their LLM-based lawyer emulation?
(DIR) Post #ArP8O7efSfBXVs7WUq by kcivey@mastodon.social
2025-02-23T03:16:56Z
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https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a63857202/tesla-cybertruck-losing-body-panels-reports/
(DIR) Post #AsvSycxbA0JS6ot8JU by kcivey@mastodon.social
2025-03-10T14:30:19Z
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The destruction of Black Lives Matter Plaza has begun. Jackhammers are at work on the "Matter" block. It might take a day or two to get to "Black Lives".
(DIR) Post #AvV0JyIMxggJewr1cG by kcivey@mastodon.social
2025-06-25T19:50:09Z
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An advantage of selling things to your cult members is that you don't need to worry about any of them complaining. Really you don't need to bother sending them a product at all.https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/693080/trump-mobile-t1-phone-made-usa