Posts by packetcat@tenforward.social
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'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back by Jason Koebler"Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back."https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/
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Review: The AI Con by Emily M. Bender & Alex Hannahttps://nullrouted.space/2026/03/11/review-the-ai-con-by-emily-m-bender-alex-hanna/#books #bookstodon
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Review: Beloved by Toni Morrison"Beloved is one of those books that the more I think about it the more I like it. I think I am starting to understand why this book is so beloved (pun fully intended!) amongst critics and readers alike. Like I mentioned earlier, this is a book that demands your full attention and it rewards that attention with a story that has complex characters and a nuanced & compassionate understanding of the real history that their lives are based on."https://nullrouted.space/2026/03/14/review-beloved-by-toni-morrison/#books #bookstodon
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I usually wait for my book review posts to arrive in my RSS feed reader before I share them here but in this case I remembered that I have a word filter for "AI" in Inoreader so this post didn't show up in my feed reader lmao
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had a brief power outage and when power came back on the power supply I was using for my raspberry pi died-_-
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it has served me for many years so I can't be madbut its annoying, need to figure out an alternate power solution for this
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the Anker USB-C/USB-A charger station I have can power it but only on the USB-A ports, USB-C<->USB-C doesn't power it for some godforsaken reason
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the problem being I don't have a USB-C<->USB-A cable long enough to put it back where it was placed previously so now its sitting on the Anker charger station itself which isn't ideal
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so sup with the the power situation on the Raspberry Pi (specifically I have the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.1)?why doesn't it like the USB-C<->USB-C cable and port for power but its fine with the USB-A port on the same Anker Prime Charger?is it a USB-PD negotiation thing?
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I'll be buying one of the "official/OEM" chargers anyways since the Anker Prime Charger isn't meant to power things like a rpi, its meant for charging phone/tablets/laptops.but.I'm curious.
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Review: The Poet Empress by Shen Tao"The Poet Empress is one hell of a book. I cannot believe that this is a debut novel. This is an epic story of family drama, cycles of abuse and the heartbreaking things the thirst for power make us do and it tells this story with great amounts of care for its characters and the dark world they live in. Just sublime."https://nullrouted.space/2026/03/31/review-the-poet-empress-by-shen-tao/If you enjoy reading my book reviews consider buying me a book.https://donate.stripe.com/fZu9ATbaA6ukbIEcVIe3e01#books #bookstodon
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Review: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters"Fingersmith was one hell of a ride from start to finish. I loved the way Sarah Waters built the world, its characters and their backstories to really give the thriller elements a lot of juice."https://nullrouted.space/2026/03/28/review-fingersmith-by-sarah-waters/#books #bookstodon
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@benhamill May 1st, 2026.[ sourced from https://isitbandcampfriday.com ]
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good morning nerds
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this morning I am writing my review of The Red Winter
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one of the best parts of The Red Winter is use of its footnotes (!) to make very funny and relevant jokesand this one is especially relevant today I think"This was a joke--the Archangel has come to the flesh only once (ref. Luke 2:1-20) and we all know how that ended up."page 389, footnoteI am quoting this in my review, its so funny lmao
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my replacement power supply for my Raspberry Pi arrived earlier today and the Pi is once back again where it is supposed to be.[ sitting on top of the network switch in my room which it is connected to. ]
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time to drink green tea and watch the latest Leadhead video that's been sitting in my watch later queue for a week nowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dgUV08JVGI
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Review: Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity"Weavingshaw is another fantastic debut. I don’t think it hit quite as hard as The Poet Empress did for me but regardless of that I very much enjoyed my time reading this gothic fantasy and immersing myself in its world and characters. This is a trilogy I very much want to continue reading and I look forward to reading the second book whenever that comes out."https://nullrouted.space/2026/04/03/review-weavingshaw-by-heba-al-wasity/#books #bookstodon