Lunatech @Lunatech@social.cleverlibre.org

If you're looking for #privacy, the absolute best option is probably setting up your own #homeserver, but if you don't have the technical know how, the time, or the inclination, the next best thing is a #NAS!

These little things let you store files, photos, host websites, run containers, backup your computers, run office suites, all with simple GUIs, and can be cheaper than cloud storage.

Let's take a look at why you probably need a NAS at home:

https://youtu.be/LBtEJ-iQbeg

#linux #opensource

Elon Musk tweeted that it's "concerning" that a computer won't use a slur to stop a nuclear apocalypse in an imaginary scenario.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxnv59/conservatives-are-obsessed-with-getting-chatgpt-to-say-the-n-word
#Tech #ChatGPT #AI #elonmusk #BenShapiro #AIsafety #AIBias

They're punishing us because we don't diddle kids like Christian religioustical types do.

MT House Approves Bill To Deny LGBTQ Healthcare
https://www.joemygod.com/?p=395582

@Kitchi See my boost a few minutes ago of the library inside an abandoned iconic red phone booth in England. We should do "pop up" events with no advance warning to distribute books in neighborhoods in FL and other places they've been banned! In & out before the Karens can alert DeSantis' or Huckabee98 brownshirts! Also see Brooklyn Library pinned post. It's heart breaking....To Kill A Mockingbird changed my life. UFB what is happening.

It is not good news that Mastodon usage has dropped after the initial surge. But it's understandable. Patience and persistence are needed, along with greater (it's coming) ease of use here.

Meanwhile, it's disgusting that journalists -- whom Musk attacked directly and is still in some cases banning from his increasingly right-wing propaganda machine -- have meekly gone back to Twitter.

In a way, it's not surprising. Which says a lot about Big Journalism in our era.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-mastodon-bump-is-now-a-slump/

"In less than two months, Mastodon’s monthly active users climbed from 380,000 to more than 2.5 million. But not everyone stuck around. Mastodon’s active monthly user count dropped to 1.4 million by late January."

This was inevitable, it happens to any new service, people try it out and leave. The more important news is that Mastodon's real ecosystem grew over 3x in only two months. Every single one of those users is now an advocate for the ecosystem.

Keep pushing... 🐘

https://www.wired.com/story/the-mastodon-bump-is-now-a-slump/

I don't buy the notion that teachers should take a wait-and-see approach to generative AI like ChatGPT and DALLE-2. These are not "early days." We're used to spending the semester teaching students to start a fire, and someone just invented matches.

We have to show students how to use matches to stay warm without burning everything down in the process.

#EdTech #Education #Edutooters #AcademicMastodon #OpenAI #ChatGPT #DALLE #GenerativeAI

"A healthy concern about China’s growing power is warranted, but paranoia and alarmism are not. The United States is still the No. 1 power in the world, and we can remain that way as long as we do not blunder into a catastrophic and unnecessary war with a No. 2 power whose rise might have already peaked"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/06/china-balloon-war-hysteria-taiwan/ @maxboot

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/richest-1-bag-nearly-twice-much-wealth-rest-world-put-together-over-past-two-years

#Musk Pledged to Cleanse #Twitter of Child Abuse Content. Is It Working?

Child sexual abuse imagery spreads on Twitter even after the company is notified: One video drew 120,000 views. “Sewer rats,” as one regulator described bad actors, remain.

#childabuse

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/06/technology/twitter-child-sex-abuse.html

Video: Del. Danica Roem Powerfully Demolishes Far-Right-Extremist Del. Dave LaRock’s Bill For “forcibly outing kids regardless of the safety of their home” ("You have no idea what you're doing. You have no idea the harm you're causing.") https://bluevirginia.us/2023/02/video-del-danica-roem-powerfully-demolishes-far-right-extremist-del-dave-larocks-bill-for-forcibly-outing-kids-regardless-of-the-safety-of-their-home

Twitter suspended 400K for child abuse content but only reported 8K to police https://arstechnica.com/?p=1915357

Can you imagine the outrage from MAGA if the Pentagon shot down the balloon over Montana and the debris killed a ranch family?

Why didn’t Trump shoot down the Chinese balloons that flew over Texas and Florida during his administration?

An outlandish figure who derailed racial justice protests in Denver was actually an FBI informant with a sex crime conviction.

Mickey Windecker sowed distrust between activist factions and pushed a man into an illegal gun buy. For his work, the FBI paid Windecker tens of thousands of dollars *that we know of*: https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-an-fbi-informant-derailed-denvers-blm-movement

Woke up extra pissed off at Elon Musk today because the damage he has done is starting to affect family life and plans. 🤬

society: damn misinfo at scale is getting a bit out of hand lately. seems like a problem.

tech guys: i have invented a machine that generates misinformation. is that helpful?

Developers Created AI to Generate Police Sketches. Experts Are Horrified

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjk745/ai-police-sketches

#generative #Developers #forensics #DALL-E #OpenAI #police #Tech