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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
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August 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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In 'Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming,' Malm makes a compelling argument that capitalists didn't switch from water power to steam because it was more productive or cost effective, but because it disciplined labor.
AI is the self-acting mule, but even dumber
AI is the self-acting mule, but even dumber
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In 'Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming,' Malm makes a compelling argument that capitalists didn't switch from water power to steam because it was more productive or cost effective, but because it disciplined labor.
AI is the self-acting mule, but even dumber
AI is the self-acting mule, but even dumber
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Rip and tear until it is done? No, shred and grind until it is fun, dude 🙂🤙
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Rip and tear until it is done? No, shred and grind until it is fun, dude 🙂🤙
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Mutant Crisis: Part 2 (1/3)
September 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Mutant Crisis: Part 2 (1/3)
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They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.
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this is so incredible and makes me want a "VISIONS" type anthology about dinosaurs living as wild animals in our world soooo badly
this is so incredible and makes me want a "VISIONS" type anthology about dinosaurs living as wild animals in our world soooo badly
"Tears of the Mountain", the 3rd 2025 graduation short from french Gobelins school, is online.
Directed by Luke Ashworth, Yehor Bondarenko, Alp Kurdoğlu, Romane Talva and Ange Yajima.
Full film >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB9J...
Directed by Luke Ashworth, Yehor Bondarenko, Alp Kurdoğlu, Romane Talva and Ange Yajima.
Full film >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB9J...
October 16, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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this is so incredible and makes me want a "VISIONS" type anthology about dinosaurs living as wild animals in our world soooo badly
this is so incredible and makes me want a "VISIONS" type anthology about dinosaurs living as wild animals in our world soooo badly
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Machine learning is a neat tool, but clearly companies are desperate to give “AI” credit for what human scholars accomplish in part because companies have bet the farm on the idea that human ingenuity is expendable. This historian is extraordinary and deserves the real credit.
Oh, man. After reading the article, what it actually says is that an historian did a lot of archival work and spatial research to determine the site of a killing and then the family of the likely perpetrator stepped forward with photographs to confirm identity.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image
Jürgen Matthäus has for years been investigating the killer – and is confident he has finally solved the mystery
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Machine learning is a neat tool, but clearly companies are desperate to give “AI” credit for what human scholars accomplish in part because companies have bet the farm on the idea that human ingenuity is expendable. This historian is extraordinary and deserves the real credit.
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Ducks walking on Hydrangea petals.
August 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Ducks walking on Hydrangea petals.
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i would like to add one more thing: making *fiction* collaboratively with your friends is a much more raw and vulnerable thing to do than, like, almost any other kind of fucking around.
and most people are also (as a starting point) quite bad at it.
and most people are also (as a starting point) quite bad at it.
The reason TRPGs are not more broadly popular compared to other hobbies is that they possess more friction points than any of those hobbies, that's the long and the short of it, it's the holy grail people keep trying to figure out a way to fix, and you simply cannot fix it without fixing society
August 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
i would like to add one more thing: making *fiction* collaboratively with your friends is a much more raw and vulnerable thing to do than, like, almost any other kind of fucking around.
and most people are also (as a starting point) quite bad at it.
and most people are also (as a starting point) quite bad at it.
started on the Dragonriders of pern books
love the freaky ways the dragons are described
love the freaky ways the dragons are described
August 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
started on the Dragonriders of pern books
love the freaky ways the dragons are described
love the freaky ways the dragons are described
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Bluesky doesn't penalize you for using links, tags, using key words like Patreon or commissions, and doesn't have a central algorithm on your following feed, which means all the power rests on you to help your favourite creators be seen!
July 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Bluesky doesn't penalize you for using links, tags, using key words like Patreon or commissions, and doesn't have a central algorithm on your following feed, which means all the power rests on you to help your favourite creators be seen!
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Two types of game engines
July 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Two types of game engines
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I dag i "Terroristen var en ensom ulv, uten støtte i det norske samfunnet".
22. juli-senteret måtte stenge kommentarfelt etter hatmeldingar
For første gong måtte 22. juli-senteret stenge kommentarfeltet sitt på sosiale medium etter hatefulle ytringar.
www.nrk.no
July 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I dag i "Terroristen var en ensom ulv, uten støtte i det norske samfunnet".
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it’s absurd that NYT forced him to delete these skeets, which … convey the factual information that Zohran Mamdani is, in fact, a man of South Asian descent who was born and raised in Africa, and that the pseudonymous source of the hacked material is a white supremacist eugenicist.
July 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
it’s absurd that NYT forced him to delete these skeets, which … convey the factual information that Zohran Mamdani is, in fact, a man of South Asian descent who was born and raised in Africa, and that the pseudonymous source of the hacked material is a white supremacist eugenicist.
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THE INTERNET ARCHIVE IS BEING TAKEN DOWN!!
IF YOU CARE ABOUT PRESERVATION AND DON'T WANT DISINFORMATION TO GET WORSE PLEASE HELP PITCH IN!!
THE INTERNET ARCHIVE IS BEING TAKEN DOWN!!
IF YOU CARE ABOUT PRESERVATION AND DON'T WANT DISINFORMATION TO GET WORSE PLEASE HELP PITCH IN!!
Can you spare a minute to help mikhail horn?
Defend the Internet Archive
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April 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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THE INTERNET ARCHIVE IS BEING TAKEN DOWN!!
IF YOU CARE ABOUT PRESERVATION AND DON'T WANT DISINFORMATION TO GET WORSE PLEASE HELP PITCH IN!!
THE INTERNET ARCHIVE IS BEING TAKEN DOWN!!
IF YOU CARE ABOUT PRESERVATION AND DON'T WANT DISINFORMATION TO GET WORSE PLEASE HELP PITCH IN!!
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo... This is making me feel things. She spoke truth to power while power sat in the room back in 2018 and it's clearly taking a toll on her to stand up and do it again and she does it anyway. I think we should listen
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo... This is making me feel things. She spoke truth to power while power sat in the room back in 2018 and it's clearly taking a toll on her to stand up and do it again and she does it anyway. I think we should listen