Alex @alex@monkeydiesel.net

"The Trustworthy AI story is a marketing narrative invented by industry. [...] Hence the Trustworthy AI narrative is, in reality, about developing future markets and using ethics debates as elegant public decorations for a large-scale investment strategy [...].

We are in a rapid historical transition that is taking place at many levels simultaneously. The window of opportunity within which we can control the future of AI will close in a few years' time."

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/eu-guidelines-ethics-washing-made-in-europe/24195496.html

Do you know someone with an older or lower-end laptop that struggles to run properly?

#Lubuntu is a good way of bringing old/slow computers back to life, and is very easy to use with a familiar Windows-style start menu and icon desktop 👍

Lubuntu is based on Ubuntu and runs the same Linux apps, but it has a lighter interface with much lower system requirements.

You can find out more here:

https://lubuntu.me

You can also follow Lubuntu on here:

@lubuntu

#Alternatives #DeleteWindows

@greenfediverse

Well, I know this has been going around the #fediverse a lot already, but it is such a great project, I think it can't be mentioned (and hopefully copied) often enough:

This is a very nice example:

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/about.html

-> a #Solar-powered, self-hosted website.

#Solarpunk
#Greenfediverse
#lowtechmagazine
#lowtech

RT @Senficon

Breaking: @ManfredWeber and the @EPPGroup want the vote on #Article13 and the Copyright Directive moved ahead to next week to pre-empt the #SaveYourInternet/#StopACTA2 protests! We need a public outcry to stop this!

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Senficon/status/1102564813912395778

This picture has such unbelievably powerful energy. I feel like I'm looking at a shackled god.

@jeffalyanak @alcinnz People don’t want iOS, macOS, or Windows. People want to share their photos with their friends, chat to their loved ones, maybe write up a paper or play a game. No one ever wakes up saying “I want that operating system.”

Things that are hard about building an SPA:

- Managing the back button yourself
- Managing scroll state yourself
- Managing focus state yourself

A lot of the nuts-and-bolts stuff that the browser is supposed to do automatically now becomes your responsibility. I think a lot of people underestimate this when building an SPA.

If people want to keep things safe and secure maybe they should just not do things which they wouldn't want other people to see so they don't have to worry
teaching people to secure their shit so they can do what the fuck they want