Age verification for the services I run? Solved. I look in my passport, verify that I am 18 years or older, look in the mirror to check that it is really me and after that I install Yet Another Service on my server to become less dependent on big tech :)
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Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok
#HackerNews #Loops #TikTok #federated #open-source #socialmedia
All the fun of short-form video, none of the corporate control. Loops is federated, open-source, and designed to give power back to creators and communities.joinloops.org
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George Carlin famously said that politics and economy are "a big club and you ain't in it."
The #Epstein files are showing how right he was, especially this one, in which Epstein cackles with his pal Peter Thiel about how #Brexit was "just the beginning" of their plans to destroy governments and institute a "return to tribalism."
They elected Trump knowing that he is a corrupt/evil imbecile who destroys anything he touches.
It's all about buying the dip justice.gov/epstein/files/Data…
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#Brexit... the identifiable Con
We were played by the Wealthy
We 'Ordinary people' in the UK have demonstratably lost out and are poorer due to Brexit.
While the wealthy have increased their wealth
Our freedom is deciding if we have beans on toast or egg on toast..... or if it's cold enough to turn on the heating
The wealthiest freedom is deciding which shares to buy... or where to overwinter.
Tax the superwealthy and Govern for all not just the rich
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Update: Epstein and Thiel discussing advice for Donald Trump in August of 2016 on what to say regarding Trump's refusal to release his tax returns.
This looks like two close friends concerned for their pal Donny.
Source: justice.gov/epstein/files/Data…
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Max Lee
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in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •I KNEW IT!
I am ahead of my time!!!
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Alex Seibz
in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •Now I'm working at a co-op grocer with similar management headaches.
Yurii / Юра
in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •I completely agree with this article. AI doesn't replace tech jobs as much as provides convinient excuse to bully expensive engineers into submission.
Fire many, force others to do their job or else
Previously these actions led to sharp stock price decline, now CEOs tell tales of AI replacing...
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Krystyna
in reply to Yurii / Юра • • •@iurii
I saw this earlier:
@bytevagabond.com
10 years of OpenAI:
2015: $0 profit
2025: Still $0 profit (but in a blazer)
Lost ~$8B in 2025.
Projected $14B loss in 2026.
Deutsche Bank estimates $143B in negative cash flow before profitability.
Yurii / Юра
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in reply to Krystyna • • •Admiral Snackbär
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Problem is, these giants also can't make a profit with it.
Hardly anyone actually wants to pay anything for AI, and even less are willing to pay the real price.
All the expensive hardware will be obsolete in two or three years and to this day I have not seen a single actually "disruptive" and functional use case for LLMs. Small improvements here and there, sure, but providing free coffee would have produced the same productivity boost.
diana 🏳️⚧️🦋🌱
in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •Reminds me of this old meme
Claudius
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in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •Sassinake! - ⊃∪∩⪽
in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •Or maybe they will be issued guns and will be allowed to 'shoot them thieves' for <15$.
Chris
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in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •I have a different take:
* AI will not replace writing code, we're just going through a hype phase, the outcome of which will confirm AI produces code that is uneconomical to fix.
BUT
* Coding will become a commodity skill, with a very large talent pool, and the vast vast majority of coding needs being vanilla bread-and-butter requiring no specialist expertise. This will mean wages for coders will drop, and as individuals they will have to accept a drastic drop in people treating them as special. Lots of egos will be bruised in the transition.
BUT ALSO
* the value of people who can combine technical talent with understanding people and their needs, understanding product design, .. will remain high. These are the people who solve problems and build valuable products. This combination of skills has not been prevalent in the coding community, some might persuasively argue.
If you want to feel special, and earn lots, become a plumber, a dentist.
Learn Mandarin, not C++.
Zeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶
in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •two things
Angela Scholder
in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •A-nom-nom-nom-aly BSC SSC
in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •Current contract comes to an end in a couple of months... and I'm not renewing it... because the offer was insulting and they're trying to push AI into it when it would endanger and compromise security.
Funnily enough... the client has expressed interest in having me do some consulting work for them... on the software I was managing development of.
~sterpeto
in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •Kinene⭐🐻
in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •And somewhere, deep in the bowels of a large finance company, one of the old farts who still know COBOL and FORTRAN is tapping away on a keyboard.
"AI? I don't need no stinking AI."
Neil Moffatt
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in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •Neil Void
in reply to nixCraft 🐧 • • •Postgres is better than their database. They don't make profit on Java. Nobody uses their cloud. KVM is better than VirtualBox.
Maybe that's why they're firing people, not AI.
Redouan Ahaloui
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