I've found myself trying to avoid email, for the enshittification that I've not been able to avoid. This will make it worse. Solutions? At least some could involve key exchange. How about a bounty of some sort on…
One formulation is that these are hallucinations. Another is that these systems are "orthogonal to truth". They have nothing to do with truth or falsity. One expression of that idea is in this paper:…
If there's an option to using alternatives to those you don't trust, like Google or Apple, that's good. If not you need to find an alternative service. You need the choice.
Facebook does this already. Not only posts and comments but also messages between two people. The system is used to hide content, change content, shadow ban and the like. Even by its own standards it's typically used…
On this issue I suggest figuring it out for yourself. Look into the technology a bit and decide. This issue illustrates that public pronouncements and published material can be misinformation and opposite to the obvious…
I'm not using DDG but I have checked how many sites use Google facilities which track. A lot more than 0.3.
Roger made a major contribution, in a quiet way. Thoughts are with all those who miss him.
How do we even know, from that article, that this is a computer generated being?
I see something which may be referred to here. I'm acquainted with people on social media who find that what they write on Facebook (say) is banned by the algorithmic being that reads before you post. Sometimes posts…
I haven't signed up with Signal because it's a source of surveillance for me. It gives out a phone number. It also leaks contact lists making it worse. A communication medium has no need to force people under…
Should you not tell your contacts that you gave their details to Clubhouse?
Is there any need not to have, online, in person discussions and learn for yourself, mixed to suit you and the institution? I think not. Neither a one size fits all online lecture nor a physical lecture with a lot of…
Why isn't there a successful distributed alternative to YouTube and the like?
Some things to consider (we're doing most of these): 1. Find out what is going on, the Interwebs are your friends. The press and politicians aren't much use. The bureaucracy (China, Japan, Iran for example) are not much…
A fascinating area. I've seen several people getting into it in one way or another: Blendle The system in the Brave browser Scroll ... What I really want is: 1. A friction free way to pay what I want AFTER I've read an…
The article comes on so strong that many will be inclined not to believe it. One point. The encrypted systems are many and not inter-operable. That's a problem for me and many others.
I’ve recently withdrawn from email, Internet and TV for a while. I’m currently reconnecting. My main observation is that I’m happy getting back onto the things where I exert some control. Those with little control are…
Remarkable how these debates reveal how many have a "scientific" attitude. Generally very few. There is no such thing as "done science". Science is about hypotheses that are questioned and challenged to come up with a…
I'm not familiar with a survey of how many know these things (and the good suggestions made here). My suspicion is that few know, and fewer are doing it. An important goal? Help those who care enough become aware enough…
I've observed that Stack Exchange is worse now than when it started and that the points award system moulds and warps respondents. Now that it has gone overtly commercial they face issues which may not be solved. What…
An important area on which a lot of nonsense is published. By some analyses over 80% nonsense. (When I look at the other material you often can't take any action based on it anyway.) Some interesting observations in…
In that regard Facebook has improved recently. Their export now has a JSON format which is useful. They still exclude so much that it may be better to scrape from the UI though.
People who want to take control of their own lives, and curate the mix of knowledge / fact / falsity / opinion / propaganda / disinformation / useful-idiocy in their own heads can technically head in this direction…
I find the obvious propaganda (like this) both amusing and useful (well in this case not very useful). It exercises the immune system against the ever flowing rubbish that is so much of the Internet, Press, Politician…
I don't really see the issue. These appear to be real humans. I see so many fake accounts, sock puppets etc. just about any place I look, that I just accept that to not be an idiot myself I need to spend time thinking…
I've found myself trying to avoid email, for the enshittification that I've not been able to avoid. This will make it worse. Solutions? At least some could involve key exchange. How about a bounty of some sort on…
One formulation is that these are hallucinations. Another is that these systems are "orthogonal to truth". They have nothing to do with truth or falsity. One expression of that idea is in this paper:…
If there's an option to using alternatives to those you don't trust, like Google or Apple, that's good. If not you need to find an alternative service. You need the choice.
Facebook does this already. Not only posts and comments but also messages between two people. The system is used to hide content, change content, shadow ban and the like. Even by its own standards it's typically used…
On this issue I suggest figuring it out for yourself. Look into the technology a bit and decide. This issue illustrates that public pronouncements and published material can be misinformation and opposite to the obvious…
I'm not using DDG but I have checked how many sites use Google facilities which track. A lot more than 0.3.
Roger made a major contribution, in a quiet way. Thoughts are with all those who miss him.
How do we even know, from that article, that this is a computer generated being?
I see something which may be referred to here. I'm acquainted with people on social media who find that what they write on Facebook (say) is banned by the algorithmic being that reads before you post. Sometimes posts…
I haven't signed up with Signal because it's a source of surveillance for me. It gives out a phone number. It also leaks contact lists making it worse. A communication medium has no need to force people under…
Should you not tell your contacts that you gave their details to Clubhouse?
Is there any need not to have, online, in person discussions and learn for yourself, mixed to suit you and the institution? I think not. Neither a one size fits all online lecture nor a physical lecture with a lot of…
Why isn't there a successful distributed alternative to YouTube and the like?
Some things to consider (we're doing most of these): 1. Find out what is going on, the Interwebs are your friends. The press and politicians aren't much use. The bureaucracy (China, Japan, Iran for example) are not much…
A fascinating area. I've seen several people getting into it in one way or another: Blendle The system in the Brave browser Scroll ... What I really want is: 1. A friction free way to pay what I want AFTER I've read an…
The article comes on so strong that many will be inclined not to believe it. One point. The encrypted systems are many and not inter-operable. That's a problem for me and many others.
I’ve recently withdrawn from email, Internet and TV for a while. I’m currently reconnecting. My main observation is that I’m happy getting back onto the things where I exert some control. Those with little control are…
Remarkable how these debates reveal how many have a "scientific" attitude. Generally very few. There is no such thing as "done science". Science is about hypotheses that are questioned and challenged to come up with a…
I'm not familiar with a survey of how many know these things (and the good suggestions made here). My suspicion is that few know, and fewer are doing it. An important goal? Help those who care enough become aware enough…
I've observed that Stack Exchange is worse now than when it started and that the points award system moulds and warps respondents. Now that it has gone overtly commercial they face issues which may not be solved. What…
An important area on which a lot of nonsense is published. By some analyses over 80% nonsense. (When I look at the other material you often can't take any action based on it anyway.) Some interesting observations in…
In that regard Facebook has improved recently. Their export now has a JSON format which is useful. They still exclude so much that it may be better to scrape from the UI though.
People who want to take control of their own lives, and curate the mix of knowledge / fact / falsity / opinion / propaganda / disinformation / useful-idiocy in their own heads can technically head in this direction…
I find the obvious propaganda (like this) both amusing and useful (well in this case not very useful). It exercises the immune system against the ever flowing rubbish that is so much of the Internet, Press, Politician…
I don't really see the issue. These appear to be real humans. I see so many fake accounts, sock puppets etc. just about any place I look, that I just accept that to not be an idiot myself I need to spend time thinking…