If the misery of our poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
– Charles Darwin. The Voyage of the Beagle, kap. XXI
Behag for ubehag
Critic, n.:
A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him.
— Ambrose Bierce, “The Devil’s Dictionary”
Nonsens-tåge
There’s this kind of performative complexity in a lot of the wickedness in our world — things are made complex so they’ll be hard to understand. The pretense is they’re hard to understand because they’re intrinsically complex. And there’s a term in the finance sector for this, which is “MEGO:” My Eyes Glaze Over. It’s a trick.
– Cory Doctorow – interview, The Jacobin: Cory Doctorow Explains Why Big Tech Is Making the Internet Terrible
Accept no substitutions
Funny how some people think a secret group of rich people control everything instead of the well known group of rich people who control everything.
– @Faktoider på Mastodon – link til indlæg
United clown Kingdom
Having a monarchy next door is a little like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and has daubed their house with clown murals, displays clown dolls in each window and has an insatiable desire to hear about and discuss clown-related news stories. More specifically, for the Irish, it’s like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and, also, your grandfather was murdered by a clown.
– The Irish Times via Charles Stross – link til indlæg
Checks out
NOTE: your password must contain:
– an uppercase letter
– a lowercase letter
– a number
– the illusion of security
– a special character
– Eric Meyer på Mastodon – link til indlæg
Gode råd meget dyre
No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.
As-is-isme
‘Kafkaesque’, I found, was much more fun than Kafka.
– Robin Ashenden: How the Kindle lost its spark
Rodet for alle os andre
The worst thing that ever happened in software engineering was when Kirk asked Scotty how long something would take and Scotty said thirty minutes and Kirk said you’ve got five and Scotty got it done in five and impressionable children watched this and grew up to become managers.
– Isaac Freeman på Mastodon – link til indlæg
(og med det mener jeg)
[…] a lot of people keep thinking that (this iteration of) “Artificial*” “Intelligence**” is a good idea…
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*human led, biased
**parroting
Via Mina på Mastodon – link til indlæg