Notices by Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al), page 38

@pieceofthepie @lnkr Actually, I also know why it’s happening :) Shouldn’t be a hard fix.

@pieceofthepie @lnkr Thanks, lunch almost done; will look into this first thing.

@lnkr Ah, carp, dark mode? Which browser/platform. Will have a look after lunch - thanks! :)

Just fixed a bunch of little accessibility issues and the Kitten web site now conforms to WCAG 2.1 AA.

https://kitten.small-web.org

I also added a feature to Kitten whereby it automatically adds tabindex='0' to code blocks so they can be focused and thus scrolled by people using assistive technologies.

(It was also my first time trying out the axe accessibility tools – available as a browser extension – and that really helped: https://www.deque.com/axe/)

#Kitten #SmallWeb #accessibility #a11y

@Nicovel0 Bloody hell, that’s evil.

🗣️ This Monday I’ll be moderating a conversation with these amazing women doing data work and researching its impacts: Kauna Malgwi, Botlhokwa Ranta, Fasica Gebrekidan & Milagros Miceli ( @milamiceli).

⏰ 9am PT/6pm CET.
➡️ Zoom: https://events.zoom.us/ev/Ani8O9hWqLxviqMUvxIGtz4aJEc9MyTM5jo8fL661elG2-VJg4b_~Ajq6glpXyOf_ZsujePxsiks98HIxPasb7ikstxjEXqwEiqr-EpfC_vJdTQ
➡️Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dair_institute

Let me tell you a little bit about who is joining me in this conversation. 🧵

@timnitGebru @CorioPsicologia Is this the same Meta that’s a partner of Social Web Foundation with the good folks at Mastodon GmbH and Pixelfed? Surely not because why would the good folks at Mastodon GmbH and Pixelfed partner with them? I mean, how bad can Meta be if good folks like that are willing to associate with them?

https://socialwebfoundation.org

#Meta #SocialWebFoundation #Mastodon #MastodonGmbH #Pixelfed

“Are they screaming about our use of fake news? Let’s turn their lives into a crazy nightmare in which they can’t distinguish wild fiction from the realities of the day, infernal evil from the routine of life.”

— Dmitry Medvedev, former president, Russia.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/16/wests-spy-chiefs-alarmed-at-recklessness-of-russian-counterparts

Oh my dear Dmitry, you’re too late… Silicon Valley is already doing that.

We call it AI.

#russia #fakeNews #AI #SiliconValley #BigTech

@davidrevoy There are makers and there are takers. We’ve built a system that rewards the takers :(

@EagleRockster Thank you :hearts:

New blog post: Optimal automation

https://ar.al/2024/10/16/optimal-automation/

This has been on my mind quite a bit recently so I just wrote a little something about it.

#optimalAutomation #automation #technology #economics #society #AI #LLMs #selfDrivingCars #capitalism #growth #degrowth #climateChange #BigTech #postCapitalism

Ok that's enough - f- zionism and free palestine

@davidculley Thanks, David, already feeling a better, I think :)

@sknob They should do one for NFTs next.

“Businesses often monetize through data collection, leading to privacy compromises. However, it’s possible to build AI systems that prioritize user privacy, but these would likely require different business models—perhaps focusing on subscription fees or donations rather than data exploitation.

So, the privacy trade-off is more about choices in the current economic landscape than a fundamental requirement.”

– Microsoft Copilot

#AI #surveillance #capitalism #peopleFarming #microsoft #copilot

@EUCommission Business users. End users.

Markets this, markets that.

It’s impossible for you folks to care about human beings, human rights, and democracy, isn’t it?

@alex Merci :)

@Ralph058 @BackFromTheDud @kibcol1049 Intelligent !== artificial intelligence

An “intelligent” washing machine, for example, might have separate drawers for different types of clothes that need to be washed differently and wash them separately, using optimal temperature, duration, amount of detergent and softener, etc., All this can be pre-programmed into it. No AI necessary. And still, intelligent. i.e., well-designed

https://ar.al/talks/#superheroes-and-villains-in-design

@sc @dentangle @rsalz @hdm @darfplatypus “Currently, our focus is on supporting existing, widely used, and impactful projects to specifically contribute to their sustainability. Very new projects or projects with minimal usage are not considered for the time being.”

So it‘s for Big Tech open source.

Sure, I mean, why not. But can’t see much of a benefit for Small Tech, sorry.

(Not surprising as it’s by a stock broker.)

@JackTheCat But how do you really feel about him?

:P