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4day
McDonalds AI Ad vs McDonalds Ad in Japan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzHIh0Yy1W048
5day
What headphones should I get to stop NPR from being muttered in my brain?
So currently I have some decent analog headphones from sennheiser that I use when I spend all day staring at the computer for my email job. Unfortunately I recently moved right near a big ass radio tower and it blasts some talk news show into my apartment so now there is NPR voice muttering in my ear whenever I put my headphones on. This is obviously a ploy by the deep state to instill the understanding that Venezuela must be bombed for world peace. I refuse to go that easily so I need to figure out a solution. Analog is out since I don't think any amount of RF shielding will work and I don't want to spend my time chasing down leaks. Who knew those zillion dollar audiophile shielded cable people had real concerns. ... read full post
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5day
Is it OK To Be A Luddite? (a 1984 essay from Thomas Pynchon)
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/05/18/reviews/pynchon-luddite.htmlI thought this Pynchon essay was fantastic and more relevant than ever in our current moment of Artificial "Intelligence" mania and ever-increasing fascistic consolidation.
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A Journalist Reported From Palestine. YouTube Deleted His Account Claiming He’s an Iranian Agent
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/07/youtube-deleted-journalist-israel-palestine-censorship/cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/12137 ... read full post
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4day
New Pipeline Won't Save Disappearing Oil Patch Jobs. Interview with Jim Stanford, Centre for Future Work, about the new report “Worker Voice and Effective Transitions for Fossil Fuel Workers in Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KlP5nSbgO0139
6day
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
https://futurism.com/future-society/woman-hero-smashing-meta-smart-glasses-subwaycross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/54484549
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
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4day
Small plug-in solar panels gain traction as an affordable way to cut electricity bills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVO9GcNlkLQ92
6day
A fork of Calibre called Clbre, because the AI is stripped out.
https://github.com/grimthorpe/clbre30
5day
Driving Xiaomi's Electric Car: Are we Cooked?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb6H7trzMfI32
5day
Scientists design new coating for rare earth materials to glow when powered by electricity | ShanghaiEye魔都眼
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OWp4b-c3CgScientists from China and Singapore say they've developed a way for rare earths to emit light when powered by electricity, potentially paving the way for their use in light emitting diodes, or LEDs. ... read full post
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4day
Edward A. Andrus about Bill Gates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMPOJgqfNAk85
6day
This is Insanity
Thanks to the good folks at Samsung to brainwash me into never buying a "smart" product.
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6day
Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
https://archive.md/Gs559Actually decent article from the New York Crimes on AI generated text.
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5day
Cash registers haven't really changed in centuries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu-IGfTi7Wk44
6day
Meta’s Zuckerberg Plans Deep Cuts for Metaverse Efforts
https://archive.is/2025.12.04-143017/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-04/meta-s-zuckerberg-plans-deep-cuts-for-metaverse-effortsThe metaverse group sits within Reality Labs, the Meta division focused on long-term bets like VR headsets and AR glasses. That group has lost more than $70 billion since the start of 2021. Zuckerberg has largely stopped mentioning the metaverse in public and on company earnings calls, and is instead focused on developing the large AI models that underpin AI chatbots and other generative AI products, as well as the hardware products that are more linked to those experiences, like Meta’s Ray-Ban smart display glasses. ... read full post
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Mini-PCs for Gaming
Thinking about picking up a mini-pc for living room gaming for the family, to replace the old desktop computer that's been filling the role but has developed terminal hardware issues as of late. ... read full post
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EU targeting platforms that refuse to ‘censor free speech’: Telegram CEO
https://archive.ph/UanTx27
7day
As AI Data Centers Disrupt US Cities, Wisconsin Woman Violently Arrested After Speaking Out
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ai-data-center-protestcross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/11910 ... read full post
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How Solar Saved Pakistan’s Economy (sort of)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEL1vcA6VuIPakistan's recent boom in solar panel imports and installations could be the boost their economy needs to mitigate their recurring crises and frequent bailouts. But will it be enough? And what can the rest of the world learn from their green experience?
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6day
Offshore wind powers China's green transition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5bWBKLRY0I3
6day
The Anime AI Dub Crisis Has Begun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl4mAIBA8jc110
1w
Yay crawly robots
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1w
China Mass-Produces Humanoids — U.S. Experts Call It CGI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW0YoLgXQGg19
1w
Micron stole Tax Money to create profits for themselves(GN)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A-eeJP0J7cFree Market is when company gets tax money to monopolize the market and jack up prices