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You can’t remain unlinked to your real identity as seen by the government because you need to provide your id when buying a new SIM

This varies by country. In the US you can buy a prepaid mobile phone with cash and supply it with prepaid cards, all without showing ID:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepaid_mobile_phone#Privacy_rights

(but obviously they can figure out who you are by tracking your signal and seeing where you spend your time.)

Coming from Wired, I’d hope the article would have a more technology focused approach,

Wired is for people who want to talk about technology without actually taking about technology.

we have basically no way at all of influencing or thwarting them.

Maybe. The Spanish conquistadors, and the British in India, all found that it was easier to “divide and conquer” by picking local allies.

But surely no human would sell out their own species… right?

But Hanlon’s razor says you shouldn’t.

All right, we got a razor fight!

Do you like commercials? And how much are you willing to pay for TV?

If the answers are “no” and “zero”, then that’s going to affect how much TV you/we watch, even if you/we like the TV shows.

According to the article, Musk is the ideas guy and it’s her job to implement them. So when Twitter fails, he’ll say the ideas were great, it was an execution problem.

She probably figures at her next job interview she’ll say it was a no win situation, but at least she accomplished (something).

Also, “research has indicated that women and other minorities view risky job offers as the only chance they are likely to get” -Wikipedia

She’s the one who will take the blame.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_cliff

The whole point of Oulipo is “the seeking of new structures and patterns”.

Constraints inspire creativity, so let’s come up with new constraints.

If you only allow one structure/constraint, that’s the opposite of what Oulipo is about.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulipo
“Oulipo Compendium” is a fun book if you can find it.
Motte’s “Oulipo: A Primer of Potential Literature” is OK but a bit dry. Looks like there’ve been a couple new surveys recently too.

The mastodon community Oulipo.social only allows one structure/constraint, so it’s not that interesting. If you know of any good Oulipo communities in the fediverse, I’d be thrilled to hear about them.

“Lastly, I’ve intentionally done this work in a way that will, I hope, prove illegible and hostile to summary in media reports”

lel I like the way this person thinks. Did a quick read, is worth re-reading.

I was initially excited to hear about the Oulipo community, but they seem to have an very limited take on what Oulipo is/was. There is a lot more to Oulipo than lipograms (avoiding a character) as even the Wikipedia page says.

I’m pretty sure they were being sarcastic.

It’s “enswastification.”

Possibly relevant background: https://www.disconnect.blog/p/elon-musk-wants-to-relive-his-start

artificial general intelligence - the thing LLMs claim to be

The major GPT-based systems will deny being AGIs. Most companies will also deny this. Is anyone reputable saying LLMs are AGIs?

Well, tensions were building, then there was an Incident, now they are trying a reconciliation so there will be a moment of calm. See here for more info: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_of_abuse

Right? I don’t understand why people on the fediverse are getting excited about this. At best, Reddit will have admins to insta-wipe anything objectionable. At worst, Reddit will point to the increased engagement as a sign that the protesters gave up and came back.

If they only took money once, that’d be acceptable. But like bullies and addicts, if you give them money once they just keep coming back for more.

What’s really funny is, all of those profiles only have links to their Twitter accounts, but you can’t see them unless you make a Twitter account yourself.

Google said in a statement that it “is simply not the employer of any of these workers. Our suppliers, as the employers, determine their working conditions, including pay and benefits, hours and tasks assigned, and employment changes – not Google.”

Me: kbinGPT, please translate that.

kbinGPT: “We don’t do evil. We hire someone to do evil for us.”

Them: “How do people even make money on there then?”

You: “The same way I’m making money off of you now.” (pause) “I don’t. We’re just friends.”