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Anonymous

39 months ago

www.ethicalconsumer.org "since 1989"

Ethical Consumer is a great buyers guide to being sure you're not supporting something really bad when you buy stuff.

I went there looking for advice about buying a tablet, and certain brands were recommended over other brands, while certain brands were singled out as especially problematic, but ultimately it said the most ethical option is buying something refurbished or second hand. (This was 2022).

#ethical_💬 #howto_💬 #buying_💬

And #fskynet_💬 just for good measure ;)

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Anonymous

69 months ago

A primer from activist collective Extinction Rebellion on smartphone security for people participating in activist organizing and protests. A how-to guide, as well as some philosophy and guidelines for developing a good security culture to support activism and disruptive public actions.

https://cloud.organise.earth/apps/onlyoffice/s/QMHTinJKr4TNNQP?link_id=4&can_id=846f4e040510f01fbf21398938287a0c&source=email-newsletter-29-get-ready-to-change-the-world&email_referrer=email_632268&email_subject=newsletter-29-get-ready-to-change-the-world

#encryption_💬 #howto_💬 #security_💬 #activism_💬

tagged: #fskynet_💬

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Anonymous

81 months ago

In this #video_💬, #Anonymous_💬 provides an excellent introduction to securing your internet traffic with encrypted software and anonymizing your internet connection for using the internet without being tracked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLcJa1nKRcU

Stay #anonymous_💬!

#encryption_💬 #anon_💬 #video_💬

tagged: #fskynet_💬

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Anonymous

26 months ago

#capitalism_💬 #inequality_💬 #meme_💬

#fskynet_💬

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Anonymous

19 months ago

Tristan Harris on the attention economy.

This article does a great job of breaking down various techniques tech companies use to keep us glued to the screen.

https://medium.com/thrive-global/how-technology-hijacks-peoples-minds-from-a-magician-and-google-s-design-ethicist-56d62ef5edf3

#socialmedia_💬 #attentioneconomy_💬
#fskynet_💬

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Anonymous

7 months ago

"The 5 Filters of the Mass Media Machine"

This is a great short video summarizing what Noam Chompsky called the "5 filters" in his book "Manufacturing Consent".

It describes how the mass media industry is fundamentally and inherently manipulated to perpetuate a filtered view of reality through the influence of:

1. Ownership
2. Advertising
3. the Media Elite
4. Flak
5. "the Common Enemy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LGPIXvU5M

#massmedia_💬 #critique_💬 #video_💬

#fskynet_💬

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Anonymous

32 months ago

Here is a thoughtful proposal about how to stop advanced AI, specifically Artificial General Intelligence, from becoming superintelligent and killing us all. A well-known top AI researcher has called for preventative measures to bomb data centers which contain the AI data training, and put a hard legal limit on the computational power used in an AGI system.

https://datacentremagazine.com/articles/rogue-data-centres-may-need-to-be-destroyed-ai-researcher

#AI_💬 #defense_💬 #article_💬
#strategy_💬

As a solution, Yudkowsky suggests a moratorium on new large training runs, which should be indefinite and worldwide.

He recommends shutting down all the large GPU clusters, which are the large computer farms where the most powerful AIs are refined, and putting a ceiling on how much computing power anyone is allowed to use in training an AI system.

Yudkowsky argues that no exceptions should be made for governments and militaries, and that immediate multinational agreements are needed to prevent prohibited activities from moving elsewhere.

In order to enforce these regulations, Yudkowsky proposes tracking all GPUs sold, and being less scared of a shooting conflict between nations than of the moratorium being violated. He suggests that rogue data centres should be destroyed by airstrikes if necessary."

#fskynet_💬

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Anonymous

30 months ago

This is a map of bike trails all over the USA!

https://www.adventurecycling.org/membership/my-adventure-cycling/download-catalogs-and-sample-issue/bicycle-routes-handbook/

#fskynet_💬

#trails_💬
#bicycling_💬 #maps_💬 #usa_💬

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Anonymous

74 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9ZVqdmaBvs

TRAIN DRIVER'S VIEW: Live chat and Stream from the Bergen Line, Norway

#livestream_💬

tagged: #fskynet_💬

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