Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

@zacchiro I agree that smartphones are a major contributor, but as a parent of two kids, I can also see other factors, including ever more #TV, #minecraft and video games in general, social media, #addictive software, and more. All the technology designed to take our #attention does just that, and it is ever present. Smartphones magnify that by putting all those things in out pockets, to be by our side all the time. Then cars isolate us in many ways, and dominate cities, suburbs and countryside.

#Varian provides yet another cautionary tale from the #SiliconValley: the founders created a worker owned #coop to make radar systems to prevent mass bombing of cities from the air. They ended up being pushed by #military and #investor money into a typical corporation that made key parts for #nuclear missiles. And the founders were distracted by their new found #wealth. Reminds me of how the #Google founders started out being opposed to advertising.

In reading #PaloAlto by Malcolm Harris, provides good examples of #Keynesian style investment in #military triggering economic growth. In the #EU, this "magic money" goes to propping up big banks that made bad loans. In a democracy, we should be able to decide where those huge piles of "magic money" go. This money could go to #RenewableEnergy and #renaturalizing or so money other things.

Has anyone seen any legal action related to #AI #image generation like #StableDiffusion about the #EU #GDPR Right to be Forgotten? It seems these models can easily reproduce images they have been trained on.

Looks like once #CreditSuisse was forced out of the business of tax evasion and money laundering, they cratered. I'll bet they are not alone in that the main value they deliver to customers is dodging the law.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/apr/02/switzerlands-attorney-general-to-investigate-credit-suisse-takeover

@webmink @EU_Commission can you translate that a bit for laymen like me?

handy German word: Fachkräftemängel

@vitriolix US grand juries are juries but they only work on the question of whether there is enough evidence to indict someone and start a trial. It is a process for controversial cases, so that a prosecutor doesn't make the decision themselves.

One of my biggest problems with so many #web projects is that I cannot control when they are upgraded. Sure, this #workflow is easier for devs, but wow, it can really screw users. I was force-upgraded to a whole new rewrite of online accounting software when I was under immense deadline pressure. The upgrade broke my time tracking almost entirely. And the new version has only slowed my work. I was happy with the old version. Controlling #UX change is key to #UserFreedom and is often overlooked.

#Tor Project maintains their tools in #Debian, giving them a base platform delivered with #ReproducibleBuilds and the rest of the Debian users get a better maintained Debian.

https://blog.torproject.org/built-with-purpose-puppet-debian/

@vitriolix wow that's quite something that such an huge app included #malware. It'll be interesting to watch this unfold, it seems like the researchers have quite strong evidence.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/android-app-from-china-executed-0-day-exploit-on-millions-of-devices/