buttstothemoon:

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animentality:

BTW, just to make sure everyone knows, this isn’t just some internet rando commenting on her observations on the internet.

They are an Assistant Professor of Media Industries at New York University and literally just finished writing The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal, a book on the history of the computer industry in the 70s.

This tweet isn’t just an observation, it’s the result of years of research and study. And it’s absolutely true.

I’ve definitely noticed that when I see older tech nerds talk about open source I’m filled with a sense of camaraderie and wonder, and when I see younger nerds talk about it my bullshit scam alarms go off

I studied physics. A thing that happens sometimes when people study physics, or maybe it is truly just me, is that they might feel a kinship with the folks who invented nuclear weapons. You study their academic works, maybe read some letters, imagine their personalities in your head (most of them are weird nerds, total assholes, or both, they are physicists after all).

And so it’s very confusing, looking at the AI folks, or the programming folks, or the business folks, jesus. Because physicists have an entire generation’s worth of role models who all made the exact same mistake. Einstein, Bohr, Fermi, Feynman. They fucked up. Worse than I or you ever will and they’d be the first to tell you. And not because they were dumb. Because they were careless with knowledge. Knowing things is a responsibility.

And so I look at AI and ML projects and I just see people building the bomb. Only their bomb is shitty and lame and that makes it far more devious. They brag about their black box and how powerful it has become. Knowledge is a responsibility and they cede control of their knowledge to an impenetrable, inhuman, unfeeling process. They build a bomb and it is utterly droll.

And so I look at the internet and see the only thing worse than the bomb: pupils that have turned into dollar signs in the blinding glare of Little Boys glory. Because we didn’t stop. No no. Our greatest minds understood their mistake after Hiroshima. But our second or third or fourth or sixteenth greatest took over.

Those are the two main things people learn when they study physics, or at least that I learned. The first: do not invent the bomb, you will regret it. The second: someone nearly as clever as you, but far more ghoulish, will see the bomb only as opportunity and personal glory. Do not make their work easy.

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soberscientistlife:

Do Not Let HR do this to you. It is not illegal to talk about wages in the work place. I did and got a 12% raise!

purple-ladys-stuff:

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samreich:

Dropout is back in production. 🫡

As I mentioned, Dropout is not associated with the AMPTP, who negotiates on behalf of the majority of studios and streamers. But truthfully, there’s no such thing as a “struck company.” There are instead “struck contracts” – and not-struck contracts.

We assumed Dropout’s contract - the New Media Agreement for Non-Dramatic Programming - was stuck because it wasn’t specifically on a list of non-struck contracts. After speaking at length with our lawyers and with SAG, turns out that is not the case.

So, Dropout can return to business as usual. And because none of our shows were ever struck, talent can go back to promoting their Dropout appearances. 🎉

SAG’s decisions are in part strategic. Small streamers like us continuing to work while the major streamers cannot gives us a competitive advantage and puts more pressure on them to make a deal. 😎

But make no mistake about it: We continue to support our striking performers and their cause.

- Between Dropout and me personally, we have donated $20,000 to the Entertainment Community Fund.

- If anyone doesn’t feel comfortable working with us or promoting their work during the strike for whatever reason, we respect their decision.

- While we already pay above minimums, we will continue to go above and beyond to reward and protect our performers *and* crew members, and plan to put even more of our money where our mouth is before the end of the year.

Dropout fans, thank you for your support and solidarity during this uncertain time. Keep supporting the Entertainment Community Fund, as well as the pet projects of your favorite creators.

And with that, it’s back to work. ⛏️

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neil-gaiman:

yellenabelova:

We live in a dystopia….

If the background actors don’t come in for work because they exist virtually then the background costume and background hair and make up and their catering and transport and all the other departments that look after them get cut too. These things have knock on effects…

queerpeers:

queerpeers:

queerpeers:

queerpeers:

part of being an ally to trans men is not being a dick to cis men for their appearance btw

the short trans men hear you. the trans men with bottom growth—or who are post-phalloplasty—hear your bad jokes about small dicks. the trans men undergoing hrt who are losing their hair hear you talk shit about bald spots.

also, hot take, you should care about not hurting random cis men in addition to not hurting trans men. like just because some guy is being an asshole online doesn’t mean the thousands of young boys reading your comments about someone with their same acne deserved it. i don’t care what your reason is, even if you think someone is bad enough to warrant being bullied, who gave you permission to hurt the innocent bystander?

hey y’all should spread this version bc some people need to hear this context

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louis-damien:

Hearing them get so excited over the whale fall is so fun I love hearing people who are passionate about their work

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the-haiku-bot:

i-give-chess-pieces-to-people:

poisonousquinzel:

monkeymug:

vicariouslylivingx:

jadehariey:

durbikins:

oh yeah, with the new size limit for .gifs this thing can finally be posted

what the fuck

I just….?

TREASURE THIS POST. IT ONLY APPEARS ON YOUR DASH ONCE IN A BLUE MOON I SWEAR

forget posting cringe to scare off Twitter folks, we just gotta make this appear to be the constant vibe here and we’ll be good skdjskksks

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Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

animentality:

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handweavers:

hairbrush9:

“labour optimization” holy shit

this is in canada btw not the us. the analysis going in the notes of the us and capitalism and third world exploitation etc is true but i want people to know that this is happening in toronto canada because canada and canadian companies are not exempt from this, canadian capitalism is just as culpable in exploiting workers and imperialist outsourcing of labour, this is something happening in one of the so-called “most diverse and cosmopolitan and liberal progressive cities in the world” according to canadian liberal media. it’s important not to let canada off the hook for this kind of shit either

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clustxr:

unculture:

rifleweeb:

studentofetherium:

studentofetherium:

CGI animators should unionize next. normally, their jobs would be too precarious to strike, since studios would replace them without a second thought, but if it’s part of this larger general film strike, they might finally have meaningful power to better their working conditions

if CGI animators unionized, it would kill the MCU. straight up. the the entire business model is built on exploiting CGI animators

THEY ARE TRYING!!!!! SIGN THE PETITION TO GET THE DISNEY ANIMATORS’ UNION RECOGNIZED

this petition is from IATSE (union), btw! it actually has credibility, unlike most change.org/etc petitions! please sign it!!

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BTW for anyone too lazy to do the math a wage of $125 a day works out to about $15/hour for an 8-hour workday so….. someone in 1923 definitely had a vision of the future

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