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arlongparker

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arlongparker··on "Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies" – Executive Order
They’re literally erasing transgender people from all federal websites. Even going so far as removing the T from all LGBT references. If that’s not information control and erasure of humanity from these individuals I don’t know at what point you will draw the line.
arlongparker··on Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO
Wow what an awful take
arlongparker··on Federal workers say they increasingly distrust platforms like Facebook
I think it’s very different in tech where we are compensated quite well and losing a job doesn’t mean falling off the face of capitalism. Most of us are able to have modest savings but most Americans are barely hanging on.
arlongparker··on Reflecting on 18 Years at Google
Crazy you think that the company who invests the most in AI won’t retain any value in the transition to the space.

People forget. Who owns kaggle, who owns Google collab. Boggles my mind that people think a few AI upshot’s are going to reap all the value. Having a good AI companion that’s integrated into all your suite of tools. That’s the peak.

arlongparker··on What HashiCorp’s license change means for our customers
Uses terraform providers under the hood
arlongparker··on Eye Candy
I’m all for tools. I must of misinterpreted your post
arlongparker··on Eye Candy
I’m all for tools to empower deliberate creation. An end to end AI generated movie, while intriguing to see what it might think up, falls flat to me. What is the point of watching it other than fascination. There is no conscious decision, direction. Merely a recycled reflection of past input.
arlongparker··on Eye Candy
Movies to me are an art of thoughtful composure. A deliberate creation. Nothing seems more soulless and boring to me then some generated sludge born out of an AIs unconscious peephole view of the human experience.
arlongparker··on Eye Candy
This seems like a terrible future
arlongparker··on Google Chromium, sans integration with Google
Edge on iOS has a built in adblocker you can enable. Might as well use it since all browsers on iOS are just safari skins anyways