Final Duck

Final Duck

@finalduck.bsky.social

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Replying to @holiestmallard.bsky.social

Maybe we should start calling enemy AI "enemy behavior". Sucks, since enemy and NPC behavior has been referred to as AI for decades. But it seems like the most realistic solution in this case.

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Replying to @bitshammer.bsky.social

Almost all of the specific drugs and surgeries that are part of HRT and sex reasigment are entirely legal for minors even with just simple parental aproval, progesterone, testosteron, boob jobs and breast reduction all included in this. But if you want them because youre trans they are illegal

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This is what I'm talking about... If you honestly think "I just want to have fun" "it's a quick doodle" "I'm following a trend" fascism is the trend you're following... Sorry to be a buzzkill... you can apologize, delete your "quick doodle" and move on and draw something else.

Department of Education posting Malfoid art btw. I’m losing my mind man.

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Imagine how many more folks would be demanding good public transit if you had to pick between a 9x9 cubical or a 12x20 office depending on whether you wanted a parking spot or not

Christof Spieler@christofspieler.bsky.social

My favorite graphics in "Transportation and the Shape of Cities" #4: A typical office worker has less space in their cubicle than their car does in the parking garage.

I wonder if "Tertiary Colours" from Terry Pratchett's Discworld were a reference to the Comic Book thing where they shaded Black Costume parts with Blue, and it ended up being hard to tell if it was Black with Blue shading or Blue with Black Shading.

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Actual Cancel Culture of a significant cultural figure [unlike where far right extremists engage in hate speech & are held accountable]. It’s extremism like this, & the disinterest of the current UK Labour govt in stopping the shift to the far right, that’s deeply worrying.

The National@scotnational.bsky.social

Irish author Sally Rooney’s books will no longer be supplied in the UK by her publisher after UK anti-terror legislation left it unable to pass on earnings from sales of her work 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

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Replying to @stochasticooze.bsky.social

This is when a decent reporter asks "If LLM's can run on such compute constrained devices, what is the need for a trillion dollars in capex for hyperscalers"?

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Replying to @fuddymunster.bsky.social

So, obviously fuck her transphobia. But also fuck her stupid ubiquitous empire built on hack Roald Dahl/Worst Witch rip off shit. You want a good, kind-hearted set of fantasy books to give to kids, you throw Terry Pratchett's Discworld their way.

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Let's see: "Having vision" is a WIDE category that includes people like me, with CRAPPY vision. ALT also lets me learn who the hell that celebrity or character is when I don't know them. It can also make the info in a graphic more ORGANIZED.

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if your agents are going to commit crimes, you are legally responsible if you cannot figure out how to prevent your agents from doing crimes, you’re going to have to choose between releasing them and protecting yourself from criminal liability imo this would do more for “ai safety” than a sex cult

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...

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I mean, it's just an elaborate version of "measure twice, cut once," or "haste makes waste." Taking more time to do something- including finding people with experience- will almost always give you safer, more stable results in just about any job.

Mike 🍁@thewarrenisempty.bsky.social

We already knew this, but union skilled trades provide lower total labour costs on construction projects vs. open shop models Hiring better trained and more skilled workers and paying them more is cheaper in the long run

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You should be asking why Rockstar gets to do this and doesn't run into any issues with payment processors, while the rest of anyone drawing or writing "explicit content" on any platform have so much trouble getting paid

IGN@ign.com

GTA 6 has received a rating of PEGI 18, revealing mentions of "decapitation," the ability for players to snort cocaine at any time, "scenes of sexual fetishes," and much more.

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"this wouldn't have existed without AI anyway, it's not taking away any potential jobs or opportunities" if you do not have the willingness or drive to make something without AI, then it shouldn't exist AI is built off of stolen labor. Want art? Do or fund the labor.

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Plus, there is STILL no vaccine that protects any creatures other than Humans, and your pets can be severely hurt by COVID. Why take chances? Just keep taking precautions like a respirator until... well, I see no end to the myriad diseases they're letting rip.

Dr Elisa Perego@elisaperego78.bsky.social

The pandemic isn't over and Covid isn't "endemic". It's still a pandemic disease with waves across the globe. It can still make you sick, kill you, hospitalize you

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Hi, if you are an EU citizen. Please don't be compliant to law attempts like this. If passed, This will put outright invasive age restrictions for playing and obtaining games, which will destroy the entire indie game scene in the EU (you'll need to comply to publish a game in EU countries too).

Stop Killing Games@stopkillinggames.bsky.social

Like how we had a feedback campaign for the Digital Fairness Act, there's now a place to give feedback on the EU Kids Act: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... - Be polite - Write in your own words and experiences - Emphasize video games shouldn't have age verification private servers shouldn't be illegal

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Replying to @aslynnromano.com

This is just one of many reasons why I will never ever ever ever get behind “Profound Autism”. They just want to divide us I won’t have it Benefits and supports on a NEEDS BASIS serves EVERYONE Treatment by category leaves people in need behind at the whim of the oligarchy for eligibility

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You know where the power lies Which side are you on?

European Commission@ec.europa.eu

Video games should not make you spend more than you want. EU consumer authorities are stepping up action against 9 video game companies, including those behind Candy Crush Saga, Minecraft, Valorant, Clash of Clans and For Honor. More info: link.europa.eu/chyHJn

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If you draw Harry Potter fan art, even "iRoNiCaLlY", you can straight up go fuck yourself. If you're doing it to trend hop you're pathetic. If you're doing it as some form of "reclamation" you're an idiot.

Breadman@breadcommand.bsky.social

Genderbended Draco Malfoy is a psyop by Harry Potter terf brigade to draw interest for the new show

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this is not just a meme btw. solar can't be stopped even when governments are blatantly against it this is the real tech of the future. it's here, it's getting adopted whether idiots want it or not, even if more slowly it just makes sense on an economic level www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

yahoo.comByron Donalds says solar power is a ‘fad’ but Florida utilities are expanding its useDespite the Trump administration’s hostility towards renewable energy, information released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that utility solar capacity — large scale projects that ...
Bruno Dies@brunodias.dev

the virgin AI ("it's inevitable and here to stay but also we are gonna need a government bailout and we need you to force people to use it") vs the chad photovoltaics (accelerating deployment in spite of a totally hostile policy environment)

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People blindly trust AI because it's for asking questions you don't know the answer to. As soon as you ask it about a topic you have a solid understanding of the illusion of AI being accurate or useful shatters.

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Replying to @kalanthropos.bsky.social

All this stuff was literally not a thing 5 years ago. And things like Google and Microsoft Office were much easier to use before they put AI in erverything.

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BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.

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Has AI ever made any "advancement" in the creative space that makes it appear like anything more than an overly complicated, resource hungry photocopier?

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This is why I hate "just a tool" so so so much. You can make a calculator without access to every calculation. You can make photoshop without access to all photos. Someone show me a genai tool that didn't require all of our labour in its production. It's plagiarism software.

Jason Kint@kint.bsky.social

Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1

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a lot freaks me out about AI but 0% of my anxiety is about AGI. i think this is the part that freaks me out the most right now -- the many many indications that no one is at the wheel and no adults are present

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