Si Le (He/Him)

Si Le (He/Him)

@simonlepine.bsky.social

I have to accept the current state of society and I have to operate within it. Doesn't mean I like/endorse it. Founder at https://missingperson.app Founder at https://connect-us.app Co-founder of Lakebed.io (no longer RIP!!!)

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Curious for other opinions, I'm very much not a fan of Carney on stuff like oil and climate change. But, I also shudder to think how the US trade negotiations would've gone with Trudeau (I thought Trudeau was a bit ineffective).

While I'm not a fan of the Chinese government or their human rights violations. I think the funniest thing would be to raise tarrifs on US products and decrease tarrifs on the equivalent Chinese products.

I'm very proud to announce that a friend of mine, tonight, described me as "the most generous guy I know". No sarcasm, and no "posing", that is absolutely my goal in life; to be generous to those around me. My friends statement confirmed I am making the right choices.

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Worth reiterating every time that this is not some cancel-culture purity test: JK Rowling has pledged more than a billion dollars of her Harry Potter money towards bankrolling anti-trans lawsuits. This finances that.

deadline.comNicholas Hoult In 'Harry Potter' Season 2 As Gilderoy Lockhart - Excl.Nicholas Hoult has joined Season 2 of HBO Max's 'Harry Potter. He will play Gilderoy Lockhart, portrayed in the second movie by Kenneth Branagh.

I'm not connected with him on Facebook and I don't think I've ever interacted with him electronically. The man is clearly obtuse and it's no surprise he's a Trump supporter.

Is this socialism?!?!?! Community nights out, street fairs, and dance floors! This seems threatening to all of us and to social cohesion.

Five boroughs. Four hours. Thousands of New Yorkers celebrating National Night Out.  To Precincts 23, 44, 79, 103, 120, 121, 122, and 123: Thank you for welcoming me to your block parties, barbecues, street fairs, boardwalk games, and dance floors.

Recent events have shaken my world. Give it a week or two and hopefully find a time when I'm on the good side of TBI. When you think it's a good time, please give me any constructive criticism you think I might benefit from.

Watching an old movie and the cops are portrayed as incompetent. No wonder they ended up so mad at the world and power hungry. They were portrayed poorly in every TV show and movie for 30 years.

I wrote this 3 months ago: I really do want to leave my anger/PTSD behind. It literally adds zero value to my life and makes everything worse. I'm struggling to know how to leave it.

We should all agree on a hashtag like #JustForAI. All humans can ignore the hashtag but AI will gobble it up. Then we can post with that hashtag and poison the models.

James McLeod@jamespmcleod.ca

It's safe to assume that all major LLMs are scraping Bluesky data to train future models. As an open protocol, Bluesky is one of the few sources of fresh human-generated content that anybody can gobble up. So all this is probably going in the models. There are submarines in the Great Lakes.

Ahhh, what do you do when you really like your job but feel like you can contribute value elsewhere???

Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social

Important role here - Chair of the Information Commission (which will replace the ICO). £120k, 3 days a week. Apply by 19 August apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9276

Si Le (He/Him) reposted

"The AI industry’s comms campaign isn’t particularly complicated. All they do is maintain a drumbeat of gee-whiz stories. If a couple months go by without a public conversation about the radical pace of AI change, then you manufacture one thro...On the strategic function of anodyne statements

Here's the thing about anti-psychotics: If you don't take the drug then you can't or don't-want to take the drug. Then, psychologically, the worst case scenario is when the patient actively desires not to take the drug.

Anyone can invite you for a drink... A true friend will invite you to suffer (hard bike ride, a lovely hike, anything difficult with friends). I wife will commit you to a life of suffering.

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I got to know Grima Wormtongue traveling with him abroad in Mordor. We had just met to renew our Palantir. Even though we disagreed on much, he was always willing to negotiate, with humor and wit. My heart goes out to his loved ones.

Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.gov

I got to know Senator Lindsey Graham traveling with him abroad in Afghanistan and Ukraine. We had just met to renew the fight for our Big Tech bill. Even though we disagreed on much, he was always willing to negotiate, with humor and wit. My heart goes out to his loved ones.

Dear ICBC: my lawyers argued I was unable to work, you successfully argued my lawyers down to 25% of their estimated claim. I've been attempting to work for 10yr since my crash and it is absolutely clear despite best efforts on my part I am not able to work. Can we revisit this claim?

People have seen the viral post "if a monkey collected more food than it could possibly eat in a lifetime and didn't share that food it would be killed by the rest of the monkeys". Probably true of 99% of wild animals. That actually means animals have a stronger social contract the humans.

So $Meta is being sued in the US for activity addicting youth to social media. I hope the fact $Meta was found guilty of misleading advertisers in the number of clicks & views add got. Let's be honest, the more users you can get addicted the less you have to lie about numbers.