floof.org
“Study Finds Consumers Are Actively Turned Off by Products That Use AI”
https://futurism.com/the-byte/study-consumers-turned-off-products-ai
> When AI is mentioned, it tends to lower emotional trust, which in turn decreases purchase intentions
Like I've been saying, we don't need the term "slop". Consumers have decided that "AI" in its entirety is bullshit. And, honestly, they’re right.
Researchers have found that including the words "artificial intelligence" in product marketing is a major turn-off for consumers.Victor Tangermann (Futurism)
Today is #EarthOvershootDay – the day we've exhausted all the natural resources that the Earth can produce for 2024.
We would need 1.7 Earths to sustain our current rate of consumption.
This is why our #EUGreenDeal aims to give more back to nature than we take away from it.
Every one of those things was said about me as a child/teen. Every. One. Of. Those. Things.
And at 56, I still haven’t completely recovered from the damage that those words caused.
“Words can’t hurt you IS A DAMNED LIE!”
🥺
Sorry. I’ll go back to my corner now.
My Blåhaj is getting a washing today so I was searching up at what temperature and such to wash him at...
...Second result I got was for my own blog post from last year when I washed him. I completely forgot I had written the exact washing instructions I had used previously there, but thanks to younger me for doing that.
Content warning: BMA press release on Cass Review on puberty blocker ban in the UK; positive news; references UKPol
Are you sick of Google Maps, but are still worried about getting from A to B? 🏃 🚲 🚗
Checkout these great open source alternatives!
👉 https://tuta.com/blog/google-maps-alternatives-foss
#degoogle #maps #opensource #foss #privacy
With a number of community driven, open source mapping projects picking a navigation app without ads or tracking has never been easier.Tuta
"...the British Medical Association (BMA), voted in favor of a resolution to publicly critique the #CassReview used to crack down on gender affirming care for #trans youth in the United Kingdom, calling its recommendations unsubstantiated."
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/british-medical-association-calls
The British Medical Association, the professional organization representing doctors in the United Kingdom, has called for a public critique of the review and to bar its implementation.Erin Reed (Erin In The Morning)
Don't want to come across as begging but I'm scared. 130+ jobs applied for, 2 interviews, 2 rejections. I know it sucks for everyone right now but I really need work.
Laid off while recovering from long COVID. Remote worker since 2015, or blue state with relocation assistance. Project 2025 is on the horizon and fucking terrified because even if Kamala wins, I don't think she's going to protect trans people in red states. At this point a month left before both health insurance & money run out.
All the usual SRE stuff plus all sorts of indepth Linux stuff, actually enjoy cursed bash and regexes. Not the World's Greatest Rockstar Dev but can get by in Python, C, and Go. Lots of monitoring, observability, and big data stuff, also done some heavy security work in the past, plus AuDHD hyperfocus on demand and willing to learn anything.
Will find and fix any problem in a company, if it's technical, political, or something else.
“Hey friend, looking for a good time? A little coke, maybe some glitz?”
I hadn’t been propositioned by a drug dealer in so long that I’d taken a shortcut through this alley without even thinking about it.
“Nah, I’m just heading home. Wait, have you got any novocaine?”
“That’s a weird one. Toothache?”
“Yeah.”
“You want one of these. Tooth regenerator.”
“Bull puckey, no such thing or dentists would be out of business”
“No shit sibling, who do you think is killing all the dealers around here.”
Know how to read paper maps. 🗺️
Keep files stored on local media. 💽
Don't rely on tech to live. 
A.I. is not your friend. 🤖
Books work in blackouts. 📚
Own a good bicycle. 🚲
Grow edible plants and herbs.🌿
Know how to fish. 🎣
Learn to navigate by sun and stars. 🌌
Know CPR and basic first aid.🩹
Always have a plan for everything. 🛩️
Don't take advice from Mastodon randos. 👺
I keep repeating that in my head over and over again.
This is Adam (the fox) with his friend Tony (the wolf) when they were younger, back when life was stress-free for the two of them. They both went to a place called "Sixteen Mile Creek". It was a long hike to get there, requiring them to walk open fields with green hills visible in the distance. As they walked through the fields, they passed by a few electric pylons, something Adam had never been so close to in-person until that day.
Eventually, they reached a wooded area at the opposite end of the field from where they had started. They spent nearly the entire day there, having fun and not worrying about anything. However, when Adam returned home, his parents were extremely upset with him for being gone so long without telling them. Despite the scolding, the experience remained a nice memory for Adam.
Adulthood reached us, and we are surviving it in our own way, leading with our anxiety and daily stress. It's healthy to escape a little bit from what we think is our reality, and see the real world. Why not to keep sharing those cheering memories, even now, and go to walk to places like this with a friend, to the point that there is nothing else more to talk about and you just enjoy that moment with them, and to see that all the stress and anxieties are things that only live in our heads, they are not real. The cold wind in our face is real.
Time is insignificant and we must accept it. Spending time with our friends doing nothing is not wasting time, it is enjoying our life.
Digital. Procreate.
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Does AI entice people to buy?
No. No it does not. People are less likely to buy things when AI is a part of the product description.
Companies may unintentionally hurt their sales by including the words “artificial intelligence” when describing their offerings that use the technology, according to a study led by WSU researchers.WSU Insider
children should be allowed to play. this includes playing with identity. this includes playing with gender identity. the adults are only to oversee that this play remains safe and doesn't do lasting damage (hey that's what puberty blockers do!! hmm) and leave the rest of this up to the children. this is part of them developing their own sense of self.
anyone who wants to deny children the ability to play and develop senses of self through play /as they have done since humans been having kids/ is absolutely a fuckin Weirdo
@tuftyindigo i think they get custom ordered in for each of the regional offices
(office management were actually giving away some of the tiles from the edinburgh office a few weeks ago)
if you’d like, i could try to ask who our supplier for london was?
Content warning: misogyny in the gaming industry
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@paleofuture.bsky.social: AI Folks have now discovered "thinking"
@stephsmithio: Sometimes in the process of writing a good enough prompt for ChatGPT, I end up solving my own problems, without even needing to submit it.](https://floof.org/photo/preview/640/535586 "[Screenshot of a bluesky post commenting on a twitter post]
@paleofuture.bsky.social: AI Folks have now discovered \"thinking\"
@stephsmithio: Sometimes in the process of writing a good enough prompt for ChatGPT, I end up solving my own problems, without even needing to submit it.")
I'm getting the feeling that you're speaking from personal experience here.
@Spoon Sadly so.
On the bright side, they were able to provide a diagnosis years before any professionals figured it out, and all it cost was my lunch money. This is significantly more affordable than other medical options here in the US. :P
@shadowcheets
You may have found the only upside to bullying. I doubt if there's a Nobel prize in this category but well done anyway.
Just because you mention it your health services in the US look terrifying from here in Australia.
I'm just completing a hospital stay of 5 weeks for a chronic condition. It includes two ambulance trips. We have no out of pocket expenses at all. It's far from perfect but seems pretty good by comparison.
I wonder if social, political and economic stresses, potential or otherwise, contribute to the increased prevalence of conditions such as yours.
I don't wonder for long.
Of course they do.
@shadowcheets
And there are plenty of our fearless leaders who would do the same here.
We are seeing the extraordinary societal drama where those most in need of public health demand that it be refused to them.
#adhd
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