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[–] cabbage@piefed.social 28 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (7 children)

If you own a Fairphone (3-5), Pixel (4, 5, 7 or 8) Nothing phone (1) or OnePlus (7 or 8), it's super easy to install /e/OS using this online installer. Most android apps work well out of the box, but all Google stuff has been stripped away and replaced with MicroG where necessary.

I'm never returning to Google anything.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 8 points 6 months ago

For most jobs it's hard to do a hiring process without in-person interviews, or at the very least video calls. So I'm not really sure how one could realistically get rid of biases. But I completely agree that whenever there are too many applications to interview everyone individually, the initial screening of applicants should be completely anonymized and rely only only technologies where biases can at least be understood.

For the final step I'm afraid we'll have to try to train people to be less prone to biased decision-making. Which I agree is not a very promising path.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's not men against women, it's people against billionaires.

It's not the fact that these people are men that I take issue with, it's that they are hypocrites capitalising feminist sentiments without making any actual effort towards real change.

Edit: Since I wrote my response the comment I responded to was changed into something even dumber. I'll let it speak for itself.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

At least where I'm from, it's pretty well know that the education system is better suited to girls than boys, probably because it needs a reform

I didn't say it doesn't, clearly there's a problem when half the population is systematically favoured.

To paraphrase: women can get pregnant and can't work and it's the man's fault

Where the fuck did I say that it's the man's fault? It's a societal problem, doesn't mean it's anybody's fault. At least not an entire gender in general. Capitalism as a system, yeah, probably.

What I observe in society are a huge increase in the amount of advertising aimed at women with a feminist message because women are being programmed to flock to such messages

I'm the first to criticize corporate feminism (just like greenwashing and pride washing), but I suspect feminist messaging appeals to women because they are sick of the patriarchy, not because they are programmed by marketing agencies. The fuck are you on about.

That said, I think you're right that the messaging of companies trying to appear feminist in their communications while nevertheless usually being run almost exclusively by men is a huge part of the source material that produces the bias here. I'm not sure we disagree much in substance, but I suspect we come from different starting points in how we see gender dynamics in society.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 19 points 6 months ago

the AI considered

Sorry to break it to you, but the "AI" does not "consider" anything. They are talking about a language prediction model.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 4 points 7 months ago

Then again it seems battery life is a lot better this time around, so this should ideally be less necessary.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 60 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"Creators led this revolution"

The same way cows lead a slaughterhouse.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but that doesn't take away from the fact that under this model, small artists with little money seem to have a strong incentive not to put their music up for sale, which will cost both them and Bandcamp potential profits.

Maybe they could offer fans to sponsor a membership for artists if they want to unlock premium features.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Fair enough. But musicians are not really "any type of venture".

Bandwagon is already taking on a risk by hosting music for free for listening. If they could find ways in which both them and the artists could profit from music published on the platform that lacks the commercial potential to justify a €10 subscription, this would be a win/win. Considering that it seems they are already hosting the music for free.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Could also be two separate things? I have a) dumped Windows and b) installed Lineage.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 68 points 7 months ago

We're outsourcing thinking to a bullshit generator controlled by mostly American mega-corporations who have repeatedly demonstrated that they want to do us harm, burning through scarce resources and rendering creative humans robbed and unemployed in the process.

What's not to hate.

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