Abbie @antijingoist@hackers.town

I’m trying to wrap my head around the fact that if an AI had made a different choice, a child would still be alive tonight.

“The initial gun shots were detected by ShotSpotter audio, gunfire detection technology that is used by the city.”

From: http://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_a028bd5c035a17cc801a1318e99dd14f

An AI heard a sound and decided to dispatch police who then killed a 13 year old child.

https://www.shotspotter.com/technology/

I'm worried that people might use this ( https://twitter.com/r4j0x00/status/1379029992265293830?s=20 ) unpatched vulnerability and targeted advertising of Facebook to exploit the Brooklyn Center PD and expose internal documents about the killing of Daunte Wright and the quick conclusion that it was an accident.

What do you prefer to use?

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Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel. - Eleanor Brownn

This is awesome! The idea of someone using an NSA reverse engineering tool to legalize same sex marriage in a game world just tickles my fancy :)

https://waffleironer.medium.com/legalizing-gay-marriage-in-crusader-kings-iii-with-ghidra-2602e6aa8689

An important list you should all respect.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/29/things-fully-vaccinated-people-are-still-not-allowed-to-do

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I am putting a call out to the fediverse for people who rely on screen readers to use computers to critique Mixxx's accessibility. Input from people who are musicians would be especially appreciated. I want to consider your perspectives as we are planning how to rewrite Mixxx's GUI with QML. Please boost.

If you're interested in helping, reply to this toot and introduce yourself on our Zulip chat:
https://mixxx.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/109123-introduce-yourself