It seems that Thaura and Lumo are not beholden to big tech or involved in genocide / mass surveillance, so I’m comparing those at the moment. But I keep my usage as low as absolutely possible.

His staff are on record as saying they call him “the cunt” when he’s not around. I forget which interview that was but it was a former staff member on a TV interview.

Italy and Slovakia will defend Orban, unfortunately. Hungary/The Kremlin aren’t working in isolation within the EU.

Thank you for the correction. While the headline is technically correct, it’s misleading in that it connects the suing directly to the published article.

Republik’s managing director Katharina Hemmer said Palantir had wanted the magazine to publish a very lengthy counterstatement to each article. Republik believed the proposed statements did not fairly address or rebut the reporting, she said, adding that the magazine stands by its reporting.

While right of reply actions are a common tool in Switzerland, it is unusual for a large international company to file one against a local media organisation.

Yeah, to hell with Palantir and full support to the publication.

Because the term is loaded. There are technical implications (who will you be federated with and how do I connect with them?), and it’s jurisdictional (which laws apply when I post here?). Also, for non-technical people, you only hear the word “server” in techno-babble word salad from movies. I don’t blame them at all for being confused.

Why claim “pseudoscience” when real world studies, as well as internal documents of the companies themselves, show that these platforms are addictive? Studies also show that kids want to, but can’t, spend less time on these addictive platforms.

Good recommendation. They have an API and plugins https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/appsextensions/

I was thinking of something that also alerts me to how many times the publication has been found to have published AI under the name of a human. But Media Bias Fact Check might actually cover that well enough. I’ll install that extension now, thank you!

Hard to keep track of all the recent changes in media ownership, editorial and quality control. Would love a browser plugin to give me an indicator because on the rare occasion I read a publication in say, USA, it might have had a good rep last time I read it several years ago. I imagine managing the detailed scores that a plugin might pull from would be a mammoth task, though.

If the deck began its life randomly sorted, would the statistic be true then?

I didn’t read you as saying the sounds are the same so no worries there. It’s such an interesting area.

Great example. Haven’t listened in years so I must get to them now.

Great point. Just because it’s the first time we’ve heard a sound doesn’t mean they’re not standing on the shoulders of others a little/lot.

That sounds interesting! I’ve played a few instruments over the years but am an amateur (being generous here) when it comes to mixing. If rock is your area, that makes me think of Queens of the Stone Age. When a new song of theirs would come out, I’d sometimes know it was them immediately even before the vocals started. An evolution more than a revolution, but still uniquely identifiable I think.