M1ch431
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- Comment on Microsoft says it provided AI to Israeli military for war but denies use to harm people in Gaza 5 weeks ago:
The company did not answer whether it or the outside firm it hired communicated or consulted with the Israeli military as part of its internal probe.
In its statement, the company also conceded that it “does not have visibility into how customers use our software on their own servers or other devices.” The company added that it could not know how its products might be used through other commercial cloud providers.
Microsoft said the Israeli military, like any other customer, was bound to follow the company’s Acceptable Use Policy and AI Code of Conduct, which prohibit the use of products to inflict harm in any way prohibited by law. In its statement, the company said it had found “no evidence” the Israeli military had violated those terms.
Those three quotes stick out to me as proof that they are pleading ignorance.
Forbid access and fact-find some more Microsoft or stop pretending that you aren’t complicit in AI being used for harm.
- Comment on End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending 1 month ago:
KDE was fairly seamless for me, Zorin does have lots of merit though for making Gnome/XFCE more usable/accessible. My workflow basically didn’t change.
- Comment on End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending 1 month ago:
Nice, that’s big.
- Comment on is it ableist to “support equal rights and those with disabilities” but think someone is terrible and doesn’t deserve rights for showing signs of a disability? 1 month ago:
I read enough of OP’s comments and looked at their past commenting/post history and it was pretty clear that it was a cry for help. It wasn’t for karma, they deleted their account.
- Comment on is it ableist to “support equal rights and those with disabilities” but think someone is terrible and doesn’t deserve rights for showing signs of a disability? 1 month ago:
Everybody deserves kindness, compassion, and empathy.
Ableist people also include people that idealize not being ableist. They come up with excuses like, “I’m not being ableist, I’m just giving you hard love!” or, “You need to do what I say and do it exactly how I say because I care about you!”.
There was a reddit thread where many people were dog-piling on a severely disabled person. The person was diagnosed with autism with intellectual disability, a severe heart condition, severe PTSD, and ADHD.
Many people came into the thread to say that they were making up their disability, that they should be institutionalized, that they were a troll because their doctor wouldn’t give them bad advice to deal with their heart condition, and so forth.
- Comment on The 2025 World Press Freedom Index is released 1 month ago:
100%.
- Comment on The 2025 World Press Freedom Index is released 1 month ago:
Truly, thanks for your response - I understand now that it does seem to be one of the major factors that goes into their ranking.
I just feel like ranking press freedom is flawed when things are this fucked. Here in the US, whistleblowers are persecuted or killed, accurate and unbiased reporting on events feels like it almost never happens, omission of newsworthy events is rampant, independent journalism is at the behest of a few corporations that have total control of the algorithms and the platforms that these journalists rely on, a couple corporations own the entirety of all mainstream media… I could go on, but I’d just be preaching to the choir in all likelihood.
- Comment on The 2025 World Press Freedom Index is released 1 month ago:
I am pretty sure their measurement of the USA is wrong.
- Comment on Windows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forcedWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryption 1 month ago:
“Someone stole my laptop and has physical access to state secrets that Hegseth has yet to blurt on Twitch chat”.
Thanks for making laugh. It’s been a while.