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"Racism is the expression and exercise of a power relationship."
"You don't vote far right out of misunderstanding or lack of education but to defend a racial order."
"You've achieved a little status and you don't want to be robbed of the fruits of your labour."

… translated from Dr. Félicien Faury (fr): peertube.stream/w/heJhX85bBz4X

#voting#merit#class

2024: 0.5% of the Global Top 200 Websites Use Valid HTML:

The annual HTML conformance analysis, validating 200 home pages of the most popular websites. Despite improvements, there is no signal of commitment to valid output as a quality baseline to benefit end users as well as web development as a profession.

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meiert.com2024: 0.5% of the Global Top 200 Websites Use Valid HTML · Jens Oliver MeiertThe annual HTML conformance analysis, validating 200 home pages of the most popular websites. Despite improvements, there is no signal of commitment to valid output as a quality baseline to benefit end users as well as web development as a profession.

Looking for a cure?

#LizCarr has stepped away from acting to advocate against the legalization of assisted suicide. Her latest #documentary, "Better Off Dead?", explores the implications of such laws, focusing on how they endanger disabled individuals.

Travelling to Canada, Carr investigates the effects of permissive assisted suicide laws. There not only the terminally ill can opt for a medically assisted death. This practice is even extended to those facing social deprivation, presenting a grave ethical dilemma.

In Britain, Carr meets with staunch opponents, including Baroness Jane Campbell, who shares a personal story of having a ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ order placed on her without consent.

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We Need to Talk More About Conformance, If We Want to Stop Fantasy HTML:

Conformant and valid HTML is the exception on websites and in apps, even though valid output is a sign of professional web development. Given how rarely the topic is being discussed these days, we benefit from raising more awareness for HTML conformance and validation.

meiert.com/en/blog/talk-about-

meiert.comWe Need to Talk More About Conformance, If We Want to Stop Fantasy HTML · Jens Oliver MeiertConformant and valid HTML is the exception on websites and in apps, even though valid output is a sign of professional web development. Given how rarely the topic is discussed these days, we need to raise more awareness for HTML conformance and validation.
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B., the senior officer, claimed that in the current war, “I would invest 20 seconds for each target at this stage, and do dozens of them every day. I had zero added value as a human, apart from being a stamp of approval. It saved a lot of time.”

According to B., a common error occurred “if the [Hamas] target gave [his phone] to his son, his older brother, or just a random man. That person will be bombed in his house with his family. This happened often. These were most of the mistakes caused by Lavender,” B. said.

972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli @israel @data 🧶

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“The #protocol was that even if you don’t know for sure that the machine is right, you know that statistically it’s fine. So you go for it,” said a source who used #Lavender.

“It has proven itself,” said B., the senior officer. “There’s something about the statistical approach that sets you to a certain norm and standard. There has been an illogical amount of [bombings] in this operation. This is unparalleled, in my memory. And I have much more trust in a statistical mechanism than a soldier who lost a friend two days ago. Everyone there, including me, lost people on October 7. The machine did it coldly. And that made it easier.”

Another intelligence source said: “In war, there is no time to incriminate every target. So you’re willing to take the margin of error of using artificial intelligence, risking collateral damage and civilians dying, and risking attacking by mistake, and to live with it.”

972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli @israel @data

Gouvernance par conformité ou facilitation ?

« Les employé·es regardaient les principes émanant du bureau de l'IA responsable et disaient : "Je ne sais pas comment ça s'applique" », raconte un·e ancien·ne salarié·e. « Notre travail consistait à leur montrer et à créer des règles dans des domaines où il n'y en avait pas. »

Selon les employé·es, l'équipe « éthique et société » a joué un rôle essentiel en veillant à ce que les principes de l'entreprise en matière d'IA responsable se reflètent réellement dans la conception des produits livrés :

(en, 2023) theverge.com/2023/3/13/2363882

The Verge · Microsoft lays off AI ethics and society teamBy Zoë Schiffer