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80% of corporate AI projects fail — twice the rate of other IT projects in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 17 points 10 months ago

Could it be because they're centering technology that's inherently unreliable? GPT is just a guessing machine

Introducing Proton Wallet – a safer way to hold Bitcoin in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Sorry, I understand why a company would want to capitalize on the crypto bubble if it was 2022, but I meant this more as an existential "whyyyyy" but didn't have the energy for that.

Introducing Proton Wallet – a safer way to hold Bitcoin in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 42 points 11 months ago (14 children)

Why

Judge's order greatly expands where Biden can't enforce a new rule protecting LGBTQ+ students in c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

Call off the election, that's an official act that no one could punish you for. Oh wait, only the other side wants to become a dictatorship.

BP Advert in the Financial Times in c/climate@slrpnk.net

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

You could look at this and see it as pandering, which it is, but I also take it as a decent sign that they have to at least pay lip service to renewables since fossil fuels have become a significant liability in many eyes.

Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought | A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product, researchers have found in c/climate@slrpnk.net

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Lmao this one hurts in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, individuals make decisions within the structures that exist around them. Asking people to heroically sacrifice their own financial or career opportunities as opposed to changing those structures just won't succeed.

How China Pulled So Far Ahead on Industrial Policy in c/energy@slrpnk.net

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

They actually had an industrial policy for the last forty years, unlike the United States or Europe, which both abdicated their interests to those of giant corporations whose only goals are reducing costs and increasing profits.

Lawyers to Plastics Makers: Prepare for ‘Astronomical’ PFAS Lawsuits | At an industry presentation about dangerous “forever chemicals,” lawyers predicted a wave of lawsuits that could dwarf asbestos in c/nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

Oh nooo not the precious, sweet plastic manufacturers!

Reminder: The DMV uses photos for facial recognition in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"I'm not trying to bring anyone down, I'm just trying to bring them down"

Whistleblowers Further Expose Israel's Torture of Detainees in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

God I'm always accidentally causing warcrimes my bad

Whistleblowers Further Expose Israel's Torture of Detainees in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] Pilgrim@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't worry guys I'm sure with one more shipment of weapons they'll feel secure enough to stop doing all this horrible stuff