I was looking for information online and ended up on a tech stack I did not know.
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I was looking for information online and ended up on a tech stack I did not know. Out of curiosity, I opened the website.
The first thing I noticed was a series of clickable AI logos with the label "Summarize $PROJECT with AI".To me, this is one of the clearest examples of the failure of a certain modern web. It means the page is so full of useless content, marketing language, hype, and buzzwords that even its authors realize it is impossible to extract meaningful information from it. In short, communicative bloatware.
This raises two questions.
First: if you realize the content is impossible to understand, why not rethink the entire site to make it actually communicative?
Second: if you realize an AI is needed to explain it, why not use it yourself once and publish a simplified page, instead of making every visitor click a button, generate essentially identical prompts, and create load, consumption, and environmental impact that are entirely avoidable?
This is not an argument against AI. It is an argument against the useless, costly, and harmful abuse of it, to the point of delegating even the decision of how to sit on a couch.
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I was looking for information online and ended up on a tech stack I did not know. Out of curiosity, I opened the website.
The first thing I noticed was a series of clickable AI logos with the label "Summarize $PROJECT with AI".To me, this is one of the clearest examples of the failure of a certain modern web. It means the page is so full of useless content, marketing language, hype, and buzzwords that even its authors realize it is impossible to extract meaningful information from it. In short, communicative bloatware.
This raises two questions.
First: if you realize the content is impossible to understand, why not rethink the entire site to make it actually communicative?
Second: if you realize an AI is needed to explain it, why not use it yourself once and publish a simplified page, instead of making every visitor click a button, generate essentially identical prompts, and create load, consumption, and environmental impact that are entirely avoidable?
This is not an argument against AI. It is an argument against the useless, costly, and harmful abuse of it, to the point of delegating even the decision of how to sit on a couch.
@stefano I think, it had been like this for a while. Sites for lots of more or less big projects, especially if they have paid version of a product, are marketing and buzzwords. That why I usually go straight to Documentation->How to get started for some simple overview and examples.
Looks like they just added those AI buttons without changing a site much.
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@stefano Close one. Glad you made! It had rear traction, right? A bugger to regain control if traction gets lost.
It's a bit like a certain subtle sound I'll never forget. A very large wood construction- and timber market center right before my window of my childrens bedroom completely went up into flames in the middle of the dead night when I was young.
Much later, when my wife and me were living together one night I woke up by that subtle sound again and knew right away something big lit up. It was the bikeshed of our neigbours. We were able to call the FD and alerted the neighbours, who were still asleep at that point, to get out.🤷♀️
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@robhardware excellent point Rob. I also feel that vanity metrics play a lot into it too... they are reluctant to leave behind a platform - and rebuild from scratch in a new place - if they had accumulated a lot of followers over the years.
IMHO it's all about optics and ego - even if X has armies of bots and engagement has plummeted for real users... when will they see the light?
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Ieri su Radio Popolare è andata in onda una chiacchierata con me.
Mi piace Radio Pop <3
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La logica dei cartoni
Il cerotto sul vestito
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@elena @404mediaco @Em0nM4stodon Absolutely agree. I imagine there are quite a few politicians who instinctively feel they should be off X being advised by their political parties comms teams that they are losing a huge advertising opportunity, especially during elections, if they leave, and that they would be at a disadvantage to their opponents. Until the stigma of using X outweighs the electoral cost, I'm just not sure how much change we'll see.
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@macfranc @lauramassera @eticadigitale beh, attenzione perché la Apple deve assolutamente garantire (quasi per contratto) ai suoi clienti la privacy e la protezione dei loro dati. Tanto da avvisare loro stessi diversi clienti che nemmeno si erano accorti di aver subito intrusioni e controlli attivi sui propri dispositivi offrendo persino assistenza legale. Difendono semplicemente il loro "feudo" dando protezione (finché conviene) ai loro protetti che continuano semplicemente a consumare gadget e giochini digitali. Della libertà e della privacy in sé non gliene importa nulla a nessuno, né a chi si lascia possedere né tantomeno alle grandi aziende come Apple.
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Lavoratore muore per il freddo nei cantieri delle olimpiadi a cortina. “lo specchio del lavoro tossico e nocivo dei grandi eventi”
@anarchia
È morto per il freddo all’età di 55 anni Pietro Zantonini, originario di Brindisi, durante un turno di vigilanza notturna nel cantiere delle olimpiadi Milano-Cortina.
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@lauramassera Hai assolutamente ragione, ma diciamo anche che nel 2025 è impossibile non riconoscere che la malvagità antisociale è il tratto distintivo di quelle Big Tech che spesso si presentavano eticamente candide.
L'unica eccezione è probabilmente quella di Apple che effettivamente ha deciso, sia anche solo per questioni di marketing e narrativa aziendale, di opporsi alle nuove tendenze del cattivismo trumpiano
