Arguing with dudes on Slashdot about Summers’s comments was an extremely formative experience for me as a woman in tech and not in a way that made me respect people.
One of my earliest moments of radicalization was in 2005 when Larry Summers said that women biologically have less aptitude for science than men. Following that, scores of equally unimpressive people wrote pieces trying to explain or justify his remarks, when they should have called for his removal.
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Arguing with dudes on Slashdot about Summers’s comments was an extremely formative experience for me as a woman in tech and not in a way that made me respect people.
news.slashdot.org/story/25/11/...
IF ONLY SOMEONE COULD HAVE POSSIBLY PREDICTED THAT BREXIT WOULD BE A NATIONWIDE ECONOMIC SUICIDE PACT.
(also: I never fail to be shocked when I'm reminded that slashdot still exists. It's like being reminded that myspace or livejournal are still around)
IF ONLY SOMEONE COULD HAVE POSSIBLY PREDICTED THAT BREXIT WOULD BE A NATIONWIDE ECONOMIC SUICIDE PACT.
(also: I never fail to be shocked when I'm reminded that slashdot still exists. It's like being reminded that myspace or livejournal are still around)
The Economic Impact of Brexit - Slashdot
Abstract of a working paper [PDF] published by NBER: This paper examines the impact of the UK's decision to leave the European Union (Brexit) in 2016. Using almost a decade of data since the referendu...
news.slashdot.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
news.slashdot.org/story/25/11/...
IF ONLY SOMEONE COULD HAVE POSSIBLY PREDICTED THAT BREXIT WOULD BE A NATIONWIDE ECONOMIC SUICIDE PACT.
(also: I never fail to be shocked when I'm reminded that slashdot still exists. It's like being reminded that myspace or livejournal are still around)
IF ONLY SOMEONE COULD HAVE POSSIBLY PREDICTED THAT BREXIT WOULD BE A NATIONWIDE ECONOMIC SUICIDE PACT.
(also: I never fail to be shocked when I'm reminded that slashdot still exists. It's like being reminded that myspace or livejournal are still around)
slashdot, the democratic moderation exclusion zone.
November 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
slashdot, the democratic moderation exclusion zone.
読んだことなかったのでjapannewsnavi読んでる
ここら辺全部自動化してコメントも自動で生成して人間が関わらなくてもすべてのSNSで拡散できるような仕組みになってるのはすごいな
slashdot!?!?www
スラドはあるのにはてながない
ここら辺全部自動化してコメントも自動で生成して人間が関わらなくてもすべてのSNSで拡散できるような仕組みになってるのはすごいな
slashdot!?!?www
スラドはあるのにはてながない
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
読んだことなかったのでjapannewsnavi読んでる
ここら辺全部自動化してコメントも自動で生成して人間が関わらなくてもすべてのSNSで拡散できるような仕組みになってるのはすごいな
slashdot!?!?www
スラドはあるのにはてながない
ここら辺全部自動化してコメントも自動で生成して人間が関わらなくてもすべてのSNSで拡散できるような仕組みになってるのはすごいな
slashdot!?!?www
スラドはあるのにはてながない
„Aber China!”
China's CO2 Emissions Have Been Flat Or Falling For Past 18 Months, Analysis Finds - Slashdot
China's CO2 Emissions Have Been Flat Or Falling For Past 18 Months, Analysis Finds - Slashdot
China's CO2 Emissions Have Been Flat Or Falling For Past 18 Months, Analysis Finds - Slashdot
China's CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months, "adding evidence to the hope that the world's biggest polluter has managed to hit its target of peak CO2 emissions well ahead of schedule," reports the Guardian. From the report: Rapid increases in the deployment of solar and wind power...
news.slashdot.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
„Aber China!”
China's CO2 Emissions Have Been Flat Or Falling For Past 18 Months, Analysis Finds - Slashdot
China's CO2 Emissions Have Been Flat Or Falling For Past 18 Months, Analysis Finds - Slashdot
I remember that line showing up in Slashdot comments a lot
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I remember that line showing up in Slashdot comments a lot
Popcorn, anybody?
Amazon Accuses Perplexity of Computer Fraud, Demands It Stop AI Agent From Buying On Its Site - Slashdot
Amazon Accuses Perplexity of Computer Fraud, Demands It Stop AI Agent From Buying On Its Site - Slashdot
Amazon Accuses Perplexity of Computer Fraud, Demands It Stop AI Agent From Buying On Its Site - Slashdot
Amazon has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity AI demanding that the AI search startup stop allowing its AI browser agent, Comet, to make purchases online for users. From a report: The e-commerce giant is accusing Perplexity of committing computer fraud by failing to disclose when its AI ag...
tech.slashdot.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Popcorn, anybody?
Amazon Accuses Perplexity of Computer Fraud, Demands It Stop AI Agent From Buying On Its Site - Slashdot
Amazon Accuses Perplexity of Computer Fraud, Demands It Stop AI Agent From Buying On Its Site - Slashdot
Once this is stable, one can run #Linux on any machine supported by a modern browser.
Linux Ported to #WebAssembly, Boots in a Browser Tab - Slashdot
Linux Ported to #WebAssembly, Boots in a Browser Tab - Slashdot
Linux Ported to WebAssembly, Boots in a Browser Tab - Slashdot
"During the past two years or so I have been slow-rolling an effort to port the Linux kernel to WebAssembly," reads a surprising post on the Linux kernel mailing list. I'm now at the point where the kernel boots and I can run basic programs from a shell. As you will see if you play around with it ...
linux.slashdot.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Once this is stable, one can run #Linux on any machine supported by a modern browser.
Linux Ported to #WebAssembly, Boots in a Browser Tab - Slashdot
Linux Ported to #WebAssembly, Boots in a Browser Tab - Slashdot
When (not if) the #AI bubble finally implodes: will only #OpenAI fall, or #Microsoft as well?
OpenAI's Sam Altman Defends $1 Trillion+ Spending Commitments, Predicts Steep Revenue Growth, More Products - Slashdot
OpenAI's Sam Altman Defends $1 Trillion+ Spending Commitments, Predicts Steep Revenue Growth, More Products - Slashdot
OpenAI's Sam Altman Defends $1 Trillion+ Spending Commitments, Predicts Steep Revenue Growth, More Products - Slashdot
TechCrunch reports: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently said that the company is doing "well more" than $13 billion in annual revenue — and he sounded a little testy when pressed on how it will pay for its massive spending commitments. His comments came up during a joint interviewon the Bg2 podca...
slashdot.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:45 AM
When (not if) the #AI bubble finally implodes: will only #OpenAI fall, or #Microsoft as well?
OpenAI's Sam Altman Defends $1 Trillion+ Spending Commitments, Predicts Steep Revenue Growth, More Products - Slashdot
OpenAI's Sam Altman Defends $1 Trillion+ Spending Commitments, Predicts Steep Revenue Growth, More Products - Slashdot
Immerhin kann sich die Migros freuen, dass sie nicht die einzigen mit AI-Fails sind …
Coca-Cola's New AI Holiday Ad Is a Sloppy Eyesore - Slashdot
Coca-Cola's New AI Holiday Ad Is a Sloppy Eyesore - Slashdot
Coca-Cola's New AI Holiday Ad Is a Sloppy Eyesore - Slashdot
Coca-Cola has doubled down on AI-generated holiday ads despite widespread criticism of last year's uncanny results. This year the beverage company is replacing human actors with oddly animated animals in a visually inconsistent campaign. The Verge reports: There's no consistent style, switching bet...
slashdot.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Immerhin kann sich die Migros freuen, dass sie nicht die einzigen mit AI-Fails sind …
Coca-Cola's New AI Holiday Ad Is a Sloppy Eyesore - Slashdot
Coca-Cola's New AI Holiday Ad Is a Sloppy Eyesore - Slashdot
Once upon a time, there was a website called Slashdot. We would mercilessly troll anyone who didn’t read the article and commented anyway. We should bring that back with @tressiemcphd.bsky.social columns in NYTgift articles. Please read. Read closely. Read with some perspicacity
October 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Once upon a time, there was a website called Slashdot. We would mercilessly troll anyone who didn’t read the article and commented anyway. We should bring that back with @tressiemcphd.bsky.social columns in NYTgift articles. Please read. Read closely. Read with some perspicacity
found in the wild in 2025:
a Slashdot reader
a Slashdot reader
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 AM
found in the wild in 2025:
a Slashdot reader
a Slashdot reader
My only guess, besides throwing spaghetti at the wall: The median user assumes all feeds have algorithmic meddling, so let's do some ostensibly user-driven algorithmic meddling. Never mind lessons going all the way back to, idk, Slashdot.
November 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
My only guess, besides throwing spaghetti at the wall: The median user assumes all feeds have algorithmic meddling, so let's do some ostensibly user-driven algorithmic meddling. Never mind lessons going all the way back to, idk, Slashdot.
Mom come pick me up, slashdot escaped containment again
October 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Mom come pick me up, slashdot escaped containment again
actually once when i was a teen the toronto star newspaper quoted a slashdot comment of mine
October 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
actually once when i was a teen the toronto star newspaper quoted a slashdot comment of mine
British Columbia to Permanently Ban New Crypto Mining Projects From Grid - Slashdot hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/10/...
British Columbia to Permanently Ban New Crypto Mining Projects From Grid - Slashdot
British Columbia is permanently banning new cryptocurrency mining operations from connecting to its power grid to conserve electricity for industries that generate more jobs and tax revenue. The provi...
hardware.slashdot.org
October 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
British Columbia to Permanently Ban New Crypto Mining Projects From Grid - Slashdot hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/10/...
Ye Olde Slashdot Effect!
October 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Ye Olde Slashdot Effect!
🤣
Windows 11 Update Breaks Recovery Environment, Making USB Keyboards and Mice Unusable it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/... from Slashdot via #[email protected] / gcu.info/gruik/
Windows 11 Update Breaks Recovery Environment, Making USB Keyboards and Mice Unusable it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/... from Slashdot via #[email protected] / gcu.info/gruik/
Windows 11 Update Breaks Recovery Environment, Making USB Keyboards and Mice Unusable - Slashdot
"Windows Recovery Environment (RE), as the name suggests, is a built-in set of tools inside Windows that allow you to troubleshoot your computer, including booting into the BIOS, or starting the compu...
it.slashdot.org
October 20, 2025 at 5:21 AM
🤣
Windows 11 Update Breaks Recovery Environment, Making USB Keyboards and Mice Unusable it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/... from Slashdot via #[email protected] / gcu.info/gruik/
Windows 11 Update Breaks Recovery Environment, Making USB Keyboards and Mice Unusable it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/... from Slashdot via #[email protected] / gcu.info/gruik/
hell yeah brother we are doing slashdot ‘M$’ shit again awouu
October 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
hell yeah brother we are doing slashdot ‘M$’ shit again awouu
Microsoft’s OneDrive Begins Testing Face-Recognizing AI for Photos (for Some Preview Users) | Slashdot | …and: “You can only turn off this setting 3 times a year”
https://alecmuffett.com/article/117599
#FacialRecognition #OneDrive #censorship #microsoft #privacy #surveillance
https://alecmuffett.com/article/117599
#FacialRecognition #OneDrive #censorship #microsoft #privacy #surveillance
Microsoft’s OneDrive Begins Testing Face-Recognizing AI for Photos (for Some Preview Users) | Slashdot | …and: “You can only turn off this setting 3 times a year”
Oh FFS, if this turns out to be a legitimate report it’s going to be a nightmare in several different dimensions of stupidity, illiberality & regulatory posturing:
alecmuffett.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Microsoft’s OneDrive Begins Testing Face-Recognizing AI for Photos (for Some Preview Users) | Slashdot | …and: “You can only turn off this setting 3 times a year”
https://alecmuffett.com/article/117599
#FacialRecognition #OneDrive #censorship #microsoft #privacy #surveillance
https://alecmuffett.com/article/117599
#FacialRecognition #OneDrive #censorship #microsoft #privacy #surveillance
From Slashdot 3/12/2019: "Many people we think of as great are aberrant personalities driven by extremes of ambition, greed, insecurity, resentment, etc. Whether we shower them with riches or hunt them down and kill them depends mostly on whether their behavior produces side effects we like."
October 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
From Slashdot 3/12/2019: "Many people we think of as great are aberrant personalities driven by extremes of ambition, greed, insecurity, resentment, etc. Whether we shower them with riches or hunt them down and kill them depends mostly on whether their behavior produces side effects we like."
『OneDriveに、AIを使って写真に写っている顔を認識・分類する機能が追加される予定であり、それを拒否できるチャンスは年に3回しかないことが、オンライン掲示板のSlashdotで報告されました。』
「OneDriveのAIによる顔認識を拒否できるのは年に3回だけ」との報告でネットユーザーが激怒
gigazine.net/news/2025101...
「OneDriveのAIによる顔認識を拒否できるのは年に3回だけ」との報告でネットユーザーが激怒
gigazine.net/news/2025101...
「OneDriveのAIによる顔認識を拒否できるのは年に3回だけ」との報告でネットユーザーが激怒
Microsoftが提供するクラウドストレージサービスであるOneDriveに、AIを使って写真に写っている顔を認識・分類する機能が追加される予定であり、それを拒否できるチャンスは年に3回しかないことが、オンライン掲示板のSlashdotで報告されました。
gigazine.net
October 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
『OneDriveに、AIを使って写真に写っている顔を認識・分類する機能が追加される予定であり、それを拒否できるチャンスは年に3回しかないことが、オンライン掲示板のSlashdotで報告されました。』
「OneDriveのAIによる顔認識を拒否できるのは年に3回だけ」との報告でネットユーザーが激怒
gigazine.net/news/2025101...
「OneDriveのAIによる顔認識を拒否できるのは年に3回だけ」との報告でネットユーザーが激怒
gigazine.net/news/2025101...
![A Microsoft publicist agreed to answer Slashdot's questions...
Slashdot: What's the reason OneDrive tells users this setting can only be turned off 3 times a year? (And are those any three times — or does that mean three specific days, like Christmas, New Year's Day, etc.)
[Microsoft's publicist chose not to answer this question.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3vmecllmlgwtjwlbds7cz6z3/bafkreihbbnb2qn7omhonyymof3cjgqcqfi2vrfpzkk4by2vjbyth3rqfty@jpeg)
It’s so wild that if you post positive spy about Macs you still get angry slashdot posters from 15 years ago coming after you
October 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
It’s so wild that if you post positive spy about Macs you still get angry slashdot posters from 15 years ago coming after you