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    • New Natives

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    TagsSocial - Llm - Ia - Android - Antiracism - Architecture - Science - Train

    Maybe I should just rename this section Loot, period. I only posted once in February. But then again, February is a very short month compared to the others… (yeah, good excuse)

    This time, lots of stuff in my history, I hope you have some time ahead of you. Otherwise, good fodder for your “read it later”.

    Quick service announcement first

    The articles on Godzilla 2 and 3 are in progress, but I’m struggling with clip extraction. Especially with subtitles. I haven’t found, with Shotcut, a solution to simply extract parts of a video while keeping subtitles synchronized. Until I figure that out, no article 😞 so I’m falling a bit behind.

    I’m open to ideas and alternative solutions, free/open-source ones. (no Adobe or the like) It shouldn’t be too complicated to do either, since I’ll have to do it for almost every movie. Ideally, the subtitles of the extracted clips should not be burned into the video but kept as separate files. If you have suggestions, contact me.

    Society

    Le code a changé, 3 episodes about potentially catastrophic legislative changes.

    Nothing new under the sun regarding the digital vassalization of Europe, but good reminders and connections with the past. I really like the comparison between the ToS we accept without reading, and European colonizers upon their arrival in the Americas who had indigenous people read and accept long, impossible-to-read texts.

    Concretely, Omnibus aims to “simplify” regulations that are clearly not being enforced. Honestly, saying that the GDPR is complicated is truly an asshole take. It’s one of the simplest and shortest pieces of regulation out there. No, you have to be an asshole to try to overcomplicate the thing in order to bypass it. Because if you’re not an asshole towards your customers or your visitors/users, then the GDPR isn’t hard, and you don’t need cookie pop-ups or anything like that. And when, in the podcast, he keeps saying the GDPR has flaws, honestly he’s only talking about these asshole moves, not real flaws. Disappointing that he repeats it so many times for free. It’s not the GDPR that imposes banners, that forces dark-patterns and organizes the deception of visitors/customers. It’s the companies, for the sake of surveillance capitalism. They participate in it, like collaborators!

    On top of that, the “simplifications” they want to make won’t help our companies at all. It’s only for the American tech giants, to leave more room for workarounds, and add even more legislative instability.

    Speaking of surveillance capitalism and fascism, I learn that Microsoft is being a jerk again (oh surprise), and that lots of games are getting striked on Steam, probably unjustly too. Personally I’m opposed to the concept of intellectual property protection (a topic for another day), so it makes me even angrier that anyone would prevent other people from creating under the pretense that it’s “too” close to what they own (and didn’t even create)! In short, Microsoft is pulling a Nintendo, as usual.

    Internet

    After reading and listening to all of that, I think you’ll have a good idea of what’s coming and what’s problematic. The book I mentioned is very interesting and is filled with real-world examples and cases to back up the arguments. It brings nuance, even on the side of “pro censorship” folks, which makes it easier to grasp the topic with nuance.

    With agent orange in power, the true face of the USA is more visible than ever. Not that they were nice political partners in the past, but at least nobody can deny anymore what is clearly visible where before it was filed under conspiracy theories. And that despite the multiple revelations with proof that these conspiracy theories were indeed true!

    There are the wars, the real ones some would say, that kill with bombs and bullets. There is also the digital war, which also causes harm, sometimes even deaths. Without bombs, without bullets. But worse, this one ensures US control over all our lives, Europeans but also everywhere in the world. This war started with the advent of the internet, so it’s nothing new. Many people have been warning, educating, and successfully predicting the interference and abuses enabled by our legislation and our mandatory American infrastructure.

    AND NOBODY GIVES A DAMN!!! Réveillez-vous !!! (wake up!!!)

    Queer & Anti-racism

    Change of tone, for a refreshing novelty. A queer show on the media outlet “Histoires Crépues”. Queer content connected to anti-racism, feels good.

    In the gay community, on the male side since I know it better, it’s a real nightmare when it comes to racism and all sorts of problematic behaviors. You’d think fags would be more inclined to understand the principles of domination and discrimination, being victims themselves; but no, nothing. It’s even the complete opposite and it’s exhausting in the long run. It reminds me of a very good episode of the podcast “Les couilles sur la table” if you want to learn more about this topic. I can confirm almost everything that’s said in it, having either seen or lived it. Even though I’m far from having a full bingo card, I’ve checked enough boxes to be convinced of the truthfulness of all of it, and how widespread it all is.

    Coming back to the show Kwir I DI, it feels good and I hope to see more episodes in the future. I don’t know of any with non-white men, I’d like that too I think. Especially if it’s just as chill. Because the shows I know of are all straight and very white unfortunately.

    To continue on the anti-racist theme, I recommend this video, especially to your friend who keeps telling you that anti-white racism is a problem.

    And I warmly recommend these two videos, still on the topic of racism:

    You’ll then clearly understand the difference between racism and xenophobia; why capitalism is racist by nature (or almost), and that a world without racism did indeed exist before.

    Android

    I’m relaying the open letter to keep Android open:

    A less open, or not open at all Android means even more US control over Europeans!

    GAFAM

    I haven’t used WhatsApp in a while. Not that I was thrilled to use it before, it was imposed on me. Some people still try to reach me on it, and complain that I don’t reply, or that I’m no longer reachable. Too bad. If you want to reach me, send an SMS, an EMAIL, or call me. All of that works perfectly fine and is available to EVERYONE.

    If you wish, I use other communication networks, but those tend to shrink more and more because they’re all problematic in one way or another. The next one likely to go on my end is Discord.

    On this topic, I’d like to share this article:

    It approaches it from another angle, one that is important to understand and keep in mind.

    On a related note, here’s a good article about the manipulation carried out by our dear GAFAM on ourselves:

    Science

    I’m not yet sure where to place this site on the scale of relevance or legitimacy. For now I rather trust it, like I would a magazine like Epsilon. So decent, but not to be taken at face value. Disclaimer over, I find that this research, if it turns out to be confirmed, gives an interesting perspective on what our consciousness is, and connects well to the debates around AI and specifically AGI. Artificial General Intelligence, the ultimate boss of AI.

    I recommend reading the article, and I won’t share more of my opinion on the topic, as I’m far from having it well formed (my opinion).

    You hear a lot about it, often negatively because it’s used by scamfluencers to become beauty standards, but it’s probably one of the most important recent medical scientific revolutions. On top of that I’m very happy to now know how it works.

    Architecture

    I had shared the first one with you, here’s the second in the series. So it’s also likely that I’ll share the third one when it’s available 😛.

    I’ve personally always associated “SOLARPUNK” with something positive. An optimistic vision, one we could possibly strive towards. Because it’s often beautiful and makes you want to live there. Well, even though I wouldn’t want to live there myself, I also really like brutalist and cyberpunk aesthetics; so appeal is probably not a reliable metric. And that’s clearly what this video confirms. I wasn’t ready to see solarpunk being so close to fascism and techno-bros. Yet it was all already right before my eyes, but I was probably too blinded by the genuine appeal of the solarpunk idea.

    Trains

    Fellow rail enthusiasts, a super interesting video about one of the most unique metro networks. A little treat to watch, to once again realize just how good the Chinese are at planning.

    AI

    Yeah, there isn’t a week without some scary novelty/reflection/analysis about AI. The bubble is still here, it’s wobbling a bit but with the consequences of agent orange, hard to see it bursting anytime soon.

    This first article is a bit of a reminder that AI doesn’t necessarily (understatement?) create new behaviors. Capitalism does just fine on its own. AI is just the trendy excuse to try to mask reality. Good article that reminds us of all that.

    In the vein of “AI isn’t revolutionizing anything”, a good reminder of the facts about our history in software development, before the name even existed. It’s both reassuring and scary. Because despite everything, the countless articles promising the elimination of the developer role are omnipresent and weigh on morale. This one counterbalances a bit. However, once again capitalism is killing us even more. I like the optimistic side of the analysis. Each step leads to more and better despite everything, without erasing what exists or the past, consolidating it further instead.

    The harmful consequences are very much here and visible. The revolution is causing harm, to people and to projects. Open source collaboration, as we know it, may be living its last moments. Either we manage to counterbalance the effects of AI on the commons, or we’ll have to find a new way to create these commons while coexisting with the consequences of AI. For now the reactions are more about protection and closing ranks. Examples abound. The closing of contributions, and of certain bug bounties are good ones. Some try to manage differently, like Gnome redirecting almost all its git traffic to GitHub to benefit from free hosting. (without leaving its own forge) But how long will these “free” solutions remain viable (assuming they even are right now)?

    And to top it all off, terminator AIs are creeping in. And basically the only answer we get to why? is an Oops, sorry. That wasn’t my intention! It would be good to revisit the basics then. Here are a few videos that are NOT recent on the topic:

    The full playlist

    And when AI isn’t doing harm online, its infrastructure takes care of it in the real world. There’s a topic that seems to fly under the radar. The question of noise pollution, and specifically infrasound and its effects on health. This video explores the subject, and the rigor as well as the scientific references make the problem credible.

    This challenges my enthusiasm for datacenters built in urban areas. Which is a good idea on paper, especially to use the heat produced for heating and hot water. Reducing heat losses by putting them to use. But has the question of noise pollution, even inaudible, been taken into account?

    To sum up, here are the concerns I know of regarding datacenters:

    Worth keeping tabs on, if I find more info on this.

    At this rate, you’ll end up thinking I’m against AI and that it’s absolute evil. A bit of balance with this positive testimony on the use of LLMs and what they make possible. To take a step back on the topic.

    And that’s a wrap! Lots of Loots this “week” 😉😉.
    Bisoux 😗

    TitleNew Natives
    DescriptionThe USA keeps on with their digital colonization, and we welcome them with open arms despite the numerous proofs of their treachery, recent and not so recent.
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    TranslationEnglishhttps://blog.ztec.fr/en/2026/03/07/loot/hallowed-are-the-ori/
    Françaishttps://blog.ztec.fr/2026/03/07/loot/loues-soient-les-ori/
    TagsSocial - Llm - Ia - Android - Antiracism - Architecture - Science - Train
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    SubtitleOmnibus, Fascism, Surveillance Capitalism
    DescriptionThe USA keeps on with their digital colonization, and we welcome them with open arms despite the numerous proofs of their treachery, recent and not so recent.
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