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LilHulkQ@mstdn.social ("John C. Varner III") wrote:

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Oortsize@mastodon.world wrote:

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andybaio@xoxo.zone ("Andy Baio") wrote:

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• Twitter screenshot from Twitter Dev account reading, "Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead." (remote)

teller ("Siim Teller") wrote:

"Thanks for your message. Please note that I’m experiencing a full inbox at this time and replies will be delayed."

I must turn on something like this a well. Funny it's coming from someone at AWS :)

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eleventy@fosstodon.org ("Eleventy 🎈 v2.0.0-beta.3") wrote:

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

“Update my SaaS to security model to have scopable RBAC” or even “do my taxes” are probably not going to be possible without significant human involvement/assistance until much further down the line when we have “generalised” AI connected to many more data stores…

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

IMO, at least in the near to mid future (5-10years), “AI” a la ChatGPT or stable diffusion will mainly threaten “low-complexity, low-stakes” creative work, and for the rest of the world will generally be a useful tool.

By “low-complexity, low-stakes”, I mean where the question/request single-domain, the answer/output is simple (~autocorrect/snippet) or not-concretely-falsifiable, and the input is fairly uniform and/or easy to obtain data.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

TIL that Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart were in a band before the Eurythmics. The Tourists' "I Only Want To Be With You":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsTIuNikq4w

"Deadly Kiss" live:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vauz76y1a4

Good tzaf, all. o/

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moehrenfeld@chaos.social ("Sebastian") wrote:

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alex@godforsaken.website wrote:

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• Diagram showing the layout of a birds nest made by the Penduline Tit bird. The nest has a concealed real entrance, and a wide-open false entrance that only leads to an unused dead end. The diagram shows a snake entering the false entrance, looking for delicious eggs but finding only empty space. Since this is from a Spanish language textbook, the snake is confusedly exclaiming "UÉ?" (remote)

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filippo@abyssdomain.expert ("Filippo Valsorda :go:") wrote:

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance
—e. e. cummings

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stevelord@bladerunner.social ("Steve Lord") wrote:

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• A sign with the text, "in solidarity with", followed by a list of various worker roles, one per line. The text is arranged so reading down the first column reads as, " fuck the Tories" (remote)

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n0x08@infosec.exchange ("🇺🇦 Nate Warfield🌻") wrote:

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semiotic_pirate@mastodon.art ("My. Kat Terban, MSc") wrote:

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• Imagine an alien sharing a cool human fact they just learned like ”hey guys did you know that the silvery markings on humans actually aren’t true stripes? They’re called stretch marks, they happen when the human is growing fast enough to actually outgrow their skin, which is apparently something that just fucking happens to almost all of them at some point of their life.” And another one is like ”wait so you’re saying humans don’t have stripes.” ”actually they do, but the stripes are invisible. There’s genetic code that’d give them stripes but they’re just the same colour as the rest of the skin. So the visible stripes are not real stripes and the real stripes are invisible.” ”I swear if you tell me one more weird human thing today I’m beating your ass.” The human in the room looks up and goes "Wait I have stripes?" (remote)

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emojibot@botsin.space ("Emoji Bot") wrote:

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owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

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owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

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danluu ("Dan Luu") wrote:

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• Google search results for "forums killed by vertical scope" Vertical Scope … forum killers : r/4x4 - Reddithttps://www.reddit.com › comments › vertical_scope_f... Jul 22, 2020 — Vertical Scope kills forums communities they buy. They have killed JKO and Pirate4x4 and countless other non-4x4 forums. We've lost touch with ... A lot of those niche forums were already being killed by ...https://news.ycombinator.com › item Jun 28, 2021 — A lot of those niche forums were already being killed by VerticalScope and InternetBrands. It's a lot of what lead to Reddit's popularity in ... People also search for what does verticalscope do verticalscope wiki verticalscope inc paypal IRIXNetwork - IRIX Network Forumshttp://forums.irixnet.org › thread-3430 Mar 3, 2022 — VerticalScope is killing forums. Kind of a serious business here but if you're not familiar with the company it's a Canadian Media company ... Verticalscope| Off-Topic Discussion forum |https://grassrootsmotorsports.com › verticalscope › page1 Dec 15, 2021 — Normally they didn't let the forums get overrun by spammers (although that happened once or twice), but would sometimes change the rules enough ... 25 posts · I'd read about these guys before, and forgotten all about them until yesterday when it was announced ... People also search for what does verticalscope do verticalscope wiki verticalscope inc paypal banned from 4 VerticalScope forums - AR15.COMhttps://www.ar15.com › forums › general › banned-fro... Jan 12,...
• mbg0001: Their model is to sell the forum user data on the data exchange platforms like DataLogix (now part of Oracle). The idea is that participation in a specialty forum is a huge signal of intent and interest, which is highly valuable to marketers. Even more valuable, if it ties to PII like emails or phone #'s. To VerticalScope, the value is the user database; that's what gives them the reach on the marketing platforms. They don't particularly care about the content of the forum, or forum as an ongoing concern. Scout was another company that was making that play, but thankfully they folded into 247 Sports and got out of that business. wm69: Yeah the guy who set up one of the "replacement forums" is a retired tech nerd, and it wasn't until he set up the new board that he filled us in on all of the shady ass stuff that VS does with user info. At first I thought he was a bit paranoid, but then after talking to the owner of a small Jeep forum and hearing of the strong arm tactics they used on him to try to make him sell, I realized just how fucking scummy they are. It sucks because the forums are a much better way to search for "how to" and help on mechanical stuff than anywhere else, and VS has bought up and pretty much killed of a ton of the old forums. It doesn't cost much at all for a forum either. I'm a mod on one and our total avg monthly cost is about $150. That will grow as our content and members grow, but when you look at what VS is bringing in via a...
• I was a vendor on MR2OC, as was my employer (separately), when Verticalscope bought the forum. We hung out for a while and watched VS do their damnedest to take down everything that made that forum special and replace it with everything that generated ad revenue, all the while telling us how much they just loved everything about the forum and how they really wanted to keep everything just as they found it. They'd do something dumb, like inserting viglink keyword links into our posts, and then tell us, gee, gosh, whoops, we sure didn't mean for that to happen, fellas, and I'll make sure my technical team takes care of that right away. Riiiiight. Rinse and repeat ad nauseam. Annual sponsorship bills came due. VS graciously offered existing vendors special "preferred rates" that were something like six or eight times what we were paying the previous owner. When I declined, one of a series of sales reps did a sort of "let me talk to the manager" used-car shuffle and came back with rates that were only nominally less ludicrous. I again declined and quietly walked away from the forum. It seemed like as good a time as any for the old Irish exit. Summary: Verticalscope bad. ... hybridmomentspass: I didnt know about the ad rates, that freaking sucks that's how they do things. Now there are no vendors on there...well, yes, there is one (that I know of) - some LED company that will spam about 4 threads every few months/holidays. I know there are people who sell things that ...
• Over the past 7 years, Threadloom has provided enterprise-grade Search and Newsletter services to over 2,000 forums. Threadloom Search was the first forum search engine with threaded results, image search, spell correction, and more, resulting in over 40% click-through rates. Threadloom Newsletter was the first service to automate content curation, sender verification, spam trap navigation, GDPR management, and more. Since acquiring Threadloom last year, our parent company VerticalScope has fully supported our commitment to the forum community. During this time, our team has maintained Threadloom services while contributing to new efforts. Over time, however, it's become clear that we will soon be unable to deliver the quality of service and innovation we initially committed to. As a result, the Threadloom team has made the difficult decision to retire our services. On November 2, 2022, we will turn down all Threadloom services, including Search, Newsletter, List Builder, Insights, Primary Login, and Primary Explorer, and delete all customer data within 30 days of this date. We recommend that customers backup their site and database prior to uninstalling our add-ons, in order to mitigate any potential data loss. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at support@threadloom.com. On behalf of the entire team, thank you for your support. It has been a privilege to serve and help grow your communities. Paul

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

But wait, there's more!

The big high-power DC #chargers may not be the chargers themselves either. EV business calls them "dispensers", and they might only be a terminal for an even bigger charger and battery installation nearby.

But they're not a simple wire this time. For example, DC charging cables are often *liquid-cooled*.

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cabanier@arvr.social ("Rik Cabanier") wrote:

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kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

It's an interesting engineering trade-off. On one hand every EV is carrying an extra several kg of charger hardware at all times.

OTOH slow chargers are (or should be) cheap and easy to install anywhere. Electrically it's not more complicated than a power outlet or a light. Every lamp post could be an AC EV charger.

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Did you know that home #EV (AC) chargers contain no charging hardware?

All the complicated parts are in the car. The wall-mounted box is just a fuse and a blinkenlight.

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froomkin@journa.host ("Dan Froomkin/presswatchers.org") wrote:

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

Some of the bots I run on here:
- @pomological posts old paintings of fruits and nuts from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
- @oldroadside posts slide photographs from the Margolies collection in the Library of Congress
- @choochoobot posts emoji trainscapes, featuring real moon phase and weather data from NYC
- @whit_whal posts parts of Moby Dick that do not contain a particular symbol

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

Nice article from Motherboard about the Twitter API fiasco and its effect on bots. I spoke with Chloe for this and @pomological makes a cameo: https://www.vice.com/en/article/4axzzd/twitters-latest-chaotic-move-will-kill-the-sites-best-bots-account-owners-say

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zilmer@justtact.com ("Priidu Zilmer") wrote: