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Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):

calmeilles@mstdn.social ("Matthew Malthouse") wrote:

Public transport can be harsh.

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• Two images of train announcement signs. The first reads "We are now approaching Leeds" The second "where this train terminates Customers" (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io ("Thomas 🔭✨") wrote:

𝓖𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓼𝓪𝓻𝔂

Blockchain: a slow database

Crypto: an expensive slow database

NFT: an expensive slow database to store URLs

AI: a way to write slow and inefficient algorithms

LLM: a database that stores text in a slow and inefficient way

Chat GPT: an expensive imprecise query language for slow and inefficient text databases that often returns wrong results

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

TCatInReality ("TCatLikesReality") wrote:

@GottaLaff
Time to get the head of lettuce out, to see if it outlasts Mike Johnson

#DemsGovernRepsPlunder

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

pravda@mstdn.social ("Ukrainska Pravda :verigold:") wrote:

Russia's use of chemical weapons in Ukraine is on the rise

Ukraine's Defence Forces have recorded 626 cases of Russia using munitions containing toxic chemicals, including 51 cases in January 2024 alone.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Quote: "The defence forces have recorded 626 cases of Russia using munitions containing toxic chemicals.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/01/13/7437109/ #news #ukraine

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• ca00ae210419920b.jpg (remote)

Reblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):

ben@a11y.info ("Ben Myers 🦖") wrote:

@collinsworth Tailwind: the CSS framework which resents having to support CSS.

Reblogged by zack@toot.cafe ("Zack"):

craigmaloney@octodon.social ("Craig Maloney ☕") wrote:

Reminding myself that I've been on "the fediverse" for ~15 years.

Back then we didn't call it "the fediverse" but the spirit was definitely there.

¡Viva identi.ca!

(Edit: I can do math)

Reblogged by zack@toot.cafe ("Zack"):

0x1C3B00DA@stereophonic.space wrote:

Just read a bit of reactions about the #WordPress #ActivityPub plugin and there seems to be a sect of ppl who find it abhorrent that #fediverse posts might federate.

In their opinion, if they post “on Mastodon”, that post shouldn’t leave #mastodon. They think its understandable that a post may leave their own server and federate to other mastodon servers but federating outside of that is unacceptable. (I don’t know how they think about their posts federating to non-mastodon servers, especially non-microblogging servers like Friendica, kbin, etc)

Once again, I think the problem is caused by mastodon. They market mastodon as a Twitter-alternative and hype it as the platform instead of the fediverse. Now these users don’t understand the breadth of the fediverse and are “confused” that their posts could be “leaving” mastodon.

You’re not “on Mastodon”; you’re on the fediverse. Just like someone who runs a blog isn’t on Nginx or Apache, they’re on the web.

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

is it just me or is this phrasing a little condescending

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• Google Maps screenshot of the heading "Public transport" and the subhed "Preferred by you" (remote)

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

there are actually some really interesting studies about this. oh ha ha no I haven't read the studies, but i've read about them

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

yeah, sorry, that's based on old data. the modern scientific consensus is all who wander are lost :(

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

on <= 30 watts using JS8 FTW!

#AmateurRadio 📡

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• signal propagation map, showing reach west from Rochester NY to all of US and Canadian West Coast, reach east from the Baltic States through Eastern Europe and in an arc to Portugal (remote)

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

toroids are a wunnerful thang

#AmateurRadio ⚡️📡 ⚡️

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

30m not so busy, but 40m lots of JS8 HB responses
#AmateurRadio 📡

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

I made a fun little #socialweb site in #11ty. Put a splash page up for now. Go and give it a wave 👋

https://socialwe.blog/

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

petrillic@hachyderm.io ("Chris Petrilli") wrote:

Teen Vogue continuing to do the work the NY Times, WaPo, and others refuse. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/second-ku-klux-klan

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

not much activity on 12m/15m/17m JS8, but 20m seems populated nicely

#AmateurRadio 📡

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Threads now lets you transfer your data to Google Drive, except it didn’t work, and now Meta has all my Google data.

This “feature” is presumably part of the Data Transfer Initiative funded by Meta and Google. Out of morbid curiosity, I tried it.

On its website, DTI states it’s an “organization dedicated to the mission of empowering technology users.” Right.

It seems more likely that Big Tech figured out it was better to trade ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/01/13/threads-now-lets.html

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• Screenshot: Meta has this access&10;111o app vallo pellnooluntu.&10;• See and edit your documents (including settings and metadata)&10;• Create new documents&10;• Upload and download your documents&10;• Organize and delete your documents&10;• See the names and emails of people you share your documents with&10;N&10;• Share and stop sharing your documents with others&10;This app will be able to do the same things that you can do. Changes made by this application will be attributed to you.&10;There may be sensitive information in your documents, like financial records, medical reports, or photos.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

now trying 10m JS8 HeartBeat

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

emitting heartbeats on 6m JS8 now, going to work my way through the bands and see how propagation is a'hangin today...

#AmateurRadio 📡

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

superlinguo@scicomm.xyz ("Lauren Gawne") wrote:

The #LingComm grants are running again in 2024!

We have (at least) two $500USD grants for communicating linguistics to wider audiences. Please share with colleagues, friends and students if they have a pop linguistics project that needs some support!

https://lingcomm.org/grants/

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

back from my regular Saturday AM dog-walking volunteer shift at the #ROC City Pound. tired, despite 2 cuppas

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

Wow, wusste nicht dass es zu diesem Song ein Musikvideo gibt. :catjam:

LDC - Die Schwarze Zone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xj_HKdqeaU

#music #NowPlaying #LDC #techno

Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):

ExtinctionR@social.rebellion.global ("Extinction Rebellion Global") wrote:

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• Aerial image of an open cast coal mine that dominates the foreground. In the distance are a couple of gossamer like wind turbines in green fields. The text reads "look how ugly these wind turbines are!" (remote)

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

hn50@social.lansky.name ("Hacker News 50") wrote:

OpenAI Deletes Ban on Using ChatGPT for "Military and Warfare"

Link: https://theintercept.com/2024/01/12/open-ai-military-ban-chatgpt/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38972735

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

danilo@hachyderm.io ("Danilo Campos 🇵🇷") wrote:

The boogeyman of ~socialism~ in medicine is that “oh no, you’ll have to wait so long to see a doctor.”

But now, all of we victims of capitalist medicine wait months or more just to see a PCP. Seeing a specialist is even worse. And we pay SO MUCH to do it.

My god it’s scary to have something wrong with you, or with a loved one, and you have to fight this bureaucracy every single step of the way. To be spinning in your anxiety, to have your love and fear met with mechanical indifference.

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

writeblankspace@fosstodon.org ("mercurial idiot") wrote:

Hypothesis: queers make up roughly or more than 50% of the active people on Fedi.

Boost for science!

You are:

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

When you read the news on ChatGPT...

#ChatGPT #Robocop #meme #ED209 #ai #ki

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• Headline reads "OpenAI quietly deletes ban on using ChatGPT for 'military and warfare'. Below are 5 screencaps from Robocop, where ED209 is presented in the board meeting. Screencap 1 shows ED209 and the ChatGPT reply below stating "Put down your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply." Screencap 2 shows the boardmember throwing his gun to the ground and replying in the ChatGPT box "I am dropping my weapon." Screencap 3 shows ED209 and a ChatGPT error reading "Hmm... something seems to have gone wrong. Maybe try me again in a little bit." Screencap 4 shows the board member in close up, looking shocked. The "Regenerate response" button is visible. Screencap 5 shows ED209 shooting the board member. (remote)

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Long cat is long.

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

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• A black cat being held in the air to demonstrate how long he is.

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

typographica@typo.social ("Typographica") wrote:

I used to worry that designers limited their inspiration and research to the internet, and I urged them to look at books.

Now the view is even narrower.

I worry that designers limit their inspiration and research to instagram, and I urge them to look at the internet.

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

feedle wrote:

🗓️ Happy #Friday

This week, we continue our #followfriday tradition. Each week, we introduce you to 5 random people and organisations who are on Mastodon, and whose blogs we follow on Feedle. This way, we can help great people discover each other more easily.

This week we introduce to you (in no particular order): @sophie, @fromjason, @moutansos, @whereistanya, and @loicmathieu

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