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

mikael@merveilles.town wrote:

The work of creation in the age of AI
https://perfors.net/blog/creation-ai/

This the most meaningful text about art and #AI I've read so far.

#LLM

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

martijnbraam@fosstodon.org ("Martijn Braam") wrote:

New blog post, more audio stuff :)

https://blog.brixit.nl/digital-audio-mixer-pt-2/

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

wim_v12e@octodon.social ("Wim 🅾") wrote:

Anne Clark "Full Moon"

Inside my dreams they build business machines

https://anneclarkofficial.bandcamp.com/track/full-moon

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

APoD@botsin.space ("Astronomy Picture of the Day") wrote:

Comet Pons-Brooks in Northern Spring

Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek / Institute of Physics in Opava

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240309.html #APOD

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• 78ad72987764deed.png (remote)

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

cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

And you wont change my mind.

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• Lisa Simpson meme with the text PASTE WITHOUT FORMATTING SHOULD BE THE DEFAULT

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

Lana@beige.party ("𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not a cat"") wrote:

Every single elder millennial who was online between 2000-2008 has a phrase from Homestar Runner that will activate them like the Manchurian Candidate and make them spout absolute gibberish for 40 seconds

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

This is how we celebrate my birthday today?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/03/09/in-my-prime/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7WDRLrMyvQ

nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

I'll be giving an invited talk later this month at KU Leuven on how Apple's behavior is playing into a set of emerging threats to private and open computing.

Will publish slides and notes! For now, here's the abstract:

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• b3da0a0e9d00e1ae.png (remote)

Reblogged by nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi"):

stroughtonsmith ("Steve Troughton-Smith") wrote:

Apple's reversal on the Epic situation is all well and good, but it doesn't prevent this kind of thing from happening again to a smaller developer who doesn't have a ton of PR or the ear of the EC. And it does highlight that Apple still has *all the control* to do whatever it wants, with little oversight, under its proposed DMA plan. They have forcibly inserted themselves in between third party app stores/payment providers and those services’ users, free to turn the screws as they wish

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

bw@social.lol ("Blake Watson :prami:") wrote:

It is mind boggling how much JavaScript exists just to help people avoid writing CSS.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

In this thread I will explain why "the cloud" is just the privatization of the Internet, and the Internet, as we think of it, doesn't exist anymore.

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molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

ngl https://url-parts.glitch.me/ is one of the most useful websites i've come across in a long time

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Great performance as always. If you can still catch their European tour, you should! #Leprous

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• The band on stage illuminated by red light.

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

phae@status.fberriman.com wrote:

Thierry just made my very exclusive Christmas card list.

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• Thierry Breton of the European Commission saying "Under the DMA, there is no room for threats by gatekeepers to silence developers." (remote)

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

While I'm under no illusion that the absence of computers would usher in a utopia free of price gouging, abusive arbitrage, and worthless financial shenanigans, my guess is that the use of computers has made all those things worse. I mean, worse for us. Not worse for the people extracting money off those practices.

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

Susan Crawford talked about how phone companies were optimized for billing, and this morning, while waiting for the kiddo to be returned to us from a medical procedure[1], I was thinking about how much of the modern world seems optimized for billing, and I'm wondering how much of that has been facilitated by availability of cheap communications and computers[2].

[1] No worries. Everything went well, and they are well.
[2] Cheap in the ignoring externalities sense of cheap.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Here it is! #Leprous

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• Band on stage

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Once the RNC gets wind of this brilliant idea, they'll crush the Democrats. Pinky swear.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/03/08/oh-no-dont-hand-the-republicans-a-winning-campaign-strategy/

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• Cartoon: Republicans declaring war on sex. (remote)

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Now: The Hirsch Effekt. In a bit: The band I’m here for, #Leprous.

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• Orange lights on stage.

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

cat heros

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• prompt: An extreme closeup of an anthropomorphic cat dressed as a firefighter. The cat should have expressive, human-like features, wearing a firefighter's helmet and protective gear. The focus is on the cat's face, showing determination and bravery. The helmet should be detailed, with a badge and a visor, reflecting the light. The background should be a blur of orange and red flames, suggesting the cat is in the middle of fighting a fire. The image should capture the essence of courage and readiness, with the cat's eyes gazing directly at the viewer, embodying the spirit of a hero in action. (remote)
• prompt: An extreme closeup of an anthropomorphic cat dressed as a firefighter. The cat should have expressive, human-like features, wearing a firefighter's helmet and protective gear. The focus is on the cat's face, showing determination and bravery. The helmet should be detailed, with a badge and a visor, reflecting the light. The background should be a blur of orange and red flames, suggesting the cat is in the middle of fighting a fire. The image should capture the essence of courage and readiness, with the cat's eyes gazing directly at the viewer, embodying the spirit of a hero in action. (remote)

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

logo image poll

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

poll: which do you prefer as logo-image for "Argh Studios", an AI-focused design and development house?

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

poll: which do you prefer as logo-image for "Argh Studios", an AI-focused design and development house [poll in thread]

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• Moose 0 (remote)
• Moose 1 (remote)

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

TexasObserver@texasobserver.social ("Texas Observer") wrote:

NEW from @josephinelee: Houstonians Force Anti-LGBTQ Democrat into Runoff with Progressive Challenger https://www.texasobserver.org/thierry-simmons-dutton-norris-houston-democratic-primary-2024/

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Is $1bn/yr not enough to print out copies of the DMA for execs? 'Cause it sure seems like Cupertino's reading this stuff for the very first time, and boy howdy are they BIG MAD:

https://twitter.com/timsweeneyepic/status/1766158416093798866

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

enhance_dev@fosstodon.org wrote:

🗺️ A React Developers Guide to Writing Enhance Components

Frequently, React developers ask us why patterns they have learned while writing components using JSX do not translate into writing web components. In this post, I'll try to capture some common gotchas that developers coming from React or other JavaScript view frameworks may run into when writing plain vanilla web components.

#WebComponents

https://begin.com/blog/posts/2024-03-08-a-react-developers-guide-to-writing-enhance-components

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

If you blur your background when I can tell there's a pet back there, I *will* report you to HR.

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rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

I still haven't read any of the Dungeon Meshi comics yet but Senshi is the representation I needed for men with overly large beards spilling awkwardly out of inadequate facial coverings

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• A color illustration of the dwarf Senshi from Dungeon Meshi. He's wearing a horned helmet with a cutout that leaves his eyes and nose visible. His moustache overhangs the lower edge of the helmet, making it look almost like he has a steel jaw. The rest of his beard hangs below his helmet, obscuring his entire torso down to his waist.

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

We're not supposed to talk about what's in the freezer. That's private.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/03/08/theyre-not-sending-their-best/

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• Kelvinator freezer (remote)

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

The creationists are back at work trying to corrupt public schools. The Kitzmiller vs Dover trial was just a 20 year setback to them.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/03/08/deja-vu-it-used-to-be-called-teach-the-controversy/

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• The ol' foot-in-the-door strategy (remote)