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

_o_o_@mastodon.online ("_Ө_Ө_") wrote:

@aral + https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/netflix-ad-spend-led-to-facebook-dm-access-end-of-facebook-streaming-biz-lawsuit/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Comparing pro-Meta tech bros who want #Threads to interpolate with #Mastodon to civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King is WILD.

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• Martin Luther King a revolutionary hero in the age of racial segregation because he told black people "stay safe in the segregated areas that the white man has carved for you, and avoid going to any places where they usually go?" No. Quite the opposite. He gave marginalized people courage by inviting them to sit on the bus next to a white supremacist. He invited them to break the cage and mix into white-only areas. He invited them to be part of the real world, and show others that they were humans just like them. Not to seclude themselves. Was it as easy as a walk at the park? Of course not. In fact, a lot of blood was shed. But would the US have ever got to a better stage than the 1960s if those marginalized minorities were invited by their own peers to hide themselves from the real world? I don't think so.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Not me on the phone with Delaware to request BlueSky's annual report lol

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

I like to see error bars when it's my sperm being counted, you know. Is that just me? 🧪

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/03/28/hows-your-sperm-count-doin-guys/

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• graph of declining sperm counts over time (remote)

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

SBF is going away for a good long while.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/03/28/buh-bye-sam/

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• Sam Bankman-Fried (remote)

Reblogged by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella"):

igalia@floss.social ("Igalia") wrote:

Announcing Igalia's 15th Annual Web Engines Hackfest!

Join us for three days of discussions, brainstorming sessions, and hands-on collaboration!

More information, including how to propose a breakout session or submit a talk:
https://www.igalia.com/2024/03/28/Web-Engines-Hackfest-2024.html

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• A photo of the venue from the water and the words "Igalia's 15 annual Web Engines Hackfest: June 3-5, 2024 A Coruna, Spain webengineshackfest.org" (remote)

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

They're gonna call me sir
They'll all stop picking on me
Well, I'm a high school grad
I'm over 5 foot 3
I got a badge and a gun and I'll join the P.D.
They'll see

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

RikerGoogling@botsin.space ("Riker Googling") wrote:

who was earl grey

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

So much of logo design is just not making the marking look like genitalia

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

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

My article for The Guardian just dropped.

"With no changes to how the industry operates and no watchdogs to check the abuse and greed that have defined it over its now-15 years of existence, we are doomed to see history repeat itself. More Bankman-Frieds will emerge to take his place, drawn by the promise of easy money and the low likelihood of consequences."

https://www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/2024/mar/28/sam-bankman-fried-prison-crypto-regulation

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

workchronicles ("Work Chronicles comics") wrote:

(comic) How to be more productive https://workchronicles.substack.com/p/comic-how-to-be-more-productive-d23

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• 5fb4094c36810696.jpeg

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

simevidas ("Šime Vidas") wrote:

Example of anti-user UI on iOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6uwiG1nKK4

In Settings > Safari, the “Default Browser App” option for choosing a different default browser is hidden. But if you set your default browser in that browser’s own settings, then in Settings > Safari, “Default Browser App” will appear.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

It really sounds like Dorsey is hedging his bets.

The tech community is salty about him handing Twitter over to the village idiot. The crypto/blockchain libertarians are mad that BlueSky rejected their ideology

So, Dorsey distanced himself from BlueSky, while still retaining control, giving use permission to join without the taint of his presence

He then went to Nostr to bide his time and appease the block bros.

That feels more plausible than him just handing over his company to Jay Gruber.

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

maikel@vmst.io ("Maikel 🇪🇺") wrote:

@fromjason he build twitter 1, he's building twitter 2.

The idea of BlueSky is not federation it is GDPR and moderation avoidance while ensuring everything remains public.

Once everything is federatable, there won't be anyone to blame for misleading content. You don't like it, it'll be up to you to choose the right moderation service.

Once that happens you'll pay BlueSky for a tailored experience.

That's my take on the existence of the business.

I still like the tech though.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Is there a documented, credible source for why Jack Dorsey has distanced himself from #BlueSky?

I know the narrative is that he now doesn't have as much power and influence over the platform and protocol. But what is that based on? The fact that he deleted his BlueSky account and now hangs on Nostr?

That doesn't make sense.

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

NGIZero@mastodon.xyz ("NGI Zero open source funding") wrote:

Everyone is welcome to our two upcoming open hardware webinars:

Open source CPU and SoC design: The flow, the challenges and a perspective, with SpinalHDL creator Charles Papon on April 11, 13.00 CEST.

And a Tech Talk with Andrew "bunnie" Huang on IRIS: an open hardware project to verify chips. May 2, 11.00 CEST.
An interactive talk with hardware hacker bunnie on his project IRIS (Infra-Red, In-Situ) inspection of silicon.

https://nlnet.nl/webinars/

#openhardware #NGI0

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

(And I also know that supposed concern for "mental health" of our youth can be used for by certain fascist elements of our governments, especially here in the US, to try to restrict what young people can access in order to prioritize their preferred indoctrination.)

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

On the one hand, yes I think there are problems with the design of for-profit social media platforms (and the non-profit social media platforms that mimic their behavior), and on the other hand, I can't help but think social media is turning into a convenient scapegoat regarding the mental health of our youth who are growing up in a certain hellscape of our own creation that we are struggling to address let alone acknowledge.

[1] https://mastodon.social/@chutten/112173644426138415

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

chutten ("chutten (he/him)") wrote:

Good.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-school-boards-sue-social-media-giants-1.7158033

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

djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab") wrote:

Posted an update to my last blog post about self-hosting at home:

https://blog.reclaim.technology/2024/03/28/following-up-on-self-hosting-whatever-wherever/

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

Speaking of cooperative games, this image of Ken and Ryu of Street Fighter washing a car together for a bonus round (as opposed to pointlessly destroying a car) is the direction I'd like to see more games go in.

https://noauthority.social/@Dan_Ramos/112172738302763083

I'd just boost the original toot, but it has no alt text. :(

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

Hey girl – are you the sole establishment in town for filling medical prescriptions?

Because you're the only pharm I see!

...

See, what do we need AI for? I can generate nonsense all on my own.

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

Of course, when it comes to social media, I think my speed is very much "enthusiast newsletter that comes out monthly at most, but quarterly is even better".

But here I am anyway... :/

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

I see video games, and I start thinking about how to make them cooperative. Like, "Why can't we have a bomberman style game, but it's a bunch of people working together to bring in a harvest while fending off hazards?"

Or what would a social media look like that was optimized to reduce energy consumption? Would it be slower with store and forward techniques? Text is probably optimal, but can we still have rich media? Would people use it?

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

ks982579@techhub.social ("Kevin Sullivan") wrote:

Anthropic's Claude 3 Opus model has apparently surpassed ChatGPT 4. Always wary of benchmarks, but I do like Anthropic's take on safe AI and the name of their model of course. Well done

#Anthropic #claude #claude3 #llm #AI

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/03/the-king-is-dead-claude-3-surpasses-gpt-4-on-chatbot-arena-for-the-first-time/

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

one plodding step at a time... co email server config is *almost* right now, will fix remote-clients issue later. email can go in and out, tested with gmail.com well.com protonmail.ch

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

ianmcque ("Ian McQue") wrote:

Hello there! I've been talking about this for a while now but 2024 is the year: the Mileships narrative artbook is coming to Kickstarter in April. You can sign up to be notified at this link:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ianmcque/mileships-a-narrative-art-book-by-ian-mcque

All your support is greatly appreciated. More on this soon!

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• Cover art for the forthcoming book ‘Mileships’ by Ian McQue.

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

If engineering doesn't work, maybe we should try right-wing Jesus magic?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/03/28/i-join-the-non-engineers-in-solving-engineering-problems/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wav1HjTCfvM

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

dthompson@toot.cat ("dave") wrote:

The Spring Lisp Game Jam is on! May 17-27. Get ready to snuggle up with your REPL and make that mech dating sim roguelike you've been thinking about!

https://itch.io/jam/spring-lisp-game-jam-2024

#lisp #scheme #gamejam

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

We've made it to this part of the #Meta discourse

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• Man 1: We should improve technology somewhat Man 2: Yet you participate in technology, curious! I am very intelligent