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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
Keep in mind, FireChat in its heyday was the darling of the tech world. Its successor can't get a tech crunch fluff piece? What is happening?
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cory@social.lol ("Cory :prami_pride_demi:") wrote:
🔗: You are not a commodity. via Joan Westenberg #Tech #SocialMedia #Music https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/you-are-not-a-commodity
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
UPDATE: Got a comment from a developer of NewNode which is supposed to be FireChat's successor.
After a 20min loop of CAPTCHAs and unsent SMS codes, I gave up trying to sign up. Other comments said the same thing.
The app has been out over a year and there is zero press coverage. I can't find a Reddit thread, a tweet, a blog post from anyone who has successfully signed up for NewNode.
What's stranger than a disappearing app is a successor with no apparent users.
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stroughtonsmith ("Steve Troughton-Smith") wrote:
Here’s your AI astonishment/nightmare fuel for today:
"TL;DR: single portrait photo + speech audio = hyper-realistic talking face video with precise lip-audio sync, lifelike facial behavior, and naturalistic head movements, generated in real time.”
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab") wrote:
Decided to write a short blog post about some of my thoughts around the current discussions around Mastodon, forks, and other related ideas, rather than fling another long-ass toot into the void about it. You're welcome.
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tvaziri ("Todd Vaziri") wrote:
And now, part four.
"No CGI" is really just Invisible CGI (4/4)
https://youtu.be/n8oQ1jV859w?si=SoN2xyjt_GxnjMVm
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
HyperWolf is a free newsletter for rediscovery the web.
I don't have a date yet, but I hope to launch soon-ish. I want to create a couple of issues first so I feel good about tone, content, etc.
PS— RSS will be an option too :) I'll keep you posted.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
oconnell@federate.social ("Mx. Kit O'Connell—Hire me!") wrote:
Activists are now blocking in a van full of arrestees chanting "let them go!"
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Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
🎶 Don't read the comments, don't read the comments 🎵
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
@natureworks Absolutely. I don't recall which protest this was a few years ago, but this is dead-on.
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Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
How to write pro-Meta propaganda disguised as a think piece:
Step 1: offer an early concession that Meta is a bad company. But keep it vague!
2. Say it's too early to make any conclusions.
3. Then conclude that you're optimistic nonetheless.
4. Tell people to ignore all critical thinking and instead to "wait and see."
Bonus: make it personal. Identify a Meta employee with no decision making authority and state you think they have good intentions.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
agiletortoise ("Greg Pierce") wrote:
As someone with two kids currently on college campuses, the presence of protesters doesn't concern me nearly as much as the presence of law enforcement.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:
Ticketmaster be like:
Concert ticket: $50
Venue fee: $26.10
Access fee: $14.28
Paperless transaction fee: $7.23
Convenience fee: $17.24
Fee fee: 6.23
Fee Fi Fo Fum fee: $9.23
Because we can fee: $8.12
Another dollar won’t hurt fee: $1
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Edmonds_Scanner@universeodon.com wrote:
There are wolves inside of you, fierce and wild.
There's also a sleepy chipmunk, an older badger that loves musical theatre, and one little hedgehog with a cheese hangover.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
simon@simonwillison.net ("Simon Willison") wrote:
There's a mysterious new, undocumented model in the https://chat.lmsys.org/ arena chat tool called "gpt2-chatbot" - you can access it by selecting "Direct Chat" and then picking it from the big select menu there
It's providing responses that feel significantly more impressive than GPT-4, for both factual-knowledge lookup and logic puzzles. It's possible this is a stealth preview launch of something like GPT-4.5
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
simon@simonwillison.net ("Simon Willison") wrote:
Blogged a few more notes here, including the system prompt https://simonwillison.net/2024/Apr/29/notes-on-gpt2-chatbot/
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Was very lucky to catch these rays of sunlight during a very rainy week in Switzerland.
📷 Pentax 6x7
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Super Takumar 105mm/2.4
💃 Wife#BelieveInFilm #MediumFormat #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography
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Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
New Note: FireChat was a tool for revolution. Then it disappeared.
https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/firechat-was-a-tool-for-revolution-then-it-disappeared/
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briankrebs@infosec.exchange ("BrianKrebs") wrote:
Well this has been a long time coming: The FCC today levied fines totaling nearly $200 million against the four major carriers -- including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon -- for illegally sharing access to customers' location information without consent.
Some highlights: "The FCC's findings against AT&T, for example, show that AT&T sold customer location data directly or indirectly to at least 88 third-party entities. The FCC found Verizon sold access to customer location data (indirectly or directly) to 67 third-party entities. Location data for Sprint customers found its way to 86 third-party entities, and to 75 third-parties in the case of T-Mobile customers."
..."The fine amounts vary because they were calculated based in part on each day that the carriers continued sharing customer location data after being notified that doing so was illegal (the agency also considered the number of active third-party location data sharing agreements). The FCC notes that AT&T and Verizon took more than 320 days from the publication of the Times story to wind down their data sharing agreements; T-Mobile took 275 days; Sprint kept sharing customer location data for 386 days."
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Fascism is a boot on your face, forever and ever.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/04/29/those-darned-talking-boots/
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TonyStark@progressivecafe.social ("Tony the Mechanic") wrote:
Media wants to tell you one thing. Election results and reality point to something else.
If you have the time and ability, please continue donating to and volunteering for Democrats running for 2024.
Democrats in Trump Districts Are Outraising Republicans in Biden Districts:
https://time.com/6969222/democrats-republicans-fundraising-crossover-districts/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:
Again for people (racists), complaining about falling birth rates:
The birth rate for women over 40 is not falling. The birth rate for women over 30 is not falling.
What's happening, is girls 15 to 17 are having fewer babies. Kids are having fewer kids.
Also, this is an interesting way of saying that "Teen pregnancy is down, due to sex education and contraception."
In 1991 25% of 15 year olds gave birth before they turned 21. That's bad. Now it's 6%. That's better.
https://npr.org/2023/01/08/1147737247/teen-pregnancy-rates-have-declined-significantly
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nixCraft ("nixCraft 🐧") wrote:
Cheyenne Super Computer: An SGI ICE XA Cluster, the Cheyenne supercomputer features 145,152 Intel Xeon processor cores in 4,032 dual-socket nodes (36 cores/node) and 313 TB of total memory.
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
our society just needs more firearms, amirite?
“Multiple law officers shot at Galway Drive in east Charlotte | Charlotte Observer”
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article288117775.html
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange ("The Nexus of Privacy") wrote:
Fork it! It's time for a Mastodon hard fork
https://privacy.thenexus.today/mastodon-hard-fork-2
A Mastodon hard fork that focuses on safety, community, accessibility, and working well with others has a great opportunity to improve safety in the fediverse, the dynamics of the Mastodon ecosystem, and fediverse software development in general. #ForkIt!
Potentially interested in getting involved? See the polls in the replies!
Contents
Part 1
- A missing fork in the landscape* Okay, but why a hard fork?* There's a big elephant in the federated room (and I don't mean Mastodon)* An opportunity for broad participation and a cultural reset
Part 2
- Safety is an especially good area to focus on* There are also a lot of other areas for improvement
Part 3
- It's not as easy as it sounds ...* But it's not like it defies the laws of physics!* What about funding?* Make sure most of the funding goes to Black, Indigenous, Muslim, trans, queer, and disabled people
Part 4
- It's not an either-or situation* A lot of open questions - and a lot of potential upside* Stay tuned!
There's a lot to discuss here, so this is a looong post. If there are some sections that interest you more than others feel free to skip around.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
“I blame Facebook for January 6.” Aaron Sorkin is writing a sequel to The Social Network. “There’s supposed to be a constant tension at Facebook between growth and integrity. There isn’t. It’s just growth.” https://variety.com/2024/film/news/aaron-sorkin-social-network-2-sequel-january-6-facebook-1235983390/
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fasterandworse@hci.social ("Stephen Farrugia") wrote:
Medium and Linkedin proving this to be overwhelmingly true
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
the history of the relation of Jordan as a state
since creation in 1948
and it’s relationship with the Palestinians & the PLO
since they went into exile in 1949 & then 1967
is fraught with
armed as well as demographic conflict
between the Jordanian gov and the Palestiniansthe Jordanian regime’s entanglements with the Eastern Bedouins
are fascinating
in light of other entanglements by the Western Bedouins with Israelhttps://www.britannica.com/place/Jordan/Jordan-under-King-Hussein
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
How long can American education continue to limp along without the necessary support?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/04/29/a-professors-cri-de-coeur/
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"Jordan’s government, caught between its majority-Palestinian population and its close cooperation with Israel and the United States, has arrested at least 1,500 people since early October, according to Amnesty International."
Jordan remembers the PLO’s 1970 attempted coup, resulting in thousands of Palestinians killed or expelled & the PLO being driven out of Jordan. demographics are overwhelmingly powerful, sometimes; witness poor Lebanon.