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katienotopoulos@threads.net ("Katie Notopoulos") wrote:

Everyone’s talking about how the AI bots made by Meta are bad, but just a reminder you can make your own Meta AI chatbot right inside Messenger and there’s definitely no problems there

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• Photo by Katie Notopoulos on January 03, 2025. May be a doodle of 2 people and text. (remote)
• Photo by Katie Notopoulos on January 03, 2025. May be a Twitter screenshot of phone and text. (remote)
• Photo by Katie Notopoulos on January 03, 2025. May be a Twitter screenshot of ‎text that says '‎11:09 بر < Luigi Al by Katie Notopoulos o+ Your Al is in review. You'll be notified when the process is complete. IULVUL runy like the ones Health Care for America Now did during CA debates- or even a march like Michael Moore did for his documentary Sicko? What's S the boldest move you'd make? Well.... have an idea. But I'm a little afraid to tell you Your secret is safe with me. Spill it -isi it brilliant, daring, or maybe even a little crazy? Promise you won't judge me?0 Absolute promise- judgment silenced, curiosity activated! Tell me! Aa‎'‎. (remote)
• Photo by Katie Notopoulos on January 03, 2025. May be a Twitter screenshot of text. (remote)

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

TheBreadmonkey@beige.party ("Ben") wrote:

From Reddit

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• Reddit - r/mildlyinfuriating By KnightTrain "Just watched John Wick 4, did a quick search to see if they are making a 5th one. This is the abysmal state of Google and the internet as we go into 2025." Front page with all Ai and fake info highlighted. It's the whole page. It's a fucking mess. (remote)

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

The long-running conversation continues while I hide i Wisconsin.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/03/infinite-thread-xxxiv/

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• grassy planet (remote)

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

kottke ("kottke.org") wrote:

Apple TV+ is going to be free this weekend for non-subscribers. You can stream Silo, Severance, Ted Lasso, Slow Horses, For All Mankind, etc. to your heart’s content. https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2024/12/get-a-free-all-access-pass-to-apple-tv-the-first-weekend-of-2025/

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

AskNick ("Nick Francesco") wrote:

I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit. ~ John F. Kennedy

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

minimaxir@sigmoid.social ("Max Woolf") wrote:

New year, new blog post: I had a random question, what happens when LLMs are prompted to write better code, again and again? Do they actually write better code? The answer is yes*! https://minimaxir.com/2025/01/write-better-code/

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

ldwg@mastodon.world ("Ldwg") wrote:

@simon @minimaxir

🔥 I enjoyed the read!

🎯 Key insight for me: We still need human judgment to spot truly valuable solutions.

🤷‍♂️ Similar pattern with OpenAI O3: Impressive for problems where it's easy to tell if the solution is correct.

🤔 My experience with letting GPT-4 and Claude improve a SQL migration: Both only added boilerplate.

✨ What's working nicely for me:

1. First chat: Explore approaches with AI (no code)

2. Fresh chat: Build out the best idea (code)

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

qrper@mastodon.radio ("Thomas (K4SWL)") wrote:

Conrad Field-Tests the Buddistick Pro at Silver Sands State Park (US-1716)

https://qrper.com/2025/01/conrad-field-tests-the-buddistick-pro-at-silver-sands-state-park-us-1716/

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• Image shows Conrad's operating position inside his Jeep and his Buddistick Pro vertical in the distance. (remote)

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

jeffjarvis ("Jeff Jarvis") wrote:

All the old men lecturing Democrats on Morning Joe: Suozzi, Scarborough, Carville, McAuliffe, Barnicle, Robinson. No. The wrong people to listen to. We need a movement outside media and the party led by the young, women, Black, progressive leaders. I'll follow them.

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cabel@panic.com ("Cabel Sasser") wrote:

We bought a “Mini Brands Retro” toy capsule and I am absolutely delighted by this tiny tiny tiny 3M floppy disk

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• A thumb and forefinger holding a tiny tiny little plastic 3M floppy disk complete with tyvek sleeve (remote)
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researchfairy@scholar.social ("The research fairy") wrote:

Just begging the web devs out there to maybe open your site in Firefox even once, ever

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

I grew up with Debian
I use Arch BTW
Gentoo FTW
You guys had distributions?!

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fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

High-speed and high-flow filaments are all the rage right now, but I'm wondering what additives are actually used in PLA-HF and PETG-HF filaments?

All the data sheets are super vague.

#3dprinting

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

So Musk says the Cybertruck fire in Vegas had nothing to do with the car. How about this one then?

https://electrek.co/2025/01/02/a-tesla-cybertruck-burned-down-at-tesla-lot-in-atlanta-battery-fire-suspected/

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

GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

Via Angry Staffer:

Russian telegram channels are claiming that Assad was poisoned in an apparent assassination attempt in #Russia this week.

Still very unconfirmed, but if true, that didn’t take long.

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

switched session data persistence mechanism from Redis to MongoDB. although some operations will gain an imperceptible amount of latency, the project will gain simpler installation and maintenance requirements too.

life is full of tradeoffs

Reblogged by jwz:

apike ("Allen Pike") wrote:

It's a new year, and you know what that means: time to confirm your website is still readable in Netscape® Navigator 4

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UncleDuke1969@universeodon.com ("Uncle Duke") wrote:

for the potato fears not death

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• Printed instructions for microwaving a potato with encircled bullet point, “Potato may whistle in microwave.” (remote)

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

Dear Lazyweb, What do you think?

Is eight (8) hours long enough a period of inactivity for the session to expire, thereby forcing a user to log in again the next time they want a story?

https://arghstudios.com:50433/

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

metin@graphics.social ("Metin Seven 🎨") wrote:

My 2019 Xmas / New Year's greeting card. ⛄

#NewYear #HappyNewYear #cartoon #design #CharacterDesign #artwork #sculpture #3DModeling #illustration #illustrator #digital #DigitalArt #style #art #arts #arte #artist #artists #GraphicDesign #3D #blender #Blender3D #B3D #CreativeToots #FediArt #MastoArt #ArtistsOnMastodon

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• 3D cartoon, featuring a snowman who has slipped over a banana peel. (remote)

Mastodon wrote:

Not sure what you're getting? Someone made a video review of the toy, so you can see it in action. You can also browse the #Plushtodon hashtag to see the elephants on their adventures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69fgnoyBczs

Mastodon wrote:

Only about half of #Mastodon stuffed toys are still in stock in the US. Help us pay our bills *and* get a friend-shaped travel and business companion! #Plushtodon

https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-plushie

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• A Mastodon stuffed toy is sitting in front of a table in a cafe.

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

ieure@retro.social ("egregious philbin") wrote:

What I'm listening to today: "Why Don't You Think About Me - Instant Funk."

I've always liked funk, but only recently started exploring what's out there. For such an influential genre, it's surprisingly obscure -- there's minimal information about lots of bands, and tons of amazing music is hard to find.

So, this is a pretty deep cut, and I have no idea why, because it's incredible. A blend of funk, disco, and early rap, it manages to walk the line between musical excellence and unabashed party music. Sounds great even on trash speakers, but if you don some half-decent headphones and give it a proper listen, there's *so much* going on. Just really terrific stuff.

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

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

cheetah_spottycat@toot.cat wrote:

I agree 100%.

#hottake #sexuality #hornyonmain

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• "joeyridersvoid" wrote: This sounds like a shitpost but people should be allowed to be horny. As in, sexuality is just part of life for most people and there’s no reason for consensual sexual behavior to be punished. A celebrity getting “caught™ at a sex club shouldn’t be a scandal. No one should be fired for having a fetlife profile outside of work. Nudes getting leaked shouldn’t be career-ending. Denying and hiding (consensual) sexual interests doesn’t make anyone more professional, it just makes everyone more repressed. And sterilizing ourselves to be better work drones isn’t productive, it’s just creepy. I’d rather my surgeon get absolutely railed on camera and come to work in a good mood, frankly. (remote)

jwz wrote:

I've finally gotten around to trying to scan the barcodes on all of my books. I'm using Library Thing, even though it is trying really hard to be some kind of Clown-based gamified "goodreads" fucktangle when all I want is a local catalog.

Anyway, what's the deal with every paperback from the 90s having a barcode on the back that's useless? Most of the time there's a second barcode inside the cover with the actual ISBN. What brain-genius thought this was a good idea?
https://jwz.org/b/ykfg

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

Note to Self Yet Again: wash your damned hands reeeeeeely thoroughly after slicing & deseeding hot peppers, you friggin' moron 🥵

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

h/t https://arghstudios.com:50433/

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

"Let’s write to our leaders, our voices must soar,
For freedom online is worth fighting for.
With courage and hope, we can light up the way,
To defend our fair internet, come what may!"

And so they all dreamed, beneath twinkling stars,
A seamless connection, where no one felt bars.
With net neutrality, the web would be bright,
A place for all voices, of every delight.

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

"It's not just for us—but for all who connect,
From artists to learners, what do we protect?
Our world is a rainbow, each color a dream,
With net neutrality, we all stay a team."

So the creatures all gathered, their hearts filled with might,
They chose to be heard, to stand and unite.
From the tallest of trees to the rivers so deep,
They vowed to spread kindness, their promises to keep.

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

The turtle then chimed in, moving quite slow,
"But what of big companies? Will they steal the show?
What happens to voices that people all share?
Without a safe platform, will they disappear?"

Bright lights in the distance, they spotted a glare,
It was the wise owl, shining wisdom everywhere.
"Imagine a world where money makes best,
If you haven’t got cash, you'd be left in the rest."