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aeveltstra

@aeveltstra@mastodon.social

Hi, this is Andre. I'll be writing about software architecture and development, cyber security, UX/UI topics, politics, and queer experiences. I'm a classically trained musician and music composer, band director, and music instructor. I'm handfasted, have kids, and play and create (video) games. Sometimes I don't recognize social cues.

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aeveltstra, to random
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police here in wearing body armor to prevent getting shot by whom? People who refuse to pay for their ride? All that armor must be hot. Summer is coming.

aeveltstra, to random
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Jack Nicholson on my bus?

contreattaque, to random French
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🇺🇸 DARMANIN AUX USA : VISITE DU FBI POUR PARLER DE «TECHNIQUES POLICIÈRES»

Le ministre de l'Intérieur français est en déplacement aux États-Unis. À cette occasion, il s'est rendu dans un centre du FBI pour «exprimer la reconnaissance du Gouvernement» français «pour la coopération en matière de police technique et scientifique». Entre l'agence américaine et le chef de la police française, il est même question d'échanges «très intéressants sur les techniques...

https://contre-attaque.net/2023/05/19/darmanin-aux-usa-visite-du-fbi-pour-parler-de-techniques-policieres/

aeveltstra,
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@contreattaque J'espère qu'il parle l'anglais: ne personne ne parle le français içi.

jasongorman, to random
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"I can't see it taking over in my industry, but I do think ChatGPT will put a lot of <insert name of profession you know very little about> out of work"

aeveltstra,
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@jasongorman Over on Quora, people in my circles keep asking whether a.i. and chatbots will take over their job. Multiple times a day.

I have used ChatGPT and am quite impressed about its ability to answer questions on a range of technical topics, and have been able to implement a few solutions with it. But it isn't perfect, and it cannot be perfect, because it's just a language model: it will repeat human mistakes and won't even realize it.

aronia, to random

thinkin about this date picker i made like 6 years ago

a date picker but it's just a lil earth you gotta drag around the sun to where it'd be on that day

aeveltstra,
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@aronia Thanks, I hate it. Lovely concept and technically very impressive, but that's got to be very difficult to use by people with limited dexterity.

maxeddy, to fediverse

I am old fashioned in that I genuinely like client applications, which is why I tried 18 apps on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. These were the best ones.

https://www.pcmag.com/picks/best-mastodon-apps

aeveltstra,
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@dec_hl That certainly is remarkable.

mastodonmigration, (edited ) to random
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Public Notice

Lots of reports of crypto spam attacks coming in from multiple instances today.

Seems like the bad guys are getting kinda worried about Mastodon.

Instance admins are taking this very seriously and working hard to fend off the attacks.

What can you do? If you see a crypto scam post, don't engage with it. It's just a bot anyway. If you block and report the post it will help administrators isolate the attacker account.

We got this!

aeveltstra,
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@not2b @mastodonmigration Or, speak for yourself, and let us choose whom we allow to contact us.

aeveltstra, to random
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Katie. Last seen around 10:30PM May 11 in Fredericksburg, VA. Could be at severe physical danger. Has a history of mental health issues and may be dealing with suicidal ideation. If found please call Spotsylvania PD, non-emergency: 540-582-7155.
https://www.spotsylvaniasheriff.org/

aeveltstra, to random
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Good morning! May your day treat you as well as this paraqueet feels about that banana!

aeveltstra, to random
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You thought MS Windows was a good tool? Not by itself. Read this showcase on how a fully-updated can be compromised nonetheless: https://www.fo-sec.com/articles/compromising-mdatp-endpoint

Motorod, to random
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Why Don't We All Use Solar Water Heaters?
https://youtu.be/fAyY0kGmgmc

aeveltstra,
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@Motorod Because my landlords get kickbacks from the energy company in my area.

aeveltstra, (edited ) to random
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Does music change your mood, and do you use it for that purpose?

aeveltstra, to random
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Happy May 5th!

wfaler, to random
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I resisted it for a long time despite all the hype from people I trusted, but finally tried , and wondering why I waited so long!

aeveltstra,
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@wfaler I like their ios app for. Pretty easy to understand and use.

mdhughes, to random

WHAT THE WORLD REALLY NEEDS

aeveltstra,
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@mdhughes Only $0.69. Nice.

aeveltstra, to random
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Yes, Apple Computer, when I search for "Emoji", I totally expect my settings to return this list. Totally.

arush, to random

Today is turning out to be not a good day.

aeveltstra,
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@arush May tomorrow treat you better!

aeveltstra, to random
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Adam Curry. @adam

Dat is een naam die ik heel lang niet heb gezien. Hoe gaat-ie, Adam?

aeveltstra, to random
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Oh my. Dear software and web developers: please stop limiting people's passwords to a max amount of characters.

Setting a minimum amount helps. Setting a max does not. Quite the opposite: it flags to every hacker out there, that you are neither hashing nor encrypting passwords, but storing them plain.

Just stop.

Looking at you, !

chema, to random
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The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is on strike effective tomorrow, Tuesday May 2 at 12:01AM.

Despite constant growth in the Entertainment Industry, the screen pay of WGA members has declined 14% over the past five years.

Read announcement here: https://www.wgacontract2023.org/announcements/wga-on-strike

aeveltstra,
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@chema So, erm... big studios will just fire the lot of you and allow inexperienced talent to replace you at even lower cost?

Because that's what happens in my field.

aeveltstra,
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@chema Best of luck! May all your needs and demands be met!

aeveltstra, to programming
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https://youtu.be/8T6ClX-y2AE to rewrite core libraries in .

aeveltstra,
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@SpaceLifeForm Interesting stance. Wouldn't you agree that the removal of a lot of common issues caused by memory and buffer overflows would lead to a safer product?

jorm, to random
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i've been watching "speed racer" for an hour now and i have no idea what's happening but i ALSO feel like i've eaten seven pounds of sugar

aeveltstra,
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@jorm I had the same experience. I watched it multiple times because it's my spouse's favorite, but I can't make heads nor tails of it.

jesse, to random
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So are Reddit and Stack Overflow going to start sharing the money they are making from licensing to large language models with the people who actually wrote the content they are licensing?

aeveltstra,
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@jesse Of course not. The copyright might be ours, but we agreed to let them use our material every which way they see fit. Go ahead and find a judge willing to counter that.

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