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medievalist

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I'm a Medievalist, a Celticist, a technologist and I write for money. I'm in the U.S. Unless I know you, I will probably block you; I've got a serial harasser. #Apple #stationery #fountainPens #analog #SF #CelticStudies #Medieval #Apple

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adam, to random
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My son picked up an original Myst CD-ROM today. This is all the validation I’ve ever needed as a parent.

medievalist,
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@adam The Voyager HyperCard version?

emilymbender, to random
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At yesterday's US House subcommittee hearing on risks of AI, there was a lot of enthusiasm for privacy enhancing ML technologies. That seems like a valuable direction, but it alone isn't enough. A company training privacy enhanced ML systems over your data ... still has your data, and we don't have to accept that.

Apropos:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/your-personal-information-is-probably-being-used-to-train-generative-ai-models/

medievalist,
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@emilymbender I wonder about how copyright law affects personal data

evacide, to random
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It is tempting to dismiss that manifesto as incoherent and self-serving, but it is important to remember that this it is also a list of beliefs the founders of tech companies will need to recite if they want investment money from that guy and his friends.

medievalist,
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@evacide Someone with access should run it through turnitin

christianselig, to random
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iPad feature I'd love: deep sleep. I find whenever I go a few days or a week between using an iPad, it's often dead or almost dead. An auto-deep sleep mode after 24 hours of non-use would be awesome, even if it took 5 seconds or so to wake back up

medievalist,
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@christianselig Why not power off?

cstross, to random
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It turns out that calling @elonmusk a c*nt on Twitter is insufficient to earn a ban/suspension these days, so I'm on the verge of giving up and just deleting my account. (Nobody's DM'd me there in the past two months, which was the only thing I was keeping it around for.)

medievalist,
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@cstross Keep the account, so no one can use your name

malwaretech, to random

I'm always shocked by how expensive basic European experiences are in the US. One of my favorite things is high street shops. You have a bunch of stores with apartments above them, so you can always live within walking distance of basically everything. In the US they separate things into commercial and residential districts so you have to drive everywhere.

Areas that allow mixing residential and commercial buildings are so rare that supply & demand sends costs through the roof. In Europe living in an apartment above stores is a budget option for people who can't afford homes, in the US you basically have to be wealthy and often those apartments cost as much as an entire house.

medievalist,
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@malwaretech That;'s not really true outside of large urban areas. There are apartments above businesses in smaller towns, even in urban neighborhoods but especially in college towns

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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Hmmm.... so 's 'plan' for the is to start off by 'encouraging' staff to work overtime to help start to clear the backlog, while they wait for investment to kick-in.

He claims the staff are 'up for this because they know that bringing down the waiting list will reduce the pressure on them in the long run'.... OK... but presumably only for the short time before his long(er) term plan comes not focus...

Getting already burnt out staff to work (even) harder is a big risk!

medievalist,
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@tokensane @cstross @JelliedHeals @ChrisMayLA6 This "I suffered so you must to" rationale is used in every field, from medical to vocational/crafts, to academic. It is always false.

reginasbread, to random
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I'm so tired of teenagers being "the chosen ones" in fiction. please, let a middle-aged woman save the universe! she's seen some shit and dealt with it. she's tired of it all. she doesn't give a fuck. she's angry. she will get this shit done.

medievalist,
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@reginasbread Not exactly what you are looking for but close: Elizabeth Moon Remnant Population

grrrr_shark, to random
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I think people fail to understand that being moved from a tenure-track position to an adjunct position is generally absolute academic career death for academics in the United States. It's that serious.

We are all extremely lucky that Katalin Karikó stuck with her research in spite of it all.

medievalist,
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@grrrr_shark And it means other faculty treat you like a pariah

timbray, to LGBTQ
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I, a straight person, have a question. I'm talking about homophobia in a draft blog piece, and what’s a good choice of word for the people that homophobes dislike and abuse? Has it got to the point where “queer” is respectful and appropriate? Is “LGBTQ” better? “Gender-diverse”? (I think I’m correct to think that “homophobe” has grown to include anti-trans and gender-related bigotries generally?) Who has written a really good essay on the subject? Thanks in advance.

medievalist,
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@timbray Queer has a lot of complicated social nuance. Avoid it. LGBTQ+ is safer in its inclusivity. Depending on audience and context, QUILTBAG may work, but it's less widely known. In addition to homophobe, heteronormative and the opposite non heteronormative may be useful. I tend to avoid homophobe and go with bigot. Or jackass . . . In general, they aren't homophobic (they can function without the debilitating effects of true phobias; they're just hate-mongers and bigots).

medievalist,
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@timbray See styleguides: https://glaad.org/reference & https://www.nlgja.org/stylebook/

medievalist,
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@timbray I've been tracking queer since 1985 or 6. It's really interesting. In 1985 UCLA created a formal Queer Studies Ph.D. specialization, with specific requirements, reading lists, etc. Some of the faculty teaching for the program, while out and Proud, strongly objected to queer being used, This is still true for many people in the U.S. who came out before same sex marriage.

RepDonBeyer, to random
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I just received this letter from a U.S. Army Reserve soldier describing how a shutdown will impact her.

It’s just awful.

Nobody should be rooting for a shutdown, people will really get hurt if this happens.

medievalist,
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@RepDonBeyer Can we crowd source funds via your office to help this person?

rbreich, to random
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At tonight's we heard plans to expand the death penalty, send troops into Mexico, ban lifesaving medical care for trans kids, burn more coal, and eliminate the Dept of Education.

Did I miss anything?

medievalist,
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@rbreich The Swastika?

anildash, to random
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omg I am losing my mind that a HomeKit network that has many active devices working on it right now won’t let me add back some devices I removed. I think it’s some obscure setting on our router that I need to twiddle

medievalist,
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@anildash Don't laugh, but . . . Have you powered down the router, waited a couple minutes for the buffer to clear then tried?

viticci, (edited ) to random
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Something I'd like to know:

Which read-later app do you use?

(More options in the next poll)

medievalist,
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@viticci I've tried several, but they ended up becoming a huge unread mass. I use NetNewsWire for RSS; I can save posts indefinitely for rereading or research use. I read rapidly, and PDF Web pages I want to read more closely or use.

gruber, to random
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I popped into my local Apple Store today. Turns out Apple no longer sells leather anything in their stores. No more leather cases for iPhone 14 and earlier, no more leather watch straps.

They still sell the remaining stock of MagSafe Battery Packs and Duo Folding Chargers, but they yanked the leather stuff from the shelves.

medievalist,
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@gruber My neighbors found Apple leather cases at Target today

viticci, to random
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Well...it's done.

My iOS and iPadOS 17 review has been edited, all screenshots captured, every video recorded.

Months of research and testing, all wrapped up in a single story.

Coming on Monday on @macstories, and I can't wait.

medievalist,
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@viticci @macstories Your reviews are not just interesting, they are enormously helpful

ChanceHMiller, to random
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what a dumbass tweet about olivia rodrigo

medievalist,
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@ChanceHMiller It's mean, with no actual vale other than I desie to hurt.

briankrebs, to random

Why doesn't Apple make a TV? They would own that space. Half the people I know would happily buy one, if it meant no spyware, user choice, and never buying another "smart" TV again. Even if the cost was 2x normal smart tv.

medievalist,
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@briankrebs I don't even own a TV, but I would buy one Apple made

design_law, to random
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PSA: If you see a woman respond to a troll, it is never--ever--helpful to respond to her with something along the lines of "just ignore them."

She's probably ignoring 100 (or more) for every 1 she chooses to respond to. She knows that the path of least resistance is to ignore the troll & move on. She doesn't need you to inform her of that option.

A response is a conscious decision. You are not helping when you criticize (because that's what this is) that decision.

medievalist,
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@design_law Also, ignoring doesn't really work on modern platforms.

briankrebs, to random

I suppose it's not rocket surgery to figure out which is the real me here. How/should one report these kinds of things for investigation? I never much cared on Twitter about imposters because reporting them never did anything. These are all using my Twitter photo for profile pics.

medievalist,
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@briankrebs You need to report them to the specific instance. You also need to stipulate you have not given permission for bots

medievalist,
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@briankrebs Each instance/server also has a contact email for Admin listed in the About

w7voa, to random
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Does anyone know how I can report/shut down this imposter mastodon.social account spewing spam/potential phishing?

medievalist,
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@w7voa Using the Web interface, click the ellipses at the bottom right of the post. Choose Report. Make sure to point out YOUR account is authenticated

viticci, to random
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I wanted to try 'shake to undo' on my iPad Pro and forgot the Apple Pencil was attached at the top.

As a result, I have learned that slapping yourself in the face with an Apple Pencil is not very nice.

medievalist,
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@viticci Are you OK?

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