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moirearty

@moirearty@mastodon.social

Musician at heart | Tech curious by nature

Rapidly pivoting toward #climateactivism

No pronouns on purpose, but I fully support everyone’s right to be their authentic selves.

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gruber, to random
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My guess is that Sam Altman will not be in the WWDC keynote, but if he is, how awesome would it be if he wears two or three stacked polo shirts?

moirearty,
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@gruber what’s your over / under on Apple severing ties in a few years ala Facebook iPhone integration, and to a lesser extent, Google Maps?

whitequark, to random
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wow, my thermoregulation is fucked

moirearty,
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@whitequark 🎵 hello Raynaud’s my old friend 🎵

shoq, to random
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He won’t be guilty to MAGAs, ever. And he won’t be guilty to the NPR, NYTimes and the rest of big media until the appeals process finishes. So don’t hold your breath for that.

moirearty,
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@shoq the appeals process, takes him past the election, right?

I say with cautious optimism.

augieray, (edited ) to random
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I am seeing a lot of hubbub over a third case of #birdflu in a human in the US.

Just to be clear: Right now, in our "lowest" point of #COVID19 in almost a year, 278 Americans are being infected EVERY MINUTE. Ten percent or more will go on to suffer months or years of Long COVID symptoms. Some will have damaged brains, hearts, and other organs.

We shouldn't lose focus on the immediate and real risks we face of COVID.

moirearty,
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@augieray @thatkatharine right, as soon as human to human transmission occurs, if it does, we’ll know what an absolute hellscape pandemic looks like and Covid will be minor in comparison due to the sheer mortality rate of H5N1 which will utterly decimate society.

But there’s no empirical evidence of that happening, it may never.

Meanwhile, in our willfully-ignored current reality science continues to prove how damaging Covid is to humans and the discourse minimizes it: https://fortune.com/well/article/covid-cause-new-health-problems-years-after-infection/

arstechnica, to random
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Google’s “AI Overview” can give false, misleading, and dangerous answers

From glue-on-pizza recipes to recommending "blinker fluid," Google's AI sourcing needs work.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/05/googles-ai-overview-can-give-false-misleading-and-dangerous-answers/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

moirearty,
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@arstechnica it doesn’t need work it needs a fundamental rethink of whether the technology makes sense outside of specific research or narrow use cases.

It should never have made it out of research labs or opt-in curiosities for technologists.

None of these details are interesting and almost aren’t even worth reporting on.

This is a stupid, stupid bubble and saying they need to work on parts of it is like saying we’re close but just need refinement which is concretely untrue.

#AI #GenAI

verge, to random
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Sonos is teasing its ‘most requested product ever’ on Tuesday https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/19/24160259/sonos-teasing-new-propduct-announcement-ace-headphones-tuesday-may-21

moirearty,
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@verge maybe it’s the old app.

etherdiver, (edited ) to random
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Godsdamn it, Pittsburgh Modular, if you could stop making badass synths that I feel like I can't live without for a while, that'd be great!

(This is in reference to the new Voltage Lab 2, as well as last year's Taiga, to a lesser degree.)

Especially since they're not cheap 😅

(No shade intended, I KNOW they're actually very cheap for what all they can do, but the raw cost is eye-watering to a indie artist who doesn't make $10's of thousands a year from music making.)

moirearty,
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@etherdiver interesting contrast to the Cascadia!

_inside, to random
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It looks like iPadOS running on M4 has a “Secure Exclave” running an “ExclaveOS” 👀 Where’s the updated Apple platform security PDF? 😅

moirearty,
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@_inside so annoyed with ignorant / willfully stupid people who argued endlessly with me that Apple wouldn’t do anything further in this direction.

Great stuff, also looking forward to that documentation.

moirearty, to bitwig
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FYI to any #musician or #producer fedi folks: #Bitwig is 50% off until May 20th, for all versions, including loyalty upgrades.

https://www.bitwig.com/buy/

Not an affiliate link, just a good deal on solid software.

I’m historically more of a traditional workflow person so I use LUNA but I’m going to branch out with this and try some grid things, and the modulators in particular are nuts.

Happy music making!

ryanhoulihan, to random
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What if Apple switches search and AI to ChatGPT and just kills Google

moirearty,
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@ryanhoulihan Apple gets something like 20 billion dollars a year from Google for search inclusion. It would be a poor decision.

virtualbri, to TeslaMotors
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https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-vehicles/

Hahahah, and the stock went up when he mentioned the cheap version of the Tesla was happening and there'd be robotaxis.

You suckers.

moirearty,
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@virtualbri I still remember people arguing vehemently on Twitter that their Teslas would pay for themselves by being Autonomous Taxis soon… 5+ years ago.

It’s truly astonishing what nonsense people will fall for especially when it bleeds into something you personally hope will happen.

atomicpoet, to random
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Because of a certain meme, I’m seeing people state that women are not violent and should be given the assumption of safety and trust.

I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this is completely false.

Even if you’re a big, brawny man, a woman can hurt you if she’s determined to do it. She can injure, wound, and maim you. Never underestimate a woman’s violent intentions or else you will regret it.

A woman can choke you from behind. She can stab you in your sleep. You might think you’re stronger than her – and you may be – but a gun nullifies strength.

Regardless of gender, never assume safety or trust.

moirearty,
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@CStamp @ryanc @atomicpoet it’s a riot doing that thing where you try to get out of sight around a corner before running because you don’t want them to know you know they’re following you because things might escalate quickly.

Good times (not).

mcc, to random
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Hey. Question.

What the fuck is this?

Is my phone doing this? If so, how long has it been doing it? Also, why wasn't I informed? Also, why can't I find a setting to turn it off?

moirearty,
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@mcc fairly easy to shut this off on apple devices which is great because you can still use faceID.

The attention mechanism hurts my eyes so I disable it on every phone/tablet that has it and it’s only mildly less convenient.

For others, on Apple platforms search for “attention aware” and it’ll direct you to the spot in settings which is under accessibility -> FaceID & Attention.

I thought the PWM screen was bothering me but zero issues since disabling this years ago, on multiple devices.

moirearty,
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@jamiemccarthy @glyph @mcc haha, they should be studied if they can detect it.

On a new device I left the setting on for a week just to see of it changed but I had bad eye strain, shut it off and it went away. I’ve owned almost every device made with it and just assume I’m an edge case. FaceID-only use is fine.

There a ridiculously long thread on Macrumors about not being able to use OLED iPhones due to PWM and I suspect some of those people have the same issue and it isn’t the screen at all.

augieray, to random
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In the US, we may be about to lose all of our reporting on hospitalizations. An HHS bulletin from November noted that hospital's COVID reporting was extended “from the end of the current PHE (Public Health Emergency) through April 30, 2024.”

I hope we continue to see hospitalization data, but we may not. The US has seen 265,966 COVID hospitalizations in the first four months of this “post-pandemic” “COVID is over” year.

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/covid-19-faqs-hospitals-hospital-laboratory-acute-care-facility-data-reporting.pdf

moirearty,
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@augieray election year in the US, near zero chance this gets extended in the case of a fall surge for opponents to use as a convenient talking point.

Hopefully I’m wrong…

atomicpoet, to random
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Why is the Nintendo 3DS suddenly popular?

Because any Nintendo system that sells less than 100 million units becomes highly sought after by collectors.

Think about it.

The GameCube sold 22 million units. Collectors want it. They will pay top dollar on eBay for one.

The Wii sold 101 million units. Collectors hardly want anything to do with it. You can’t even give one away – even though the Wii can play GameCube games.

Well, same deal with the Nintendo 3DS. It sold 76 million units and therefore collectors want it. Its predecessor, the Nintendo 3DS, sold 154 units – which is why you can acquire it for a pittance.

My theory about why this is the case is because I think Nintendo fans don’t like it when a Nintendo platform gets too popular. They like being in an exclusive club. If the Wii sold only 50 million units, collectors would pay top dollar for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3PltCBjvyQ

moirearty,
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@rpardee @atomicpoet FYI almost every revision of the WiiU console except the very very last ones have a fatal flaw and all the data will be destroyed unleas you have it plugged in occasionally due to the cheap storage memory they used.

(I love the WiiU and 3DS)

atomicpoet, (edited ) to random
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Before Wolfenstein 3-D, before Doom, before Quake…

There was Commander Keen, which was also made by id Software.

For PC gamers, Commander Keen was our Super Mario.

moirearty,
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@atomicpoet
Incidentally jt started off AS Super Mario which they pitched to Nintendo and were rejected. The technological backstory on this is really interesting,

All the nonsense they had to do to get the scroll wrapping working on wildly different video cards which had nearly no standards is fascinating.

eniko, (edited ) to random
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New Hellgate game? Making a new entry into a franchise with a single game that was fairly universally panned sure is a choice

moirearty,
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@eniko only game I’ve ever returned before delivery because the beta was so bad. I did play the beta extensively.

It was my most anticipated title that year too, it had so much promise but just couldn’t deliver and needed another 2 years to bake and be dramatically refined. I’m pretty glad to hear about this as the concept was sound but the execution had issues.

Bill Roper knows what he’s doing and has a lot more experience now outside of the Blizzard isolation tank.

ThePlant, to apple
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"EU rejects Apple’s European App Store changes: Company could be fined 10% of global turnover"

https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/25/app-store-proposals-rejected/

Good. Get rekt with your ridiculous requirements

moirearty,
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@azonenberg @ThePlant you missed a digit, it’s up to $38B 😳

RickiTarr, to random
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Trans people are "forever patients"?

So is literally everyone!

Fuck off.

moirearty,
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@RickiTarr I take a dozen doses of various things prescribed by doctors every day at specific intervals and literally keep a med journal, and have for years. It’s a total riot.

None of the above includes vitamins either, I take B1 daily and sometimes B12 and small amount of Zinc if I haven’t eaten much meat recently.

My body has virtually no B1 at all for …unknown reasons… TBD, hopefully soon.

I don’t want to be a forever patient, but life happens, damn it.

PCMag, to random
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The Russian government is once again threatening to target SpaceX’s Starlink network on a report that the company is building hundreds of spy satellites for the US government. https://www.pcmag.com/news/russia-again-threatens-to-attack-starlink-citing-us-spy-satellite-risk

moirearty,
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@PCMag what’s that end-game scenario where the atmosphere gets coated in debris and nothing can launch again? I forget the name but it’s fascinating and I wonder if this could bring it about at least for a time.

crowgirl, to random
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I cosign all of this. To the best of my knowledge, I don't have a medical condition that makes me more "high risk" for Covid than anyone else.

And yet I understand that Covid destroys everyone's bodies and I don't want that to happen to me.

So I always wear respirators, etc.

I would love to live in a world where people resisted capitalist propaganda to protect the people around them and not be ableist... But we don't live in that world...

Noha Aboelata, MD Follow @NohaAboelataMD It's ok to not want covid even if you're not considered "high risk." It's OK to keep protecting your loved ones from infection and reinfection even if they're not considered "high risk." It's OK to do what you can to keep yourself and loved ones from becoming high risk! 11:17 AM · Mar 12, 2024 6,904 Views 16 163 678 27 @DcrInYYC. 1h ... This stuff is honestly baffling to me. If you look at the risk ratios for covid they're quite high. The mitigation has minimal downside. It's baffling to me.
BB @bbbrazil__. 1h Some of us continue to do this because we understand long Covid can happen to anyone, as the article does point out. I recognize that people with underlying conditions are still at a higher risk. Society should have recognized this as well and done the right thing but it hasn't. 1 13 33 lu 120 ... BB @bbbrazil__. 1h We need everyone to understand they are vulnerable whether they know it or not and we need to continue to talk about this. 1 31 222 سار BB @bbbrazil. 1h That someone hasn't experienced long Covid yet does not mean they won't if they continue getting infected. The woman in the NPR story may only have escaped this fate so far due to the precautions she is being "forced" to take. 1 13 24 126 BB @bbbrazil__. 1h None of us have a magic 8 ball telling us if we are one of the lucky or unlucky ones. Many of us don't even know if we are vulnerable or not already. Or even if we were before. Q

moirearty,
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@jdm2 @crowgirl what is the basis for saying that about the rich? Not knocking precautions you’re taking (I also am) but I’m genuinely curious because I’ve seen this mentioned a few times recently but they seem to be gathering in large numbers repeatedly as far as I can tell and do cycle through periods of illness too.

Is there a subset that aren’t engaging with the public?

Better ventilation can’t really stop the spread with the R level as high as it is now, they’d need respirators for crowds

augieray, to random
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My spreadsheet of studies that find various longer-term health impairments is approaching 500 in number.

Recent additions:
Greater risks of deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and bleeding after infection.
Moderate and severe acute infections associated with aging of immune system.
Mild acute COVID ages brains 2.65 years.
Everyday Memory Questionnaire scores were worse after COVID infections and stayed worse up to 36 months later.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12VbMkvqUF9eSggJsdsFEjKs5x0ABxQJi5tvfzJIDd3U/edit?usp=sharing

moirearty,
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@augieray meanwhile, in todays NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/10/opinion/covid-endemic-fear.html

Downplaying to justify the new CDC guidance. Sigh.

jonny, to OpenAI
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seeing whether reading the elon musk sues sam altman lawsuit would bring pain or joy, and as always I love reading the "guy sues everyone" style lawsuit because who are these precisely 100 other people listed as Does here?

Also is et seq. the rich guy etc.? and is complaint (5) just "Accounting"?

moirearty,
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@jonny

video/mp4

owa, to random
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Let’s make it very clear. Apple is under NO obligation to kill Web Apps in the EU. It’s a spiteful decision driven from pure greed.

Don’t put up with it, join us in fighting back

https://open-web-advocacy.org/apple-attempts-killing-webapps/

moirearty,
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@voxpelli @zachleat it’s not more likely, but removing the possibility eliminates it entirely.

They’re using a sledgehammer to prevent it instead of engineering a comprehensive solution which they can back by the low adoption of PWAs.

I also see how disallowing this will keep the adoption of PWAs low, so after further consideration I do now think that they should be allowed via WebKit.

Your argument isn’t wrong but Apple wouldn’t want that level of exposure, so they’re going to wall it off.

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