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trochee

@trochee@dair-community.social

NLP (the nerdy kind). Wrong-half Jew. Privilege-traitor.
Linguist. Empiricist. Rager against machines. formerly #indymedia
Also, #comics, #SFF #scifi, languages, big data, algorithms, software design, and more, including #EthicalAI

#WestSeattle #Duwamish unceded land

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trochee, to random
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Seattle, you are a weird cyberpunk melange of a town

lorddimwit, to random
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Picked up my father to take him to my house to stay for a while. As we’re driving we’re listening to a lecture on the letters of Paul, as is our tradition.

Me: Do you have any preference on dinner?

My father: Nothing sacrificed to idols.

(He had trouble getting the words out but I got what he was trying to say.)

trochee,
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@lorddimwit

That is both nerdy and sweet

inquiline, to random
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Just typo'ed TERF as TERD and might keep this as they're not feminists anyway

What's this linguistic formation, tho. Acronymic spoonerism-ish, tho not that

(The reason I made this typo was making a note on this acct before hitting block, as they just replied to me. A spin thru posts is all RW conspiracy stuff https://mastodon.staycuriousANDkeepsmil.in/@DavidKnestrick/112469688114339131)

trochee,
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@inquiline
Trans exclusive right-wing dickheads.

Checks out

trochee,
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@beadsland @inquiline

Ooh, I like "Reactionary" for the R too.

baldur, (edited ) to random
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Today, Google Translate thought that “langoustine”, which is apparently the English name for the type of lobster found near Iceland, translated to “langreyði” in Icelandic

Langreyði is the Icelandic word for “fin whale”, which is not a type of lobster.

trochee,
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@baldur

Oy, and it does no better in the other direction, with a minor spelling change being a "translation into English"

trochee, to random
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I'm my own captcha today

trochee,
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My (20 year) old pfp so I can find it again if I ever need it again

trochee,
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@hstaples

@liquor_american

I bought it here https://www.cafepress.com/shopdetail/govpunk.1202296724

I believe I found it through

https://billhunt.dev/ who is on mastodon as @krusynth

nora, to random
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found a clearly ai generated website looking up standard bookmark sizes and it explained what a bookmark was with a like "has this ever happened to YOU" bit about being interrupted while reading

trochee,
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@nora

I weep for the loss of our shared literary tradition of (checks notes) 2007

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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We never see cops aggressively firing tear gas or using less lethal munitions on OathKeepers and 3%'s. So weird. Must be scared of those dudes or something.

trochee,
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@Adam_Cadmon1 how they gonna fire tear gas at themselves?

onepict, to random
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Wow, now I'm imagining Halt and Catchfire, except it's set in Victorian times with Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace.

Although I'd be happy with an adaptation of this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thrilling_Adventures_of_Lovelace_and_Babbage

trochee,
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@onepict

I have a hardcover version of that comic and I would LOVE to see it adapted by someone(s) with acting chops and the appropriate (ir)reverence for the material

trochee,
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@onepict

fantasy production for this book is an 8-episode prestige TV miniseries by the producers of MRS DAVIS

Lots of fourth wall breaking is required

trochee,
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@onepict

I kinda love that we ended up in a three way tie here

trochee, to random
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TIL what a "reverse ferret" is
https://floss.social/@doctormo/112463442030062768

mcc, to random
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Thinking about how Mozilla is "pivoting to AI" but DeepSpeech, one of the very few "AI" products you could possibly find a positive use for (pure-local speech recognition), is not only a Mozilla product but so abandoned that you actually have to downgrade to Python 3.9 to run it

trochee,
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@mcc

Truth.

If you wanted to say "local translation with GPUs" say that

trochee,
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@mcc @melanie @dragonfrog

Something shovels don't kill people something something only outlaws will have shovels

trochee,
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@dpnash @mcc @melanie @dragonfrog

In the spirit of pandering gen-x fanservice like READY PLAYER ONE —

those years of playing DIG DUG are finally gonna pay off

paninid, to technology
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The miracle of “” is that the words generated actually form sequences which humans process as plausible formulations of sentences in language we know.

trochee,
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@paninid less-figurative "miracles" also exploit pareidolia in the same way, viz finding Jesus in your toast

djsundog, to random
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I'd like to thank our younger cousins who are patient with us older cousins who are bitter gen x kids that took on high doses of premium-grade propaganda as we detox. A bunch of us are doing the work, and we're trying to get it to spread, but as y'all have already clued into, it's damn pervasive and entrenched. We'll keep going and we've got your back.

trochee,
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@djsundog

Solidarity, and I feel like the fediverse is where I have found my gen-x peers in this struggle to wake up

toussaint, to random
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looks like Rudy is having so much fun on his birthday...oh wait

In front of nearly 75 guests, two officials with Arizona’s attorney general’s office arrived at the shindig around 11 p.m. to hand Giuliani the papers in the case alleging he and 17 others were involved in a plot to overturn the 2020 election, the sources said. Some partygoers started screaming and one woman even cried as Giuliani was served.

trochee,
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@toussaint

OMG that's some high grade schadenfreude I might need to take a breather

fay, to random
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That's quite a supervillain origin story: "I was promised a jetpack, but then I grew up discovered that it was just a special effect. In revenge, I am promising you superintelligent AIs and self-driving cars, and these, too, are SFX."

In other words: "Die a disillusioned jetpack fan or live long enough to become the fraudster who cooked up the jetpack lie you despise."

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/17/fake-it-until-you-dont-make-it/

trochee,
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@fay

I used to think that Mysterio was a...weaksauce Spider-Man villain

But when you put it like that, he's kinda scary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterio

jalcine, to random
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Greece is the Aryan form of Levantian society, when it comes to how it's perceived to be the genesis of modern civilization.

trochee,
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@jalcine

> the OG form of anti-DEI efforts but on super hard boss mode

Ha what a great phrase.

trochee, to random
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In which an LLM skeptic demonstrates that any LLM with enough access to be useful is a vector for RCE vulnerability
https://tweesecake.social/@weirdwriter/112441889190313713

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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I really want a modern RPG like GTA but I don't want to be locked into being a criminal.

trochee,
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@Adam_Cadmon1

My kid decided he liked the sneaking part of the Spiderman 2 game, and so we went looking for "Stealth" games and all of them require you to be a murderer or hitman.

I want a "stealth" game where you're trying to take pictures of mob bosses doing dirty deals, grift past the receptionist, pick the lock on the safe, and cat-burgle your way out the upstairs window. No need to murder anybody. maybe a little light kung fu.

Okay really I just want a playable LEVERAGE

trochee, to random
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Y'all . I feel silly for not seeing this before

A personal responsibility solution to

  • "ebooks have libraries over a barrel"
  • "ebook hold queues are too long"
  • "don't spend so much time on your phone" problems

(If you live near your local public library; e.g. most American cities)

USE YOUR PHONE TO PLACE A HOLD ON A PAPER COPY

  • shorter waits
  • library doesn't pay Overdrive/Libby rent-seeking fees
  • less time spent on screens
  • occasionally get to take a walk or bike to the library
trochee,
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See for example why the paper books are so much easier to get a copy, too

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