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troublewithwords

@troublewithwords@wandering.shop

Writing Speculative Fiction and Software to help people feel more human.

🔆 Pragmatic optimism when available. (Currently unavailable.)

Dramatis personae:
H……Partner. Brilliant. Known each other all our lives.
G……H's teenage son. Transgender, disabled, and amazing. We support him unquestioningly. ♿️🏳️‍⚧️
Tig……Tabby cat. City initially licensed him as a dog.

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Maybe it's just because I'm an old computer toucher, but I don't as search engines questions. I input query terms. It's faster and more precise. (Or at least it used to be before search engines started ignoring search terms.)

I wonder if this is one of the reasons I bounce off of AI search so hard. Natural language search is worse in at least two ways.

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Technophobic is a compliment when I say it. People are right to not trust products.

troublewithwords,
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@Binder But doctor, I am the product!

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For my money, the most impactful scene in The Great Gatsby is in the denouement where she says “truly, he was a great gatsby” & what’s-his-name retorts: no, Daisy, he was THE great gatsby.”

I still get chills

troublewithwords,
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@Binder It’s up there with the scene from The Godfather when he turns to his estranged son and says, “No, Luke. I am the godfather.”

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Could we at least get a reliable grammar checker before we ask that grammar checker to diagnose cancer and perform law enforcement?

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I remembered today that True Stories (Talking Heads sense) exists. So I’m going to watch it tonight.

Starting 2000 Pacific Time. You’re invited to watch along if you’ve the means && interest; I won’t be streaming it, you’ll need to access your own media.

Cc @troublewithwords because this time I could see a whole 12 hours in to my future.

troublewithwords,
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@Binder I won't be able to attend, but I do recommend all who have not seen it to invest some time. There's nothing quite like it.

https://archive.org/details/true-stories/True+Stories.m4v

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There should be a civilian aftercare group for when a person has to interact w/ cops, in addition to the civilian oversight board which cops require.

troublewithwords,
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@Binder Civilian oversight groups cruising around, pulling over random cops, asking them leading questions about what they're up to.

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Stealing Your Stuff as a Service

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Finally, a mustard worthy of attending the royal ball w/ me

troublewithwords,
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@Binder Has my driver stop next to you in my Rolls Royce and rolls down the window
Pardon me, do you have any Gray Pou– Forget that department store rubbish, that looks amazing!

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I'm not as compassionate as I'd like, but it does help that if I ever am completely taken in by some fake news, the worst I'll do is help someone.

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I used to get work because I could solve previously unsolved problems.

As far as I can tell, nobody wants that anymore.

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I’m tthinking the guy next to me on the plane does not approve of my mask since as soon as the wifi became available he loaded The Drudge Report on his phone and looked for stories about masks (the NC law being the first hit).

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@aardrian Give them some hard side-eye and put on another mask.

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Bifocals let eyes focus every other week. Or is it twice a week?

troublewithwords,
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@Binder Twice ocularly.

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Not a joke that I hope Archie has new life.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/archie-the-internets-first-search-engine-is-rescued-and-running/

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Today I learned that the endocrine system, CAN bus, and old time pagers work roughly the same way, pumping the system with messages that can be seen my everyone but are supposed to only be picked up by the addressee.

This is not a useful analogy for anyone but me.

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“What’s stopping you from ditching $msft?”

My sister in FOSS, have you even heard of UX?

troublewithwords,
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@Binder Are fossbros included in UX?

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Algorithms writing stories to be read aloud by algorithms to be listened to by algorithms to be reviewed by algorithms.

So efficient.

troublewithwords,
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@Binder Algorithms for figuring out what ads are most effectively shown to other algorithms and algorithms to generate those ads.

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squints at the animated weather map

Is the weather going the wrong way, or am I?

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    @Binder It saddens me greatly that the fediverse is the only place I can get posts like this anymore.

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    I miss having search engines that could find things.

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    @simon I am not a fan of Kagi. Their owners are a bit too supportive of homophobia and fascism.

    I am a fan of the idea of a for pay search engine, but not that one.

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    If you're just going to call anything that uses electricity "electronics" then I'm going to call anything that uses gravity "gravitronics".

    My drip coffee maker?
    Gravitronic coffee maker.

    That grandfather clock?
    Gravitronic clock.

    The slide on the children's play set?
    Gravitronicly-powered play.

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    @Binder Is 2024 the year when sidehacking finally takes off? Our analysts say yes!

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    “Digital Ocean” is a…

    troublewithwords,
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    @aardrian Hard to pick only one. Great choices!

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    Occasionally reminded of a guy I knew who for years bragged about the cheap, sketchy apartment he rented, but he'd done so many improvements. Redid the kitchen, bathroom, painted, refinished the floors, etc, etc. Tens of thousands in renovations. Turned it to his dream place.

    The landlord found out, threw him out of the apartment for lease violations, and turned around and rented it for 4x more.

    The post is about social media platforms.

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    You've heard about the man vs. bear thing. Now for the ultimate poll:

    Would you rather be trapped in an outhouse in the woods with...

    :boost_ok:

    troublewithwords,
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    @jens Want to pick JKR because there would be no witnesses.

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