Any guesses on what the doomsday clock will say this year? 1991 was the best year for the clock. It moved back 17 mins due to the end of the Cold War. Last year was the closest ever at 90secs.
Something I used to do on my socials in the past was post a little morning post about how thankful I am for anything I thought of that morning. I am going to start doing that again using the hashtag #ImThankful in case you want to mute / it's not your thing.
Today, let's start out by saying I am thankful that the Lord has entrusted me with my four wonderful children and my wife. I am lucky to have all of them in my life and love them all so much.
I want to take a moment to thank everyone for the boosts, favourites but especially the replies over the last year! I've been on Mastodon for a little over a year and made a lot of GREAT friends, learned new things and seen many awesome animal pictures and beautiful landscapes with the sun rising or setting.
Thanks again and let's keep social media social in 2024!🙂
I ended my time on Duolingo in the #NewYear, after finding out they sacked a bunch of translators and are now relying on AI to generate sentences for learning. Essentially, they are just generating the content via AI and having a limited number of translators "check the work" before putting it up into their programs.
I also noticed that, the longer I went on in my Duolingo program, the quality of the learning seemed to decrease dramatically, and after learning about the AI thing, it started to dawn on me that this could be part of the reason for that. But even if it isn't related, the fact that they are making this move toward AI only means in the future, the learning WILL decrease in quality whether we like it or not, and that's no fun at all.
So No Thanks, #Duolingo. So long, and thanks for all the fish.
Chez @cooptilleuls, on a le goût du rythme, et c'est donc tout naturellement qu'on vous a conçu des playlists thématiques pour bien démarrer 2024 ! 🕺
Oserez-vous écouter ma playlist du "neues Jahr" ?
And so, we have reached the end of 2023. For me, it was a positive year (except for the last 15 days, but in the end, it could have been worse), without any particular upheavals and therefore, quite straightforward.
This year, I dedicated myself more to the Fediverse and launched the BSD Cafe project. Without a doubt, this has been among the best things to happen in 2023. I've received a warm welcome, and many wonderful people have joined the project, contributing to its growth. In just a few months (I officially announced and opened registrations on July 20, 2023, so less than six months ago), our Mastodon instance now has 151 active users, with 93 participating in the last month. Then there's the Matrix instance, actively used by many, Miniflux (only used by 4 of us), our Wiki, BlendIT, the ongoing snac2 experiment, and many ideas for the coming months.
I've connected with people who have taught me so much, and the Fediverse has undoubtedly been the "place" where I've learned the most this year, through both interactions and reading what all of you have posted. I've met wonderful people beyond the technical realm and seen beautiful photography (#Photography), the sea (#MeerMittwoch), personal memories (#ThrowbackThursday), captivating windows (#FensterFreitag), amazing cats (#Caturday), and quiet, evocative Sundays (#SilentSunday).
So, from Stefano (a human being, a member of the Fediverse) and Stefano (the Barista of BSD Cafe), I wish everyone a Happy 2024!
I know, to some, celebrating another trip around the sun may seem silly, but I believe it's always better in life to rejoice and celebrate something, anything, rather than argue, harm others, or wage wars. The world would be a better place if we all celebrated a little more.
Good morning/afternoon/evening, depending on where you are this New Year's Eve
Wherever you find yourself, I hope you spend it with the ones you love. Ring in the new year with those who helped you through the last one and who mean enough to you to carry into the next one!