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Decad3nce

@Decad3nce@mastodon.social

software, dogs, cycling, birds, pretty pictures, basketball, and anything I can have existential panic about.

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Decad3nce, to random
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"I don't want algorithms" posted the user from their network connected mobile device with the help of suggestions generated in a custom composition box that were shown as a result of text input that was created from an invisibly resizing keyboard layout that had been trained on their language of choice.

Decad3nce, to movies
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Man, the new Wonka movie is pretty good

Decad3nce,
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A good reminder that the world needs more whimsy.

Decad3nce, to random
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What the Internet feels like recently.

Decad3nce, to random
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Hey @mekkaokereke, I've read a few of your posts regarding making Mastodon a safer and more welcoming place for new users and I want to help.

Last year I started making a Mastodon client to help transition people over from Twitter, but I think I may have focused on the wrong things (ref @trunksapp).

Do you have any advice, guidance, or resources that you'd recommend a client developer can utilize to help achieve some of the content and community safety goals? Thanks for any input.

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Decad3nce,
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@cheeaun I thought about doing something similar, but it's a bit weird when media has different aspect ratios.

Is it better if you collapse everything into a grid of scaled to aspect images or a carousel of the same?

Maybe it makes sense when all of the images are the same aspect ratio 🤔

Decad3nce, to random
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Welp

We're going to see so many more phishing sites.

https://github.com/abi/screenshot-to-code

Decad3nce, to random
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I've made my Mastodon feed addictive to me.

That or I made my app addictive to me.

Uh oh.

Decad3nce, to random
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There really needs to be a way to pin another accounts post to your profile.

I know there's some highlight post mechanism, but it really should just be pins.

Decad3nce, to random
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Wasn't the basis of a lot of copyright cases that these models won't output verbatim training data?

Or did we just believe Altman at his word?

https://not-just-memorization.github.io/extracting-training-data-from-chatgpt.html?ref=404media.co

Decad3nce, to random
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me: Lets do some gaming and wind down a bit

Sees Nvidia pop up to update driver

Waits for Nvidia driver to update

Launches steam

Waits for steam to update

Launches Starfield

Waits for Starfield to update

Starfield crashes, forcing me to reboot

me: Well, what a great gaming session. Lets do that again in 4 months.

Decad3nce, to random
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Can we talk about how UFO discussions are a gateway for further right wing conspiracy theories?

Decad3nce, to random
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Getting up to a year of working on in my free time.

Wondering if I should continue, especially since there doesn't seem to be much growth on the platform or in the overall user base.

Maybe it's time for a new side project - maybe a new mobile game?

I'll take the holidays and think about it.

If I do decide to give up maintaining it, I'll probably spend some time filling out some paperwork at work to open source it.

Decad3nce,
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The project was always a way to deal with stress and grief from events that took place this time last year.

I'm in a much better headspace now due to going to therapy and taking care of myself.

That motivation is just fading.

Decad3nce,
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@box464 thank you! Yeah, super glad to be in a better headspace too!

Decad3nce, to random
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Man, my wrist is killing me

May need a break from drumming every day.

Decad3nce, to random
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Decad3nce, to random
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Some of my favorite highlights for myself:

I helped root the first Barnes & Noble Nook Color and allowed the play store to work on it.

Unfortunately, I caused a significant issue where every Nook Color that was flashed to my hacked build shares the same store identifier.

I'm really sorry if I caused someone at Google an absolute headache.

- https://mastodon.social/@Decad3nce/111433318563034903

Decad3nce,
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The other one that really sticks out to me was working with a small cohort of people on IRC to get Android working on the HP Touchpad, which originally shipped with WebOS.

I loved that tablet. I absolutely failed so many classes while working on this late at night in college. No regrets.

https://youtu.be/8IVkj_vdY6s?si=mTQL72tFIL6an2gj

Decad3nce, to android
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Going to take a trek down memory lane with some of the prototype devices I got to keep.

(I used to have all of the devices we shipped)

🧵

- https://mastodon.social/@Decad3nce/111429969901635343

Decad3nce, to random
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It's not surprising that bluesky resonates with more people, it's backed by seasoned veterans of 'hype' generation.

- https://mstdn.social/@trunksapp/111428895163775725

Decad3nce,
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People want to be affirmed continuously that the group they joined is a good one.

Decad3nce,
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And if the group you're actively participating in is spending most of it's time making you feel unwelcome, then of course you're going to look elsewhere.

Decad3nce,
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I bailed on fosstodon.org because someone wanted to police my being upset about the sacklers.

But jumping instances doesn't fix a cultural problem of wanting to constantly sweep things under a rug.

https://fosstodon.org/users/Decad3nce/statuses/110464357420690091

Decad3nce,
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Context for the mental diarrhea here.

Being more welcoming often times means learning to practice agency in filtering out upsetting things for yourself, and not relying so much on others to do it for you.

https://mastodon.social/users/Popehat/statuses/111427290962583386

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