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MylesRyden

@MylesRyden@vivaldi.net

An old techie who occasionally uses new tech. Teacher by trade. Psychology and Critical Thinking are my subjects, YMMV.

I don't give a flying fig who you have relationships with, what you do in your bedroom or what you do in your church, as long as you don't expect me or anyone else to think, do or believe as you do.

I used to say that all my cultural references are 20+ years old, but that is now out of date. All my cultural references are from the previous century.

Addicted to #MST3K

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rolle, (edited ) to fediverse
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What would you do if the Fediverse/ActivityPub were to suddenly disappear?

MylesRyden,
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@bazkie @rolle

100% this.

I ditched Twitter and Facebook many years ago and only took up Mastodon in 2023, so I can survive with no social media at all.

br00t4c, to random
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Trump Baselessly Rants Judge Merchan is 'MAKING BIG MONEY OFF OF THIS SCAM AND ITS OUTCOME'

https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-baselessly-rants-judge-merchan-is-making-big-money-off-of-this-scam-and-its-outcome/

MylesRyden,
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@br00t4c

Every single word TFG utters is projection pure and simple.

MylesRyden, to HashtagGames
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It's true that Dick is a hell of a sailor.

But's he's not the rigger Mort is.


MylesRyden, to HashtagGames
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Had 10 puns all ready for the contest.

I thought at least one would win.

But no pun in ten did.


itsfoss, (edited ) to linux
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Well, don't hold back! 🐧

MylesRyden,
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@itsfoss

Apparently I use it. My computer runs fine.

I guess I don't care either way.

markrprior, to random
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Robbie on Twitter:
Are you in a territory that has lost cycling coverage after the demise of GCN+? Give this a go. https://app.staylive.io/cycling/login?back=/subscriberoadcycling

MylesRyden,
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@markrprior

I don't know. When I go to the link the only option I am given is login/create account. I couldn't find a way to get even the most basic information like what events they have access to and how much they might cost.

A hard pass for me.

MylesRyden,
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@markrprior

Not available in the US or UK. 😠

Rights to cycling broadcast is a mess, for the sport to actually grow it really has to be dealt with.

Lana, to random
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Anyone arguing in favor of arming school teachers needs to first explain to me where in the budget you're going to find the money to buy 27 Glocks when you cheapskates won't even buy us printer toner.

MylesRyden,
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@Lana

The money will magically appear for the Glocks.

You still won't have any toner.

mcc, to random
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Hard to imagine a signal that a website is a rugpull more intense than banning users for trying to delete their own posts

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/stack-overflow-bans-users-en-masse-for-rebelling-against-openai-partnership-users-banned-for-deleting-answers-to-prevent-them-being-used-to-train-chatgpt

Like just incredible "burning the future to power the present" energy here

MylesRyden,
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@mcc

I think this is going to turn out ironically (and bad) for StackOverFlow.

Initially they had a purpose providing the platform for a town square where humans could share questions and answers. Then they fed the human created information into the maw of the LLMs.

Soon there will be "no need" for StackOverFlow as you can just ask the LLMs directly for programming advice. It might not always work, but hey, whatever. And SOF will be out of business.

CoachMark, to random
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Because it doesn't serve Netenyahu's desires most likely

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-war-humanitarian-aid-8659eae6e0a7362504f0aa4aa4be53e0

Israel says it is looking at Gaza cease-fire proposal, but framework is not what it wants

MylesRyden,
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@CoachMark

Obviously the last think Bibi wants is a ceasefire. He wants to kill them all.

markrprior, to random
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@MylesRyden for tonight?

MylesRyden,
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@markrprior

I thought I was in time for yesterday 🙂

MylesRyden, to random
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POGAČAR Tadej

MylesRyden, to random
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Alexey Lutsenko, Kazakhstan
Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia
Juan Pedro López, Spain
Ben O'Connor, Australia
Florian Lipowitz, Germany
Jonathan Milan, Italy
Romain Bardet, France
Laurence Pithie, New Zealand


wdlindsy, to random
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"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) cited one of the most prominent historical antisemitic narratives as her reason for not approving legislation aimed at combating antisemitism on Wednesday. Greene posted on the site formerly known as Twitter to explain her thinking."

~ Hunter Walker

#MarjorieTaylorGreene #antisemitism #WhiteChristianNationalism
/1

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mtg-cites-antisemitic-conspiracy-theory-jews-handed-over-jesus-to-be-killed

MylesRyden,
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@wdlindsy

With any GOP initiative, you have to watch for the head fake.

Banning TikTok should have been labeled the "Zuckerberg Enrichment Act."

In the same way the GOP obviously doesn't care in the least for any actual Jews, especially those who live in the US. But they do love the State of Israel, for two very different reasons.

The first is they love what Israel is doing to the Palestinians and see that as a model for what they can do with immigrants (first and then other minority groups later). A "democracy" can be fascist, is the lesson the GOP takes from Israel.

They also need Israel to exist so that it can be smashed to pieces and Jesus can come back and damn all the Jews (and everyone else they don't like) to hell.

So, the act should be labeled something like "The Damning people we don't actually like to hell" act.

MylesRyden,
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@RunRichRun @wdlindsy @tzimmer_history @histodons

First let me say that I have not yet read those links, but I will say this.

With the exception of Goldwater, every time since Eisenhower that the GOP has run a crook/lunatic they have won and any GOP candidate with a shred of decency has lost.

Nixon won. Ford lost.

Reagan Won. GW Bush lost (granted he won first, but that was a fluke)

W Bush sort of won.

MCain Lost.
Romney Lost.
'Nuff said there.

Trump won (sort of, again)

The GOP only really gets behind crooked, racist, fascist types.

MylesRyden,
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@imecth @cullmann @ohyran @UnityDevice @domi @boredsquirrel @Plopp @soupermkc @minecraftchest1

Of course you have that in KDE, just don't have a panel with a systray.

brewsterkahle, to random
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InterLibrary loan lives!

Record numbers are getting articles and chapters through this reliable free method from the Internet Archive.

The long tail holdings are needed!

384 libraries are now getting docs through one system.

Go @internetarchive go

MylesRyden,
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@brewsterkahle @internetarchive

The biggest thing I get from this graph is that people are too hung over on New Year's day to read. 😉

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Angry Staffer:

…Project 2025 ..

  • would let red states monitor & prosecute women who get abortions

  • won’t commit to defending NATO nations

  • wd fire attys who won’t prosec his political opponents

  • suspend posse comitatus & deploy the military on US soil

  • wd end pandemic preparedness office

  • wd fire 1000s of civil servants

  • pardon all J6 rioters

  • try to make law enf officers immune from prosec

If this doesn’t scare the living shit out of you, you aren’t paying attention.

MylesRyden,
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@GottaLaff

"But Biden hasn't stopped the wars and taken our money back from the rich. I'm staying home. Both of them are the same."

Basically been said by idiots for the last 50 years.

MylesRyden,
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@RebeccaBoyce

Don't tell anyone, I voted Nader in 2000.

It seems weird to me now that I thought I realized the depth of corruption in the GOP, but I wasn't even close.

Most Republicans in Congress at that time were ordinarily corrupt (bought off by corps). It was really after that election that the kind of fascist corruption we are seeing now starting becoming very apparent. But it is easy to see now that it goes all the way back to Nixon, Goldwater and Agnew, just to name a few.

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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This is probably just the communities I'm in, but it feels like whereas AI art had a fairly serious backlash, AI music has not? Is this your impression?

MylesRyden,
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@ZachWeinersmith

As someone outside of the music making community, but in the music listening community, I would say that since the introduction of digital synths and super multitrack (my understanding is that modern pop songs can have 300 tracks or more) digital recording there is a feeling that a lot of (big, popular) music is already mechanical and programmed. In that sense adding "AI" to the mix is not that big of a deal.

MylesRyden,
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@Doomed_Daniel @ZachWeinersmith

Agreed. Can't really say I have listened to the radio in many years. Even "back in the day" I preferred tracks that sounded like and entire band recorded in a studio rather than pieced together by a producer.

The human touch is essential, of course, but I have mixed feelings about sampling, looping, etc. When it is broken down to its elements, it sounds really cool (I enjoy "Digging the Crates" on Youtube), but somehow it is still very mechanical.

As it now exists "AI" is a giant chopping and looping machine. I don't think it is better than human composition, but I can see how with having people doing it for so long now, it opens the door to "AI" as being part of the process.

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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Columbia telling protestors that if they're students they have until 2pm to clear the encampment they've set up or face suspension.

So exercise of free speech and assembly rights going as well as can be expected in the face of corporate academia.

MylesRyden,
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@Adam_Cadmon1

Unfortunately this is one of those perfect storms for Left and Right.

Those on the Right (at least at the voting level) despise higher education and love to see colleges and their students get punched in the face.

On the Left we see that higher education is not always a solution and usually serves the Billionaire Class rather than actual education.

It's a lose-lose situation.

noellemitchell, to wordpress
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    MylesRyden,
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    @noellemitchell

    Glad to hear you say this. After WP went to the block editor, I never could figure out how it was actually supposed to work and after a while, just said, "Screw it."

    And I stopped blogging there.

    skykiss, to random
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    Trump is poison, a fraud, a rapist, a bank fraud, tax fraud, business fraud, election fraud, abuser, insurrectionist, the biggest criminal in American history. Over the next five years, he thoroughly corrupted Graham’s party. Republican leaders had time to counteract the poison, but they never did. One reason was that the poison moved slowly. Graham and other Republican politicians lost the ability to see what they were becoming. They rallied around an authoritarian, excused authoritarian acts, and embraced authoritarian ideas.

    The fascist monsters took their mask off - Americans see a criminal enterprise that is the republican- fascist party.

    https://specialto.thebulwark.com/p/grahams-moral-clarity

    MylesRyden,
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    @skykiss

    I will have to agree and disagree here.

    In many ways, Trump is no worse an actual human being than Nixon was. He is just more obvious about it. After 50 years of running campaigns that were nothing more than thinly disguised racism, the GOP cultivated an electorate that is not just accepting the idea of stomping on others -- they demand it.

    Trump is just the logical conclusion -- a fascist "leader" for a fascist electorate.

    Or to paraphrase what someone else here said, "Today's GOP is proof that they would rather have a white dictator than a Black President." Been true since Nixon.

    talesofaprinny, to linux
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    Impressions after a week using KDE Neon: Amazing

    It's been fairly stable as I would expect from an LTS. There's LOT of hiccups with whatever is happening in the tray area (power and battery sometimes doesn't work).

    Language is pretty screwed up. I speak both English/Spanish in a Spanish location. Installer chooses half spanish and english in the /etc/locale, and has issues changing it in the frontend.

    Overall nothing I can't fix as I put stability overall

    @kde

    MylesRyden,
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    @baggins @talesofaprinny

    I recently "downgraded" from Neon (when they went to Plasma 6) to Kubuntu (which is running 5.27)

    Overall I would say that Kubuntu has had fewer issues than Neon did, even excluding the Plasma 6 upgrade (which pretty much broke my system.)

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