cragsand

@cragsand@universeodon.com

VR, RP and science nerd
I play in #NeonDivide, an episodic #RP #LARP in #VR

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thisismissem, (edited ) to fediverse
@thisismissem@hachyderm.io avatar

Okay, so, I've just done a review of the features in both and .

I've written up a fuller report on the IFTAS matrix, but the tl;dr is: if you care about user safety, do not deploy either of these.

They do not feature comprehensive or well built moderation tools, and you will not be able to effectively moderate instances running this software.

You are better off waiting to deploy these once they mature more.

Edit: removed user mentions to stop spamming them.

cragsand, (edited )

@thisismissem @stux @ruud @feditips
It's easy to want to make the same comparison for as the Twitter migration but that seems to be a false equivalence.

and aren't anywhere near as polished as Mastodon so first impressions will be bad when regular users join and expect things to work.

It may be a good idea to take a look at both projects issue trackers:
https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues?q=

jerry, to random

Updates on fedia.io and Infosec.pub:

Fedia:
Images should be fully working now

There are some federation issues, however many of those are due to steps other instances took to prevent overload

An unknown number of issues are likely related to the server being overloaded.

I am going to attempt replacing the single server with 4 nodes of the same spec using the docker swarm capability. I’ve never used swarm, so this should be exciting

A ridiculous number of people are bit by missing the verification email which expires after an hour. If this happens to you, drop me an email or a message here with the username you tried registering.

Fedia.io has nearly 2700 accounts active in the past few days.

Infosec.pub
I fixed the issue with logins. The problem was that many accounts weren’t actually verified, including mine. My hypothesis is that the default setting doesn’t require email verification and so users created while email verification is disabled are not able to login once email verification is enabled. I manually updated the affected user records and all seems to be good.

There is an issue with replying to mastodon posts from Infosec.pub. I don’t yet know what the issue is and I don’t see any open tickets referencing the problem.

Infosec. Pub has 167 active users.

cragsand, (edited )

@jerry I think my account also got bugged at being unverified. When attempting to post it loads forever but never completes.
https://infosec.pub/u/cragsand

Overall federation between the instances seem to work very poorly. I responded to this post from as many instances as possible, both via and :
https://fedia.io/m/thegoldengator/t/3393/The-Golden-Gator-on-the-Fediverse-Test-post

Summarized results:
https://fedia.io/m/thegoldengator/t/3393/The-Golden-Gator-on-the-Fediverse-Test-post#entry-comment-36373

Keep up the great work Jerry!

Tweetfiction, to random

Learned something interesting in therapy tonight. Did you know there's an opposite of triggers called glimmers? They're little things that you read about or happen that cause you to feel joyful. I love that! I've had a lot of glimmers and and I'm trying to savor it. You all here give me the glimmers everyday. 😊

cragsand,

@Tweetfiction Love this idea! Gonna spread it on further!

cragsand,

@cragsand
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cragsand, to random

Happy Sweden day! 🇸🇪

tom30519, to random
@tom30519@fosstodon.org avatar

SuperCam has chosen (directed by AEGIS or an Earth-based geologist?) to have a closer look at this group of smaller rocks, nestled among larger equally interesting-looking (to a Non-Geologist™) rocks.

Credits in the alt text

SuperCam close-up image of the group of rocks indicated in the context photo. They are very rough, crumbly looking stones, set among larger, smoother rocks. SuperCam, Sol 812, LMST: 11:24:37 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP

cragsand,

@tom30519 It does kinda look like stromatolites (fossilized microorganisms) here on earth. I can see why it's an object of interest 🔍

danie10, to kbin
@danie10@mastodon.social avatar

If Lemmy is not your cup of tea as an alternative to Reddit, maybe try open-source federated Kbin instead

Yes, Reddit is going through its own API pains right now, and of course it is anyway a centralised social network much like Facebook and Twitter. So the discussion around alternatives has been coming up again.

Lemmy has been around for a while, its technol ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/if-lemmy-is-not-your-cup-of-tea-as-an-alternative-to-reddit-maybe-try-open-source-federated-kbin-instead/

cragsand, (edited )

@fisco1791 @danie10
A top priority for imo should be better thumbnail display for images and embedding integrations. ✨️ :fedi:

Seeing much of the focus is on sharing and voting on content that originates elsewhere from other sites like Twitch, YouTube and more - it need to be fast, viewable, and enjoyable to scroll through.

Right now thumbnails are stretched and cropped which gives a bad viewing experience. A thing to note though, is that mobile never ever perfected this and is a glitchy mess to this day on Android browsers unless you use their app.

cragsand,

@fisco1791 @danie10
I never tried any and seems I probably won't get a chance with the insane API changes they're doing.

cragsand,

@fisco1791 @danie10
Now that would be something wouldn't it?

The directing all users to sign up to alternatives to continue using the app! :fedi:

With so many users using or other third party apps that would surely be a grand entrance to decentralization!

jayeless, to random

I wrote a little blog post about my thoughts on the shenanigans Reddit is pulling, and the current state of the Fedi Reddit-likes, Lemmy and kbin 🙂

https://www.jayeless.net/2023/06/on-reddit-and-alternatives.html

cragsand,

@jayeless
Very good summary! I've landed on pretty much the same. 👍

cragsand, (edited ) to neondivide

Neon Divide Podcast EP13 - Announcing Season 3.5!
VOD for those who missed it 👇

You can keep up with the podcast 🎙 by adding this RSS feed to your favorite podcast app of choice:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/NeonDivide

This episode is presented by

  • NicNac
  • Chandler Riggs aka Chairhandler
  • Bucky aka Bucky_loves_it
  • Skizerz


https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1831421183

randulo, to random

@ct_bergstrom @emilymbender

Can AI invent anything that is not based on anything in nature or previous work?

I posted this a while back.
I asked bing chat: "When and how was the wheel invented?"

"The wheel was invented sometime between 3500 and 3000 BC in Mesopotamia. The first wheel was not used for transportation, but for pottery. The first wheeled vehicle was a bullock cart, followed by war chariots and four-wheeled carts of the gods. The spoke wheel was invented in around 2000 BC, which considerably reduced the weight of the wheel. The wheel may have also been invented independently in China, around 2800 BC."

Me: "Could an AI have invented the wheel?"

"It is unlikely that an AI could have invented the wheel as it is not based on anything in nature. However, AI can be used to optimize the
design of wheels."

cragsand,

@randulo @ct_bergstrom @emilymbender From my experience experimenting with stablediffusion any completely original concepts seem to be mostly happy accidents.

Instead of classifying it as this I tend to come back to thinking of it in copyright terms of being either:

  • derivative or
  • transformative

The truth is that it can be both, just don't expect any deeper understanding from it. When creating images it can be completely transformative, unlike anything before, but it rarely is.

Any complicated mechanics that have to be in a certain way to function properly, it will mostly fail to replicate.
Everyone knows by now how poorly they works with hands but the same goes for engineering parts. Even things as simple as a wrench or a hammer you most likely will have to process further, for example using additional tools like inpainting.

mastodonmigration, (edited ) to climate
@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online avatar

Climate Scientists Leave Twitter For Mastodon

So, it is possible for a group to make the collective decision to leave Twitter. Scientists "suffering insults and mass-spam are abandoning Twitter," and setting up shop on Mastodon.

Climate scientists flee Twitter as hostility surges >>> https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230524-climate-scientists-flee-twitter-as-hostility-surges

"Glaciologist @Ruth_Mottram had more than 10,000 followers on Twitter but left in February and joined an alternative scientists' forum powered by Mastodon."

1/

cragsand,

@mastodonmigration Thank you! :ablobcatbongo:

cragsand, to random

He do be sitting

feditips, (edited ) to random
@feditips@mstdn.social avatar

How do you access the Fediverse? :fediverse:

If you use more than one method, choose the one you use the most.

cragsand,

@feditips Aside the server website I also use . A custom theme for Mastodon that resembles the birdsite UI.

You can try it out here
https://elk.universeodon.com

cragsand, (edited ) to ai

I learned how to train LoRa AI models using open source StableDiffusion...

For the purpose of recreating the appearance of my 3D VR roleplaying character the results I got were amazingly good... almost frighteningly so.

I'll go through the process, results and some thoughts.

🧵 part 1of4

#stablediffusion #loramodel #characterart #ai #aiart #aitraining #sd #lora #tech #technews #vr #3d #vrchat #roleplay #neondivide #cragsand

cragsand, (edited )

So much of the majority of AI art I see is terrible, bad looking and deformed. But with the right instruction's it doesn't have to be.

To accurately create fictional characters, this is probably the best method I've seen so far. There's work involved for training a model like this and not something you can just give a bunch of prompts and expect good results.

I started by gathering 64 screenshots of my 3D VRChat model from Blender in various positions and angles in different lighting while wearing select clothing of choice. Then I added proper tags describing each image in a respective text file.

Based on the training data and they keywords I specified, you can input various clothing alternatives including:

  • armor
  • jacket
  • shirt
  • barechest
    Training took about 30 minutes using an RTX2080Ti GPU.

cragsand, (edited )

These guides were really useful for explaining complex concepts without having the understanding of the mathematics involved. It tends to get really complicated the deeper you delve into it.
https://rentry.org/lora_train
https://rentry.org/59xed3

The GUI for stable diffusion I'm using is completely open source written in Python for everyone to use https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui

I posted the LoRa AI training model publicly for download here for anyone curious: https://civitai.com/models/70408/cragsand-character-lora-sten-berglund

Since I really liked the results I ended retouching some parts manually. Things like eye color, fingers and random clutter where there were details that looked weird.

The end results are available in this gallery here: https://www.deviantart.com/cragsand/gallery/87722291/sten-berglund-character-artwork

cragsand, (edited )

End thoughts...

With this technology gaining traction I certainly sympathize with artists concerned about their profession being in danger. It's a topic worth discussing and what it's societal effects will be. I can certainly see it ending up being bad and requiring proper regulation.

One thought on my mind would be that these are "tools" for us to use, and as with any tools if they're good or bad ends up being determined by how they're used. It's not the technology itself that is the danger, but rather how corporations and bad interests may exploit it to the detriment of everyone else.

Curious to hear other's thoughts about this and how we can approach it in a way that is beneficial for everyone.

Thank you for reading the thread ! 💙

cragsand,

Amazing...

I put my roleplaying character lora through a photorealistic model named "AmIRealV3".

Even though it was just trained on screenshots in various lighting conditions from VRChat, Unity and Blender it still works great with photorealism.

https://civitai.com/models/49463/am-i-real

atomicpoet, to socialmedianews

WHAT?! On , there are fake people leaving fake comments?

Why would anyone ever do that on a site that's all about business networking?

Is nothing sacred?

😮

https://www.ft.com/content/0f358d1d-0d43-4223-b1d3-825f0f50b381

@socialmedianews

cragsand,

@atomicpoet @socialmedianews
I noticed they're deploying pretty aggressive methods to combat spam on LinkedIn.

When I browse on desktop Firefox I always have the habit of middle click to open new tabs to queue up what I'm going to read.

Do NOT queue up tabs on LinkedIn. If you do it too quickly you'll get flagged for botting and temporarily suspended.

I learned this the hard way... really annoying.

cragsand, to space

Beautiful

helenczerski, to climate
@helenczerski@fediscience.org avatar

I keep thinking back to this Microlino at Fully Charged Live. Reusable water bottles became acceptable, being vegan is now cool, and so is wearing vintage clothes. So who is going to step up to the critical task of making small cars fashionable? The trend towards giant SUVs is ludicrous, incredibly wasteful and dangerous, and bad for our cities. If you must use a car, it should be as small as possible. Where are the micro-car visionaries/influencers? WE NEED YOU.

cragsand,

@helenczerski I gotta repost @notjustbikes excellent video. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo

What must come hand in hand is infrastructure and regulations that are friendly for smaller vehicles. The large dangerous trucks should be heavily taxed to discourage their use, not get subsidies. This unfortunately isn't the case in many places of the world.

When the majority of drivers choose to drive ridiculously large vehicles it also forces others to get larger ones just for their own safety. Even if they would otherwise drive smaller vehicles.

It's sadly a terrible negative feedback loop. I could go on but it's already perfectly summarized in NJB video.

Also this haha:
https://mstdn.social/@stux/110225670353018274

atomicpoet, to fediversenews

A pretty disingenuous comparison between Nostr, Bluesky, and “Mastodon”.

Sure, “anyone” can generate a public/private key. Now how many people will actually do that? And how many will use the public/private key to port their account to a different device?

Moreover, choosing a server is not a requirement for “Mastodon”—and now Mastodon itself pushes a default.

Do I like default servers? Not at all. But that’s another matter entirely.

https://protos.com/comparing-nostr-to-social-media-alternatives-bluesky-lens-and-mastodon/

@fediversenews

cragsand,

@atomicpoet @fediversenews @randulo
waves from Universeodon.com 👋

Psst we got custom here too... 👀

cragsand,

@cragsand
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