cyberlyra

cyberlyra, 7 months ago to random

I’d love to see more research, investment, and lessons learned about the foundation model for software development, in contrast to this toxic growth-at-all-costs-for-investor-class model that we’ve naturalized. More from the Signal Foundation, Mozilla Foundation, Linux Foundation, and others about challenges, incentives, change-making, mission-driven organizing, and shaping technology under different conditions. Is such a resource out there for aspiring technologists or do we need to make one?

cyberlyra, 7 months ago to random

Seeking recommendations for a DRM-free handheld ebook reader. I haven’t looked in a while… What’s out there that’s usable?

Some assembly required is fine by me, ofc

(Tagging @pluralistic @Incognitim @ohthehugemanatee in case they have any ideas)

cyberlyra, 1 month ago to opensource

#hci peeps, who's written about the capture of #opensource systems by industry and for-profit companies? Asking for a grant application ...

cyberlyra, 6 months ago to random

When Taylor Swift’s albums got acquired to make billions of dollars for a company, she didn’t roll over and go, welp, guess I gotta stick with this shitty exploitative system. She re-recorded and released everything under her own copyright so she gets all the royalties! In the same way, we have to rebuild our spaces that got acquired so that we own them ourselves. Our data. Our governance. Not extractive systems that feed their growth. That’s the promise of the fediverse.

cyberlyra, 6 months ago to random

Recommendations for the best Linux distros for touchscreen--go!

(looking for ease of: pop up keyboard, tappable icons, general interaction as tablet-like device)

cyberlyra, 1 month ago to random

Start here by deleting everything Google thinks it knows about you.

https://www.theverge.com/24141741/google-data-delete-how-to

Then pick up with my tips for Google free living.

https://www.optoutproject.net/the-best-non-google-search-engine/

It’s so much better out here without a data-sucking behemoth controlling everything you see, flooding your search results with spam and injecting the internet with LLM-generated sludge. Bonus, if you leave, your data stops contributing to serious ethical problems.

Thanks for @Em0nM4stodon for passing The Verge’s How To along.

cyberlyra, 2 months ago to NextLevel

Your shoe needs a firmware upgrade.

Please hold while we establish an insecure Bluetooth connection and share your contacts and local network access details to UnderArmour.

(Rofl @pluralistic #nextlevel #enshittification officially unlocked)

cyberlyra, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

Is this even real??? Legal?? If so it literally shouldn’t exist.

Were legions of glassholes just waiting for the next new thing?

https://www.rewind.ai/pendant

cyberlyra, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

Poll. Which Star Wars character, creature, or vehicle to carve into my pumpkin this year?
(examples attached; past years included TIE Fighter, the Falcon, and AT-AT walker so those are disqualified)

cyberlyra, 7 months ago to random

Finally read Marc Andressen's techno-optimist manifesto. I will say that I do appreciate him taking the time to write down, for posterity, as if that ideology were just naturally true and not mindbogglingly stupid, all the toxic B.S. that makes the capitalist techno class (building out their prepper bunkers, mind you) tick, if only to ensure that people a hundred years from now won't have to wonder, WTF were these assholes even THINKING??

cyberlyra, 29 days ago to random

The age of Google is over. The next great search engine must needs filter out LLM-generated sludge and actually privilege information instead of content.

cyberlyra, 8 months ago to random

My take on AI ethics, based on two decades of working with science teams who use AI. Let's turn our ire on these terribly misplaced myths of "replacement" that always lead to poor outcomes, and reserve our creativity for thoughtfully interweaving humans and AIs in teams and partnership instead.

https://theconversation.com/nasas-mars-rovers-could-inspire-a-more-ethical-future-for-ai-211162

cyberlyra, 9 months ago to random

Canadian friends, I applaud this push for a boycott of Facebook and Instagram August 23rd and 24th. I understand it's to encourage those companies to let Canadians share news again.

https://act.friends.ca/page/133505/action/1

But don''t stop there. OPT OUT FOR GOOD. Canadians don't need the "social" giants--for news or anything else. We need an independent media sharing infrastructure away from those toxic tools. Get off for good, invest in independence, resilience and community connection, and don't look back.

cyberlyra, 1 month ago to random

My new op Ed in @techpolicypress

AI is just today’s buzzword for “outsourcing,” and it comes with the same problems that have plagued outsourced companies and workforces for decades, writes Princeton University sociologist Janet Vertesi:

https://www.techpolicy.press/dont-be-fooled-much-ai-is-just-outsourcing-redux/

cyberlyra, 6 months ago to random

Everyone is talking about Copilot on GitHub like this is new, but I figured it was pretty obvious from the beginning that’s why they acquired it. So what did people think of the acquisition if they didn’t think it was to use all the data to generate an assistive AI?is this honestly coming out of left field? Or is this just the moment where people are begrudgingly acknowledging the situation?

cyberlyra, 7 months ago to random

Via @simon_brooke

Buckle up, folks! And take that, real estate values…

https://coastal.climatecentral.org/map/6/50.1713/28.1743/?theme=water_level&map_type=water_level_above_mhhw&basemap=roadmap&contiguous=true&elevation_model=best_available&refresh=true&water_level=5.3&water_unit=m

cyberlyra, 2 months ago to random

Wrote a paper today.
Still got it.

cyberlyra, 7 months ago to random

What’s the word for that special form of cosy nostalgic pleasure of sitting around with your kids on a crisp autumn weekend day introducing them to classic video games you played as a kid on an emulator you built and they’re totally into it and the world can just pass by outside with all its insanity while you are soothed by the brain-ticklingly familiar 8-bit tones of original Tetris, Dr Mario, Zelda, Carmen Sandiego, Bubble Bobble, and Pokémon Red?

There’s gotta be a word for it…

cyberlyra, 7 months ago to random

Staying up late reading Emily Wilson's riveting new translation of Homer's Iliad, flashlight under the covers style, it's that good. #nerdfridaynight

cyberlyra, 3 months ago to random

Stumbled upon an entirely AI- generated explainer video this weekend about the history of kung fu (inquiring minds at home wanted to know). Featuring AI generated images that sort of made sense until you noticed extra fingers and hands, and why is the temple on fire? Also AI generated text and mocumentary voice. I can't quite believe it has already infiltrated that level of content-creation.

cyberlyra, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

It took a while but I finally deleted all my "likes" from Twitter/X, going back to 2010. I'd already deleted all posts, follows, replies, etc. Usually I just walk away from an account when I disagree with the company, taking friends lists and other relevant stuff with me. But for some reason it feels like I really need to erase it all from their servers before I leave...

cyberlyra, 8 months ago to random

Last summer I spent a lot of time with a very special team, the Psyche mission, on their mission to a metal moon 🤘 They head to the launchpad in just under one month ...and NASA invites the world to watch along:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nasas-psyche-mission-registration-372096158627?aff=invite

cyberlyra, 6 months ago to linux

@protonmail Hello! When will your tools (i.e. cloud storage, calendar, etc) be available for #Linux clients, not just Windoze? Thank you:D

cyberlyra, 3 months ago to random

I am writing a book about nasa and funding mechanisms and I keep slipping up and typing OMG instead of OMB, the Office of Management and Budget. In case this eventually makes it past proofs and copy edits, don’t say I didn’t warn you.

cyberlyra, 7 months ago to random

I wanted to go to #aoir2023 this week and see all my friends! Phily is so close, after all! Instead I'm at home, sparing you the cold I picked up at #CSCW2023 :( Sending hugs to all from behind this bowl of chicken soup, with fervent hopes to join in another time.