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indubitablyodin

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INFJ-t |🌹|Rev. | BFA/MFA| Writer/filmmaker/futurist/mythologist!
| http://RoundTableWriters.org Founder | http://OdinHalvorson.com & http://Unenlightenedgeneralists.com

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indubitablyodin, to privacy
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The mass enshittification of every major Internet platform hasn't exacty been a slow and subtle process, but I feel like generative AI has really slammed down the gas pedal (Twixter, Reddit, GitHub are prime examples).

I'm wondering (and kinda depressed) about YouTube being next, because there really isn't anything comparable out there. Vimeo's the only one with like quality, but their model creates an access barrier. Dailymotion? ha! And PeerTube's name makes it sound like an XXX broker, to say nothing of massive quality limitations, rampant low-quality conspiracy nonsense, and a whole bunch of (completely understandable) limitations regarding size and number of files.

indubitablyodin, to tech
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Ugh, @protonmail is missing some serious quality of life features, such as the ability to add emails directly to a sieve filter (you can only select "Always move sender's emails" which just creates a whole NEW filter. That might not be a massive deal except that Proton only allows for 100 active filters at the paid level.

Not feeling especially inspired by this service after two months of use, to be honest. It's a pretty expensive option for a large drop in use experience over mainstream programs.

indubitablyodin, to random
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I make so many Heinlein fanboys mad with my pro-Veerhoven Starship Troopers article. It's hilarious. The more they interact with my article, the more I get paid.

indubitablyodin, to apps
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Really impressed with how far AnyType has come in the last year. As I predicted in my article from the Alpha version, it didn't take long at all for this app to match Notion for everything I needed to organize important aspects of my life.

It still has a bit of a learning curve and some sticky areas, but it's fully functional, secure, and streamlined enough to pick up with just a few hours of practice setting up a course schedule for my classes in the Summer/Fall.

#Anytype #PKM #Knowledge #Apps #Software #Tech #Notion

indubitablyodin, to anarchism
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Techno-Feudalism Feasts Upon Us All

What if the Marxists made a mistake? What if the inevitable transition point for Capitalism isn't socialism but feudalism?

https://odinhalvorson.com/techno-feudalism-feasts-upon-us-all/

indubitablyodin,
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@mrcompletely

Oh, absolutely. Despite my word choice in the article, that's been my biggest point of contention with Marxist friends (and is partly what prompted this article). There's a tendency to say that this or that theory of outcome is "correct," with little to no basis. What's interesting, I think, is observing current trends and then working back. Not as much: where is this certain to go, but "what led us here?"

Then, there's also the predictive exploration of my favorite genre: science fiction. It often gets things hilariously wrong, but also tends to get other things eerily right.

I guess I really just think that finding out how these systems are operating - and what tendencies exist within a system - is interesting. Inevitability is, admittedly, a buzzy sort of word, but why a system consolidates or collapses is so very interesting. Enough pressure applied in one area could absolutely create a neo-feudalism of tech giants, but what would the expanding repercussions of that be?

indubitablyodin, to random
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Tried watching "For All Mankind" but it's just...so...relentlessly...depressing. A large part of this is just facts of the era it's set in. but the tone of the show's drama is wedged into this very claustrophobic experience of that setting; we're never delivered a reprieve, the family drama is miserable, people are dying, the government is horrifying (I mean, that's fully realistic) - there's just no let up.

Meh.

indubitablyodin, to fallout
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I conducted an interview with the creator of the "Okey Dokey" meme playing homage to KC Green's "This is Fine" viral sensation!

#Fallout #FalloutPrime #TV #TVSeries #FalloutTV #FalloutGame #FalloutSeries #Television #Writing #Art #Meme #Review #Artist #Artists #Creative #Fun #Humor #Culture #PopCulture #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Gaming #Writers #WritingCommunity

https://odinhalvorson.com/spooky-daggers-fallout-interview/

indubitablyodin, to tech
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Ooooh, how did I never before encounter Micro.blog? This is nifty!

Who uses it and likes it?

indubitablyodin, to Help
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I've been thinking of switching from Sync to pCloud - mainly to consolidate my family's separate cloud storage and to serve as a good home for video materials for projects.

The 10TB Family plan is a steep up-front, but seems worthwhile.

Anyone have issues with it? Anyone love it? Thoughts?

indubitablyodin, to Unions
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Seems like the studios/AMPTP really are just waiting until October in the hope of breaking, or at least severely damaging, the strike. There has got to be a way to support the strikers better. This, incidentally, is exactly what UBI could do.

indubitablyodin, to random
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For those unaware, not only are #posts from people #NewHere who add #Hashtags like this in the bod of posts, #annoying for everyone... they make it REALLY HARD for people with screen readers (since most reading technologies will read the hashtags out loud).

Put your hashtags at the end of the post, and use CamelCase to make life easier for everybody.

This might be something for a future Mastodon update, actually. The way Tumblr creates a space for hashtags at the bottom of posts could be a handy feature to adopt here, for instance.

indubitablyodin, to random
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Where are all my Browncoats at?
Been binging Firefly all day and am now in Serenity, and... this series, cut off as it is, remains one of the most majestic of all time.

indubitablyodin, to fediverse
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Another Question re: PeerTube. Is there a reasonable paid hosting service that anyone uses with PT? Preferably, one that sets it all up for you with an app install? 😅

indubitablyodin, to books
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The same week that Nora Roberts made a donation to EveryLibrary Institute, her books were banned in schools in Florida!

Now she's challenging you to join her by participating in the by making a tax-deductible donation to fight against book bans and challenging your friends to do the same.

"I have always believed that libraries are essential to our society and the preservation of our democracy. They provide access to knowledge and ideas that are critical for personal and intellectual growth." -Nora Roberts

https://www.everylibraryinstitute.org/norarobertschallenge

indubitablyodin, to random
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Trying Picard S1 again. It's so bad. Skipping huge sections helps. But, even then, the writing and directing are MIND NUMBING

indubitablyodin, to random
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Dismantling Power Structures - The Irony of Elite Cultural Critique: https://odinhalvorson.com/2024/02/11/dismantling-power-structures.html

indubitablyodin, to random
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"Four days before the tragic event, James Crumbley bought his son a gun, and his mother took him to a shooting range to practice — posting a cheerful message about the outing on Instagram."

Yeah, that's guilty. I hope they every single book thrown at them. God.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4423765-michigan-school-shooters-mother-stand-trial/

indubitablyodin, to random
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Just me or is there an increase in spam accounts recently?

indubitablyodin, to random
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Well, this is one of the creepiest jobs I've ever seen. WTF.

Writing job where you write other people's dating profiles...

indubitablyodin, to tech
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Anyone here have a Framework 13 laptop? I'm considering getting a Ryzen 7 base model and adding my own RAM/HD.

Right now, I have an awesome little Zepheryus g14, but it doesn't have good battery life and it's a fair few years old. I'll keep running it as my home computer but I think I need a backup on hand, as well as something I can travel with.

Be interested in hearing any current owners' thoughts.

indubitablyodin, to Halloween
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Inktober 17th:
I had more time and energy for this today! Spirited Away is one of m favorite films.

#Inktober #Inktober23 #Inktober2023 #Halloween #Ghibli #StudioGhibli #SpiritedAway #miyazaki #Film #Drawing #FanArt #Art #Pen #PenAndPaper #Ink #Artober

indubitablyodin, to Software
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I really hate that MS Word is basically the only app to use for business-level word processing... unless I want to use Google Docs. Like... yikes. I've tried LibreOffice and Word Perfect, but the biggest issue is that they don't actually handle MS documents that well. And these other apps tend to have a UX experience from the early 2000s.

indubitablyodin, to weightroom
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Back into my exercise routine after being laid low for months due to chronic back pain. Slow but sure.

indubitablyodin, to food
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Do you love Ramen? I LOVE ramen. And making ramen at home is both fun and easy!

https://youtu.be/NWVWuvn-PnQ?si=UmKkZOLXu0ypDR7-

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