misc

misc, 11 months ago to random

I kind of hate that AI feels like a really potent element to revive the scariness of horror, but it's irresponsible to harness that when it reinforces bad political ends. (But also maybe this is an inherent dilemma in the horror genre?)

misc, 6 months ago to random

Mastodon search should have a way to exclude giant ass posts. (or posts with more than a certain number of hashtags)

misc, 11 months ago to random

fave this post if you immediately identified the rogue drone story as sus.

misc, 9 months ago to random

As an extension to the notes feature it would be good if, when someone you don't follow back replies, you could see a history of their other replies to you (and maybe people you know) to help you decide if you should follow, mute, or block.

misc, 9 months ago to random

Hey so, if I got my suit back from the in house tailors at SuitSupply, and it looks terrible, can I ask for an exchange, or will they be like, “you should have been clearer when we were selecting the off the rack suit and fitting you”

misc, 3 months ago to random

When people say that they don't want Bluesky people over here - I hate to break it to you, but a lot of Bluesky people are also Mastodon people. Getting harder to tell the timelines apart, fr.

misc, 10 months ago to random

The global town square still exists and will continue to. It's called the internet.

misc, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

Is the fediverse fundamentally an anticapitalist project?

misc, 10 months ago to random

Voting is not enough. I don’t know what the answer is, but it’s not just voting.

misc, 1 year ago to random

We have to think community by community, strategically, about how to facilitate a transition away from sole dependence on Twitter. Should have done it last year but better late than never. I don't think it's too late but it's not going to happen by itself.

misc, 10 months ago to random

People talking about Threads like it’s some UX triumph — I do not believe that it would be hard to replicate it. I know that a lot of making something work well is making choices about what to leave out - but in this case, that’s like all of it. It’s simple because they didn’t try to do much, and let their massive installed base do the work. And it’s still buggy!

misc, 1 year ago (edited 9 months ago) to random

Noting the subtle shift in emails about Employee Appreciation Day from "a snack bar" to "snack bars"

misc, 9 months ago to random

Apple could really go after the Zoom market hard, with local transcription.

misc, 11 months ago to random

Wow, my beehaw application got rejected

misc, 10 months ago to random

#BlackMastodon: What do you tell a Black person thinking of signing up here? (Assume it's someone you like)

misc, 2 days ago to random

One thing Mastodon (or a fork) could do to win some users over from Bluesky, is support taking your account private. It's wild that X and Threads are the only big post-Twitter microblogging platforms that allow this.

misc, 1 year ago to random

Are there good examples of FOSS projects led by UX designers? If the answer is "obviously yes" or "that doesn't make sense" feel free to shoot me down, I'm ready.

misc, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

Is it ok to say you’ve “read” something when you actually listened to it?

misc, 1 year ago to random

I'm curious - were LLMs specifically always the big plan for the TESCREAL crowd - just scale word predictors with more and more raw text to train on, and that gets to AGI? Or did they just see the GPTs and get excited?

misc, 10 months ago to random

Don’t think there’s been a more successful ideological branding coup in the last couple decades than YIMBY. Effective Altruists back in the dust, grumbling “that could have been us”

misc, 8 months ago to random

So, hypothetically, if one spills beer on a MacBook Air that's covered by AppleCare Plus, that's still a $300 "copay" huh? (hypothetically)

misc, 10 months ago to threads

Kinda hope #Threads helps the BlueSky and Mastodon communities resolve their petty rivalry.

misc, 5 months ago to random

Anyone else noticed that the viral marketing campaign for AI tools is literally the same pitch as the Borg? Learn to use ChatGPT effectively or find yourself out of a job. You will be assimilated, resistance is futile, we will add your distinctiveness to our training set. https://mas.to/@carnage4life/111625006692208716

misc, 7 months ago to random

Just the most pitiful response from the "nice liberals" at CCC, to two of its endorsees being exposed as MAGA bigots online. "They were hacked!" "Cancel culture!" "This is a distraction!" Have some self respect, people. Un-endorse them, or own what you're endorsing. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/10/2/cambridge-citizens-coalition-protest/ #CambridgeMA #CambMA

misc, 4 months ago to random

Well, I don’t know what that was I’m just getting over, but it wasn’t covid and it wasn’t fun