shiri

@shiri@foggyminds.com

she/they, proud autistic jewish socialist lesbian

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shiri, to admins

I've got a persistent issue lingering from messier storage transfers that had to be done when I moved. I just wasn't able to fit the media storage on the current semi-temporary box but not everything would transfer into S3 so I was forced to just delete the media folder without being fully transferred.

Since then a lot of images (typically profile pictures or older posts) are blurry and it seems clear the server isn't trying to re-download anything lost.

I'm needing a way to sort of kick it to get it to redownload those lost images?

shiri,

@heluecht it does not. As far as I can tell it's pulling an extreme low rez fuzzy copy (not even a valid thumbnail size) from the database and then trying to grab the file locally, failing, and then just presenting that mess without doing anything further.

shiri,

@heluecht honestly, now that you mention it since it was so common I was kinda just glossing over it and I think it is happening on some newer media too which could mean there's a problem with the S3 backend add-on, likely the same problem that caused much of the old media to not transfer.

Daojoan, to random
@Daojoan@mastodon.social avatar

"Embrace AI or be left behind" is a condescending and heartless ultimatum. A false dichotomy that reeks of debunked social darwinist horse-fuckery.

Tech should adapt to people's needs.

Not the reverse.

shiri,

@mmby @Daojoan This right here.

I've got a generally positive outlook on AI and do think it's going to become intrinsic going forward... but I don't think there's any real advantage to early adoption in the long-term, just short term.

Hell, the majority of company level adoption I see is a trainwreck because everyone is in a mad dash to "not be left behind" that they're slapping it in all sorts of places it shouldn't be (ie. companies trying to make AI customer support bots make me want to get my popcorn...)

shiri,

@Roundcat @mmby @Daojoan ... Under capitalism all I see is the complete collapse of society and the end of all life on earth...

That doesn't make salads bad.

Attacking AI because capitalism does awful things with it is basically the same as attacking a salad... and equally ridiculous.

On the climate change front, I absolutely believe they're being wildly irresponsible with processes there and it can be done way more efficiently... they just don't care.

If you're going to attack something because capitalism misuses it... just focus on attacking capitalism itself, otherwise all you're doing is fighting on behalf of capitalism (since it's biggest tool in keeping us suppressed is creating nonsense battles for us to fight, ie fighting people over recycling)

shiri,

@canleaf @Daojoan I can't get how people attack the base technology over the actual cause of problems... ie. how leftist duebros reject reality

shiri,

@mmby @AlexanderKingsbury @Roundcat @Daojoan ftr, we do have models that run locally on personal devices, so long as your device is higher end.

I've got a 7 year old tiny workstation device with no dedicated graphics... and it can run some of the smallest models, albeit very very slowly (as in ask a query then go get a cup of coffee).

And honestly, I think training is also possible locally as well, just more resource intensive.

This is all presuming you're not chomping at the bit for the latest cutting edge models... and frankly that's a thing I think needs to be reined in... to not always go for the biggest "best" model first thing... 99% of my AI queries are to older models, I only pull out "current" models for particularly vexing questions.

shiri,

@abm0 @Daojoan THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS! ::rings bell::

LALegault, to random
@LALegault@newsie.social avatar

Okay, which enthusiast can explain to me (at length even!) how the American aid pier floated away? I am fascinated.

shiri,

@fishidwardrobe @gaveen From a fellow autist... screw off. #ActuallyAutistic and @actuallyautistic are not "private spaces" free from non-autists.

Neither was created to "avoid" posts from non-autists, because it's just a slogan calling out people speaking for us without being one of us. The hashtag and group are just trends we've gathered around that are good places to reach our community, either as a member or as someone who's looking to ask actual autistics for input.

Trying to run off @LALegault for asking a genuine and serious question, one in which acknowledges us for who we are (often hyper-interested experts who are chomping at the bit for someone to ask us to info dump about a favorite topic) is more than assinine, it's actively fighting efforts for us to get genuine acceptance in society.

If you want to not be an ass about it just chime in with a "Hey, can you add #AskingAutistics, we're hoping to get more activity on that tag for this purpose instead of this one to separate out these kinds of questions" or "some of us don't want to see questions not directly relating to the autistic experience and that'll help us filter this out"

shiri,

@LALegault I'm hoping you actually get some productive answers at some point... and on behalf of my fellow autistics (whether they like it or not), sorry for the reception you've gotten.

I personally do encourage you to block/mute the people rudely giving you shit and to continue to post such questions. Though I do encourage also adding # AskingAutistics at the same time. (And for those who don't want to see these kinds of questions to block the whole AskingAutistics hastag so you won't see them)

shiri,

@dave @gaveen @LALegault @fishidwardrobe that's the fun thing about community... none of us is individually the authority on these things, it's a matter of consensus, not original intent. Even moreso on a public ActivityPub space, if you want a private space there are options for that.

I remember the tag coming into existence... it wasn't a "space" at all, it was just originally us just speaking out against those who would speak over us. Over time it became a differentiator of referencing us vs the people who would speak over us (ie. in older spaces... <cough>twitter<cough> is flooded with non-autistics speaking on our behalf while is where you find us).

After a while, it started getting used in group names to differentiate us as being autistic led spaces, but not necessarily autistic private spaces.

shiri,

@gaveen honestly the bulk of your responses were fine, you're biggest case of stepping in it was the phrase "asking for basic decency" as @LALegault put it implied they were not being decent.

Then @fishidwardrobe and hard escalated and you got roped in with that.

I apologize, I wouldn't have been as harsh if it had just been your responses especially as you ended on "use your own judgement" (honestly, probably wouldn't have said anything at all at that point), so it was unfair of me to position you as a problem there.

paezha, to random
@paezha@mastodon.online avatar

@cstross

Where did you write the following?

"Most of what passes for tech journalism is stenography"

I would like to cite this in a report I am working on. Cheers!

shiri,

@cstross @paezha just say it again here to make a new citation! lol

shiri, to ADHD

... ugh...

youtu.be/DlFkfOqtgR8?si=2e-AF2…

@actuallyadhd @adhd

shiri,

@jed this really isn't for you to understand better but to try and communicate what you're dealing with to those who don't have it.

As far as you understanding better, I like to describe it like this:

The fundamental problem of ADHD is Executive Dysfunction (there's other effects, but this is like 70% - 80% of it).

Your brain when it receives input, be it just things happening around you, information you're being told... or even just you trying to remind yourself of something goes through two passes of sorting things: The first is a real fast, low power, process based on how engaging things are (ie. you're not thinking about what kind of fruit is on the tree when there's a tiger in front of it staring at you), the second pass is where we consciously reorder the list (ie. you remind yourself that the tiger is tame and harmless, but you really needed to check out the fruit), that second pass is Executive Functioning.

With Executive Dysfunction our brains struggle to do that manual conscious re-order, it takes a lot of additional effort to re-order that list when for those without Executive Dysfunction struggle to even notice the effort.

This affects everything from paying attention to someone talking to you, to just trying to decide where to start on a task. For instance if everything is equally engaging then the first pass doesn't surface a single choice and leaves it to the second pass... and then the second pass just doesn't fire... so you're left staring at a list of tasks unable to do any of them, this is why someone just suggesting a place to start can often jar you from this because it suddenly pushes one of them to the front via the first pass.

It's also good though to note the other part of it which is us not processing dopamine correctly. A crude idea of what it does for us is basically dopamine is your willpower to push through things (which of course is what we're using when we're forcing our executive function in the first part). If you have no dopamine then nothing is getting done unless it's an engaging zero-effort activity (ie. doomscrolling).

In a normal person, thinking about their end-goal of a task gives them a small hit of dopamine (allowing them to motivate themselves towards long term goals better) and then upon completing the task they get a massive surge of dopamine that slowly tapers off (giving them momentum to work on other tasks).

In someone with ADHD we get pretty much nothing from envisioning the end-goal, and upon achieving the goal we get the surge... but it goes away as quickly as it came.... which basically means we are always struggling to push ourselves through anything not engaging.

And of course both of the above affect memory retention...

Most of us develop some awful maladaptive coping mechanisms because of lack of support. One of the most common is putting off tasks until the last minute so the adrenaline spike of starting last minute overrides the lack of dopamine.

plasticfrog, to random

Test from Friendica to:

Mastodon
Friendica
Hubzilla
Lemmy
Kbin
Pixelfed
Gotosocial
Iceshrimp
FunkWhale
Peertube

shiri,

@plasticfrog all of those use AP so there should be negligible issues.

The fun ones are things like setting up the Tumblr or Bluesky addons!

shiri,

@plasticfrog @anubis2814 eventually that add-on will turn into full AT support, plus there is at least one person building an AP/AT bridge as well (which allows the two to talk without the servers having to understand the other protocol).

As far as Tumblr it's the same method as Bluesky, though you can follow Tumblr feeds without a Tumblr account, having the account lets you comment and have some/all your posts mirror to your Tumblr account.

In the same area you see options for all the other platforms I've enabled plugins for (the others I haven't enabled are just because they haven't come up... not that most of those have come up either)

shiri,

@anubis2814 @plasticfrog As far as the fediverse as a whole:

Most of the time you're talking about platforms that share the ActivityPub protocol (shortened to AP), everything that uses AP can talk to everything else that uses AP (ie. Mastodon, Lemmy, Friendica, Threads).

Bluesky is starting up their own protocol, AT (I forget what it's short for). So it can't talk to anything that's AP and vice versa, at least not without some sort of translation layer inbetween.

Right now the Bluesky addon is a "puppet" addon, meaning it just mirrors and controls a separate Bluesky account... Friendica plans to incorporate AT support more directly which would remove that step. Also, there's things like bridgeyfed that are making bridges. A bridge sits on two networks and translates calls between two protocols (ie. an AP server asks it for posts from an AT user, it just sees the bridge as an instance with that user on it)

The biggest reason to have multiple accounts is just for different experiences. Ie. Friendica (Facebook/Myspace style) is very different from say Pixelfed (Instagram style experience) and Lemmy (Reddit style experience)

shiri, to StarTrek

My sister Chelsie is struggling emotionally with potty training her kid, so I edited a popular meme to be more relevant.

youronlyone, to Autism
@youronlyone@c.im avatar

‘Neural noise’ could be a hidden advantage of the autistic mind

But some research, including our own study, has explored specific advantages in autism. Studies have shown that in some cognitive tasks, autistic people perform better than allistic people.

Autistic people face ignorance, prejudice and discrimination that can harm wellbeing. Poor mental and physical health, reduced social connections and increased “camouflaging” of autistic traits are some of the negative impacts that autistic people face.

So, research underlining and investigating the strengths inherent in autism can help reduce stigma, allow autistic people to be themselves and acknowledge autistic people do not require “fixing”.

The autistic brain is different. It comes with limitations, but it also has its strengths.

https://www.psypost.org/neural-noise-could-be-a-hidden-advantage-of-the-autistic-mind/

#AutismAcceptance #Autism #AutismSpectrum #Autistics #ActuallyAutistics #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodivergent @autistics @actuallyautistic

shiri,

@youronlyone @autistics but then 90% of the time researchers studying our strengths perform pretty dramatic gymnastics to present them as a flaw... see them turning "consistent morals and values" into "overemphasis on the negative results of their actions"

Alon, to random
@Alon@mastodon.social avatar

Should I write an FAQ for why people who support Ukraine should support Israel, without ever supporting Bibi of course? Topics to cover include the Hamas atrocities of 7.10, the rejectionism of both sides re a ceasefire, the role of the Israeli opposition and how it differs from that of Navalnyites in Russia, and ultimately why Ukrainians and Israelis support each other.

(The answer is no, I'm overcommitted and need to plan my actual work and write the report on high-speed rail.)

shiri,

@Alon I think we need more of an article why condemning Israel does not mean condemning Jews and supporting Palestine does not mean supporting Hamas...

The zionist rhetoric is strong on this topic and a whole lot of people are convinced saying anything negative about the Israeli government is antisemitic...

shiri, to admins

I need some help with a transfer. My living situation is up in the air so i need to transfer my environment to a remote setup until it solidifies, I'm trying to migrate the storage to S3 but I keep running into an issue.

When I use console storage move, it works for a bit, moves around 253 items... then starts giving an error message like [Error] Cannot put data for reference 31d56e0ccb8e2a30d6cd79ab2e85c974ed99e87a3339957efbda9a58cbe423bc, the hash changes each time and it just immediately gives me that error no longer moving anything else.

I'm still on 2023.12, I was intending to make the upgrade along with the move due to the involved downtime. I really need to get this transferred right away because I need to have the server on my desk shut down in the next day or two... can y'all help be figure out how to get past this error message and get the storage transferred up?

shiri,

@andy I need to migrate to S3 because of space constraints on the destination.

shiri,

@andy It's in local storage because it won't fit on the database 😭

In my setup the database is stored locally on a replicated ZFS volume between two servers while the image storage is remotely stored on NFS

shiri,

Out of desperation and lack of better answers... I've done a find delete on the storage folder of anything that hasn't been touched in 60 days... that cut down the usage drastically and the S3 move seems to have completed successfully.

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