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tomwinzig

@tomwinzig@mastodon.social

Autonomous Programmer

2018–Present: Building Diagnostic Network.
1995–2017: Built iATN.

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thomasfuchs, to random
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I occasionally check if Google has cured itself from AI-brain rot, alas this is a screenshot from just now

tomwinzig,
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@jamwil @aer @thomasfuchs it’s not fake, he’s just using the old 3.5 model

Popehat, to random

I don't post on here much any more, or monitor it much, so probably better to find me on Bluesky if you need me.

De gustibus etc. No platform is perfect. But I feel more comfortable there, and less like I'm likely to get screamed at for using Latin without a CW or something.

tomwinzig,
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@Popehat been on the waitlist for months? Years? Craziest onboarding process ever

ophiocephalic, to FediPact

Interesting new details have emerged concerning planned machinations for Meta's takeover of the fediverse. The information was revealed at a "data dialogue" in San Francisco on the subject of "Meta’s Threads Interoperating in the Fediverse".

An account at this blog post: https://reb00ted.org/tech/20231208-meta-threads-data-dialogue/

And more info in this Masto thread: https://mastodon.cloud/@joemcl/111566221062518491

It seems that the plan is to gradually roll federation out in stages over the next year. The most telling reveal is in the screenshotted toot by Meta advocate Evan:

"Also, as far as I could tell, the most important use case for them is that a creator could move from Threads to their own server, even if they get de-platformed. I think the major motivator here is Mark Zuckerberg having to go testify in front of Congress twice a year or whatever, and getting grilled by conservative Congresspeople about de-platforming. Being able to say, you can get kicked off Threads but keep your followers, is a big win in this situation."

If correct, the impression here is that Meta is interested in ActivityPub's account portability, so they can offload problematic fascists to the fediverse without too much disgruntlement. They see the fedi as a dumping ground into which they can externalize toxic users without having to either moderate them on their own server, or provoke them by wiping out their social graph.

In Zuckerberg's scheme, our community is to become a landfill for fascism.

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tomwinzig,
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@ophiocephalic If what you're saying is true — that a popular node on the Fediverse can centralize and control it — it speaks very poorly of the Fediverse design.

Last I checked, stevecase@aol.com didn't end up centralizing and controlling the web, either.

I look forward to being able to follow and interact with organizations and others that are starting out on Threads, just like I enjoyed being able to email and interact with my uncles and aunts from AOL in the old days…

tomwinzig,
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@ophiocephalic So the Fediverse was created to enable exactly what Meta is doing, but now we're going to get mad about it? I am not understanding the logic in all this angst.

This reminds me of when AOL started more fully embracing internet interoperability, and there was a lot of pearl-clutching and reactionism.

I welcome a popular new entrant to the open Fediverse, even though I’m not a fan of Facebook as an organization.

codinghorror, to random

“A decent rule of thumb is that all cryptocurrency exchanges are doing crimes, and if you’re lucky your exchange is doing only process crimes.” https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-06-06/the-sec-comes-for-crypto

tomwinzig,
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@codinghorror Yeah I was disappointed in Brian's response to this brouhaha as well as the one related to how they handled employees that weren't happy about their "no politics at work" type policies, and tweeted at him and coinbase at the time as well (now deleted with my account).

It just hasn't translated into "I don't trust this company" quite yet.

tomwinzig,
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@codinghorror can’t read more than the first paragraph due to paywall, but just in that first paragraph the author states that all cryptocurrency exchanges are violating securities laws, which, isn’t that what the lawsuit is going to determine?

tomwinzig,
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@codinghorror oh no, oh nooo

tomwinzig,
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@codinghorror hmm on second thought... ;-)

caseynewton, to random
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A partial list of the bread-and-butter posts of today’s digital media companies that, I think, are about to be automated away by mediocre AI tools.

Which ones did I miss?

And what should newsrooms do with AI?

https://www.platformer.news/p/what-should-newsrooms-do-with-ai

tomwinzig,
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@caseynewton There's a joke here somewhere about people using LLMs to turn bullet points into articles, and other people using LLMs to turn those articles back into bullet points.

daringfireball, to random
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Rotten Tomatoes Is Rotten
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/09/06/rotten-tomatoes-is-rotten

tomwinzig,
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@daringfireball what I don’t get is why someone hasn’t figured out how to show me customized ratings based on my own cohort of like-minded viewers

daringfireball, to random
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My Current Action Button Shortcut: Mute Toggle When Face Down, Otherwise Launch Camera
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/09/22/current-action-button-shortcut

tomwinzig,
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@daringfireball @gruber you have an Apple Watch but leave ringer on for your phone?

tomwinzig,
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@gruber

Excuse Me Wow GIF by Mashable

daringfireball, to random
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Custom Domain Names as Bluesky Handles — Fun Feature, and Now a Business Model
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/07/06/bluesky-domain-names

tomwinzig,
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@daringfireball you buried the lede … it’s not pronounced “blue sky”??

arstechnica, to random
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Elon Musk’s new AI model doesn’t shy from questions about cocaine and orgies

xAI positions sarcastic AI assistant to counterbalance buttoned-up ChatGPT.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/11/elon-musks-new-ai-model-doesnt-shy-from-questions-about-cocaine-and-orgies/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

tomwinzig,
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@arstechnica oh good a sarcastic robot

paul, to random
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Quick get your super ultra wide QD-OLED while you can!
https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/monitors/gaming/49-odyssey-oled-g95sc-dqhd-neo-quantum-processor-pro-0-03ms-240hz-curved-smart-gaming-monitor-ls49cg954snxza/

tomwinzig,
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@paul Showing me $2199

daringfireball, to random
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CT Scans Reveal the Complexity of Apple’s $129 Thunderbolt Cable
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/10/25/apple-thunderbolt-cable

tomwinzig,
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@alec @daringfireball same @gruber

macrumors, to random
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Twitter Rolling Out Support for Picture-in-Picture on iOS https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/30/twitter-picture-in-picture/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

tomwinzig,
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@macrumors

video/mp4

cabel, to random
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damn i just started this game and i'm already stumped at the first puzzle. can anybody tell me where the tw/c button is

tomwinzig,
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@cabel I showed Bard your photo and asked it where the TW/C button is. 🤯

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macrumors, to random
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Apple Looking to Save Space in Future iPhones With Thinner Circuit Boards https://www.macrumors.com/2023/09/26/apple-looking-to-save-space-with-thinner-pcbs/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

tomwinzig,
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@macrumors Tetraprism + Thinner Boards = No Camera Bulge?

paul, to random
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I accidentally another mini.

tomwinzig,
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@paul thrown in the garage for a while

enviousmaroon, to random Russian

@christianselig would you update Apollo app with ability to set Reddit token by user?

tomwinzig,
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@christianselig sorry if you answered this elsewhere, but do you have any plans to open source Apollo’s code? Or any plans to reuse it as a basis to build for other platforms?

cabel, to random
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PAX was incredible… but this was the true highlight. So blessed to be located near the Idahoan booth, and get a chance to try their brand new Potato Shreds®

tomwinzig,
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@cabel Fuck everything, we’re doing 5 tines.

daringfireball, to random
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Apple’s Phil Schiller Refuses to Fix App Review and “Needs to Get His Meaty Paws Off the App Store” - Mobilegamer.biz
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/06/23/shoemaker-schiller

tomwinzig,
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@daringfireball Hey @pschiller … Octagon undercard?

paul, to random
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I’m not big into (non computing) luxury items. But when my Opal 1.0 ice maker broke, I lasted about 4 days before ordering another one. Now with Wi-Fi for some reason.

tomwinzig,
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@paul Looks like this is "WhyFi”

arstechnica, to random
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Rest in peace, neglected iTunes Movie Trailer app and website

Once a popular spot, the long-standing service has been buried in the TV app.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/rest-in-peace-neglected-itunes-movie-trailer-app-and-website/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

tomwinzig,
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@arstechnica just 12 taps on the remote to navigate to trailers now. Awful. Opens up an opportunity for third party devs though

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