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He/him. Web developer for klasse.be, Podcaster with https://mastodon.cloud/@tech45. #ttrpg GM & player. Technology is what makes us human. This is a personal account.

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seachanger, to random
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my message for friends on twitter is: please also post elsewhere occasionally. start dipping a toe here and there, you may find you can stand, after a while, on a different platform. this doesn’t have to be an either-or at the moment. by slowly building a following elsewhere you can help build viability of alternatives and also spread info beyond your current silo…

toon,
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@seachanger removing the Twitter (X 🤷‍♂️) app from your home screen, so it is harder to open, also worked for me. Also, disable its notifications.

jbaert, to random
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Tried to visit Waterloo (the hill + statue) today - somehow never seen it IRL before.

Only way in is through a museum which charges €23 pp, and no dogs allowed.

Nope

toon,
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@jbaert well worth it though, the museum is pretty good (as is the Hougoumont farm).

billmason, to StarTrek
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An excellent thread on why to save Star Trek: Prodigy

(via https://twitter.com/NerdForce5/status/1686121027405819905)

@startrek

toon,
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@jdavidnet @rdviii @billmason @startrek I'd watch a Space:1999 remake too. That show caused a world shortage of beige for years.

toon, to random
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Is it me, or are ready made microwave meals not a thing in Germany?

toon,
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@sarajw went to Edeka and lidl today and the only options were basically frozen pizza and frozen lasagna. Aslo a very limited non-frozen selection at Edeka. The search will continue another day. 🍝

ryanhoulihan, to random
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The car homer designed

toon,
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@ryanhoulihan @lisamelton two years ago, it would've been 'powered by blockchain'

philipdutre, to random Dutch
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Het is iets wat me allang opvalt, maar ook weer de voorbij weken in de kranten. Ondanks dat onze samenleving gedreven wordt door en , komen er slechts weinig ‘opiniemakers’ uit die domeinen. Wel veel mensen uit de politiek of de cultuursector of zelfs de sport, terwijl het intellectueel niveau bij elk vaak bedroevend laag is.

toon,
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@philipdutre beetje rare en gratuite link tussen 'mensen uit niet-tech' en 'laag intellectueel niveau'.

toon,
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@philipdutre ik heb een sterk vermoeden dat dat te kort door de bocht is, ik zou graag de data zien. Mogelijk is er onderzoek over? @lalalalinder

JamesGleick, to ai
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We all have experience with genuine novelty: in art, and in science. Yet Sam Altman seems to be saying originality is an illusion. There is “remix” and there is randomness and that’s all. I think he’s profoundly wrong.

https://mastodon.social/@ricmac/110759107057259579

toon,
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@JamesGleick classic tech-bro arrogance. Probably thinks art is 'a nice hobby'

pallenberg, to milan
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This is the massive hail flow generated by the violent thunderstorms in the
area this morning (July 21, 2023). These are the streets of Seregno: an authentic ice river

source: https://video.corriere.it/oggi/seregno-fiume-ghiaccio-invade-strade-citta/fd7f87d8-27d3-11ee-905a-886de2afaece

a street in a city turned into a massive ice river

toon,
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@pallenberg @dagmarh see, the planet's not warming up, there's ice in Milan /s

axbom, to privacy
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The reason I recommend @duckduckgo as your default search engine is not only about privacy.

Did you know that DuckDuckGo can transfer your query to many thousands of different, subject-specific online search engines?

This could be Google, Wikipedia, IMDB or beyond that: media, forums, shopping or research sites. Or even XKCD.

You control where the search ends up… with a !bang.

https://axbom.com/duckduckgo-bangs/

toon,
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@axbom @duckduckgo Been using DuckDuckGo as my default search engine for years now. It's mostly superior to Google, except for the 'that movie with that guy with the hair, it had a yellow poster, something with a 'W'' kind of queries that require some complex analysis logic.

exchgr, to random
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bluesky: mall punk
threadstagram: 2020s top 40
twitter: racist death metal
facebook: 1970s top 40
mastodon: prog fusion

toon,
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@exchgr
Bluesky: Marilyn Manson
Threads: Classic Rock (family friendly)
Twitter: nazi hardcore festival that Louis Theroux visits.
Facebook: crazy frog
Mastodon: released on bootleg cassette.

futurebird, to random
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"But maybe they are the best apples in the whole garden and that's why he's told you not to eat them? Did you think of that? So selfish! Keeping the very best apples for himself-- you should try one... just to see! That's what I say!"

toon,
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@futurebird @lisamelton that's a weird snake

golgaloth, to worldbuilding
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What conspiracy theories run in your world? Old wive's tales and rumours? Are they all wrong?

toon,
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@golgaloth I have most experience running Things from the Flood, and I generally go with all the X-Files 90s glory. Airbase housing the remains of a crashed ufo? I've got you covered.

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toon,
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@mellifera @BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @horror The ending is also very provocative, I think. Very much an underestimated movie that was ahead of its time.

toon, to random
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This will surely lead to a wave of quality content and reduce the overall need for moderation /s (via The Verge)

MikeRiverso, to bluesky

Bluesky’s having a bit of a moderation crisis, which got me thinking about the ways in which the major Twitter clones approach moderation:

has libertarian “free speech at all costs” moderation.
has puritan neoliberal top-down moderation.
has Nazis-to-the-front anti-moderation.
has a server covenant and vote-with-your-feet, accountable community moderation.

The first three are run by tech-bro billionaires. The latter is not. And it shows.

toon,
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@MikeRiverso I honestly think that in the long run the only sustainable models are Threads (I'd call it the corporate 'Disney approach') and Mastodon's (small, approachable, pragmatic). The whole 'ultimate free speech' idea is just always going to devolve into nastyness because the biggest bullies get free reign and take over.

Sardonicus, to random
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18th century swan wine cooler

https://www.incollect.com/listings/decorative-arts/tablewares/the-coolest-swan-for-your-wine-161363

toon,
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@Sardonicus WANT!

stroobl, to random
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Benieuwd wat er zal gebeuren met die fietsen met cloud integratie als een van de fabrikanten uiteindelijk failliet gaat. https://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/transport/nederlandse-e-biketrots-vanmoof-zit-in-slechte-papieren/10480201

toon,
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@jan @philipdutre @stroobl vanmoof volgens mij ook. Iirc zouden ze moeten blijven werken maar gaan er (logisch) geen updates meer komen aan app of firmware. Wat erg genoeg is. Ik had een collega die 's niet meer weg kon met de fiets omdat zijn smartphone plat was en hij dus het slot niet meer open kreeg. Doe mij dan maar mijn Gazelle van €700.

toon,
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@philipdutre @jan @stroobl ik herinner me nog de voormalige ceo van Netlog die gewoon niet meer wist waar de servers waren. Wel al meer dan 10j geleden, dat.

textfiles, to random
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Thanks to efforts by volunteers Nosamu and bai0, the Internet Archive's flash emulation just jumped generations ahead.

Mute/Unmute works. The screen resizes based on the actual animation's information. And for a certain group who will flip their lid:

We can do multi-swf flash now!

A pile of previously "broken" flashes will join the collection this week.

https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_flash

toon,
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@textfiles We all like to hate on Flash, but preserving the fountain of creativity that it also was is just so important. Thanks! 🎂

luana, to random

Any simple free “linktree”-like pure HTML templates out there? I need to make my website pretty lol

toon,
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@luana I usually whip something up in for stuff like that. Imho it's the perfect mix of flexible and pretty by default.

gruber, to random
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Threads is the most fun, most interesting new product of the year, and no one in the E.U. can use it, or will be able to use it anytime soon, because their own elected officials passed a law that effectively bans it.

Nice job. Have fun over here in the library.

toon,
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@stroughtonsmith @gruber Sounds suspiciously like that 'pesky legislation' standing the way of submarine 'innovation'.

toon,
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@gruber @stroughtonsmith legislation and regulation are not only useful and worth upholding when lives are directly at stake. Laws to regulate banking, vehicle emissions, and, yes, the use of sensitive personal information, all have a place in creating a fair society. Many companies seem perfectly able to abide by those laws, too. Not sure what the technical acumen of Meta has to do with this. It doesn't grant them a free pass, in any case.

Edent, to Dragonlance
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Inside a £30 record player

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/08/inside-a-30-record-player/

toon,
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@Edent @bekopharm a glorious review of a glorious product.

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