zkat

@zkat@toot.cat

nb. (they/them), boricua, rustacean. newbie artist. co-op nerd. 1312. dev for @banchan. eng @ msft.

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zkat, to random

Who decided to call it the Great Vowel Shift and not the Great Vowel Movement

juliobiason, to random
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What?

zkat,

@juliobiason signing a document is sometimes referred to as “giving it the John Hancock”—a reference to John Hancock’s signature in the US Declaration of Independence

zkat, to random

Does anyone have any recommendations for open source projects or services with cheap APIs that can be used to accurately detect AI-generated images?

zkat,

@janeadams SIGH

So I’m gonna be hosting a co-op for artists to sell art, and I’m basically not gonna have a way to detect violations of the no-AI policy :/

zkat,

@janeadams The specific scenario I'm trying to avoid is people showing up, pretending to be legitimate artists doing hand-drawn digital art, and competing with artists who actually have to take the time to complete work (and to learn and improve their craft). I don't particularly feel like folks who self-train their own models on their own data are an issue here, but I also don't think that's an important enough use case that I need to make absolutely sure to give it a pass (as in, I don't mind it getting caught in false positives)

zkat, to random

Fixed a ton of bugs today, most of which surfaced during the bug bash. Really relieved we found them but kinda frustrated that things are still not quite ready.

12 more bugs to go now, after having gotten to 0 :/

zkat,

@janl I think the bigger feeling is a fear that I haven’t found things that are very important to fix, yet

zkat, to random

OMG I have one more week of paternal leave. I thought I was going back tomorrow. Thank fuck

zkat, to random

@polotek “oh shit”

Welcome to fedi!

zkat, to random

The only way you can get me to support LLMs is if you can convince me they’ll finally accelerate us into a world where we’re breaking into billionaires and removing them as the threat to humanity they increasingly are

zkat,

Dear ChatGPT how do I use you to foment a violent revolution that eliminates the entire executive class

zkat, to random

Re: SAG strike

Obligatory: https://twitter.com/UnionDrip/status/1593093835772809217

zkat,

Anyway solidarity forever with these workers standing up for their needs against people who don’t see them as anything except tools to get themselves richer

zkat, to random

I feel like I haven’t really grown as a developer in the past several years.

I’ve definitely gained new skills (like Rust!) and done a bunch of interesting projects, but nothing that really makes me feel like it reflects someone who’s been doing this for 15 years. They’re just new skills I may as well have learned 10 years ago.

I feel stuck and I feel like I’m not really effectively building on top of the skills I do have. At the same time, my life has become about so much more than my career that I don’t know if I care enough to change this.

zkat,

I think this is prompted by seeing my peers go into more leadership positions, doing serious technical wiring with deep musings, and having them actually show interest in articles waxing poetic about some advanced concepts that I just dgaf about

zkat,

@janl I just feel like I can and should be doing so much more.

zkat,

@esther yeah it always just feels like gaining a new skill is just a horizontal move, rather than adding any depth to my skill set.

Tbh I feel you on leaving the industry. If I had literally any other skills that would support my family this well, I would probably go do that instead. I’m so tired

Migueldeicaza, to random
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Today, we cheer for Oracle:

https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/blog/keep-linux-open-and-free-2023-07-10/

zkat,

@Migueldeicaza

zkat, to random

So is now feature complete. All that’s left is to finish writing some tests and fix whatever comes up while poking around one more time, and we’ll be ready for beta.

✨👯‍♀️✨

zkat, to random

coding stuff that has to do with people's money is just about the most terrifying stuff I've ever programmed and I hope I don't end up in jail or bankrupt

jalcine, to random
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They're making a movie about the man who failed to recolonize Haiti, and I actually have no fucking faith in the media industry at all. (https://jacky.wtf/2023/7/gHSW)

zkat,

@jalcine have they even made a big movie about toussant louverture yet

zkat,

@jalcine wait hold on I just actually looked at the cover. “The Black Napoleon”? That’s their tagline? Seriously?

ablackcatstail, to foss

We need a alternative to . I'd be surprised if one was not already in the works. Etsy seems to take advantage of its merchants so it's time to wrest the power from the corporations and give it to the people.

zkat,

@TerryHancock @ablackcatstail @banchan @coopartisans what do you need? Because there's also @comradery (patreon) and https://ampled.com (spotify) ;)

Lots of us popping up and building that solidarity economy together <3

janl, (edited ) to random
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Heya Berlin tech nerd mutuals, I’m trying something new:

I haven’t seen y’all in literal years and I do miss hanging out, but with varying needs for covid safety, this isn’t happening indoors. I’m also not interested in organising a meetup, but I want us to see each other, so:

Meet me at Zenner beer garden for lunch on Monday July 3rd. I’ll be there 12–14 and you come around whenever it suites you.

Zenner has veggie & vegan food and if you can’t afford the prices, we have a support fund.

zkat,

@janl I have such FOMO about not being in Berlin for this!!

molly0xfff, to random
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well that feels pretty cool. https://bostontechleaders2023.bostonglobe.com/people/molly-white-web3-is-going-just-great/

zkat,

@molly0xfff holy cow congrats!! well deserved. You're absolutely my go-to for keeping up with blockchain garbage potentially coming my way without having to wade through it.

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