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miah

@miah@hachyderm.io

Transgender, Author, Video Game Player, Programmer, UNIX, Fixer of Broken things(self not included); mechanic?; http://pronoun.is/she

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ai6yr, to random
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Couple finds $100,000 in a safe "magnet fishing" in New York. https://abcnews.go.com/US/couple-finds-safe-100000-magnet-fishing-queens/story?id=110771629

miah,
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@ai6yr I've watched a few of these videos on Youtube and the amount of trash pulled from easily accessible locations is astounding! I hope this inspires more people to become citizen recycler's via magnet fishing.

Though I also wish we didn't need citizens to become voluntary waterway cleanup crew. I wish our system was built to take care of our waterways better.

hrefna, to random
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"I miss the old internet, when the cruel people were contained to one or two websites I could ignore"

What internet would that be, exactly?

It certainly wasn't any internet I've been on, and I've been around since the 1990s.

This "nostalgia for the 'heyday of the internet'" almost always seems to be rooted in these rose-colored glasses about how things were.

I won't argue about whether things are better or worse overall, but this idea that the internet was somehow nicer is weird to me.

miah,
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@hrefna Agreed, it certainly wasn't nicer. I don't miss all the "RTFM" comments that used to be everywhere and expected if asking a question on IRC.

miah, to random
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Embedds are over. Youtube, Twitter, Instagram, or whatever links are all basically broken by default now. People using an ad blocker (YOU SHOULD TOO) for the most part see broken bullshit:

Screenshot that shit. Link directly to the item. Fuck their "embedding guidelines" they broke the Internet, they don't get to make the rules.

A embedded twitter link in an article just shows up as a "-(@)".

ai6yr, to sustainability
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AP: More people make ‘no-buy year’ pledges as overspending or climate worries catch up with them https://apnews.com/article/no-buy-year-challenge-debt-sustainability-33aeb4dcf90f69fc0804ac88709f2767

miah,
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@ai6yr I haven't quite made a 'no buy year' pledge, but I have made a 'buy it used' pledge that I try to live by. I will always try to buy it used and repair before buying something new.

ai6yr, to random
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Hmm, when did California lose it and start using plastic bags again at grocery stores? The pandemic? For awhile there I thought everyone was using (at the very least) beefier recycled plastic bags instead of throwaway plastic, but apparently someone lobbied someone so people are just buying more disposable plastic bags (at 10 cents a shot) in my neighborhood. 😢

(Nope... I do not go to the grocery store much, LOL).

miah,
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@ai6yr here in MI some restaurants still serve to-go meals in Styrofoam..

miah, to random
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Journalists posting uncritical articles about AI or simply re-posting press releases from AI companies will be the first to be replaced by it.

miah,
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@ai6yr Based on the content I see coming out of arstechnica, I don't think they are 100% AI yet. Though I suspect that their journalists are using AI to generate the content of their article and then editing.

miah,
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@ai6yr I'm seeing it a lot on 'gamer content sites'.

I think I've run into a few 5e D&D sites that follow that similar format of 'how do i ___' that felt ai generated. Basically anything easy to regurgitate.

I've definitely seen it a bunch with random video game sites. Frequently it will be 'somebody on reddit posted about x they found in y game' and the ai has turned that into a article with SEO and ads.

miah, to random
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Ah, the ARRL got hacked and their members database might have been accessed.

https://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-systems-service-disruption

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/arrl-cyberattack-takes-logbook-of-the-world-offline/

miah, to random
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Why couldn't Sonos devices just support the MPD protocol.

thisismissem, to random
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So apparently MacOS 14 isn't available for devices from 2017 — so I'd need to buy a new mac, even though mine works perfectly fine, to use this app (MacOS 13 is still well supported by Apple)

Apparently Apple considers devices “vintage" when they're between 5 and 7 years old; so hardware that works perfectly well from 2017 becomes un-upgradable in 2023/24

I can't see any information on how long Apple will continue to support MacOS Ventura (13)
https://mastodon.social/@sindresorhus/112432845781407658

miah,
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@thisismissem This is a big part of why I stopped supporting MacOS / Apple. Its fine for businesses where they are able to write-off hardware expenses, but not for home users who want a laptop to work for a decade (or more).

I have a very usable thinkpad from 2012 that I still use frequently. My macbook from 2007 still works even! Is it "slow" by todays standards? A little, but I can still do 80% of my work from them.

andrew, to random
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Call me old fashioned but if I was in charge of a candidate's communications I'd advise against disclosing your brain looks like a moth-eaten garment.

miah,
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@andrew presumably somebody was going to leak that info so they tried to get in front to control the narrative. But there is no way to positively spin brain worms when your candidate is out there being extremely unconventional and spewing garbage.

Could they have paid to suppress? I doubt it. That information is literally priceless in 2024.

carnage4life, to random
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Google went from you have to be in Mountain View at least three days a week to do this job to you can do it from India and Mexico in less than a year.

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miah,
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@carnage4life Its almost like these decisions were really about controlling employees..

mcc, to random
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Web traffic analytics company's new figures find that at the moment Windows 10's market share is continuing to go up while Windows 11's market share is actually going down https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-reaches-70-market-share-as-windows-11-keeps-declining/

miah,
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@mcc I think this follows the pattern of every other Windows release being one that people skip because its awful.

Will hold out for Windows12 to upgrade my gaming PC's OS.

ai6yr, to random
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Anyone need a water cooled supercomputer? Maybe put it in your villain's lair? https://gsaauctions.gov/auctions/preview/282996

miah,
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@ai6yr literally a job, they won't just let "anybody" come in and move it.

Current bid is at $50k which is still below reserve, and I bet moving it will cost >$10k too!

dannotdaniel, to random
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https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-biden-dea-criminal-justice-pot-f833a8dae6ceb31a8658a5d65832a3b8

miah,
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@dannotdaniel 4/20 is still the day until its completely legal and not just re-classified as a Schedule III. Its a positive step in the right direction though!

miah,
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@dannotdaniel I feel like we've taken so many steps backwards recently that its good to see one in the right direction. But we have so much more work to do =)

(I apologize for being a 'glass half full of piss' kinda person)

thomasfuchs, to random
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Finally true innovation by ditching the concept of...

...checks notes...

...making new vehicles as a car company.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-vehicles/

miah,
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@thomasfuchs yes... ha ha ha... yes!

realhackhistory, to hacking
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Can anyone help me find references, videos or news reports relating to this, as seen in The Sydney Morning Herald, 7th November 1988?

It concerns a incident and Belgian Prime Minister Wilfried Martens in, I think, October of 1988.

miah,
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@realhackhistory

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-10-22-mn-283-story.html

docpop, to fallout
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Speaking of video game adaptations; I really loved the new series. They nailed the feel of the game, but also delivered some fantastic storytelling. It even made me want to play the first two Fallouts just to get a little more understanding of the show.

I loved it and you might too https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0CN4J59BF/ref=butts

miah,
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@docpop If you don't have the time to play, but want to learn the lore, I recommend 'The Storyteller' on youtubes.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7pGJQV-jlzD17YNNbt103xp0PkkUCoPU&

ai6yr, to ArtificialIntelligence
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Yes, yes, that's a GREAT idea, let's arm robot dogs with flame throwers! Great idea! (they are pitching this for prescribed fire burning for wildfire prevention and "snow and ice removal from driveways"... at least until they find a military buyer, I am sure). https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/company-unveil-robot-dog-companion-with-flamethrower-attached/vi-AA1nvoEb

miah,
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@ai6yr melting snow with fire is extremely inefficient. No way this gets hot enough for long enough to be useful for that application.

miah, to random
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Gentoo Linux has taken a awesome step with a new policy that bans contributions created by AI(LLM) systems.

"It is expressly forbidden to contribute to Gentoo any content that has been created with the assistance of Natural Language Processing artificial intelligence tools. This motion can be revisited, should a case been made over such a tool that does not pose copyright, ethical and quality concerns."

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council/AI_policy

miah, to random
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Oh yuck. Even Gitlab is on the AI hypetrain now. Who needed this or wanted it?

https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-duo/

thisismissem, to random
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I thought y'all were big on freedom of speech, and mass protests are one of the purest forms of that..?

American politics are weird af.
https://mas.to/@kctipton/112276396960750502

miah,
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@thisismissem our southern states are run by the worst people who want to return to the Confederacy.

skinnylatte, to random
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Every day I read news about San Francisco by people who clammer to say the city I live in is too liberal, too progressive, but I dont see any evidence of such claims although I wish they were right

miah,
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@skinnylatte Having recently moved from SF -> Rural Michigan I hear this a bunch. People love to rant on California, and SF specifically, and I love to reality check them.

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