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xgranade

@xgranade@wandering.shop

Sometimes I write intimate eschatologies or words about technology and math. Sometimes I make things by burning them with light or squeezing them through a small, hot tube. Sometimes I push water with a stick while sitting in a tiny boat.

If you're looking for my business account, go check out https://social.dual-space.solutions/@cgranade!

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eniko, (edited ) to random
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it's only called copilot+ pc in the redmond, washington region of the USA, otherwise it's just sparkling spyware

glyph, to random
@glyph@mastodon.social avatar

Always struggling to describe what I am doing for ‘work’, but people don’t seem to like ‘my reach exceeds my grasp’ as an answer to that question, despite how accurate it is

mcc, (edited ) to random
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I don't know if I can communicate to cis people the horror of going through the wrong puberty. Your body is being turned against you from the inside and it goes on for years. The transphobic wedge strategy decrees there are no legitimate trans folk under 16, so puberty blockers are a kind of compromise— freezing the poison in your blood in place until you turn 16 and are allowed medical self-determination. The Conservatives have made even this half-mercy a criminal act. https://lgbt.io/@gendercensus/112564150066141141

annaleen, to Seattle
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Tonight, in Seattle, the book tour continues ... I'll be at Town Hall Seattle with the luminous and brilliant Lindy West, talking about how to recognize psyops and maybe even defuse them -- using stories! Tickets available here: https://townhallseattle.org/event/annalee-newitz-with-lindy-west/

I am standing with a copy of my book in front of pale silk curtains with gold embroidered paisley patterns. I feel like I'm in an episode of Bridgerton, except I have very short hair and I'm wearing a plain white t-shirt.

br00t4c, to random
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Silicon Valley Goes Full MAGA in 2024

https://gizmodo.com/silicon-valley-tech-bros-goes-full-maga-in-2024-1851521932

annaleen, to random
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Seattle! I'm on my way to you on the train! Tomorrow I'll be talking about "Stories Are Weapons" with Lindy West at Seattle Town Hall! Get your tickets now! https://townhallseattle.org/event/annalee-newitz-with-lindy-west/

interfluidity, to random
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even if you never use a microsoft product, people you interact with whom you trust, who may intend to respect your confidences, will unwittingly be running recall.

xgranade, to random
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The great contradiction* I keep tripping over when I try to be more mindful about practicing systems thinking is that individual responsibility isn't a good model of systemic change, but also systems are comprised of individuals and do not change without individual action.

(*Not actually a contradiction, just seems like it at first glance.)

aeva,
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@xgranade I think the reason a lot of individual responsibility efforts fall apart (besides when the causes or primary causes of a problem aren't individual decisions) is because they mostly seek to get random people to do something more or less in isolation of one another rather than approaching the solution as a collective effort that needs to be organized directly

mcc, to random
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Here's what really scares me about "Recall" (the Windows 11 total surveillance feature):

Awhile back Apple introduced client-side image scanning to iCloud. There was a huge backlash and they rolled it back. But now that it's been demonstrated "possible" once, EU states are trying to legislate requiring it.

There's a huge backlash to "Recall". Maybe it will be changed or cancelled. But now that it's "possible", how long until governments start trying to legislate every OS have this feature?

whitequark, to random
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> It doesn't matter if I make a dozen "how to disable recall" tutorials. The second YOUR data shows up on someone ELSE'S screen, it's in THEIR recall database.

this has nothing to do with microsoft recall! anybody you send stuff to can have it compromised. you message your high school friend, she gets caught at a protest, now cops have all that data

you can never control the data you give to somebody else, recall or not

mjg59, to random
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The "Recall can't record DRMed video content" thing is because DRMed video content is entirely invisible to the OS. The OS passes the encrypted content to your GPU and tells it where to draw it, and the GPU decrypts it and displays it there. It's not a policy decision on the Recall side, it's just how computers work.

mcc,
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@mjg59 "How computers work" was a policy decision by Microsoft

18+ xgranade, to random
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Some positive stuff on this list, but I'm really fucked up at the relaxation of rules against police engaging reckless high-speed chases, and the new "parental bill of rights."

> Beginning Thursday, officers can pursue someone if they have reasonable suspicion a person has violated any law.

https://fenetre.dev/@rochelle/112560339683595652

18+ glyph,
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@xgranade I know that we all need to do our part and engage with the process and be good citizens and whatnot

but, also, equally validly

the people who keep making it so we HAVE TO develop these strategies and HAVE TO find ways to manage limited energy to engage in a constant hypervigilant defensive crouch just so we or our friends don't get erased from public life by the state — those people should get rekt. just fuck off to the surface of the sun.

18+ xgranade, to random
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Trump indeed did encounter a different criminal justice system: namely, one that works broadly like it does in the textbooks, and that is mostly fair in the ways that we are told to believe it is fair.

That is not the criminal justice system that most of the rest of us would likely encounter.

18+ glyph,
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@xgranade "if it could happen to me it could happen to you" GOOD! if I were ever unfairly accused and THIS were the justice system I had to contend with, I would have confidence that I could easily clear my name

18+ glyph,
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@xgranade preach. this is infuriating when listening to his cultists do their cult thing right now, talking about unfairness and persecution and whatever, like, if this is what the justice system were like, I don't know if I would be nearly so critical of it. this is a version of justice that might be good, actually. not because someone I don't like got got, but because they took appropriate care and concern for the fair balance of rights and responsibilities.

18+ glyph,
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@xgranade I don't know a whole lot about this, but my impression is that a "bad" public defender who "doesn't care" is almost certainly a product of a system designed to grind them into mulch; much like a "bad" nurse who is working double doubles for weeks in a row. It's not that they "don't care" about your COVID infection / your arraignment, it's that they've been pushed past the physical capacity of a human being to care about anything

18+ rachaelspooky, to random
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okay so some of you might have seen that Palmer Luckey has launched his own Gameboy clone, an FPGA console called the ModRetro Chromatic. you may remember another FPGA Gameboy, the Analogue Pocket, a console i own and greatly enjoy and endorse.

for those who dont know, Palmer Luckey (in increasing badness):

  • at one point worked for Facebook
  • donates vast sums of money to Trump
  • founded Anduril, a war drone company

that alone should be reason enough to never touch this thing.

unfortunately, the thing also includes an officially licensed Tetris game. so i wanted to provide some alternatives to people who were interested in playing a "modern" tetris on a portable device. dont even pirate the rom of it, play these instead.

  • first off, you dont need an FPGA like this or the Analogue Pocket, you can get a comfy emulator device for a sixth of the cost that supports more consoles. dont spend money you dont have.
  • the best gameboy tetris is the homebrew clone Apotris. it is by far the most extensive in feature set and i play it daily. i dont care for the default visual settings but the customization is incredible. https://akouzoukos.com/apotris
  • if you have a soft spot for the old gameboy tetris of yore, theres Rosy Retrospection, a mod that brings several modern conveniences while keeping the original spirit. https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5813/
  • it also has a color version. https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/8259/

please do not give this monster money, and do not give his tetris the time of day. fan projects deserve your attention more than a warmonger's vanity project.

ppossej, to ai
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Microsoft Copilot helpfully summarizing an obvious phishing email, without alerting that it's a phishing email!

xgranade, to random
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Advice for folks curious about learning Linux after reading Microsoft or other tech news: if you have a Steam Deck, try launching its desktop mode. That is, for the most part, a traditional Linux desktop out of the box.

moira, to Seattle
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okay I'm not sure how to get the attention of any local people involved with the network BUT

a localtalk-talking laserjet just showed up on Free Stuff on Seattle craigslist and I thought maybe someone might be interested:

https://seattle.craigslist.org/est/zip/d/mill-creek-vintage-hp-laserjet-2100m/7753245455.html

mcc, to random
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A thread that asks some questions https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/112551690026179163

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(Additionally, the WXYZ 7 News Detroit article linked in the first post will make you feel… not good about the American justice system.)

mcc, to random
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Idea I am not sure whether I like: Normalize saying "200" as a response to "how are you doing?", as in "200 OK". In this proposal this would be a somewhat weaker alternative to saying "okay" because it communicates only "no active errors". "How are you doing?" "Nominal"

glyph,
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@xgranade @mcc Fun fact. My dad once attended a work function where his manager told him that he was not allowed to complain about problems within earshot of clients. Therefore when asked "how are you" he said "Can't complain." And then kept saying it for another decade or so. With this innovation in social technology, those in similar situations can now use the much clearer and semantically rich "204 No Content".

randahl, to random
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You too can buy a Tesla, and support the main share holder Elon Musk, who abuses his social media platform to convince his 185 million followers, that the US justice system is corrupt, because his favorite criminal is brought to justice.

Or you could buy from a different car brand.

annaleen, to Engineering
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I'm writing an article that deals in part with the career of MIT civil engineering prof John B. "Bud" Wilbur, class of '26. Did you or any of your mentors/elders know him? Please get in touch!

AlSweigart, to random
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    soweliniko, to random

    The ticket gate that transes your gender

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