Xeno Danger Evil @XenoDangerEvil@dpw.social
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I worked for the burningman project as Department of Public Works for 16 or so years. I have been programming since I was 12 and this is my 1st forray into social media. Here's hoping federation lives up to its promises!
Joined Jan 2023
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Every consumer AI story is a Scooby Doo episode where they pull off the mask at the end to reveal that it was actually underpaid human labor all along.
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@alice i love it. Personally it's strange for me. I suppose if I grew up now rather than the 80's/90's I might identify as non binary but there wasn't much of a term or community for me at the time. I've definitely been called slurs even though I'm a straight white guy, I just never did things that boys are supposed to do. I am still mostly masculine but I just don't think any societal roles fit me very well. So I guess punk rock was the thing that let me feel like myself.
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Someone actually built a Chrome extension to "Hide annoying Google AI Overviews". LOL. Right now it only has 2,000 users, but I wouldn't be surprised if it reaches millions in a few months when SGE (Search Generative Experience) will be rolled out globally. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hide-google-ai-overviews/neibhohkbmfjninidnaoacabkjonbahn Duckduckgo is also releasing similar tech using AI .
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In case you missed it, there are many Mastodon apps for old computers from the 1980s & 1990s:
#AppleII
https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/mastodon-for-apple-ii
#AppleMacintosh (pre-OS X)
https://github.com/smallsco/macstodon
#Commodore64
https://github.com/Havoc6502/MOStodon
Commodore #Amiga
https://github.com/BlitterStudio/amidon
#MSDOS
https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon
#MVS
https://github.com/mainframed/BREXXTODON
:Palm_OS: #PalmOS
https://github.com/knickish/heffalump
:windows95: #Windows95
https://github.com/meyskens/mastodon-for-workgroups
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Palantir is an evil company, and its CEO showed at a conference that he is a supremely evil person.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/17/ai-weapons-palantir-war-technology
(Also, right on brand that a New York Times commentator moderated the panel and helped Karp avoid serious questions from one of only two reporters who bothered to attend.)
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I grew up in the 1950s, as vaccines were becoming common.
Mt friends and I got very sick from measles, mumps, whooping cough and more. They were called "the usual childhood diseases".
The worst were my friends in iron lungs for life, from polio.
I just don't understand this anti-vaccine phenomenon.
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Building a coffee grinder and drip brewer into a giant PC case is relevant to my interests
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Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics (1942): '1st Law: A robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.'
#AI (2024): 'Whatevs.'
Money-grubbing tech bros didn't even manage the 1st law, ffs. Now the weaselly disclaimers appear: 'Results may or may not be true. Lol.'
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Some people have a visual impairment that makes them think the sink is the dishwasher.
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I worked for the burningman project as Department of Public Works for 16 or so years. I have been programming since I was 12 and this is my 1st forray into social media. Here's hoping federation lives up to its promises!
Joined Jan 2023
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