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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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dannotdaniel , to random
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mastodon dot social is "filtering notifications" on an account that I have deliberately followed - several times now I think.

I love the overall moderation but this in particular feels a bit broken

miah ,
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@BeAware @dannotdaniel ahahaahahhah

nixCraft , to random
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No more WFH. Please come back to the office for the amazing culture & benefits! It is mandatory now.

The office:

miah ,
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@nixCraft time to bring in a percolator and let it bubble on your desk. Tell your office mates they are welcome to use it. Create chaos.

miah , to random
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Remember kids:

IRC is free.
IRC is a open standard.
You can run your own IRC server.
IRC doesn't collect data on you and sell it.
You can still moderate your channels via invite, voice, and ban modes.
You can run a server on a 486.
IRC doesn't try to up sell you on "nitro".
IRC doesn't need to make money to make some VC happy.

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 "-(@)".

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

wdlindsy , to random
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"Happy Holy Week!

Now you can celebrate the most important time of the Christian calendar by buying your copy of the 'God Bless the USA' Bible and doing your part to Make America Great Again!

In a stunningly blatant display of white Christian nationalism, Donald Trump is encouraging his followers to buy a pro-America Bible in partnership with singer Lee Greenwood…."

~ Jemar Tisby

https://jemartisby.substack.com/p/trump-wants-you-to-buy-the-god-bless

miah ,
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@wdlindsy What even is a Golden Cow?

rbreich , to random
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"We're on pace for $10 billion+ in political ads on the 2024 election, an all-time high.

State political ad buys ahead of the Iowa caucuses broke records.

Outside groups have already dumped ~$318 million into the elections.

Folks, we need to overturn Citizens United."

miah ,
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@rbreich I guess we need to "vote harder" eh? lol

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