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thomasfuchs

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Maker of nokotime.com • I killed Flash (with scriptaculous) • #astrophotography, #retrocomputing, #cats •
BLM. Ally. He/Him.

I've been on Mastodon since 2017, but recently migrated here.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. For a complete list of posts, browse on the original instance.

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Don’t see that often in the store

thomasfuchs OP ,
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@futurebird put it saved searches on eBay, you can probably snap it up for not too much if you’re patient and wait for a bargain

thomasfuchs , to random
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GPT-5 will have high student debt and face a volatile job market with a high chance of getting exploited

thomasfuchs , to random
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Hi, if you want to “save children”, instead of performative bullshit how about you ban guns, make paid parental leave mandatory, have single-payer healthcare for everyone, provide free daycare and kindergarten, ban corporal punishment at schools, make higher education free and make food free at schools.

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Whatever you think about spray painting Stonehenge: it did work to get climate change into the news

thomasfuchs , to random
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Such surprise
Very shocker
Much unexpected

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-image-brand-backlash-1235040371/

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Please tell me about obscure early digital cameras that I haven’t heard about.

thomasfuchs , to random
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This weekend is VCF Southwest.

And VCF can go fuck themselves for, again, inviting David Murray (he runs a large YouTube channel and he is a Sandy Hook-truther and gun fanatic) to speak.

And no, I'm not going to stop speaking out about this shit. Because enablers are just as bad as the perps.

(I will block you if you bothsides this shit in my replies.)

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Meanwhile...

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RIP Lynn Conway, what a legend

https://news.engin.umich.edu/2024/06/the-legacy-of-lynn-conway-chip-design-pioneer-and-transgender-rights-advocate/

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Apple just doesn't understand. Developers don't want a better way to port their games to Mac and all the Apple silliness. Players want a way to play the 10,000 windows game on a Mac. That will sell more Macs than anything else. You lost the gaming war. Make Proton for the Mac and sell a lot more Macs.

thomasfuchs ,
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@vampiress @grumpygamer Apple could buy Valve and do the funniest thing (discontinue Steam on Windows)

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Don’t stop at AI, make the Internet opt-in too

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My wishlist for WWDC:

  • Admit defeat on the largely failed iPhone experiment and instead replace it with new Newton devices
  • Announcement of a transition back to the PowerPC architecture
  • New iPods
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Hmm

A HP-01 computer wristwatch from 1977

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Me: "Eyewitness reports say Israel dressed as civilians and aid workers for the hostage rescue operation; which is a war crime under the Geneva convention article 37 (1) c. [and other sections]"

Them: "We need irrefutable proof! This is hear-say!"

Me: "Israel has a history of disguising soldiers as non-combatants, here's a video of some dressed up as doctors raiding a hospital with assault rifles earlier this year."

Them: "This makes no sense to me, therefore you must be wrong."

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Dressing up troops as humanitarian aid workers is a war crime and a direct violation of the Geneva convention, but who’s counting

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Fantastic to see some people acknowledge that maybe AI is bullshit.

I’ll let you in on a secret: almost anything the tech industry comes up with is bullshit.

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So a while ago eBay introduced AI-generated descriptions, which works exactly as well as you’d expect: not at all.

The main effect has been that descriptions on eBay from private sellers are now largely useless as they don’t bother to write anything themselves but let AI write empty paragraphs of absolute midness that don’t tell you anything.

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What a photo

Deep Impact

thomasfuchs , to random
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Looking for the CD-ROM for the Veo Photo Traveler for Pocket PC, couldn’t find it online (but found a photo of the CD!)

These are drivers for a digital camera that’s attached to a Pocket PC CF card from 2002.

Anyone have this CD and can make an ISO or knows where to find it online?

(Please RT)

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If you hear any wistful, longing sighs coming from somewhere in Sydney’s inner-west, I was just stuck looking at Leica’s web site and ogling cameras I am unlikely to be able to afford except by act-of-goddess.

Do I need a Leica Q2 Monochrom? No. However…

I blame my metamour, who let me briefly use his Leica. They feel so -good-.

thomasfuchs ,
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@vampiress if you get the chance try e.g. the M9

thomasfuchs , to random
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Alito: “If I took a shit in our living room, it would be illegal for my wife to remove it. I am very clever.”

thomasfuchs , to random
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Look what progress took from us

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PSA: There’s images and videos of war atrocities going around.

Reminder that looking at these can seriously and permanently harm your mental health.

You’re not helping anyone by traumatizing yourself.

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how does edward scissorhands use the bathroom

thomasfuchs ,
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@RikerGoogling he knows some shortcuts

thomasfuchs , to random
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Petition for Kissinger to die again, we could use good news

thomasfuchs , to random
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Imagine a social network where you can configure parameters for your replies, like limiting to one reply per person and 50 characters max

thomasfuchs , to random
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Wonder how long it will take for “to google something” to disappear from the language…

…or maybe it will take up a meaning of “utterly destroying a useful thing for sheer greed”.

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It's 2024 and I'm REALLY wishing my vinyl turntable also played CDs.

thomasfuchs ,
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@vampiress well combination units do exist

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Just sayin’ it’s nice to see one of the big AI players saying out loud what I’ve been saying: generative AI is fundamentally broken and cannot be fixed. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

https://futurism.com/the-byte/ceo-google-ai-hallucinations

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1980s: Personal computers! So you don't have to use a mainframe! Independence!

2000s: Web services! So you're dependent on a handful of mainframes! Annoying if one is offline, but you can still get stuff done.

2020s: AI! So you're dependent on a single mainframe that serves everyone world-wide! Too bad if it goes down.

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USA! USA! USA!

Google search: “which us presidents went to university of Wisconsin-Madison” Al Overview Thirteen US presidents have attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW- Madison) and earned 59 degrees: • Andrew Jackson: Graduated in 2005 • William Harrison: Graduated in 1953 and 1974 • John Tyler: Graduated in 1958 and 1969 • Andrew Johnson: Earned 14 degrees, including classes of 1947, 1965, 1985, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, and 2012 • James Buchanan: Graduated in 1943, 2004, and 2013 • Harry Truman: Graduated in 1933 • John Kennedy: Graduated in 1930, 1948, 1962, 1971, 1992, and 1993 • Gerald Ford: Graduated in 1975
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    • thomasfuchs , to random
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    Can we turn the tech industry off and on again

    thomasfuchs , to random
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    OpenAI just outright stole Scarlett Johansson’s voice.

    Microsoft is a major investor in theft.

    If you work there, you enable this.

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    "Last September, I received an offer from Sam Altman, who wanted to hire me to voice the current ChatGPT 4.0 system. He told me that he felt that by my voicing the system, I could bridge the gap between tech companies and creatives and help consumers to feel comfortable with the seismic shift concerning humans and Al. He said he felt that my voice would be comforting to people.
    After much consideration and for personal reasons, I declined the offer.

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    The AI hype sometimes reminds me of 1970s foods.

    People actually thought dishes like “Avocado Jelly Waldorf with Mayonnaise” were decent and a good idea.

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    “In Toronto, the percentage of seven-year-olds fully vaccinated for measles dropped from 80.2 per cent in the 2019-2020 school year to 38.9 per cent in the 2021-2022 school year.”

    It’s child abuse not to vaccinate your children and yourself against deadly diseases.

    https://www.cp24.com/news/child-under-5-dies-of-measles-in-ontario-pho-1.6890989

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    News: Biobot is sunsetting its COVID-19 wastewater public data visualization platform.

    While Biobot will continue to publish their contextualized weekly respiratory risk reports, this represents another decrease in data transparency, and a step in the wrong direction.

    Source: https://biobot.io/from-raw-data-to-actionable-insights-biobots-evolution-of-public-data-sharing/

    The Future of Biobot’s Public Data: With the abundance of publicly available wastewater data and our shift to contextualized respiratory risk reports, we are sunsetting our public data visualization platform (www.biobot.io/data). This evolution represents Biobot’s commitment to maximizing the value of wastewater data. We believe that by adding context and expert analysis, we can empower individuals, communities, and public health officials to take proactive steps towards a healthier future.
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    thomasfuchs ,
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    @luckytran :/

    thomasfuchs , to random
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    To make something very clear after the dogpiling and death threats I got yesterday:

    You have the right to disagree with and criticize my word choices or opinions.

    You don’t have the right to make me listen to you or respond to you.

    You absolutely, positively don’t have the right to stalk me after I withdraw consent of communication by blocking you, or to threaten my family or friends with violence or death. Fuck you if you do, or if you associate with those who do.

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    PSA: If you have a popular post on here and don't want to get flooded with notifications, Mastodon has a handy "mute conversation" feature.

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    If you’re working at Microsoft or Google—why?

    They’re ruining the web. They’re raping privacy. They’re fucking over small businesses. They’re squeezing their customers. They’re profiteering from police brutality, wars and genocide.

    Why are you working there?

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    It needs to be illegal yesterday for healthcare companies to use any 3rd-party cookies or trackers whatsoever.

    If they want error tracking and analytics they can have on-prem stuff and pay an IT department for.
    https://mastodon.world/@davidpwhelan/112435701549798680

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    This is has been the endgame for years.

    Remember AMP, the bullshit thing that Google used to break news websites with?

    And then quietly removed after the damage was done?

    Washington Post article, "Web publishers brace for carnage as Google adds AI answers: The tech giant is rolling out AI-generated answers that displace links to human-written websites"

    https://archive.is/flZXI

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    Really fantastic work to give in to COVID deniers and antivaxxers, with absolutely no long term consequences

    (via https://bsky.app/profile/octocryptid.bsky.social/post/3kseq2usc4c2b)

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    thomasfuchs ,
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    @ElleGray at first I thought she was holding a sandwich

    thomasfuchs , to random
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    Happy Mothra's Day!

    thomasfuchs , to random
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    As a European I can assure you that is for many Europeans the most political thing they do all year.

    It’s a proxy for many a historical rivalry and friendship between countries; and also always reflects current events.

    The claim it’s “apolitical” is laughable.

    The implosion they’re experiencing is their own fault.

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    Just typical southwestern US desert things like Auroras

    A cactus and the moon and a red aurora
    Cactus landscape and a modern house, and the sky is red

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