@Elizafox points well made.

Re “Just because a human made it without AI, doesn't make it good.”

True, but it is human. And that’s important but hard to quantify.

More broadly, the overall dynamic of AI is acceleration and greater scale. In a time of too much too fast

https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/115836149265349731

@christopherkunz Neutralität ist eine Sache der Unmöglichkeit. Man kann z.B. neutral und 100% faktenorientiert über einen Mord berichten, doch der in anderen Artikeln sich findende Kontext, nämlich das man komischerweise unproportional über Morde berichtet wenn die Mörder Geflüchtete oder Migrant:innen sind, ist selbst dabei nicht bedacht.

Überparteilichkeit, Neutralität, Faktenorientiert: Alles Worte einer unehrlichen Politik. Die schlechteste Politik ist nämlich die, die so tut als sei sie keine.

My kind of café

Privacy isn't a feature, it's a fundamental pillar of platforms that put people first.

As I build the new @pixelfed mobile app, I'm reminded of how many privacy settings we offer, and am really proud of the level of control we offer to our community!

A new Pixelfed era is coming ✨

#Pixelfed #PrivacyIsNotAFeature

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117159662819871806

This is a really good article.

I very recently tried to record some tutorials that I had _subscribed_ to (tutorials on how to play a musical instrument). I wanted to purchase the tutorials outright so I could use them to practice over and over, but the company requires a continual monthly subscription - even to watch the same video over and over.

I figured I have video and audio on my Linux computer.

It should be easy to capture that video and audio.

Well, it's not. Screen capture without audio is easy, but audio capture is not intuitive up front. There are some methods to use the program FFmgep to capture some audio/visual by pulling a video link from the source code of the streaming service, but this service used a codec that actively prevents that. (edit: read - uses some heavy DRM)

I tried to find a decent program to just screenrecord audio and visual as it played on my monitor, but I didn't have much success.

I need to try again.

Otherwise I'll be paying a monthly fee to play the same handful of videos over and over and over again.

And that's silly.

(Edit to add: Absolutely please please please suggest methods to do this in the replies! This is a call for help and all replies and suggestions are requested and consented to! Hahaha!)

Oooh! Found a Pyrrhocoris apterus (Firebug) in our garden 😃
Apparently not usually found in the UK. Cute little bug.

@F30 there has never been a single example of LLMs finding vulnerabilities that cannot be explained as the codebase itself burning a known vuln to force users to update to pull in new and worse vulns

Staring directly into your soul with those big, bright eyes. 🐱 Resting up with a pink nose and curled paws.
#MastoCats #CatsOfMastodon #TabbyCat #CutePets #PetPhotography #FediverseCats

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@cwtch/117158538584742155

Hybrid groups (i.e. @cwtch peer to peer groups where one peer acts as a semi-trusted "host" permitting more flexibility/functionality/efficiency than the existing untrusted infrastructure groups ) has been one of those long running projects for us.

We finally had the ability to focus on it this summer, and I am really excited by what are have put together.

Watch this space 💜

@robinwhittleton I don't think you should be performing coitus in public like that…

Mozilla CEO writes about "AI":

"In a world where companies are forcing AI on users, the most compelling thing Firefox can do is stick with what we do best: give users choice and agency."

No. The best thing you can do is build a browser that works best for the user, that does not alienate them from the Internet and the people building it. This is a dumb attempt to do more "Mozilla does the good AI" PR. But there is no "good AI". And translations are not what people talk about when they say "AI" which that guy knows.

He didn't learn shit from the backlash. This is just "we will do more AI, good AI, until you like it".

https://aed.me/articles/turn-it-off/