I think it's a shame as a society we don't talk about our sex lives more. Like, as much as I love cheering people on for a great parkrun or new bench number, or doing great art or making great code, I wish my feed was also full of "wow, just had a marathon sex session" or "best orgasm/play of my life!" Or "lovely Sunday sex followed by coffee & radio 6". Making love should be celebrated not hidden. It is art, it's physical endurance, it's joyful. Why are we so scared of talking about it?

"Comment, du XIXe siècle à nos jours, les alertes scientifiques sur le dérèglement climatique ont été ignorées, sous la pression des milieux politiques et économiques. Éclairant notre présent en péril, un exposé historique implacable, nourri de passionnants témoignages d'experts" https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/117174-001-A/fuck-la-planete-1-3/

I'm getting a bit frustrated with the various Mastodon apps for Android.

Tusky doesn't support quote posts, and scrolling is janky.
Fedilab scrolling also stutters.
Pachli doesn't group notifications.
Mastodon official doesn't let you swipe between the tabs or customise them much.

I'm on a Pixel 8 Pro - so scrolling performance shouldn't be this bad!

What's your favourite #Android app for the Fediverse that you personally use on a regular basis?
(Not interested in websites / PWA thanks.)

AI systems are stochastic parrots. They mix and match what they have learned by reading what we have produced over the decades.

Some people have told me that AI systems suggest solutions similar, or identical, to those I was already suggesting in some posts on my blogs back in 2020, 2021, 2022... before the AI era. And yet, every now and then, someone writes to me saying that one of my blog posts from back then is "clearly AI generated because AI suggests the same method".

This phenomenon is becoming fairly recurring, and I know at least two people who have stopped contributing publicly to Open Source and education because they got tired of being accused of producing slop.

If we want to stay away from all this, if we want to demonstrate that AI is harmful and not a solution, shouting at anything that "might look AI generated, and often isn't" is not how we solve the problem. Let's produce good content. Let's explain the long term cost of all this. Let's do useful things. Let's show what the human mind is capable of doing great things.

Because otherwise, we risk the opposite: only AI systems and vibe coders will remain, while everyone else, disgusted, walks away for good from this wonderful world of ours.

If we want a world with less AI slop, let’s not make it unbearable for humans to create.

#AI #Tech #IT

@hajovonta lol

The US just designated an Italian hacker collective (similar to Riseup) a terrorist organization. Please read this article about Autistici/Inventati, which I’ve reposted from Sabot Media https://micahflee.com/the-server-called-paranoia-defend-autistici-inventati/

#OffTheGrid accounts to follow:

REPAIR IT YOURSELF
@iFixit - Guides to repairing things yourself including electronics, appliances, vehicles, tools etc

GROWING YOUR OWN FOOD
@the_loop_farmer - Videos on how to grow your own food
@opensourcegardens - Org encouraging use of open source seeds

HOME RENEWABLES
@evcc - Free open energy management system for solar charging home storage & vehicles
!@fedihouse - Discussion group about making houses more self-sufficient with renewables etc

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@dansup @pixelfed

I am on pixelfed.ie and that server seems to need an upgrade. Server not compatible or unavailable.

@fesshole entirely justified

I love gravy, so I dissolve extra gelatin in it and set it in the fridge. I add a slice or a few spoons of it to my cheese and onion sandwich for lunch. Sometimes I just open the fridge and have a spoonful of gravy jelly.

1. Debian Developer resigns from the project in response to the recent vote to allow generative AI use within Debian.
2. A member of the debian-devel mailing list sends the message at left in response.
3. I just sent the message at right in response to that.
#Debian #Linux #AI

@TheConversationUS
Ladies and gentlemen, the new Saddam Hussein. We'll make war on him in a couple of decades, too.

This from @stronglang has cheered me out of my despond.

“We want the site to remain the exclusive product of human effort and character – not becacked by something that anyone can toss off (sense 1 or 3) in seconds using a technology built on theft, exploitation, and social and environmental destructiveness.”

I’m so here for the unbecackening. Let’s go.

https://stronglang.wordpress.com/ai-policy/

@DigiDavidex che cavolo di ricordi che si sbloccano!

RE: https://social.lol/@tijs/117178516406091200

​Oh @rwwh , dit komt toevallig goed uit nav ons gesprek hier vanochtend.

@neil
Here, I fixed it for you:

Look, you are not required to put children in the swimming pool.

But nor are you prohibited from doing so.

This swimming pool is entirely neutral on the issue of children in the swimming pool. Children are beautiful and graceful creatures.

If you do put a child in the swimming pool, the child is your responsibility.

Oh, and you don't have to tell anyone if you are putting a child in the swimming pool.

@Snoro

...and those areas are themselves vulnerable to flooding at high tide - so low-lying is Chattogram!

#Chattogram #Bangladesh #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

@growse

I don't think that most of these are new issues, though - and some seem (to me, anyway) somewhat contrived/forced in the context of the issue in discussion (speech to text in particular).

That said, yes, clarity is welcome.