@cheeaun Hey, wondering what the little moon graphic on the 1min means.

@adamgreenfield Oh, I'll never tell. Wouldn't want a cease and desist!

Rheinmetall made my dream product come true: Invisible EV charging.

No giant charging stations in a million colors polluting the visual experience of every city. Just a discrete socket in the curb.

Please, could we agree that this future is SO much better?

Updated version of LeafLine is now available via www.willcycle.com/leafline.
Though I'm keeping the app at Version 1.0 (I'll only start incrementing version NRs once published via the Play Store) this is actually the 92nd incarnation of the app.
It should be fully useable for either Masturbation, or Bluesky, or both at once.
I'm very happy with the current state of the app, and unless anyone else can identify something that needs fixing, this may well be the version that is published via (1/2)

@lapcatsoftware @alcinnz Yes, but I also see people saying “Oh well there’s no morally perfect option and I can’t do anything about the powerful, therefore I needn’t do anything to try to make better moral choices”. Personal action and ire towards the powerful aren’t either/or.

@kimcrawley @drahardja I am blind. At the beginning of this AI trend I was happy about image generation and even got the illusion "I can create visuals" but then it has no control. I usually interact with an AI trained for blind, it's called "be my AI", to describe images. So I could generate pics, then have them described. But it can easily allucinate. If I generate images, I have no full control on them anyways, so I do what I can do: WRITE.

I use however AI coding feature when I have to satisfy some needs that aren't covered by free or even paid software: too many "traditional" developers, especially in the linux environment, DO NOT THINK of accessibility; many collaboration systems such as OnlyOffice for example, despite statements, have very poor accessibility issues and most answers are "do it yourself if you need" so, for building custom tools, AI has increased self-determination for us.

I know many vibe-coding blind folks creating and sharing software, some very good, other very poor. But I work in different way - aware of how much dirty code there is, and how many vulnerabilities I could spread, I play on my own covering my needs, and stop.

The exception for images though, comes with Castopod: I could build a podcast, audio version of my written contents, or even some audio demos, and federate it with Castopod. But guess what? For RSS reasons, you MUST include a 1400x1400 cover image. Even if the visual content is completely useless for readers/listeners, the paradox is that I could independently do whatever with audio, but the mandatory picture prevents me from even creating a podcast! So? I would need a sighted person just for image or... There could be AI generator.
But, fanatic folks like you, MANIPULATING us with guilt, say "if you generate image content with AI I wouldn't even read", are creating a barrier to people using AI as an assistant for disability. Like saying "don't enter with your guide dog, I'm afraid of dogs".
Environmental problems exist. Dangerous authoritarian politicians and tech leaders exist. Privacy issues as well.
But, what fucking alternatives do we have as blind people? Who on Fediverse has ever been worried of "let's create a 24 hours available human-driven worldwide photo description network?" No one. Be My Eyes has videocall volunteering (centralized) since 2014, BeMyAI exists since 2023, but humans (SIGHTED humans) are always ready to criticize and place boundaries, without proposing real alternatives for us, allowing the mentioned tech leaders with no regards for humanity and environment, to make us (vulnerable people) dependant on them.
Too many "no AI" movement folks are worse than taliban.
Am I a taliban pro-AI? No. I know its limits, its dangers, but when it can work as an aid, I do not want folks around behaving like my parents did when I was a child "eat, baby. Empty that bowl! Think of African kids of your age, dying for hunger!" F. Off. Heartfelt.

@matthewcassinelli I’ve followed Federico for something like half a decade on this platform. I’ve featured MacStories in screenshots and feature announcements. I believe it is kinder to him to let him know when he’s made a wrong turn than to silently move on, as it gives him a chance to course correct.

Ecstatic to find my Hot Type upfront on the history table at the wonderful @labyrinth_books of Princeton. Hey nearby friends, if you're tempted to buy it, that'd be a great place to pick up an autographed copy (and get them to reorder😎... always be sellin').