evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net
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frequent overthinker, compulsive fixer, digester-then-explainer, "why?" question relishing father, minor-irritant partner, excessive disassembler, original-form hacker, high-efficiency googler, borderline-competent car-fixer, expert-level car-breaker, faster-by-qwerty communicator, indiscriminate photo-taker, Leatherman owner.
Joined Nov 2022
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1993: I use BBSes for online interaction. Each BBS is run by some random person. They connect to a federated worldwide network. I keep my notes in .TXT files.
2008-2022: I use social networks like Facebook and Twitter for online interaction. They're huge and popular. I use Evernote for my notes, which is full of features.
2023: I use Mastodon for online interaction. Each instance is run by some random person. They connect to a federated worldwide network. I keep my notes in .TXT files.
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Bonus frame from that January 2023 roll of 200T, which I am mainly posting because this little mossy dude *really* looks like he wants to become one of @eclectech's happy little characters!
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Added Berry Bushes! You can't pick them yet or anything, but they're there.
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Yaaaaaay! Thank you to @moragperkins for the excellent photo.
Look at the wee frosty moss, so excited!
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You: So, eclectech, have you ever considered combining classic Christmas pop tunes with famous artworks of enormous cultural importance?
Me: Why yes, yes I have. Thank you for asking.
#xmasScribbles #LastChristmas #LastSupper #LastChristmasSupper #photoshop
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@pennypenguin @PublicChaffinch @babe christ, we're not talking about a family member's drinking problem here, we're talking about a man who was responsible for millions of deaths.
The fact he got to live to 100 and die peacefully in his bed, over being literally torn to pieces by the ppls of Vietnam and Cambodia, means he has gotten off lightly, if a bunch of ppl celebrating his death is all he suffered.
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“Free speech extremist.”
Edit: probably fake. See reply below.
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Yay! The Christmas season starts today & I love it.
I don't do religion & I don't do rampant consumerism, but I am here 100% for the sparkle. I live in Scotland, winter is dark, we need the extra sparkle.
And the Santa hats. I am SO here for the Santa hats. Bright red & fluffy, I mean.... come on.
Anyhow, I'm aware that it is not for everyone, so I am going to tag all my festive pics with #xmasScribbles so they're easy to avoid.
Let's go!
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hold on, let me find my shocked face first
“ChatGPT is full of sensitive private information and spits out verbatim text from CNN, Goodreads, WordPress blogs, fandom wikis, Terms of Service agreements, Stack Overflow source code, Wikipedia pages, news blogs, random internet comments, and much more.”
https://www.404media.co/google-researchers-attack-convinces-chatgpt-to-reveal-its-training-data/
“Google Researchers’ Attack Prompts ChatGPT to Reveal Its Training Data”
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Dragonfly liftoff captured at 5000 frames per second.
Video credit: Joris Schaap / CC BY 3.0
@bugs #photography #nature
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our dream is to be a task location in #taskmaster for a game of hide the sausage. please make this happen, somehow.
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Good morning Mastodon. It's a lovely day out there. Hope yours is a good one.
#sillyScribbles #photography #clouds #silly #drawing #Scotland
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Arriving tomorrow! This year’s free-to-download colouring-in Advent Calendar is a bit different. It’s an A-Z of animals and 26 days in all, something to keep you busy on Boxing Day too. A bit of a puzzle, but hopefully you’ll find it enjoyable, I don’t think it’s too taxing.
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Watching a mutual ask for printer recs and receive a chorus of tired tech folk going "Just get a Brother, they're fine" and man
MAN
Like this is actually kinda fascinating honestly, Brother is now the best printer brand, the one that every Computer Person recommends, and is it because their printers are good? Their printers are fine, they print, whatever, no, it's because everybody else's printers have gotten Innovated out the wazoo, every innovation making them way worse, until it's gotten to the point where I wouldn't have one in the house even if it were free, and meanwhile Brother's have remained consistently Fine I Guess, which now makes them the best printer manufacturer simply by virtue of them opting out of the Who Can Get Crappiest Fastest race
Brother have gotten to where they are now, by NOT innovating
EDIT 2023-11-27 2130 UTC: I muted this thread a while back because wew lad this got too big. I won't see your reply but the lurkers (and commentors) of Hacker News might.
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Not gonna lie, my leaf is facing Monday with significantly more enthusiasm than I am.
/goes to get more coffee
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Steve:
frequent overthinker, compulsive fixer, digester-then-explainer, "why?" question relishing father, minor-irritant partner, excessive disassembler, original-form hacker, high-efficiency googler, borderline-competent car-fixer, expert-level car-breaker, faster-by-qwerty communicator, indiscriminate photo-taker, Leatherman owner.
Joined Nov 2022
