acb
@acb.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Childless cat lad. Also opines about music at @acb
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@acb on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@acb on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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Black cat Jack took the last train from Zaandam to Schiphol on Christmas Day. Conductor Marcel was able to bring it home.
Article in Dutch: https://nos.nl/artikel/2596118-extra-gast-voor-conducteur-met-kerst-kat-jack-pakte-laatste-trein-naar-schiphol
Article in Dutch: https://nos.nl/artikel/2596118-extra-gast-voor-conducteur-met-kerst-kat-jack-pakte-laatste-trein-naar-schiphol
December 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Black cat Jack took the last train from Zaandam to Schiphol on Christmas Day. Conductor Marcel was able to bring it home.
Article in Dutch: https://nos.nl/artikel/2596118-extra-gast-voor-conducteur-met-kerst-kat-jack-pakte-laatste-trein-naar-schiphol
Article in Dutch: https://nos.nl/artikel/2596118-extra-gast-voor-conducteur-met-kerst-kat-jack-pakte-laatste-trein-naar-schiphol
@garius is this on your radar? @nina_kali_nina https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina/115792788459542758
Nina Kalinina (@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt)
Attached: 1 image I bought my first Apricot PC about three years ago, when I realised I wanted an 8086-based computer. At the time, I knew nothing about it and simply bought it because it looked rad and the price was low. I had no idea that it was not IBM PC-compatible, and that there were very few programs available for it. I have been on a quest to get a modern-ish word processor and spreadsheet program for it ever since. Which eventually made me "port" Windows 2 on it. In this post, I share the story of the port. Many photos inside! https://www.ninakalinina.com/notes/win2apri/
tech.lgbt
December 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
@garius is this on your radar? @nina_kali_nina https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina/115792788459542758
December 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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It's not New Year's Eve until Avril sings Bite Me On The Dick.
December 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It's not New Year's Eve until Avril sings Bite Me On The Dick.
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You bet I observe Christmas because otherwise its quantum state is indeterminate. Do you want a Santa who is both dead and alive??
December 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
You bet I observe Christmas because otherwise its quantum state is indeterminate. Do you want a Santa who is both dead and alive??
RE: https://social.edu.nl/@OpenTech_AUC/115781220219330880
That’s possibly useful. The next step would be to create a BridgyFed-style gateway that adversarially bridges content to the fediverse, where it can be followed and interacted with.
That’s possibly useful. The next step would be to create a BridgyFed-style gateway that adversarially bridges content to the fediverse, where it can be followed and interacted with.
Christmas #feditip: if you have to/ want to view content on #instagram, but do not want to download the app or visit Instagram.com, you can use anonymous front-ends like:
https://imginn.com/
https://flufi.me/
If you then want to share the material with the free world, you can then use […]
https://imginn.com/
https://flufi.me/
If you then want to share the material with the free world, you can then use […]
Original post on social.edu.nl
social.edu.nl
December 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
RE: https://social.edu.nl/@OpenTech_AUC/115781220219330880
That’s possibly useful. The next step would be to create a BridgyFed-style gateway that adversarially bridges content to the fediverse, where it can be followed and interacted with.
That’s possibly useful. The next step would be to create a BridgyFed-style gateway that adversarially bridges content to the fediverse, where it can be followed and interacted with.
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When the King demands they build him a big, Big, BIG ship: "An archaeologist who has studied the remains of the ship in great detail thinks it sank because the gun deck was far too heavy–the result of its having been designed and built by someone with no experience building such a well-armed […]
Original post on mstdn.science
mstdn.science
December 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
When the King demands they build him a big, Big, BIG ship: "An archaeologist who has studied the remains of the ship in great detail thinks it sank because the gun deck was far too heavy–the result of its having been designed and built by someone with no experience building such a well-armed […]
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Interesting note since I started responding with human trafficking assistance resources to all my sha zhu pan ("pig butchering") text messages -- they have stopped completely. I believe I got added to some exclusion list the criminals pass around. So I can endorse this strategy on several levels […]
Original post on jawns.club
jawns.club
December 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Interesting note since I started responding with human trafficking assistance resources to all my sha zhu pan ("pig butchering") text messages -- they have stopped completely. I believe I got added to some exclusion list the criminals pass around. So I can endorse this strategy on several levels […]
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I've heard anecdotal reports of computer repair places "accidentally" breaking the ram and refunding the customer the catalogue price from six months ago, presumably to feed it into machines of more important corporate customers... so we're already at the scavenging-to-survive stage of AI […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I've heard anecdotal reports of computer repair places "accidentally" breaking the ram and refunding the customer the catalogue price from six months ago, presumably to feed it into machines of more important corporate customers... so we're already at the scavenging-to-survive stage of AI […]
RE: https://mastodon.social/@lyresdictionary/115767116804768077
This word deserves to be used more, as in “coambulate with me”, “we can coambulate there”, &c.
This word deserves to be used more, as in “coambulate with me”, “we can coambulate there”, &c.
mastodon.social
December 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@lyresdictionary/115767116804768077
This word deserves to be used more, as in “coambulate with me”, “we can coambulate there”, &c.
This word deserves to be used more, as in “coambulate with me”, “we can coambulate there”, &c.
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I think this is why fascists love AI art, not because it is good, but because it is bad. Not because it is original, but because it is stolen.
To make art as an expression of skill and craft and humanity reinforces humanity.
To push a button that steals art and call it your own is domination.
To make art as an expression of skill and craft and humanity reinforces humanity.
To push a button that steals art and call it your own is domination.
December 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I think this is why fascists love AI art, not because it is good, but because it is bad. Not because it is original, but because it is stolen.
To make art as an expression of skill and craft and humanity reinforces humanity.
To push a button that steals art and call it your own is domination.
To make art as an expression of skill and craft and humanity reinforces humanity.
To push a button that steals art and call it your own is domination.
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Tjena!
🌅 Today is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere.
🇸🇪 For people living in Stockholm, today has just over 6 hours between sunrise and sunset.
Follow me for regular updates on the glorious expansion of daylight until Midsommar in Stockholm.
Our […]
[Original post on alpaca.gold]
🌅 Today is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere.
🇸🇪 For people living in Stockholm, today has just over 6 hours between sunrise and sunset.
Follow me for regular updates on the glorious expansion of daylight until Midsommar in Stockholm.
Our […]
[Original post on alpaca.gold]
December 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Tjena!
🌅 Today is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere.
🇸🇪 For people living in Stockholm, today has just over 6 hours between sunrise and sunset.
Follow me for regular updates on the glorious expansion of daylight until Midsommar in Stockholm.
Our […]
[Original post on alpaca.gold]
🌅 Today is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere.
🇸🇪 For people living in Stockholm, today has just over 6 hours between sunrise and sunset.
Follow me for regular updates on the glorious expansion of daylight until Midsommar in Stockholm.
Our […]
[Original post on alpaca.gold]
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Crackheads are gonna start breaking into homes to steal RAM out of gaming PCs.
December 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Crackheads are gonna start breaking into homes to steal RAM out of gaming PCs.
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Just great.
RAM is unaffordable because a few companies are hoarding it.
Printer ink is about to be unaffordable because of all those 100 page fully redacted documents.
RAM is unaffordable because a few companies are hoarding it.
Printer ink is about to be unaffordable because of all those 100 page fully redacted documents.
December 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Just great.
RAM is unaffordable because a few companies are hoarding it.
Printer ink is about to be unaffordable because of all those 100 page fully redacted documents.
RAM is unaffordable because a few companies are hoarding it.
Printer ink is about to be unaffordable because of all those 100 page fully redacted documents.
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You know what? Let me amend that. There is one thing LLMs are good at: making spam. Lots and lots of spam. Almost by definition, it's hard to make good automated filters to detect it, so you basically need humans to sit there and read the slop.
They're good at wasting time and DoSing brains.
They're good at wasting time and DoSing brains.
December 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
You know what? Let me amend that. There is one thing LLMs are good at: making spam. Lots and lots of spam. Almost by definition, it's hard to make good automated filters to detect it, so you basically need humans to sit there and read the slop.
They're good at wasting time and DoSing brains.
They're good at wasting time and DoSing brains.
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Weird seeing a London Tube pulling through St. Pölten
December 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Weird seeing a London Tube pulling through St. Pölten
December 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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When Chinese media openly discusses preparing for Russia’s collapse and the division of its territory — that’s a signal. Perhaps a trial balloon. Perhaps preparing public opinion. But definitely not coincidence […]
Original post on mastodon.ie
mastodon.ie
December 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
When Chinese media openly discusses preparing for Russia’s collapse and the division of its territory — that’s a signal. Perhaps a trial balloon. Perhaps preparing public opinion. But definitely not coincidence […]
I got the The Archer archetype in the #wrapstodon2025 thing. Probably unsurprising, as I don't use this as a diary (occasional travels excepted) and haven't made enough cool things to post about recently.
https://mastodon.social/@acb/wrapstodon/2025/ed3c3d1b580f22d3
https://mastodon.social/@acb/wrapstodon/2025/ed3c3d1b580f22d3
Wrapstodon 2025 for acb
See how acb used Mastodon this year!
mastodon.social
December 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I got the The Archer archetype in the #wrapstodon2025 thing. Probably unsurprising, as I don't use this as a diary (occasional travels excepted) and haven't made enough cool things to post about recently.
https://mastodon.social/@acb/wrapstodon/2025/ed3c3d1b580f22d3
https://mastodon.social/@acb/wrapstodon/2025/ed3c3d1b580f22d3
I noticed something odd in my iPhone photos. It gathered the photos of a Faust gig I went to in 2015 into a “memory”, and labelled it with the name of the frontman, as it does with friends whose face you’ve attached a name to. Only I do not have a name […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I noticed something odd in my iPhone photos. It gathered the photos of a Faust gig I went to in 2015 into a “memory”, and labelled it with the name of the frontman, as it does with friends whose face you’ve attached a name to. Only I do not have a name […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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it's truly amazing what LLMs can achieve. we now know it's possible to produce an html5 parsing library with nothing but the full source code of an existing html5 parsing library, all the source code of all other open source libraries ever, a meticulously maintained and extremely comprehensive […]
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mastodon.social
December 17, 2025 at 3:06 AM
it's truly amazing what LLMs can achieve. we now know it's possible to produce an html5 parsing library with nothing but the full source code of an existing html5 parsing library, all the source code of all other open source libraries ever, a meticulously maintained and extremely comprehensive […]