ianjs
@ianjs.aus.social.ap.brid.gy
Science geek, technology geek, software geek.
#fedi22 #technology #electronics
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Fediverse #ActivityPub
#Linux #HomeAutomation #Lefty […]
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#fedi22 #technology #electronics
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Fediverse #ActivityPub
#Linux #HomeAutomation #Lefty […]
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I keep putting minimalist Markdown in my Mastodon posts because I'm eternally optimistic that the default UI will display it one day.
Markdown is pretty readable on its own, and one day _all_ my old posts will spring to life and become typographically beautiful.
Markdown is pretty readable on its own, and one day _all_ my old posts will spring to life and become typographically beautiful.
December 18, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I keep putting minimalist Markdown in my Mastodon posts because I'm eternally optimistic that the default UI will display it one day.
Markdown is pretty readable on its own, and one day _all_ my old posts will spring to life and become typographically beautiful.
Markdown is pretty readable on its own, and one day _all_ my old posts will spring to life and become typographically beautiful.
Here’s an inspiring presentation from John o’Nolan of ghost.org.
It’s the best explanation I’ve seen of the Fediverse as the escape hatch from the cesspit of commercial social media.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ixDZOFEJA
It’s the best explanation I’ve seen of the Fediverse as the escape hatch from the cesspit of commercial social media.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ixDZOFEJA
December 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Here’s an inspiring presentation from John o’Nolan of ghost.org.
It’s the best explanation I’ve seen of the Fediverse as the escape hatch from the cesspit of commercial social media.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ixDZOFEJA
It’s the best explanation I’ve seen of the Fediverse as the escape hatch from the cesspit of commercial social media.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ixDZOFEJA
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I know it's not enough, but watching the video where the world's diplomats walked out on Benjamin Netanyahu felt like maybe we can end the genocide together.
September 28, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I know it's not enough, but watching the video where the world's diplomats walked out on Benjamin Netanyahu felt like maybe we can end the genocide together.
So, Donald is fixing rising carbon levels the same way he fixed COVID…
COVID: ban testing because “you’re going to find more cases”.
CO2: “kill those satellites, the measurements hurt our feelings”.
#DontLookUp […]
COVID: ban testing because “you’re going to find more cases”.
CO2: “kill those satellites, the measurements hurt our feelings”.
#DontLookUp […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
September 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
So, Donald is fixing rising carbon levels the same way he fixed COVID…
COVID: ban testing because “you’re going to find more cases”.
CO2: “kill those satellites, the measurements hurt our feelings”.
#DontLookUp […]
COVID: ban testing because “you’re going to find more cases”.
CO2: “kill those satellites, the measurements hurt our feelings”.
#DontLookUp […]
… and this is why you shouldn’t trust the AI summary
Searching for “Westpac passkeys”, the AI summary was:
"Westpac is adopting passkeys as a secure and user-friendly way to access online banking services, offering a passwordless login experience."
The word “passkeys” was a link to another […]
Searching for “Westpac passkeys”, the AI summary was:
"Westpac is adopting passkeys as a secure and user-friendly way to access online banking services, offering a passwordless login experience."
The word “passkeys” was a link to another […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
August 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
… and this is why you shouldn’t trust the AI summary
Searching for “Westpac passkeys”, the AI summary was:
"Westpac is adopting passkeys as a secure and user-friendly way to access online banking services, offering a passwordless login experience."
The word “passkeys” was a link to another […]
Searching for “Westpac passkeys”, the AI summary was:
"Westpac is adopting passkeys as a secure and user-friendly way to access online banking services, offering a passwordless login experience."
The word “passkeys” was a link to another […]
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Journalists: If your headline says that so-and-so is suing someone for x billion dollars, you're doing PR for the plaintiff.
Anyone can sue anyone else for any amount of money. The requested amount is nothing but clickbait.
That's why you keep falling for it, I suppose […]
Anyone can sue anyone else for any amount of money. The requested amount is nothing but clickbait.
That's why you keep falling for it, I suppose […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
July 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Journalists: If your headline says that so-and-so is suing someone for x billion dollars, you're doing PR for the plaintiff.
Anyone can sue anyone else for any amount of money. The requested amount is nothing but clickbait.
That's why you keep falling for it, I suppose […]
Anyone can sue anyone else for any amount of money. The requested amount is nothing but clickbait.
That's why you keep falling for it, I suppose […]
How quickly we take for granted the awesome...
I opened a page in German so, naturally, I just said "translate this for me". I was momentarily infuriated when it asked what language... DAMMIT! YOU FIGURE IT OUT!
Then I remembered how frickin' amazing this is in the first place.
I opened a page in German so, naturally, I just said "translate this for me". I was momentarily infuriated when it asked what language... DAMMIT! YOU FIGURE IT OUT!
Then I remembered how frickin' amazing this is in the first place.
April 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
How quickly we take for granted the awesome...
I opened a page in German so, naturally, I just said "translate this for me". I was momentarily infuriated when it asked what language... DAMMIT! YOU FIGURE IT OUT!
Then I remembered how frickin' amazing this is in the first place.
I opened a page in German so, naturally, I just said "translate this for me". I was momentarily infuriated when it asked what language... DAMMIT! YOU FIGURE IT OUT!
Then I remembered how frickin' amazing this is in the first place.
Outside all the houses in my street today. How is this still a thing?
I wonder how many even have the plastic wrapper removed?
I wonder how many even have the plastic wrapper removed?
February 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Outside all the houses in my street today. How is this still a thing?
I wonder how many even have the plastic wrapper removed?
I wonder how many even have the plastic wrapper removed?
Here’s an inspiring presentation from John o’Nolan of ghost.org.
It’s the best explanation I’ve seen of the Fediverse as the escape hatch from the cesspit of commercial social media.
It’s the best explanation I’ve seen of the Fediverse as the escape hatch from the cesspit of commercial social media.
February 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Here’s an inspiring presentation from John o’Nolan of ghost.org.
It’s the best explanation I’ve seen of the Fediverse as the escape hatch from the cesspit of commercial social media.
It’s the best explanation I’ve seen of the Fediverse as the escape hatch from the cesspit of commercial social media.
@snopes has arrived on Mastodon.
It's great to see organisations dragging themselves out of the Meta/Xitter swamp and great to follow some independent fact-checking without having to get dirty.
It's great to see organisations dragging themselves out of the Meta/Xitter swamp and great to follow some independent fact-checking without having to get dirty.
February 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
@snopes has arrived on Mastodon.
It's great to see organisations dragging themselves out of the Meta/Xitter swamp and great to follow some independent fact-checking without having to get dirty.
It's great to see organisations dragging themselves out of the Meta/Xitter swamp and great to follow some independent fact-checking without having to get dirty.
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Debian is the most significant Linux distribution for many reasons, and its decision to leave Musk's site makes me respect its leaders even more.
https://news.itsfoss.com/debian-logs-off-twitter/
https://news.itsfoss.com/debian-logs-off-twitter/
Debian is Ditching X (Twitter) Citing These Reasons
The Debian Publicity Team is stepping away from X/Twitter, citing concerns over values and diversity.
news.itsfoss.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Debian is the most significant Linux distribution for many reasons, and its decision to leave Musk's site makes me respect its leaders even more.
https://news.itsfoss.com/debian-logs-off-twitter/
https://news.itsfoss.com/debian-logs-off-twitter/
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Please don't parrot the "Sputnik moment" BS regarding the alleged Chinese "AI" breakthrough.
Even if DeepSeek is the real thing, the wailing from the US tech bros looks mostly like a ploy to get taxpayers to spend 100s of billions of their dollars to further enrich US AI companies and their […]
Even if DeepSeek is the real thing, the wailing from the US tech bros looks mostly like a ploy to get taxpayers to spend 100s of billions of their dollars to further enrich US AI companies and their […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Please don't parrot the "Sputnik moment" BS regarding the alleged Chinese "AI" breakthrough.
Even if DeepSeek is the real thing, the wailing from the US tech bros looks mostly like a ploy to get taxpayers to spend 100s of billions of their dollars to further enrich US AI companies and their […]
Even if DeepSeek is the real thing, the wailing from the US tech bros looks mostly like a ploy to get taxpayers to spend 100s of billions of their dollars to further enrich US AI companies and their […]
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Bluesky is the neoliberalism of social media
January 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Bluesky is the neoliberalism of social media
Awwww… what a touching story.
Battlers Harry and Meghan decide to take Murdoch to court and make them accountable rather than settling for…
…wait… how much?
Never mind, we’ll take the settlement and make our dragon hoard taller. Haha. Sucks to be you, peasants […]
Battlers Harry and Meghan decide to take Murdoch to court and make them accountable rather than settling for…
…wait… how much?
Never mind, we’ll take the settlement and make our dragon hoard taller. Haha. Sucks to be you, peasants […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
January 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Awwww… what a touching story.
Battlers Harry and Meghan decide to take Murdoch to court and make them accountable rather than settling for…
…wait… how much?
Never mind, we’ll take the settlement and make our dragon hoard taller. Haha. Sucks to be you, peasants […]
Battlers Harry and Meghan decide to take Murdoch to court and make them accountable rather than settling for…
…wait… how much?
Never mind, we’ll take the settlement and make our dragon hoard taller. Haha. Sucks to be you, peasants […]
The Pixelfed Kickstarter is up and running!
I'm not sure when it kicked off, but I got the email four hours ago and it's already flying along.
I don't even use Pixelfed (yet) but I've backed it anyway. The Fediverse is the only light in the social media landscape at the moment and @dansup is […]
I'm not sure when it kicked off, but I got the email four hours ago and it's already flying along.
I don't even use Pixelfed (yet) but I've backed it anyway. The Fediverse is the only light in the social media landscape at the moment and @dansup is […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
January 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The Pixelfed Kickstarter is up and running!
I'm not sure when it kicked off, but I got the email four hours ago and it's already flying along.
I don't even use Pixelfed (yet) but I've backed it anyway. The Fediverse is the only light in the social media landscape at the moment and @dansup is […]
I'm not sure when it kicked off, but I got the email four hours ago and it's already flying along.
I don't even use Pixelfed (yet) but I've backed it anyway. The Fediverse is the only light in the social media landscape at the moment and @dansup is […]
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Well, if nothing else, I've had a quite pleasant Last Day Of Western Civilisation.
January 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Well, if nothing else, I've had a quite pleasant Last Day Of Western Civilisation.
Democracy Dies in a Rebrand
"The Washington Post, formerly one of America’s most respected newspapers and home to the slogan “Democracy Dies in Darkness” unveiled its new mission statement this week: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.""
This smells a lot like the time Google dropped […]
"The Washington Post, formerly one of America’s most respected newspapers and home to the slogan “Democracy Dies in Darkness” unveiled its new mission statement this week: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.""
This smells a lot like the time Google dropped […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
January 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Democracy Dies in a Rebrand
"The Washington Post, formerly one of America’s most respected newspapers and home to the slogan “Democracy Dies in Darkness” unveiled its new mission statement this week: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.""
This smells a lot like the time Google dropped […]
"The Washington Post, formerly one of America’s most respected newspapers and home to the slogan “Democracy Dies in Darkness” unveiled its new mission statement this week: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.""
This smells a lot like the time Google dropped […]
News flash: Apple solves the problem with their AI summaries by adding a disclaimer that says “this is problem bullshit, so you should ignore it”.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/apple-plans-software-update-after-ai-summaries-get-news-headlines-wrong/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/apple-plans-software-update-after-ai-summaries-get-news-headlines-wrong/
arstechnica.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
News flash: Apple solves the problem with their AI summaries by adding a disclaimer that says “this is problem bullshit, so you should ignore it”.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/apple-plans-software-update-after-ai-summaries-get-news-headlines-wrong/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/apple-plans-software-update-after-ai-summaries-get-news-headlines-wrong/
Fuck these guys.
Zuckerberg is ditching DEI, fact checking and anti hate speech because "legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the United States is changing."
Translation: Trump is letting me get away with it so, woo hoo, shut it all down".
Which […]
Zuckerberg is ditching DEI, fact checking and anti hate speech because "legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the United States is changing."
Translation: Trump is letting me get away with it so, woo hoo, shut it all down".
Which […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
January 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Fuck these guys.
Zuckerberg is ditching DEI, fact checking and anti hate speech because "legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the United States is changing."
Translation: Trump is letting me get away with it so, woo hoo, shut it all down".
Which […]
Zuckerberg is ditching DEI, fact checking and anti hate speech because "legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the United States is changing."
Translation: Trump is letting me get away with it so, woo hoo, shut it all down".
Which […]
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Things you didn't know about Mark Zuckerberg but are now allowed to say on Facebook even though they're bullshit:
https://tynanfiles.beehiiv.com/p/zuckerberg-schmuckerberg?utm_campaign=zuckerberg-schmuckerberg&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=tynanfiles.beehiiv.com
https://tynanfiles.beehiiv.com/p/zuckerberg-schmuckerberg?utm_campaign=zuckerberg-schmuckerberg&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=tynanfiles.beehiiv.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Things you didn't know about Mark Zuckerberg but are now allowed to say on Facebook even though they're bullshit:
https://tynanfiles.beehiiv.com/p/zuckerberg-schmuckerberg?utm_campaign=zuckerberg-schmuckerberg&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=tynanfiles.beehiiv.com
https://tynanfiles.beehiiv.com/p/zuckerberg-schmuckerberg?utm_campaign=zuckerberg-schmuckerberg&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=tynanfiles.beehiiv.com
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@parismarx and @brianmerchant
LOVING your "System Crash" podcast, thx for making it!!
Latest: #chatgpt 's sad 2nd birthday.
#recommended #Podcast #llm #OpenAI
LOVING your "System Crash" podcast, thx for making it!!
Latest: #chatgpt 's sad 2nd birthday.
#recommended #Podcast #llm #OpenAI
December 6, 2024 at 5:18 PM
@parismarx and @brianmerchant
LOVING your "System Crash" podcast, thx for making it!!
Latest: #chatgpt 's sad 2nd birthday.
#recommended #Podcast #llm #OpenAI
LOVING your "System Crash" podcast, thx for making it!!
Latest: #chatgpt 's sad 2nd birthday.
#recommended #Podcast #llm #OpenAI
@ben.slinger.com.au@bsky.brid.gy So does this get to you?
Don’t really care, but interested just HOW shitty the interoperability is.
Don’t really care, but interested just HOW shitty the interoperability is.
December 23, 2024 at 2:57 AM
@ben.slinger.com.au@bsky.brid.gy So does this get to you?
Don’t really care, but interested just HOW shitty the interoperability is.
Don’t really care, but interested just HOW shitty the interoperability is.