Ikani
@ikani.clockwork.monster.ap.brid.gy
Turning myself and my friends into strange and interesting creatures.
(she/her)
[bridged from https://clockwork.monster/@ikani on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
(she/her)
[bridged from https://clockwork.monster/@ikani on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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"#tesla has received a brutal reality check from Germany this week. The country’s closely watched TÜV Report 2026 has not only ranked the Tesla Model Y as the absolute worst car for reliability in its age group but noted that it has the highest defect rate of any vehicle tested in the last ten […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"#tesla has received a brutal reality check from Germany this week. The country’s closely watched TÜV Report 2026 has not only ranked the Tesla Model Y as the absolute worst car for reliability in its age group but noted that it has the highest defect rate of any vehicle tested in the last ten […]
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The old adage:
Everyone has a test environment. Some people are fortunate enough to have a separate production environment.
Everyone has a test environment. Some people are fortunate enough to have a separate production environment.
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The old adage:
Everyone has a test environment. Some people are fortunate enough to have a separate production environment.
Everyone has a test environment. Some people are fortunate enough to have a separate production environment.
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
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Really interesting teen subculture: straightedge #noai art kids. (They're developing IT skills just to turn off or avoid "AI" slop—this gives me hope for the future)
For a lot of these kids (I've also heard them called the "AI vegans") a big college decision is coming up. And colleges […]
For a lot of these kids (I've also heard them called the "AI vegans") a big college decision is coming up. And colleges […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Really interesting teen subculture: straightedge #noai art kids. (They're developing IT skills just to turn off or avoid "AI" slop—this gives me hope for the future)
For a lot of these kids (I've also heard them called the "AI vegans") a big college decision is coming up. And colleges […]
For a lot of these kids (I've also heard them called the "AI vegans") a big college decision is coming up. And colleges […]
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After a day and looking at all the info, here's my opinion on the new valve hardware:
The Steam Frame looks absolutely awesome, and except for no headphone jack and monochrome pass through, it seems like all upgrades for me who's been stuck in the oculus/meta ecosystem this whole time. I just […]
The Steam Frame looks absolutely awesome, and except for no headphone jack and monochrome pass through, it seems like all upgrades for me who's been stuck in the oculus/meta ecosystem this whole time. I just […]
Original post on social.lexevo.net
social.lexevo.net
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
After a day and looking at all the info, here's my opinion on the new valve hardware:
The Steam Frame looks absolutely awesome, and except for no headphone jack and monochrome pass through, it seems like all upgrades for me who's been stuck in the oculus/meta ecosystem this whole time. I just […]
The Steam Frame looks absolutely awesome, and except for no headphone jack and monochrome pass through, it seems like all upgrades for me who's been stuck in the oculus/meta ecosystem this whole time. I just […]
Whee! Upgraded to Masto 4.5.0!
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Whee! Upgraded to Masto 4.5.0!
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go to the cloud they said
itll be fine they said
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/manufacturer-issues-remote-kill-command-to-nuke-smart-vacuum-after-engineer-blocks-it-from-collecting-data-user-revives-it-with-custom-hardware-and-python-scripts-to-run-offline
itll be fine they said
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/manufacturer-issues-remote-kill-command-to-nuke-smart-vacuum-after-engineer-blocks-it-from-collecting-data-user-revives-it-with-custom-hardware-and-python-scripts-to-run-offline
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Like win11 and recall and all this ai shit feels like a tipping point for me
I just don't think people should be spied on
I'll never be all that interested in what Capital-F Free Software People think freedom is, y'know the folk who care about software licenses, I was never in this for That […]
I just don't think people should be spied on
I'll never be all that interested in what Capital-F Free Software People think freedom is, y'know the folk who care about software licenses, I was never in this for That […]
Original post on retro.social
retro.social
November 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Like win11 and recall and all this ai shit feels like a tipping point for me
I just don't think people should be spied on
I'll never be all that interested in what Capital-F Free Software People think freedom is, y'know the folk who care about software licenses, I was never in this for That […]
I just don't think people should be spied on
I'll never be all that interested in what Capital-F Free Software People think freedom is, y'know the folk who care about software licenses, I was never in this for That […]
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Perfect alignment version 🤣
https://jorts.horse/@ancient_catbus/115475899591673475
https://jorts.horse/@ancient_catbus/115475899591673475
November 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Perfect alignment version 🤣
https://jorts.horse/@ancient_catbus/115475899591673475
https://jorts.horse/@ancient_catbus/115475899591673475
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This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
October 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
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[Transgender Mental Health]
Occasionally, a student asks me why being transgender is not considered a mental disorder. I can give you the scientific and diagnostic reasons why not. But I’ll usually answer the following way instead.
Because people who are transgender have shit figured out a […]
Occasionally, a student asks me why being transgender is not considered a mental disorder. I can give you the scientific and diagnostic reasons why not. But I’ll usually answer the following way instead.
Because people who are transgender have shit figured out a […]
Original post on meow.social
meow.social
October 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
[Transgender Mental Health]
Occasionally, a student asks me why being transgender is not considered a mental disorder. I can give you the scientific and diagnostic reasons why not. But I’ll usually answer the following way instead.
Because people who are transgender have shit figured out a […]
Occasionally, a student asks me why being transgender is not considered a mental disorder. I can give you the scientific and diagnostic reasons why not. But I’ll usually answer the following way instead.
Because people who are transgender have shit figured out a […]
Installing Debian 13 on the TV (okay its just a media pc)
October 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Installing Debian 13 on the TV (okay its just a media pc)
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Tim Berners-Lee explains why he gave away the #www for free.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free
"For the web to have everything on it, everyone had to be able to use it, and want to do so. This was already asking a lot. I couldn’t also […]
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free
"For the web to have everything on it, everyone had to be able to use it, and want to do so. This was already asking a lot. I couldn’t also […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
September 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Tim Berners-Lee explains why he gave away the #www for free.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free
"For the web to have everything on it, everyone had to be able to use it, and want to do so. This was already asking a lot. I couldn’t also […]
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free
"For the web to have everything on it, everyone had to be able to use it, and want to do so. This was already asking a lot. I couldn’t also […]
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ok, I'm seeing people (maybe begrudgingly) poke around over here after bluesky made some not so great moderation decisions, so as a reminder to everyone that's been here: **_please do not act smug about this._** bluesky worked for them and mastodon is totally different. there isn't any "wrong" […]
Original post on wetdry.world
wetdry.world
September 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
ok, I'm seeing people (maybe begrudgingly) poke around over here after bluesky made some not so great moderation decisions, so as a reminder to everyone that's been here: **_please do not act smug about this._** bluesky worked for them and mastodon is totally different. there isn't any "wrong" […]
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Recently there has been a lot of discourse about ActivityPub and AT Protocol which has been quite dividing and heated.
Yesterday at the Social Web CG meeting (the group that maintains the ActivityPub and related specifications), I proposed releasing a statement that counters the narrative that […]
Yesterday at the Social Web CG meeting (the group that maintains the ActivityPub and related specifications), I proposed releasing a statement that counters the narrative that […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
September 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Recently there has been a lot of discourse about ActivityPub and AT Protocol which has been quite dividing and heated.
Yesterday at the Social Web CG meeting (the group that maintains the ActivityPub and related specifications), I proposed releasing a statement that counters the narrative that […]
Yesterday at the Social Web CG meeting (the group that maintains the ActivityPub and related specifications), I proposed releasing a statement that counters the narrative that […]
Resonite will be the first title on Steam that uses a hybrid approach for Linux users, running the Unity renderer within Proton, and the rest of the engine natively in .NET 9. I've been testing it all weekend and it's been running great. :D
August 19, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Resonite will be the first title on Steam that uses a hybrid approach for Linux users, running the Unity renderer within Proton, and the rest of the engine natively in .NET 9. I've been testing it all weekend and it's been running great. :D
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So this is the post that got @jessiegender.bsky.social banned from bsky viewed on wafrn
https://app.wafrn.net/fediverse/post/64d9a5eb-df44-4743-8f2c-86a769675ff0
https://app.wafrn.net/fediverse/post/64d9a5eb-df44-4743-8f2c-86a769675ff0
Bluesky can absolutely fuck off. I also wish ill on J K Rowling.
app.wafrn.net
August 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
So this is the post that got @jessiegender.bsky.social banned from bsky viewed on wafrn
https://app.wafrn.net/fediverse/post/64d9a5eb-df44-4743-8f2c-86a769675ff0
https://app.wafrn.net/fediverse/post/64d9a5eb-df44-4743-8f2c-86a769675ff0
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Oh and by the way, these age verification things are pure bullshit. This is the leading "open source" one people are talking about. I thought I'd have to employ some AI image generation stuff to spoof it. That was... overly optimistic about their capabilities […]
[Original post on furry.engineer]
[Original post on furry.engineer]
July 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Oh and by the way, these age verification things are pure bullshit. This is the leading "open source" one people are talking about. I thought I'd have to employ some AI image generation stuff to spoof it. That was... overly optimistic about their capabilities […]
[Original post on furry.engineer]
[Original post on furry.engineer]
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July 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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July 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM