mossman
@mossman.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy
Old-school IT and internet user, now a grumpy old man shouting at clouds, walled gardens, overhyped AI, etc.
Tip: try finding Bluesky users to follow […]
[bridged from https://social.vivaldi.net/@mossman on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Tip: try finding Bluesky users to follow […]
[bridged from https://social.vivaldi.net/@mossman on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Reposted by mossman
There was a time when we had better leaders in the US and the Soviet Union.
An important meeting was in this house in Reykjavík, Iceland in 1986 between Reagan and Gorbatsjev. This was maybe the beginning of the end of the cold war and also the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union.
I think […]
An important meeting was in this house in Reykjavík, Iceland in 1986 between Reagan and Gorbatsjev. This was maybe the beginning of the end of the cold war and also the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union.
I think […]
Original post on social.vivaldi.net
social.vivaldi.net
January 28, 2026 at 11:32 AM
There was a time when we had better leaders in the US and the Soviet Union.
An important meeting was in this house in Reykjavík, Iceland in 1986 between Reagan and Gorbatsjev. This was maybe the beginning of the end of the cold war and also the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union.
I think […]
An important meeting was in this house in Reykjavík, Iceland in 1986 between Reagan and Gorbatsjev. This was maybe the beginning of the end of the cold war and also the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union.
I think […]
Reposted by mossman
There's a wifi network in my neighborhood:
ItHurtsWhenIP
ItHurtsWhenIP
January 27, 2026 at 6:13 PM
There's a wifi network in my neighborhood:
ItHurtsWhenIP
ItHurtsWhenIP
Reposted by mossman
Just yikes.
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Just yikes.
Reposted by mossman
White folks in the U.S.: I encourage you to sit with the fact that this feeling you're feeling, that you could be gunned down by a cop for no reason without them facing any repercussions, is a feeling that every Black person living in the U.S. for the past 400 years has justifiably felt for […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
January 25, 2026 at 12:48 AM
White folks in the U.S.: I encourage you to sit with the fact that this feeling you're feeling, that you could be gunned down by a cop for no reason without them facing any repercussions, is a feeling that every Black person living in the U.S. for the past 400 years has justifiably felt for […]
Reposted by mossman
January 22, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Reposted by mossman
"Took a picture of my wife standing in front of a horse and now she won’t talk to me. 😖"
via Mike Bales
via Mike Bales
January 20, 2026 at 4:18 PM
"Took a picture of my wife standing in front of a horse and now she won’t talk to me. 😖"
via Mike Bales
via Mike Bales
Reposted by mossman
I tried to change my password to "BeefStew" but the system told me that it's not stroganoff.
January 19, 2026 at 10:49 AM
I tried to change my password to "BeefStew" but the system told me that it's not stroganoff.
Reposted by mossman
**$** `ffmpeg -ac 1`
January 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
**$** `ffmpeg -ac 1`
Reposted by mossman
US Congressman Thomas Massie says if you tell the Trump administration the Epstein files are in Greenland, "they'll lose all interest."
#aurefreepress #News #press #headline #gop #Politics #uspolitics #USpol
#aurefreepress #News #press #headline #gop #Politics #uspolitics #USpol
January 16, 2026 at 1:13 PM
US Congressman Thomas Massie says if you tell the Trump administration the Epstein files are in Greenland, "they'll lose all interest."
#aurefreepress #News #press #headline #gop #Politics #uspolitics #USpol
#aurefreepress #News #press #headline #gop #Politics #uspolitics #USpol
Reposted by mossman
In 1980 the United States led a boycott of the Olympic games in Moscow due to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. Sixty countries joined the boycott.
The 2026 World Cup is mostly in the United States.
[Yes, this post is about Venezuela.]
The 2026 World Cup is mostly in the United States.
[Yes, this post is about Venezuela.]
January 5, 2026 at 1:32 AM
In 1980 the United States led a boycott of the Olympic games in Moscow due to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. Sixty countries joined the boycott.
The 2026 World Cup is mostly in the United States.
[Yes, this post is about Venezuela.]
The 2026 World Cup is mostly in the United States.
[Yes, this post is about Venezuela.]
Reposted by mossman
Allow me to connect some dots for you:
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Allow me to connect some dots for you:
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
Reposted by mossman
I dream of the day when Drax is shut down at last. The madness of shipping wood from 1/3 of the way round the globe to burn it with an efficiency of about 30%. The number of cooling towers (12) tells you just how much energy is wasted. It is an astonishing monument to the Second Law.
December 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I dream of the day when Drax is shut down at last. The madness of shipping wood from 1/3 of the way round the globe to burn it with an efficiency of about 30%. The number of cooling towers (12) tells you just how much energy is wasted. It is an astonishing monument to the Second Law.
Reposted by mossman
December 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Reposted by mossman
Being aesthetically impaired I rarely post photos or art, but this…
A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow, Poland | Marcin Ryczek
A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow, Poland | Marcin Ryczek
December 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Being aesthetically impaired I rarely post photos or art, but this…
A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow, Poland | Marcin Ryczek
A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow, Poland | Marcin Ryczek
Reposted by mossman
Reposted by mossman
Happy Pagan appropriation eve!
December 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Happy Pagan appropriation eve!
Reposted by mossman
If you want a rigorous analysis of why statistical #ai models collapse when continuously trained on their own data without external supervision and constraints, read this amazing paper from last year.
If you want to get a visual intuition of how model […]
[Original post on manganiello.eu]
If you want to get a visual intuition of how model […]
[Original post on manganiello.eu]
December 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
If you want a rigorous analysis of why statistical #ai models collapse when continuously trained on their own data without external supervision and constraints, read this amazing paper from last year.
If you want to get a visual intuition of how model […]
[Original post on manganiello.eu]
If you want to get a visual intuition of how model […]
[Original post on manganiello.eu]
Reposted by mossman
8yo: *cackles as she steals my veggie chicken nuggets*
me: "Hey, what are you doing?!"
8yo: *runs away*
me: "Those aren't even real, they're fake chicken. I thought you were a carnivore?"
8yo: "I'm an omnivore. I'll OM-NOM-NOM anything!"
me: "Hey, what are you doing?!"
8yo: *runs away*
me: "Those aren't even real, they're fake chicken. I thought you were a carnivore?"
8yo: "I'm an omnivore. I'll OM-NOM-NOM anything!"
December 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
8yo: *cackles as she steals my veggie chicken nuggets*
me: "Hey, what are you doing?!"
8yo: *runs away*
me: "Those aren't even real, they're fake chicken. I thought you were a carnivore?"
8yo: "I'm an omnivore. I'll OM-NOM-NOM anything!"
me: "Hey, what are you doing?!"
8yo: *runs away*
me: "Those aren't even real, they're fake chicken. I thought you were a carnivore?"
8yo: "I'm an omnivore. I'll OM-NOM-NOM anything!"
Reposted by mossman
I just agreed to the Vatican's cookie policy, does this mean I took communion
December 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I just agreed to the Vatican's cookie policy, does this mean I took communion
Reposted by mossman
being subjected to a mandatory corporate training video that wants me to adopt the concept of "kaizen", which means "to change for the better"
man, if only English had a word for that! it would really improve our lives.
man, if only English had a word for that! it would really improve our lives.
December 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
being subjected to a mandatory corporate training video that wants me to adopt the concept of "kaizen", which means "to change for the better"
man, if only English had a word for that! it would really improve our lives.
man, if only English had a word for that! it would really improve our lives.
