jon ⚝
@yala.degrowth.social.ap.brid.gy
Working with ecobytes.net on allmende.io to keep computational commons running.
english here
deutsch da: https://social.allmende.io/@jon / @jon
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://degrowth.social/@yala, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
english here
deutsch da: https://social.allmende.io/@jon / @jon
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://degrowth.social/@yala, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
December 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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This is a marvellous example of how a #LLM converges to a certain point. #chatgpt was asked "to create an exact replica of this image, don't change a thing", and this 200 times.
The end result shows clearly how model convergion happens in #AI . Enlightening.
I […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
The end result shows clearly how model convergion happens in #AI . Enlightening.
I […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
December 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This is a marvellous example of how a #LLM converges to a certain point. #chatgpt was asked "to create an exact replica of this image, don't change a thing", and this 200 times.
The end result shows clearly how model convergion happens in #AI . Enlightening.
I […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
The end result shows clearly how model convergion happens in #AI . Enlightening.
I […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
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There are some pretty funny nicknames for Hegseth (kegseth, e.g.), but "Hagueseth" takes the cake.
December 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
There are some pretty funny nicknames for Hegseth (kegseth, e.g.), but "Hagueseth" takes the cake.
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“I’m going back to #theFediverse. To the nerds, the hobbyists, the idealists. The people who don’t talk about reach, but about relevance. To those who understand that #decentralization isn’t nostalgic, it’s the future. That #digitalsovereignty isn’t a gimmick, it’s a survival strategy.
Yes, the […]
Yes, the […]
Original post on mato.social
mato.social
December 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“I’m going back to #theFediverse. To the nerds, the hobbyists, the idealists. The people who don’t talk about reach, but about relevance. To those who understand that #decentralization isn’t nostalgic, it’s the future. That #digitalsovereignty isn’t a gimmick, it’s a survival strategy.
Yes, the […]
Yes, the […]
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EMAIL WRAPPED 2025
This year, you received too fucking much email!
Number of emails that found you well: zero
Number of emails that you printed, even though you didn't consider the environment: zero
Number of times an "out of office" autoresponder was immediately followed by the person […]
This year, you received too fucking much email!
Number of emails that found you well: zero
Number of emails that you printed, even though you didn't consider the environment: zero
Number of times an "out of office" autoresponder was immediately followed by the person […]
Original post on discuss.systems
discuss.systems
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
EMAIL WRAPPED 2025
This year, you received too fucking much email!
Number of emails that found you well: zero
Number of emails that you printed, even though you didn't consider the environment: zero
Number of times an "out of office" autoresponder was immediately followed by the person […]
This year, you received too fucking much email!
Number of emails that found you well: zero
Number of emails that you printed, even though you didn't consider the environment: zero
Number of times an "out of office" autoresponder was immediately followed by the person […]
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Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #digitalsovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #digitalsovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation […]
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When X banned the European Commission's ad account in retaliation for a fine, it demonstrated the exact sort of capricious behavior the DSA is designed to stop https://www.platformer.news/x-eu-fine-account-ban-bier/
December 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
When X banned the European Commission's ad account in retaliation for a fine, it demonstrated the exact sort of capricious behavior the DSA is designed to stop https://www.platformer.news/x-eu-fine-account-ban-bier/
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Je commence les dessins de contreparties pour "De Profundis", le livre des
Nouilles Rampantes !
C'est jusqu'à midi (et quelques) ici:
https://www.twitch.tv/bouletcorp
Nouilles Rampantes !
C'est jusqu'à midi (et quelques) ici:
https://www.twitch.tv/bouletcorp
December 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Je commence les dessins de contreparties pour "De Profundis", le livre des
Nouilles Rampantes !
C'est jusqu'à midi (et quelques) ici:
https://www.twitch.tv/bouletcorp
Nouilles Rampantes !
C'est jusqu'à midi (et quelques) ici:
https://www.twitch.tv/bouletcorp
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It's weird how all the studies show that a 4-day week and UBI makes societies wealthier, more productive, and happier, but the RW govt types keep insisting on unemployment, austerity, longer hours, and shit labour rights
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 AM
It's weird how all the studies show that a 4-day week and UBI makes societies wealthier, more productive, and happier, but the RW govt types keep insisting on unemployment, austerity, longer hours, and shit labour rights
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Wow web search sucks today...
Alan Kaye once observed that the modern medium of photography, that when photographs are shown serially and fast enough, become a new medium (movies). Part of a longer discussion.
It might have been in Scientific American.
Anyone have sauce for that quote?
Alan Kaye once observed that the modern medium of photography, that when photographs are shown serially and fast enough, become a new medium (movies). Part of a longer discussion.
It might have been in Scientific American.
Anyone have sauce for that quote?
December 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Wow web search sucks today...
Alan Kaye once observed that the modern medium of photography, that when photographs are shown serially and fast enough, become a new medium (movies). Part of a longer discussion.
It might have been in Scientific American.
Anyone have sauce for that quote?
Alan Kaye once observed that the modern medium of photography, that when photographs are shown serially and fast enough, become a new medium (movies). Part of a longer discussion.
It might have been in Scientific American.
Anyone have sauce for that quote?
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"We are unsettled to the very roots of our being. There isn't a human relation, whether of parent and child, husband and wife, worker and employer, that doesn't move in a strange situation. We are not used to a complicated civilization, we don't know how to behave when personal contact and […]
Original post on social.circl.lu
social.circl.lu
December 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
"We are unsettled to the very roots of our being. There isn't a human relation, whether of parent and child, husband and wife, worker and employer, that doesn't move in a strange situation. We are not used to a complicated civilization, we don't know how to behave when personal contact and […]
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Only on mastodon would I have my own cancer mansplained to me, for fuck sake
December 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Only on mastodon would I have my own cancer mansplained to me, for fuck sake
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I'm fighting paperwork this morning, and the paperwork won.
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I'm fighting paperwork this morning, and the paperwork won.
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🌽 Open Source Ag Tech for Small Farmer Sovereignty
The recording of November’s DWeb Virtual Meetup is online!
In case you missed it, check it out here: https://archive.org/details/dweb-virtual-meetup-nov-2025-open-source-ag-tech/DWeb+Virtual+Meetup+-+Nov+2025-+video.mp4
#dweb #agtech […]
The recording of November’s DWeb Virtual Meetup is online!
In case you missed it, check it out here: https://archive.org/details/dweb-virtual-meetup-nov-2025-open-source-ag-tech/DWeb+Virtual+Meetup+-+Nov+2025-+video.mp4
#dweb #agtech […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
December 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🌽 Open Source Ag Tech for Small Farmer Sovereignty
The recording of November’s DWeb Virtual Meetup is online!
In case you missed it, check it out here: https://archive.org/details/dweb-virtual-meetup-nov-2025-open-source-ag-tech/DWeb+Virtual+Meetup+-+Nov+2025-+video.mp4
#dweb #agtech […]
The recording of November’s DWeb Virtual Meetup is online!
In case you missed it, check it out here: https://archive.org/details/dweb-virtual-meetup-nov-2025-open-source-ag-tech/DWeb+Virtual+Meetup+-+Nov+2025-+video.mp4
#dweb #agtech […]
Goodbye #appflowy, who follow #budibase and #plane into a strictly limited open core model, rendering them unusable for small communities.
https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/discussions/7012#discussioncomment-15180180
https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/discussions/7012#discussioncomment-15180180
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Goodbye #appflowy, who follow #budibase and #plane into a strictly limited open core model, rendering them unusable for small communities.
https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/discussions/7012#discussioncomment-15180180
https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/discussions/7012#discussioncomment-15180180
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This is my all-time favorite demoscene production. You need to watch from the beginning, the introduction is important.
Freespin
YouTube video by Matthias Kramm
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is my all-time favorite demoscene production. You need to watch from the beginning, the introduction is important.
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Something Strange Is Happening to the Fungus in Chernobyl
https://www.vice.com/en/article/something-strange-is-happening-to-the-fungus-in-chernobyl/
{The organism is Cladosporium sphaerospermum, a melanized fungus whose dark pigment might be doing a strange kind of work. Some researchers […]
https://www.vice.com/en/article/something-strange-is-happening-to-the-fungus-in-chernobyl/
{The organism is Cladosporium sphaerospermum, a melanized fungus whose dark pigment might be doing a strange kind of work. Some researchers […]
Original post on neuromatch.social
neuromatch.social
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Something Strange Is Happening to the Fungus in Chernobyl
https://www.vice.com/en/article/something-strange-is-happening-to-the-fungus-in-chernobyl/
{The organism is Cladosporium sphaerospermum, a melanized fungus whose dark pigment might be doing a strange kind of work. Some researchers […]
https://www.vice.com/en/article/something-strange-is-happening-to-the-fungus-in-chernobyl/
{The organism is Cladosporium sphaerospermum, a melanized fungus whose dark pigment might be doing a strange kind of work. Some researchers […]
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Update. The French 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 (#cnrs) is canceling the #webofscience and encouraging its affiliates to use #OpenAlex. It cancelled #scopus last year.
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Update. The French 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 (#cnrs) is canceling the #webofscience and encouraging its affiliates to use #OpenAlex. It cancelled #scopus last year.
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
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Also, since offline doesn't have its own social media, we rely on the groups around offline to use their platforms to share the event. So please feel free to spread both the call for donations as well as the event itself! Thankyou <3
Looking forward to sharing some winter cozyness with you all […]
Looking forward to sharing some winter cozyness with you all […]
Original post on autonomous.zone
autonomous.zone
December 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Also, since offline doesn't have its own social media, we rely on the groups around offline to use their platforms to share the event. So please feel free to spread both the call for donations as well as the event itself! Thankyou <3
Looking forward to sharing some winter cozyness with you all […]
Looking forward to sharing some winter cozyness with you all […]
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux/115648850423801359
TIL: Desktop Linux has overtaken macOS in gaming (3.20% vs 2.02%).
FOSS is outplaying Apple thanks to Valve’s investments in SteamOS (gaming-focused Linux distribution) and Proton (compatibility layer for running Windows software in […]
TIL: Desktop Linux has overtaken macOS in gaming (3.20% vs 2.02%).
FOSS is outplaying Apple thanks to Valve’s investments in SteamOS (gaming-focused Linux distribution) and Proton (compatibility layer for running Windows software in […]
Original post on alpaca.gold
alpaca.gold
December 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux/115648850423801359
TIL: Desktop Linux has overtaken macOS in gaming (3.20% vs 2.02%).
FOSS is outplaying Apple thanks to Valve’s investments in SteamOS (gaming-focused Linux distribution) and Proton (compatibility layer for running Windows software in […]
TIL: Desktop Linux has overtaken macOS in gaming (3.20% vs 2.02%).
FOSS is outplaying Apple thanks to Valve’s investments in SteamOS (gaming-focused Linux distribution) and Proton (compatibility layer for running Windows software in […]
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The Fabulous History of Money is a great new documentary series by #arte.
From ancient cowrie shells to the rise of the first banknotes and cryptocurrencies, tracing the story of this most consequential of social inventions which is as poorly understood as it is ubiquitous.
#financialliteracy […]
From ancient cowrie shells to the rise of the first banknotes and cryptocurrencies, tracing the story of this most consequential of social inventions which is as poorly understood as it is ubiquitous.
#financialliteracy […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The Fabulous History of Money is a great new documentary series by #arte.
From ancient cowrie shells to the rise of the first banknotes and cryptocurrencies, tracing the story of this most consequential of social inventions which is as poorly understood as it is ubiquitous.
#financialliteracy […]
From ancient cowrie shells to the rise of the first banknotes and cryptocurrencies, tracing the story of this most consequential of social inventions which is as poorly understood as it is ubiquitous.
#financialliteracy […]
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The price increases on RAM and SSDs are out of this world. Possibly above the 2020 profiteering. Just look at the graph below showing an almost 800% jump that went down to only 400% with the "generous discounts" of this time of year.
There is no way "demand" […]
[Original post on mas.to]
There is no way "demand" […]
[Original post on mas.to]
December 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The price increases on RAM and SSDs are out of this world. Possibly above the 2020 profiteering. Just look at the graph below showing an almost 800% jump that went down to only 400% with the "generous discounts" of this time of year.
There is no way "demand" […]
[Original post on mas.to]
There is no way "demand" […]
[Original post on mas.to]
@wikimediafoundation @wikimediaDE Could you maybe help me out with a thing?
We are having a discussion in the YouTube Upload of the recent 25 years Wikipedia anthem about the soundtrack, which is stellar. Is the artist known? Is there more of it?
The video names https://w.wiki/FsGm > […]
We are having a discussion in the YouTube Upload of the recent 25 years Wikipedia anthem about the soundtrack, which is stellar. Is the artist known? Is there more of it?
The video names https://w.wiki/FsGm > […]
Original post on degrowth.social
degrowth.social
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
@wikimediafoundation @wikimediaDE Could you maybe help me out with a thing?
We are having a discussion in the YouTube Upload of the recent 25 years Wikipedia anthem about the soundtrack, which is stellar. Is the artist known? Is there more of it?
The video names https://w.wiki/FsGm > […]
We are having a discussion in the YouTube Upload of the recent 25 years Wikipedia anthem about the soundtrack, which is stellar. Is the artist known? Is there more of it?
The video names https://w.wiki/FsGm > […]