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Oh, look. the Mozilla Foundation is asking for community feedback about what folk want them to focus on. Anyone have opinions? https://mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net/100
#AI #open #browser #firefox #freedom #privacy #internet #advertising #mozilla
22h ago
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Attached: 1 image Sorry. Not Sorry.
on Thu, 10PM
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@Tekchip@mastodon.social Hmm... not sure about that. I feel like Gorgonzola would be more a Gamera villain, since Gamera has been known to fight for the gouda mankind.
on Wed, 1AM
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So, who wants to put together a per-spec bible edition that also includes Jefferson's Wall of Separation letter. Maybe as the prologue. https://www.usconstitution.net/jeffwall-html/ Offer it up for $30 each so they really have to argue why the other is better....
on Oct 5
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@grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social What's more, modern browsers are more than just the app running on your device. There's service back-ends, plugin frameworks, Cert managers, and all sorts of other services that customers expect and demand. None of those run for free. (That doesn't even touch on...
on Sep 18
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The fact that OpenAI's devs are disabling the "Ignore previous instructions…" hack for "safety reasons" tells me that they have no idea who's safety they need to preserve. LLMs are being used to scam and fool people constantly, far more than being "helpful assistants". For what it's worth, I...
on Jul 26
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Attached: 1 image Oh, cool. Android introduced a way to make phone conversations more awkward.
on May 20
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@polotek@social.polotek.net I've had a few bad experiences where I'm asked for a date, I give very low confidence, and it immediately ossifies into a hard deliverable. The other problem is that unless I understand the scope and scale of the request, I can't really give an estimate, so that...
on May 3
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Friendly PSA: When a loved one passes leaving you the role of Executor of the estate, and you're going through who to notify about the recent death, TELL THE BANK LAST! They will freeze the account immediately upon hearing of the death and the only way to unfreeze it is to go through...
on Apr 23
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I regret to inform y'all that: spacetwitter.com netflitwitter.com xerotwitter.com are not available, but castingcouch-twitter.com and spantwitter.com are (if you're into bad white supremacist porn or athleisure fascism, I suppose.)
on Apr 10
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For folk that are not in the path of Totality (or under cloud cover, or are stuck inside, or...), friendly reminder that NASA is doing a live view party: https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/live/ Last time, the stream was really good, and I expect it'll be better...
on Apr 8
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@grmpyprogrammer@phpc.social @doppynl@phpc.social So I said to him, "Look if it's a choice between an egg salad sandwich and the raising a horde of sentient roombas with a craving for human flesh, I think you'd be able to guess my choice."
on Mar 22
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TIL: https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck fix command line errors by swearing. I feel fucking seen.
on Mar 10
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jr's tiny little mastodon server
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A shack alongside the freeway that is the Federation. This server is for personal use, because I should not be an admin for anyone else.
on Feb 23
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j-r conlin (but spooky) (@jrconlin@soc.jrconlin.com)
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Honestly not surprised by the "One in five Silicon Valley office buildings is Vacant" thing. Of course they are. Seems like 1 in 4 belong to Google, Apple, or Microsoft. https://sfstandard.com/2023/10/06/silicon-valley-office-space-real-estate-vacancy-rate-great-recession-record/
on Oct 6, 2023