Ethan Black @golemwire@librem.one
Hello there!
I boost a lot of posts, but I have a few things to say every now and then.
I am largely fine with boosting posts from people I disagree with even on significant, dividing issues. I usually don't, however, if they actively advocate for these ideas... so it goes :/
#Christian #coding #HaikuOS #Linux #privacy #FOSS #Fediverse #SmashBros #SSBU #LegendOfZelda
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INFORMATION SECURITY TIP: If you suddenly find that someone out there has submitted your email address to a ton mailing lists and attempted to register for things using your email address, don't shrug it off. This is potentially serious if it's being done at scale.
Why would someone do this? Assuming it's not just someone harassing you because they don't like you, the main reason someone would do this is to distract you from important email notifications by flooding your inbox with an avalanche of #spam.
If someone gets into your Amazon or eBay account, they can buy a bunch of stuff, but those orders will generate email notifications to tip you off that something is wrong. If your inbox is indecipherable, you might not see that someone is ordering stuff with your credit cards or moving money around.
If this happens to you, watch all of your e-commerce and financial accounts for unusual activity and change your passwords.
Art is an interesting thing. A picture is worth a thousand words, and art has the potential to change hearts and convey meaning at a deep level.
AI art cheapens art.
I'd really hate for meaningful artwork, something that required dedication and heart to create, to be generated at a mere text prompt....
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From @mullvadnet THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS WRITTEN IN ITS OWN CHAT CONTROL BILL
I know I am US-based, but I've been following this law and what a terrible thing it is. Mullvad coming with receipts to back up this headline.
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Every day is like "starting tomorrow only people who post ‘Elon is cool' will be eligible to have their tweets appear in English" and the entire press corps and all of my friends continue to post there like nothing has changed
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@mmasnick @caseynewton I'd be OK with those people staying on Twitter. The lack of vitriol here has done wonders for my stress levels.
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This is not a drill! We’ll be getting more gameplay info and footage for #Zelda #TearsoftheKingdom on #NintendoSwitch tomorrow at 3pm!
I got less than 3 hours of sleep, and today marks the first day I drank non-decaf #coffee in college.
I feel awake and not awake at the same time.
"Cool" is "normal" executed so well that it's special.
And, I believe that all these other "humans" are also conscious, according to the evidence (such as them looking and behaving, all things considered, very similar to me). So, evidently, they have something beyond physics, too.
As for ChatGPT, the evidence I have is that it exists just in physics like normal (being ANN based and all). So I do not believe it is conscious.
A post I recently saw about #ChatGPT prompted me to go through some logic about #life:
I know as a fact that I'm conscious. I don't know how it works, but however it works, I'm conscious and consciousness is something fundamentally beyond math.
If physics is, basically, math being executed over time, then you cannot have consciousness existing (solely) in physics. And so I believe that I must have something beyond physics that serves as my "consciousness".
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Kacey
#acropalypse has now been shown to also leak image data cropped in Windows 10 & 11 snipping tools, a totally unrelated codebase 😱
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Waffles the #cat: a short story.
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Weird thing about Social media or dare I say, being a ~Brand~ or even ~~Influencer~~ is you're supposed to show exactly ONE side, or less, to the world.
I'm supposed to JUST be the guy who plays romhacks. Or the guy who streams Jackbox. Or the guy who streams YTP reaction streams.
You can't be all of those. Much less have OTHER hobbies you ALSO talk about. You're supposed to be the ONE guy who does the ONE thing.
I just can't do that 🤷♀️ I know it hurts my yt channel but...can't do it.
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I was playing a lot more #SmashBros online quickplay today, and I'm wondering:
If someone is being rude/toxic/a bad sport/whatever to you in an #SSBU match online, what do you think you should do back?
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Do you follow someone, and you enjoy their posts but they boost too much stuff?
You can mute just their boosts if you want:
1. Open your Mastodon app or log in through your server’s website
2. Go to the profile of the person whose boosts you want to hide
3. Click on the ︙or ⋯ button at the top and select Hide Boosts From... (or Hide Reblogs on some apps)
4. If you change your mind, go back to their profile and select Show Boosts From… (or Show Reblogs)
Hello there!
I boost a lot of posts, but I have a few things to say every now and then.
I am largely fine with boosting posts from people I disagree with even on significant, dividing issues. I usually don't, however, if they actively advocate for these ideas... so it goes :/
#Christian #coding #HaikuOS #Linux #privacy #FOSS #Fediverse #SmashBros #SSBU #LegendOfZelda
#fedi22
Note: social.librem.one doesn't support DMs
Joined Jul 2022
