John Sullivan @johns@librem.one
Former shipper and executive director at the Free Software Foundation, now https://alliterativeadvising.com, https://crazyalansemporium.com, and board of directors for https://f-droid.org.
Joined May 2019
Oh thank god:
"The Virtual Keyboard has been removed to improve the customer experience. Please pay close attention to the new instructions when logging into your TreasuryDirect account."
John Sullivan
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📢 Important Announcement 🔔
#SeaGL has decided to extend the deadline for it's Call for Presentations #cfp until the end of June.
We'll be updating our blog shortly.
So if you thought you ran out of time, this is good news! But don't wait until the end. Submit now!
@penaddict Getting an SSL error (MOZILLA_PKIX_ERROR_OCSP_RESPONSE_FOR_CERT_MISSING) from penaddict.com this morning.
John Sullivan
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🏳️🌈🖖🏽
Celebrate love. #Pride
I can't say it any better than the spam message that just landed in my inbox:
From: AI
Subject: ...ai,ai,ai!
"Act so that there is no use in a centre." --Gertrude Stein, *Tender Buttons*
...the Journal of Texture Studies lists 144 Chinese terms for food texture...In Japan, such terms number more than 400." (I hope this isn't like the Inuit words for snow thing, blame the NYT if so.)
I am so glad to know the Journal of Texture Studies exists.
It seems like in my world, the phrase "good for you!" is ascending. 1) Am I imagining this? 2) Do you say it? 3) Do you like it when someone says it to you? (with apparent sincerity)
My "favorite" part of this is where they asked #ChatGPT if the cases cited were real, it said yes, and they believed it. I only wish the judge and opposing counsel had also used ChatGPT to write their reactions -- would it have called itself out?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/nyregion/avianca-airline-lawsuit-chatgpt.html
John Sullivan
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“Until a drag queen walks into a school and beats eight kids to death with a copy of To Kill A Mockingbird, I think you’re focusing on the wrong shit.”
- Wanda Sykes
I hope it's not just Google in this room: https://www.engadget.com/google-and-the-european-commission-will-collaborate-on-ai-ground-rules-192035744.html figuring out EC ground rules for AI. Please invite noncorporate experts.
Interesting, my mail to someone using Office 365 was rejected because .odt and .ods attachments are not allowed.
Sorry, Microsoft has two Copilots? Does that add up to a Pilot?
John Sullivan
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If you're at #OpenSourceSummitNorthAmerica today in Vancouver, and you're interested in #ClimateChange or #DataAggregation, please come see my talk on the #OpenClimateNetwork!
Received one of the new Endless Creator retractable #FountainPens
a couple days ago.
Not a luxurious item -- feels...inexpensive. Also the knock is on crooked / bent / not flush to the barrel which is not a great look and leads to a weird noise when clicked. The hexagonal grip with the clip taking up a facet is a bold "there's only one right way to write" statement.
*But* the nib (most important part) exceeds my expectations and I'm enjoying writing with it. Inked with Robert Oster Whiskey.
John Sullivan
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First Post! Going to gradually begin the transition from The Bird. Vacation is as good a time as any, right?
https://www.gentlemanstationer.com/blog/2023/5/10/desert-island-pens-four-for-the-road
I guess I'm happy they collected any fines at all from the companies who generated/funneled fake anti net neutrality comments, but what pathetically small amounts: https://www.engadget.com/fcc-blocks-robocall-middleman-one-eye-from-future-campaigns-211509369.html
John Sullivan
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I decided to leave my job (Principal Software Engineer) after 4 years. I have no idea what I want to do next, so I’ve been having loads of chats to try and work that out.
I like working in mission focused organizations, working to fix problems across the stack, from interpersonal down to the operating system. I enjoy “going where I’m rare”, places that don’t always get the most attention.
after we're done with TikTok can we ban all T-mobile commercials forever
Former shipper and executive director at the Free Software Foundation, now https://alliterativeadvising.com, https://crazyalansemporium.com, and board of directors for https://f-droid.org.
Joined May 2019
