Forest @forestjohnson@pixie.town
- member of
- https://cyberia.club
- webmaster @
- https://capsul.org/
I am a web technologist who is interested in supporting and building enjoyable ways for individuals, organizations, and communities to set up and maintain their own server infrastructure, including the hardware part.
I am currently working full time as an SRE 😫, but I am also heavily involved with Cyberia Computer Club and Layer Zero
Joined Feb 2021
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Cyberia at People's Pride
<p>Powderhorn Park, Saturday, June 28 at 12:00 PM CDT</p>
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There are so many fake quotes by me each week that I don't what to do about them. Someone just posted a medium article with another fake quote from me saying "Generative AI is not just about creating something new, but about capturing what was once impossible to express."
If you know anything about my work you know that I would never say something like this.
As @emilymbender said what so called Generative AI has done is basically the equivalent of an oil spill in our information ecosystem.
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QueerCoded Learn to Code Workshop
<p>QueerMunity, Saturday, May 3 at 01:00 PM CDT</p><ul><li><p>Learn to Code</p></li><li><p>Find Community</p></li><li><p>Get to Know your Computer</p></li><li><p>Build your own Website / Software<br><br></p></li></ul>
https://calendar.layerze.ro/event/queercoded-learn-to-code-workshop-1
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being able to use your programs properly? that's insecure. have you tried making them unusable
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Cyberia Congress
<p>online, Sunday, April 27 at 12:00 PM CDT</p><p>Second Congress of Cyberia for 2025</p>
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omfg the font used in this famous anti-piracy campaign used a pirated commercial font.
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Today Melissa Lewis over on BlueSky pointed out that the font used nin the infamous "You wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy campaign was actually designed by Just van Rossum, whose brother, Guido, created the Python programming language (bsky.app/profile/melissa.news/post/3ln7hx5rhcj2v)
She also pointed out that the font had been cloned and released illegally for free under the name "XBAND Rough". Naturally, it would be hilarious if the anti-piracy campaign actually turned out to have used this pirated font, so I went sleuthing and quickly found a PDF from the campaign site with the font embedded (web.archive.org/web/20051223202935/http://www.piracyisacrime.com:80/press/pdfs/150605_8PP_brochure.pdf).
So I chucked it into FontForge and yep, turns out the campaign used a pirated font the entire time!
- member of
- https://cyberia.club
- webmaster @
- https://capsul.org/
I am a web technologist who is interested in supporting and building enjoyable ways for individuals, organizations, and communities to set up and maintain their own server infrastructure, including the hardware part.
I am currently working full time as an SRE 😫, but I am also heavily involved with Cyberia Computer Club and Layer Zero
Joined Feb 2021
