Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

fun fact, gremlins are not some old folkloric creature, they’re something airplane mechanics made up in the first half of the 20th century as an explanation for mysterious problems arising with machinery that have no obvious cause.

i feel like gremlins should therefore appeal to the fediverse at large on the basis of
1 being an extremely relatable experience for people who write software
2 being emblematic of industrial sabotage

True joy is finally letting go of the irony poisoning you've internalized since you were a teen.
Embrace the cringe! Embrace the edge! Do it all unironically! Just genuinely enjoy things that judgy teens would call lame! Who cares! I certainly don't!

ℹ️ After consulting the todon.eu/todon.nl community it is clear that almost all of you want this new rule.

There are some concerns about how this will be moderated. First note that this rule is *only* about *local* (todon.eu+todon.nl) posts. Remote posts AI can still be reported when it's misused for another rule violation (e.g. disinformation). Because we trust our existing users not to use AI on purpose, we don't expect to much trouble. New users will have to explicitly accept this new rule during sign-up. Of course it is difficult to see if something is AI or not, especially texts. Therefore we will only take action when we are really sure that it's AI. We are also won't automate this, so we rely on your reports. And if you report someone for AI, please add proof. If displaying AI is necessary to illustrate e.g. criticism about AI (someone called it fair use), we don't have any problems with that.

The rule is now being added to our Terms of Service, and the server rules on the about and sign-up pages.

The child who stands up to their bully is someone confronting the status quo.

This disruption of normal is what is being punished when the adult reacts with hostility towards the bullied, but not the bully.

This explains a lot about liberal ideology.

hrmpf, linux/computering gets harder day by day with the ever faster progression of the AI-sloppyfication of the internet. My bluetooth-mouse is "loosing" clicks every now and then, and after having to open the fifth website that starts with introducing the history of Bluetooth I don't really want to fix it anymore..

#productivityhacks #memes

These are tough ethical challenges with real pain involved, and the possibility of additional harm depending on your actions. In these situations, volunteer moderators fall under intense pressure to balance conflicting policy, harm reduction, and privacy constraints. They also face emotional pressure from third parties who want to weigh in on the decision, often without access to complete information.

I keep this in mind when deciding whether to amplify or join in arguments over moderation.

What the actual fuck

Any good replacements?

It's a silly joke but I find it incredibly funny... And what more can you ask for a joke to be that Mario, Zelda, and HTML altogether? I wish I had thought of it for comiCSS.

#cartoon #joke #html #webDevelopment

As a disabled web accessibility practitioner. This pisses me off. Extremely.

GENERATIVE AI DOES NOT AND CANNOT EVER REPRESENT DISABLED PEOPLE.

Just fucking hire disabled people like me who know what they're doing.

Believing AI over disabled people is ABLEISM and DEHUMANIZING. For fucks sake.

Wakker worden #Nederland. We kunnen er nog sneller dan de Hongaren worden ingeluisd. De weg naar een #fascistoïde staat heeft minder grensblokkades dan we denken.

https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/rechters-waarschuwen-ultrarechts-kabinet-kan-rechtspraak-sneller-uithollen-dan-in-hongarije-gebeurde

@aeva Mixbox has a nice paint simulation. https://scrtwpns.com/mixbox/painter/

[x] doubt

mind you, we still believe that it's a moral obligation to, at a bare minimum, bear witness to what happened.

it's just so frustrating how the foundation of consensus reality is denial. fighting against something like that is a lot.

Help please!

I have a distinct memory memory of a machine from my childhood, used in grocery stores around New England [probably primarily New Jersey or Connecticut.]

There was a machine that would tie together groceries instead of bagging them. It was placed over top or in place of the checkout belt [after the register] and used twine. It was fast and super cool and I remember being needlessly fascinated by it.

This would have been in the 90s.

Anyone have -any- clue what I'm talking about?

why does the bird take the tube?

it is going to watford and it’s none of your business public transit is for everyone