Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

Guy at the store kept making comments about Monday and although I had been under the assumption that it was Sunday when I headed out this morning, it's hard to keep track this time of year.

So I continued on with my Monday until I reached another stop on my errands, that is closed on Sunday.
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All I know is that it's January.

it's sort of remarkable that despite the entire internet being designed to sell you products these days, the actual process of buying anything on the internet is absolutely awful. like if someone told me 15 years ago that the whole point of the internet would be to sell people things i'd assume that finding what you're looking for would be incredibly easy and every website would look like mcmaster-carr. but instead every website looks like a online casino held together by duct tape and every company is constantly lying to you about everything

Better strange than sorry

#nerdstickers #sticker #38C3

It's unfair because it keeps so many people like me out of the field. People with "lived experience" likely cannot afford to go in debt AND work for so little.

So social workers are overwhelmingly privileged people with a savior complex going into communities they aren't even a part of. The system encourages this.

terrible company

That's the first #SpiderOfDeath of this year? 5 January, that's early

I am quietly enraged every day about how much of my attention span gets wasted on billionaires and con men.

Meanwhile, the many people who make my life better on a daily basis get fuck all recognition.

So, I'd like to pay tribute to the district nurse who lives across the street from me and makes home visits to the elderly in my neighborhood. Because that woman literally makes it possible for hundreds of people to live better, independent lives.

Happy New Year 2025! Wishing you a year of creativity, inspiration, and full of hidden treasures.

#ArtWithOpensource #krita

This is the most nail on the head version of this meme I've seen.

Tetris taught me that when you try to fit in, you'll disappear.

Bird photography is relatively gear-intensive because birds are small and usually prefer staying away from humans. But after doing this for awhile, I know of no piece of gear that makes more of a difference than consistently being on the beach when the sun comes up. The light and the water and the sand know how to show off, and you just need to be there to click the button.

hello fediverse, i am looking for a page i found some time ago that gave a very clear and neutral summary about llms to non-technical people, basically concluding at every step of the way that there’s very little actual value they can bring. it was in the form of summary cards, about 10 of them iirc. i have looked everywhere but can’t find it anymore. i’m pretty sure i saw it on fedi.

edit: was found: https://needtoknow.fyi/cards/

People who were at #38c3: Please check yourself for flu, especially if you’re feeling shit. Anti-pyretics (Ibuprofen, Aspirin) are first line treatment. Antihistamines can help with any inflamation. Vitamin D and C are always good things to take to aid your immune system.

Drink lots of electrolytes if possible, water if not. Watch your body temperature - your instincts will be to wrap up tight because you feel cold and that is not a good idea if your body temperature is already elevated.

If you’re already on anti-retrovirals (e.g. PrEP) remember to take them, they can help with some viral infections.

"What kind of normal person would make these kinds of errors?" is a useful question but also a dangerous question.

Especially if you value the very kind of abnormal people who might not make normal errors.

It warms my soul that there are people who *care* about obscure things. People who know every kind of lego brick, people who have studied the gaps between train arrival times. It's not *just* their expertise that I value it's THEM, the person! I love them.

But, wasting that love on a decoy made to attract me for the purposes of marketing and SEO is an indignity I don't want to risk. So, I've become judgemental and cautious in exactly the way that might harm the very people I love.

The reason I love the internet has always been the ability to connect with other people through our shared enthusiasm for learning, especially about obscure topics.

In addition to polluting search results with garbage. Polluting AI answer services with twice-regurgitated AI garbage one of the worst things about the proliferation of AI text and images is how is has made me skeptical of the work of amateurs.

Is their voice "stilted"?
Is the writing repetitive?
Are there little factual errors?
Do they struggle to "get to the point?"

Accusing a real person of being AI is so hurtful and rude, but also inevitable.