Posts by ELS@sfba.social
(DIR) Post #APGVm02CVv8O3kDdHk by ELS@sfba.social
2022-11-04T16:15:56Z
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@stux Thanks for all your do! Please repost the link to Patreon or whatever you’re using to keep this ship afloat.
(DIR) Post #AcTQf6XrreabrTjDyy by ELS@sfba.social
2023-12-04T18:06:02Z
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@simon For me, this is the key point of the essay: “ Chiang’s point is that this is every corporation’s business plan. And that our fears of AI are basically fears of capitalism…. the AI single-mindedly pursues the goal of maximizing production. ”
(DIR) Post #Ai3gP0okdITPGLzQcy by ELS@sfba.social
2024-05-19T19:14:16Z
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@futurebird A lot of sheet flow happens when it rains hard on our local sand dunes, when they are dry, suggesting that the sand is somewhat hydrophobic.
(DIR) Post #AmhX7diK5FfnZ4S5sO by ELS@sfba.social
2024-10-05T16:07:12Z
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@stux I laughed out loud!
(DIR) Post #ArFPaYm0DXXCjZT5qi by ELS@sfba.social
2025-02-18T15:51:25Z
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@futurebird I would be happy to follow this boycott except that I already boycott all these companies.
(DIR) Post #AtwMMC5fMD63kr4RQO by ELS@sfba.social
2025-05-10T04:51:58Z
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@futurebird This sounds like a Carl Hiaasen novel.
(DIR) Post #AvnEt5Ogvpcdn15FgG by ELS@sfba.social
2025-07-04T15:00:07Z
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@Nonilex Of course, there are very fine people on both sides. /sarcasm
(DIR) Post #Aw2lb1HRi8UDfR5Qf2 by ELS@sfba.social
2025-07-12T02:47:13Z
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@stux The only difference from my current set-up is the monitor. Mine is a flat screen.
(DIR) Post #AxKewYOZ67LzM9SMb2 by ELS@sfba.social
2025-08-19T15:49:38Z
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@futurebird My dad was a teacher. Every school year, he would lose weight all during the terms. Then, in the summer, my mom would labor to fatten him back up again so that he could survive another school year.
(DIR) Post #Aynkj01umntjlTcGPo by ELS@sfba.social
2025-10-02T14:33:11Z
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@Nonilex South Shore has also been home to the Obamas.
(DIR) Post #Az6P3BZr3Yl0Njwyh6 by ELS@sfba.social
2025-10-11T14:29:49Z
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@Nonilex I hope it goes well and that it’s effective. Such a horrid disease.
(DIR) Post #AzS0TstuNdQWtr5C2C by ELS@sfba.social
2025-10-21T16:17:13Z
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@kravietz When we got a new heat pump for our house this year, we explicitly forbade the company from installing a thermostat that communicated via mobile phone. We do not want any “smart” appliances. We do not want to “rent” the car or appliance from the company that controls it. We want local control and local ownership.
(DIR) Post #B1Dbam15PxqDzkzHwO by ELS@sfba.social
2025-12-13T21:37:25Z
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@futurebird I’m a slow eater and my partner might absentmindedly eat it all if we didn't divide it first.
(DIR) Post #B1FOQVeUUm27G3780e by ELS@sfba.social
2025-12-14T18:19:26Z
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@futurebird This is a great idea, but in the US, schools will be unwilling/unable to take on the legal responsibility/liability for such a structure.
(DIR) Post #B1FR0pjpUcTft43kLg by ELS@sfba.social
2025-12-14T18:48:24Z
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@futurebird I’m imagining that school email is not anonymous and I guess you’re imagining something more benign than current “wild” social media, where people feel that they can hide behind anonymity of a handle. If everyone were identified and there was true investment in moderating the network, it might work pretty well.
(DIR) Post #B1FTGZ0Lfw5uWxPlK4 by ELS@sfba.social
2025-12-14T19:13:39Z
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@futurebird Is the in-school email network limited to inside school? We have a university email network (actually, it’s gmail, but with the school edu handle), and everyone has an identifiable name, but it connects to the wider web. One thing I think that’s been specific to social media is that accounts can be “anonymous.” So, when you described an in-house social media network, I didn’t think through the possibility that accounts would never be anonymous. Anonymous accounts make the admin more responsible because blame cannot be assigned to anonymous individuals.
(DIR) Post #B1Y1nQheis045xY2Sm by ELS@sfba.social
2025-12-23T18:05:22Z
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@futurebird It would be interesting to note if deaf cats (for example, many white cats are genetically deaf because they lack the melanin that’s important for transmitting nerve impulses from the inner ear) can locate sounds by watching cats that can hear.
(DIR) Post #B23Vd9GGPmQsgNp5Bg by ELS@sfba.social
2026-01-07T22:34:42Z
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@davidrevoy An even better solution is a bag with which to cover the bird’s head. Everyone knows that birds go to sleep when it gets dark, even if the dark is artificial.
(DIR) Post #B2459DV5gaqDUamj8S by ELS@sfba.social
2026-01-08T05:12:59Z
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@davidrevoy In any case, I love the artwork!