Posts by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AUQz4WnDQgkCHYYO2q by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2023-04-07T15:38:29Z
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#ElonMusk is such a narcissist and dipshit. If he wasn't a morally vacant exploitative villain with a genrous, apartheid-backed head start, he'd be a friendless loner working the counter at a Tim Hortons about now.Twitter Disables Retweets, Likes on Posts With Substack Links | PCMag https://www.pcmag.com/news/twitter-disables-retweets-likes-on-posts-with-substack-links
(DIR) Post #AUQz4XbCQqj6mZwIxE by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2023-04-07T15:39:25Z
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Mr Free Speech Absolutist my ass.
(DIR) Post #AV3P0xmOGSqGaS5nwO by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2023-04-26T19:41:40Z
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@lowqualityfacts Super High Quality Fact!1!!*:*Being ignorant of this landed me at the doctor for a gluten test and then a colonoscopy.Benedryl can cause constipation. Diphenhydramine is an anticholinergic and blocks acetylcholine which works as a neurotrasmitter involved in muscle movement. Slow guts = terrible GI issues in some people.https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/what-to-do-when-medication-makes-you-constipated
(DIR) Post #AVI8PtLH7E1gDN6r2G by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2023-05-03T13:51:46Z
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For Crust’s sake, mass media, it’s not “AI Art,” it’s “AI Image Manipulation” at best and “AI Art Theft” from the perspective of people being visually plagiarized. The actual art came from the many thousands of unpaid, unrecognized artists that spent years of their lives and thousands of dollars on supplies to have their hard work stolen by techbros who are too cheap to pay an actual artist what they’re worth.
(DIR) Post #AVYtwHX505QfRoE41Y by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2023-05-12T00:24:48Z
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@lowqualityfacts Okay, this one is bordering on medium quality.
(DIR) Post #AVizXwCDMVKSwvxSnw by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2023-05-16T17:49:31Z
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Hahahahaha. A story in two parts. #politics #cnn
(DIR) Post #AWFi6jLT0Ytu5Kdw0m by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2023-06-01T16:04:50Z
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@lowqualityfacts Technically, she did eat that iPod Nano that one time.
(DIR) Post #AWIC3CBBFPKJILywwS by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2023-06-02T20:48:05Z
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@lowqualityfacts 82 pounds of what, though?
(DIR) Post #AWIHNNvllV6TIuDi9A by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2023-06-02T21:49:28Z
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@matt @lowqualityfacts £82 of what?
(DIR) Post #AWW1Mc3ks2wrmS0K6y by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2023-06-09T12:56:00Z
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@lowqualityfacts I mean...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFZ5jQ0yuNA
(DIR) Post #AWlhAVafN9qCYPi2fQ by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2023-06-17T02:24:59Z
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@lowqualityfacts I just realized she even got the name Harold Potter from the Monty Python skit where aliens turn people into Scotsmen.
(DIR) Post #AYOTaPEuDOJdjrW4rg by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2023-08-04T17:18:44Z
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@lowqualityfacts telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
(DIR) Post #AZl5IZzxijw5svi3Ps by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2023-09-14T12:57:03Z
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@lowqualityfacts You forgot "CEO"
(DIR) Post #AhiqwPqHX0kzeb78Ea by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2024-05-09T18:03:26Z
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@ajroach42 I use Pexels all the time.https://www.pexels.com/Morguefile is also good. I think I even contributed a photo or two.https://morguefile.com/
(DIR) Post #AqHzasUzqLHWO3udhA by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2025-01-20T23:51:30Z
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@stux I you followed POTUS before, you're still following POTUS. It wasn't a "Biden" account.
(DIR) Post #Ar7hnJGtPLhuKaT0Ay by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2025-02-14T13:39:50Z
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@quinn You don't say anything about the collection process other than it's "difficult and expensive."No disrespect, but I am very against these tools because I choose consent over theft, and I respect artists, writers, and musicians too much to boldly blog about the systems trying to replace them (after stealing their work) without even mentioning them at all.I'd much rather read about them and how AI effects their lives.
(DIR) Post #Ar7hnLufaQiIWX5nSC by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2025-02-14T21:04:25Z
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@SteveThompson @quinn You don't have to be an expert to learn and educate others how modern commercial LLMs and text-to-image models were trained on hundreds of thousands of artists' and writers' works without their consent, though.And to ignore it you just have to care more about your nifty toys than the careers and lives it's hurting.
(DIR) Post #Ar7hnNJAOpu2qnYsHA by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2025-02-14T22:00:27Z
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@quinn @SteveThompson Consent is actually really simple.Did they get consent to use people's writing and art to train their app? Yes or no?
(DIR) Post #Ar7hnZ4ieNTbLStVQG by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2025-02-14T22:10:03Z
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@quinn @SteveThompson You'll notice I haven't bashed the tech, because it's extremely useful. I love Alphafold and supported Folding@Home.I am critical of the way that SOME models were trained, and if you're going to discuss modern generative AI and just say that training was just "complicated and expensive," it's skipping vital details and shows bias.It feels more like techbro propaganda than journalism to me, but I actually care about the creatives being affected.
(DIR) Post #Ar7iIiLUEVFt4eaf9E by ManiacalV@mastodon.social
2025-02-14T22:26:42Z
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@quinn That's a ridiculous example.You're not a machine learning algorithm. You are a human and that's how we learn.Using machine learning to train on people's copyrighted works so that your app can copy their style is so ethically disgusting that if you don't see it, you're just another #BotLicker #antihuman who needs a block, not a subscription.