Posts by mlinksva@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AUK0g5QZx7qT9LGFaS by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2023-04-03T23:28:19Z
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@tarkowski pps I see you covered similar material in your reply to another subthread https://101010.pl/@tarkowski/110136125167235083I agree not knowing how to migrate between instances, particularly those running different software, is a big problem. Idle thought/wish, maybe @DTinitiative will intervene; probably few fediverse software designers wish to prevent migration, but making it work great is also work not at top of any of their priorities, probably.
(DIR) Post #AULTZjcAGORTBsOqHI by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2023-04-05T15:06:07Z
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@tarkowski @DTinitiative absolutely, that's what I had in mind with "fediverse software designers" rather than say "maintainers of Mastodon and Mastodon forks", though I understand attraction of focusing on the latter.
(DIR) Post #AULUqFua3FeZwgSHpY by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2023-04-05T15:20:18Z
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@tarkowski and I'm definitely not against more participatory gov. Closely held decisionmaking (whether by a would-be benevolent designer, foundation, or [too numerous to really even consider] company) often rankles users and arguably results in worse software/community/other result. Quoting and Mastodon may be an example. Lots of arguable issues stemming from this with eg Mozilla, Wikimedia, GNOME. But novel governance also costly (including risky), so I don't advocate simply for more of it.
(DIR) Post #AVuzjoyO6qoqqa0IfA by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2023-05-22T16:13:30Z
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@tarkowski extremely non-surprising, not that people aren't curious about AI, but that the top views are for more specific hot items. For example the top item is a specific closed film (typical), not a broader concept of superhero films, or even of the specific fiction universe the current hot item is in.
(DIR) Post #AW9rYQw5Fo5YqjNru4 by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2023-05-29T20:21:52Z
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@brewsterkahle "publishers require DRM"
(DIR) Post #AWBf3xLHQz8C8GhYv2 by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2023-05-30T17:11:55Z
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@tarkowski unimpressed, mostly regurgitation of an org's standard talking points, for AI.> Powering these AI models requires massive processing power, often overlooked manpower, and the ability to afford long R&D timelines, which necessitates the kind of upfront investment that only major firms can allocate.Clearly behind the times. 1/
(DIR) Post #AWDLMpoW2Vc7WC1LkG by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2023-05-30T17:12:20Z
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@tarkowskiThough this doesn't stop them from also stating> Open-source and leaked models will likely compound these problems by empowering dangerous actors with powerful tools, making them that much more difficult to address.2/
(DIR) Post #AWDLMqVlRiCzgKFt9k by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2023-05-30T17:14:29Z
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@tarkowski > Generative AI and social media are inextricably linked in their origins, design, and operations,Zero support offered for this assertion.> and now they’re being deployed together in a way that has the potential to supercharge these threats.Plausible though not novel. 3/
(DIR) Post #AWDLMr6zDJyzXlfcAq by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2023-05-30T17:15:55Z
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@tarkowski > This is why we’ve seen the development of these technologies concentrated in the hands of only a few powerful companies, contrary to the decentralized goals of Web 3.0.Credibility destroying mention at the end.No mention of "advertising" or "tax" let alone together, which destroys their credibility for me, incluidng on their home turf of social media. 4/end
(DIR) Post #AbEuPgduEW5nmbNyqW by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2023-10-28T20:06:26Z
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@brewsterkahle very interesting. Very idle question: Best enough to enventually open IANG?Nigeria country code conveniently enough also expands to next generation.
(DIR) Post #AdTR6rQA1p1E3UZY0G by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2024-01-03T16:04:11Z
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I also enjoyed the piece. I'm with reflection...ignore-it-all...or do I just find @thepublicdomain writing too compelling?Wondered whether "new scientific ideas about consciousness, like Global Neuronal Workspace Theory" meant to be evocative fiction, or real, and it's real (the theory anyway) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehaene%E2%80%93Changeux_model with interesting recent history of a $6m test (which it seems to have largely failed, but need to read https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.23.546249v1.full closely). Certainly more interestng than pop music!
(DIR) Post #ApTG1ITXYsc6fsW2HQ by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2024-12-18T01:43:03Z
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@michelin good memory (I forgot or never knew). https://lwn.net/Articles/512166/ https://lwn.net/Articles/960630/Finding this was worthwhile for the title "Oracle: SELECT * FROM Sun" (not a hit for this topic) of https://lwn.net/Articles/329223/ which also then reminds me of the somewhat similar situation with the Java TCK.Now I'm idly curious about other [historic or current] open source with proprietary tests case studies. I haven't verified these but candidates include Android, Elastic, MongoDB, RHEL.
(DIR) Post #Ayx9UU1fE4oZjEJT4i by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2024-10-15T16:51:58Z
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Someone recently did a bunch of [un]labeling of Mastodon issues, reminding me that I had subscribed to some related to rate limits, which are the main barrier to me using the site more -- or recommending to anyone not extremely forgiving of technical glitches. I got them while typing the previous two sentences!I know, it's free software, I should try to fix myself, or pay someone to do so. For now I'll lazily say if there's a bounty I'd be happy to contribute.https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/23529
(DIR) Post #Ayx9UVpgVaQ9KeivgG by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2025-07-12T18:23:51Z
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Yet another though very concise more or less captured by the long title "Normal usage of the Mastodon web interface often results in rate limiting and posts/timelines/lists becoming temporarily unavailable" https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/35359 by @flancian Thought I'd ranted about this more often, but besides the above (of course caveats stated there apply: I'm lazy) I can only find https://mastodon.social/@mlinksva/111393613740430385I did not get rate limited while composing this message, yay! But I often do during...normal usage.
(DIR) Post #Ayx9XMEaeQv2QrjIw4 by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2025-07-05T19:30:52Z
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Stayed at a place with a gas stove. Had forgotten how terrible the smell is. Stop living like primitives, people! At least they had a HEPA air filter in the next room (doesn't really help with the gas, but I appreciate the attention to other dimensions of my health anyway).
(DIR) Post #Ayx9XNe9OsxWoQhEPo by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2025-07-06T20:06:39Z
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Here "living like primitives" = "burning stuff indoors" but I'm eager to expand that to "burning stuff within urban areas"; years ago visiting someone in a wealthy suburb and their neighbor was burning wood debris as part of yard work convinced me that these people and their behaviors need to be expelled to the wildlands and/or their suburbs need to be rewilded/turned into wildlands.
(DIR) Post #Ayx9XTBenjjRznPYps by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2025-07-08T04:36:38Z
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For example https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-drones-illegal-fireworks-20629637.phpThe article is about using drones to detect and fine yokels shooting off fireworks, but of course mass drone displays are also much preferred to fireworks, if one must have spectacle.
(DIR) Post #Ayx9XYOxPiLGAUfklE by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2025-07-24T04:35:23Z
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Another reason people burning stuff (eg ICE) need to be banished to the wildlands https://modernengineeringmarvels.com/2025/07/22/surprising-science-how-electric-cars-quietly-transform-urban-air/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44666157
(DIR) Post #Ayx9pzNjq9W93htQ36 by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2025-03-19T23:35:33Z
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#modelcontextpatrol** I wanted to type in https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133436854
(DIR) Post #Ayx9q0pmRNXhYy1KOe by mlinksva@mastodon.social
2025-04-14T22:20:00Z
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Sign of the times, first wikipedia article about MCP is on Chinese Wikipedia https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B%E4%B8%8A%E4%B8%8B%E6%96%87%E5%8D%8F%E8%AE%AE