2026-04-18T06:18:17Z https://yabu.me Kagan MacTane (he/him) https://yabu.me/npub1lv06hzyaxvguqstvjw559ft5luc0jnk2r7smr88224gqztnytgzs57ulrg https://stockroom.wandering.shop/accounts/avatars/108/199/464/141/707/385/original/f6ae94bfa6b94fe3.jpg https://stockroom.wandering.shop/accounts/avatars/108/199/464/141/707/385/original/f6ae94bfa6b94fe3.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs28776krmuktxzw5ljrehmdmue28pf60gtlcavvfuy3qzf5654e0szyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq2z5rwzq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszz7s2ak5ytnvuuk3suzprrp9en5nvzvw9am7uesqd4p5sajteads2q3z3u'>nevent1q…3z3u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Logging into all kinds of services, installing all kinds of software, making all kinds of things work the way I want them to...<br/><br/>It&#39;s good to know the actual install itself will be nice and short, but I&#39;m still going to allocate many hours for the entire project. I&#39;m sure I&#39;ll need them. (And if not? Bonus, extra free time!) 2025-12-22T17:33:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdm49px73074jvu5rgxje34ff7vgkkrsg3jvz6tssqsl3xuuf54wszyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq28j928r So, I spent lots of time yesterday honing my #Linux migration plan. I *think* it&#39;s ready to go... but seriously, today I really gotta run the errands I skipped yesterday, and by the time those are done, I think it&#39;ll be too late in the day to start a project of that size.<br/><br/>I do think it&#39;d be nice to have this major change happen on the Solstice. And not wait until Christmas.<br/><br/>Maybe I&#39;ll just go all Leeroy Jenkins on it today anyway. I&#39;ll see how I do at getting other shit done first. 2025-12-21T17:30:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw6ra358aj8z77rl0z4tkcqwql99ppu35nc3pg4dqp60a0zcnpwnqzyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq2jpey3n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp4vlsmsc5hxyww7v9pw05ejlf8e20lrc9mqt47tfxvf8700jq3ps4raq58'>nevent1q…aq58</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fair enough.<br/><br/>I wonder how Leela would&#39;ve dealt with that. 2025-10-02T18:07:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2ye56gf2jp6c83j6lsp27zklc2tgnmrsahl4uu64923vj2hsaeegzyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq2cv5cer In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswapfgumuf88nr2w32r9kplw8uxq9hd4epe9lsxpd9vuhayejnqgckce7y9'>nevent1q…e7y9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I *looove* how Leela takes out one of the Sontarans in this.<br/><br/>I was so happy when she first showed up in &#34;The Face of Evil&#34;, and particularly when she throws some Tesh security guard in a full flip over her shoulder at one point while sneaking into their base or whatever. (I like me some Aamazons. Always have.) But then they had a run of episodes where they slotted her into roles that had been written for Sarah Jane, and so she got wimpified. 1/2 2025-10-02T17:30:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxp4zk2222qmn7yx8jvd05nlgr2af9t5c2g25x748kh8yy5sazgdszyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq28zt7xz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs248uvu2ynnr9xdnk8msuusvht5fe88e9ehwtyepuf699k248thqsjckcdp'>nevent1q…kcdp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>CGP Grey did a video where he ranked state flags as if they were an elementary classroom assignment. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4w6808wJcU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4w6808wJcU</a> It&#39;s worth watching the first 1:45, just to see what his criteria and grading system are. (In particular the tier system *inside* the F tier.)<br/><br/>And then jump to 7:54, where he gets to Virginia and immediately gasps, &#34;Oh, god! Are you trying to get me demonetized? Your flag has nudity, murder, and an explicit call to violence.&#34; 🤣 2025-06-15T16:08:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrl42q48ukyg6zg573r6mwxhxxlu5vz496wskcsgjdfy5j9nv60jqzyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq2lhqptq I feel like this shows a lot about the kinds of people who are strongly pro-AI: they&#39;re prone to not just ignoring ethics but actively violating well-accepted ethical standards. When told that something&#39;s a bad idea or flat-out wrong, they&#39;ll barrel ahead and do it anyway (though possibly in a sneaky way).<br/><br/>And they care so little about truth that they&#39;ll lie to their own AI! (Telling it participants have given consent.)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/reddit-issuing-formal-legal-demands-against-researchers-who-conducted-secret-ai-experiment-on-users/">https://www.404media.co/reddit-issuing-formal-legal-demands-against-researchers-who-conducted-secret-ai-experiment-on-users/</a><br/><br/>#AI #AICrap #ethics #EthicsInAI 2025-04-29T19:43:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd6686er2ay2ufmay8jk80acgpzw6w4j24qug5w2y7rntazydepxgzyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq2uwzv2l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst76hzm8qz93sw4qxa2ltgepmfkxqtv0jm6wtsf4ha002l4mlrj2sfvnxl4'>nevent1q…nxl4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ewww, yuck. 🤮<br/><br/>Buying a Tesla around 2010, 2012, whatever? That meant you cared about the environment.<br/><br/>Buying a Tesla in 2025? That means you&#39;re a Nazi, and you want people around you to know it. 2025-02-09T21:05:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd0nm9al5mr89jtxsvdl0dker9u8zh4qdz8g4gfdf8xde4ndfll2gzyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq24722j6 My last post is an interesting example of why I don&#39;t think we can ever really have a set, positional grammar for emoji. In words, it&#39;s &#34;hammered shit&#34;, but the emoji work better as 💩🔨 because of the direction the hammer is facing. 🔨💩 looks more like the shit is *wielding* the hammer or something.<br/><br/>I should really read Because Internet; I&#39;m sure <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1lxlh0l24elflk99gxlznw0d0k0nuyvn8elfuwl68lc56auklmlhqqcpn9e" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Gretchen McCulloch</span> (<span class="italic">npub1lxl…pn9e</span>)</a></span> has thought *way* more about this than I have.<br/><br/>#emoji #linguistics #shitposting 2025-01-25T17:26:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9j5ug07vqsq685f3hwdkfwhvur68zu6hn48x4ctdwfdwxpldumyszyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq23teszw I don&#39;t think it would&#39;ve ever occurred to me to eat a silica gel desiccant packet on my own. But the fact that they say &#34;DO NOT EAT&#34; so insistently gets my brain going.🤔<br/><br/>How do they taste?<br/><br/>Just how bad, truly, on a scale from &#34;that tasted awful, I need to rinse my mouth out now&#34; to &#34;wow, that was a hospitalizingly, life-changingly bad thing to do&#34; would it be to eat one?<br/><br/>Okay, what if I just licked some?<br/><br/>(I&#39;m not going to do any of these things. I just wish the damn packets would shut up.) 2024-11-24T19:11:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspkmzz4cz446f0g68e6swwmtdac86nea6085zx59l299teqreas2szyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq26qttke I was all set to rant and rail against HarperCollins, and then I saw that they&#39;re doing something very unusual:<br/><br/>They&#39;re *asking the authors* for their consent. And it&#39;s opt-in, not opt-out.<br/><br/>(This is probably because copyright. Still, it sets them so far apart from the tech industry, which decided not to even ask for forgiveness, but just to charge ahead and hope the law won&#39;t apply to them.)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/harpercollins-ai-deal/">https://www.404media.co/harpercollins-ai-deal/</a><br/><br/>#HarperCollins #AI #publishing 2024-11-19T15:21:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0zam0vqqzy7jzd8h5xmsw9fe7y9lry8qalwpds28w0vj3kvy8kcgzyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq25s9szm HOAs are awful, part 542: A guy in Arizona has a cooler with free water in his driveway. Nobody in his neighborhood has complained. Many neighbors are supporters. And yet the HOA is fining him anyway, because... not even &#34;because reasons&#34;, honestly; it&#39;s apparently just to be shitty.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/free-water-bottles-fined-by-hoa/">https://www.vice.com/en/article/free-water-bottles-fined-by-hoa/</a> 2024-09-16T15:20:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf2tcn9fpgjyxjw6h3n20slc87uma7h6qlhzcyk8kcrtkua7ynddqzyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq2q4s7nk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx4f9wugvs6mqthwklke9sqk4gur2lgaewtuh6q2psttvfpak9y7q6vcgn5'>nevent1q…cgn5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wait, seriously? But these things have been parts of practically every graphical interface since before the web even existed! Like, I&#39;m pretty positive I saw them in Windows 3.1, and I *think* they started off in the Macintosh interface, right?<br/><br/>You can see them in things like the settings screens for MS Word, or just... all over the place. 2024-09-13T21:30:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstypwyw725sctd7wnmgxpgaytyw50jvl7dj8xpjwm0cc3y2tcxzxszyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq2c65et6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstpxc7r93krk05739w6gkjamvcgtjd89zvfvhxrgyq2nkes6azcuctt5ep5'>nevent1q…5ep5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Then, I dunno... a dozen (pairs) is definitely not too many.<br/><br/>Two dozen? Three?<br/><br/>I feel like when you hit fifty pairs, that&#39;s probably going too far... but if you personally disagreed, I&#39;d change my mind! 😄 2024-09-13T19:47:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgkuey0r3x42wxygvdp9e66y5mwe0g03ruqqf9azy583tzt08zjxgzyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq2drldp2 I just tried to leave the following comment on Mozilla&#39;s feedback page regarding their new AI &#34;feature&#34;. Sadly, it asked me to log in *after* I hit Submit, despite the previous page saying I only needed to be logged in if I wanted to add an attachment. So now I&#39;m even more unhappy.<br/><br/>Anyway, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rvduh3y9t5exgw0xvvtg0rkl57ksgtkhhnkkjlp3mjjxn93prfesmmm6kr" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mozilla</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rvd…m6kr</span>)</a></span>, you don&#39;t seem to want to hear feedback on this, but I&#39;m @-ing you anyway.<br/><br/>Comment comprises the rest of this thread... 1/3<br/><br/>#Mozilla #AI #Firefox #AICrap 2024-09-12T19:43:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8t555hj6wxk8rp0jyt4mv4xklj8s3dyzr62sua6wx4yrdz4w4d4czyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq2ffknxs &#34;And this... [look of disgust]... _former president_&#34; 🔥<br/><br/>That&#39;s one that only works on video. Wow.<br/><br/>#USpol #PresidentialDebate 2024-09-11T02:20:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0w6jakrqc3z92cqvg0dsuazsxdkp2vlm7vahq7ddtnzd4039rlgqzyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq2cm4qhs &#34;Mr. Trump, how would you end the war in Ukraine, since you&#39;ve said you could do so within 24 hours?&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;[bizarre rant about how we should be charging NATO countries money for something, which turns into utter incoherence about how our country has gone to hell]&#34;<br/><br/>#USpol #PresidentialDebate 2024-09-11T02:11:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxjuya67ehqds8wuhaqvn0273e4eqedyrhfef6mkjngtsv2marmyczyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq2sy58t2 &#34;Let&#39;s turn the page on this. Let&#39;s not go back.&#34;<br/><br/>#USpol #PresidentialDebate 2024-09-11T01:50:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsykpw88x53ehenjx5fw6w2ehhuxda7gsuc29z8849z36atqthvnrgzyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq285rkly &#34;Transgender operations on...&#34; okay, I was expecting kids in schools, but then &#34;...illegal aliens in prison.&#34;<br/><br/>Seriously, WTF? It&#39;s like too many of his conspiracy theories collided in his head at once.<br/><br/>#USpol #PresidentialDebate 2024-09-11T01:44:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswztxtcekjk6k95j2f40fmglq0nmuwd5zcsy85j7x2xjm2awjww3szyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq20xeqnp Trump says Tim Walz is &#34;really out of it&#34;?! 🤣 <br/><br/>#USpol #PresidentialDebate 2024-09-11T01:18:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv5p4sms984l94ehgp563qzcypwjg9s6ad05hqah7rr4eceu8s0dszyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq2m6jcty A: He tells you so.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-immigrants-plan-bloody-story-b2609092.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-immigrants-plan-bloody-story-b2609092.html</a><br/><br/>#Trump #TrumpIsAFascist #NeverAgain #fascist #fascism #USpol #CWUSpol 2024-09-09T15:06:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfnmgr2vqa7pm7x8le2rm5exx2k7jj2ecajfdctepsl2r0m3yp48czyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq246vepy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgz4vqgfyrwhz37x0usuqq707nhfgatc2jmxzdfcmkeyjx3m3qe3s5w9tx8'>nevent1q…9tx8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My guess is &#34;someplace yummy!&#34; 😋 2024-09-01T18:17:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2xg8xj335k8e3mkffk95zlppavm54j67u059rxlm98zlnvuwu3nqzyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq26rvl4n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9q5q6w3q3520xesq555jhsgyqy4gd7uz0z0xmcezvh6ykrt9j8zgq047f7'>nevent1q…47f7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is fucking disgraceful.<br/><br/>They put their own campaign at risk because they didn&#39;t want to wear masks. That irresponsibility better fucking not cost them the election. 3/3 2024-08-27T04:49:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9q5q6w3q3520xesq555jhsgyqy4gd7uz0z0xmcezvh6ykrt9j8zgzyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq2vkkven In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz28nk2m7j80tr8fh2s0fzq4a3ugkwzm4fpsw3gg288v5tya6yuuq74lykv'>nevent1q…lykv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They have only 70 days until Election Day. They can&#39;t afford to squander any of them. People are counting on them. *The nation* is counting on them.<br/><br/>And they were so GODDAMN FUCKING IRRESPONSIBLE that they took *not a single fucking precaution*.<br/><br/>And these motherfuckers want to run *the entire goddamn country?!?* 😡 2/3 2024-08-27T04:49:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz28nk2m7j80tr8fh2s0fzq4a3ugkwzm4fpsw3gg288v5tya6yuuqzyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq2hs230c I am *so livid* at the Harris-Walz team right now. They&#39;re saying they have concerns that the number of Covid cases on their team after the DNC could affect staffing at events this week.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democratic-national-convention-surprise-guest-covid-kamala-harris-rcna168298">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democratic-national-convention-surprise-guest-covid-kamala-harris-rcna168298</a><br/><br/>They had no testing or mask requirements at the convention. They just &#34;let it rip&#34;. 1/3<br/><br/>#DNC #COVID #CovidIsNotOver #Election2024 #USpol 2024-08-27T04:48:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxw3hmwepjw824sdeem6yn5v08kd5s3e74prstkh9jdt8h2zeu0rczyra3l2ugn5e3rszpdjf6js49wnlnp72weg06rvvuaf24qqfwv3dq23lajx4 It&#39;s far past time journalists and news organizations started calling the main thinkers and proposals of the Republican Party what they are: not merely &#34;conservative&#34;, but deeply and blatantly fascist.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-vance-harris-walz-beer-question-rcna165834">https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-vance-harris-walz-beer-question-rcna165834</a><br/><br/>#Republicans #journalism #fascism #fascist #USpol #CWUSpol 2024-08-13T19:24:16Z