Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@social.cleverlibre.org
Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.
#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.
Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
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High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
To the surprise of absolutely nobody who was paying attention:
So Elon Musk’s birdsite officially has the most restrictive speech policies that the bird site has ever had in its entire history https://www.media...
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Petition seeking a permanent remedy of matrimony, one of the most wonderful lawsuits ever.
RT @KVPTexas@twitter.com
Now then. #ladylawyerdiaries and #appellatetwitter family: David first asked me out by writing me an appellate brief requesting oral argument.
He proposed by writing me a petition seeking a permanent remedy of matrimony.
Both were...very effective. #nerdlove #KVPatLarge https://twitter.com/KVPTexas/status/1194120798669139970
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LOLitics
It’ll get lost in all the disaster but the richest man alive reply guying “Actually, it’s *good* insulin is so expensive” may be one of the grossest things I’ve ever seen.
RT @JUNlPER@twitter.com
elon musk tried to correct bernie sanders on insulin prices but then got fact checked by his own website lol
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While men can wear clothing like hoodies and shorts and still be seen as a leader, women don't have that option.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/11/its-powerful-how-john-fettermans-hoodie-won-the-popular-vote
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So, it's time to talk about #aliens.
Is the search for #intelligent #life just an impossible search for a microscopic pin within a mountain-sized haystack? Or is there a way to try and be smart about how we search?
A thread about some work I've been involved with that addresses this question... (1/n)
If you enjoy the thread, and you think others may do too, then please #boost it!
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I have a jar of ammonites and a jar of chocolate covered pretzels and I just went to grab the jar of ammonites for a quick snack and WHOOPS! NOPE! That was a close one.
@GianninaRossini @wefail Or just switch to slow mode (which really should be the default).
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Risks to Mastodon with increasing popularity
Interesting comment on Hackernews regarding a possible scenario/long term risk should Mastodon threaten the corporate sphere of social media.
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@mmasnick here's an interesting take on Elon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLBYtwu0gkY
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He was deliberately setting out to change the platform to make it more to his liking - yes, he needed more revenue but he also apparently just personally resents people (journalists) with blue checks -
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It's an excellent example of underwater heritage of modern times:
Section of Destroyed Space Shuttle Challenger on Ocean Floor przez @sciam
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Yesterday, my local Mastodon admins called for people to donate voluntarily. So much money was pledged that today they posted a poll asking how many months of reserve funding they should keep on hand before donating the overage to charity.
Meanwhile, Elon's breaking Twitter because he desperately needs cash.
@freemo Agreed. In Twitter, the only real discussions happened in the replies to blue check posts.
That is very much not the case here.
@freemo I think they're pretty popular among the migrating herd.
Most of the "welcome to Mastodon, here's how things work here" posts mention them.
@freemo Oh, I totally agree that the effect you're describing exists and is quantifiable.
But for folks who are currently migrating and had existing followers over there, I don't think it tells the whole story.
At least half the people I follow here come from tools that let me know when others I used to follow over there have made the leap to Mastodon.
@freemo I do wonder how much of this is driven by tools like Debirdify though.
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a section 230 fever dream
RT @rafaelshimunov@twitter.com
Did Twitter Blue tweet just cost Eli Lilly $LLY billions?
Yes.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/rafaelshimunov/status/1591133819918114816
@maxkennerly In other words, it's just the rubes who bought into it who will pay.
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@jonreed Love it, but the line before last and the first has the wrong meter and it throws it off. May I suggest the following variant:
There once was a man called Musk,
Who hollowed the bird to a husk,
We migrated and flew,
To friends old and new,
And now we are fans of the tusk
Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.
#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.
Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
He/Him 🏳🌈
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
