⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@social.cleverlibre.org

Every town should have a cable depot where everyone brings the cables they aren't using and they sort, test, and store them, and when you need some random cable you simply drop by the cable depot to pick it up. And if they don't have it they'll request it from the next town over, like inter library loans.

The last 10 years or so of tech:

2013: Blockchain! It's a like a database, but slower and worse!
2016: VR! It's like monitors, but slower and worse!
2021: NFTs! It's like pictures, but slower and worse!
2023: AI! It's like algorithms, but slower and worse!

Attention Citizens!

New Soylent Red is now made with Real People*!
Enjoy the same umami flavor you know and love, now [Redacted]% organic, and locally sourced!

You are what you eat, feel good about it.

#Paranoia #RPG #ttrpg #games #satire #soylent #organic #healthy #dystopian

I've published a text version of my #37C3 lightning talk!

"The browsers biggest TLS mistake"

https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/browsers-biggest-tls-mistake

Long, long shot here but I don't happen to know anyone (or anyone who knows anyone) that's familiar with Arts Council England grant applications, do I? It would be unbelievably helpful towards a very cool music project if so.

Met Police confirm willingness to open investigation into any crime for which you gather all the evidence and make a four-part TV drama https://newsthump.com/2024/01/07/met-police-confirm-willingness-to-open-investigation-into-any-crime-for-which-you-gather-all-the-evidence-and-make-a-four-part-tv-drama/

I really miss Maplin.

I miss being able to go into a shop and buy 3 meters of cable just by looking at the cable and going “that's the right size for me”.

CONGRATULATIONS CORY DOCTOROW @pluralistic 🥳

"2023 Word of the Year is “enshittification” – American Dialect Society

https://americandialect.org/2023-word-of-the-year-is-enshittification/

I just came across this strange object which is displayed in the scanner as a "green" blip, just as regular space stations are. Could this be a rock hermit? Do these even exist in the C64 version?!

#RetroGaming
#Elite
#Commodore64

I switched to Firefox a few weeks ago and it was remarkably painless for something absolutely critical that I need to work reliably, with zero additional friction, every single day.
I cannot stress how low-hassle it is to switch from Chrome to a browser with a business model that doesn't rely on tracking you.
Do it.

Speaking of AI art models...

If we take the use of copyrighted images out of the equation, let's say hypothetically that a new model, trained only on the art of consenting artists and the public domain, could produce as good art as Midjurney currently does...

Do you think it is still morally and ethically wrong to use it?

(Boost to help me satisfy my curiosity if you want :3)