Martin Ruskov @mapto@social.cleverlibre.org

What’s the primary way you access Mastodon? (Please boost to extend reach.)

@jenny_ai_land
I saved it to read just a couple of days ago: https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.03622

the content/information rot online since the advent of "AI" a year ago is so real. yesterday when I was searching the internet for reminders on how to do a purl stitch, so many of the top results were random webpages with AI generated instructions that were completely useless. most had no images at all, just a bunch of text, but one even had a couple of (equally useless) pictures!

I hate how hard it's become to find reliable information online these days! It was already getting harder prior to this for other reasons, but AI content has really accelerated the problem.

I used to think "why bother having reference books for non-expert-level information when I can just find that info online in moments about anything I want" but I am starting to change my position on that. maybe I DO need reference books actually.

The call is up to join the Critical Code Studies Working Group that will feature @edmondchang and Jarah Moesch and more! Spondored by @jeremydouglass and HaCCS. Sign up by Jan 15 for our Feb discussions.

https://bit.ly/ccswg24 #critcode

🇧🇬 The Unlikely Rise and Collapse of the Bulgarian Computer
▶ Asianometry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-UVPw1c_So

#Bulgaria #ComputingHistory #Retrocomputing

Who did it better?

The funny thing about LLMs is they’re not good for knowledge work because they sometimes make up stuff that doesn’t exist and they’re not good for creative work because they sometimes make up stuff that does exist.

This is appalling. #ceasefirenow

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israeli-officials-said-in-talks-with-congo-others-on-taking-in-gaza-emigrants/

Anyone know of a program at a university or college where Linux laptops are available for students to check out and use, similar to what you might see for Windows and Mac devices?

Or maybe it's a single Linux desktop in a computer lab?

Has anyone tried this? Are there any IT admins who work at schools who could provide input?

#Politics

Western Japan has been shaking nonstop for two and a half hours now. I don't think this has ever happened before anywhere.
#Japan #Earthquake #Newyear

New updates to Dr. Emma L Briant's #Propaganda Bibliography! https://www.patreon.com/posts/78981573

Списъкът ми с български ActivityPub сървъри с отворени регистрации още се държи храбро. Дори трябва да добавя Blewsky, защото тогава го нямаше: https://petertoushkov.eu/bulletin/kakvo-e-mastodon/

По населеност:

https://masto.bg/about
https://bg.cafe/about
https://bgmastodon.com/about
https://bgtooter.social/about
https://hapyyr.com/about
https://blewsky.social

Знаете ли дали има нови български места освен тези? Искам да напиша нова статия (тази е от преди половин година), но още обмислям с какво би била полезна.

#БГМастодон

The curious joy of being wrong – intellectual humility means being open to new information and willing to change your mind
https://theconversation.com/the-curious-joy-of-being-wrong-intellectual-humility-means-being-open-to-new-information-and-willing-to-change-your-mind-216126?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Conversation US
https://flipboard.com/@conversationus/conversation-us-pc8ciek1z?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Wikimedia Russia has been dissolved.

The general assembly of Wikimedia RU decided to disband the organization after it was made clear to the president, of Wikimedia RU, who works as an as an assistant professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University, that he was to be classified as a "foreign agent".

Closing Wikimedia RU was done to protect the (now former) members of the non-profit organization that supports Russian Wikipedia.

https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8&oldid=134968726#%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%A3_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8F

I needed to understand the angles on Threads federation in a more rigorous way, so I took a few days to think through and write up my sense of the benefits, risks, and available risk mitigations, along with loopholes that need closing and questions to discuss with fediverse administrators.

This is a blisteringly hot subject for me, so it's hard to keep my head cool enough to understand other people's trade-offs, but I'm trying.

https://erinkissane.com/untangling-threads

It's almost Public Domain Day! This year, there's a lot of hype about a certain mouse entering the public domain, but to be clear Steamboat Willie is going into the public domain. The newer versions of Mickey Mouse are still protected by copyright & trademark.

There are a whole host of other cool things going into the public domain on January 1st. More information about the works entering the public domain can be found @ the Center for the Study of the Public Domain.

https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2024/

To anyone out there hosting a #Matrix server of any scale, interested in connecting with the QOTO matrix server?

What I am proposing is I will add any Matrix server on the fediverse into our configuration under room directories on the condition the other server adds QOTO as well. This wont change anything functionally except to allow the server to show up int he drop down for matrix servers when searching for servers to join. It just makes sense to have the various fediverse servers show up in that list by default.

#mastoadmin #matrix #QOTO @QOTO

So I setup a list of maybe 30 highly active matrix rooms organized into Matrix Spaces on the QOTO Matrix server (though you can access them from any spaces enabled matrix server).

Just login to your existing matrix account on any server, or register for a free one at https://element.qoto.org (registration open to everyone). Then join any of the following spaces (make sure you turn on spaces in your config under labs first).

Please let me know if you have any rooms you'd like to suggest to be added to any of the below spaces. Also, feel free to create your own space and share it.

#QOTO_space:qoto.org - Rooms related to QOTO itself

#Fediverse_space:qoto.org - Various rooms from matrix servers that have a fediverse hosted as part of the same community.

#STEM_space:qoto.org - A collection of general topic STEM rooms like Electronics, Physics, Math, etc.

#Regional_space:qoto.org - Rooms specific to Countries, towns or regions around the world.

#Projects_space:qoto.org - Channels for various open-source projects

#linux-distros_space:qoto.org - Rooms for various linux distribtuion flavors.

#Matrix #Mastoadmin #OSS #FLOSS #FOSS #STEM @QOTO #QOTO