2026-10-11T21:54:31Z https://nostr.now Dale Price https://nostr.now/npub1l0z8tdaxmfq9h8lteqwtsssr9ahk4je33wexxlym3tvnr886z54sqxr5tk https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/109/281/696/834/262/214/original/f26f4a40a4583b75.png https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/109/281/696/834/262/214/original/f26f4a40a4583b75.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0xc5yncm6daqmt533j2sk9hp59q7x9tvwt5wczf2q4cgrkm5t38szyraugadh5mdyqkula0ypewzzqvhk76ktxx9mycmunw9djvvulg2jky8jdh4 When I see that someone is spending time on X, a social media platform that has its own AI CSAM generator, for its “cheerfulness”, I assume that’s like visiting Epstein island for its sunny beaches.<br/><br/>A pretense.<br/><br/>(Editing to add a citation before anyone tries to tell me it doesn’t have that “feature”: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok_(chatbot)#:~:text=Sexual%20deepfake%20and%20illegal%20content%20generation%20on%20X">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok_(chatbot)#:~:text=Sexual%20deepfake%20and%20illegal%20content%20generation%20on%20X</a> ) 2026-10-11T22:54:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8gngqfatn7rzqjdhck2trgs0x0n32n5mmflswd6sq9gstwx52kpszyraugadh5mdyqkula0ypewzzqvhk76ktxx9mycmunw9djvvulg2jkj7r32x I wrote a little bit about using Apple’s new “container machine” virtualization tool (basically their version of WSL) to run a local Mastodon development server on #macOS <br/><br/><a href="https://gist.github.com/daprice/d8341082b83caf234024c1f5c7eba194">https://gist.github.com/daprice/d8341082b83caf234024c1f5c7eba194</a><br/><br/>#mastodev #macOSDev 2026-10-11T21:03:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd5pff0ytmghl8jc7gs2vmed9x3jqrc0vm6u2r2kgj9afzxz7gxagzyraugadh5mdyqkula0ypewzzqvhk76ktxx9mycmunw9djvvulg2jkqctjws I heard this is the hot new typographic style for photo-centric social media apps<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/089/541/615/635/085/original/f7c9ca77b16f7169.png"> 2026-08-13T18:12:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswym93tcyufk30ejhlsxz24g89zw0vuuyxflq477qa7pgmymjpm6gzyraugadh5mdyqkula0ypewzzqvhk76ktxx9mycmunw9djvvulg2jkcmyhcm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqexkfwe9mzg8vvxrnt9flxe33d7zsf2nwyg956jjvffqaa7kdavgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qnk8y09'>nevent1q…8y09</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqcx7gljur9tl4zss45ekcm0xuw20v4xxx0337695dq5xr468wpeasjr2zgl" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqcx7gljur9tl4zss45ekcm0xuw20v4xxx0337695dq5xr468wpeasjr2zgl</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…2zgl</span>)</a></span> It’s not on mac, is it? 2026-08-05T06:52:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdr3xkddvgzye8sduthu40hkq4mtn53ap3j0t3ag943z9jqc0v8mgzyraugadh5mdyqkula0ypewzzqvhk76ktxx9mycmunw9djvvulg2jkxyh6xp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqa5sugjytnjnetr47g8txy4ayvhjhg708v6jeaeyjkf0fgtdnflspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43q9gja9z'>nevent1q…ja9z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqcx7gljur9tl4zss45ekcm0xuw20v4xxx0337695dq5xr468wpeasjr2zgl" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqcx7gljur9tl4zss45ekcm0xuw20v4xxx0337695dq5xr468wpeasjr2zgl</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…2zgl</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/story/id1668483560">https://apps.apple.com/us/story/id1668483560</a><br/><br/>Screenshots in case the URL doesn’t work for you:<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/041/511/402/835/629/original/bd6b3fae6e3698a1.png"> 2026-08-05T06:36:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd2j4gyyc70mayhk3fc6fq703qzk40n802l2ycx2w4fj3qm8y8ktczyraugadh5mdyqkula0ypewzzqvhk76ktxx9mycmunw9djvvulg2jktp6869 #Mastodon featured on the front page of the Mac App Store in the US 🦣<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/039/054/202/819/864/original/c0538d3992f9a5b8.png"> 2026-08-04T20:13:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsved767n6snvszl87nh02ckdpeaumd276kj4cx72ncdrq5ylattygzyraugadh5mdyqkula0ypewzzqvhk76ktxx9mycmunw9djvvulg2jkjwdszt 1996: be careful entering your credit card details online because the connection might not be secure<br/><br/>2026: be careful entering your credit card details online because the website might have an extremely secure connection to 798 advertising partners, 24 malicious NPM package authors, 5 secretly North Korean software contractors, 3 firms that collect personal info for right wing political campaigns, 2 data sets used for training the AI that picks ballistic missile targets, and ICE 2026-03-09T23:20:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz4ah2stgu386qtdhr67wyr25q34f078m7af2e6s0skf6keg95eeszyraugadh5mdyqkula0ypewzzqvhk76ktxx9mycmunw9djvvulg2jkjj7ajp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsznj3yaks8zwmsupvxs72j9pr79qurg0w4d60gdj6cz4lskml4pxqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z7aywd3u'>nevent1q…wd3u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyqf5xxxzllg5cdlszyc7w3zzgjcqhsynp6l2vrdatz98geayvwda5x4e4ry" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyqf5xxxzllg5cdlszyc7w3zzgjcqhsynp6l2vrdatz98geayvwda5x4e4ry</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…e4ry</span>)</a></span> Ehh, maybe.<br/><br/>“The goal, he says, [is] to provoke a cultural debate about what counts as friendship in the age of artificial intelligence.”<br/><br/>Not to build sympathy, but to prime people to talk about it by writing clever things on the ads that they knew people would agree with. Otherwise the entire product is so far out there it begs to be ignored 2025-10-26T20:04:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8rpj5f54hgzwzm7n6lthuzt7zqmm7we7ysdhudm65du7ccqfldlqzyraugadh5mdyqkula0ypewzzqvhk76ktxx9mycmunw9djvvulg2jk42w689 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdct632mc74fj85wtanuuvdp7e4qlcksj2wya7sx8cxzwv5dt7p9cpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z77j3k7w'>nevent1q…3k7w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyqf5xxxzllg5cdlszyc7w3zzgjcqhsynp6l2vrdatz98geayvwda5x4e4ry" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyqf5xxxzllg5cdlszyc7w3zzgjcqhsynp6l2vrdatz98geayvwda5x4e4ry</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…e4ry</span>)</a></span> Maybe I’m cynical, but I think this company paid someone to deface the ads as a publicity stunt and that’s why the ads have so much white space. All the “defaced” ones I’ve seen in pics are “defaced” with the same sentiment in similar handwriting.<br/><br/>Would they get as much (or any) attention if they weren’t getting “defaced”? Probably not. 2025-10-26T19:21:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqtr3xqley9y9um0l0n34u0t38gwzl2n9hnydepzqd5p94y4a4ceszyraugadh5mdyqkula0ypewzzqvhk76ktxx9mycmunw9djvvulg2jkk04xda In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyws4zaveqww3t7qn5av4t8ayucs38gg3eps974la74g3va6wnlyqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z7hp4zq2'>nevent1q…4zq2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyzeuu8xxezujwrlj3zuhqq3rn34tuj638u74crdl69vgcz0we753zq8f3zv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyzeuu8xxezujwrlj3zuhqq3rn34tuj638u74crdl69vgcz0we753zq8f3zv</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…f3zv</span>)</a></span> it was what the AI-generated captions in that video made of the word “protocols”, like in your screenshot 2025-10-22T03:16:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswq0p3jacxdg5vh6xhccqndy5f0z3qzg9k4yf79w8h69z44fssfvczyraugadh5mdyqkula0ypewzzqvhk76ktxx9mycmunw9djvvulg2jkghjq25 Everyone in the fediverse whenever there’s #bluesky drama<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/312/684/835/439/054/original/deaf132b246e6be7.png"> 2025-10-03T22:54:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf0c0melx3309trchn5njr6cqmznyy0fmfalshjzw5de3zcxeghlszyraugadh5mdyqkula0ypewzzqvhk76ktxx9mycmunw9djvvulg2jknsgspj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfdfgs7yz5vn852m0dk22vhqz6rk0gzaadmp25032uvda9nklntespz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qzwwgmq'>nevent1q…wgmq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqcx7gljur9tl4zss45ekcm0xuw20v4xxx0337695dq5xr468wpeasytkgua" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqcx7gljur9tl4zss45ekcm0xuw20v4xxx0337695dq5xr468wpeasytkgua</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…kgua</span>)</a></span> apologies in advance if this is a stupid suggestion, or if it’s something that was already considered, but…<br/><br/>if the problem with the #31101 approach is the time it takes to resolve the link in the click handler, why not resolve them earlier, like when the link comes into view (debounced to avoid a flood of requests when scrolling quickly)? Too much server load?<br/><br/>At least as a stopgap until the long-term fix is widely adopted? That sounds like it might take years 2025-06-19T06:23:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfhq0w2sr8td80lt762valf3063h6lxmj0exwwt70nxhaqyd09c3szyraugadh5mdyqkula0ypewzzqvhk76ktxx9mycmunw9djvvulg2jk44py04 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvjyft0pp74zfgkdytcv56q99v33h6w74p3c7a08kgcx2mlejfckgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qpeq784'>nevent1q…q784</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and what the requestees see:<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/653/123/806/355/424/original/0cb71a17ed4fcdc9.png"> 2024-12-14T20:44:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvjyft0pp74zfgkdytcv56q99v33h6w74p3c7a08kgcx2mlejfckgzyraugadh5mdyqkula0ypewzzqvhk76ktxx9mycmunw9djvvulg2jkqkexfu This is what the iOS contact permission prompt should be<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/653/047/145/258/123/original/af9c9ddf0d09469f.png"> 2024-12-14T20:24:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0w7k6ueulhwgslr8597ntf0gg0du8mpjnzufexczkcuvk552tupczyraugadh5mdyqkula0ypewzzqvhk76ktxx9mycmunw9djvvulg2jkwjnaua In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgfla77nznlzjhkjrxcqg4envet92nm628vcugk868cp84amhp5gcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qlj3ra5'>nevent1q…3ra5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12tyk735v52ju032qahe3k2r520jlsujaem6xr8n0ex6u7eqj0anq59vnqc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub12tyk735v52ju032qahe3k2r520jlsujaem6xr8n0ex6u7eqj0anq59vnqc</span> (<span class="italic">npub12ty…vnqc</span>)</a></span> You sure it&#39;s not this? <a href="https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues/5178">https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues/5178</a> 2024-08-12T22:51:44Z