2026-10-27T08:23:15Z https://nostr.now Pratik Patel https://nostr.now/npub1mcnyp7vj7v6mtjxvy6qzlve82wpqruwcuw9z96r8vfmq2vsrwscqt59rv9 https://media.mstdn.social/accounts/avatars/109/423/558/890/402/666/original/40f45c5844557d44.jpg https://media.mstdn.social/accounts/avatars/109/423/558/890/402/666/original/40f45c5844557d44.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyy0mkjpaujf7kyy3rjg8t9w3truajlaezy5jrqusghphvkhydfagzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rq79yj25 After reading <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span>&#39;s thread for today, I find that I need to read &#34;Capitol in the 21st Century&#34; again. I was impressed by it when I read it the first time around. I need a refresher. 2026-08-11T14:13:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqs0uj9dq3d9du4hjlht0gpufttyjhfr8t4tgg0eerpn5tt2zetpgzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqdhwp80 To cancel our membership, use our chatbot that is not accessible. Oh goodie! This is such a bad UI. It&#39;s nothing but a deliberate pattern designed to steal your money.<br/><br/>#accessibility #fail. 2026-03-23T23:33:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswp2x0c3xauwh366cmv8suj3u2ze57k9utxax4lf9rx9qew3kly2qzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqnpwjj9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrmnq47hu4es92090nd3wcpuzgnwkqepng0vyaeeu4h60gy7cveqc52kqgh'>nevent1q…kqgh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s one way to absolve oneself of any responsibility of one&#39;s actions. <br/><br/>Libertarians! 2026-03-18T06:11:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszllcugsknt689jhjnug6286cgpn4veqrzr2nnew9hfp9nuge953czyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqv4su60 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstfc8m80wfvgrj9g6yfy3s4yfxv2mmreqsvl74g5kwnveu4tts7agjg668l'>nevent1q…668l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If I were a betting man, which I&#39;m not, I still wouldn&#39;t bet against you. 2026-03-16T03:23:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvru7cpfvmh4g4zlplm343n6p6rtrgq0fhenxqkej4auapt9w2llszyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqwh77kr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspz2cln0awdzglgfeagq0dhxe4gu5suqtfqwwmtv2aqg586fewqlq9u9d57'>nevent1q…9d57</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I truly wish I could move to Linux. The accessibility just isn&#39;t there. I no longer have the patience to deal with it. This is probably a enterprise play more than anything else for Microsoft. They&#39;ve got enterprises paying monthly subs as it is. Besides, why not try to stimulate hardware purchases? The only problem is hardware costs, which ironically are going up significantly because of Microsoft&#39;s AI play. 2026-03-05T00:41:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs22rss9uk3n6a27x8v3zvkl98smf0dltz4gawmwkn0k3n7g54fxdqzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqau30fk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrstaqt97jkh8rygwn2jupapjtjltdkgdtyhr595whsrqe0lcjyngdyppdj'>nevent1q…ppdj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think Windows 11 is going to become my new Windows 10. I can&#39;t wait for the shenanigans that Microsoft will pull to force us to update. I distinctly recall the Never11 movement. 2026-03-05T00:32:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs89qrfhdgd382mc60r9kg5els38wzw5p6fudtyxc5u33x3m4k4tfgzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqr70q5a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy3f6fqflp6lwqgzeswkru0gkx27knnwterdcpqdk4h8lm0n570uchp55ft'>nevent1q…55ft</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I knew that Elon would go for this and Sam would follow. It&#39;s all just making me tired. 2026-02-28T09:52:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf44y0vsrwzyfkrczruw7pu66ewpzpaj8m0c6ez64ryay5rl78elgzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rq83g9my Lolol.<br/><br/>Trump says he told tech companies they must build their own power plants for their data centers; sources: the WH expects to formalize the effort in March.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/trump-says-he-has-told-big-tech-companies-build-their-own-power-plants-2026-02-25/">https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/trump-says-he-has-told-big-tech-companies-build-their-own-power-plants-2026-02-25/</a> 2026-02-25T04:15:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9jr3gjkf0ccudg66uxzjp779wxhh0zxxvetp7nhm6etrxu052exczyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqz9ak7a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspp5nvvjzxy929ukqqw7ual2w92v5wr0ge8gvy6r7havrc3kgzvkqk49rvy'>nevent1q…9rvy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It was one of the saddest day of my life when I had to let my human assistant go because I could no longer justify their salary. 2026-02-24T04:05:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgygmxkkv4ze2f40se83a9l5qr70ltwhx96vl7rjymym987zqvumqzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqnavlz2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqwtlas8eq2kgeys0us9fl9gmevg9cps9x02u26uhqnealn55rw9cy050wn'>nevent1q…50wn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That definitely convinces me to hit that buy button. 2026-02-11T04:48:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqssm6nmu5zq8a8qyamwmpj8facasdksfzs3t7lfv4xwsm7t52tmgzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqv43wqy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd5hn4vgv3znan5w8wek0xyhlaalesmwpkwljym0k936jchkkfa9s0yq7av'>nevent1q…q7av</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Gone are the days of Amazon pushing the button to show Wallstreet whatever it wanted. 2026-02-05T22:22:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvk3ale49ull0vskqqhrwtxjwjq70ndytxggcnd7k24zzwkpznvcszyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqd9l4j5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr47l3v67tnrdv4a328qw4sxze5j7xfe8en33ku92hz05tnz2pqgqkfax3t'>nevent1q…ax3t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, he&#39;s great. I paid for it last week. 2026-02-05T20:39:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdwueyva9q7snnfsnc56h26aqv69ntptwzhrvl02u0twml5fl3fvczyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqr0turr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsynxzrzu5eswa4ajv0m8fnnkjx6nxx8j4lkps2zdsqpeugx40790qwdafwr'>nevent1q…afwr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Out of all of these, I&#39;m highly amused by Oracle&#39;s refinanced loans. When banks decide to get rid of those loans, things have to be bad. 2026-02-05T19:31:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9qrvpr0w00t2r0xpnxd3a95j37zsa6rrzta3lymgr5yz5tl2p6ugzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqzghsep In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp284chkdtpjrx333vp646dxf4mkpw9m2ea4tr67vzphhmyjs3rlck4jsqr'>nevent1q…jsqr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s more than a possibility. You&#39;re right in that optimism can only take us so far. 2026-02-01T19:59:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdrkr8mm5vsll5cn43qxuqgqd4sg7xamc2n99hwc6pq8qkprtrc2qzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqreqxka In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx3eny3wgnqvke8qx5cxeg4qkcwx8ygu2fv379fvw4c0rgvsqqlnqtzvevl'>nevent1q…vevl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As soon as I read about the thing on Macstories, I could see the whole thing going down. Good idea with bad implementation. I suspect it will be a perfectly usable thing in six months or so without the security and financial issues. 2026-02-01T19:22:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstv5z2j9w08revpm7nqvhrldj7srwgsx63dguamdu20ghr0jkyvwszyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rq87gdny In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0xsy2c30nztkp6wshunhpat7ds3zw6uwxwczx5as3a8nghuvs08gtxuvq0'>nevent1q…uvq0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Even though I don&#39;t eat it any more, I might make an exception if they brought back baja chilupa from the 90s. I recently ordered for my mom and noticed that they brought the 7 layer borito back. 2025-10-08T21:17:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9r7mckt4fxhknh3wd5y3tgcfzgn82d3kwpn755wc927gsx3ykfdczyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqzqk7v0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyvc56v236qqa5hwjm9gfsgygtuh6jq03cx3l2n7xt72t5wsp3pfglcw2uc'>nevent1q…w2uc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>People forget that OpenAI has to actually raise the money it will need for those bookings. 2025-09-19T19:31:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfazqfy388hkg3tjxlcxtplacway5z0mjns6vwd8xm5fs6masuy3czyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rq939c4k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2hyl4vyp4ht9ja2p69zzlp957znqhq2lxezmd243uldc52tyg09sk6d847'>nevent1q…d847</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That does sound more familiar. Apropos of that theme, I&#39;ve been rewatching Sillicon Valley. I never got to watch it described. I&#39;m finding it even more hilarious now with crypto and AI under our proverbial bets. 2025-09-16T23:44:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszysah84fweedwx72t0fhxzt3w5s3e94fga3q9mkjpfdaxgcvnmvszyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqu8ln9u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp6zk5ssaa8aawszw329zamvcp7kydt9n2kmmn7vdtz57r3fxaffsrrk2nq'>nevent1q…k2nq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I remember something like it on one of the HBO shows. I can&#39;t remember which one. 2025-09-16T23:33:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ehtwzfxv69268vd28wwj8wvgnv627xns2dkthp7uvrwwwac8yvgzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqppqxcm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs07q6shw2u9c02pkyk295al7r58k0ysvrtw047fu4qd489uk6g4cgva0ddz'>nevent1q…0ddz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If she were a lab, I&#39;d tell you that the expression is about missing out on a great feast while she has to wait. 2025-09-14T03:48:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsymul6tk2nqhchaqxv52c0yew3z0r2wsgf7gmax2qckfjda7mz9qszyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rq439tkk They&#39;re going to fuckin&#39; make him a marter for the cause. Aren&#39;t they? 2025-09-11T15:49:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8rult9yal3h0sj44ys5y9vlvj68z58zshxg0caxgu6sd5e3a4p6czyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqnkml4q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspt7l8xsl3lxst99cfyq6uepevmcjsn2mwkv24e4xfr3g62742z3glxjkum'>nevent1q…jkum</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve never understood the great pineapple debate—especially when it comes to pizza. Unless you&#39;re talking about dessert pizza, it&#39;s supposed to be savory. In no world could pineapple could be defined as savory. So there&#39;s absolutely no debate. 2025-09-06T18:56:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxlh96gfy3jz0cltvc43g7levfxcmjr0v4uyngpnrm2dnrdk0g0fszyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqjgdayt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfnd2dj4e9zkmmx9edhwatckjp3xlkp2zhkerxwejnxsg2cjd8vcqcz7vsx'>nevent1q…7vsx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh. I hadn&#39;t realizeed that they were doing that. 2025-09-05T00:17:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs05q3tk980ykw6lvqp5rtqcttn9uyr9vlt42sgl89agfxa2tavfagzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rquqxvpf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfjd9p6l3afwpjmx0a05qmz7vy8ffaleynv2e28tj3zkq7tasuu9qsrkr6u'>nevent1q…kr6u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think this was definitley the best option for them. There wasn&#39;t much &#34;innovation&#34; going on, no matter what they claimed. Besides, whatever they were doing could be replicated quite easily by the big players. 2025-09-04T23:26:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv9j2qc6zqp02ge8965t675z7kux0vlg0ws0veek4d3aeg4vh5yyczyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqv4xunz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvdak8fawt5krfma0ca2a5hespwcxzahgsdc9dhqguuua8n2aud6qcwuxpn'>nevent1q…uxpn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m surprised that it took them so long to sell. 2025-09-04T19:34:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsptzw3mk247s7ky2c7hfh9u6rc39r2vlwh7xlu4864qphf996kmegzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rq7h2fym In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx9jlawqshd6u87s5jj96zfgsrjhuglj3hvpcf693hp9n9l4cxrzcu3w6v0'>nevent1q…w6v0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I certainly hope so. 2025-09-03T21:09:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfl5jltqx4mph44xqupc8m08z48mkedfafe8cyp9v43wwzg0vynsszyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rq9ha27p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2u3uze2zg9t9sgpvmtss4rhah0jt3qkx7hcqeyg77jhzl0425x7gyc5uf9'>nevent1q…5uf9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not so sure about that. Sillicon Valley culture seems to have pervaded both parties. I don&#39;t think the current Dem party will be willing to get rid of their cash cow. 2025-09-03T20:58:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9rm54dt89zhhxd05s6gpe33lpfvnesjrqy93eeywsq669jtql4fgzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rq5ds0v5 I am not a huge fan of autobiographies. This one I&#39;ll read though. I&#39;ve enjoyed her work.<br/><br/>MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME<br/>BY ARUNDHATI ROY<br/><br/><a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/arundhati-roy/mother-mary-comes-to-me/">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/arundhati-roy/mother-mary-comes-to-me/</a><br/><br/>Bookstodon #books 2025-09-02T22:21:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ae28ex0m88xrq9vk8fkzy7smvtwslgczea68gjm9cvezrj9wx8czyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqrye69y This is a good explainer.<br/><br/>How datacenters use water – and why kicking the habit is nearly impossible<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/04/how_datacenters_use_water/">https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/04/how_datacenters_use_water/</a> 2025-08-31T00:19:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxkam8mx45n72myuvk5fjva42ls7spncdckc27nfgye7a2edxxqsszyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rq2lka6d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg9rn86u3msx9kywax0wffp2wuv5lntrz34du5kxy5pfeq49s8pgsy0c0te'>nevent1q…c0te</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m waiting to see how the summit is going to be the starting point for the great shafting of Ukraine. I remember the first administration and the impeachment. 2025-08-16T02:25:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9j8nqay7ms0z8t8x9kqtc3xgwhralv4zqqfucgckadyn62psedeqzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqeghu8j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs98ygjv2chpkeau72kagqjnk9eamddrv8wsk3n60j4xheu6sj2xps2kqssq'>nevent1q…qssq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s truly ironic that LLMs are exactly the kind of tech that could solve the YouTube comment problems. At the very least, they could create a better moderating interface for comments using their own tech. 2025-08-13T20:27:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdfmdyqvqpyapeg2apaz88rvvgqq3gcxve3a3lan3zqc9z3lt3l9szyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqvgfcjn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8gc9ym37z4uglprlp334xqryvx3lqua34q2afm2mk526vsgxjpec93y738'>nevent1q…y738</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wonderful! 2025-08-08T22:10:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs90w54vnur9lscu0x38q3epqdjkrv9urw0wjaw6qsjgx6sq2s2d0czyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqty7znt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvzn5n6cpw7wqhahjw2wj4v8ycyzvq9d32pt0l74ntekx3mvz7wmqekgrz6'>nevent1q…grz6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I can&#39;t for a new announcement that will either restore the new models or enable similar functionality in GPT 5. Of course, people will have to pay for it. 2025-08-08T20:46:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd4zplp9hvzauxhlcuehtd5a3jfuqls6pz3luvwrwrr4jqq8zjnfgzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rq70c78k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgyqrrs9v0azqmequ0g8766xdtphgmcvv0lr737ht3fd2spk0ulmgqqlvpf'>nevent1q…lvpf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Even if they do, the language certainly depicts their mindset. 2025-08-07T15:05:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs96mtye3uptkcak0wp7a7w2jpmqzp684cjehqtsataasuqvjn3h0qzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqrz5y3y It can&#39;t be a coincidence that, on the day when <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> has an epic thread regarding Starlink, the service goes down for everyone. Surely the universe is listening. 2025-07-24T22:18:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsza3ng2uwpd6reyt9nfsr3hvtz0avtvyy37rv9hevfc70kqy4hrngzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rq225dx3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs07m787qus5g64vj8yk58jfcqsta7ap42ln9dlxe82h6mnt3eh38q094waf'>nevent1q…4waf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Irrational exuberance&#34; defined. 2025-07-24T00:53:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr90jz3xm89zuhzzc6um2n8umtjm33h27mjurpkkjty7ly4ymgj8gzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqpeg3y6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstc735pv6mj4mwmvcemphdap7xvhzvftxzrnl9unky4kfdj3hlw3qdv9y0h'>nevent1q…9y0h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I never ever wanted to think about Trum&#39;s sex life. I had enough the last time around. It&#39;s getting worse like everything else. 2025-07-18T07:22:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs82vwlhyaxymf3hhk3359nwtcrqfjmmn0vuvt5k7fca8djzercemszyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqgp3ka4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdz3r28pwp8jvs3ry9qwa6yujug4f8nm5q0erqrk3h6jh8szxplhgw3dqr7'>nevent1q…dqr7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I count those months as hard sniffing by two wannabe alphas. 2025-06-30T17:58:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgl8p43624utc6vumxlrqek4wvrdhdcx87jae446fmzdsu7xtgd0gzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rq49jxz3 I know I haven&#39;t been paying too much attention. But, I didn&#39;t predict the fall out between TFG and Musk to happen so quickly. I would have predicted at least 6 months of good relations. 2025-06-30T16:40:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0lgqe8flsypxfpvye50jgfkql03ycvpndr4rrtjwtf3lvutycu0gzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqlwuer6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgw0qnv89sw5mz6f4xzcscs3wnvpj5c0tlfj394v9c6v54enx8ulcyelekc'>nevent1q…lekc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah yes. They had an early group of people who were supposed to be working on accessibilityat the time.That group was doing this in addition to their own work. Jeff wheeler, who was subsequentlly (and officially) ppointed to the position, was leading this group back then. 2025-01-14T11:46:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqfzek8dv0tc6a0guplq8qgxt56hxmexhz3knwt44nxafesjuxssczyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqwxesyr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0xf9s90yu728ud060j83vdqz2ms2na2nxdsvpacte25der8cgxusfwt5vz'>nevent1q…t5vz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean lot of the people on TikTok could be considered NPCs. 2025-01-14T00:43:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8xw5xkgw4udzatla90n0ta0e2ulvj0runym4e5mf65s5tfjqyyjszyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqw367sq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsweny7afjklpeste9jcxve5gppx9msu6q440czdpakag3c8jd0p8sm5g03k'>nevent1q…g03k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Especially if Netanyahu has anything to say aboutit. 2025-01-13T22:23:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswtdrrf6qfdj3huhjyrda0cg84g73xhqr89a6gy094533j4mxe7ngzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqu7gauk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxg43xf37gy6m5089um05d2xtsqfa8c9x2k6y06q403w69vy8su3gxzq6qu'>nevent1q…q6qu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And that AI is pretty good about providing descriptions. 2025-01-04T02:57:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswvfp2g4drkr9wt3ldlj3w94sd5c6f8femp8xtgd8rerrlc2kxaqgzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqn64565 You know, it&#39;s been more than five years since FB introduced the so-called #accessibility feature that kinda sorta tells blind people what&#39;s in thephotos--you know, the kind of thing that says &#34;maybe an image of text , image of person and hat.&#34; That system is still in place. There&#39;s no reason for that kind of lackluster automated description for #photos on Meta properties like FB or threads. <br/><br/>#a11y 2025-01-04T02:29:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxy0km53525dn8uggecds4s354x4pqef2pszghxp2kv0zr6d3rq4gzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqc7qlwk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxlf3jvvvmmfqewy54skv3ah832c697038ewa3380csl0fexsae6smsl3xa'>nevent1q…l3xa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My mom commented about that this mornning. I haven&#39;t watched that for years. I knew it would be a disaster when it started raining heavily at 10:00. 2025-01-01T18:04:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst2w9whpx3uf3feqs3ya63dumdarlvqq7zlh9w5y5zk3erp2uug7gzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqj6tm84 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp7dfdnjx4vwnhyfmdptfv6pcs24fr60gcncrfzf28s2p98vdjz4c07kp8l'>nevent1q…kp8l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sharpy, anyone? 2024-12-23T18:21:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2lsl9hzaxqzemv6qhu9h2u3ds6yned0tal5klgvkrwsvp8gp6eyszyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqd5rdr9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst8yskucd6jlugnmjx7uqg4asvv8dtluy0fgel8d88ggxh87nre5cetjngx'>nevent1q…jngx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The debt ceiling drama is still comingin January. 2024-12-20T23:47:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswe436wpenmqy9f6scchfwj6hndw74m7avp3p5r9m95gq9n7mlmdgzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqg2lqyg So. ... All that drama and we got the original continuing resolution to fund the government.<br/><br/>#USPol #USPolitics 2024-12-20T23:38:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvm469pafjan0d0tnj8a5439dqlylraa2th498hpzfm4wmtktr2mszyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqenn7ut In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ufupp4veyk64h5k2fdpvj4rzz3l7fs37zrxewqf9cyc0wphz7egzcvavf'>nevent1q…vavf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And yet there are bankers who just might do it. (See Elon versus Twitter.) 2024-09-19T15:15:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz3ut3gm2haaxjfn5s0ss79x2h4myfgjur2h9u2503ntlct2kh75gzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqt9d8fa Facebook&#39;s useless #AI based photo descriptions have made it to Threads; and, because they have, #blind people have to suffer for it. People think that posting photos on Threads without alt text is ok because of the utterly useless auto-generated descriptions. I thought I was rid of it when I abandoned Facebook in 2017. Please ask your friends, followers, and acquaintances to describe #photos on Threads.<br/><br/>#accessibility #a11y 2024-09-11T13:27:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs967qzj40w6ekhphlcl9ehqg232a87qg4f96urzp5ucdng4ptqh6gzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqwcmedd How “personhood credentials” could help prove you’re a human online<br/><br/> <br/>A system proposed by researchers from MIT, OpenAI, Microsoft and others could curb the use of deceptive AI by exploiting the technology’s weaknesses<br/><br/><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/02/1103466/how-personhood-credentials-could-help-prove-youre-a-human-online/">https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/02/1103466/how-personhood-credentials-could-help-prove-youre-a-human-online/</a> 2024-09-02T14:16:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxzg6943n936ejunm74mvf4y06lust6kyw6mz3znv25gcjzlyj2qqzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqy8wzrk Well then.<br/><br/>“we demonstrate that language models embody covert racism in the form of dialect prejudice, exhibiting raciolinguistic stereotypes about speakers of African American English (AAE) that are more negative than any human stereotypes about African Americans ever experimentally recorded”<br/><br/>#Linguistics #AI #Tech<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07856-5">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07856-5</a> 2024-08-29T13:18:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0rzknmkaxzy2gdtsu0wq426d3m2e6repjkztzf8hctvhhw3te4eszyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqt2lneg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8fqfxz3gvfawme9x023p9k0t5jwr8s4lc9lkxa96p5kn8udgtwlgymwtlc'>nevent1q…wtlc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is not to suggest that automatic descriptions aren&#39;t useful. Several tools available to #blind people are now capable of providing a good idea of the contents of photos when no descriptions are available. Apps and hardware are able to analyze photos and videos for quick access to the environment when this wasn&#39;t possible short time ago.<br/><br/>Even though these tools exist, automatic #descriptions should not be a substitute for alt text.<br/><br/>#accessibility #a11y #photography #photos 2024-08-23T15:57:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspr9hj0rudswfgf5xkcxwlhepmp62w52m0f0m89deu3ynvc8szpuczyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqay8fyw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0732zmxmqlncf5tlgmv3ykkghm40a6sfyc3wdvulyz7g6adm9ggg57pu07'>nevent1q…pu07</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Very subtle. 2024-08-21T22:42:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2hew6fzjc6l5csxzalcqxnt0urrcr8gvfz9kytmqvsn830s60vrszyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqaddv9z It&#39;s always hilarious to me that outlook.com accounts mark emails coming from Microsoft as Spam. 2024-08-19T11:36:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyvvdj6kycs2mww25z357p6qgx8n2tyyvlkkursdqf9txk9mk226gzyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqee7r2u The US FTC announces a final rule banning the sale of fake reviews and testimonials, including AI-generated ones, with fines as high as $50K per violation<br/><br/><a href="https://www.engadget.com/general/the-ftc-finalizes-its-rules-clamping-down-on-fake-online-reviews-191339646.html">https://www.engadget.com/general/the-ftc-finalizes-its-rules-clamping-down-on-fake-online-reviews-191339646.html</a> 2024-08-14T22:34:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrjrxcsks7r6fh8jcf9qhzp6900vnwejlx7n6ehpv3gpfddwkq8vczyr0zvs8ejtentdwgesngqtanyafcyq03mr3c5ghgva38vpfjqd6rqmq3l2n About to sue every fortune 500 company that doesn&#39;t buy my consulting service. 2024-08-07T16:27:25Z