Mauve 👁💜 @mauve@mastodon.mauve.moe
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Occult Enby that's making local-first software with peer to peer protocols, mesh networks, and the web.
Exploring what a local-first cyberspace might look like in my spare time.
Joined Apr 2022
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the only reason i am "smart" is because a traumatic childhood forced me to fill my time with computer touching, and i dont know how to feel about this
Manifesting more librarian friends in meatspace. Do people still say meatspace?
@raboof I mostly use my computer (a steam deck) for programming and reading/writing web articles :)
I've played some games on it too and the screen is higher quality for that than the built in display.
It's pretty nice to be on my back in bed with a bt keyboard in my hands
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Reminder: Please CW your bad news (whether they're uspol, censorship, fascism, etc)
If possible be specific, but just saying "bad news" is an improvement already.
I suddenly felt like I was doomscrolling on Twitter today 🤮
@danny this, sir, wins the internet 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@trevorflowers yeah that's fair, defs not something to draw upon lightly and without context
@technobaboo @trevorflowers Agree with Nova. as a practicing fan of the occult, magic thinking and metaphores intertwined with tech fit well with my practice at large. I think that Digital servitors are just a manifestation from the astral in the physical 🤷
Best part of strapping an hmd to my face is being able to lay on my back in bed while I code and follow up on emails and the such
I like to imagine that my spelling mistakes when I type could be read kinda like a computer that's glitching out every now and then.
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Are there people out there who are looking at #LLM/AI-generated content as pollution?
Because that is the analogy that makes the most sense to me. It's creating huge externalities for the profit of a few - proliferating enormous amounts of digital pollution (as well as real-world greenhouse gas pollution).
The more #AI/LLM churn out content for the internet, the dirtier the water, so to speak. Or the air. And the less it functions for users.
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"my brother in christ" - old, boring
"my sister in satan" - new, interesting
however i introduce
"my sibling in the void" - unique, engaging, yet neutral
@Blort @linmob @matthewcroughan i think that was the Rokid Max. I use them as a daily driver and I'm working with folks on making drivers for #Monado to have #OpenXR apps like @stardustxr available for spatial computing interfaces.
C++ is consistently the most exhausting language to install dependencies for across distros and OSs. So much out there just assumes Ubuntu and apt for managing your C++ dependencies and the difficulty spikes as soon as you deviate from that.
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Data brokers are launching an attack on proposed CA legislation #SB362 that would let people opt out from all #databroker services en masse. Because they know everyone will do it if they can. The #DELETEAct would be good for Californians. Tell your legislator you support it and don't let these dodgy businesses kill it. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/16/ad-industry-tries-to-quash-proposed-data-broker-regulations-00111513
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We need your support!
We need to grow our donations or consider cutting costs (like sunsetting non-essential services) to remain sustainable.
Besides Pixelfed, we also run https://fedidb.org, https://fediverse.info and https://activitypub.network
Donations can be made via:
Liberapay - https://liberapay.com/pixelfed
Open Collective - https://opencollective.com/pixelfed
Patreon - https://patreon.com/dansup
Spread the word! #pixelfed
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In a country where nearly every iota of our psyches and our physical spaces has been captured for the purpose of generating a profit, the ongoing existence of public libraries feels not just radical, but astonishing. https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/08/are-libraries-the-future-of-news/
Been hanging around with folks that aren't into tech and god damb nobody cares about or understands any of the stuff I feel passionate about 😅😅 So far explaining fediverse stuff is getting slowly easier
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I canʼt believe I have to tell people this, but
- Donʼt buy smart home shit
- Donʼt download an app to get a free smoothie
- Donʼt sign up for something you heard about in a piece of junk mail
- Donʼt create an account with fucking McDonald's or Chipotleʼs or whatever
- Donʼt use a coupon or a discount for something you werenʼt going to buy anyway
- Donʼt sign up for free trials
- Donʼt let the devil in through the front door
- Donʼt let them sell you anything
You will not come out ahead.
The fediverse occipies an interesting part of my social sphere where I mostly talk about work stuff (my primary hobby) and random rants.
In contrast I have some small group chats with a few folks from meatspace where I exclusively shitpost and share political toots.
Then in meatspace proper is when I go full goofball mode and also where I share my feelings.
It's fun having different spaces to explore different aspects of myself.
- Pronouns
- they/them/it
- mauve+fedi@mauve.moe
- Matrix
- @mauve:mauve.moe
- Github/Gitlab/Discord
- @RangerMauve
Mod
Occult Enby that's making local-first software with peer to peer protocols, mesh networks, and the web.
Exploring what a local-first cyberspace might look like in my spare time.
Joined Apr 2022
