iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Dr Alice Violett @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Any car can be a flying car if you drive it badly enough.

Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

@tudbut You probably want to take a look at thos book though "The Java Virtual Machine Specification" docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/s…

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

@tudbut Or could point thou at where to find out more

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

@tudbut Try asking and I could see if I know enough

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

@tudbut There's always someone with deeper knowledge; I can't really say if my knowledge is deep enough but I do know a bit

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

@theradr.bsky.social Oops that turn of phrase was terrible. I still wouldn't want to live in the early bronze age though

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

@davidho.bsky.social More bats and more spiders That's what we need

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[object Object] @zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

passkeys are generally hated and distrusted by users? the things that keep trying to dark pattern me into using them instead of the password manager I chose? the things that won’t prevent my account from getting compromised when the service nagging me about passkeys gets hacked again? god I […]

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Dilman Dila @dilmandila.mograph.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

This is depressing. Perfectly good alternatives to all Adobe have existed for many years and are used at pro level, but someone hallucinates some code with claude (which I hear was trained on code of programs like gimp and inkscape) and suddenly everyone is raving about it being the end of Adobe […]

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

I think the sensible course is to meet halfway and call it superficial intelligence.

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J. Nathan Matias 🦣 @natematias.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Wow, LinkedIn's algorithm really doesn't want people to read @sarahgilbert's article about keeping the Internet human in the era of AI Out of the 10,200 impressions the feed gave my posts last week, it only gave 65 to Sarah's *important* article in @techpolicypress As Sarah writes, "If AI […]

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kralcttam ☕️ @kralcttam.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Happy Stanislav Petrov day! Today marks 43 years since Petrov decided to wait for confirmation before escalating a missile alert up the chain of command in the Soviet Air Defense, preventing nuclear war. A hero for not trusting automated systems fully […]

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M.S. Bellows, Jr. @msbellows.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

I'm so old, I remember when software that spread into the wild and infiltrated other people's computers and did harmful things to them that the users didn't ask it to was called "malware" instead of "AI" and the people that spread it were prosecuted instead of given billions in venture capital […]

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

@davidgerard I can easily understand that the thought of 10 years in prison would make you a bit twitchy

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 @lazarou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

When I think of what Reform UK voters and what they're doing to this country, I will think of this image. The same is happening in your country. #ReformUK #UKpol #UKpolitics #Fascists #Nazis

A young woman screams in anguish and violation as she is physically picked up by two large men, meanwhile an elderly man attacks her head with a crutch and an elderly woman yanks at her hair....

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

If a chemical is only supposed to dissolve one thing but dissolves everything, we don't say, "OMG, the chemical has gained a higher intelligence and hates everything and now wants to destroy the world! WHAT DO WE DO?" We say, "This company made a dangerous product that needs to be discontinued."

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

RE: dice.camp/@mqsalmon/117176203378441… I am a big fan of gutenberg.org But their ebook formatting can sometimes seem rather ... basic. This site looks like it may be a bit slicker...

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social I'm thinking of the quote > “There can be no question of political status for someone who is serving a sentence for crime. Crime is crime is crime. It is not political. To give concessions on political status would put many people in jeopardy.” This shower are […]

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

@davidgerard I bet they are hoping to create a Buck Rogers style amnesia helmet and claim that the body under the helmet is their property

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

@medieval_illuminations how many does it take to cause a criticality accident?

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

@quixoticgeek Anduril, the flame of the west Takes on a whole new meaning...

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

The horrors these warning cones have experienced. #weird #cones #humor #humour

nested yellow cones and a red cone leaning up against them, with screws and circular openings that make them look like horrified faces

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mxk @mxk.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

FYI to all climbers, if you use quick drawers from Decathlon, there is a very broad recall. ALPINISM and/or VERTIKA climbing quickdraw between January 1, 2022, and July 23, 2026 www.instagram.com/p/DbqKfFcs8TQ #climbing #alpinesafety #recall #produktrückruf

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

@Floppy Slopping in will continue until morale improves or the market crashes, whichever comes first

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

@Floppy I mean alot of things HAVE become unmanageably slop infested compared to a year ngo It just does not seem to have been an improvement. so far.

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Robert Kingett @weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

If you use this font to protect your text from AI, it also blocks *me, a human* because I use a screen reader. I did try the demo. If you want me to remove your RSS feed, this is the best font to prevent blind people from reading your blog/words. That timer is an inaccessible solution […]

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

@zzt Meh scratch that. Sorry did not read properly

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

@zzt They don't have to believe in it themselves. They just had to convince the gullible investors

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

@essjax My dell XPS running windows 11 runs so hot whilst idle that it kept shutting down during the work day. Not yet had that problem on a mac

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Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 @liztai.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

Accidentally stumbled on this YouTube channel that recreates music from ancient civilizations such as Persia, Greece and Rome. This is Humata, sung by Iranian musicians. It's gorgeous. youtu.be/dEXIIT38G0o?si=pNLLsDSv1d4… #Music #Iran

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026

@sundogplanets You are using an incubator? What are the temperatures like in Canada just now?

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

@daveybot it _did_ get a mention in "The Book of Heroics Failures" But I suppose you'd have to be a bit of an old git to have read that

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Gary @witewulf.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

UK folk, as we find ourselves in 30+C temperatures again, this is a reminder to check your medicines for appropriate storage temperatures. You’ll find that many of them shouldn’t be stored above 25C, so get them in the fridge 👍❄️💊

A squeezy tube of medication, with “Do not store above 25degC” part of the guidance printed on it.

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

@juliette Do you use a footrest that properly fits the space? If not, that might help

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Ben Hammond @benh.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

@Krikket That is awesome. Can you tell us where you got it?

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