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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2025

I will be leaving Fosstodon. Find me at @floppy@polymaths.social. Migration is happening and might take a few more days. I wish Gina all the best with the hard task of rebuilding a trustworthy moderation team. I believe they will push Fosstodon in a good direction. More thoughts in the thread.

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Migrating from @floppy@fosstodon.org.It's a process. Need to sort through a few things, might take a few days, please be patient with replies.Inclusion, diversity, empowerment. Curiosity, learning from and with.Mental health matters. Please take care of yourself.I got many interests and hobbies....

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daniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/04/2025

Four years ago we introduced this #curl graph

Number of planets running curl. A plot with a straight line for one planet over many years until 2021 when it bumps up to two.

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2025

@attoparsec I've been following this amazing endeavour from about the start and seeing this now is really impressive and getting it to this state makes me happy for you too. Well done, great work! Thank you for documenting the process, the setbacks, the effort.

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Matthew Dockrey @attoparsec.clacks.link.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2025

Well, that took longer than I was hoping, and a lot more tilting of the plate back and forth because waffles are not precision-leveled surfaces. But it was, actually, pretty meditative!

A labyrinth waffle with syrup that has flowed continuously out from the central reservoir, through the space-filling curve of the labyrinth out to the exit on the side.

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2025

TIL: InvidTUI, Invidious terminal client darkhz.github.io/invidtui/index.html 🗨️ "InvidTUI is an invidious client, which fetches data from invidious instances and displays a user interface in the terminal, and allows for selecting and playing Youtube audio and video." Context […]

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2025

Follow-up: Two weeks ago I asked about how Firefox' new AI chatbot integration fares regarding privacy. By accident I found information on it in Mozilla's knowledge base [1] and a related article by them on privacy and chatbots [2]. Short answer: Mozilla does […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Screenshot from the FAQ of the page:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ai-chatbot

Following questions are highlighted. For the answers, please refer to the webpage itself (too much to paste here):

- What information does Firefox send to a provider, when I use their chatbot in the sidebar?
- Can the chatbot provider see the conversations I’m having? What does it do with the conversations?
- Can Firefox see the conversations I’m having?

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2025

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/04/2025

One of the more recent #Invidious instances [1] from the official list [2] seems to be using dn42, according to their main page [3]. Interesting. I'm curious whether networks like #dn42 will be getting more traction in the next years. 1] [id.420129.xyz 2] [ […]

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/04/2025

TIL: dn42 "dn42 is a decentralized peer-to-peer network built using VPNs and software/hardware BGP routers." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dn42 "While other darknets try to establish anonymity for their participants, that is not what dn42 aims for. It is a network to explore routing […]

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2025

@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk Thank you for the suggestion! I considered, but when I try to sign up it asks for a credit card to confirm identity. While I understand the necessity for this step esp. nowadays, I find this particular ask a bit much. (To be clear, not planning anything shady, just being […]

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2025

In terms of software projects, #Plume allows long-form blogging with images, but I couldn't find a lot of suitable open instances. I have a plan B with Plume, but it's not optimal. #WriteFreely is also quite mature and widely spread, though media upload requires a paid account on write.as and I […]

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2025

Recommendations wanted: ❓ Does anybody know of a Fediverse instance that supports long-form blogging with images, accepts new members, and is not limited in content to technology? :boost_requested: Boosts appreciated for visibility, thank you. #AskFedi #AskFediverse #AskMasto #AskMastodon […]

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2025

It's frustrating that some people are out to make the lives of other people harder. There is no zero-sum game here. We could all make it and be happy. I wish more people could understand that.

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2025

Trans women are women. You're doing the good and right thing to stand up for yourselves. Even if there are people who seem to work against it.

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Alex McLean @yaxu.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2025

"Today is a beautiful day to embrace being cringe." letter.visualgrowth.com/p/cringe

Illustration of someone sitting on an idea and not being able to get to a result due to chasm between them and it marked as 'being cool'.
Second part of illustration shows them walking across chasm filled in with material labelled 'being cringe'.

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2025

When I must use ChatGPT etc., I usually try to stick to anonymising interfaces like the one from DuckDuckGo (duck.ai). Though I try to avoid it when I can.

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DuckDuckGo AI Chat at DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified.

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2025

Since recently, Firefox has a built-in interface for chat bots. Whether that's a good or bad thing is a different discussion. And it doesn't change that it's there and people might use it. How does such integration fare regarding privacy? Since I can chat with LLMs without needing a login or […]

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · 04/04/2025

Ludum Dare 57 kicks off later today! If you haven't already, you can sign up using the code "BlueSkiLD57", then cast your vote in the Final Round Theme Vote! ldjam.com Big thanks to @gamemaker.io for sponsoring the event! #LDJam #LD57

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Ludum Dare @ludumdare.com · 31/03/2025

Did you miss me? 💜 Do ya wanna Ludum Dare on Friday? Yeah? Okay, let's do it! Sign-up and vote for the theme! ldjam.com Invitation Code: BlueSkiLD57 #LDJam #LD57

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shrek from shrek says we 're back in a cartoon

ALT: shrek from shrek says we 're back in a cartoon

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f_ 🇵🇸 @vitali64sur.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2025

@element you should've just stayed quiet instead of posting element.io/blog/us-shows-the-risk-o… It really just reads like "well, matrix is better for fascist governments planning airstrikes on innocent people". Just.. Why?

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340 Posts, 12 Following, 4.23K Followers · Element is a sovereign, secure and interoperable communications platform. Built by the creators of Matrix.

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/03/2025

"If you're trying to dunk on the practice by linking to articles or examples that showcase the work, inadvertently flooding people's timelines with examples of this ghoulish, stolen work, stop. Nobody wants to see that shit. Nobody needs to see it." (Original title: Stop Sharing The Ghibli AI […]

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/03/2025

Hello Fedi. 👋 I've been gone for two weeks. What did I miss?

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Martin Nutty @mnutty.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2025

Written 90 years ago in 1935, the words of #Hemingway in his “Notes on the Next War” should resonate with every thoughtful reader. #Geopolitics #EUPolitics #USPolitics

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There is the great danger and the great difference. France is a country and Great Britain is several countries but Italy is a man, Mussolini, and Germany is a man, Hitler. A man has ambitions, a man rules until he gets into economic trouble; he tries to get out of this trouble by war. A country never wants war until a man through the power of propaganda convinces it. Propaganda is stronger now than it has ever been before. Its agencies have been mechanized, multiplied and controlled until in a state ruled by any one man truth can never be presented.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2025

“The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy, the empathy exploit,” Musk said. “There it’s they’re exploiting a bug in Western civilization, which is the empathy response.” -Elon Musk, March 6, 2025 “In my work with the defendants (at the Nuremberg Trials 1945-1949) I was […]

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2025

³ It's annoying that such disclaimers are becoming more or less necessary. I hope the hype dies soon.

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2025

¹ ² LLMs in their current popular form are bad in all sorts of ways, but that's a different discussion. Personally I don't like using LLM output for my writing or programming, but they do have some utility. Much less than advertised though. If you must, please consider using open […]

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2025

My go-to interface for commercial¹ LLM models² has become duck.ai recently. No account registration i.e. less tracking and less hassle.

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DuckDuckGo AI Chat at DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified.

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2025

With Open Source/Free Software as well as Creative Commons we have build pipelines to contribute to the commons (great!) but we never thought about how to defend those commons against appropriation. That is why Open Source ends up massively benefitting corporations who don't give much back […]

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2025

Needless to say that at least in my case the people writing those sort of things achieve the opposite of what I assume they want to achieve with their easy, convenient, pampering app.

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2025

> but you can do this very easily with our new app I always count this kind of socially accepted corporate gaslighting as a dark pattern, that instantly makes me much more skeptical of those people that try coerce me into a non-barrier-free procedure with notoriously opaque privacy features […]

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2025

Had a make-shift script to bidirectionally sync a directory with an SD-card, calling rsync two times. Was excruciatingly slow. Took 5min to write a config file for Unison. Now syncing takes seconds at best. Satisfying.

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2025

In the wake of AI that produces human-like results, we maybe need fewer tools that detect non-human origin, but a better definition of what it means to be human.

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Moritz Bartl @kommunikationsliebe.org · 20/02/2025

@floppy It's quite oldschool, but I use selfhosted formtools.org for contact forms and such.

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Form Tools

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2025

@gamambel Great tip, thank you! I like "quite oldschool" in this case, as it means the classic combination of PHP and MySQL, which is perfect for oldschool shared host situations. I will look into it more, thanks!

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2025

In the wake of AI that produces human-like results, we maybe need fewer tools that detect non-human origin, but a better definition of what it means to be human.

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Ton Roosendaal 🔶 @tonroosendaal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2025

How much more violations of a free/open and civilised society are our friends at USA FLOSS foundations going to accept?

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/02/2025

Seems like #Gitlab cannot be accessed anymore from mainland China. Instead people from that area see: gitlab.com/users/identity_verificat… Does anyone know whether this was announced ahead of time?

[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/02/2025

The alternative is a small netbook, but I don't want more devices if I can help it.

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/02/2025

I have an old tablet and consider buying a similarly sized bluetooth keyboard for it. I got access to a 3D printer. ❓ Does anybody know of robust and portable mechanic fixture, that allows me to combine the tablet and the keyboard into something that functions like a laptop? The goal would […]

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.

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[moved] Floppy 💾 @floppy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2025

TFW you try to authenticate with OTP a dozen times and nothing works but then you realise that the configured time of your authenticator is off by two minutes and that's the reason nothing worked

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