iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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I take an almost unreasonable amount of pleasure in managing and operating the infrastructure behind the applications/systems I'm building / running. There's a certain... feeling in not relying at all on the more traditional "Cloud" providers. Well, I guess you could call my use "cloudy" […]

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Tim Lavoie @tim-lavoie.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

@mpjgregoire Yes, but also include the current dependency on US cloud providers, Microsoft included.

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

I just watched the first episode of Colombo with my husband and one of Colombo's gotchas, one of his "no sane innocent man would ever do this"s, is "Why, when you were at your vacation home four hours out of the city and got a call that there was an emergency at home, why did you drive back and […]

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Toaster Bath Pin. This happy little toaster understands the importance of good hygiene. Finally, a positive role model we can all look up to. collabs.shop/zjtl7e

A circular enamel pin featuring a cute, cartoon toaster sitting in a bubble bath alongside a small rubber duck. A slice of toast sticks out of the toaster, which has big happy eyes, and the pink border above reads "LIVE, LAUGH, TOASTER BATH" in bold black letters.

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Larvitz :fedora: @larvitz.burningboard.net.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

My old ThinkPad T480 is back in daily use, running FreeBSD 15.1. :freebsd: Xfce, 5 GHz Wi-Fi, hardware video decoding in Firefox and Chromium (checked in the decoder, not just a capabilities page), a webcam that survived a 45-minute Zoom call, a Bluetooth speaker via virtual_oss, and SSH and […]

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ploum @ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

The more you use a tool, the more you learn. The more you use GenAI, the more it learns. GenAI is not a tool. You are the one used.

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Caller: "Is your refrigerator running?" "Um, I think so." "Well, you better download the latest security patches."

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Brett Cannon @brettcannon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Since the US tech companies can't decide if they are going to call it "artificial intelligence" or "super intelligence", I'm just going to call it "large language models" going forward. It's accurate and doesn't mistake LLMs as intelligent or in any way conscious.

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kali @kali.discuss.systems.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

this bird 😂 😂 😂 #dove #pigeon

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Hynek Schlawack @hynek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

I feel this in my bones. My failure to produce/deliver contains multitudes, but this is the core of the issue. The audience and (more importantly) exchange for any type of content have all but collapsed. And the “AI” discourse is either science, ethics yelling fights, or markdown astrology. I […]

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Dinosaure @dinosaure.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

It seems that not only is it possible to find people who are experts in #MirageOS without having been involved with it for years, but also to completely miss the point of #unikernels when using #AI (since, when it comes to "security" and unikernels, it is the handmade aspect that really counts) […]

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DougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄) @dougmerritt.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute." Harold Abelson, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, 1984

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Glyph @glyph.im · 10/10/2026

this is the perfect metaphor to understand the distinction between AI doomer concerns versus AI skeptic concerns

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Chris Lombardi @chrisaintmarchin.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

The first bottles of Coca-Cola from 1894 contained around 3.5 grams of cocaine. Explains why our grandparents could walk to and from school, uphill both ways, in the snow, barefoot.

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 08/10/2026

Do you like traffic calming?! Neighbours are organizing this counter-petition to show support for the Hastings-Sunrise traffic calming work, which two municipal parties have now made promises to tear out if elected: www.change.org/p/keep-the-c...

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Tim Lavoie @tim-lavoie.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

@Edent Doing a bit of an online search, there was a Reddit thread where someone says that they were informed that the release had been pushed back to Q3. So, soon?

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Steve Wart @swart.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

“If we would have to [choose between] serving the users of Canada with the end-to-end encryption that we provide around the world, or creating a much weaker version of our product that connects all of this metadata, the choice for us, unfortunately, would be starkly clear.” […]

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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

At the hotel reception I said "I'm awfully sorry, I forgot what room I'm in". "No problem sir" the lady said. "This is called 'The Lobby'".

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Tim Bray 🇨🇦 @timbray.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Hm, @anildash has published WE ARE GOING TO KILL “UNALIVE” at www.anildash.com/2026/10/06/kill-un… - you might enjoy it. Two things: 1. There’s a whole book on the subject called “Algospeak”, where the first chapter is entitled Why Your Kids Are Saying “Unalive”, read about it at […]

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Robert Kingett @weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

If cops spoke like AI developers and AI users, It wasn't me that shot you or my gun. It was a bullet with misalligned objectives. #FuckAI #AI #AIHype

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Leaded Solder @leadedsolder.retrochat.online.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

New blog post! The Sega SG-1000 is a great computer/console hybrid, but its BASIC just doesn't cut it. How about porting over an interactive interpreter for Forth? The project begins today and runs all month. www.leadedsolder.com/2026/10/01/rc2… #forth […]

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Robert Kingett @weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Oh please. These dipshit tech freaks and tech losers don't hate AI bots. They hate you, and they want your data. Money second, but data first. That's why, for example, reddit is doing this, all so they can force you to make an account and get more data on you […]

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Glyph @glyph.im · 30/09/2026

I logged in to LinkedIn to see a page full of people praising DHH, got mad, and wrote this. Less than 12 hours later I got an email telling me "Your post doesn’t comply with our Professional Community Policies on bullying and harassment. It’s been removed […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A LinkedIn post from me that reads "DHH is openly a Nazi. You should not promote anything he is doing or relay his opinions on software development. It is shocking to me when I open this app and see people casually discussing his opinions on AI or interface design or whatever, as if he were a "thought leader". He is an open advocate for mass murder. It doesn't matter what else he thinks, do not promote his ideas." followed by the text "Only you can see this post because this content goes against our Professional Community Policies."

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Obsidian Urbex Photography @obsidianurbex.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

👻 After three visits, I still get goosebumps as I push open the heavy doors and step inside once more. This spectacular control room was built in the 1920s in Art Deco style. Natural light enters through an immense central skylight. Levers, switches, and dials […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

An abandoned Art Deco power plant control room features a grand domed skylight illuminating vintage control panels. A central structure and metal railings are also visible.

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jonny (nonvenomous) @jonny.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

As a side note, if meta has a problem with me disclosing unreleased features, they should have not had a bunch of their senior people publicly say how everything on the VM was mine and there was nothing sensitive on the VM.

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

incidentally, I am still open to finding a job I enjoy more 1) I work from home in Amsterdam. If you are also in Amsterdam, I can physically appear before you on a regular basis. 2) I am not at this exact second a Dutch citizen but I'm working on getting that sorted and finally getting my US […]

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

The "AI changes everything" people rhyme remarkably well with the "blockchain changes everything" people.

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Ingo Frommholz @ingo.idf.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

RE: idf.social/@djoerd/1173476250200419… “The real test of an AI-mediated tutor is not what a child can do with AI beside them, but what the child can still do when the AI is gone.” That holds true for students also. Children and students are not guinea pigs for a technology that […]

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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

If you told me twenty five years ago that 2026 would feel like if douglas adams wrote cyberpunk i would think i’d be enjoying it more

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Every year there's always one hen who goes and hides in the barn and makes her own nest in September, which is rather late for chicks in Saskatchewan. This particular mama did this last year too. I was going to see how many eggs she's sitting on, but I forgot […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

An orange hen nesting in a large cardboard box with some random bits of twine. She looks evil.

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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

If you should happen to possess an LG G6 OLED TV and would like to disable the spying microphones and actively hostile WiFi/BT module, then the details are below. Perhaps this type of modification would make for a great service to offer, if you have the skills to do so? 🙂🖖 […]

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

very good video + also very good hat

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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

As grotesque and obviously AI generated images start to appear on every single menu, poster, billboard, etc I’m starting to understand why the Amish are like that

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2 Spoopy 4 You @jcrabapple.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

FeedEcho exists because I used and loved Echofeed, the little service that cross-posted your RSS feed to Mastodon, Bluesky, and more. When it was announced that it was shutting down, I knew I would miss it, so I built a service inspired by it. FeedEcho watches your RSS or Atom feed and sends […]

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Ernie Smith @ernie.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Good news or bad news depending on your POV: Usenet archives are suddenly easy to dig through, thanks to a new service. It’s built by a big data guy, and it’s packed with every awkward thing you ever wrote in a newsgroup in 1997. My deep dive […]

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

i thought PBS did a really good job on this and was very thankful to go on: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Fp...

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Flock Cameras Are Everywhere. Who’s Watching You? | Amanpour and Company

YouTube video by Amanpour and Company

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

I needed a goat-apple-opera break from grant-writing and I bet you do too.

A white goat wish her head thrown back, chewing an apple, but sort of looks like she's singing. There are several other goats in the background, one other one obviously eating an apple.

Four goats, two white and two black, all eating apples with their heads back and their mouths open like they are singing opera.

Two goats, one white and one black, look like they are singing with their heads back as they eat red apples. There's a tall wooden fence in the background and green grass under their feet, as well as several other goats in the background.

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

I like this Mongolian metal video where a shifty young man in a hoodie gets Summoned before the Ancestor Warriors so they can chant aggressively at him that a Real Man is polite, honest, gentle, kind and generous (and good at stabbing dudes when the situation calls for it) (the English lyrics […]

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ploum @ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

— It seems our extra powerful AI has escaped confinement and managed to send millions of marketing emails… — Boss ! It’s not… — Our AI also built thousands of fake reviews websites — No, it’s… — Our AI posted comments everywhere. We destroyed the World Wide Web. — Boss, our AI was not powered […]

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Joshua "Headless" Byrd 🎃 @phocks.bne.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Shout out to this project. "Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of U.S. copyright restrictions, and free of cost." Absolutely incredible. standardebooks.org

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