Daniel

@ddwildin
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Hi there. I'm an English teacher living in Osaka. Currently I'm getting myself through a Software Development degree at UOC.

My toots and boost will mostly be about all things geeky, dev-related and pics I take from interesting stuff I see around Japan.

DanielNov 24, 2024
PixelsnorfNov 24, 2024

"Leaving Home" (a ghibli study)

I hope you enjoy my latest #pixelart piece on this cozy Sunday!

#ghibli #pixelart #MastoArt #art #landscape #nostalgia #cozy

DanielSep 4, 2024
g-clefSep 3, 2024

At this point, dunking on Google's AI summaries for bad/wrong/hilarious summaries is almost too easy, but I came across this one this evening, and I love it

1/4

DanielSep 4, 2024
Show threadMiakoda Sep 4, 2024
How can you tell good stuff from cheap crap?
A good rule of thumb (though it's not always 100%), if it's an unappealing metal box, it's probably good.
If it's angular, or pretty, or "decore", or GAMER, I garuntee you it's shit. Network equipment should be a simple metal box. I happen to like the aesthetic, so I think "ugly metal boxes" are cool looking, but it's an acquired taste for sure.
You want pretty, or you want it to work well? You rarely get both.
DanielSep 2, 2024
BenSep 2, 2024
I really feel like humans should stop trying to innovate now and start removing rather than adding. Civilisation has become like a Heston Blumenthal eating experience, with dry ice and music and lasers, when really what we need is just a really good potato.
DanielAug 19, 2024
JeanPDelietAug 19, 2024
At the age of 33, Donald Trump threw 74-year-old widow, Mary Filan, who had just recently suffered a stroke out of her Queens apartment in what appeared to be an attempt to make more money off the unit with a different tenant.
DanielAug 16, 2024
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Aug 16, 2024
That's one way to frame it!
DanielMay 29, 2023
MOVED TO PLUSH.CITYMay 29, 2023
any mf who honestly thinks that uploading your mind into a computer will let you live forever has never had to restore a file from 12 years ago in a format that doesn't exist anymore
DanielMay 6, 2023
SaraMGMay 1, 2023

Y'all, America desperately needs to embrace the metric system.

Fer reals.

DanielMay 4, 2023
J Wolfgang GoerlichMay 3, 2023
Gentle but timely reminder, courtesy of IBM in 1979.
DanielMar 26, 2023
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Mar 25, 2023

So @internetarchive scanning books for their digital library is copyright infringement:
http://blog.archive.org/2023/03/25/the-fight-continues/

But OpenAI slurping all of that to train a model that then can generate text and put actual authors out of business (already happening with copywriters), is not.

Figures, there are no $billions of VC / corporate money behind Internet Archive, why would anyone want to support a public service, right? 🤦‍♀️

IA ≠ AI, know the difference!

#InternetArchive

The Fight Continues - Internet Archive Blogs

Today’s lower court decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is a blow to all libraries and the communities we serve. This decision impacts libraries across the US who rely on controlled digital lending to connect their patrons with books online. It hurts authors by saying that unfair licensing models are the only way their books […]

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