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Trying hard to be a good Mom. Like to make stuff with electronics. Like gardening. Hope you are finding many things to smile about.

This week, I went over to Bluesky and asked people who'd left Mastodon why they left, and lots of people told me. I grabbed the replies and crunched them and wrote up a summary. I think it's really interesting and often kind of wrenching.

https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt

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@TechNews @morganeogerbc The license is not open source.
@liztai The HIstory Chicks, How God Works, Sidebar (Smithsonian Institute), 99% Invisible, I also enjoy 1 Year Audio Bible
Some lucky thief stole $20 worth of openai credit on my account while I slept. Stopped it...The reason I write this is I reported this on 13 July. Crickets from openai support. No setting of expectations when they will get back. Recently they say a week. Been over a week Turning my attention to open source LLMs...since openai support seems non-existent. Has anyone actually needed support and are satisfied w/ openai's handling?
@zhivi @BlackMastodon Here is something I don't understand. The world is full of color. Beautiful flowers of all colors. Do we want them of one color? NO. EVERYTHING is more beautiful in color. EVERYTHING is more beautiful when we come from a place of love. I don't know what else to say.
@zhivi @BlackMastodon I am an older white woman. I do see color. But the color I see is interestingly different. On one hand, I see many wonderful Indian and Chinese families and their beautiful children have moved into our neightborhood (we are near a Google campus). But I don't see people of Black color in our neighborhood and it makes me sad. Do I see color? Yah. In the faces of a young Black man when I say hello and he looks really confused and surprised.
@QasimRashid Not sure if we'll learn from history...but so many got very wealthy from this. There are many other challenges with the greed we see (and is part of humanity?)
@QasimRashid I remember something Bill Clinton did that also caused a wealth disparity. Note: I used ChatGPT to summarize what he did because I didnt' recall the details: In 1993, President Bill Clinton's administration introduced Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, limiting tax-deductible executive compensation to $1 million unless it was "performance-based." This unintentionally promoted the use of stock options as compensation across all levels of jobs.
@edejong @davidho Thank you. I'm going to read it then send it to our City Hall and our email. I agree. Many decades Although, I am not sure where I live is interested in generational living versus cycling through younger folks. As an example, we could easily afford a house in our area 30 years ago. Now my daughter (a nurse) can't afford an apartment (not even close). This is because Google opened an office in our town. Luxury apts followed...
@Jigsaw_You oh wait,,, why should he when he's going to Mars?