Igor Brigadir

@igor
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The old world is dying,

The new one is struggling to load,

Now is the time of Site Reliability Engineers.

What will YOU spend your precious 600 posts a day on?

ngl…I appreciate this real-time experiment in friction in design 😂

@dev no lol it's down and struggling, give it a few days https://status.bsky.app/
Bluesky Social Status

Welcome to Bluesky Social's home for real-time and historical data on system performance.

Bluesky is down too because of the load lol

Mastodon welcoming refugees <3

So... Twitter Decided to commit Sepukku
"the contents of the web are the subject of a contest over who owns what, as great powers attempt to carve up an irreplaceably rich source of information with a whole new kind of value."
With insight from @emilymbender and Jesse Dodge.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chatgpt-ai-artificial-intelligence-openai-personal-writing-5328339a
ChatGPT and Other AI Tech Relies on Your Contributions

Artificial-intelligence companies are using content created by millions of people, without their consent or any compensation. Some tech and media companies are beginning to ask for payment.

The Wall Street Journal

I really only ever spend time and energy criticizing things if I think my notes might help make them better.

That is 100% the vibe I tried to bring to the Mastodon criticisms here—I really like this place, but I *really* want it to work better for more people who aren't like me.

https://erinkissane.com/blue-skies-over-mastodon

@heluecht @vicki that would be cool to explore! I actually haven't sat down to properly figure out Activity Pub and the API to see what's what, so could be a fun thing to try!
Over the last two years I collected the IDs of a billion German Tweets and over the last few days the accounts and networks of nearly 700 k accounts who published at least 10 German Tweets. My initial plan was to use that for my thesis. Now, I will probably use it for my Leaving #Twitter Talk at #rp23.
I like algorithmic discovery but I would want freedom to adjust the algorithm with a few dials — in part for my own sake and in part so masses of ppl don't end up synchronized in that stultifying way.