Mastodawn

Cactus report: the mammillaria with the magenta flowers was a new addition last spring and it had already bloomed when we got it so this is its first year, and what a display! Everyone else is coming along. Hoping for a big week! Not sure about this variety of mammillaria, but the rest of these are Texas natives.

Joshua Jones 4d ago

Chris Vreeland 4d ago

Appreciating my kitchen and the plants that live in it.

Joshua Jones 5d ago

tante 5d ago

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/116217631691585046

This is a post about software development btw.

"Democratization" always means "commodification" for tech people.

Joshua Jones 6d ago

kepano 6d ago

Defuddle now returns Youtube transcripts!

Paste a YouTube link into defuddle·md to get a markdown transcript with timestamps, chapters, and pretty good diarization

...or if you just want to read it, try the new Reader mode in #Obsidian Web Clipper powered by Defuddle

Joshua Jones Mar 9

Lorena Jaume-Palasí Mar 9

So the non-profit Wikimedia foundation hypocritically went for the hype and partnered with genocidal #BigTech in January. And now, unsurprisingly, Wikipedia editors had to implement "new policies and restrict a number of contributors who were paid to use AI to translate existing Wikipedia articles into other languages after they discovered these AI translations added AI “hallucinations,” or errors, to the resulting article." https://www.404media.co/ai-translations-are-adding-hallucinations-to-wikipedia-articles/

Joshua Jones Mar 9

inconvergent Mar 8

an LLM is a compiler in the same way that a slot machine is an ATM

Joshua Jones Mar 4

Chris Vreeland Mar 3

Getting into Looksminning. I’m going to have my nose enlarged, add some acne pits to my cheeks and see if they can do some saggy jowls.

Joshua Jones Mar 3

People seem to really like Pokémon Pokopia. Might give it a whirl eventually. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNkdEYzxXkE

This Spin-Off Just Became The Highest-Rated Pokemon Game Ever

YouTube

Joshua Jones Mar 3

Pixel Envy Mar 3

The Window Chrome of Our Discontent https://pxlnv.com/blog/window-chrome-of-our-discontent/

Joshua Jones Mar 3

Ashe Dryden 🙆🏼‍♀️🐈🐈‍⬛Mar 3

RE: https://mastodon.online/@marekfort/116164253291515471

Easiest way to create a generation of technically illiterate people is to keep them from exploring and learning when they are at their most curious and have the most time on their hands.

:mario_msgblock: Web:	https://mindfad.com
:kofi: Ko-fi:	https://ko-fi.com/mindfad