Óli Gneisti (English)

@oligneisti@social.linux.pizza
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#Librarian, #podcaster (#StoriesOfIceland), #folklorist and more. #Icelandic but writing in English.

I run my own instance of Mastodon for Iceland and Icelandic stuff.

If you want the Icelandic version of me you can find me @oligneisti

Podcasthttps://storiesoficeland.com
Icelandic bloghttps://truflun.net/oligneisti/
Icelandic Mastodonhttps://kommentakerfid.is/@oligneisti
Letterboxdhttps://letterboxd.com/oligneisti/
Óli Gneisti (English)1d ago
Show threadBaldur BjarnasonFeb 2

“But I’d notice if the LLM started censoring my work!”

Really? Did you notice this? https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/72603

The point of cognitive automation is NOT to enhance thinking. The point of it is to avoid thinking in the first place. That’s the job it does. You won’t notice when the censorship kicks in

Copilot stops working on `gender` related subjects · community · Discussion #72603

As some people already mentioned here or here, Copilot purposely stops working on code containing hardcoded banned words from Github such as gender or sex. I am labelling this as a bug because this...

GitHub
Óli Gneisti (English)2d ago

On most platforms hashtags are not helpful. Facebook might be the worst that I've seen but I don't do Tik Tok and I'm told that is similar.

I went through a few "reels" and noted common hashtags.

* viralreels
* fbreels
* reels
* videoviral
* reelsfb
* viralreelsfacebook

Non of those anything of value for a user trying to navigate through the the mountain of trash.

#Facebook #Hashtags #SocialMedia

Óli Gneisti (English)2d ago
David August ❌👑2d ago

via @fridaghitis

#USpol #NoKings #Indivisible

Óli Gneisti (English)3d ago
PatternChaser3d ago

Found on BlueSky:

#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity

Óli Gneisti (English)3d ago

Governments that want to make the switch to Linux should actively contribute. They shouldn't rush into anything. They should figure out possible technical difficulties beforehand and even fund open source software to help deal with those issues.

They need to plan for pushback from employees. Change is difficult and people will complain about stuff that they will grow to appreciate over time.

#OpenSourse #Linux #Denmark

Óli Gneisti (English)Jun 9
Matt BinderJun 8
Elon Musk perfectly laying out the case against privatization in a single tweet
Óli Gneisti (English)Jun 8
Al JazeeraJun 8

Who is “Madleen”, the woman for whom the aid ship approaching Gaza is named
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/6/8/who-is-madleen-the-woman-for-whom-the-aid-ship-approaching-gaza-is-named?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Middle East News @middle-east-news-AlJazeera

Who is “Madleen”, the woman for whom the aid ship approaching Gaza is named

The aid ship sailing towards Gaza has been named after the enclave’s first and only fisherwoman named Madleen Kulab.

Al Jazeera
Óli Gneisti (English)Jun 8
Tadzio MuellerJun 8

If your position on the #LA uprising is "this is exactly what Trump wants, an excuse to declare martial law", I've got a question: what's the alternative to rising up NOW?

Wait until #fascism is even more entrenched in the state apparatuses, and has *all* the guns and judges?

Óli Gneisti (English)Jun 6
Sariel SnowingsJun 6

Hey remember that ship Greta Thunberg is on, trying to get aid into Gaza despite Israel constantly bombing them?
It has a live tracker. The more eyes on it the safer they'll be:
https://freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker/

#Madleen #GretaThunberg

Óli Gneisti (English)Jun 5

It can be difficult to differentiate between 1) Facebook purposely making their users' experience worse and 2) Facebook being accidentally badly designed.

#Facebook