Christopher K. Horton

@xyaneon
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Professional and hobbyist software developer, #Ubuntu user, #FOSS enthusiast, LTU alumni, and #TacoBell addict.
Homepagehttps://www.christopherkylehorton.com/
GitHubhttps://github.com/Xyaneon
Christopher K. Horton6d ago
Electronic Frontier Foundation6d ago
There are billions of reasons not to turn Meta’s customers into a distributed surveillance machine. This whiplash behavior proves exactly why we cannot rely on the "good will" of Big Tech to protect our digital rights. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/victory-meta-strips-facial-recognition-code-smart-glasses-app-after-public-outcry
VICTORY: Meta Strips Facial Recognition Code From Smart Glasses App After Public Outcry

Just days after a damning WIRED report exposed that Meta had quietly embedded facial recognition technology (FRT) code into millions of phones, the tech giant has quietly acquiesced in demands to reverse course.Last week, researchers identified code in Meta AI, a companion app for its line of smart...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Christopher K. Horton6d ago

Finally got a new #Pebble Time 2!

#smartwatch

Christopher K. HortonMay 31
Finally got the email asking me to confirm my #Pebble Time 2 order. Should be shipping soon! 🙂
Christopher K. HortonSep 13, 2025
Marcin WicharySep 12, 2025
A 2-pixel tall pixel font. (!) https://joefatula.com/twoslice.html
Christopher K. HortonSep 7, 2025

Revisiting some free music I used to listen to back in my undergrad university days. A nice, relaxing #electronic track for a Sunday morning called "Lazy beach breaks": http://jamen.do/t/384091

#jamendo #k4mmerer

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Experience pure sound at Jamen.do - every note sparks passion and art to move!

Christopher K. HortonAug 31, 2025
After a long time of using Microsoft Copilot/Designer as my primary AI image generator, I set up #InvokeAI on my desktop this afternoon to try out local image generation and editing.
Christopher K. HortonAug 2, 2025
Helping my cousin explore options for putting together a wedding website.
Christopher K. HortonApr 27, 2025

Today I found out that you can set your AI chatbot provider in #Firefox to something other than the default choices provided by entering a custom URL for the `browser.ml.chat.provider` setting in the about:config page.

For instance, you can set it to the #Ecosia AI chatbot by entering the URL: https://www.ecosia.org/chat

Christopher K. HortonApr 3, 2025
Dr. Fortyseven 🥃 █▓▒░Apr 2, 2025
Other browsers have had it, but the new Tab Groups feature in #Firefox is a game changer for me. Instant adoption. I've REALLY been missing this.
Christopher K. HortonApr 2, 2025

Testing a personal #AI assistant locally sometimes leads to some interesting moments.

I spent some time with the debugger to figure out why my assistant would stop responding to me after adding some tools for it to use. Turns out it was hallucinating about how to use them, generating an empty response each time. I kept messaging it because I was curious to see if the chat could eventually get back on track.

#csharp #OllamaSharp #programming