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LilahTovMoon

@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt

Software engineer (C#, Kotlin, Golang, Java, Rust, Python), I really like housing, bikes, and nice communities 👩🏻‍🦰 ✡️ 🇮🇪 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

Lilah tov moon, lilah tov cow jumping over the moon 🌕 🐄

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What tech bros see vs. what I see

My editing of the Mona Lisa to replace the face with the face from the "Ecce Homo" painting after Cecilia Giménez's 2012 attempted restoration - the painting of Jesus in a Spanish church that an old woman tried to restore and made a mess of.

Image posted by a tech bro that says "Generative Al example. I took the Mona Lisa; damaged it by cutting her face out; then told Photoshop's Generative Fill feature to create a new face based on the surrounding context. It had no knowledge of what face was there originally. Zoom in and notice how it even matched the cracks in the paint. This can be run 100 times and you'll get a different face every time. This was only the very first go; it's not bad, and if you'd never seen the Mona Lisa before this is a perfectly acceptable face. Countless others are possible." Below there's an image of the Mona Lisa followed by the painting with a white square on her face followed by a third version of the painting where Photoshop's AI has inserted a new face into the white square.
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    Just AI bros having a normal one

    Image from the Simpsons of a robot on fire saying "Why? Why was I programmed to feel pain?"

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    "X persists because too few people want to leave it. Progressives, left-wingers and liberals continue to supply free content and free engagement to Elon Musk’s company, which then sells their eyeballs to advertisers."

    I left Twitter because I didn't want to fund my own extermination ✡️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

    https://ketanjoshi.co/2024/04/19/you-are-the-fuel-that-energises-elon-musks-hate-machine/

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    News article titled "Uranus is a lot more gassy than previously thought" with the first paragraph saying "Scientists have done a bit of digging inside Uranus, and found something surprising. They reckon there's much more methane in there than we thought."
    News article titled "Uranus has something unexpected deep inside it"

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    You ever feel so down about the social realities that you just stroke the sword?

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    If I could make a Mac Classic Mini, here's what I'd put on it:

    1. Marathon
    2. Myst
    3. Escape Velocity
    4. Geneforge
    5. Bad Mojo
    6. Myth II: Soulblighter
    7. Prince of Persia
    8. Bugdom
    9. Oni
    10. SimCity
    11. The Uninvited
    12. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
    13. Deimos Rising
    14. Unreal
    15. Beyond Atlantis
    16. Circle of Blood
    17. Dark Vengeance
    18. Abuse
    19. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
    20. Power Pete

    I think this generally represents the best of Classic Mac gaming. That is, Mac gaming as it existed before Mac OS X.

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    @atomicpoet I'd add Escape Velocity to that list

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    Remember to ask for queef!

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    Unpopular opinion: we should have a monarchy…

    …but the monarch should be a cat. That way we can have cats on our money!

    Manx coin with a cat on it
    Manx coin with two cats on it
    Manx coin with a cat on it

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    I picked up this cake that said "Congrats on Submitting" and the person at the bakery said "make sure you always support the bottom."

    This was a cake congratulating someone on submitting a paper to a journal.

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    A screenshot of a job posting for a Continuity Assistant posted on March 19th and closing on March 29th in London, SW1A 1AA. The job is permanent and described as "An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious woman aged 38-46 and 5'8"-5'10" (preferably brunette) to help the ensure the continuity of our institutions. Must be skilled at handling delicate family issues. Duties will include public events, handling the press, child welfare, and occasional private matters."
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    I wonder what Twitter is like these days 😬

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    "News" websites with Russian ties are popping up as part of the Kremlin’s efforts to spread false and misleading narratives.

    "The outlets have logos and names that evoke a bygone era of American journalism, an effort to create a semblance of authenticity."

    "The purpose is not to fool a discerning reader into diving deeper into the website, let alone subscribing, Mr. Linvill said. The goal instead is to lend an aura of credibility to posts on social media spreading the disinformation."

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/business/media/russia-us-news-sites.html

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    I burned nearly 2,000 calories in under an hour doing nothing!

    I forgot about the pizza in the oven.

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    A post with a picture of Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times saying: did I ever tell yall I used to think charlie chaplin was a drag king. for like three years straight. we watched modern times in seventh grade n l saw this shot n just took it face value that he was a twinky butch. for three years. I only found out he wasn't because in tenth grade the topic of old hollywood leading ladies came up w my friends n I went "I think it's so cool how charlie chaplin did all those drag roles. she was cute too haha" n they all looked at me like l'd said something just truly fucking insane. which for the record I had
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    If you are building a social application that is NOT a microblogging application, why would one choose ? What concrete advantages—not theoretical nor dependent on the rest of the world changing—does it give you?

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    @hrefna To me, ActivityPub is about being able to send information in a semi-similar manner to email. That could be micro-blogging or it could be something else.

    Building something on top of ActivityPub tells your users "yes, I support the open internet and want to create something that lets you reach your audience where they choose to be reached." I would certainly trust a platform that implemented ActivityPub more, even if it were for a task that didn't have widespread adoption yet. I think trust is a very concrete advantage.

    For example, there are reddit clones using ActivityPub. I'm much more likely to trust that it'll be a good platform.

    ActivityPub is about sending information to people and people getting to read that information on the service they use - rather than forcing everyone into your thing. I trust that and trust that the ecosystem will continue to get better over the years as we build it together.

    But I understand this might not feel concrete enough.

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    Anyone want to watch Firefly with me?

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    Won't somebody please think of the shareholders?

    Helen Lovejoy from the Simpsons saying "Won't somebody please think of the shareholders?"

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    They say "dress for the job you want."

    Well, I really want to be an evil queen!

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    Watching this video, I'm struck by how important urbanism is as we age. The video is about loneliness and our apart-ness, but the city offers the possibility of connection.

    Cities ideally offer environments where family and friends can live close by and it's easy to have low-key time together at home or various locations out.

    Beyond that, the city offers exercise and stimulation. Even small things like walking to the shops keeps us healthy and mobile as we age. The array of things going on and buildings keep our minds fresh.

    Individualism and self-reliance may work well in one's 30s and 40s, but they don't age well. We need environments for those who can't drive. We need environments that facilitate social interactions. And I worry that we've built a society where we keep ourselves apart - and that physical distance turns into social distance and loneliness, especially as we age.

    A video of an old man walking alone with a cane to the grave of his wife. He walks back into town passing people and it seems like he's lonely. He enters a bar and sits down. A couple's dog comes up to him and sits with him and the couple joins him at his table and they get to chatting. The video ends saying, "There are no strangers here, only friends you haven't met yet," a quote by W.B. Yeats. It emphasizes our need for socialization and connection.

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    Landlords are being sued for colluding on rent increases. When more than 90% of units in large buildings have their rent controlled by the same software, it acts as a cartel to raise rents. If all landlords can coordinate rent hikes, it puts pricing power in their hands.

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/14-big-landlords-used-software-to-collude-on-rent-prices-dc-lawsuit-says/

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    "She's everything. He's Just Ken."

    Barbie = { Everything }

    Ken ∈ Everything

    ∴ Barbie is Ken

    Given that Barbie is everything and that Ken is a member of the set Everything, we therefore know that Barbie is Ken.

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    Nebraska Mom Pleads Guilty to Giving Abortion Pills to Her Teen Daughter

    Jessica Burgess faced eight years in prison for helping her then 17-year-old get abortion pills. A plea deal brought it down to two

    https://jezebel.com/nebraska-mom-pleads-guilty-to-giving-abortion-pills-to-1850621217

    This kinda sh*t is scary as F

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    Elon's new plan for Twitter

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    Do I need a content warning on my thirst trap?

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    For those running iOS/macOS, Apple has released important security updates:

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213813

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213814

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