@swisslet@mas.to
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6d ago
swisslet
@swisslet@mas.to
52% intelligent, 9% modest. More monkey than bear. #MultipleSclerosis #SPMS #Cats #History #Cricket #books #ScottWalker #JohnnyCash #BillyBragg #Music #Rock #earworm #Running #Rowing #ColdWaterSwimming #Skyrim #WWFC #SciFi #Fantasy #cats #Politics I tried really hard to be cynical. Sadly, I turned out to be positive and was just as surprised as everyone else. But here we are. Based in the UK, but try to think beyond borders.
mas.to
I’ve never done an #Introduction post, so...
I’m Tim. I have #MultipleSclerosis, and although that’s only a part of me, it’s shaped my life hugely since diagnosis (in 2009, after 4 years of symptoms). I’m a much kinder person than I used to be and I’m grateful for that, even if the disease itself is a bastard. I used to run marathons, but #MS eventually put paid to that, so now I swim in a lake and row on a river instead. I try to focus on what I have and not what I’ve lost.
I have an MA in medieval history; I work as a PM for a large corporation, (but not very hard); I’m a trustee/director of a Nottingham-based charity combatting domestic violence. As a middle aged, white, CIS guy, this has been a real eye-opener; I’m a member of my local #parkrun core team; I’m a qualified running coach. I have loads of tattoos.
I’m interested in politics but try to focus on being a force for good myself. Nauseating, no?
❤️ animals (esp cats!)
❤️ music
❤️ books
Motto: don’t be a dick
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@MissConstrue@mefi.social
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Apr 29, 2026
MissConstrue
@MissConstrue@mefi.social
Why, I remember when this was all just Arpanet. I'm over educated, opinionated, and quite possibly wrong about everything. Published author, banned comics publisher, ethicist, cranky old philosopher careered in information architecture. AKA: I contain multitudes. Black lives matter. Trans lives matter. Your life matters. End Colonialism. Free Palestine. Eat the Rich. Avatar: A crop of "The Letter" by Delphin Enjolras, against a background of prairie flowers.
mefi.social
Ed Zitron talks about how #MS switching to token based billing for its #LLM, and other #AI companies doing the same to enterprise customers, people are now starting to see how much the AI subsidized the market to get people hooked.
Just like any drug dealer, first hit is free, man.
Quote: This is the direct result of training every single AI user to use these services as much as humanely possible while obfuscating how much they really cost. Every single major company demanding that every single worker “use AI as much as possible” has done so while either fundamentally ignoring or being entirely disconnected from their actual token burn, and as companies are forced to pay the actual costs, I’m not sure how you can economically justify any investment in this technology.
https://www.wheresyoured.at/ais-economics-dont-make-sense/
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@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de
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Jan 28, 2026
Kuketz-Blog 🛡
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de
Kuketz-Blog: Gegen Überwachungskapitalismus ✊ Datenschutz, IT-Sicherheit und digitale Selbstbestimmung – kritisch, unabhängig und spendenfinanziert. #Sicherheit | #Datenschutz | #Hacking | #Security | #Privacy | #Infosec | #DSGVO | #Netzpolitik | #Karlsruhe Hier schreibt die Redaktion des Kuketz-Blogs: /kuk @kuketz /meb @rufposten /lax @lacrosse Hilfe & Support: https://www.kuketz-forum.de/ Impressum: https://www.kuketz-blog.de/impressum/ Toots werden nach 2 Jahren gelöscht ✅
social.tchncs.de
Moderne Software heute: Du zahlst eine Lizenz, besitzt aber nichts. Ohne Konto startet sie nicht, ohne Internet »unerwarteter Fehler«. Sie sammelt Daten – natürlich nur für »Sicherheit«, »Qualität« und dein »Erlebnis«. Updates kommen automatisch, Funktionen verschwinden automatisch. Und irgendwann wird dein Gerät Elektroschrott, weil der Dienst abgeschaltet wird. Kein Bug, sondern Geschäftsmodell.
#software #ms #microsoft #bullshit
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