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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Jul 02, 2026

Replying to @huronbikes@cyberplace.social

@huronbikes@cyberplace.social @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social Well, do you take off your face and hands before you go to bed?

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Jun 29, 2026

Replying to @carnage4life@mas.to

@carnage4life@mas.to We didn't pay as much attention as we should have to the experience of our most knowledgeable engineers. Do companies genuinely think that AI/LLM models are sufficiently advanced at this point, to completely replace the most experienced of human workers? I suppose automakers in particular saw the gains from automating/mechanizing so much of the manufacturing side of things, and thought they could apply similar to the engineering side of things. I'm under the impression (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) that the current cost of LLM tokens is below the actual cost of usage/production, in order to draw in potential customers (and making up the difference by burning through venture capital). Once the venture capital runs out and the prices rise to meet the actual margins, will anyone see it as cost-effective to use anymore, particularly large corporate clients?

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Jun 19, 2026

Replying to @thevhswizard@retro.pizza

@thevhswizard@retro.pizza I suspect it's all about the general clientele that prefers to set up their social media presence in the fediverse as opposed to other places: Decentralized, yet (generally) interoperableMany instances aren't operated for large commercial interestsNot driven by the same kind of algorithms that drive engagement in more centralized platformsSmaller instances/communities can police themselves more effectively, meaning less chance of large-scale muck-ups by bad actors or bots (and if an instance is largely poisoned, it can be de-federated by others) There's a knowledge barrier to entry into the fediverse (choosing the best instance for you, learning how to find and interact with people on other instances, etc.) compared to centralized platforms. But for those who make the effort to understand, it often pays off.

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Jun 18, 2026

Replying to @lina@ohai.social

@lina@ohai.social The Vatican is basically a Christian sovereign state, so it makes perfect sense that much of their infrastructure would be themed to that history.

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Jun 17, 2026

Replying to @soatok@furry.engineer

@soatok@furry.engineer There's a parallel to politics, or at least there should be. Legislators writing laws that affect groups of people, ought to invite representatives of those groups of people to have a direct say in the process. Allegedly, New Zealand's parliament directly sought the input of sex workers when writing laws such as the Prostitution Reform Act of 2003: https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2003/0028/latest/whole.html

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Jun 06, 2026

Replying to @ntoskrnl@furry.engineer

@ntoskrnl@furry.engineer I must wonder if the complexity and the obfuscation of the world of finance is intentional, to limit the audience who knows how to successfully navigate it.

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Jun 04, 2026

Replying to @baralheia@dragonchat.org

@baralheia@dragonchat.org And above all, may us dragons strive to be everything we aim to be: in the case of Intaglio, he seeks to be a sage dispensing wisdom to those who ask.

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · May 26, 2026

Replying to @thorne@rants.au

@thorne@rants.au @HYPERHYENA@mastodon.moule.world I did once see a T-shirt design online that said "We Built This City" that featured Lego people and blocks.

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · May 14, 2026

Replying to @bagelcollie@woof.tech

@bagelcollie@woof.tech (I'm glad to see you have an account in the fedi-verse, as I used to follow you on Twitter but have that account locked down) The color palette is warm and inviting. The translucence of the "honey" portion has real eye appeal. And who can overlook the base fluffiness that appears on all the characters you draw. :blobfoxheart:

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · May 07, 2026

Replying to @darkuncle@infosec.exchange

@darkuncle@infosec.exchange @tg@indieweb.social As someone whose first exposure to the Internet came in the form of all those "free hours" AOL CD's in the mid and late 1990s, I've witnessed the Internet evolve. And I remember consciously using some of those old protocols back in the day (especially Usenet/newsgroups and IRC). It was nice to be reminded that some of those old protocols aren't dead. But centralization and large-scale commercialization of the Internet definitely makes it different than I remember growing up. It made the Internet more accessible to ordinary people (as opposed to the technically savvy), but it comes at a cost of appealing to the lowest common denominator. Perhaps that's why I've taken a liking to the federated nature of Mastodon in recent years -- as far as web-visible social media goes, I'm more active here than anywhere else.

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · May 05, 2026

Replying to @leyrer@23.social

@leyrer https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.5395756935.4441/bg,f8f8f8-flat,750x,075,f-pad,750x1000,f8f8f8.jpg

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · May 01, 2026

Replying to @zip@furry.engineer

@zip Did that just get released? I'm running Fedora KDE on a laptop (which I use typically twice a week), and I can't remember if I'm running version 43 or 44.

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Apr 30, 2026

Replying to @griffinkate@sunbeam.city

@griffinkate @mynameistillian To quote Emo Philips: A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick-boxing.

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Apr 24, 2026

It's been a bit since I posted any new comment (or reply) here on Mastodon since I've been busy with other things, but:

I wanted to remind everyone that I have a #Twitch channel, and that I typically stream on Tuesdays and Thursdays after 7 PM (US Central time).

https://twitch.tv/IntaglioWhitegraven

I maintain a Telegram channel where I announce when I'm going live, as well as what I plan on playing during that stream. I've manually pasted the stream announcement on this Mastodon account a few times, but lately I've forgotten to do so. If you use #Telegram, feel free to subscribe to my announcement channel.

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Apr 13, 2026

Replying to @keirFox@tiggi.es

@keirFox @tilton BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Apr 13, 2026

Replying to @bagder@mastodon.social

@bagder I've frequently made complaints about large tech companies offering services nobody asked for / solutions to things that aren't really problems. But somehow, I take exception for those who find ever-more unorthodox ways to run DOOM. :blobfoxcomputer:

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Apr 08, 2026

Going live on #Twitch now!

It's Tuesday, and that means Super Animal Royale with new weekly challenges. Watch me explore the game's recent "Bright Future" update with new NPC quests, limited-time weapons, and more.

https://twitch.tv/IntaglioWhitegraven

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Apr 06, 2026

Replying to @hannah@posts.rat.pictures

@hannah Perhaps I'm just missing something obvious here, but...isn't the whole point of conducting surveys to gather data from people? If the only entities being surveyed are A.I. agents that mimic human speech and which could be programmed to say anything, how is it meaningful? It seems as meaningful to me as "Our survey data says 95% of people approve our product. We surveyed 1000 people whom we paid $100 each to say positive things about us."

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Apr 06, 2026

Replying to @Drayson@dragonchat.org

@Drayson@dragonchat.org I personally find it more derogatory than not, but of course it also depends on who's using the term. Dragons have (in Western lore) frequently been portrayed as beasts or monsters that must be slain, either to rescue someone or for someone to prove their valor.

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Mar 24, 2026

Replying to @millihertz@oldbytes.space

@millihertz Isn't this basically "Andy and Bill's law"?

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Mar 13, 2026

Replying to @cass_m@mstdn.ca

@cass_m@mstdn.ca @pluralistic@mamot.fr The wording here reminds me of Dave Barnhart's post about "the unborn" that went viral on Facebook (quote re-posted to Goodreads here: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10357009-the-unborn-are-a-convenient-group-of-people-to-advocate )

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Mar 13, 2026

Replying to @yksteldus@squawk.social

@yksteldus@squawk.social If these popups are coming from a Windows OS, I'm honestly surprised they even bother showing the start-up time for OneDrive, let alone giving the user the choice to disable it on start-up.

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Mar 05, 2026

Replying to @kmdk@universeodon.com

@kmdk@universeodon.com I used two Creative Commons licensed photos of food waste, in a mock album cover design I released last year: https://www.deviantart.com/mjponso/art/1175758353 Also used in that same design was a scanned illustration from a book that's now public domain. I was able to find all three images via a resource search on Wikimedia Commons.

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Mar 03, 2026

Replying to @krazykitty@mamot.fr

@krazykitty "You think that if they knew about the extent of the data collection, no one would dare to use the glasses." Sounds (to me) like a valid reason to warn as many prospective customers as possible. People giving away $459 and the last remaining bits of privacy they thought they had, in return for some snazzy-looking eyewear that occasionally pops up useful information within their field of vision.

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Feb 22, 2026

Replying to @project1enigma@chaos.social

@project1enigma@chaos.social @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange I admit that my knowledge on the subject is limited, and maybe it was foolish of me to speak up in the first place. No doubt, online ID verification shares some of the same problems as face-to-face ID verification. What I mentioned may merely be a technical solution to a non-technical problem (or, once again, I may be speaking out of ignorance).

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Feb 20, 2026

Replying to @Em0nM4stodon__dup_1827@infosec.exchange

@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange Whenever I see discussions about online ID/age verification come up, I tend to see a few people speaking up about ZKP (zero knowledge proofs). Admittedly, I know almost nothing about it, but a cursory read on the subject makes it sound like it could be a solution to the problem. Of course, this is assuming that one takes the stated/claimed problems (e.g. protecting age-restricted spaces from those who are underage) at face value. When it's more likely that the goal of these programs is broad surveillance and control, which nobody would willingly accept if it was presented so plainly.

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Jan 16, 2026

Replying to @ottaross@mastodon.social

@ottaross@mastodon.social I didn't know about this no-AI landing page, but I've used DDG for years. I'll have to change my links to point toward this instead, because I always opt out of the "search assist" and other tools.

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Jan 08, 2026

Replying to @Purple@woof.tech

@Purple As someone who basically refuses to use AI for anything, it's likely I'm unaware of just how much the use of it has pervaded people's working behaviors. My understanding is that AI and LLM's are meant to be a tool. As with any tool, if used properly, it can be helpful and effective in completing a task. But there's a reason that people are educated on how to do things manually before they're allowed to use tools: there needs to be that sense of intuition that informs a person whether something seems correct or doesn't. What you're describing, seems to be an outsourcing of critical thinking to these tools. It's like putting someone in the driver's seat of a self-driving car and now they're panicking when they have to take manual control.

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Oct 07, 2025

Replying to @technicaladept@techhub.social

@technicaladept@techhub.social @eb@social.coop I'm pretty sure this already happened ~25 years ago with the dot-com bubble. At least this Clippy graphic dates from the same era. :blobfoxfingerguns:

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Jul 03, 2025

Replying to @exec@furry.engineer

@exec@furry.engineer From what I understand about the "Stop Killing Games" initiative (and I may not have the whole picture), I support the idea. I don't like the idea of games having a required online component that only makes them playable as long as the developers keep the servers online (which basically gives games finite lifespans). As someone who's notoriously late to the party on buying new games, it means we've now reached an era where a game can live and die before I can get around to playing it. I would sign this initiative, but since I don't live in the EU, I question whether I'm eligible. I also wonder: just like what happened with the GDPR, will companies only change their practices in places where something like this has the force of law?

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Intaglio Whitegraven @Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer · Sep 06, 2023

Replying to @barnibu@birdbutt.com

@barnibu@birdbutt.com This reminds me of why I'm irritated at the changes to the Steam client that happened earlier this year: they finally got rid of the "no-browser" command-line mode and now I'm forced to launch the "full" client for anything Steam related. Most of the time I only open Steam just to launch whatever title I want to play, and the "no-browser" mode was perfect for that.

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