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JohnW

@TheEffekt@indieweb.social

#WebDev, #FrontEndDev, #WebApps - Buildinator, Integrator, Configurator

#Independent #Anarchist #GenX #Realist

I ❤️ ➟ #Hiking🏔️ #Dragons🐉
#ProgRock 🎶 #Beer🍻 & #Tech 🖥️ ヅ

Blogs, snippets & photography at
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Will discuss climate change, wealth gap, information/data war, fighting racism, fascism and many other 'isms.

Hobbies: metaphysics, nutrition, DIY'er, and hoping to get back into music.

San Juan Mountains, #Colorado

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Joined October 25, 2024

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JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · Jul 06, 2026

I had a GoFundMe link up the other day but became disillusioned because I thought no one wanted to help. Having been evacuated because of the Gold Mountain Fire ( #GoldMountainFire ), I'm on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. I'm safe but living in uncomfortable conditions, squeezed into the corner of a friends house until I can get back home. https://gofund.me/44899cf7e 1/4

JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · Jun 29, 2026

Replying to @weatherwest@mastodon.social

@weatherwest@mastodon.social I'm an evacuee for #GoldMountainFire. I saw its start at .1acre. We were given the leave immediately order 2:50 later as firefighters raced to protect our neighborhood. I watched it spread so fast, with a sinking feeling.

JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · Jun 02, 2026

The fact that Claude ran a perfect model feels just as scary for some reason....

Researchers Put AI Chatbots in Charge of a Simulated World. This One Destroyed Everything in Just 4 Days.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/researchers-put-ai-chatbots-in-charge-of-a-simulated-world-this-one-destroyed-everything-in-just-4-days/

VICE

Researchers Put AI Chatbots in Charge of a Simulated World. This One Destroyed Everything in Just 4

Researchers gave several major AI models dominion over simulated civilizations—a lot of them destroyed the world, but this one did it best.

JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · May 26, 2026

Therapist Blames The Great Exhaustion For Why People Barely Care About Anything Anymore | YourTango
https://www.yourtango.com/self/therapist-blames-great-exhaustion-people-barely-care-anything

JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · May 15, 2026

Learn something new every day.

Did you know you can disable a group of fields by putting the disabled attribute on a fieldset?

Handy!

#Tech #HTML

JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · Mar 22, 2026

Replying to @The_Whore_of_Blahbylon@mastodon.social

@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon This endless gentle coercion of media gets maddening after a while.

JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · Jan 23, 2026

Replying to @mattblaze@federate.social

@mattblaze@federate.social Congress started about a year early.

JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · Dec 18, 2025

Replying to @davidrevoy__dup_3654@framapiaf.org

@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org Quick question for you. I use Firefox Developer Version extensively for web design projects. Is the same AI slop going to be integrated into that, too?

JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · Dec 15, 2025

Replying to @tychotithonus@infosec.exchange

@tychotithonus@infosec.exchange I'm reaaallly old school when it comes to vital information. I never started using online services. I use KeyPass locally for personal credentials, and for my over 200 past and present clients as a web dev,.

JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · Oct 11, 2025

Replying to @drmambobob@ecoevo.social

@drmambobob@ecoevo.social It seems the definition of insanity now applies to history. Look at it, see how messed up it was and repeat it anyway...

JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · Jun 16, 2025

Replying to @noybeu@mastodon.social

@noybeu@mastodon.social Complete with a name change to ItscrApp.

JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · May 27, 2025

Replying to @petergleick@fediscience.org

@petergleick@fediscience.org Perfect. Let's do that. (Kill AI). People with no artistic talent should have no say in Artists Rights. Let's ask Ol' Nick here to hand over every paycheck going forward. It's basically the same thing. If AI wants to use Artistic works, let those companies BUY or LICENSE the rights to use them.

JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · Nov 23, 2024

Replying to @BillySmith@social.coop

@BillySmith@social.coop @alan@mindly.social @ned@mstdn.ca I wonder why? 🤔 😆

JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · Nov 23, 2024

Replying to @BillySmith@social.coop

@BillySmith@social.coop @alan@mindly.social @ned@mstdn.ca I hadn't looked at the timeline. But I was on computers early to mid 90's and in web dev since 2003. I never liked MS Office even though I had the very early downloadable installation at one point. I may have gone to Star Office before moving to Open Office.

JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · Nov 23, 2024

Replying to @BillySmith@social.coop

@BillySmith@social.coop @alan@mindly.social @ned@mstdn.ca Hmm I didn't even think of that. I used MS Office for a very short period at the very beginning, so it's possible I did use Star Office too. I just can't remember if I did though. It sounds familiar.

JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · Nov 14, 2024

Replying to @bjoernstaerk@snabelen.no

@bjoernstaerk@snabelen.no @alan@mindly.social @ned@mstdn.ca I will admit I don't use it for any complex tasks, so I wouldn't know the point at which compatibility breaks down.

JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · Nov 13, 2024

Replying to @alan@mindly.social

@alan@mindly.social @ned@mstdn.ca It may be about the same period of time for me. I previously used Open Office as well. There was a period of time where Open Office couldn't convert Docx documents, and I experienced similar glitches. But it seems that LibreOffice has taken care of all of that.

JohnW @TheEffekt@indieweb.social · Nov 13, 2024

Replying to @alan@mindly.social

@alan@mindly.social @ned@mstdn.ca That's what I use and it's fantastic. I haven't found any MS Office documents that it can't open.

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Researchers Put AI Chatbots in Charge of a Simulated World. This One Destroyed Everything in Just 4

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