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partwave∴ @partickle.bsky.social · Feb 18

if you read
some drivel i post
(do let me know if my *numerous errors* are obvious to you)
*spelling excluded 😅
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Gerard Harbison @gerardharbison.bsky.social · Feb 17

When I ran a research group, I'd tell my students that when you appear to have uncovered something anomalous, the first thing you say to yourself is "I fucked up". And the second thing you say is "I'm so stupid I can't even see where I fucked up".

No one is teaching Elon's script kiddies this.

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a close up of a man 's face with the words do it now

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words do it now

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Profane_Helleborian @profanehelleborian.bsky.social · 8h

Seeing modern games now requiring TPM and that not being a giant controversy shows that you can boil a frog 100 times and it'll never learn to leap.

I give it five years max before the concept of the PC is replaced with the TPM walled pen that you have as much control of ur PC as an Iphone.

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partwave∴ @partickle.bsky.social · 1h

> I got another SSD and now going to dual-boot my PC
id
remove/disconect the wi11n disk
when installing *nix

partwave∴ @partickle.bsky.social · 1h

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_are...

You are the product - Wikipedia

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partwave∴ @partickle.bsky.social · 2h

because (tbh)
it reminded me of

>"Horizon" The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow
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www.imdb.com/title/tt0814...

"Horizon" The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow (TV Episode 2006) ⭐ 7.5 | Documentary

The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow: Directed by Emma Sutton. With Bruno Bettelheim, Eustacia Cutler, Temple Grandin, Francesca Happé.

www.imdb.com

partwave∴ @partickle.bsky.social · 2h

@olivia.science 🤔
... dose this apply to all mammals/species?
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 22h

as a cognitive scientist, I can confirm we don't know how humans think

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 12h

People think the first thing Gutenberg printed was the Bible. This is false. The first things he printed were a political prophecy, propaganda about the Turks’ threat to Christendom, & a popular school text. If you want a parallel to AI, that’s it: making $ from conspiracies, racism, & school slop.

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 22h

really nice piece on this btw from @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...

"The Printing Press Democratized Knowledge": When Slogans Masquerade as History — Sonja Drimmer

The phrase is said so frequently it seems, like the mechanism it celebrates, to mechanically replicate itself.  It's become a favorite catchphrase among tech boosters of any sort (see my post on...

sonjadrimmer.com

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partwave∴ @partickle.bsky.social · 4h

if i read it as
>Linux ... great.

it make (more) sense

...ill just fill in my mothers maiden name
to win a trip to
>GUI app integration

a box of frosted flakes cereal next to a bowl

ALT: a box of frosted flakes cereal next to a bowl

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partwave∴ @partickle.bsky.social · 13h

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Bob Booten @bobooten.bsky.social · 1d

I remember when the computer was my escape from the real world (pre-internet)

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Cameron Campbell @camerondotca.bsky.social · 1d

Have you read any of Audrey Watters writing on this? 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com

Second Breakfast

Ed-Tech Criticism. AI Refusal.

2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com

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partwave∴ @partickle.bsky.social · 14h

all publicity

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partwave∴ @partickle.bsky.social · 15h

... ahh must be because she boots from a live-dvd

#oldscoll

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partwave∴ @partickle.bsky.social · 15h

>"I'll never install Linux on my mum's laptop"
why no?

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CJ @mateloos.be · 2d

All your devices, all your programs, all your files.

By the grace of and controlled by one corporation to rule them all.

What could possibly go wrong!?

#syncthing

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 2d

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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partwave∴ @partickle.bsky.social · 1d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDl3...

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - What I Am (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by EBNewBohemiansVEVO

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partwave∴ @partickle.bsky.social · 1d

@missiggeek.bsky.social
did you know that the data fairy has relatives !!

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them. n.pr/48ihZvq

Need a laptop? This retiree refurbishes laptops, gives them away to those in need

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.

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Blasphemous Jones @blasphemousjones.bsky.social · 1d

Piss off, Microsoft. I used an unattended answer file and will either use a local account or I'll use a different OS entirely. Screw your Dropbox garbage, too.

I'll continue to teach everyone how to disable your spy tools and all that other online nonsense. OOBE "Causing errors" is a complete lie.

Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account

Microsoft is disabling the best local account workarounds

www.theverge.com

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