Andrew F.
@jaffa.social.linux.pizza.ap.brid.gy
Hacker, geek, #CTO, misanthrope.
#StarTrek #DoctorWho #Linux #Java #Python #HomeAutomation #RaspberryPi #SmartHome #SelfBuild #HomeAssistant #OpenHAB […]
🌉 bridged from https://social.linux.pizza/@Jaffa on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
#StarTrek #DoctorWho #Linux #Java #Python #HomeAutomation #RaspberryPi #SmartHome #SelfBuild #HomeAssistant #OpenHAB […]
🌉 bridged from https://social.linux.pizza/@Jaffa on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
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oh hey, rad, @bsky.brid.gy has created 'bounce', which lets people ... bounce from bsky over here, and keep all their followers!
share it with all the people who left to go to bsky!
https://blog.anew.social/bounce-beta-now-live/
share it with all the people who left to go to bsky!
https://blog.anew.social/bounce-beta-now-live/
Bounce Beta Now Live!
In early June, we previewed Bounce: A Cross-Protocol Migration Tool. This first-of-its-kind service enables users to migrate their follow graphs between ActivityPub and ATProto with Bridgy Fed as a mediator. While we thought Bounce's capabilities were incredibly cool, we had no idea it would be received with the level of
blog.anew.social
January 5, 2026 at 6:39 AM
oh hey, rad, @bsky.brid.gy has created 'bounce', which lets people ... bounce from bsky over here, and keep all their followers!
share it with all the people who left to go to bsky!
https://blog.anew.social/bounce-beta-now-live/
share it with all the people who left to go to bsky!
https://blog.anew.social/bounce-beta-now-live/
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I made a thing called Wellness Ping because someone I care about went silent and it took too long for anyone to notice.
You get regular check-ins via email. If you don't respond, your emergency contacts get notified.
Built it for anyone who might go missing and needs someone to notice […]
You get regular check-ins via email. If you don't respond, your emergency contacts get notified.
Built it for anyone who might go missing and needs someone to notice […]
Original post on wetdry.world
wetdry.world
October 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I made a thing called Wellness Ping because someone I care about went silent and it took too long for anyone to notice.
You get regular check-ins via email. If you don't respond, your emergency contacts get notified.
Built it for anyone who might go missing and needs someone to notice […]
You get regular check-ins via email. If you don't respond, your emergency contacts get notified.
Built it for anyone who might go missing and needs someone to notice […]
Reposted by Andrew F.
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
www.readtpa.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
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So let me get this straight... I'm somewhere that's not what I would call corporate social media. I'm seeing freaking dragons, and, oh yeah, I'm writing descriptive alt text!! Yeah, okay, that is something I do now! I post about my indiewebsite, I report jacked up spam accounts... I'll probably […]
Original post on mindly.social
mindly.social
December 31, 2025 at 1:25 AM
So let me get this straight... I'm somewhere that's not what I would call corporate social media. I'm seeing freaking dragons, and, oh yeah, I'm writing descriptive alt text!! Yeah, okay, that is something I do now! I post about my indiewebsite, I report jacked up spam accounts... I'll probably […]
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The two hardest problems in Computer Science are:
1. Getting up in the morning
2. Going to bed at a reasonable time
1. Getting up in the morning
2. Going to bed at a reasonable time
December 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The two hardest problems in Computer Science are:
1. Getting up in the morning
2. Going to bed at a reasonable time
1. Getting up in the morning
2. Going to bed at a reasonable time
With our children now nearly 17 and 20, my wife's just told me of a #christmashack she's often thought of - but never told me, or acted in it (because she always thinks of it at the time, and never before).
If your child puts an empty stocking out awaiting Santa to fill it with (little) gifts […]
If your child puts an empty stocking out awaiting Santa to fill it with (little) gifts […]
Original post on social.linux.pizza
social.linux.pizza
December 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
With our children now nearly 17 and 20, my wife's just told me of a #christmashack she's often thought of - but never told me, or acted in it (because she always thinks of it at the time, and never before).
If your child puts an empty stocking out awaiting Santa to fill it with (little) gifts […]
If your child puts an empty stocking out awaiting Santa to fill it with (little) gifts […]
December 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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December 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Well after reading this long sarcastic newsletter on the whole NVIDIA and AI grift, I gotta assume we are all screwed. Seems extremely likely that the vast majority of GPUs sold that justify NVIDIA being the biggest company by market cap in the world are not even powered up. Which is a good […]
Original post on mastodon.sdf.org
mastodon.sdf.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Well after reading this long sarcastic newsletter on the whole NVIDIA and AI grift, I gotta assume we are all screwed. Seems extremely likely that the vast majority of GPUs sold that justify NVIDIA being the biggest company by market cap in the world are not even powered up. Which is a good […]
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This is a shot in the dark, but why not...
Way back in the mid 90s I briefly got really into MOD file music. There was a track I had that used a bunch of samples from The Crow.
Does anybody out there remember this and know what the song's name was?
#boost4reach
Way back in the mid 90s I briefly got really into MOD file music. There was a track I had that used a bunch of samples from The Crow.
Does anybody out there remember this and know what the song's name was?
#boost4reach
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This is a shot in the dark, but why not...
Way back in the mid 90s I briefly got really into MOD file music. There was a track I had that used a bunch of samples from The Crow.
Does anybody out there remember this and know what the song's name was?
#boost4reach
Way back in the mid 90s I briefly got really into MOD file music. There was a track I had that used a bunch of samples from The Crow.
Does anybody out there remember this and know what the song's name was?
#boost4reach
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Lmao this is a long shot, but are any GeoGuessr champs able to help me with a dumb problem
FedEx delivered an important package to the wrong address somewhere in my ZIP code and refuses to help me
All I’ve got is this photo and the knowledge that it’s somewhere in 91790
FedEx delivered an important package to the wrong address somewhere in my ZIP code and refuses to help me
All I’ve got is this photo and the knowledge that it’s somewhere in 91790
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Lmao this is a long shot, but are any GeoGuessr champs able to help me with a dumb problem
FedEx delivered an important package to the wrong address somewhere in my ZIP code and refuses to help me
All I’ve got is this photo and the knowledge that it’s somewhere in 91790
FedEx delivered an important package to the wrong address somewhere in my ZIP code and refuses to help me
All I’ve got is this photo and the knowledge that it’s somewhere in 91790
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Randall Monroe's #xkcd comic has the power to make you laugh, to make you think ... and sometimes to make you cry. For the right reasons.
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
Original post on social.chatty.monster
social.chatty.monster
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Randall Monroe's #xkcd comic has the power to make you laugh, to make you think ... and sometimes to make you cry. For the right reasons.
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]