Lucien
@serapio.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I miss the future that we were going to have when the cyber-tubes were still cooling.
#NLProc, #linguistics, #communities, #justice
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#NLProc, #linguistics, #communities, #justice
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RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/115838050969984568
Since there was some interest: Here's what I did last year to Exit the billionaire castles:
https://tante.cc/2026/01/05/exiting-the-billionaire-castle/
Since there was some interest: Here's what I did last year to Exit the billionaire castles:
https://tante.cc/2026/01/05/exiting-the-billionaire-castle/
I spent the last year migrating off of US billionaire controlled platforms and services. But there's very few clean ways and I am not 100% happy with all solutions. Might still make sense to make a short post on what I went for and why
January 5, 2026 at 10:15 PM
RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/115838050969984568
Since there was some interest: Here's what I did last year to Exit the billionaire castles:
https://tante.cc/2026/01/05/exiting-the-billionaire-castle/
Since there was some interest: Here's what I did last year to Exit the billionaire castles:
https://tante.cc/2026/01/05/exiting-the-billionaire-castle/
I went for a New Years run in the rain during a king tide. The birds seemed to like the change of scenery.
#birds #happynewyear
#birds #happynewyear
January 1, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I went for a New Years run in the rain during a king tide. The birds seemed to like the change of scenery.
#birds #happynewyear
#birds #happynewyear
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That's a problem in ML that is *very* worth exploring - can local/edge non-networked devices with wearable sensors tracking pulse, respiration, and any other useful data such as accelerometers to detect falls be produced that can trigger local alarms? Is that an "easy" edge problem or is such […]
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sigmoid.social
December 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
That's a problem in ML that is *very* worth exploring - can local/edge non-networked devices with wearable sensors tracking pulse, respiration, and any other useful data such as accelerometers to detect falls be produced that can trigger local alarms? Is that an "easy" edge problem or is such […]
In observance of #Photomonday and the end of November, here are some highlights from the past month.
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In observance of #Photomonday and the end of November, here are some highlights from the past month.
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Can public involvement in AI evaluation make the science better? Or does it compromise quality, speed, and cost for the sake of politics?
In a new article out in PNAS, @mprice and I ask: if you only care about the validity of scientific results, would you have a reason to include people with […]
In a new article out in PNAS, @mprice and I ask: if you only care about the validity of scientific results, would you have a reason to include people with […]
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social.coop
November 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Can public involvement in AI evaluation make the science better? Or does it compromise quality, speed, and cost for the sake of politics?
In a new article out in PNAS, @mprice and I ask: if you only care about the validity of scientific results, would you have a reason to include people with […]
In a new article out in PNAS, @mprice and I ask: if you only care about the validity of scientific results, would you have a reason to include people with […]
This week I turned in my Cisco badge after 8.5 years there with the MindMeld team, on top of 2 years with MindMeld, Inc before we were acquired by Cisco. Through more than a decade with the same team, in many ways it changed every year.
This was my first job […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
This was my first job […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This week I turned in my Cisco badge after 8.5 years there with the MindMeld team, on top of 2 years with MindMeld, Inc before we were acquired by Cisco. Through more than a decade with the same team, in many ways it changed every year.
This was my first job […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
This was my first job […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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I have an offer to make: do you want to run an instance on the fediverse for a group that's underrepresented here?
I'll pay the bills. Period.
I'll do admin if needed (software updates and the like). But you decide what kind of community you want it to be, so you put together the mod team.
DM me.
I'll pay the bills. Period.
I'll do admin if needed (software updates and the like). But you decide what kind of community you want it to be, so you put together the mod team.
DM me.
October 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I have an offer to make: do you want to run an instance on the fediverse for a group that's underrepresented here?
I'll pay the bills. Period.
I'll do admin if needed (software updates and the like). But you decide what kind of community you want it to be, so you put together the mod team.
DM me.
I'll pay the bills. Period.
I'll do admin if needed (software updates and the like). But you decide what kind of community you want it to be, so you put together the mod team.
DM me.
I also want to know this. I have been using OVH in Quebec, which has been fine, but actual Canadian or Mexican hosts would be nice
https://recsys.social/@brohrer/115245259667072875
https://recsys.social/@brohrer/115245259667072875
Brandon Rohrer (@[email protected])
On the off chance - anyone here have a Canadian web hosting provider they love?
recsys.social
September 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I also want to know this. I have been using OVH in Quebec, which has been fine, but actual Canadian or Mexican hosts would be nice
https://recsys.social/@brohrer/115245259667072875
https://recsys.social/@brohrer/115245259667072875
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“The world's biggest academic association of genocide scholars has passed a resolution saying the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday.” To say so is not to justify the Oct 7 attacks. But genocide is never justifiable.
To […]
To […]
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werd.social
September 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
“The world's biggest academic association of genocide scholars has passed a resolution saying the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday.” To say so is not to justify the Oct 7 attacks. But genocide is never justifiable.
To […]
To […]
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Weird that I can't think of this off the top of my head but... who on the fedi is based in the PNW and is an implementer of / contributor to Fediverse software?
(small projects fine! tinkerers too! technical role or not! just trying to consider who I might be able to wrangle together to talk […]
(small projects fine! tinkerers too! technical role or not! just trying to consider who I might be able to wrangle together to talk […]
Original post on friend.camp
friend.camp
August 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Weird that I can't think of this off the top of my head but... who on the fedi is based in the PNW and is an implementer of / contributor to Fediverse software?
(small projects fine! tinkerers too! technical role or not! just trying to consider who I might be able to wrangle together to talk […]
(small projects fine! tinkerers too! technical role or not! just trying to consider who I might be able to wrangle together to talk […]
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We need a radically, militantly kind agenda championed by people who aren't afraid to be radically, militantly kind.
And if that sounds gentle and cutesy, well. You are not understanding me when I say "militant"
And if that sounds gentle and cutesy, well. You are not understanding me when I say "militant"
August 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We need a radically, militantly kind agenda championed by people who aren't afraid to be radically, militantly kind.
And if that sounds gentle and cutesy, well. You are not understanding me when I say "militant"
And if that sounds gentle and cutesy, well. You are not understanding me when I say "militant"
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Here's my personal model for how I'm thinking about AI. https://werd.io/evaluating-ai/
July 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Here's my personal model for how I'm thinking about AI. https://werd.io/evaluating-ai/
I’m now an owner in a cooperative, and I even got this cool zine!
Just planning to take over the internet, nbd.
@subvertworld
Just planning to take over the internet, nbd.
@subvertworld
July 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I’m now an owner in a cooperative, and I even got this cool zine!
Just planning to take over the internet, nbd.
@subvertworld
Just planning to take over the internet, nbd.
@subvertworld
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The Future is NOT Self-Hosted
https://www.drewlyton.com/story/the-future-is-not-self-hosted/
…over the past few weeks – with the help of a growing group of rebels fighting to take back ownership and control over their digital lives – I did something radical: I built my own cloud.
[…] […]
https://www.drewlyton.com/story/the-future-is-not-self-hosted/
…over the past few weeks – with the help of a growing group of rebels fighting to take back ownership and control over their digital lives – I did something radical: I built my own cloud.
[…] […]
Original post on social.vivaldi.net
social.vivaldi.net
July 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The Future is NOT Self-Hosted
https://www.drewlyton.com/story/the-future-is-not-self-hosted/
…over the past few weeks – with the help of a growing group of rebels fighting to take back ownership and control over their digital lives – I did something radical: I built my own cloud.
[…] […]
https://www.drewlyton.com/story/the-future-is-not-self-hosted/
…over the past few weeks – with the help of a growing group of rebels fighting to take back ownership and control over their digital lives – I did something radical: I built my own cloud.
[…] […]
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How can our world stay informed & connected when social media has become fragmented and risky, locked behind private chat rooms, and controlled by mercurial billionaires with their own agendas?
My reflections on @prehensile @cubicgarden BBC R&D report, on why this time especially needs […]
My reflections on @prehensile @cubicgarden BBC R&D report, on why this time especially needs […]
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social.coop
July 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
How can our world stay informed & connected when social media has become fragmented and risky, locked behind private chat rooms, and controlled by mercurial billionaires with their own agendas?
My reflections on @prehensile @cubicgarden BBC R&D report, on why this time especially needs […]
My reflections on @prehensile @cubicgarden BBC R&D report, on why this time especially needs […]
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Thank you to the great Colorado-founded @catalystcoop for this deep-dive on worker co-op management & governance!
And thank you @geosocialcoop for publishing: https://geo.coop/articles/what-its-work-tech-worker-co-op
And thank you @geosocialcoop for publishing: https://geo.coop/articles/what-its-work-tech-worker-co-op
July 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Thank you to the great Colorado-founded @catalystcoop for this deep-dive on worker co-op management & governance!
And thank you @geosocialcoop for publishing: https://geo.coop/articles/what-its-work-tech-worker-co-op
And thank you @geosocialcoop for publishing: https://geo.coop/articles/what-its-work-tech-worker-co-op
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The success of the AI industry should be judged by how much high quality, economically viable, widespread leisure time it produces for humans. So far it is not looking good.
July 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The success of the AI industry should be judged by how much high quality, economically viable, widespread leisure time it produces for humans. So far it is not looking good.
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Stop Calling Everything AI
https://spectrum.ieee.org/stop-calling-everything-ai-machinelearning-pioneer-says
Machine-Learning Pioneer Says Michael I. Jordan explains why today’s artificial-intelligence systems aren’t actually intelligent (IEEE Spectrum 2021)
https://spectrum.ieee.org/stop-calling-everything-ai-machinelearning-pioneer-says
Machine-Learning Pioneer Says Michael I. Jordan explains why today’s artificial-intelligence systems aren’t actually intelligent (IEEE Spectrum 2021)
Stop Calling Everything AI, Machine-Learning Pioneer Says
Michael I. Jordan explains why today’s artificial-intelligence systems aren’t actually intelligent
spectrum.ieee.org
July 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Stop Calling Everything AI
https://spectrum.ieee.org/stop-calling-everything-ai-machinelearning-pioneer-says
Machine-Learning Pioneer Says Michael I. Jordan explains why today’s artificial-intelligence systems aren’t actually intelligent (IEEE Spectrum 2021)
https://spectrum.ieee.org/stop-calling-everything-ai-machinelearning-pioneer-says
Machine-Learning Pioneer Says Michael I. Jordan explains why today’s artificial-intelligence systems aren’t actually intelligent (IEEE Spectrum 2021)
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Thinking for no particular reason today* about the peculiar genius of Stanislaw Lem
A Jew, a doctor, a Pole, in the resistance against Hitler & Stalin & capitalism, an SF legend, feared by PK Dick, lauded by UK Le Guin
…& one of the earliest AGI skeptics
>… held that information technology […]
A Jew, a doctor, a Pole, in the resistance against Hitler & Stalin & capitalism, an SF legend, feared by PK Dick, lauded by UK Le Guin
…& one of the earliest AGI skeptics
>… held that information technology […]
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dair-community.social
July 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Thinking for no particular reason today* about the peculiar genius of Stanislaw Lem
A Jew, a doctor, a Pole, in the resistance against Hitler & Stalin & capitalism, an SF legend, feared by PK Dick, lauded by UK Le Guin
…& one of the earliest AGI skeptics
>… held that information technology […]
A Jew, a doctor, a Pole, in the resistance against Hitler & Stalin & capitalism, an SF legend, feared by PK Dick, lauded by UK Le Guin
…& one of the earliest AGI skeptics
>… held that information technology […]
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Corporations that publicly endorsed Trump's megabill. These are not companies that supported the bill by donating to the politicians that voted for it (although most did that too). These are companies that endorsed the bill publicly and were featured on a White […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
July 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Corporations that publicly endorsed Trump's megabill. These are not companies that supported the bill by donating to the politicians that voted for it (although most did that too). These are companies that endorsed the bill publicly and were featured on a White […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
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My father's first memories are of a concentration camp. My grandmother screamed through nightmares every night of my childhood. I exist because she risked her life so my dad could survive.
This Fourth of July, I'm not feeling very patriotic. But I know exactly which America I believe in […]
This Fourth of July, I'm not feeling very patriotic. But I know exactly which America I believe in […]
Original post on werd.social
werd.social
July 4, 2025 at 5:50 AM
My father's first memories are of a concentration camp. My grandmother screamed through nightmares every night of my childhood. I exist because she risked her life so my dad could survive.
This Fourth of July, I'm not feeling very patriotic. But I know exactly which America I believe in […]
This Fourth of July, I'm not feeling very patriotic. But I know exactly which America I believe in […]
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Here's that story: wordstowinby-pod.com/people-seeki...
People Seeking Asylum – Australia - Words to Win By
The Australian government has crafted and carried out an immigration policy so abusive that it earned President Trump’s praise. Yet, over the last few years, facing a conservative and openly xenophobi...
wordstowinby-pod.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Here's that story: wordstowinby-pod.com/people-seeki...
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Read through @creativecommons's "signals" proposal and that's ... really weak.
Feels like it's just a bit of window dressing to keep to community busy while AI companies take everything they can find.
Like, why is that kind of signalling not part of the licenses? The promise of CC licenses was […]
Feels like it's just a bit of window dressing to keep to community busy while AI companies take everything they can find.
Like, why is that kind of signalling not part of the licenses? The promise of CC licenses was […]
Original post on tldr.nettime.org
tldr.nettime.org
June 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Read through @creativecommons's "signals" proposal and that's ... really weak.
Feels like it's just a bit of window dressing to keep to community busy while AI companies take everything they can find.
Like, why is that kind of signalling not part of the licenses? The promise of CC licenses was […]
Feels like it's just a bit of window dressing to keep to community busy while AI companies take everything they can find.
Like, why is that kind of signalling not part of the licenses? The promise of CC licenses was […]