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Rob Ricci @ricci.discuss.systems.ap.brid.gy · 1d

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.

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Argh. If you're a content creator still on Twitter... please get off :( it's so horrible to use to actually form relationships or do cool things

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

I'm at #migw this week, starting off with three days of #gcap! 🥰

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

I am officially on the market for a new email provider - recommendations welcome! Gmail and #google is removing support for POP in two months time, which is the whole reason I was using Gmail in the first place. https://support.google.com/mail/answer/16604719?hl=en

Gmail网页版不再提供"检查其他账户邮件"功能

No more "check mail from other accounts" in Gmail web (support.google.com) 00:25 ↑ 104 HN Points

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10d

Solo gamedev is very easy. See, all you have to do is literally a thousand things simultaneously while not doing more than 8 hours work a day, every day. Oh, and also the end result is entirely subjective and nobody will have the same feedback and it's unlikely to be profitable #goingslightlymad […]

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10d

I'm ashamed to be a New Zealander today, it's embarrassing to be on the wrong side of history :( https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/574427/kiwis-can-be-proud-nz-isn-t-recognising-palestine-yet-pm-christopher-luxon #nzpol

Kiwis 'can be proud' NZ isn't recognising Palestine yet - PM Christopher Luxon

New Zealand was among only a handful of countries - including the US, Japan and South Korea - which had not formally recognised Palestinian statehood.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 29

Had to do an international bank transfer of about $300. Paypal's fee was $16, WISE's was $1.60. How does Paypal even exist?!

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 27

I can still barely believe in German airports, you can just buy beer and RTDs from basically every convenience store. In the airport! Next to the chilled water! It feels illegal!

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 26

I have eaten at least one pizza every day for the last nine days. And I LOVE IT

In related news, Germany may have excellent vegan candy & toppings, but its vegan restaurant options are rubbish

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C. @cazabon.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 25

Is this a novel observation? No, of course not. But it's the deepest dig I've done on the output of a current model, and while the text sounds a lot better and more consistent than the models of a couple of years ago that started this "AI" #hype / #bubble , it is absolutely useless in terms of […]

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 22

Ouch my feet https://youtu.be/nSUy3fVvLKY?si=Vm8EFFQn4HWvj6eT

Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 22

Ow my feet

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 17

Also my goodness I'm tired

Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 17

I have just landed in Frankfurt airport and the illusion of German efficiency has been shattered

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 7

Oh no, there's a talk about doing gamedev using SAFe. I threw up a little.

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Lindsay 👩‍🔬🚲 @llbroadwell.bsky.social · Aug 3

exercises in concentrated academic spite are my absolute favorite papers to read

eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237.pdf

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 23

Do not try mixing lemsip and coffee together.

It is like there's a party in my mouth and everyone's throwing up after smoking for a decade.

0/10 DO NOT RECOMMEND

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 15

@ELLIOTTCABLE I'm not your target audience (I LOVE systemic games but don't like multiplayer :D) BUT I have seen peeps play a lot of Factorio together.

I think the key things are (1) having a dedicated server (2) having a loose regular schedule (3) the game has lots of things to do solo. They […]

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 7

"Generative #ai ...] will mean anyone can do anything instantly, and thus nothing will be worth anything (hope lies in the idiotic paradox of tech companies trying to corner the market on something by eliminating its value)." <3 [<a href="https://socel.net/@WinstonRowntree" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@WinstonRowntree […]

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 6

It is funny I have to search for `notion pricing` not `notion pricing -ai` in order to get pricing for Notion, for example.

Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 6

I have been adding `-ai` to all of my desktop #google searches recently and I LOVE IT. It's refreshing, clearer, and WAY less advertising and shopping.

I do lose a couple of things, like currency charts and the calculator, but that's easy enough to workaround.

An added bonus: None of the […]

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 2

"The problem is that most people have begun outsourcing their critical thinking and problem-solving abilities. And it shows."

https://skarlso.github.io/2025/06/07/re-my-ai-skeptic-friends-are-all-nuts/ #ai

Re: My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts

Re: My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts There was a post recently that was dissing AI Skeptics. While the post is funny at times, I feel like it’s absolutely and completely missing the point of the skepticism. Or at least I feel that it is glossing over some massive pain points of said skepticism. Let’s go over some of the points and the things that stuck out to me as problematic.

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 30

I wish I had the audacity of my insurer.

Decreasing the sum insured by 30% while simultaneously increasing the policy premium by 25%.

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 29

Today I learned you can add `-ai` to a #google search query to get rid of that generative AI garbage. And it's easy to add a new custom & default search engine in #firefox.

THANK GOODNESS

Screenshot of adding a new search engine in Firefox, titled "Google without AI" by adding `-ai` to the search query

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Jevon Wright 💙💛 @soundasleep.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 24

Spent the day without the internet and without the threat of generative AI and it was *brilliant*.

A scene of wild native New Zealand bush.

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