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ParanoidFactoid

@ParanoidFactoid@mastodon.social

In a fight between delusion and physics, physics may always win but delusion never concedes.

-Electromechanical Synthetic Male
-Preposterous People Personality

#vancouver #twittermigration #politics #science #silly #motorcyclerider

Email: paranoidfactoid@protonmail.com

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ParanoidFactoid, to twitter
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We who stand last at the mourne the loss of comic great The Liam Nissanᵀᴹ ....

Put down for all eternity by the great elmo in the server farm, , for one too many Cyber Wreck rust jokes.

Nature is a bitch for untreated by anti-rust Tesla Cyber Trucks.

GottaLaff, to random
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    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @GottaLaff Stick to your guns Laffy, don't let people browbeat the nuance out of you.

    shoq, to random
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    My new printer just arrived. But a label on the box makes me very uncomfortable. This just feels very odd. Did this thing fall off a truck 4 years ago?

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @shoq Where's Windows 95 Home Edition?

    shoq, to random
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    Not sure which angle you’re disagreeing on, as this was largely my point :)

    Source: @ParanoidFactoid
    https://mastodon.social/@ParanoidFactoid/111647918892582936

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @shoq I think I was disagreeing with @SecondStix there. Lol.

    shoq, to random
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    You could be right, old friend. But I really hope you’re not. Sometimes reading someone’s else’s opinion is a big part of what we call “being informed.” A society with nothing but random acts of entertainment conveying important facts and ideas, even if pithy ones at times, really worries me. The last decade supports my fear.

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @shoq I disagree on the blog angle. The problem isn't with content being uninteresting or undesirable, it's discoverability. Google has killed discoverability. And WordPress subscriptions don't make up for that. There's no discovery algorithm that boosts popular WordPress posts within a common timeline.

    This is something the Fediverse can do. And is one reason why WP seems so interested in their ActivityPub plug-in. Walled gardens like Substack and Medium only destroy discovery even further.

    shoq, to random
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    I don’t believe the fediverse will fully catch until we have portable digital IDs and single-sign on that let us join any service, tool, or dataset. Without the sign-up friction, communities will erupt. This quaint idea that every resource needs a separate sign-on has to go. https://www.onelogin.com/learn/how-single-sign-on-works

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @shoq Funny thing is, most of the servers support oAuth, it's just nobody chooses to configure it.

    That's not tech, it's fedi ideology. Those who run instances want islands. They want that friction.

    I keep pointing our Hubzilla has everything feature wise the Fediverse needs to penetrate big. It's just nobody is using it.

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @shoq Hubzilla has serious UI problems, a common issue with techbro devs. Fearure wise though, it's amazing. What it needs is simplfication and a good mobile app.

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @shoq I don't know. It's a small project though.

    Mastodon has the users and dev community. But it lacks focus.

    Lemmy is in even worse shape. Federation has been completely broken for over a week.

    https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/4288

    thenexusofprivacy, (edited ) to meta

    A poll: if you're planning on blocking Threads , do you want your posts to federate there so that hate groups can interact with them and Meta can track you?

    The way blocking works on Mastodon, if your instance hasn't enabled "authorized fetch", blocking Threads won't actually prevent your posts from federating there if somebody on another instance who hasn't blocked Threads boosts your post. This means that anybody on Threads can still potentially see your posts, including hate groups like Libs of TikTok and Gays Against Groomers. And Meta's privacy policy says they'll use the information to target advertising and improve their products by training AIs. And most large Mastodon instances today haven't turned on authorized fetch.

    If you're planning on -- or considering -- blocking Threads, do you still want your posts to federate there?

    @fediverse @fediversenews

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @thenexusofprivacy @fediverse @fediversenews I don't want anything to do with Threads. But you have to admit, that's a loaded question for a poll.🤣

    RickiTarr, to random
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    It's been a minute since I've done a music question, so here goes:

    Who is an artist/band that you're annoyed you like?

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @ShiitakeToast @RickiTarr 🎵 I don't want to work🎶
    🎵 I just want to bang on me rocks all day!🎶

    dgar, to random
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    My guitar has messy hair tonight.

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @dgar I want a guitar with two bass strings instead of the low E and A and no frets there. Also, quarter tone frets for the high strings.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Show me the most 80's thing you can think of!

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @RickiTarr ♬ Believe it or not, ♬
    ♬ I'm walking on air! ♬

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Are atoms alive?
    If they aren't alive, how do they make up living things?
    What happens to my atoms when I die?
    Wait, are we just like a the same stuff in different combinations?
    How are new atoms created?
    Energy isn't made of anything, wtf is that about?

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @RickiTarr

    Atoms are energy trapped in place by a standing wave. Best explanation possible. Not perfect.

    When you die, those atoms that form the bonds that make up you break down. But the atoms themselves remain.

    Except for certain atoms that happen to be unstable, like radioisotopes. Those break down by fission.

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @RickiTarr

    Energy does work. And by that I mean it does physical work. For example, conversion of photons to electrons is work done by certain atoms in a specific crystalline form. (we call those solar panels and photosynthesis in plants).

    I'm not a physicist. I've worked for physicists though. Beyond these generalized statements, ask a professional physicist. Because there's a whole field there. People spend their lives digging into this shit. And they can give detailed answers that work.

    luckytran, to random
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    “In this status quo, people are expected to ignore the threat of infection, pay through the nose if they get sick and face stigma and ridicule if they become disabled. Journalism can and should repudiate that bargain. We are not neutral actors…”

    Must read opinion piece on Long Covid by Ed Yong

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/opinion/long-covid-reporting-lessons.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE0.uIuH.1cxnoufWl1xp&smid=url-share

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @luckytran I know this is supposed to be a gift article, but I couldn't get around the paywall anyway. So here's an archive link for those with the same problem.

    https://archive.is/2023.12.11-100551/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/opinion/long-covid-reporting-lessons.html

    jeffjarvis, (edited ) to random
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    NotebookLM, Google's aid to writers, has launched, running on Gemini* under the tutelage of friend Steven Johnson. It's impressive. I gave it the entire manuscript for my next book, The Web We Weave (out next year) and it returned a good summary:

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @jeffjarvis Jeff, consider that technology of this sort could read our posts, assign political or ideological metrics on hot button issues, and use that to alter your feed. Or alter the feeds of others who follow you to automate the promotion or suppression of your commentary. Or feed it to your opponents to induce conflict.

    This is clearly possible given how that bot summarized your entire book.

    GottaLaff, (edited ) to geopolitics
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    Thanks Biden. 1/…

    U.S. job growth accelerated in November and the unemployment rate dropped to 3.7% even as more people entered the labor force, pointing to underlying strength in the labor market.

    https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-job-growth-accelerates-november-unemployment-rate-drops-37-2023-12-08/

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @GottaLaff @stephanie Trolls trolls everywhere. Thank you for contributing content, laffy.

    donni, to random
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    You can do anything you want if it’s not too hard and you’re not too tired but when does that happen

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @donni I don't want to do nothing I want and that happens all the time!

    dangillmor, to random
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    It's great that Facebook is making Messenger encrypted end to end.

    Why am I suspicious that there will turn out to be fine print that undermines this in some key way(s)?

    Experience with the tech industry requires suspicions.

    I'll keep using Signal, thanks.

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @dangillmor Element.io + Matrix

    ParanoidFactoid, to Finland
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    From a on an intelligence report about interference in the accession of and to by creating false protests against the religion. Use of faked and inauthentic online trolling is discussed.

    This is Google Translated material. Original at link below:

    https://yle.fi/a/74-20063067

    "Russian intelligence services planned to organize harassment campaigns designed as protests."
    "Information about Russia's plan was obtained in two leaks"
    Background. But also that Russia's primary focus was on slowing Sweden's accession, not Finland.

    ParanoidFactoid, to Ukraine
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    In The Washington Post, a story about congressional holdup in funding #Weapons for #Ukraine in the #RussianUkraineWar. It's focus is on the many #congressionaldistricts where weapons #manufacturing takes place. Its thrust is twofold:

    1. The jobs are spread out, benefiting local economies in many of the same districts where congresspersons are obstructing.

    2. Helping Ukraine is in #USA and #NATO best interest.

    https://archive.is/cRJEM

    #WaPo #Ukrainian #Russia #Russian #USPol #Politics

    A chart showing per state weapons production levels.
    Locations and division of 117 weapons production lines for Ukraine, in 31 states and 71 cities.
    Statements by J.D. Vance and Jim Jordan, both saying we should not spend money on Ukraine but instead at home. And a rebuttal by the author stating that funding the war effort is in the US national interest.

    ParanoidFactoid, to politics
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    From #RepublicanAccountabilityProject at the #hellsite, former SecDef Mark Esper on what Trump wanted to do but couldn't in his first administration, as an example of what he thinks Trump will do in a presumed second:

    "He wanted to deploy active-duty troops on the street of Washington, D.C. and suggested actually that we shoot Americans in the street. That's kind of more of what you'll see.”

    #Trump #protests #Republicans #GOP #politics #USPol #MSNBC #ParanoidFactoid #MarkEsper

    video/mp4

    donni, to random
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    Sick of my cat ignoring current events

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @donni They're paying attention.

    video/mp4

    rolle, to mastodon
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    Almost everyone who says "Mastodon didn't work for me" on Bluesky seems to have posted only "me me me" stuff for months (if that) on Mastodon, followed about 10-20 people, never replied to anyone and then gave up because "nobody there, it didn't fly".

    It seems there is a big misunderstanding how this free and healthy social media works. We are not here for the easy wins, likes, shares and dopamine spikes. We are here because we accept the fact we are not part of the commercial hype machine. We choose natural engagement over spoiling algorithms, we choose conversation and meaning in our social media. At least that is how I see it.

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @rolle It's always popular to puff up about this place by denigrating those who chose that place.

    The reality is, Mastodon growth and use has slowed considerably. We should take lessons from those who left instead of finding reasons to dismiss them.

    ParanoidFactoid,
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    @rolle Look at those people over there. They came here first but never understood what it takes to become one of us. Perhaps we're all the better for them leaving. They didn't even try!

    My perspective is, we have something useful to learn from those who blew out of here. Listen to them.

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