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kevinteljeur

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Dublin 15, Ireland. Nobody wants to read what I write once they’ve read what I’ve written. I assuredly will write it. I also post occasionally about coding, bird-feeding, photos of things, cycling, and drawing (once in a while).

I architect and develop web systems to move data for a very big non-commercial organisation. I'd love to make something that improves the world for everyone though. Maybe one day?

he/him. #nobot

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jwz, to random
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Outrage that a reckless driver's car might gently beep at them.

...as early as 2032:

The technology uses GPS to compare a vehicle's speed with a dataset of posted speed limits. Once the car is at least 10 mph over the speed limit, the system would...
https://jwz.org/b/ykQi

kevinteljeur,
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@Meyerweb @jwz My 2019 Toyota Corolla hatchback (Irish/EU model) has a speed limiter, so I can set an upper speed limit. I have to do it manually though. It has cameras that read speed limit signs (not very reliable in Ireland, for reasons), and visual dash alerts for if I go over the limit. It would be nice to have something like the described system all the time.

It would be nice to warn traffic lights and the like too, all of which is easily possible.

kevinteljeur, to random
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My kid asked 'Shouldn't that be the Minister for Children who decides that and not the Minister for Education?" as well as listing out scenarios for a child needing a phone. Fianna Fáil burning as yet unbuilt bridges there.

https://mastodon.online/@kevinteljeur/112485345934716553

kevinteljeur, to random
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Norma Foley (Ireland's Minister for Education) is talking about banning smartphones for primary school pupils. I wasn't keen on my kid getting a smartphone before 13, but... Isn't the Minister straying from her lane a bit here? What's really going on? https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41400511.html

kevinteljeur,
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I'm going to stray out of my lane, @Tupp_ed, and suggest that the history of this crusade seems to me to very Gistable. Well, maybe not just yet. But it will be soon enough.

kevinteljeur,
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My hypothesis is that she wants to have some sort of authoritarian achievement, such as making it illegal for anyone under 16 to have Internet access or something like that. She wants to be the Minister In Strict Control of Children.

kevinteljeur, to random
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It’s great that Ireland, Spain, and Norway have stepped forward (and joined most of the rest of the world) in recognising Palestine. I hope it starts a process in the EU.

I think that the Irish Government has ulterior motives here but that’s a story for another day. A win is a win.

kevinteljeur,
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I would pay good money for a book on the behind-the-scenes of how the Irish Government got here. Must have been some pressure to not take this step, so it’s all the more amazing to me that they went through with it (in a positive way).

being, to random
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There should be sanctions for businesses that do layoffs. Or even before that there should be more worker protection preventing layoffs ofc but also these businesses should experience financial sanctions

kevinteljeur,
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@being Same in Ireland, which is/was the European base.

ronanmcd, to random
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AI is no use if trained on AI content. So, we need humans to feed the machines.

kevinteljeur,
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@ronanmcd This sounds like something that AI would say

kevinteljeur,
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@ronanmcd @Theriac Walking meat sacks produce a lot of currently unused energy. We will wire up the comment boxen to the data centres

kevinteljeur, to random
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It’s all kicked off on Freecycle for the childseat. They’re underbidding each other, it’s going to end up me paying them a lot of money.
https://mastodon.online/@kevinteljeur/112475209171614445

being, to random
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Somebody please explain to me the concept of houses with significantly more bathrooms than bedrooms because I never understood. You always hear "mansion with 9 bedrooms and 16 bathrooms". Why???

kevinteljeur,
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@being I was looking at a house listing earlier where it has three bedrooms and four bathrooms. Three of those are each attached to a bedroom, and the utility bathroom is downstairs in a three story house.

Now that I write it out, I think it’s designed to be rented out like some sort of mini-tenement. It’s a weird house design generally.

kevinteljeur, to random
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Ok, the Star Trek musical episode is magic. Big Disney energy.

kevinteljeur, to random
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So it seems that offering stuff for free is potentially a more fraught experience than selling stuff that's expensive. I accidentally listed a car seat for free (I can't sell that) on adverts and it was hit within literal seconds by a sniper, who is clearly harvesting free seats and possibly selling them on. It's on freecycle, we'll see how that goes.

being, to random
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I freaking love saying "Jeetje"

kevinteljeur,
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@being 😂

kevinteljeur, to random
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One of these days RSS will get replaced by a generated stream of plagiarism and inaccuracy and Dave Winer will say that this good, actually

kevinteljeur, to random
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PSA: I am doggedly getting through my Mastodon timeline, not creeping. So some of you have high post frequency at certain times so you’ll suddenly see a load of likes from me, and replies to stuff that stop being relevant half a week ago.

kevinteljeur,
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@Radgryd Haha, but they're expired favs! You know, think that whole thing about 'don't use favourites on the social web, they're pointless' has really cramped the fun of using it, because people like the buzz of favourites

kevinteljeur,
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@ratcatcher Haha, you're in the priority list!

kevinteljeur,
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@Radgryd That's it, I like to let people know that I'm reading their stuff and appreciate their thoughts!

makerbymistake, to random
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My wife and I were discussing expensive purchases.

She "reminded" me I have 5 bikes and I lost the argument.

kevinteljeur,
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@makerbymistake My kid has barred me from more than three

Radgryd, to random
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I could genuinely look at insects all day.

kevinteljeur,
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@Radgryd I could too, but I’d be dubious while doing it

theropologist, to random
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I know everyone hates AI and I get it, I really do. I'm not trying to diminish people's concerns. All I'm saying is I tried a month of Midjorney to see what all the fuss was about and I blew through my credits in two days generating pictures of people covered in spaghetti.

So perhaps this is a cautionary tale after all.

kevinteljeur,
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@theropologist What if you’re the AI, and you’ve paid a real artist? Now, who is fault in that scenario

kevinteljeur,
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@theropologist Damn, that’s the correct answer

kevinteljeur, to random
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This is a longread which as much for your and my entertainment as for information about the social media alternative. You know which one.
https://www.andcurve.com/2023/02/13/on-moving-to-a-new-social-media-world/

kevinteljeur,
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@JoParkerBear Thank you, I’m al embarrassed now! Not enough. I still have a few good ones left in me though!

kevinteljeur,
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@JoParkerBear Do you have a site or repository of your writing somewhere? I bet you’re at least as good as you thought you were if not better!

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