Move slow and fix things.
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Last Notes npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains I added www.youtube.com###secondary to my uBlock Origin filters and my life is like 1000% better. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Another reason I try my darndest to avoid LLM-built "FOSS" tools: the humans who publish them often enough aren't prepared to support them. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains ICYMI: please unfollow my TinkerBetter account and go follow me on MakerTube instead if you want to see my videos on Fedi. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains If you have a platform, and someone criticizes you, consider not responding. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Someone asked me if I'm still writing my own scripts, now that "AI can do all of that". npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Just ran into a perfect example of Gentoo being awesome for me as a video maker: ffmpeg. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains What have I done? npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Ghost CMS is now offering an "Optimize your site for AI search" feature. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains I would prefer the opposite, TBH. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Computers ingest information and pump out slop. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains The AIM video is also on YouTube if you want to watch it there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDQTuJWST4M npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains My latest import of followers from my old Mastodon instance seems to have done its thing. :) npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains New video! I'm hosting an AIM server for my friends, and you can too. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains I remember when GitHub mostly just worked. That was a lifetime ago npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains I just caught that Libera.Chat uses the phrase "insufficient human involvement" and I love that specific phrasing for flagging LLM-generated pull requests. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Mastodon is great and all, but if you want Fedi to be more than just one dominant server, I urge you to consider financially supporting GoToSocial, a lightweight ActivityPub software. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Looking for recommendations. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains If you run a PeerTube instance, you should probably make sure you're upgraded to v8.2.2 immediately. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Y'all want a fediverse that's not just big Mastodon instances, right? npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Taking back your digital sovereignty involves sacrifice. If someone tells you it doesn't, they're uninformed or lying. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains If you are a WordPress user running the UpdraftPlus plugin for backups, drop everything and update your plugins npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains "we need to know your age" no you don't npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains OK, I have an HTML5 question for all of you HTML programmers out there. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains The internet is still full of wacky, weird, fun stuff. Your stuff still has a home. People want to see it. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains I don't know the scale that goes into something like Perifractic's phone (which I'm going to tongue-in-cheek call the "PeriPhone" but he calls the Commodore Callback). npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Dumbphone time npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains @nprofile…8cjr I watched on PeerTube and I thought it was great. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Your brain is better than an algorithm. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains PeerTube had a SQL injection vulnerability that was exploited in the wild: npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains New video about my writerdeck! A tty-only laptop to maximize writing and minimize distractions. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains I genuinely believe that the Fediverse offers the best chance of recapturing the friendly, optimistic Internet I loved as a kid. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains My wife @nprofile…xjdv is posting here, everyone should go follow her! npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Was going to resurrect this old chestnut for my next video but decided I'm being snarky enough, and this joke is better saved for a future video where this is more on topic. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Idea: we unplug every network switch and leave for the weekend npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Motion to strike "googling" as a verb npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains 2006: rolled our own janky hosting, version control, CMS, and backup systems npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains "Kdenlive sucks, it doesn't even do [insert niche thing here]" npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains GitLab is pivoting to "the agentic era." npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Also, shouting this one with the bold text: npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains I am very happy with GoToSocial. Collaborative blocklists are a great feature, and for a single user instance, the footprint is a lot lower than my Mastodon instance. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Patreon is really trying to get me to use something they call Quips, which they assure me isn't posting to a social network, but is just "short posts" which "show up on the feeds" of "followers". npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains So many tech bros are coming at me right now arguing that yes, in fact, Windows users or Facebook users don't deserve privacy. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains You still deserve privacy, even if you: npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains "If you use Facebook, you know what they're doing." npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Ubuntu appears to have been dealing with a sustained cyberattack causing widespread outages for several days now. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Today is a great day to learn about Debian. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains I've had three companies this week ask me to promote something called an "AI mattress" based on my "great AI video content." npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains I'm doing backup, patch, and test work on about two dozen servers using my Asahi Linux M1 MacBook Air today. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Has anyone made a Syncthing client for MS-DOS? I'm chasing an absurd idea. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains If you're running Debian, and haven't updated for the whole Copy Fail thing, now is a good time to check to see if you've got a kernel update and plan on getting that done. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains Today is Bandcamp Friday! That means Bandcamp doesn't take a cut when you buy a record! npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains I'll take decentralized and janky over simple and evil. npub1jql94253wluvxmcvq3qzne4wpwr2r6m98unpnzrnsg82494hn7ms953v8r Veronica Explains OK this is a post I am not boosting from either Mastodon or Ghost. Do you see it?
