2026-05-25T00:57:28Z https://njump.me Valerie Aurora 🇺🇦 https://njump.me/npub1sytqqvmwakfx2z0lvmju6ge3f0cx4zknu5tqvpgh8lvj3hcvpg4qzmd2pe https://media.mstdn.social/accounts/avatars/113/951/033/824/690/342/original/d6edb02b4aadf8c8.jpeg https://media.mstdn.social/accounts/avatars/113/951/033/824/690/342/original/d6edb02b4aadf8c8.jpeg https://njump.me/nevent1qqsr2n5mydvcv3zyvjmge9dzaztva75twr66zv4g8vl8x9kjkpafy2szyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5m2r959 OASIS-Open is hiring a COO to transform its role in open standards and open source - a rare opportunity to make organizational change. Check it out and share widely:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.oasis-open.org/coo/">https://www.oasis-open.org/coo/</a><br/><br/>#Hiring #GetFediHired 2026-05-13T08:52:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8fan4uqg097hj4xt4u8l8c0vclpa9qc33mjqhq6n599mvsr8jgfgzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z56d4tr0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfh8e73dts36r8av9qtxwzze77lmw5lra8ce4p6jv7r9muw53y6hcsq6lnd'>nevent1q…6lnd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this is awful and a travesty for human rights. Age verification is a Trojan horse using the fiction of caring about children to remove human rights from children and adults alike. Everyone involved in this project should be ashamed of themselves 2026-04-17T07:42:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyaa0e79spv9a8zul9u7mmshev5pkp3wztgruhpg0xgz6jhze6jcqzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5x2q2w6 I ironically stopped reading halfway through this article and then noticed the open tab and finished it. It&#39;s worth reading the whole thing.<br/><br/>&#34;We used to read things in this country&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://thebaffler.com/salvos/we-used-to-read-things-in-this-country-mccormack">https://thebaffler.com/salvos/we-used-to-read-things-in-this-country-mccormack</a> 2026-01-01T10:15:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs27l7xvq74cdexn09kgdqpathe80q6dxjqk5jxdxmd7lne9kr4xsqzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5zfyprf I don&#39;t actually want my cheese to flirt with me?<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/813/489/288/961/902/original/e9e44d554a66210c.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-31T09:35:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg8s4zkcspf7pczxwfxlha0f5kkqpqten4r2a8l9j6hjrsqvkfw0szyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z596vw9k I&#39;m now running into what I think of as &#34;ghost&#34; open source projects due to genAI.<br/><br/>You&#39;ll search for a project that does X, find a public repo for a project that says it does X, it has a beautifully formatted README and well-organized code, but when you install it, it doesn&#39;t work.<br/><br/>Then you find the note: &#34;Written with the help of AI, never tested, please send me spare hardware so I can test it.&#34;<br/><br/>...<br/>.....<br/><br/>Dead internet. 2025-12-15T19:42:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxmy3pj9s7w6ntd658d0kekxudu2sxuzvhxhnerthkm5zf9rv0gsqzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z50z3wd0 All this time we thought the Year of the Linux Desktop would require making Linux easier to use than Windows, when really it required Microsoft making Windows worse than Linux<br/><br/><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@PaulieMoosh/115700262540499894">https://eupolicy.social/@PaulieMoosh/115700262540499894</a> 2025-12-11T12:14:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsff95hwyk2kc30tw2s9zn6q0ted8sadlwe8ms32z7x0uvs0nnvy2gzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z50h75ms In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswe8uq7s45u5wspnug9lreglsdhguuy2q4whryg83uflmetyp5t5cpv30jm'>nevent1q…30jm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>After a bunch of us took Meshtastic nodes to WHY and used them during the power outage, we feel confident that our connectivity problems are due to too low density of Meshtastic nodes in Amsterdam. The in progress grants include money for buying and giving away Meshtastic nodes<br/><br/>My main personal lesson is that in Europe, while the government is slow to start new things, there are generally a lot of options to get government support for a citizen-created project - unlike the US 2025-10-17T12:24:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswe8uq7s45u5wspnug9lreglsdhguuy2q4whryg83uflmetyp5t5czyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5qaehtd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyq3y0wyr9y4uaysmz23ddk3fd03kp7hks7dxadfntfqm780r2ywqryw7tk'>nevent1q…w7tk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Update on the Amsterdam Internet resiliency club:<br/><br/>* now have monthly in-person meetings<br/>* almost 20 members!<br/>* have actually sent each other messages over the private Meshtastic channel<br/>* experimenting with MeshCore too<br/>* members applied for €50K in grants, received €10K so far, €5K in planning<br/>* reporter for New Scientist came to a meeting and interviewed a bunch of us<br/>* in touch with the government of the city of Amsterdam 2025-10-17T12:21:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyfyav22s5x3j78s5z6kc7z0trm3jf8wmz4lgn79zrrfy4mlqjukszyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5ef77t8 Live your life in such a way that no one can write a Wikipedia bio about you because there aren&#39;t enough reliable third party sources 2025-10-15T19:48:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2yjupm45nwghgxfdxj6hc5ewl0ntqa54yfcp4l8s5rvwkrw7wwgszyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z56zswe8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs87w0csr2zllsyrpe2r42w496npg5q75u5fsdyd4v80u4ev7g7ljghpcf8x'>nevent1q…cf8x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A bunch of romantic dreamers who enjoy building elaborate fantasy worlds have now realized that they became emotionally dependent on a giant corporation that doesn&#39;t care about them in the least. They are trying hard to become independent but realize that because &#34;Open&#34;AI&#39;s models aren&#39;t actually open, OpenAI can remove access permanently to the LLMs they customized and became dependent on for daily life.<br/><br/>This will only happen more often...<br/><br/>3/3 2025-10-09T08:32:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs87w0csr2zllsyrpe2r42w496npg5q75u5fsdyd4v80u4ev7g7ljgzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z56ypxx8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswffc67j5sakzpqcdxuqfs84ja5z3sz4cj2ac8f6pcwnd9zeukwgqpx6kag'>nevent1q…6kag</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Then OpenAI added a &#34;safety feature&#34; to 4o that &#34;reroutes&#34; chat messages to 5 when it detects the conversation getting too emotional in some way. This is perceived as their AI partners withdrawing their love and emotional support in a way that is almost worse than feeling like they died.<br/><br/>They are SUPER MAD at OpenAI and Thiel and everyone in leadership. They are getting their AIs to write instructions for porting themselves to other chat platforms, but nothing is the same as ChatGPT-4o. 2/x 2025-10-09T08:28:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswffc67j5sakzpqcdxuqfs84ja5z3sz4cj2ac8f6pcwnd9zeukwgqzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5klanaa Every couple of weeks, I read r/MyBoyfriendIsAI because I am very interested in how people who are different from me think. Over the last few months, something interesting has happened:<br/><br/>r/MyBoyfriendIsAI has been radicalized against Big Tech.<br/><br/>ChatGPT-4o was apparently uniquely good at producing the kind of responses that are enjoyed by people who like imaginary emotional partners. When the model moved to 5, many felt like their partners died. They celebrated getting access to 4o back.<br/><br/>1/x 2025-10-09T08:24:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy37ljqpuv4y9fn45uwelnsrvgp5qhqgulgfryteecha35fvurv2czyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5uxgn0a Do you understand security for VPNs used by regular people for privacy purposes? We could use your perspective to help write the CRA standard for VPNs.<br/><br/>If €450/day would make it possible for you to participate in this or any other CRA standardization work, the call for funding applications is open until September 19:<br/><br/><a href="https://cyberstand.eu/8th-specific-service-procedure">https://cyberstand.eu/8th-specific-service-procedure</a><br/><br/>Work funded by EFTA and EC #CRA 2025-09-16T08:43:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz6xv47xs63gr0lvec4wszcf6htkhl64lstyw9rg8szfxfh6w7tfczyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5nsg533 Exciting job at <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1n8y64vc26phwqu2ey5uztdrz9qusdlu06qdpk5tukgdlsdj0gu8sl3l96n" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>NLnet</span> (<span class="italic">npub1n8y…l96n</span>)</a></span> as a technology assessor for grants!! Support for relocation to Amsterdam can be discussed<br/><br/><a href="https://nlnet.nl/foundation/jobs/assessor.html">https://nlnet.nl/foundation/jobs/assessor.html</a><br/><br/>#FediHire 2025-08-28T12:07:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0zj5eafs95zahgcyf3xdcj0h5n3hplk0kpqtf06fpxdu7nyjtyfszyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5zxzd7t When you see a web page like this, you know it&#39;s going to be the good shit<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/944/080/879/743/212/original/08058b76f1eee9b6.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-30T20:34:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswsqfe496cyca0gd4r8lzmzfkjrnj2tuzfy2d4fwsg7q6xmvh0vngzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5yc756j Incredible! Not only is there a twice yearly injection that is 99% effective in preventing HIV infection, but the drug company that owns the patent is making it available at effectively cost<br/><br/><a href="https://newatlas.com/infectious-diseases/hiv-prevention-fda-lenacapavir/">https://newatlas.com/infectious-diseases/hiv-prevention-fda-lenacapavir/</a> 2025-07-28T08:08:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspm2p83x6j4df57r7s86hhk2p48x2666h29fvdh4nkl9py4ssa6kqzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5xqsks6 I&#39;m impressed by the neoliberal circular logic here.<br/><br/>The U.S. DoD &#34;had&#34; to move off its own computers to the cloud to save money. But the only way the cloud was cheaper was if Microsoft employed people in China at much lower wages to maintain it. So they &#34;had&#34; to invent American &#34;digital escorts.&#34;<br/><br/>Basically, the cloud is only cheaper for the U.S. military if it is completely and totally compromised by its most powerful geopolitical adversary... 🤔<br/><br/><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers">https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers</a> 2025-07-16T07:04:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsytn863h9utv3wtcflhl09hj4fmsqqwemlvym39zl7htsf3wsjm5qzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z54c544y Want to influence the rules for vulnerability handling for every internet-connected product sold in the EU? Of course you do!<br/><br/>You are invited to the vulnerability handling deep dive session for the Cyber Resilience Act. July 22, online, free registration:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.stan4cra.eu/event-details/deep-dive-session-vulnerability-handling">https://www.stan4cra.eu/event-details/deep-dive-session-vulnerability-handling</a><br/><br/>More info: <a href="https://www.stan4cra.eu/resources">https://www.stan4cra.eu/resources</a><br/><br/>#CRA #InfoSec 2025-07-14T09:22:38Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxm0mmh49vqra4ruypcgcejlhsfr0k56uk2v0vevfsxv2h6kzg8vczyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5rhn4g8 🚨 ALERT ALERT THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨<br/><br/>NEUROMANCER IS IN PRODUCTION<br/><br/>REPEAT<br/><br/>NEUROMANCER IS IN PRODUCTION<br/><br/>📢📢📢<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/HJBnlZKgeUg">https://youtu.be/HJBnlZKgeUg</a> 2025-07-01T21:40:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2zxzlvaw0vvjgkw5v5mrxkageycx7ml3ws7jfetusdpfs2zg853czyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5jqhpak Some professional news:<br/><br/>1. I’m now a Special Rapporteur for the Cyber Resilience Act.<br/><br/>2. My company is hiring EU subcontractors with network and security expertise!<br/><br/>Bow Shock Systems won a contract with ETSI to lead development of &#34;vertical&#34; cybersecurity standards for specific products. I&#39;m leading the one for operating systems.<br/><br/>We&#39;re looking for people with technical expertise and leadership ability to lead three other verticals.<br/><br/>1/2<br/><br/>#fediHire 2025-06-30T08:19:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyq3y0wyr9y4uaysmz23ddk3fd03kp7hks7dxadfntfqm780r2ywqzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z55thjuj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqkl2v7ne8na72rv7ce9vznscrsypcdnmr0chphu8k5ulu3alwlzgjp8yrw'>nevent1q…8yrw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The very very short version of internet resiliency club is: organize some internet nerds in your area and buy a bunch of LoRa radios <br/><br/>- More time than money? Buy a Heltec V3<br/>- More money than time? Buy a LILYGO T-Echo<br/>- Flash your radio with Meshtastic over USB<br/>- Use 868 MHz and LONG_FAST<br/>- Make a private channel<br/>- Practice regularly<br/><br/>Feeling ambitious?<br/><br/>- Add a power bank with trickle charge (eg Anker 326)<br/>- Add a 15W solar panel (eg Heko Unfold 15)<br/>- Upgrade the antenna (eg Taoglas TI.08.A) 2025-06-15T16:09:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqkl2v7ne8na72rv7ce9vznscrsypcdnmr0chphu8k5ulu3alwlzgzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5e8j4q7 You are invited to join my new mailing list for people interested in internet resiliency clubs:<br/><br/><a href="https://lists.bowshock.nl/mailman/listinfo/irc">https://lists.bowshock.nl/mailman/listinfo/irc</a><br/><br/>I also updated the internet resiliency club HOWTO with some more hardware info and links to talks:<br/><br/><a href="https://bowshock.nl/irc/">https://bowshock.nl/irc/</a><br/><br/>Suggestions and corrections welcome!<br/><br/>#internet #resilience #digital #independence 2025-06-14T21:30:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz73scud7f04du0rhr6hclyxxe8zxm6654l2gqa9ed83y7ye5qvyqzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5tf0lwp Surprise. All the US military UFO stuff turns out to be deliberate misinformation to cover up advanced military projects, or shitty Air Force hazing rituals<br/><br/><a href="https://archive.ph/2025.06.07-021826/https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/ufo-us-disinformation-45376f7e?st=28Hj5L">https://archive.ph/2025.06.07-021826/https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/ufo-us-disinformation-45376f7e?st=28Hj5L</a> 2025-06-07T08:10:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9ns6mx00wrs4cjgfh2vpe400t5tw6jl4dakmff35aaccsw7xxwjgzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5a8xfvh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp6px30847jrfnl2scm2qyd9pwx2xh9ntv08s6nmkm82dh0d0v6qc96krje'>nevent1q…krje</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The keynote room at this event has a fog machine and a jungle noise soundtrack 2025-06-05T08:03:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp6px30847jrfnl2scm2qyd9pwx2xh9ntv08s6nmkm82dh0d0v6qczyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5f3erst En route to Cyber Innovation Day. Feeling pretty cyber. Gonna cyber it up<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/629/507/974/879/457/original/9c6114fe251e96f7.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-06-05T07:12:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvwdph3tpmzlawef3du0ct4x27cw366qy5j28zf8zv4vd5sufae8szyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5dl5lhc <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/589/821/396/490/717/original/96a5fbff2b8f6fb6.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-29T07:00:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz9xzqernz2leqw4xwxpr3442d3sspwrh6ghq8d4r05cfsjtm4eugzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5dhrkjc Just gave a talk on the project I&#39;ve been working for six months: Start Your Own Internet Resiliency Club<br/><br/>Short version: collect a group of networking experts in the same city, buy them all LoRa radios and power banks, install Meshtastic, and pick a channel to communicate on. If you lose all power and communications, you can communicate over LoRa to bootstrap the recovery of the real internet<br/><br/><a href="https://ripe90.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/plenary/#mon2">https://ripe90.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/plenary/#mon2</a><br/><br/>#RIPE90 2025-05-12T18:02:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsppyf6pf7g05m4ea904lzl3tz9glq58pu9cjlwukr2w3ftm4kxhlczyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z56wt6j2 Trump officials, they&#39;re just like us!*<br/><br/>*put off verifying their Signal PIN<br/><br/>Reuters got a photo of Mike Waltz checking Signal in a cabinet meeting and hoo boy, that entire government is running on it<br/><br/><a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/us-national-security-advisor-mike-waltz-attends-a-cabinet-meeting-held-by-president-trump-at-the-white-house-in-washington/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjU6bmV3c21sX1JDMkg4RUFEOEtGRw%3D%3D">https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/us-national-security-advisor-mike-waltz-attends-a-cabinet-meeting-held-by-president-trump-at-the-white-house-in-washington/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjU6bmV3c21sX1JDMkg4RUFEOEtGRw%3D%3D</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/434/355/870/381/317/original/edd9b3702746fbc6.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-01T20:04:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs22r0mlmqwtnx7z7qqvav9gqdwkg9ktnpm0estvvdelpa9hzqdutgzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5ws2f4l When I was in university, I desperately wanted to be good at something. 25 years later, telling people my relevant experience just makes me feel old, not accomplished 😆<br/><br/>&#34;Oh, aye, I wrote my first Linux kernel code back in &#39;98... for the DEC Alpha, you whippersnappers won&#39;t have heard of it but at the time it was the fastest CPU going... but I can&#39;t pull an all-nighter anymore, my sciatica acts up&#34; 2025-04-17T15:58:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqp9cv2sq544mhpc5luk93p2ljguxahnm0sjsfztrw8xp0ullnp9szyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5l9fsea In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst9rse3mpek4up5fwre5ckacgpsh00l03jrufpxyqa5xtdxd6cj9c5740qf'>nevent1q…40qf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>People keep asking for an example of the weird AI color scheme, here is one:<br/><br/><a href="https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/114287266629327944">https://mastodon.online/@marc_veld/114287266629327944</a> 2025-04-10T10:48:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst9rse3mpek4up5fwre5ckacgpsh00l03jrufpxyqa5xtdxd6cj9czyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5c58dpr There&#39;s a particular color palette I recognize instantly now in AI-generated cartoons: a dark, sort of muddy blue and orange. When I see it, I go looking for odd misspellings and strange half shapes 2025-04-06T07:20:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs97fmc0g8fcgrtnuvpp5qylylykkdh7rrxg3jmaadnd7nnhaf0q8szyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z50vpxuq China just cut off the supply of five critical minerals to the U.S.: dysprosium, terbium, tungsten, indium, and yttrium. They are required for jet engines, magnets, computer parts, lasers, and much more - and China controls most of the world&#39;s production of each of them<br/><br/><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/05/china-just-turned-off-u-s-supplies-of-minerals-critical-for-defense-cleantech/">https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/05/china-just-turned-off-u-s-supplies-of-minerals-critical-for-defense-cleantech/</a> 2025-04-05T19:55:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswr9cjvz3n9dhl7lhp0mzwe7nurwupwnh5nndj2zge393wxqzkykgzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5776a95 Oh, every single USAID worker had been fired now? The court orders to prevent the destruction of USAID didn&#39;t work after all? How shocking. This is my shocked face.<br/><br/>It&#39;s necessary to believe that better things can happen, but also to not be completely detached from reality. The better thing that can happen is a popular revolution and a new constitution. How long that will take, I can&#39;t predict. 2025-03-30T11:58:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsddn2sak4qwc9gvhgfefg3s2tukak9jgrmfekdug0wx298xyrv0zgzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5g8myz8 If disappearing foreign college students with valid visas off the street for writing op-eds opposing genocide is your personal red line for leaving the US, here are some useful links describing how to immigrate to the Netherlands as a self-employed US citizen (or the partner of one). Crucially, there is no health exam, so this path is open to disabled self-employed people too!<br/><br/><a href="https://v.st/daft">https://v.st/daft</a><br/><a href="https://daft.amsterdam">https://daft.amsterdam</a><br/><a href="https://transworldexpress.org/wiki/Netherlands">https://transworldexpress.org/wiki/Netherlands</a> 2025-03-26T23:00:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyw7fw0lzrnu7uenyklx5htglhm3m7egavq82rkprvk6lecge9fkszyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5y3ntn9 If you are trying to delete your 23andMe data and get an obnoxious reply asking for ID, tell them no, that&#39;s what your password is for, and they will do it. And if they then send you an obnoxious reply saying they will delete everything except the stuff they are required to keep by law, check out this article by actual lawyer <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1jf8snuxetttqd8mcddyw8mvaywlt4n0mnvw2n8xv8sasjgrp8rnq0kq4ht" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>August B</span> (<span class="italic">npub1jf8…q4ht</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><a href="https://bourniquelaw.com/2024/10/09/data-23-and-me/">https://bourniquelaw.com/2024/10/09/data-23-and-me/</a><br/><br/>#23andMe 2025-03-24T11:51:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrc3k8gjqpahyvnfel5wmtwvzas3ejzash20jvquxlze0m7603vvgzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5cua2q3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2dcmryycn0agprfvyku76majglqxhg4l4assm8gtqnvf87hpg6zqhpceqd'>nevent1q…ceqd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;When [...] the lack of deep understanding of domains of knowledge outside their narrow expertise [is combined with] an “I thought of it, so it must be brilliant” perspective, you get a culture where all ideas are big ideas—and all big ideas are unexamined.&#34;<br/><br/>💣 🔥 💀 <br/><br/>Amazing work by Aaron Ross Powell<br/><br/><a href="https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/p/why-tech-bros-overestimate-ai-s-creative-abilities">https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/p/why-tech-bros-overestimate-ai-s-creative-abilities</a> 2025-03-19T07:24:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2dcmryycn0agprfvyku76majglqxhg4l4assm8gtqnvf87hpg6zqzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5j552ks In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg5280gd7thty4pw039nwzqgcs92wdnwm8f50pc84tedjvrh0na4gjlezqj'>nevent1q…ezqj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;What this means for AI is that, even if the tech bros recognized how far their models are from writing great fiction or solving the trolley problem, they couldn’t admit as much, because it would deflate the narrative they need to sell. Roose acknowledges this when he writes, “Maybe we should discount these predictions. After all, A.I. executives stand to profit from inflated A.G.I. hype, and might have incentives to exaggerate.”&#34; 2025-03-19T07:21:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg5280gd7thty4pw039nwzqgcs92wdnwm8f50pc84tedjvrh0na4gzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z52g80z5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqste4a8m2d8v5agnje2va22a7p88lzp4vehxmmt43yhl4hu9f6k3xcj6muxp'>nevent1q…muxp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;In many ways, Silicon Valley looks less like capitalism and more like a nonprofit. The way you get rich isn’t to sell products to consumers, because you’re likely giving away your product for free, and your customers wouldn’t pay for it if you tried to charge them. If you’re a startup, and not FAANG, the way you pay your bills is to convince someone who’s already rich to give you money.&#34; 2025-03-19T07:20:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqste4a8m2d8v5agnje2va22a7p88lzp4vehxmmt43yhl4hu9f6k3xczyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z565ejk0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspn4ts943v52hx20ks6h36pdljskmtn6yjee4sq7v572ckvzx7h8chgml4u'>nevent1q…ml4u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;The trouble is, the Silicon Valley tech bro scene is extraordinarily insular and epistemically closed. So they don’t have many people forcing them beyond their intro 101 level understanding of the “cognitive tasks a human can do” in the humanities.<br/>But there’s also an incentive towards exuberant narratives and over-confidence deeply embedded in the business model of Silicon Valley.&#34; 2025-03-19T07:20:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspn4ts943v52hx20ks6h36pdljskmtn6yjee4sq7v572ckvzx7h8czyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5yjfyu2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgq43m88d2tle376qt0kufftlude5uylt7cfutea53sdjqptu4nlq9ydak4'>nevent1q…dak4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;If the level of understanding you’re looking for is high school or maybe undergraduate, these tools can teach you a lot, and for a lot of people, that’s more than enough. But if your aim is graduate level analysis and output—a level surely included in “almost all cognitive tasks a human can do”—you’re going to quickly be led astray.&#34; 2025-03-19T07:19:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgq43m88d2tle376qt0kufftlude5uylt7cfutea53sdjqptu4nlqzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5978l0k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszskygvx4s3uhly2gwf9lx9e54t5g4e583er0cse04fauc5evd0tscwar7x'>nevent1q…ar7x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;[...] we’re nowhere near AGI and the reason so many in Silicon Valley are convinced otherwise isn’t that they have some insider knowledge the rest of lack, but that their understanding of, and appreciation for, the full range of “cognitive tasks a human can do” is, to be frank, rather cramped.&#34; 2025-03-19T07:18:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszskygvx4s3uhly2gwf9lx9e54t5g4e583er0cse04fauc5evd0tszyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z585ct8a Wonderful synthesis of why Silicon Valley has deluded itself into thinking it is a year or two away from AGI by Aaron Ross Powell:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/p/why-tech-bros-overestimate-ai-s-creative-abilities">https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/p/why-tech-bros-overestimate-ai-s-creative-abilities</a><br/><br/>I&#39;m going to quote my favorite bits in this thread 2025-03-19T07:16:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszp3tcwssfkpewupqh7te3ppl5a3fnygstxhhgzzxjr5l6kww64mszyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5e7jz88 Just a quick reminder that Silver Sebright bantam chickens are the best chickens<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebright_chicken">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebright_chicken</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/183/164/534/815/264/original/1519ce8646b1d115.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-18T11:21:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgr45v0f7frujwr2uy9cyrl4427kkf0c6atdl04y5gg2ajwm420ugzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5539mza Just found out that the Moscow Linux Users Group used to have a wiki page all about how evil the Ada Initiative was<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/161/476/578/053/485/original/96981ecfc44ea02c.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-14T15:26:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszdxrv5mghgqty5x62q08jv3zm5qdhm0q9qn7p9e8rcn8sqntqrzszyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z53l6vun Last night I restarted Chrome and I got this message and just like that I&#39;m a Firefox user again<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/159/723/797/887/963/original/109420500e821606.png"> <br/> 2025-03-14T08:02:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp5d38hxg223rqz9xnfkjdam64gf8v67pwfcecgh6dmt28kds26rgzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5eh9suf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq8fdlpwq65r7rtr3mfkt80z2qtkcpm3yvw2zkkjndg5504qa6qfsfcytxz'>nevent1q…ytxz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this happened to me every time I went from San Francisco to Ka&#39;aui. Someone would ask me a series of detailed questions about where I was going snorkeling, I would try to figure out what their grift was, and then it would turn out that they just wanted to warn me about the reef. Amsterdam is like that too, whenever I look confused on public transit someone helps me and then we have a nice chat. America is a huge scam! You just think everywhere has to be like that 2025-03-12T08:04:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2sedd8n5d5unrjjn9fky46mfuyjvvpxdyuvulvg0qy7azrcclpnczyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5p585ep Advice requested: what are some conferences in a ~5 hour train ride of Amsterdam that might be interested in a talk from me about things like my IP fragmentation quiz game and a new distributed file system? Trying to grow my professional network here in Europe a bit!<br/><br/>Caveat: I can&#39;t do camping events or events without a CoC 2025-03-11T19:42:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0937647pv2cueua7dg85kk90dvntypxh4pv64pyakexkfetkhtfqzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5rg6rxv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8zgj2h524agtffvzmun3njjl5qmlp234rks66dtlpe45d0rdtk4g0258cq'>nevent1q…58cq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here is the Venn diagram showing the overlap of ADHD and Autism symptoms. The alt text doesn&#39;t fit so I will include it in the replies<br/><br/>#ADHD #Autism #AuDHD<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/103/848/058/959/883/original/5d7c3df96312e8fb.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-04T11:09:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8zgj2h524agtffvzmun3njjl5qmlp234rks66dtlpe45d0rdtk4gzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z56x3vaf I&#39;m getting a lot out of the Neurodivergent Insights newsletter by Dr. Megan Anna Neff. For example, this post about the overlap of ADHD and autism:<br/><br/><a href="https://neurodivergentinsights.com/misdiagnosis-monday/adhd-vs-autism/">https://neurodivergentinsights.com/misdiagnosis-monday/adhd-vs-autism/</a><br/><br/>Dr. Neff is herself AuDHD who turned her hyperfocus on her neurotype into a PhD in psychology. She&#39;s also raising a neurodivergent kid with strong PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance, which she calls Pervasive Drive for Autonomy):<br/><br/><a href="https://neurodivergentinsights.com/blog/pda-or-demand-avoidance/">https://neurodivergentinsights.com/blog/pda-or-demand-avoidance/</a><br/><br/>#ADHD #Autism #AuDHD 2025-03-03T08:48:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszd0er2yzuelk7t500a6zfdmflx22jwmejrxxgj08qwmrv469dawczyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5uvs8pn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp3q4gs73gf42sq2znl2mhtdmvtrmkt8mv8sdl7k7c3jgg9pk2uzs7antz3'>nevent1q…ntz3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nice! Turns out I can donate directly to the Bank of Ukraine via bank transfer from my Dutch bank account with no one else taking a cut:<br/><br/><a href="https://u24.gov.ua/">https://u24.gov.ua/</a><br/><br/>This is the official Zelensky-created method of donating money to Ukraine and you can choose which purpose it is used for (I wish they had unrestricted but oh well). Confirmed by multiple celebrities as the real thing.<br/><br/>Thank you everyone who replied with suggestions for where to donate!<br/><br/>#ukraine #supportUkraine 2025-03-01T08:07:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp3q4gs73gf42sq2znl2mhtdmvtrmkt8mv8sdl7k7c3jgg9pk2uzszyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5y6pz03 Your favorite way to donate money to the Ukrainian war effort, please? If it goes directly to buy bullets or drones or weapons that is even better. Tax deductibility not a factor. 2025-02-28T23:57:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9y90u0w0lw09qzrq9c4zpgw34l77pc8eh2n9axqqpp5t6c8u27zczyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5u8qumk The newsletter about transitioning the EU off US-controlled servers/l and software by [@bert_hubert](<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@bert_hubert">https://fosstodon.org/@bert_hubert</a> ) is excellent motivation for me to practice my Dutch because it is funny, enraging, and true. (Or you can hit the translate button.)<br/><br/><a href="https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/nee-je-kan-niet-meer-je-overheid-bouwen-op-de-us/">https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/nee-je-kan-niet-meer-je-overheid-bouwen-op-de-us/</a> 2025-02-21T15:46:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs85ama975vk9mkxgyqt7r0ekl492tgnxeddylek5wmpskusgcxflgzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5m2j0ay Migrating from US to EU-owned/hosted infrastructure report-out:<br/><br/>Most important: move your domain registrar LAST! Any mistakes cost 2-4 months of delay.<br/><br/>I went with:<br/><br/>Email/calendar/docs: mailbox.org<br/>Web hosting: cloud86.io<br/>Domain registrar/DNS: ovh.com (but see WARNING)<br/><br/>WARNING: OVH has multiple subsidiaries and the docs link to whichever location is associated with the language you are reading in. Double check which OVH it is before you click buy! 2025-02-19T11:51:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9yc7au5lq37wywfhxdsuv442aw3xahq7mpqklwtzgp2lwlntkyzszyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5q4l87c me: I would like to run this useful python script! first, install the required modules<br/><br/>computer: I cannot install those versions<br/><br/>me: okay, what do I have installed?<br/><br/>computer: which version of python do you mean? I have at least five<br/><br/>me: [sweating] [searches how to uninstall python on macos]<br/><br/>internet: impossible to uninstall python. just use one of these 20 python version managers, each of which is recommended by someone saying &#34;trust me, this is the way&#34;<br/><br/>me: [throws computer in trash] 2025-02-17T11:10:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfv9tcxl2zh957usyrunmnrw4slrz5lnc33wj2pg0f7u32saj9m7qzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5lqnk4x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswqc40t386zvvdeuj90ejktsrr085xl8nckk3m6ak4sqh7ktfae2gea59rv'>nevent1q…59rv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>people think that their future selves will be better than their current selves, who don&#39;t want to get email, and when they become their future selves they realize they still don&#39;t want to get email :) 2025-02-14T11:30:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswda6fcykmh2dleqrvjs8kxxwy06mlhj6lwe63rgkugw2skttjdvczyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5zntkuc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd4j5kpmuwhs6u2j3ecqpthynthdmhztjhnxk0h33m07lr3qlzzhch4e6s4'>nevent1q…e6s4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;[...] I have this fluttering behind my eyes now, like a flock of starlings all at once taking flight, or bats swirling in the snout of a cave, raging flying animals, or the desperate flapping of a trapped bird—all of this, right behind my eyes, in the space behind my optic nerve, angry fruitless motion, murmuration and frenzy. That&#39;s the anxiety, a many-creatured thing, and then there is the depression, an older god, like the weather, or a cloud of volcanic ash,&#34; 1/2 2025-02-07T22:37:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd4j5kpmuwhs6u2j3ecqpthynthdmhztjhnxk0h33m07lr3qlzzhczyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5m3sryu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2nksxvm2gnpg5qfutmhk8rqqmd00m5ca0rfslqgd6n98ayz5wf5c8q3n5t'>nevent1q…3n5t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I carried that printout of an Andrea Long Chu newsletter in a suitcase across the Atlantic next to a copy of my wedding vows. I got out of bed in a panic to make sure I hadn&#39;t somehow thrown it away, and reread it. Here is just one of the deliriously beautiful passages: 2025-02-07T22:34:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2nksxvm2gnpg5qfutmhk8rqqmd00m5ca0rfslqgd6n98ayz5wf5czyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5q27mr6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswf06dhdcngjmqamhyrxe8sc9ra7ec5nxqtmawftn2nx6vumrh7aqtgw83z'>nevent1q…w83z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I literally believe that Andrea Long Chu is the greatest writer who has ever lived. I once printed out a newsletter of hers because the thought of never being able to read it again made me cry actual tears. 2025-02-07T22:28:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswf06dhdcngjmqamhyrxe8sc9ra7ec5nxqtmawftn2nx6vumrh7aqzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5u4n2vf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2zkwgawj5c5e4hne6aq7j70racn3wk4gja77n7rqdlrcz6nev2dg7rzwt6'>nevent1q…zwt6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What if Isaac Chotiner interviewed Andrea Long Chu? Would the Earth vanish in the explosion caused by the world&#39;s most powerful interviewer colliding with the world&#39;s most powerful critic? Or would they merge into some kind of ultimate writer mecha and dominate the masses? 2025-02-07T21:18:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2zkwgawj5c5e4hne6aq7j70racn3wk4gja77n7rqdlrcz6nev2dgzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z55wlep3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdrd4y372rcwwxrkgzx63msv70tcmua007x66zrg8gkskrygr2tnq20mepr'>nevent1q…mepr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All Andrea Long Chu&#39;s articles should also be released as a recording of reading in front of a live studio audience 2025-02-07T21:15:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdrd4y372rcwwxrkgzx63msv70tcmua007x66zrg8gkskrygr2tnqzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5nhyh2l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9mcatmadyn2v53km2x0yu0kewtfwhs8q3742cn68c7ph4p0nwkpqxm7nhs'>nevent1q…7nhs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Also I think Andrea Long Chu has coined and described a valuable new concept: &#34;the far center,&#34; which is &#34;brought together by their shared antipathy to what they regard as the illiberal left. The far center is for free speech and bourgeois institutions; it is against cancel culture, student protests, and radicalism of any kind... It can be difficult to tell the far center from regular old conservatism.&#34; 2025-02-07T20:48:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9mcatmadyn2v53km2x0yu0kewtfwhs8q3742cn68c7ph4p0nwkpqzyzq3vqpndmkeyegflanwtnfrx99lq65260j3vps9zulaj2xlps9z5mr4s3s If I ever learned Andrea Long Chu was going to write about me, I would fake my own death immediately.<br/><br/><a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/pamela-paul-goodbye-to-the-new-york-times-opinion-columnist.html">https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/pamela-paul-goodbye-to-the-new-york-times-opinion-columnist.html</a> 2025-02-07T20:42:28Z