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Dear Santa, I wish people learn to not use the term "fix" when all they mean is "workaround".


Sehr lesenswert: Afd Politiker richtig beleidigen 😁
Aus dem Blättchen der Landeshauptstadt Saarbrücken.


A kind observation that exclusively calling this place "Mastodon" has a bit similar energy as saying "I just sent a GMail."
"Fediverse" (or "fedi") is a more inclusive, general term.
Mastodon is just one of many software projects that talk to each other to create this multi-instance social network:
https://axbom.com/fediverse/
(kudos to @axbom for this fantastic infographic!)
There are blogs, Reddit-like communities, video instances and many more, all part of fedi.

My word of the year 2022:
Muskurbation


They say mastery comes with a lot of training.


now ChatGPT seems really impressive and all but you have to remember that you can be tricked into thinking a rock has feelings by drawing a cute face on it


ꜱᴇʟᴇᴄᴛ * ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇᴛ @Author_PCorrell
Me: No serial killer would ever lure me into their murder van. I'm too smart for that.
Murderer:

The Turing Test poisoned the minds of generations of AI enthusiasts, because its criteria is producing text that persuades observers it was written by a human.
The result? Generative AI text products designed to "appear real" rather than produce accurate or ethical outputs.
It *should* be obvious why it's problematic to create a piece of software that excels at persuasion without concern for accuracy, honesty or ethics. But apparently it's not.