Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es
Joined Aug 2018
plurality (thread)
There's a common concern among systems of "parroting" - basically putting words in your headmates' mouth. You think your headmate said something, but was that really them? Maybe you just imagined it, or it's what you think they would say.
I think we have to accept the uncertainty (assuming they don't correct us) and proceed as if they did, because the alternative is worse.
plurality (thread)
We're realizing that the way we interact internally is part introspection and part collaborative story-telling. We don't really know if a particular thought/feeling/motivation/action came from the headmate we think it did, but when we do attribute things we (by necessity) don't worry about things.
@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic Of my own, yes. I don't think it's really possible to sense others' boundaries. I try to ask first if I haven't been told, and gratefully accept correction if I cross one.
streaming
https://twitch.tv/madewokherd Continuing with BIT.TRIP Runner, but changing my approach slightly.
Instead of going somewhere to eat and be social today I took a nice nap. 😴🎉
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meet the merge
(curious to know if this one is confusing, I think it's an unusual explanation of merge)
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Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024
The "Manifest V3" rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.
@lioness yt-dlp usually does a good job of this
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New: Firefox users have reported an "artificial" 5-second delay when they try to load YouTube videos that is magically fixed if they use Chrome, which has been going viral in a few different places. I asked Google what is going on. They
1) Didn't deny the artificial wait time is happening
2) Said it's part of its war on ad blockers, not targeted at Firefox
Mozilla also told me no indication this is targeted at Firefox
@mavica_again When we have trouble, we usually front-trigger Kaedyn, who unlike most of us is good at executive functioning. Unfortunately, this solution requires having someone like that available in your brain.
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Israel has questions to answer after WHO's profoundly worrying Gaza hospital report | World News | Sky News
As the normally pro-Israeli government Jerusalem Post has put it, Israel has presented a much weaker case to the world about Hamas's presence at the hospital than expected.
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https://twitch.tv/madewokherd Yep, still playing BIT.TRIP Runner.
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One of the thing I’ve learned about the consequences of bullying is that when people tell you things like “I’m pretty bad at math” or “computers aren’t for me” or “I don’t really get art or fashion” and you talk to them for a bit what you often find - not always, but often - what that really means is “somebody treated me like shit for trying to like this when I was 9.”
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there's no reason to use Google Chrome
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AI with 90% error rate forces elderly out of rehab, nursing homes, suit claims
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
@mavica_again I can't conceptualize myself as being my body and not just "in" it. -iore
@mavica_again I cannot grasp the alternative to this. -iore
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curious about something. wanna see how big the #GameDev community on mastodon is. are you a game developer?
Joined Aug 2018
