Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es
Joined Aug 2018
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Heads up UK citizens overseas! The disgraceful ‘15 year rule’ which disenfranchised you is being binned TODAY! From 16 January you can now at long last register to vote, which you should do ASAP in view of in the upcoming general election, because *gestures at everything*
https://mailchi.mp/a6cd97a73d7e/3mn-brits-abroad-regain-right-to-vote-in-uk-elections?e=897c54e3ba
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@b0rk Related: folks often think that you have to choose between building tools for experts that provide a ton of capability & information but are incredibly hard to use & intimidating, or building tools for less experienced folks that are simplified by removing information & capability, rendering them effectively useless.
I think it's a false choice, and that, while significantly harder, we build tools that are useful & usable to both newcomers & experts.
No private person should control enough money to subsidize an inherently expensive thing to the point that it seems cheap.
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semi-serious web proposal: any essential web service must support the Lynx web browser with equivalent functionality
edit: for those who don't know, Lynx is a text-only web browser with no Javascript support
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"AI companies are implicitly betting that their customers will buy AI for highly consequential automation, fire workers, and cause physical, mental and economic harm to their own customers as a result, somehow escaping liability for these harms. Early indicators are that this bet won’t pay off."
https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/
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The key to fighting pseudoscience isn’t mockery—it’s empathy
Evidence shows that shoving data in peoples’ faces doesn’t work to change minds.
plurality and hypnosis
We've decided to start designating a specific system member as fronting hypnotee and another as non-fronting spotter (basically keeping the hypnotee safe, comfortable, and reassured). It seems to work much better than ignoring plurality, at least with recordings.
I'm thinking about going through my bookmarks and organizing them into HTML and putting them online. Then I'd just have a place to put random stuff I find interesting.
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Last boost: I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you love movies you need to have Kanopy. The film selection is excellent and you'll probably watch a few flicks you might not think of watching.
Kinda wish there were a "hobbyists messing with their brains" wiki, encompassing meditation, hypnosis, psychedelics, magic systems..
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How to order an ice cream in Vulkan:
- Is this a store?
- One that sells ice cream?
- One that accepts credit cards?
- One that has a menu?
- And the menu has ice cream?
- And at least one menu item is a cone?
- Does the cone support the ice cream?
- Can you see my wallet?
- Can you see my credit card?
- Can you swipe the credit card?
- May I have the cone?
- May I have the ice cream?
- May I put the ice cream in the cone?
- Is the ice cream real?
- Is the cone real?
- Am I real?
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https://twitch.tv/madewokherd Playing BIT.TRIP Runner.
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https://twitch.tv/madewokherd It's been a while but I'm making another attempt to finish Klonoa.
It sure would be nice if blocking someone also muted replies to them (for list-type things) so I wouldn't keep seeing half of an inane argument. -Cole
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https://twitch.tv/madewokherd Still working on BIT.TRIP Runner.
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https://twitch.tv/madewokherd When I was a kid, I rented Super Metroid and never found Bombs. Well, I know where they are now but I'm still going to pick them up.
Google and ad blockers
Thinking about Google responding to the popularity of ad blockers by trying to put up technical barriers. I'd say they're putting enough effort into it that they must consider ad blocking a threat to their business.
Yet I don't see them making any attempt to address the critical problems that make ad blocking necessary. I figure they feel they either can't fix those problems, or wouldn't make money if they did. Either one would mean their business can't exist without scams.
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https://twitch.tv/madewokherd Continuing with BIT.TRIP Runner.
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https://twitch.tv/madewokherd Starting another randomizer because I have no restraint.
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Reading about a construct I've been wanting to know better for a while: self-compassion!
"one of the advantages of self-compassion over self-esteem is that self-compassion is not based on the performance evaluations of self and others, or on congruence with ideal standards. Rather, self-compassion circumvents the entire self-evaluation process altogether (positive or negative), focusing instead on feelings of kindness and [...] recognition of one’s common humanity" (Neff et al. 2005)
Joined Aug 2018
