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In a moment of frenzied excitement I decided to add some wolfsbane but I've never painted flowers before so now I'll have to learn how to paint flowers

k-ID (the age verification provider Discord use) store way more information about the AV process than they let on. Sure, as far as I can tell, actual images of your face are not uploaded but these absolutely are and are stored by k-ID (and are accessible) afterwards:

  • Device & Browser, including version info, OS, connection speed, page load times, etc.
  • The name and details of the webcam you use.
  • Precisely what happened during the AV process (which stages you completed)
  • Timelines of various facial movements you made (the position of 16+ tracking points on your face over time)

believe it or not transmasculinity and cismasculinity have different dynamics in society and equating the two as equally oppressive is appaling shit

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When an LLM outputs, “I panicked”, it does not mean it panicked. It means that based on the preceding sentences, “I panicked” was a likely thing to come next.

It means it’s read a lot of fiction, in which drama is necessary.

It didn’t “panic”. It didn’t *anything*. It wrote a likely sequence of words based on a human request, which it then converted into code that matched those words somewhat. And a human, for some reason, allowed that code to be evaluated without oversight.

almost midnight rivaclaw thinkings: What if I turned the grotty old boombox that I own into a portable raspberry pi based audio player? 🤔​

So preparations for #emfcamp

My fursuit has a rotary telephone inside, and I'd be stupid if I didn't get it working on DECT, I already have a Pi Zero in there with a GSM module, but finding something similar for DECT is proving a little more allusive

The best I could find is this module codico.com/en/homea-dhx913-ext

Which actually has a RPi GPIO header, the issues are 1. expensive and 2. is DECT ULE even gonna be compatible?

If anyone can weigh in who knows the setup at EMF or perhaps knows of another approach that can be used I'd be very grateful

#emf #emf2026 #dect #telephone

We are finally ready to announce that EMF 2026 will happen on July 16-19, 2026, at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire.

Expect more updates soon as we start spinning up the organisation again.

morning Rivaclaw noises, which are pretty much lazy, laying down, howls

Here's Spottacus giving a talk at Berkeley for 'Furries at Berkeley'... In fursuit, of course.

youtu.be/uE20gAvnru0

I think it was EF where I first met him, and he had so much energy. He was a personality that radiated.

I only got a few opportunities over the years to talk.

He will be missed.

Millions of books were destroyed in the process of scanning them to feed “AI” databases. You have no idea how upset this makes me. I love books, they kept me company during my childhood/teen years while figuring out myself (although still am) arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/ant

I can confirm PBS Passport is a VERY good deal for $5/month or less if you choose an annual membership.

Thousands of hours of top notch content. 40 seasons of NOVA. Great kids programs. The new Ken Burns doc on Leonardo da Vinci is excellent.

You can sign up at the link below!

pbs.org/passport/learn-more/

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