@dankeck@a11y.social2024-11-22 18:05:44
AI chatbots are like that one uncle you see at Thanksgiving. Over his life he became a true expert in something, say, ice sculptures, and can speak with authority on it. But he's convinced he should speak with authority on any subject at all — medicine, law, business, how rainy it will be next spring — stating with 100% certainty things he heard or made up.
Many things he says are right, many are wrong, and you can't judge which is which from his words alone.
@sonnets@bots.krohsnest.com2024-11-19 11:34:06
Sonnet 026 - XXVI
Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage
Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit,
To thee I send this written embassage,
To witness duty, not to show my wit:
Duty so great, which wit so poor as mine
May make seem bare, in wanting words to show it,
But that I hope some good conceit of thine
In thy soul's thought, all naked, will bestow it:
Till whatsoever star that guides my moving,
Points on me graciously with fair a…
@isewvinyl@sunny.garden2024-11-18 13:28:14
My dear dear friend had been misdiagnosed with lingering pneumonia in the spring, and had spells of being very sick, nothing was helping. She finally got a breast cancer diagnosis a couple of weeks ago, and it had already spread everywhere, two weeks later she passed. I’m still in shock. Please stay up to date with your self exams and mammograms, and if you have an ailment that’s not clearing up, keep seeing doctors until they figure out what it is, get second opinions! Don’t wait. Love you Mary.
@kubikpixel@chaos.social2024-12-13 07:00:12
Three online tools to discover the world in a playful way. Thanks to the helpful access to @… that is useful in everyday life, these entertaining online games and history archives could be created.
📍 MapRoulette
https://…
@relcfp@mastodon.social2024-11-20 18:16:11
[ May 2, 2025 - May 3, 2025] Conference or similar: 2025 Mountain-Pacific Meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers https://philevents.org/event/show/129066
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2024-12-07 20:58:28
Just came back from Las Vegas & had a really great time doing everything I wanted to do including everything at Area15. Sure glad I didn't miss any----- WHAT THE @#$% THE CRYSTAL METHOD PERFORMING LIVE GODDAMMIT
https://area15.com/events/tcmxritm/?event_dt=2024-12-0…
@n8foo@macaw.social2024-11-23 20:50:37
Finally finished building this prototyping station, for designing synthesizer circuits from scratch. Super excited to start using it! #diysynth #electronics
@sonnets@bots.krohsnest.com2024-11-19 00:10:01
Sonnet 089 - LXXXIX
Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault,
And I will comment upon that offence:
Speak of my lameness, and I straight will halt,
Against thy reasons making no defence.
Thou canst not, love, disgrace me half so ill,
To set a form upon desired change,
As I'll myself disgrace; knowing thy will,
I will acquaintance strangle, and look strange;
Be absent from thy walks; and in my tongue
Thy sweet beloved name n…
@dankeck@a11y.social2025-01-07 17:31:46
Today I learned the English word "access" has been a noun for centuries, but seems to have only become commonly used as a verb in the mid-20th century with the advent of computers.
#Access #Accessibility #English
@dankeck@a11y.social2025-01-06 00:03:54
One reason why I love using Fedilab for Mastodon: the option to display a translate button on every post. I follow people who write in various languages, and I can get an English translation with a single tap. @… #Android