Matt W

A mental image I didn't expect at dinner

Wow.. why do these people simp so damn hard for AI? They seem to completely handwave away the point that their livelihoods are intentionally put in the crosshairs, just like the rest of us that write code. All too willing to be a useful idiot by training their replacement, one prompt at a time.

@revkellyn Definitely agree. There's been endless talks on how to have a nomadic id so you can join anywhere in the Fediverse with just that. But like you said; something line that needs to be hosted somewhere. Last time I followed the convo about it, people were deep I. The weeds about which programming language and what kind of cryptography should be used. This was like.. 5 or 6 years ago lol

Soooo... this is gonna be a bit of a rant. It's in regards to adding Google and Apple single sign on buttons for the Pixelfed mobile app. Official announcement here from the dev: https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/117076184168987532

start rant/

Ah yes, dansup, aka the Fediverse superstar who cranks out such hits as "VAGUE FEATURE is Coming Soon", and "The rarely updated official app for Pixelfed/Loops is going to get updated soon!". Both of those are from the album" I insist on gatekeeping outside developers from contributing".

I've interacted with him as a fellow developer of the same stack he uses, and I have always appreciated where his heart is at regarding the fedi. But, the track record of quality work suffers from chasing shiny objects, and absolute spaghetti code.

Also, I'm going to be blunt in saying this; he apes existing ideas (insta, TikTok), gives them a quasi corpo social platform facade with the goal to be welcoming to the refugees who jump the fences.

This SSO thing is the antithesis of decentralization and the spirit of digital sovereignty. Literally handing Google more user data for the sake of fedi adoption via SSO is mind boggling. How many people here left big tech because of the blatant surveillance state that's been built?

I keep trying to support his work, but I'm killing my Pixelfed and Loops accounts.

/rant

I mindlessly took my afternoon Adderall with half a can of yerba mate mint. I've read nearly 100 pages of my #devops certification learning materials for 3 hours straight.

I might have made a riip in time-space-continuum. I don't know what year I just landed in...

#ADHD #teleportation

@jaredwhite@indieweb.social ironically, most of the tech I use has at least varying degrees of participation and presence on the fediverse. I left birbsite in 2014 and haven't found a need to go back. Becoming a Nazi friendly platform further sealed the deal for me.