Taipei’s Confucius Temple, Taiwan.
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Conclusive proof that the Fediverse has been monitoring not just what I say, but what I think, and then uses that to shape the content it feeds me. I was thinking about “big endian” JUST YESTERDAY, and here we are.
An excellent application of intrusive surveillance to shape my feed towards topics that will be more to my interest.
Thank you, John Mastodon, I love you.
Rhinoceros sculpture in Taipei’s Xinyi District.
As a bird person, this insurance ad really annoys me.
In the TV version, the little bird's nest is washed away, and the big bird turns up to rescue the little bird and its egg and carry them to a new nest.
My problem is - that's a raptor! Look at that beak! It's made for tearing flesh. The little bird and its egg? Just more protein!
Maybe flesh-eating-predator-pretending-to-be-friendly is actually a good representation of an insurance company...
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@jerry@infosec.exchange What’s the nature of the constraints from which DJI cameras need to be jail-broken? I’ve never used one, but I do own a drone.
Sculpture of an arhat at a temple behind Taipei’s Xiangshan.
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@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social Re “criminally negligent”: if a human had done what the OpenAI model supposedly did, wouldn’t it be a Federal offence?
Decorative flourishes on a Japanese-era column in Taichung Railway Station, Taiwan.
“YouBike” share bikes in Taipei’s Xinyi District.
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RE: @violetblue@mastodon.social
‘ Decades of research in developmental psychology have shown that moral reasoning develops through consequences—not punishment, necessarily, but experiencing the effects of your actions on others, receiving honest feedback, having to accommodate reality as it actually is rather than as you wish it to be.’
Accountability may be uncomfortable at times, but ultimately it makes us better, and I'm also convinced happier, people.
Hey everyone! I found the words of the prophet!
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@medieval_illuminations@mastodon.social Trying to figure out if the angel is chiding them for their licentiousness, or asking to join in.
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@sterpeto @TheBreadmonkey I knew there was a reason I took this screenshot of an ad from my YouTube feed…
I think it’s from a new government app to help me reduce my chances of being eaten.
RE: @dgar@aus.social
That beak is made for murder.
Detail from an artwork in the Taipei Fine Arts Museum.
Detail from a door in Taipei’s Confucius Temple.
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@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems AI reduces the marginal cost of imposing crap on other people to zero.
A decorative simulated bookcase in the old Miyahara Opthamology Clinic in Taichung, Taiwan.
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RE: @acarsdrama@live.acarsdrama.com
The sequel to “Snakes on a Plane”…
What does Trump think “Thank you for your attention to this matter” means? Did he hear it somewhere and think “Ooh, that sounds grown-up!”?
It’s sounds like something you might use to close-off a “To whom it concerns” letter.
Basic humanity, and yet beautiful to see.
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@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems Spam, but worse. Spam through potentially every communication entry-point in your life. Spam through your news, your job and your entertainment.
Interesting report on Formosan gem-faced civets (白鼻心 /Paguma larvata taivana）increasingly being found in Taipei. The report mentions sightings in the Da’an, Wenshan and Beitou Districts. We’ve also seen reports elsewhere of sightings in National Taiwan University campus.
On the list to try to spot one…
RE: @joyousjoyness@mastodon.social
Boosting for 抓餅 and the riotous, colourful chaos of a decent night market!!!
‘ The rise of fascism in the United States, the abandonment of [their] alliances, and the corruption and incompetence of the Trump regime have fundamentally altered the way the rest of the world sees [them].’
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@xssfox@cloudisland.nz Ah yes - that makes sense, and explains why it’s in a thermos. At first glance I’d thought it was water for something like a radiator, but then abandoned that thought when it didn’t look like water. I was on the right track, just not extreme enough.
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@TashTaylor Can i ask where you are seeing “incomplete sources of protein”? Apologies if it was covered in an earlier thread and I’ve missed it.
I’d really struggle to get through three cups of kidney beans in a day…
RE: https://mastodon.social/@randahl/116442187460727786
What’s the substance going into the backpack?
RE: @acarsdrama@live.acarsdrama.com
NUM 2 ENGINE IS LOOSE AND ABOUT TO FALL OFF?!?!?!?!?
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@leemadgwick@mastodonapp.uk Loving this.
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@gdinwiddie@mastodon.social From the Dao De Jing, Chapter 46:
…知足之足，常足矣
Something like “They who know that enough is enough, always have enough.”
RE: @globalmuseum@mastodon.online
Pretty high on the list of “Jobs that won’t be replaced by AI”…
Fascinating to see them binding the pieces of stone together by pouring in molten metal reinforcing.