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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 3mo ago

I think I know the true inspiration for the SoftBank slides

Ducks and how to make them pay by W. Cook https://archive.org/details/31924003103060 #Goose #Duck #goosevalue

Internet Archive

Ducks: and, how to make them pay : Cook, William, 1849-1904 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

107 p. 19 cm

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 6mo ago

Today I realised my Very Big Gnarly Difficult Capital P Problem was actually three very simple problems¹ in a trench coat, so I give you this gem.

(the blue blob is obviously correct)

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¹ already solved 2 out of 3

#GettingThingsDone

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 3mo ago

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I got home BTW. #TotallyHuman

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 3mo ago

I have a non-optional social obligation today which by itself is fine, but I also have been procrastinating dying my hair so now I have to combobulate and dye my hair AND put on my human face AND also face the Outside and People and frankly all I want to do is drink rosé on my balcony in shorts and a tanktop beholden to no one is this so much to ask for really

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 9mo ago

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@luna@post.airsi.de that's exactly what I'm saying: not a drug. A magical amulet that makes you think you're smart. A prosthetic is a wrong analogy. Prosthetics are needed, and useful, and empower people. To compare an AI to a prosthetic, or even a crutch is disrespectful to people who need these tools to function. No. LLMs are just evil doodads that rot your brain and whisper sweet nothings into your ears in the deep of the night. They're not valuable; they make you *believe* they are.

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 5mo ago

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@wobweger @emilymbender I also love this gem: https://anotherangrywoman.com/2023/01/18/how-to-give-advice-on-the-internet-without-being-an-utter-menace/

How to give advice on the internet without being an utter menace

Another angry woman

How to give advice on the internet without being an utter menace

If you don’t think you need to read this post because you’re always giving Good, Helpful Advice as a Good, Helpful Citizen, this one is for you. I’m sure you probably mean well, b…

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 9mo ago

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@luna@post.airsi.de this is where we're going to diverge. You're not answering my question and just trying to flood me with your anecdotal experience of using AI and others around you who are using AI. This is a exactly what I said in my original toot: you're wearing the amulet, you believe it's useful to you, and you're adamant to recruit. Alas I'm not an amulet wearer and will never agree. I hope it works out for you, and good luck!

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 5mo ago

I love people on here posting "very obviously good things to do for inclusion" — not just because the posts are good and make me think about how I can be a better person — but also because toots like that are an irresistible honeypot for total wankers and I get to go through the replies and block them en masse 🎉

I'm sorry that the OP takes the first hit, they shouldn't have to go through it. But outing and blocking wankers is for the good of the community and I thank them for their sacrifice 🙇‍♀️

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 9mo ago

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You know when you're plugged into the Zeitgeist of the fediverse when you don't even add a hashtag and churn out your most popular toot in months. It's just a shame it's cursed.

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 9mo ago

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@flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange @glyph@mastodon.social I asked Chat GPT what I should do in case of Nazgul stabbing and now I'm a wraith AMA

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 9mo ago

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@luna@post.airsi.de and further still to drive the distinction: I speak of generative AI and large language models. Machine Learning is a superset of these terms, and it's extremely useful. To go back to my metaphor, there's good magic objects, and cursed magic objects. If your lore skill is not high enough to know which one is which, you'll wind up using a cursed object and think it's good for you.

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 9mo ago

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@luna@post.airsi.de and to go further, people aren't "infected" with LLMs. It's not a disease. It's not communicable. There's no direct physical hurt, and also no doctors, no cures, and no vaccines. People don't seek help for something they believe is helping them. We must be careful with our language around all this, even in metaphor. (I say this fully aware of my own metaphor and taking my own liberties, but there's seriousness, and there's jest.) https://www.techpolicy.press/we-need-to-talk-about-how-we-talk-about-ai/

We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'

Tech Policy Press

We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'

We share a responsibility to create and use empowering metaphors rather than misleading language, write Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie.

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 9mo ago

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@AT1ST@mstdn.ca well I have been hearing a lot of "resistance is futile" narrative around LLM use in tech so...

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 9mo ago

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@luna@post.airsi.de I'm feeling generous today so I'll assume that there's some sort of shorthand you're using I don't understand. Can you explain what you mean by "puppygirl hacker's magic discourse" and "handwaving" in this context? As I said already I'm not dismissive of ML, nor its technical capabilities. What I'm tooting about is a warning about cognitive impact of LLMs as they're commonly deployed. I also have an issue, separately, calling LLMs a prosthetic. If you want to address that I'm all ears.

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 5mo ago

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@Yehuda I'm not visually impaired but I *always* read alt text. Some of the people I follow write alt text so goddamn good it's like reading Tolkien write about trees.

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 4mo ago

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@ygathgoch@cloudisland.nz fabulous indeed!🤩

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 5mo ago

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@ifixcoinops @stevegis_ssg there's a lot things like this, which I like very much but can never, ever speak to other people about because of The Fandom, so I feel this deeply in my soul 🥹

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 9mo ago

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@dvandal@infosec.exchange ohhhh yes, the more you want to get people to get in on the amulet wearing, the less they want to wear the amulet 🤔

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 9mo ago

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@flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange @glyph@mastodon.social myyyyy presciousss!!

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 9mo ago

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@malcircuit@thingy.social doesn't it just? It personally makes me think of the Supernatural episode "Lily Sunder has some regrets" where a woman learns how to use powerful magic to avenge her daughter, only in return it slowly depletes her soul.

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 3mo ago

Help needed: Joys of running a mail server, right. I have a postfix/dovecot setup and SMTP locked down to require authentication to send emails but I'm getting spoofed sender spam emails. You know the kind: email looks like it's coming from your own mailbox and is sent to your own mailbox, and threatens with reputation damage unless you pay. With SMTP locked down I was surprised I'm still getting them. Lo! Behold! they're using LMTP. Any clues on how to stop these? #infosec #SelfHost

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 5mo ago

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@aparrish@friend.camp I actually appreciate that kind of hedged reporting, because it has provided me with professional language I can use to reply to questions about LLM use other than making Rowan Atkinson face and telling people to jog on

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 6mo ago

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@DrCuriosity yiiiiissss (slices a tomato like on late night adverts) look at this! IT SLICES!

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 9mo ago

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@dvandal@infosec.exchange brain slugs!

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 9mo ago

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@diazona@techhub.social @ainmosni@social.ainmosni.eu I would do it with the object "attuning" - let the player know their PC's stats are getting drained, but offer a stronger benefit from the amulet. Eg: drains -1 WIS and -1 INT but its fine, it gives you +3 INT it's an obvious net benefit! Repeat with obvious benefit every time it drains more stats. Then "amulet loses attunement" - you lose all benefits but retain the damage to your stats, but that's ok, keep wearing it, it will attune again. Watch bad decisions roll in 🍿

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 9mo ago

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@luna@post.airsi.de @ainmosni@social.ainmosni.eu

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 9mo ago

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@mastodonie@mastodon.ie how is an "age" of an old post determined? Is it the date it was originally posted, or the date it last circulated around? For example there's some 1+ year old posts that were recently boosted into my timeline, to my delight, and I wouldn't like those to disappear.

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 5mo ago

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@beanclock @dashdsrdash 😂 you made me think of this little gem: https://youtu.be/A-RfHC91Ewc

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 9mo ago

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@flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange @glyph@mastodon.social I'm pretty certain I know (the good) Tom Bombadil and it's @Szescstopni@circumstances.run

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 6mo ago

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@markdennehy@mastodon.ie yes, more is better! 😌

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 6mo ago

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@TazPoltorak@fosstodon.org fires are always better 😌

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 6mo ago

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@DrCuriosity I have snapped several a handle and I congratulate you on your new bread knife. If you ever figure out how to do gluten free sourdough you know where to find me 🥲

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 36mo ago

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@Skepticat@mstdn.social I believe the adult term for this is "disagree and commit"

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 47mo ago

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@markdennehy@mastodon.ie didn't think my art was blasphemy-worthy ☺️

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 47mo ago

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@LizzieSpeaks@lor.sh I gave my friend a little child plant with 4 leaves and it was at that stage, a month ago, about a yard tall. Monstera is the easiest and happiest plant I have ever had 🤩

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 47mo ago

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@LizzieSpeaks@lor.sh I can't grow a strawberry but goddamn I know my monsteras 😉 In a nuclear apocalypse I'm gonna starve but it'll be pretty

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 47mo ago

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@LizzieSpeaks@lor.sh splitting is the way to go, but it's more like a ficus: you trim at an appropriate nodule and then plant away. They're very generous, especially it you already have an "air" root going.

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 47mo ago

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@LizzieSpeaks@lor.sh it's been long enough that I still have hope, but a replacement sister is... well... coming 🤫

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 47mo ago

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@LizzieSpeaks@lor.sh and monstera is amazingly manageable if you split it every other year. I have given away three monstera children and kept my "monther" under 2.5 meters tall over 10 years through careful trimming and replanting. If you want them big, they will be, otherwise it's in your hands.

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 47mo ago

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@LizzieSpeaks@lor.sh if you want to get super advanced then you split them without an air root, but with rooting compound and instead of 60%-80% chance of success you take about 30%. But bigger leaves and nicer for snazzy Instagram photos. I'm totally judging.

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 47mo ago

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@LizzieSpeaks@lor.sh I have no idea about the customs part! Wouldn't that be wonderful tho ☺️ But listen, I can get a couple of begonia little plantings from my local plant shop, and budget be damned!!

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JJ Celery @jjcelery@mastodon.ie

· 47mo ago

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@LizzieSpeaks@lor.sh if you're taking it from a nursery look for a tall but slender plant with early showing of leaf splitting, maybe 3 to 5 leaves, no less than 2ft tall, some air root behaviour. That's a plant that will survive being moved in the winter.

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