Mathias Black

When I first left the ex-Twitter platform, I expected to use #Bluesky a lot. But I keep gravitating more toward Mastodon. It might be because #Mastodon feels genuinely different, whereas Bluesky keeps reminding me of what #Twitter used to be.

RE: @europeanspodcast@mastodon.social

Another great episode of @europeanspodcast@mastodon.social — this time about #Mastodon itself. Wonderful interview with @Gargron@mastodon.social. 🙌

Could you produce the energy needed to make a piece of toast? This is such a helpful way to make the cost of energy tangible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4O5voOCqAQ&t=192s #energy #climate

Is #Pixelfed on #iOS not working? Or even defunct? I've tried the app, but it keeps giving me an error and then crashing. I can see the last update was 6 months ago...

RE: @protonblog@mastodon.social

I wonder if eventually we'll see #Meta also remove E2E encryption from Messenger and #whatsapp

It may not change the outcome, but signing this petition still sends a clear message to Google that its plan to reduce freedom on Android is not OK: https://c.org/tGZn78jZzk #BigTech #Android #Freedom

I've been harping on about the qualitative vs. quantitative divide in #contentmarketing so when I saw this article by Mark Ritson in Think with #Google, I had that lovely, tingly feeling of another human validating my own point of view. Maybe you'll like it too.😄
https://business.google.com/en-all/think/search-and-video/mark-ritson-bothism/

What is powering AI? Courtesy of Climate Drift: https://youtu.be/gdP6O-6MSXQ?si=za4hw2tRtNaO5ljz #climate #energy #electricity #ai #sustainability #climatedrift

@mathrandom@vivaldi.net that's great to hear - glad it works well. Hope to see on iOS in the future. 😊

@mathrandom@vivaldi.net yeah, I hear an iOS version of Thunderbird is in the works. Who knows, by then I may be on Android. How're you finding Thunderbird on Android? I've always like the desktop version.

@mathrandom@vivaldi.net Agree - such a lovely browser. I only wish the mail and calendar features were available on iOS too. What do you do for mails on mobile?

@RichardWrightFan absolutely - me too. And this wasn't to knock Bluesky. Just a personal observation. I see some especially thoughtful political commentary on Bluesky. I'm just not always looking for (yet another) rabbit hole on politics. 🤷‍♂️

This LLM often hallucinates. It fails to handle intense inputs and may simply freeze at crucial moments. It runs on outdated software and data.

Yet we don't define clear validation to mitigate hallucination. Nor consider its physical limitations when it comes to inputs. Or do the work to update its software and data.

I'm talking about non-artificial intelligence, of course: the human.

Gartner says #AI investment will reach $2.5 trillion in 2026. Imagine if we spent that on #mentalhealth.

After years of unexamined Apple #iPhone fandom, I’m seriously considering an #Android.

Have you gone from iPhone to Android, and what do you think? How was the move? How do you like your smartphone now?

I’m particularly interested in the #NothingPhone. A big motivation here is cost. The Nothing Phone 3a and 4a are so much less expensive than a comparable iPhone. Any thoughts on Android phones/models?

Painting of the day. Which makes me smile. And makes me want to ride a train and read a book with a loved one. 💜

Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust

Enjoyed this reminder that all those brilliant or not-so-brilliant ideas will never be appreciated by others if you don't hit that publish button

https://www.jeetmehta.com/posts/thrive-in-obscurity

#writing #blogging #newsletters #creativity

@Fishd@infosec.exchange that sounds familiar: the tough thing about leaving Apple is that it all just works so well!

@Fishd@infosec.exchange ugh, know the feeling. I see you’re also into Linux. Do you see that as a viable way out of the Apple garden?