I think my philosophy when making software is that it should work for people with zero money or no bank account / credit card.
I know it's not a popular mindset to be in since money and profit is everything in the tech world.
I think it comes from growing up as a kid with no disposable income or access to anything but my shitty computer.
I'd rather support people with almost nothing than people with latest and greatest tech gizmos and spare cash for subscription services.
For anyone curious, here's the published example app. Set up ollama and Agregore and you're good to go!
hyper://agregore.mauve.moe/docs/examples/llm-lenses-chat/
I'm getting a lot of mileage out of the "strange and esoteric" filter.
Might just make it a permanent addition. Can't be too much slower than the average ad blocker free page load.
Original thread: https://mastodon.mauve.moe/web/@freakazoid@retro.social/113807220184182262
Facebook and misinformation.
@CyberpunkLibrarian Social media is so funny cus like, they somehow managed to trick users into writing all the content for them, now they want us to be the mods? What's next, we're supposed to host the site too? Actually, come think of it, that's just Mastodon...
Fun example in the app I made for it. The message the LLM actually interpreted can be seen when you mouse over. I should find a name for a simulation of the experience of being misunderstood.
New: Meta has deleted trans and nonbinary Messenger themes, as well as the blog posts announcing them. Happens the same week that it has changed its rules to allow users to say LGBTQ+ people are "mentally ill"
https://www.404media.co/meta-deletes-trans-and-nonbinary-messenger-themes/
neat "... under different conditions, distinct mechanisms (cell:cell communication and tubulogenesis vs. cytoskeletal bending) are triggered toward the same specific large-scale outcome. It arises because evolution does not just make specific solutions to specific problems, it makes problem-solving systems that do not over-train on prior history, knowing that both environment and genetics will change over time"
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bies.202400196?campaign=wolearlyview
Main question is whether it's safe to do so without intense trauma given the amount of cells and whether it's possible to target them without affecting the rest of the body. Last thing will be what to do about excess skin post reduction. Seems like it's worth persuing anyway
So, these mrna vaccines can be used to get the body's mune system to attack not omly invaders but alao arbitrary cells. This is used in animals to sterilize them without surgery by making their immune system attack their reproductive cells. I think this poses the opportunity for non invasive breast reduction by making the body attack just the cells in a persons breasts. Potential win for trans masc folks
Good news for #BlueSky folks, I'm now reachable on there as just `@mauve.moe` thanks to the custom domain support in brid.gy :)
I'm sure there's an untapped market for "Dumb" tech. Bonus points for repairable, dumb tech.
No AI assistants, no Internet connection, no DRM or login needed.
Just a toaster that makes toast, a TV that plays only what you put in it, with repair kits, spare parts available, easy to reach guts and accessible schematics, diagrams and instructions.
I know I'd buy no other brands if just one offered that to me.
threads is about to get so much worse. PLEASE admins defederate them and users move to an instance that defederated them
if you dont support defederating threads let me know so i can know your instance is a dangerous one for queers and poc
What's the point of money when billionaires think they can just throw humanity away and live in their bunkers as we all starve and die of disease. Why do we keep participating in this stupid system made to grind us into a pulp so some rich kid can idle away and jerk off to how meritocratic everything is.
Occult Enby that's making local-first software with peer to peer protocols, mesh networks, and the web.
Exploring what a local-first cyberspace might look like in my spare time.