Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@qoto.org
Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.
#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.
Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
Politically moderate, but a registered Democrat since January 7th 2021.
He/Him 🏳🌈
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
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Adults should be allowed to introduce ourselves to strangers like 5-year-olds do.
"Hi, I'm Lana. I'm 46 and a half. Do you have any friends? I like coffee and late-19th century Parisian classical music. You are really bald."
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No, autocorrect, I did not just dry some beef Jerry.
NYT hasn't been any better than the tabloids at the grocery story checkout for some time now. It's time for us to stop sharing their links like they matter.
NY Times opinion columnist calls for President Biden at the Democratic National Convention in August to “shock the world by announcing his withdraw...
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I honestly wonder why anyone in Hollywood will ever want to work with Warner Bros ever again if you can put years into making a movie then they just delete it for the tax benefits.
Also if it’s financially better for your studio to delete movies than release them, shut it down.
https://www.thewrap.com/coyote-vs-acme-update-offers-warner-bros/
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This is just naive: If AI models should be tested for "unsafe" uses, so perhaps should printing presses, microphones, and broadcast towers, and hammers.
In Big Tech’s backyard, California lawmaker unveils landmark AI bill https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/08/california-legislation-artificial-intelligence-regulation/
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On decision-based evidence-making
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Once upon a time, I had an epistemological crisis at my day job.
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They were not just astonished that I considered myself professionally obligated to refuse this work, they could not see what my objection was. Wasn’t this what researchers did? Wasn’t this what consultants did?
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https://miniver.blogspot.com/2024/02/decision-based-evidence-making.html
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#2892 Banana Prices
It's a linear extrapolation, Michael. How big could the error be? 10%?
https://xkcd.com/2892/
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It's strange, but I feel the overarching lesson of Twitter was "how snarkily funny can I be" whereas on Mastodon it's "how kind and generous can I be" and good lord I am so here for this change, even if it results in less clickbait and "engagement"
While he simultaneously hands them a bunch of guns to help them more efficiently commit genocide.
The US defense secretary has reiterated to his Israeli counterpart “the need to protect civilians as Israel conducts its operations against Hamas,”...
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While Elon Musk shut down Starlink, so Ukraine could not use the satellite internet system in certain areas, the Russian soldiers are now going online using Musk's satellite internet system.
I wonder what the Pentagon thinks of that development.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-starlink-ukraine-war-elon-musk-1868125
I'm working on a project with lots of windows of endlessly scrolling almost-indecipherable text, so y'know, living the dream.
Most modern people will blindly accept the fact that horses need humans to build them metal shoes without ever asking "why?".
Even for legitimate uses? That's strange.
US FCC says AI-generated voices in robocalls are now illegal. https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-confirms-tcpa-applies-ai-technologies-generate-human...
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"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer" is great advice if you want to dominate and humiliate your enemies.
If, however, you just want a chill life, then "keep your friends close and your enemies the fuck away" is much better advice.
Some day, maybe, #Steam will move the "big picture" button from the place where every other window has its "minimize" button.
Someday...
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If other gay people thought you were gay before you came out, that’s called getting queer reviewed
Imagine just how fucked your party has to be for Ken Buck of all people to be the moral backbone.
Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.
#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.
Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
Politically moderate, but a registered Democrat since January 7th 2021.
He/Him 🏳🌈
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.
Joined Nov 2022
