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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

Read Hammered by Elizabeth Bear, I think she has the recent future predicted a little too close to home, and it was written 20y ago. Other than the world setting, and how eery it is, in the sense that I could easily see the world shifting that way, its a pretty good story.

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Via the Algorithmic Sabotage Research Group (@asrg) ...

... here's a list of code designed to poison the well for AI web-scrapers

tldr.nettime.org/@asrg/1138674…

(thanks to @peterfr for pointing this one out!)


Sabot in the Age of AI

Here is a curated list of strategies, offensive methods, and tactics for (algorithmic) sabotage, disruption, and deliberate poisoning.

🔻 iocaine
The deadliest AI poison—iocaine generates garbage rather than slowing crawlers.
🔗 git.madhouse-project.org/alger…

🔻 Nepenthes
A tarpit designed to catch web crawlers, especially those scraping for LLMs. It devours anything that gets too close. @aaron
🔗 zadzmo.org/code/nepenthes/

🔻 Quixotic
Feeds fake content to bots and robots.txt-ignoring #LLM scrapers. @marcusb
🔗 marcusb.org/hacks/quixotic.htm…

🔻 Poison the WeLLMs
A reverse-proxy that serves diassociated-press style reimaginings of your upstream pages, poisoning any LLMs that scrape your content. @mike
🔗 codeberg.org/MikeCoats/poison-…

🔻 Django-llm-poison
A django app that poisons content when served to #AI bots. @Fingel
🔗 github.com/Fingel/django-llm-p…

🔻 KonterfAI
A model poisoner that generates nonsense content to degenerate LLMs.
🔗 codeberg.org/konterfai/konterf…


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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

I was raised LDS (left a long time ago — and, by the way, I'm a vegan) and I didn't know about that quote! So gross.

I do remember a fight amongst family members once my dad announced he wasn't drinking milk anymore. My uncle unleashed some Bible quote about the land of milk and honey.

My dad isn't vegan, or even vegetarian, but simply decided that milk-drinking wasn't healthy. I followed his example and then, to his chagrin, I stopped eating pork and then all animal products.

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@mibwright You know, the Bible did have something to say about eating pork. 😉

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DOOM: The Gallery Experience lets you take part in an art gallery opening with a wine in your hand all while wandering through the Doom’s E1M1 map full of classic masterpieces.

gamedevjs.com/games/doom-the-g…

#DOOM #gamedev #gamedevjs #Itch #Construct3 #JavaScript #HTML5

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Aargh! I thought I'd worked out a system to help with my #ADHD, and it was working for a while. Unfortunately, it involved using the alarm on my watch, which my brain is now just starting to filter out as background noise.
#ADHD

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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

good luck! having a reliable solution can be hard to find. You'll figure something out !
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

Use a different alarm. Possibly something annoying and that you have to move to switch off.

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I need to find more excuses to use my glass pen. It's totally not practical as a daily use pen, but it's soooo satisfying to use.

I need to write some fancy letters or something.

#FountainPens

in reply to alexa-488

@alexa-488 I have not. Please tell me more.

Edit: Looked it up. I'm not sure how comfortable I am making my mailing address public, however I have been considering a PO box lately...

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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

@alexa488 You can also just write to the people who do feel comfortable posting. I've made a few good penpals that way.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

You don't have to post yours openly. I think there are various forums for sharing in a more limited manner, i.e. direct with someone. You can find addresses and mail to them first.

Pretty sure even short hand written notes count, so you could leave some fancy notes for people in your life who you appreciate.


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The argument that people are responsible for filtering their own feeds and so Content Warnings are unnecessary doesn't work when many of the ones arguing this also constantly make up new fucking nicknames for the people they're talking about, requiring the constant addition of new filters to block out unfunny snarky bullshit.
in reply to Demon Queen Lucretia 2025 Edition

I don't (and won't in certain cases) CW everything ever but if there's something I know SOMEONE out there might want to filter I try to get specific keywords in my post they might filter

Like for instance I wasn't gonna CW photos of my gerbils, I'm sure someone out there absolutely doesn't want to see rodents though, so I tried to be sure the word gerbil was in there

To some degree it involves some level of mind reading but it's something

in reply to lori

even moreso on a platform where 99% of the platform doesn't have an easy way to search the text of your post intentionally obfuscating words is silly. Like I don't recommend posting the words KiwiFarms on Bluesky but you don't need to find 500 new ways to put an asterisk in homestuck on here
in reply to lori

(the asterisk thing is wild to me anyway given that most platforms I've been on with text search will let you search tr*mp just as easily as trump)
in reply to lori

I get both sides of the CW debates and I have my own personal lines on what I find sensible or not, and on this account versus my other one I also accept that I agreed to follow certain CW rules on this instance and that's part of being a community even if I may not feel the same way on my own where I make the rules

But imo the best argument for NOT having to CW certain things is making an attempt to make sure people's word filters will work. You may not always get it right since like I said it takes a certain level of guesswork, and sometimes you just forget in the moment. But if you keep coming up with new nicknames for the worst people on earth it becomes impossible to keep up.

in reply to lori

(and frankly most of them aren't even funny let's get to the real important topic here most of these nicknames have the wit of micro$haft winblows)
in reply to Demon Queen Lucretia 2025 Edition

@Demon Queen Lucretia 2025 Edition I end up collapsing (auto-CWing) all of the offending user's posts. I don't know if Mastodon has this functionality though. A block would also be effective.

Though even still, it's sometimes a game of whack-a-mole.


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Reminder that intolerance of intolerance is not a paradox. Tolerance is not an absolute ethical stance, it is a social contract. If someone chooses to not participate in the social contract of tolerance, they do not get to benefit from it.

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Who was the genius that decided that Cult Pens' search bar should disappear as you're typing in it on mobile? This person belongs in UX jail.
#FountainPens

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Hooray! I finally got my #BaystateBlue #FountainPen flowing properly again. It only took about a month of finicking with it. Now all I have to do is not leave ink to dry out in it for over a year again...
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

I’m not surprised that it was a Safari. I’ve had similar issues with ink drying out on my LAMY nibs (not as badly as Parker pens tho).

So that nib doesn’t dry out on me, I’ve started using that pen daily for journaling. Justttt in case, I also have a little water container to dip it in if it gets dry.

in reply to Julian Lopez

@Julian Lopez I've now instituted a weekly pen cleaning day. Every inked pen gets cleaned every Sunday whether it needs it or not.

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It blows my mind how the exact same ink can look so completely different between two different #FountainPens.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

It's the magical alchemy of pen, ink and paper that has many of us chasing that dragon into fountain pen and stationary stores to find the inky fix.
in reply to D. B. Stuck

@D. B. Stuck I may or may not have spent $200 on new inks today.

I'd say not to tell my partner, but she was the instigator. We're really bad at keeping eachother accountable for this stuff.

Good thing it's a three paycheque month. 🙃



Hmm... the server fell over on me this morning. Odd, but I figured maybe it was just a one-off. It just happened again. 🤬

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Okay, so I've seen a thing were people will send a box of #FountainPen ink samples around by mail from person to person. Individuals will add and remove inks from this box, recording the changes in a log book. It seems like a really cool way to get exposed to new inks, and I'd really like to participate in one of these. Is anyone doing this in Canada?

This is an example of what I'm talking about.

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in reply to Kevin Davy

@Kevin Davy Maybe that's the route to go. I wish I personally knew enough people who were into the hobby locally to be able to bootstrap such a thing.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

Put the word out, see what happens and then work out the logistics, if anything comes from it.


When you have a vernier caliper, #OpenSCAD, and access to a #3DPrinter, a lot of things suddenly become possible.


Shaved my beard off for the first time in a while. I was definitely carrying a little less weight the last time I was smooth-faced. The beard was concealing it more than I realized.

This might've been a mistake.


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Homeless people are not the problem, but the evidence of the problem.

What's the problem?

Capitalism failing at the most basic possible task of an economic system.


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Does anyone in the #FountainPen community know how to dismantle a LAMY Z28 converter for cleaning? I found a video on YouTube that supposedly demonstrates this

but my converters look different than theirs. I suspect mine are of an older design. I suspect they're just missing the metal part, but I want to make sure I'm not going to break them by trying this.

This is what all of my converters look like:

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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

It seems they are the same design after all, it's just that the metal ring has some sort of coating on it for some reason. I've gotten the offending converter apart and am running it through the cleaner. We'll see if I can get it back together again afterward.

Fortunately, I have a few converters and don't usually ink up all of my LAMYs at once.

in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

I got it cleaned, dried and put back together without incident. Probably not something I'd want to do on a regular basis, but a good thing to know how to do when necessary.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

If the black band doesn't unscrew, it may be glued. Soaking and shaking with it half full of water should get it clean. Pen flush if it's stubborn. DIY flush is a cup of water, a drop of dish detergent, and a few drops of ammonia.


Katy got me some chocolates that are only 4g of sugar each. They're really good.

This seemed like a good idea at the time, bit not so much when I eat a dozen of them in a single sitting.


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One of the things nobody tells you about wearing #glasses is how annoying it is to keep them clean. I had resigned myself to the fact that there would just always be some degree of smearing in my field of vision. Try as I might, I could never get them quite as clean as the day I got them.

Then I got an ultrasonic cleaner for my #FountainPen hobby and realized I could use it to clean my glasses as well.

10/10 would recommend. Seriously, if you wear glasses, I highly recommend investing in one. It was one of the best purchases I've ever made.

in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

yeah actually most I know who have one of these use it to clean glasses or jewelry
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Jonathan Lamothe
@FRONTINE LeFEVRE That's what I had been using. They do an okay job, but not quite as good.

in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

Could be a component of a dark color. Try some paper chromatography with a dot of ink. See if any green shows up. I use coffee filters but paper towel will work.
in reply to Tallastro 🇺🇦

@Tallastro 🇺🇦 I had two pens inked up with dark inks. One with Parker Quink Black and the other with Diamine Chilly Nights. I hadn't really handled either, but they were both in the same bag with the pen I was using. I see no evidence of leaking.

Interestingly enough, the pen I was using had previously been filled with green ink, but I'd cleaned* and re-inked it with something else a couple days prior. Maybe it was a leftover ink stain from when I did that? They usually don't hang around that long though.

* There was an ultrasonic cleaner involved, so it should've been really clean.


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Hey #fountainpen people: I am considering a couple of inks - either Sailor’s Afternoon Tea or Dominant Industry’s Earl Grey Tea. Anyone have thoughts on either?

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any vendor incorporated after 1983 can't design hardware, all they know is NDA, market segmentation, errata, be acquired, make hot chip, and lie

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Okay, I feel like a spy now. I have invisible ink! #FountainPens

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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

This makes me wish we still had paper bills instead of stupid plastic ones here in Canada. I'd write with this ink on a bunch of them: I promise, it's real.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

I never would have thought of saying this several years ago, but now it might come in handy, not meant as a joke


stupid complaint about English language
So this is entirely a "me" problem, but it makes me crazy when people say "a fourth cup". It sounds so clunky. Do they not know the word "quarter"?
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

stupid complaint about English language

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Okay, I'm now playing the game of "what else can I put in the ultrasonic cleaner". Just put my glasses in them. I haven't been able to see this clearly in a long time.

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My house caught fire. I called the Fire Dept but they refused b/c I don't have fire insurance

Sounds absurd right?

Meanwhile since Mangione allegedly killed the UnitedHealth CEO, ~6000 people have died due to denied care from insurance corps. Why do we allow it? qasimrashid.com/p/americas-hel…

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A more realistic scenario would be if you had fire insurance but your insurance company told the Fire Department not to come because they consider it unnecessary, then washed their hands of the matter.

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I am now the proud owner of an ultrasonic cleaner for my #FountainPens which, per the instructions, is "suitable for lazy people in sports without rolling hair".

So that's good... I guess?

in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

So it turns out I got the little cards confused. That one was for the portable neck fan that was in the same order.

I guess that makes a little more sense, but still.


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in case you needed a reason to volunteer at your local public library: today the librarians let me pick a theme for and then curate one of the featured displays.

time to get this town reading more space operas!

#PublicLibraries