Notices by Taran Rampersad (knowprose@mastodon.social)

@dansup be careful. Don't think for a second that there is not an #ICE or ICE adjacent actor passively pulling toots here.

I warned some in 2005 at the Mobile Convergence in 2005 of that, particularly in the context of protest. Because protest can also appear as terrorism by some actors, which even in 2005 was apparent in the world.

To get good Intel, they will passively collect until the value they can convert from what they collected exceeds what they think they gain.

Be safe.

@_elena nice shot. I guess I have more to explore. 😉

Death of Windows 10:

This is a pretty good write up on what your options are. I'd say 'Go Linux' myself.

#Linux #opensource #Windows

https://www.howtogeek.com/cant-upgrade-to-windows-11-2025-options/

@dansup Keep building Galt's Gulch.

That's what they think they're building. 🤣

@ekis Ahh, but where is the fun in stealing your work with your permission?

Nah, I don't really make videos (yet?). I'm intimidated by my perfectionist traits and I fear that rabbit hole.

@ekis Now I have to figure out how to make music.

👀

@ekis I'm guessing being an oracle has to do with some mystical stuff. I hope you don't confuse yourself with the kind I wrote about recently. 😂

https://realityfragments.com/2024/12/01/modern-oracles-how-ai-and-technology-shape-our-uncertain-future/

@aral much better presentation, thanks. 🙂

Reading news with my fitlrst cup of coffee. ☕😂

#openai #sora gets leaked by artists.

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/openai-shuts-down-sora-artists-protest-leak-1236224878/

"When #Israel comes to town, everyone is occupied."

This just all seems so surreal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14O8JNJ79p8

#google #privacy #ai

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/gemini-ai-caught-scanning-google-drive-hosted-pdf-files-without-permission-user-complains-feature-cant-be-disabled

@trwnh @evan Perhaps throwing in some autodetection for markup/xml.

It would be nice if there were a standard, but if there were a standard the walled gardens wouldn't follow it. 😂

@BeAware yup. Which is why I am doing my own fine tuning.

Well, I've installed #ollama and tossed #llama3 at it. Long term goal is to do my own sort of thing with #fabric since it's #opensource - but not necessarily the way Daniel Miessler (the creator of Fabric) suggests usage. And no, not to write, but to help me #factcheck and #cite when necessary in my writing.

@scott Not for nothing, but many people who are not tech bros don't know who the real monster is in Frankenstein.

Or that, "I, Robot" demonstrated that the 3 rules of robotics failed.

Or...

#literacy #fiction #scifi #humanities

@JasonPerseus If we stopped sending money to #Israel in their atrocities, we could really help #Ukraine out.

@aral I don't know that he's a Zionist, but here's what I do know.

(1) Palestinians don't have a fiscal lobby of note, whereas Israelis do.

(2) Campaign donations are considered 'free speech'. 👀

(3) No one seems have demanded that Democrats 'divest'. In fact, quite the opposite, they'll crawl out of the woodwork and tell you, "If Trump wins..."

If the campaign is about fear, we're seeing Hillary all over again. Fleetingly.

@BeAware yeah, it's on a different level. If it makes you feel better, I've been called that too.

It's not true. I'm pretty boringly binary. But I have been called all manner of things over the decades. Just people hating me for the wrong reasons.

Get to know me so you can hate me for the right ones! 😂 👀

@BeAware Yeah... I generally don't block people anywhere because I like to take in other perspectives. But I had one that couldn't substantiate his opinions in any substantive way.

Ahh, I blocked my first person in the #fediverse It took a while.

I feel like I finally scratched the new car so I don't have to worry about it anymore.