Notices by Jürgen Hubert (juergen_hubert@mementomori.social)

Isn't it annoying if a visitor just refuses to leave?

#Germany #folktale #folklore #Devil
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Spirit_of_Anklam

The cursed village of Germelshausrn appears only rarely in this world.

#WyrdWednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Cursed_Village

"Germanica" is an otherworldly city that only a few people have visited by accident.

#WyrdWednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Postman_of_Itzehoe

What good are great powers if you can't lord them over others - even the Devil himself?

#Austria #folktale #folklore #Devil
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/How_Doctor_Theophrast_Harassed_the_Devil

My stance on #LLM :

1. There _might_ be some useful use cases with this technology that could be worth exploring.

2. However, it is glaringly obvious that, as of now, their main purpose is to power the mother of all investments bubbles.

3. Which leads us to the present trillion dollar business case for "we must build energy- and water-wasting data centers everywhere so that we can scrape every single website a thousand times a month for new training data!"

4. Thus, there is currently pretty much no ethical way of using LLMs.

5. Any ethical exploration of LLM use cases will thus have to wait until the bubble has burst, the investors have moved on to the next scam, and we can sort through the rubble to check what is left.

A yellow dog haunts the road between Sergen and Gablenz.

#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Yellow_Dog

"There were giants in the earth in those days..."

#Germany #folktale #folklore #giant
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Giant_Climbs_out_of_the_Earth

The Brothers Grimm described a familiar spirit as looking "not quite like a spider, not quite like a scorpion, but it moves incessantly" - a great line that would not look out of place in a H.P. Lovecraft story.

#PhantomsFriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Spiritus_Familiaris

Plague spirit often appear as a strange blue mist that can be imprisoned... for some time.

#PhantomsFriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Evil_Bird_in_Gera

Here is your usual reminder to regularly back up your #Mastodon user data (from settings/export).

This is particularly important for users of European instances - because if the #EuropeanUnion really makes age verification for social media mandatory, I suspect that a lot of admins will close their instances down rather than take on the legal risk.

#EUDIWallet

The life of certain forest spirits are bound to specific trees.

#FolkloreThursday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Beautiful_Fir_Tree

I will be starting Day 2 of my Presentation Training soon.

And I could use some _simple_ arguments for why #Linux is a better OS for Critical Infrastructure (#KRITIS ) installations than #Windows .

And with "simple", I mean: "Can be explained to lay people in a minute or two."

On St. Andrew's Night, you can use a magical ritual in order to discover your future lover - but this ritual can easily result in tragedy in the long run.

#Austria #folktale #folklore #magic
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_Night

There are a surprising number of pheasants in my region. Here is one I spotted within the city limits of #Oldenburg this morning, while I was bicycling to work.

Heaps of money appearing on the road is a perfectly normal phenomenon - in German folklore, at least.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #dog
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Treasure-Guarding_Dog

Seeing visions of the future tends to be a bad idea.

#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Crystal_Gazing

Once, a mountain spirit fell in love with a young farmer, and married him.

Alas, she vanished during the ceremony, and was never seen again.

#Austria #folktale #folklore
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Blessed_Maids

So-called "Ember Sunday Children" can see visions which will indicate who will die in the next three months.

This might include themselves...

#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Ember_Sunday_Children

Leaving the dog behind in the room with the murderous corpse was cowardly, though perhaps understandable under these circumstances.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #vampire
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Corpse_Tears_a_Dog_Apart

One of the reasons why #Zionism is so popular among many Jews is because there is a widespread belief among them that if they _ever_ make compromises on security and trust non-Jews with caring or providing for their safety, they will inevitably be betrayed and be the victims of genocide again.

And I can't really argue that they are wrong about this.

Now, this does _not_ in any way excuse the actions of the government of #Israel . But if you genuinely want lasting peace in the Middle East, then you need to understand the perspectives of everyone involved.

Otherwise you don't want peace, you just want the team you are rooting for to "win". And this is not the Soccer World Cup.