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Mick Collins @mick_collins@toot.community

· 5mo ago

RE: https://troet.cafe/@Bonetti/116512792319381033

I rarely shill for products (and I hate IPAs), but

troet.cafe

Bonetti: „“ - troet.cafe - Mastodon

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Mick Collins @mick_collins@toot.community

· 2mo ago

Hey y'all, little first-world problem here: Librewolf can't seem to load any pages. I'm wondering if I'm hampering things by having 430 open tabs, but if that's not it, I'm open to any help

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Mick Collins @mick_collins@toot.community

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@evacide@hachyderm.io Is it just me, or does this not seem to happen every time there's an iPhone upgrade with slow consumer uptake? "Oh, you better upgrade now, there's a GIANT hacker exploit!"

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Mick Collins @mick_collins@toot.community

· 3mo ago

Reality hacking https://boingboing.net/2026/06/16/screw-this-light-bulb-in-and-it-serves-banned-books.html

Boing Boing

Screw this light bulb in and it serves banned books

An ESP32 smart bulb reflashed with custom firmware. Connect to its WiFi and a captive portal serves banned ebooks.

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Mick Collins @mick_collins@toot.community

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@frang@meow.social Claws crossed

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Mick Collins @mick_collins@toot.community

· 5mo ago

I'm sure it has some *wonderful* things to say about Black people and Black history

https://boingboing.net/2026/04/29/talkie-is-an-ai-language-model-trained-only-on-pre-1931-texts.html

Boing Boing

Talkie is an AI language model trained only on pre-1931 texts

There are various LLMs that focus on public domain texts, for ethical or experimental reasons, but most also incorporate modern material (such as Wikipedia) so they have a fully contemporary…

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Mick Collins @mick_collins@toot.community

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@jwz@mastodon.social We can't ever have nice things, even photos

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Mick Collins @mick_collins@toot.community

· 10mo ago

Replying to

@culturednyc Steve's website is playitsteve.com :)

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Mick Collins @mick_collins@toot.community

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@tilton IIRC PeerTube is working on something like that

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Mick Collins @mick_collins@toot.community

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@anthracite @cstross Do it. :)

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Mick Collins @mick_collins@toot.community

· 7mo ago

Replying to

@sideb0ard Thanks!

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Mick Collins @mick_collins@toot.community

· 8mo ago

Replying to

@ridetheory I remember when this was theory was going around in the '90s, and I put it to use in the office where I worked as a temp. What I noticed was one, or maybe two, Dilbert comics on cubicle walls. Except for the Accounting department, which had around a dozen. I said to myself "I bet these people are trouble".

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