I'm currently testing https://piefed.social/u/Libb all my new participation will be posted there, at least for the time being.
A 50-something French dude that's old enough to think blogs are still cool, if not cooler than ever. Also, I like to write and to sketch.https://thefoolwithapen.com/
I like that you cut to the chase, and remove the plastic element. I think I might lean into that too, as I am always trying to think of ways to be a more sustainable individual.
Which is a good thing imho. We’re trying our best to do the same.
I don’t take a lot of pictures anymore, because I think phones are creepy fucks.
I think so too. I distrust the smartphone so much that I don’t even have a social app, or email, not even a game installed on that thing. I need to have one for 2FA, banks and stuff like that but I distrust that thing with all my guts ad I use it as little as I can (which is not a lot)
I used to take a lot of pictures but it has been a few years I seldom take any and never of people or stuff I consider personal. For that, I switched to sketching them.
But for practical stuff like I just did in the discussion, I will simply take a snapshot (trying to remove all metadata, though).
It’s nice because I never pull the sucker out in public. It’s bad because I have stopped visually recording my life in many ways.
Nowadays, I pull out a sketchbook and a small set of watercolors :p
I’m a little mama (as in, I am short and tiny) so when I go into nature, I am not looking to carry something around that can leave me vulnerable.
I can 100% understand that, and I say that as a tall and bulky dude myself. Also, no matter what, when I go for a long walk I try to shave as much useless weight as possible.
I’ve got a new pad of paper, I think I should start considering making a new guy to take around. You’ve got me having the itch for it =)!
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I really like your design by the by! Looking at that spine “wow-ed” me! It’s ingenious! The way I allowed for less/more depth is by sewing a “travel” piece of cloth between the two boards I had.
Thx. Yep, if it’s anything, it’s practical. Could easily be improved upon but I’m not yet persuaded it’s worth the time... I will see.
I have a poor technique when drawing. I wish I didn’t.
My skecthes look like nothing. Seriously. And I don’t care the slightest. I just enjoy doing them.
It drives my partner crazy, because she uses those old masters style of pencil holding (where you hold it by the end) and never touches the paper outside of setting it.
I’m using both methods depending the paper size, the place I have to move my arm, and also of the subject. Any method is the right one as long as it works for you. Don’t worry too much ;)
But damned if that doesn’t bite me in the ass if I smudge.
That’s also why I prefer sketching with a fountain pen (using waterproof fountain pen ink) over pencil. It dries in an instant and won’t smudge ever. My brand of favorite waterproof fountain pen ink (never use non-fountain pen ink in a fountain pen, you would ruin it) is from DeAtramentis, their Document line of bottled inks (many colors available, I love their brown, it’s what I use most), or the Platinum Carbon Black ink.
I stare at those beautifully thin and gliding pen tips (with that liquidy ink) and I run in terror of them. Just because I have such a messy technique =P! I have trouble controlling them,
That’s one of the reasons why I use them: it forces me to let go of any semblance of control and perfection since I can’t erase anything every single line is definitive and should be accepted ;)
I have never heard of Zettelkasten, no lie!
I know many people have not, hence the link ;)
It’s a great method provided it fits your mindset but in reality Zettelkasten is just a generic name (it’s German and it means something like ‘box of index cards’) that was given by one scholar who formalized (very efficiently) a technique people have been using for centuries. Unknowingly, I had been using a Zettelkasten of my own for years before I discovered it even had a name ;)
Also, it's method not a religion with one right way one must follow. You’re more than encouraged to tweak it and change it however you see fit.
My only suggestion would be to keep it as simple as possible (don’t try to categorize too much stuff in advance and keep the numbering/ID system as basic as you possibly can) and let it evolves organically with practice as needs arise.
I know this is going to sound psychotic, but when I am done with one of my notebooks, I cannibalize it with a knife until it’s little bits and then toss it. Which, probably isn’t the best solution for keeping records.
For decades, I burnt mine. I started journaling as a little boy but my inquisitorial mum would not allow me much privacy and definitely disapproved the stuff I wrote in my journal, punishing me for that. I qui ckly realized it would be safer to make it so she could not read it and also that it would even be safer to not keep them… And I kept burning mine up until a few years, sadly everything priori to that is lost.
but I should probably look into ways to keep the ideas | records separate from the | raw stuff =P!
A Zettelkasten may help. It’s why I keep my journal separated from my index cards save whatever I deem worthy of indexing ;)
I am in flux, I am old stuff and new stuff all the same. There is an artist I once heard who described herself as “I never knew I was old, until I went to the doctors and they told me I was.”
I’m well into my 50s but I don’t see myself as old. Or maybe I do and I just don’t care how old I’m. I keep doing whatever I want to do, that’s what matter to me. And I keep being excited by stuff,like a kid can/should be.
Catch is I see myself slowing down, health issues tackled like they aimed to maim and the hair is no longer a pure beautiful raven black like it used to be =P!
We all do slow down. I can’t have sleepless nights over sleepless nights like I used to when I was in my 20s (not for partying mind you, to write stuff and paint and do stuff). Nowadays, I need my 4 or 5 hour sleep.
As for the hairs… mine were getting gray at the same time I was getting bald early in my 30s. I used to have long hair but one day I shaved my head and never looked back :p
Oh yeah, no okay so umm goofabout talk here on the television thing. My partner NEEDS television in her life, I need television away from my life.
Our compromise is that we watch DVDs. We just refuse to be force fed ads and/or shitty content. We like whatever movie or series to be a great one (in any genre, I mean) or to be something that will challenge or even disturb us, we’re not much into the politically correct turds that are currently en vogue and produced en masse. So, we don’t miss much of Netflix or whatever.
I know it sounds woo-woo but they just change the dynamic of a room.
Not to me. It not only change the dynamic of a room, it also deeply changes the dynamic of most families and of gathering and how we interact. People aren’t much together anymore, they either are watching the tv screen, or their phone/tablet/computer screen, sitting one next to the other in the same room, barely communicating together. I don’t call that being together I call that being stored one next to the other.
Every time I witness that I feel like we’re losing what’s making us human beings. It’s most probably me getting old but I really can’t help thinking younger people are the losers in that change of habits. And they’re losing big time.
I will look into how to join this instance (?yet again, is it called that? Idk?) and report back! Be well!
It’s a community (journaling) that is hosted on an instance (sh.itjustworks). Hope to see you there ;)
The certainty of being right.
Why? Because when (any)one is sure to be right it means the other must be wrong and since they're wrong they probably should not even be allowed to say what they have to say.
Fuck jesus, and fuck you for following that fictional loser.
That’s not a thing. You’re just full of shit. You can’t even tell reality from this bullshit religious fiction.
That’s why you’re a voluntary celibate. Your religion talked you into devoting your life to them. Which makes you a giant fucking loser. Because everything you dedicated your life to is just stupid religious hate fiction.
I don't know who is full of what or who hates who around here, but reading your comment I realize I would not like to be filled by what you seem to be so full of yourself it's pouring out of your mouth every other word.
(Saying that as a non-religious person myself and as someone that has been happily living with his wife for the last 25+ years and counting, I mention it in case this helps you spare some insults but I doubt it will change a thing)
Here in France I don't think we have a deposit for plastic containers as that's what I'm talking about: I don't throw away glass bottles or metal ones (and BTW by metal I meant those reusable water bottles thermos-like, not those one use aluminum cans that I refuse to use, I may have made that clearer ;). As much as I can tell, we're asked to throw those plastic (and even the metal cans) in the dedicated 'recycling' booths/bins that are collected and recycled... at least that's the theory.
Edit: sorry for the lengthy reply. I did not realize until after I posted it :p
For the longest I would only allow myself to use pens, as I liked the flow of ink (ballpoint sans gel so I guess I would hate monte blanc stuff cause I heard it’s buttery smooth)
Montblanc does both ballpoint pens and fountain pens. If you're refering to fountain pens yeah, they can be buttery smooth but there are smoother fountain pens and also less buttery smooth ones out there... Despite being a ballpoint and a pencil user, I'm kinda into fountain pens too ;)
I wanted to fight my perfectionist tendencies by taking away the ability to erase things.
Something I can relate too. And a method I can definitely relate to ;)
but revisitng pencils felt like meeting up with an old friend. I like that with a single pencil and some mindful technique you can do quite a variety of work.
Pencils are true overlooked wonders. One could do anything with just one pencil.
The pencils came with the sharpener (believe it or not) and I figured might as well have a meet b. Before I was hacking at stuff with an xacto like an animal.
Beside my portable sharpener that I never use despite it having a neat container to keep the pencil shavings, I use a single side razor blade to sharpen my pencils. It takes a little practice but it’s great (not to be put in kids hands, though as it’s a real razor sharp blade)
Your design is much cleaner and minimalist as compared to mine (although we have parts that meet for sure).
Thx. Would be curious to see yours but if understood you correctly it's a bit too late?
I swear, I started with my design sort of open face sandwich and when I added that flap to enclose the whole thing it all came together and I loved it even more. I like your design, and it probably isn’t that thick, (…) All space counts in that situation.
Indeed. This one is not thick unless you want it to be. Here it is, holding 10 or so cards in its central section (more than I need in one typical session). Next, it’s wide open, and below you can see the folding thingy and holding a bunch of cardboards. I wanted something that would weight nothing and could be used one-handed (book+holder in one hand, the other holding the pen)
I actually secretly love a mean blunt pencil, it glides really well
Nodding approvingly.
I don’t remember how I got a hold of these things when I was younger, but I had a couple of carpenter pencils (I haven’t used them in years, I should give them a go again)
They’re great. And you get two colors in one pencil ;)
The reason why I need that mean sharp point is because I like to doodle little fine details and they’re hard to get without something you could spear a fish with.
That’s why I like fountain pen for sketching, they can be thin as a needle, while being great for general writing too. Magic ;)
I totally want to join this journaling er…instance? I just literally don’t know how and my brain is too sleepy-dumb to figure it out.
I’m afraid I won’t be able to help much in that regard. I even had to check what that piefed was.
I journal on the regular, in a half-composition book because I am fancy like that. I have a friend who bu-jos like a boss. I gave it a go and realized I need my journal to be sloppy, because I want it to hold space for me. As in, if I am regulating heavily (which I think bullet journals are) then I am afraid that I will BE afraid to put the things I am honestly thinking and feeling on to the paper and hence will not get the things I need to get out, out. I think if I make it more of a organized reflective process it might just become the flossing of writing and I just don’t think I need that in my life personally. However, it’s damn near impossible for me to find the things that I have sprawled out on the pages like the organized folks do. So you know, it’s more of a splatter piece and that does have its downsides as well.
I hope you’ll be able to join, pretty sure we could discuss a lot of topics and techniques ;) Also, the more experience we share, the better it is to inspire other people to experiment with their own stuff.
One little tip that may interest you: I index my journals. Not every single page, mind you just the pages I think maybe useful. Some context: I’m a Zettelkasten user (hence me using index cards for note-taking) and I store everything I read and write (and want to keep) is stored in those cards save for my journal. So, for whatever idea or passage I want to be able to quickly find in my journals I will add a reference to it in my Zettelkasten index. Doing that, I can always instantly find back whatever I want.
and just in case you wonder what is a Zettelkasten?. Mine is analog (using index cards) but I know most younger people are into digital ones, using an app of some sort.
I love Muttley, he’s such an ass! Hahahaha! I mean, idk if you’re an ass - you don’t seem it, but damned if that guy isn’t a little cheeky bastard.
Not me at all :p
Speaking of cheeky bastards, have you ever seen the movie Harvey? Cause it sounds like you might like Trickster characters, and while it’s got some bits of its age I absolutely love this film.
Nope, I have not but will watch it. Thx.
I showed it to my gal, who hates “old stuff” and she ended up bewitched by it and just knowing that puts a smile on my face.
I love ‘old stuff’ but I’m an old stuff myself so this may explain :p
To be honest, and I feel so damned ashamed saying this - I think if I were translated into a cartoon character I’d end up being like Mr. Peanut Butter from Bojack.
I don’t know it but don’t be surprised: my spouse and I have not owned a TV since the very early 00s and we’ve kinda stayed out of the loop.
Either way, it’s been an incredible pleasure to have “met” you and regardless of if we can figure out the link thing or not I thank you very much for all this fun conversation =)!
Pleasure is all mine :)
I try to use metal/glass bottles as much as I can but when I drink from a plastic one I will squeeze it when it's empty (and put the cap back on) so it will waste less space in the recycling bin so we can (me and other people) can put more stuff in the recycling bin.
Exactly like I will flatten packages I want to throw away.
Connais pas. à l'occasion je jeterai un oeil ou, au moins, une oreille ;)
Je supposoe que c'est sur YT?
Chaque fois que j'aperçois ton nom et ton avatar, amical petit robot, tu me fais penser à Ulysse 31.
Ce dessi-animé c'est pas juste un vague souvenir, pour moi. C'est LE dessin-animé de mon enfance. Littéralement, j'ai adoré ce dessin-animé plus que j'ai aimé aucun autre de l'époque. Et depuis, les seuls dessins-animés pour lesquels j'ai éprouvé des émotions comparables, à côté de 'Ghost in the Shell', ce sont les productions Ghibli. Pas seulement leur gros succès. Tous. Sérieux. Il y en a qui m'ont moins enthousiasmés, mais chacun est... unique, même ceux que j'ai moins appréciés, et tellement humain.
Bref, Ulysse 31. Enfant, c'était ma drogue et mes parents on vite pigé à l'époque que c'était le seul truc qu'il ne fallait surtout pas m'empêcher de regarder à la TV, générique compris. Chaque épisode était diffusé en tranches de 5 minutes chaque soir à 19h55 sur FR3 (France 3, aujourd'hui) et en entier le samedi, si je me souviens bien.
C'est Ulysse 31 qui a démarré ma passion, inaltérée toutes ces décennies plus tard, pour la mythologie et pour l'histoire de la Grèce antique et puis, pour Rome. C'est une des raisons aussi qui m'a fait aimer la lecture comme un fou furieux. Pas la seule raison, mais pour une belle part quand même: je voulais tout savoir sur ce type, Ulysse, et sur ces dieux cruels.
Un truc qui n'a pas vieilli du tout dans le dessin-animé (je le regarde encore, de temps en temps) c'est sa musique. Pas juste le générique, les morceaux d'ambiance joués durant les épisodes, genre la malédiction des dieux. La playlist complète (?), pour les fans ou pour les curieux ;)
Bah... Me voilà tout nostalgique c'est malin, et c'est entièrement de ta faute, Nono ! Mais c'est pas non plus déplaisant. Du coup, voilà pour te remercier. Ne mange pas tout d'un coup ;)
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I hesitated to add a pencil sharpener pouch myself (next to the holder) and I still could but I seldom sharpen that red pencil—the blunter (is this a word?) it is the better it is to quickly underline—so why bother with carrying one? Always that laz... I mean that practical consideration sparing me extra-work ;)
On the other hand, I've started considering adding a closing thingy to help keep those cards neatly tucked inside...
I think it’s nice to have a little portable sketchbook you made, it makes you feel connected to it.
Indeed. It makes it unique and ours.
I tend to work with individual papers too, as I find an entire blank journal to be quite intimidating
Yeah being able to handpick the paper you like (even more so for sketching and watercolors but also for writing) is really nice. BTW, if you're into journaling allow me to promote our very small journaling community. I don't have as much time available to make the community as active as I did for the last 6 months or so but hopefully people will stat posting more without needing my encouragements ;)
I think we might be the same person, so you might as well take off your Scooby Doo mask and reveal it =P!
We might very well be but I don't wear a Scooby Doo mask... If I had to be a an anime, I would be Muttley but I'd much rather be Calvin's best friend (& plush tiger): Hobbes ;)
Plastic package? Unless it's a very well made box (in which case I will find some use to it), it's send to recycling.
Cardboard?
It's not pretty but that's just me not worrying about making it look nice. I care about it doing its job and being cheap (aka, free) and quick to assemble (I will often make two or three attempts before getting it right so I prefer when it can be done quickly).
Along the years, I have made quite a few of those cardboard things and even offered a few to people who wanted one. For example, the very last thing I made is this... I don't know if this even have a name?
It's a portable A6-sized index card holder. Between the two cardboard sheets there is a foldable space that acts as a storage for extra cards. as you can see, on one side it is also a makeshift pen holder. The whole thing is made out of sturdy black paper (the black foldable thing), an old binder (the purplish cardboard) and some pen case part I imagine a kid had thrown away that I salvaged from the recycling bin.
What do I use it for? I take all my reading notes on index cards and it helps a lot having a small flat surface to write on. For years I had been using makeshift solutions but it was never great. So a couple weeks ago I decided I had enough and started working on my own solution. That the second iteration of it and I think it's close enough to being exactly what I want it to be that I won't need to make a third attempt. And, yep, it will stay the ugly duck it is. At least up until it's damaged enough for me to be willing to make a new and a prettier one ;)
I have no idea if anyone else on the planet could ever be interested in using such a thing but to me it's great and I like it a lot. It's small and light enough I can hold it in the same hand I'm holding the book too and I can comfortably take my notes using my other hand. Also, I made it a tad larger than needed to store A6 cards so I can easily clip on one of those battery powered Led readign lamp when I need more light for reading... The hastily sewed on pocket over the pen holder is there to prevent the lead of my red pencil (I use it to underline passages in some books) of smearing everything when I shove it in my messenger bag.
Cardboard can be very sturdy when used properly but that doesn't mean I'm averse to using more traditional and more sturdy materials like, say, wood, or leather, or even fabric. But sturdier/heavier materials also demand a lot more dedicated tools and a lot more space to work with. Living in our small apartment in an expensive city, space is something that comes at a premium so I'd rather not need too much of it.
Cardboard is also great because it's easy to work with and it's mostly free (when using recycled packaging, at least), and because one doesn't need any specific tools: a decent cutter with some fresh blades, a cutting mat, a steel ruler, some imagination, and maybe also some (hot/white) glue to assemble things together. That's all what one needs.
pour filen, si t'as pas deja créé ton compte, tu peux utiliser mon lien affilié pour recevoir 20Giga au lieu de 10 de stockage gratuit. Stockage que tu peux garder à vie... y compris si tu passes sur un plan payant (c'est ce que j'ai fait).
Je vais regarder ton lien pour le RSS, merci :)
Money will not help much as long the EU won't allow businesses to be more agile and allow entrepreneurs to take risks without crucifying them every time they fail (failing is the only way anyone can get better at anything), and by letting people pouring money into risky ventures grasp the reward if that venture succeed, not fucking tax them to death.
The EU should also realize money won't push innovations an inch forward if any attempt to create a new business/tech or change an existing one is met with endless regulations. You can't have both innovation and regulations. Well, at least that's what I think.
Je fais pas non plus. Je suis pas assez compétent pour prendre ce genre de risques avec mes données et de toutes façon ça m'intéresse pas plus que ça.
A part ce qui tourne en local (et ce qui est redevenu analogique chez moi, aka lire, la prise de notes, agenda,...), je passe par Filen.io et par Infomaniak KDrive pour le stockage/partage. Proton et Tuta pour le mail. Mullvad ou Proton pour le VPN. J'utilise (càd qu'il est activé) le firewall de mon ordi (Linux Mint) et j'utilise uBlock Origin pour filtrer les merdes (genre la pub qui peut gentiment aller se faire cuire une douzaine d'oeufs, ou pour virer les Shorts sur YouTube qui peuvent aller se faire cuire un semi-remorque d'oeufs).
J'utilise bien un serveur Web pour le blog mais il n'est pas selfhosté. il est chez un petit hébergeur FR dont le support client est aux petits oignons et très réactif, idéal pour un incompétent de mon genre ;)
Et désolé pour les accents, pas cherché comment configurer ca avec mon QWERTY.
Au cas où, sur ordi, j'utilisais QWERTY-fr. J'aimais bien.
Edit: cela dit il est possible que, du haut de ma 50aine bien sonnée, je sois sans doute trop vieux moi aussi ;)
No one is paying me a monthly sub for me to pretend being interested in the shit they want to say. So it's a safe bet to say I'm not an AI ;)Edit: and since i have no battery to recharge and no EULA, I can deduce I'm not a robot either.
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Les pires en fait sont les autres femmes, les daronnes, qui continuent à dire IL dans son dos sous prétexte que “oh ça va c’est pas grave, pis j’ai dis IL pendant des années j’ai l’habitude”.
Je pense que les (petite ou pas petites) piques viennent de partout... parce que la méchanceté n'est pas exclusive à un sexe. Et aussi, peu importe le sexe des lanceurs de ces piques elles feront toutes mal.
Amha, Ce qui compte le plus pour la collègue c'est qu'elle sente qu'elle peut compter sur l'amitié des autres et que cette amitié se manifeste ouvertement. C'est probablement la meilleure façon de rapidement faire fermer leur grandes bouches aux bullies et autres commères, en jupe comme en pantalons.
Lemmy (me) sert à pouvoir bavarder sans me prendre la tête et sans avoir à finasser pour échapper aux algorithmes (et aux IA). Il me sert aussi à ne voir passer que ce qui m'intéresse en excluant tout ce que j’appelle le bruit.
Et pour ça, je trouve qu'il marche très, très bien. Il a des bugs et des fonctionnalités pas top, c'est pas la fin du monde.
Pour ça on a le protocole IRC.
Je ne sais pas quel âge tu as (j'en ai plus de 50) mais causer IRC à la nouvelle génération me vaut en général en regard... suspicieux, dans le meilleurs des cas. Causer LaTeX? Je ne sais pas comment dire ça… c'est déjà un exploit d'avoir les utilisateurs qui acceptent d'utiliser les Styles dans Writer, alors utiliser LaTeX...
Lemmy ne sert pas à partager des memes
Aucune idée car, comme je te disais, je ne vois à peu près aucun 'meme' dans mon Lemmy qui est configuré pour n’afficher que ce qui m'intéresse à l’exclusion de tout le reste (ce qui comprend les memes, même pas désolé ;)
Je ne critique aucune communauté ni aucun comportement en particulier, je constate simplement que dans des communautés anglophones comme francophones, y compris « de gauche », des utilisateur·ices s’en servent mal, de manière plus ou moins fréquente, quitte à porter atteinte à l’image d’un combat important, ou/et culturellement très riche, en raison de l’inadéquation du format avec les fonctionnalités proposées par Lemmy (OK, pour le coup je pense à fuckcars et solarpunk_memes).
Je ne sais pas de quel combat ou de quelle image tu parles, ni ce que la gauche (ou la droite, ou le centre, le haut ou le bas) a à voir dans l'histoire, mais quant à savoir si certains utilisent mal Lemmy, ou pas, je dirais que ce n’est probablement pas la meilleure approche.
Je veux dire, ton mal il se peut que ce soit le bien d’un autre et du coup qui va trancher entre vos deux préférences personnelles ?
Une approche plus efficace serait de se demander si les (nouveaux) utilisateurs peuvent facilement accéder et comprendre les outils qui sont mis à leur disposition pour filtrer ce qui ne les intéresse pas ou pour bloquer ceux qu’ils ne veulent plus entendre.
Parce que les probabilités que quelqu’un parvienne à convaincre l'ensemble des utilisateurs de Lemmy, de ne plus rien poster que ce qu’il aimerait qu’ils postent sont... nulles. Tandis que filtrer soi-même ce qui nous ennuie/déplaît/offense est aisé et plutôt efficace. Par exemple, ça ne me pose absolument aucun souci que certains se régalent de memes ou encore de discussions politiques à longueur de journées sur Lemmy parce que, moi, je n'en vois pas l'ombre d'un bout (merci, les filtres de Lemmy) ;)
Désolée si ça vous paraît condescendant, je ne vise personne en particulier mais à toutes fins utiles je vous rappelle qu’il y a des personnes mineures et des victimes/survivant·es à de la maltraitance sur le web 2, ayant rejoint une plateforme de violences domestiques dématérialisées en recherche d’une communauté puis ayant été gaslighté·es à tenter d’attirer l’attention d’autrui sans avoir de ressources à lui transmettre (i.e. en l’intimidant et en lui mentant).
C'est condescendant mais y a pas besoin de t’excuser de dire ce que tu penses exactement de la façon que tu juges appropriée. Tant que c’est pas injurieux, c’est OK pour moi (et si c’était injurieux, j’ajouterais simplement un nouveau nom à ma (courte) liste des utilisateurs bloqués, problème réglé). Par contre, je vois pas du tout le lien entre ce dernier paragraphe et ce que tu disais avant ?
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Speaking of noise, it feels like nearly 90% of the content generated on the broader internet these days is starting to feel like it’s churned out by LLMs. Autogenerated articles, comments, even entire ‘conversations’ that ring hollow. Is the Fediverse, specifically, a safe haven from that rising tide of artificial content? Does the human-centric, community-driven nature of these instances inherently push back against such automation?
It may be, I don't know for the very simple reason that I don't read this 'broader' Web that is supposedly AI-infested or made of low-effort content.
I read personal websites whose authors I care about that I don't think will make me waste my (precious) time. For the same reason I quit using all social (beside the Fediverse, mostly here on Lemmy). It's a waste of time (time that is so fucking precious) and their content is of little value, if any.
So, to me, the real question would be: how many of us are still consuming that crap instead of focusing on more... I was about to write 'quality content' but I think it would be safer to say 'focusing on human-made content'?
As long as we're willing to eat their crap, and are willing to pay (one way or the other) to get fed that very crap, why would those websites and corps stop feeding us crap? It's making them money. A lot of it. And as far as I can tell all that matters in our so wonderful world is how much money one makes.
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J'y connais rien en trotinettes (la dernière que j'ai utilisée c'était dans les années 70 et je portais des culottes courtes... et j'avais encore des cheveux) mais la garantie du fabricant dit quoi à propos des crevaisons d'un pneu increvable?