Eugen Rochko
Executive Strategy & Product Advisor, Founder of @Mastodon. Film photography, prog metal, Dota 2. Likes all things analog. Luddite.
Executive Strategy & Product Advisor, Founder of @Mastodon. Film photography, prog metal, Dota 2. Likes all things analog. Luddite.
Heh. I misremembered the date--thought it was today, but looks like it was October 5. On that day, 10 years ago, I posted a link to Mastodon on Hacker News, with the title "Show HN: A new decentralized microblogging platform". That it made it to the front page ended up bringing the first 5,000 users, setting the project on the trajectory it's on today.
I was going to fold and put away the laundry, but, as you know, cat
#Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday
The People's Bookshelf in the National Library of Latvia showcases 8,000 books from around the world, each with a message from the donor about why that book is special to them. https://tautasgramatuplaukts.lv/en/ via @metafilter
Unless you were largely cognisant during the late 90s, it's very hard to get across to you just _how_ bristling with positive energy computing was back then, just **look** at this opening screen, it screams "ARE YOU READY TO LEARN MOTHERF*CKER?!".
It has dolphins, in the clouds. How many smartphone apps welcome you with dolphins in clouds?
This cognitive shrinkflation that's happening everywhere is really getting to me.
Saw a billboard earlier today that had a very obvious typo in it, in a word that a 6 year old would be expected to spell properly. This mistake somehow made it through the advertisement agency, the printers, and out onto a public billboard and nobody seems to have actually looked at the thing in any part of the process.
I’m exhausted, I have an impossibly long to do list and multiple, conflicting deadlines looming. So, there’s only one thing to do: roll up my sleeves, and open Mastodon.
"I suggest the social action: shame. Shame these people. Their actions are shameful. AI bros hate being shamed and they try to make rules against shaming — because shame works.
None of these people doing shameful things deserve a place in polite company. They should be shamed for their shameful choices.
The AI industry is also running a PR push to redefine common word usage. The word “slop” is also super effective — so the bros really hate “slop” and try to define it to mean slop they don’t like.
But all AI output is slop. It’s social spam. That’s what it’s for. It’s slop! Say “slop” every time."
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/14/linux-kernel-goes-full-ai-slop-code-hides-chatbot-commits/
"Nvidia says its new data center design will fix AI's water problem"
And if you believe that ...
Big Tech are gangsters and the ultimate liars. Whatever "fix" Nvidia is proposing, you can be sure it will be extremely damaging to our environment.
There is no "fix" for Big Tech. They are super greedy consumers of energy, water and materials. At their very essence, they are devourers.
