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Disclaimer: All my written opinions are (un)educated guesses sources from scattered online opinion pieces and news articles I speed-read out of curiosity.

In the event I’m actually right about something, it’s more likely to be coincidental with my internal consistency than grounded in solid knowledge or understanding of the relevant topic(s).

However, I’ll always be able to write mostly convincing arguments à-la-Large Language Model because school trained me for eloquence rather than factual accuracy. Thanks for reading!

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@Shiri Bailem Congratulations, I've seen your recent technical woes, how's it going?
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@Hypolite Petovan on the media front no further information, I didn't get any more replies after the last one... on the data loss front, just continuing as is, wishing it wasn't months away before I can move into my own place again and return to my own hardware.

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Welcome to my new followers after my most popular #Fediverse post ever!

I realize I don't have an #introduction post up, so this is a good opportunity to fill the void. In short, this account is a dump. A mental dump of what I have to blurt out to the world.

Here I'm mainly known for working on #Friendica (#programming ), one of many pieces of software part of the #Fediverse. We strive to be compatible with as many decentralized social media protocols as possible, at the moment we're compatible with #Diaspora, #ActivityPub (think Mastodon) and #OStatus, with optional connectors with #Twitter and others.

I also own a second-hand #LEGO store front where I sell sets and parts: store.bricklink.com/MrPetovan

I have an 8-year old kid (#parenting ), play #VideoGames and often have opinions about them. I also love #BoardGames but I'm missing fellow players around me. I like #Riding (trains, buses, planes, skateboard, snowboard) but it doesn't really define me. I drove a #drift car over a couple days once and it was both exhilarating and frustrating.

Friendica doesn't have a post character limit but I still infrequently post longer pieces on my blog: blog.mrpetovan.com

Last bit you may want to know about me before following me on here: I am not in favor of absolute free speech. Online spaces need to be moderated to counter the real life discriminating power dynamics.

Nice to meet you!

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Can we follow somebody in a Friendica instance from a Mastodon client?
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@Meercat ✅ Yes, just paste their Webfinger address (like @hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com or their profile URL (like https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/profile/hypolite in the search bar of Mastodon and it will offer a link to follow from Mastofon.

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Using the term ‘artificial intelligence’ in product descriptions reduces purchase intentions news.wsu.edu/press-release/202… "When AI is mentioned, it tends to lower emotional trust, which in turn decreases purchase intentions,” he said. “We found emotional trust plays a critical role in how consumers perceive AI-powered products.”

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Twitch helpfully "recommended" me the Donald Trump channel that's live streaming a political rally. I immediately reported the channel for advocating harassment and blocked it.

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This video is quite impressive...

youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZB_rGFye…

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Would be nice if NHTSA spoke about road safety as clearly as Jalopnik.

jalopnik.com/these-are-the-unb…

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I’ve seen someone trying to defend Israel by replacing any occurence of “Zionist” with “Jewish” in prominent politicians public social media posts.

I know “Zionist” can be a dog whistle for “Jewish people”, but to assume everybody indiscriminately does it implies for me that “Zionism” wouldn’t have a meaning of its own besides this dog whistle. Notwithstanding this being factually wrong, it would also make the Jewish people collectively responsible for the 1946 King David Hotel bombing and the worst bits of Israel colonization efforts and the current genocide in Gaza, which feels counter-productive to me.

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@Tofu Golem When you said you think "genocidal maniacs" would be much more descriptive to call Israelis and the IDF.

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Once I invent pants, it’s over for you breeches.


#MiniReview #Movies Disney's Descendants (2015) is the worst kind of direct-to-video Intellectual Property milking production. I didn't know until tonight it existed, and I couldn't forget it soon enough.

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So I heard the Paris Summer Olympics was a great performance in woke-washing?

Still made the French right mad, so there’s that, I guess.

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I just realized Donald Trump must be absolutely livid J.D. Vance is getting all the media spotlight since he was announced as his vice-president pick. I wouldn't be surprised Trump would start pegging him down a notch in the upcoming weeks to get the attention back on him again.
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@𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮 :mikupat: I wouldn’t dare, it just dawned on me, and I wanted to figure out whether I was wrong; so I did what everybody does in this case, which is to post on the Internet.

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Who called it "trimming your pubic hair" and not "Bush administration"

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