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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do man made hiking trails keep the grass from overgrowing?⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
No membrane. Just clay and stone.

www.fs.usda.gov/t-d/pubs/htmlpubs/…/page09.htm
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
Did they stutter?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo seeks default judgement and $17,500 in damages from pirated game streamer who ignored court summons⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
Bait 🎣
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mexico bans ‘foreign propaganda’ after US anti-migrant ad⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
Supplemental archive link below

archive.is/HCXMZ
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Reddit Bot Drove Me Insane⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Check discuss.online to see if they’re defed from aussie.zone

That’s the problem with that sitez it’s one way.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Reddit Bot Drove Me Insane⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Yup. However I’m trying not to add any bias. I did forget about beehaw and I’ll edit my post to include that. Thank you for the reminder.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Reddit Bot Drove Me Insane⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
This is an instance by instance list which is great thank you. I guess I was thinking there was a full list as a map I guess.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Reddit Bot Drove Me Insane⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
lemmy.dbzer0.com slrpunk.net sh.itjust.works

Those three are a good place to start with sane defaults.

There is also lemmy.world which is so generalized as to come under fire from the far left and the far right.

More exclusive than the above but more inclusive than aussie.zone are the following.

hexbear.net lemmy.ml

Your mileage may vary.

A full list of who’s federated with who doesn’t yet exist to my knowledge.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What CI/CD tools are you guys using? I have Forgejo but I need a simple way of running automation.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Saltstack, nixOS, OpenTofu, OpenBao and gitlab ci.yml to glue it all together.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is not satire this is not satire this is not satire⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
And others yes. It really depends on where you look and who you ask. I think Laion was the beginning of the end but some people say it was Google in 2010 or so

adweek.com/…/google-set-to-open-image-recognition…

Some go even earlier. But I think wholesale theft started around 2020-2021 at scale.

Also I really do apologize for my tone earlier. I’ve given all of the beneficial doubt I can really.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google is excited about money!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
~~Do not~~ be evil
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If trump shaved his head and didn't wear any makeup do you think you would recognize him?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Trynna hide in El Salvador?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age Verification⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Absolutely this, and if they require video evidence just OBS to an MKV.

Christopher Walken watches all of my porn.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age Verification⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Also, if you’re seeking out NSFW on discord… you might be doing it wrong.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age Verification⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Disable camera access to the app/binary
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is not satire this is not satire this is not satire⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
There is no strawman I’m attacking. I’m addressing you directly. I’m not reforming or re-addressing your argument, I’m refuting it.

Your premise is flawed and as you state yourself it comes from a place of naivety as you don’t understand the tech. Which is fine, we don’t have to understand everything, but don’t cry foul when your premise is corrected in a public forum. I replied up the chain with what you could do and projects that are close to what you propose. I also gave you resources that you can go through to learn more if you have the interest.

But it doesn’t change the fact that maybe the greatest theft of artistic labor in our lifetimes has already happened and there’s very little independent artists can do about it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is not satire this is not satire this is not satire⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
You’re correct. Trolls love to hide in grey area naval gazing questions. My kneejerk reaction is to directly refute and shut it down. I definitely err on the side of asshole now though.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is not satire this is not satire this is not satire⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

I haven’t looked into it too much

The closest thing to what you’re discussing is what’s built over at db0

aihorde.net

However what you’re hypothesizing cannot exist, due to the nature of a diffusion model. The source that the images are generated from, all of that was stolen in 2021. It was illegally scraped.

AIHorde is moving in the right direction, but we need a system where the people who’s source work is being scraped need to either consent to the use of their artistic labor, through copy left practices. Or they deserve to be compensated through royalties.

In latestage capitalism the only power is that which lies within capitol. That has been stolen by the large AI companies. What you’re proposing through your hypotheticals is closing the barn door after the horses have got out.

That is the kind I’m talking about, so bringing up the systems I’m not talking about is just a strawman.

I’m actively refuting what you’re proposing because not only does it not exist, but it’s currently due to the nature of the tech it’s impossible. This is not a strawman argument, this is a refutation of a naive take that does nothing to push forward the tech in which you yourself would like it to go.

Sorry to be such a wet blanket. If you’d like to know more about Diffusion models and what they stole here’s a great place to start. systemicalternatives.org/…/the-controversy-of-ai-…

If you want to work towards what your hypotheticals state you could consider contributing to aihorde.net.

My response again is from the viewpoint of someone who is constantly refuting “Why don’t we just…” naval gazing and how trolls and other bad faith actors hide behind that type of language.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is not satire this is not satire this is not satire⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
So it’s exploitive then.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is not satire this is not satire this is not satire⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Curtis Yarvin is a monarchist full stop.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is not satire this is not satire this is not satire⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Freedom relies on consent and mutual reciprocity, otherwise it’s exploitation. AI art diffusion models that scraped digital art portfolios and did not gain the consent of the artists nor did the artists get compensation is exploitation full stop. There is no freedom in exploitation.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨4chan hacked and taken offline. Hacker reopens /qa/ and leaks all admins emails.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Hacking is using something in a manner in which it was unintended by hacking parts of it, as with an axe.

Good discussion of it here with etymological references.

…stackexchange.com/…/what-does-the-word-hacking-o…
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is not satire this is not satire this is not satire⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
The issue is the infrastructure and scale. Hundreds of thousands of these images are created every day.

I don’t know your workflow but it usually takes quite a few iterations before someone gets the image they want. It’s the literal definition of inefficiency because its rebuilding the diffusion every time, be that from cached memory or a new vector path.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨4chan hacked and taken offline. Hacker reopens /qa/ and leaks all admins emails.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I’ve been online since newsreaders were king. I try to use the current usage of words. I fully understand that trolling has been coopted by bad faith actors.

Originally it was a fun little bit of sarcasm or an inside joke that became a proto meme or some copypasta to share around.

Now it’s a path to the US presidency.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨4chan hacked and taken offline. Hacker reopens /qa/ and leaks all admins emails.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
We have a different definition of troll I think. To me trolls are bad faith actors hiding racism and other disinclusive speech behind humor.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is not satire this is not satire this is not satire⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Because of the mangled hands? Like the ones in OPs image?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨4chan hacked and taken offline. Hacker reopens /qa/ and leaks all admins emails.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Then why are you here? Are you also a troll?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is not satire this is not satire this is not satire⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Sometimes non vegan… it’s boiling the fucking planet.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ditch the DIY Drama: Why Use Fedify Instead of Building ActivityPub from Scratch?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
The Allure of the Fediverse and the Challenges of ActivityPub Implementation

The fediverse—a decentralized social web powered by protocols like ActivityPub—is an exciting space to explore. If you’re considering building the next great federated app, connected to platforms like Mastodon, Lemmy, Pixelfed, and more, you might be tempted to implement ActivityPub from scratch. While this approach offers total control, it’s a daunting task due to the complexity of the standards involved.

The Challenge: Data Modeling with ActivityStreams & JSON-LD

At its core, ActivityPub relies on ActivityStreams 2.0 vocabulary and JSON-LD syntax. This combination introduces significant complexity:
1. Understanding ActivityStreams Vocabulary:
  You need to model actions and objects (e.g., posts as Note or Article, profiles as Person or Organization, and actions like Create, Follow, Like, Announce) using the precise terms defined in the specification.
2. JSON-LD Specifics:
  JSON-LD has unique rules that complicate direct JSON manipulation:
  - Missing vs. Empty Arrays: A property being absent is often semantically identical to it being present with an empty array.
```
// No name property
{ "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", "type": "Note", "content": "…"}

// Equivalent to:
{ "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", "type": "Note", "name": [], "content": "…"}
```
  - Single Value vs. Array: A property can hold a single value or an array.
```
// Single value
{ "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", "type": "Note", "content": "Hello"}

// Equivalent to:
{ "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", "type": "Note", "content": ["Hello"]}
```
  - Object References vs. Embedded Objects: Properties can contain either embedded objects or URI references.
```
// Embedded object
{
  "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
  "type": "Announce",
  "actor": { "type": "Person", "id": "http://sally.example.org/", "name": "Sally" },
  "object": { "type": "Arrive", "id": "https://sally.example.com/arrive", /* ... */ }
}

// Equivalent to:
{
  "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
  "type": "Announce",
  "actor": "http://sally.example.org/",
  "object": "https://sally.example.com/arrive"
}
```
Fedify: Simplifying ActivityPub Development

Fedify, a TypeScript framework, abstracts the complexity of ActivityPub development. It handles the heavy lifting, allowing you to focus on what makes your app unique.

Example Code with Fedify

Fedify simplifies federation logic:
```
// Handle follow
federation.on(Follow, async (ctx, follow) => {
  // Implement follow logic
});

// Handle post activity
federation.on(Create, async (ctx, activity) => {
  // Implement post activity logic
});
```
Web Interface and Logs

When running your app:
```
Web interface available at: http://localhost:8000/
```
Logs example:
```
.lhr.life/r/2 | ╰─────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────╯
```
Conclusion

Building a federated app with ActivityPub is challenging, but tools like Fedify make the process manageable. By abstracting away the complexity of JSON-LD and ActivityStreams, Fedify allows developers to focus on creating innovative applications for the fediverse.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨International students may be among the biggest early beneficiaries of ChatGPT.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
How are C-level execs going to justify the bloated AI budget if they cannot point to a research study now? Actual research takes time they don’t have as the 1st quarter is almost over.

How will the researchers get more grant money to spend on inefficient transform models if they have to waste time and resources conducting peer reviewed study? I need my name on 10 papers this year or I’ll lose my faculty position.

Better yet, why not have AI draft a self report form and email it out to all of the students in my department and publish the results of that as research? I’m a genius.

-Yu

/s

mutual_ayed

The Allure of the Fediverse and the Challenges of ActivityPub Implementation

The Challenge: Data Modeling with ActivityStreams & JSON-LD

Fedify: Simplifying ActivityPub Development

Example Code with Fedify

Web Interface and Logs

Conclusion