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  pretty much the last thing to go - I'm selling my mixer. this mixer has been the BEST mixer I've owned, & I've had a fair few over the years https://reverb.com/uk/item/100821977-allen-heath-cq-18t-16-channel-digital-mixer-2023-present-black (& yes my reverb shop is under my old identity. I already hate it (the reverb shop), what's one more thing to dislike ;-) )

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  why do trans people take so many selfies? 'cos we've never seen ourselves in pictures before! also the light in the small toilet was really nice ;-)

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  A. and I had a very random visit to Glasgow yesterday which I intended to write about since it was quite interesting revisiting somewhere I moved to 30 years ago!! we had a lovely time - very relaxing but I've been flat out today so that's all you are getting for now

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  obv my youtube feed has a bit of "ai" commentary in 'cos I'm kind of interested. Bear in mind I'm pretty picky what I watch, block a lot of channels etc so there IS sampling bias. This morning: the majority of videos: OpenAi is kind of flailing/screwed ONE video: that's it anthropic is done Going to say I've been saying for a while that OpenAI is the worse bet - they make a lot of execution errors & their finances are wild

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  I mean I get why they give you the full Ableton suite for a trial but honestly it would be SO much easier for testing installs if I could just have that old Live Light thing they used to give away with hardware. The suite install is HUGE` and takes ages.....

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  ugh - going to need to automate all this build/release process!!!! AND figure out cross platform builds if I can however job for another day :-) I can do it manually for a little while.....

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  from the department of "I haven't the faintest" There is a local covers band on round the corner. Their name is "Rhythm Dead Lady" - like what??? I can't even begin to work out what they were thinking (They've been around for 30 years - FB link https://www.facebook.com/groups/41581275792 - they sound fairly ok if you like pub covers bands)

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  I'm pretty sure facebooks algorithm includes "oh you blocked a racist. THAT is ENGAGEMENT - here are more racists for you"

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  RE: https://masto.ai/@transworld/117143782803925254 obviously this is currently trump talking shite but we should recognise here that this is full on the kind of horrors that we recoiled from the Nazis doing: forcing unwanted surgeries on people As a young person I wondered how Germany got there back in the day but now I know. Most people are cheering this stuff on - it's not happening to them, it is happening to people they've been taught to hate - what have they got to compl...

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  is it just me or is the LLM model hype noise kind of quiet at the moment? are we reaching the point of diminishing returns? reading the reddit channels for this stuff - latest models are ok, yeah they can regurgitate minecraft & variations on demand & if you have wrangling skills you can get ok stuff out of them but this is still SO far from "replace your staff" level (& this is what everyone that understands this technology expects to happen BTW)

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  A. was very supportive of my going on HRT. Her only worry was I'd be all emotional - and while I am a bit ;-) that part is fine What perhaps neither of us expected was the close parallels between her perimenopause and my HRT & shared experiences She's starting to fiddle with her treatment DIY style now (honestly the treatment from the NHS is just shite and so gatekeeper-y) & wants to watch me do my injection on friday :-)

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  Your cookie banner is really fucking irritating without you getting cutsey with the option names......

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  apparently Openai struggling with ad revenue... looking forward to product placement in LLMs: "ChatGPT - my car is broken what do I do?" "Well, first of all sit down with a nice cold Coca-Cola..." can't fail

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  #photography #ulverston

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  Currently re-reading the Wolf Hall trilogy. Henry VIII was a very trump like character- kind of fascinated that the vast majority of courtiers (ie people in his close orbit we know the names of) ended up executed. (& some that survived were executed by subsequent monarchs) The idea of being so lured by power that even knowing it's odds on you will be killed for it - it's somehow still worth having? can't really get my head around that

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  this whole "you can't make jokes about someone who is dead" and in particular the tone of those posts indicate a very unhealthy relationship with death dying doesn't make you a good person (& goodness knows I can tell you - having been _right_ up to the precipice - I didn't sort my life out until after that!) dying is a NORMAL thing that happens to ALL of us (& everyone we know) death isn't a magic state of grace

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  fed up of middle class white men opining about things that don't effect them "Oh I think Starmers doing an acceptable job in a difficult situation" NO he's waging war on trans people, non white people, disabled people, poor people, people with mental health requirements he's made our lives VERY much worse if you don't give a fuck about other people that's fine but do realise everyone can see that and values your views accordingl...

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  @rgarner me & small dog went out first thing - was glorious (if cold :-) ) (& small dog is getting out second go - out with A. now)

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/116459560434179995 maybe *I* will review my position on the UK's claim to the Falkland islands...... (I mean...what? this has real "I'll tell the teacher you did a big fart" energy. Unless I guess he plans to invade somewhere (Falklands? UK?) to change things - which is not beyond the realms of possibility sadly )

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  RE: https://mastodon.scot/@fionaorkneynews/116452914474424248 I visited the tomb of the eagles at the turn of the century - was January & I'm pretty sure I was the only tourist on Orkney at the time. Got to have loads of these sites to myself. I arrived at the seemingly random farmhouse with the tomb of the eagles and a chap came out to see me. I now realise that was Ronald Simison himself!!! he took me into his conservatory and showed a load of find. Then he said walk to a lo...

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  I've always had a weird dysphoria about my male body hair - for a long time preferring a beard to having to shave but starting HRT prompted me to get rid of it & now, until I have the time/money for laser, I need to shave my face the safety razor is turning out to be quite good - now the "learning wounds" have mostly healed!! (Although shaved my legs with it - took 20 minutes to stop bleeding :-( ) pleased the HRT has, faster than expected, sorted out mo...

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  transitioning didn't change my sexuality at all BUT it did make it make sense to me! in unrelated news - I bought all the rest of the Jemma Topaz books I didn't already have (and her new one!) https://jemmatopaz.carrd.co

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  I mean our whole government are a complete vacuum - I'd accuse them of being power hungry but they are also so incompetent they don't seem likely to actually hang on to it - I presume they've settled for a few years of feeling important it's not just Starmer that needs to go - it's every single last one of them Didn't the Belgium's not have a government for a while - couldn't we try that?

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  So the instance I’m on is super strict about blocking. Which is pretty nice in terms of lack of spam and harassment & nonsense. Just discovered that there is a list of filtered notifications!!! Sorry if you replied and I ignored you. You are likely in that list!

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  so apart from the OG grifters (openai,anthropic,etc) and the spade makers (nvidia) - who is raking it in because they are using the "AI" that's leaving us all behind??

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  trapped in a meeting (FOR THE WHOLE AFTERNOON!!!!!!) entertaining myself with selfies - I need to pay slightly too much attention to be able to read...

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  Supersilent box set (& beyond if we get that far) today https://bleep.com/release/76398-supersilent-1-12-box-set

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  RE: https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/116300799324105148 I think the whole "young people are baffling" thing is a lot less there now than it used to be When I still drank the odd young person got "lectures" about this - including one poor young punk (With an ace mohawk) in a bar in Glasgow that got an extended rant about why him liking the pixies and other bands I had been into when they were new wasn't good enough ;-) poor chap

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  the whole "ai" race to IPO is very telling - take the money and run before people work out it's nowhere near as valuable as claimed (not saying it has no value - I think it will turn out to have but honestly - where are these companies or even people leaving me behind 'cos I'm not on the bandwagon - for a lot of people that like shouting at us all for not taking part they are suddenly very quiet about their amazing success.....)

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  saw a couple of clips of the HP thing - they've just remade it? with the same look, costumes, etc? and people that mostly look like the original characters? weird - all moral stuff aside (don't fucking watch it , don't give that bigot ANY money) - what is the point?