don’t let yourself get discouraged, math isn’t everything ^^

this tbh! reddit, tiktok, etc. doesn’t properly embed in discord anymore, so I could just upload funny clips to Loops and have an actual playable embed when I share the link.

oh hey, I was there too! Worked at the save3rdpartyapps logo, was really nice seeing everyone collaborate but it got really stressful at points. People were greedy for canvas space. Was a bit disappointing that we could only do so much, the banner was really small after all. But at least the protest didn’t go unnoticed with the giant “FUCK SPEZ” across the whole canvas.

There is no division between who you pretend to be and who you are.

This is quite the nice message in view of imposter syndrome too. If you’re being a kind person online then you are simply a kind person.

hmm, on the last point: If it’s just a single user harassing then it shouldn’t be too much trouble if they re-create an account. The anti-spam system should flag them again if they keep harassing. If it’s a lot of bots then I would assume they already have methods to determine whether an account is suspended (like DM-ing each other maybe). Hence there wouldn’t be an advantage of not informing them of being suspended.
I might be completely wrong here and missing a key point as I don’t really know anything about Mastodon or spam prevention really but it just feels wrong to censor someone without them knowing.
If time is crucial you could inform people an hour/a day/etc. after their suspension.

I’m for automated flagging to help you with moderation but, especially with AI, you should review every action your flagger takes. There might be a big false positive percentage. And there should be a way for muted people to talk to an admin to get it resolved (maybe put a little link on the sidebar for that). Freezing posts so that no one can see them or comment on them seems fine even if it takes a day or so to resolve.
When someone gets muted they should get a clear message that informs them about this too. Like a whisper message maybe.
I like the idea, if I understood it correctly, that users can help train the AI by throwing typical spam at it. Maybe there could be a whole community just for that.
Other than that I’m fine with all points and I’m glad if you can future proof this server for protection against massive bot raids.
Thanks for your service :3

I definitely need that magic! o.o

I know a fun fact:
You know how a packet of 8 bits is called a byte? A packet of 4 bits, which is half a byte, is called a nibble!

But what if I want a union struct to quickly interpret floats as ints and vice versa! I need my C hacks!

you can edit your post and correct the link I believe. Great post btw!

According to wiktionary infant comes from the Latin word infans, meaning “unable to speak”. The term fans means “to speak”.

Not sure if your Fanta can speak though :P

shoutout to this 80s punk song asking the same question but with hugely different energy :P

could’ve expanded GNU some more! :P

What do you call a group of 8 Hobbits?
A Hobbyte!

old pun by now but I still love it :P

Oh yeah, you’re right. Seems like the AI replaced dead with useless as in “dead batteries”. That is really awful.

Different apps being able to communicate sounds similar to the fediverse! Would be nice if there was a common protocol/library every messenger would use and clients would only need to implement it.

This, so much this. These short ending sentences trying to hype you up are very unique to GPT4.

the details are amazing! Like the reflection in the puddles or the shading on the objects in the front!
And obviously the whole train and tracks :P
Great art!

that’s a great sketch! I love it! :3

and yeah, there have been some recent issues with people uploading illegal content to this site which is probably why file uploads won’t work well. Best to use an image hosting service like imgur, FA, deviantart, etc. and just put in the link.

I think the restaurant is based on the Kura Sushi restaurant chain in Japan! This must feel pretty familiar if you’ve been there :3c