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Apple sends apps like Twitter boilerplate emails warning them to clean up their content moderation practices or risk being booted from the App Store. Curious if that’s what happened here.
Good conversation. Among other things, we resolved the misunderstanding about Twitter potentially being removed from the App Store. Tim was clear that Apple never conside...
A corporate AMEX acct has a max length of 20 chars for the street address, and no second line. Between a 4-digit street number and "Apt XXX", that leaves only 8 left for the street name and type. So cross your fingers that USPS figures out this abbreviated street name I guess.
A corporate AMEX acct has a max length of 20 chars for the street address, and no second line. Between a 4-digit street number and "Apt XXX", that leaves only 8 left for the street name and type.

So cross your fingers that USPS figures out this abbreviated street name I guess.
Such an awesome #nafo meme and of #vatnik origin. Nerds rock.
🦍☀️-Mecha-Warlord- 🇲🇳🇷🇺🇨🇳 https://twitter.com/MechaWarlord
so true

Running For The @W3C Advisory Board (@W3CAB) Special Election

@artlung@xoxo.zone Hello again from my website! This time it should show up as a mention instead of a link.

@artlung@xoxo.zone Hello from my website! #indieweb

Running For The @W3C Advisory Board (@W3CAB) Special Election: tantek.com/b/5N61
“Twitter is “no longer a viable platform” for antifascist and security researchers.” Join us in the #fediverse by moving to a mastodon account? theintercept.com/2022/11/29/elo…
This is another prime example of of #Russian #disinfo works. It involves both misdirection and lies (#Putin invaded to denazify) and using images out of or missing contexts.
Read this investigative report about #NAFO. You’ll see that this is an SBU-backed fascist troll network founded by an anti-Semite who literally glorifies Hitler 🤦‍...
If I was @elonmusk the way to monetize @Twitter subscription is easy. Power users. Fix Tweetdeck. Make a mobile version. Charge as much as you want.

It’s snowing outside. I decide to listen to A Charlie Brown Christmas. A bit early, but still: snow!

At the same time, I’m playing with GPT-3’s new text-davinci-003 model. It’s impressive.

A couple weeks ago, Adam and I tried to get GPT-3 to spit out chord progressions. Today’s updated GPT-3 seems pretty good: sure, some of my prompts result in sonic (or textual) mayhem, but many more result in ii-V-I and other legible changes.

I punch in an oddball prompt:

Give me the chords to a straight-ahead jazz reharmonization of Erik Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1. A simple list will do.

GPT-3 replies:

Ebmaj7 - Bbmaj7 - Ebmaj7 - Bbmaj7 - Cm7 - Fm7 - Gm7 - Bb7 - Eb7 - F7

Okay, those first repeating chords make some sense; I can tack a melody to that. The next are a bit mysterious, but I give it a go and eventually find a way to make them fit. I toy with chromatic approaches while Vince Guaraldi sinks in and somehow end up with… well, “Gymnopedie No. GPT-3” I suppose.

blank1x1.pngGymnopedie No. GPT-3blank1x1.png

Really enjoying 1899 on Netflix so far. Creepy and mysterious.

Is it time to get cozy during eternal Caturday?

In the archeological anthropy department of #NAFO our latest dig has found one of the earliest, yet nerdiest, form of bonking in human history. Scientists say this discovery could push the Cambrian Explosion back days.
Nods. One Usenet group I was part of fended off trolls for years by taking troll posts and mocking them as part of a massive role-play party.
This is a good example of out of context #disinfo. Here #Russia took images from a training guide and spun a new story. #NAFO
Actually we are again seeing Russian or pro-Russian lies. The four photos are related to Ukrainian medical training center called 44Center. Their webpages: 44center.com ...