This week's #StreamSchedule is here! Come and join @jae & @jsbilsbrough#streamschedulefor more live gaming action, as well as random chats! See what we've got lined up at: cwir.es/schedule

Time for another #Stream with @jae & @jsbilsbrough We're still cleaning but this time in #VisceraCleanupDetail, come and join us for chat and dirt removal. Live now over on: #twitch https://cwir.es/twitch #YouTube […] [Original post on wires.social]

My biggest frustration with AI is that we're blurring machine learning and generative AI into one blob. Good use of AI (ML): Improving audio quality and filtering out background noise etc, *without* changing the audio content (spoken word) - Riverside do this for their 'Magic Audio' feature […]

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I genuinely don't understand why people still use GMail given all of Google's privacy invading nonsense. They're also the only mail provider I know of who forces users trying to forward email to verify the address that's being forwarded to. The challenge is, it's free, and so universal.

So the Chairman of the Bored of Peace used his rebranded Department of War to blow up a girls school in Tehran because not enough people said sycophantic things about his rambling speech (nor will they shut up about his endorsement rampant sexual predation of children) and it makes good cover to […]

[Klingon Anatomy, NSFW] Things we know about Klingon Genitalia - They have Barbs (DS9) - They are Hemipeen (2 dicks) (DISCO) - They have Quadratesticles (4 Balls, presumably 2 each) (Academy) I have to think this is on purpose, each show adding more Klingon dick lore.

[UKPOL] WTAF is wrong with the #cofe leadership who handle bookings for Church House. Letting the most revolting bunch of #reform use their space for announcing the ‘top’ team of a bunch of hateful scum ? These are people who won’t apologise for death threats and Islamophobia. This is not […]

RIP Rob Grant, co-creator of #reddwarf. In honour of his comedy genius, I ask you all to step up to Red Alert, and be sure to change your bulbs. https://youtu.be/81W8tG3wH_4?si=oZeJBMsakdAZvgoO

My experience with generative-AI has been that, at its very best, it is subtly wrong in ways that only an expert in the relevant subject would recognise. So I don't worry about us creating super-intelligent AI, I worry about us allowing that expertise to atrophy through laziness and greed. I […]

Oh, come on #1password, I can't export a single vault at a time?!? I'm trying to re-structure and want to move stuff to BitWarden in a better way! This is not the tool I feel in love with over 15 years ago!

Honestly never thought I'd say this, but i'm genuinely considering moving away from #1Password. Their announcement of a price hike today, and the line "AI-powered item naming" as something they're promoting as a positive has me concerned. What are people's experiences with @bitwarden#1passwordlike?

Genuinely fed up of trying to book trains, prices are constantly changing and then there's no tickets left (apparently) for my journeys. This really winds me up, I rely on public transport, but it's clear I (and everyone else in the UK) are just a source of profit for the train companies. No […]

New #YouTube Video! https://youtu.be/x5juIps0keE As an avid Star Trek fan, our first episode in a new play-through sees @jsbilsbrough#youtubetake command of the USS Voyager in #acrosstheunknown.

#StreamTime with @jae & @jsbilsbrough#streamtime Come and join your favourite cleaning duo for more action in #powerwashsimulator2. Live now on: #twitch https://cwir.es/twitch #youtube https://youtube.com/live/dCz0g7HsVbw?feature=share

SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.

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We're looking for two Backend Ruby on Rails Web Developers to work with us remotely as part of the core team. Ideally you are: 1. Very experienced with Ruby on Rails 2. Proficient in PostgreSQL, and familiar with Redis and Elasticsearch 3. Experienced in developing maintainable and scalable […]

#StreamTime with @jsbilsbrough#streamtime Time for more #thelastcaretaker action as we explore the ocean and try to find answers to so many questions. Live now on: #twitch https://cwir.es/twitch #youtube https://youtube.com/live/tYSVQU_ogqI?feature=share

Switched another tech help client to @Vivaldi today! They’d been using Firefox and Chrome. Got them started on Vivaldi to replace Chrome as their primary browser.

RE: https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/116087059413472819 The biggest problem here is that the government has no clue how VPNs are actually used. They're clearly lumping 'Privacy VPNs' which route all traffic, with things like Tailscale and other infrastructure VPNs which are split tunnelling […]

Really getting fed up of the scammers finding their way onto @signalapp scammers, they seem to be a new breed of sub-human scum. On the one hand, it's sad people have to resort to this, but on the other they make the choice to prey on people. I suspect my number is leaked somewhere in some […]

Time for a #NewPodcastEpisode! James is joined by @alexlowe30 and Jim from @chargingstatus to talk EVs, charging, infotainment, and some rather random Greggs and caravan related discussions. 🎧 Listen now: https://cwir.es/087 🍏 Apple Podcasts […] [Original post on wires.social]

Shame on #lidl and the moron employment tribunal judge who thinks a 17p bottle of water being drunk by an employee on checkout duty should equate to being fired: https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/lidl-worker-sacked-water-checkout-5HjdSLt_2/ Retail staff work hard, often without proper breaks. It’s […]

If you're trying to persuade someone to try Mastodon (or Pixelfed, or Friendica, etc), you'll get a lot further explaining them as algorithm-free, ad-free, AI-free, nazi-free conversations, rather than trying to describe a "decentralised protocol" or why "open source" is good. Mastodon is […]

Random Sunday observation. I've been using an electric shaver for about a year, and whilst it did a good enough job, I always felt it was harder to get certain parts of my face feeling really smooth. Yesterday, I bought new blades for my Harry's razor, got some good sensitive skin shave gel […]

Happy Valentine's Day to my beautiful fiancé, @jae - it's hard being so far apart, but digital gifts and having colleagues at the Bead Store who helped me out have made it a lovely day. I wan to encourage you all, even if you're not in a relationship, you are loved - you may not always feel it […]

Thank you, #onlinesafetyact for failing to regulate #ageverification in any way at all. Now Discord users must hand their data to a Peter-Thiel-of-Palantir-linked system […]

#StreamTime Time to clean up with @jae & @jsbilsbrough#streamtimefor another #powerwashsimulator2 session. Of course we're still raising funds for the #aclu via https://cwir.es/bonfire. Live now on: #twitch https://cwir.es/twitch #youtube https://youtube.com/live/CyP8iJaiytE?feature=share

[Tommy Robinson] Oh come on, couldn’t we have done a crowd funding to not warn him ? https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/tommy-robinson-islamic-state-5HjdSKx_2/ At the very least, someone needs to accidentally add him as a dual citizenship holder so he can’t comeback after 25th Feb!

Join @jae for some more adventures in #skyrim! #twitch https://cwir.es/twitch

Time for another #Stream with @jsbilsbrough#stream With the release of Update 02 for #thelastcaretaker, we're changing things up to explore this exciting set of new features. Live now on: #twitch https://cwir.es/twitch #youtube https://youtube.com/live/Cf2LHlgBukY?feature=share

TL:DR; The Salesforce CEO at a company's annual all hands gathering asked international employees to please rise in the audience, then made a "joke" that ICE agents were in the back of the room ready to nab them. Guillotines for billionaires is the moderate choice at this point

It's #StreamTime with @jsbilsbrough#streamtime The latest update to #thelastcaretaker has hit, so it's time for more ocean survival. Live now on: #twitch https://cwir.es/twitch #youtube https://youtube.com/live/iW-PpA12YwA?feature=share

INBOX: A Republican in Tennessee tells us they were sent this threatening text message 👇🏽 (The link goes here, where it says donations will benefit Trump’s joint fundraising committee: secure.winred.com/team-emmer/2...)

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@mattgemmell/116041510121080077 This is scary! So, what’s a good non US based alternative for a community ?

This week's #StreamSchedule is here! Come and join @jae & @jsbilsbrough#streamschedulefor more live gaming action, as well as random chats! See what we've got lined up at: https://cwir.es/schedule

It's #StreamTime with @jae & @jsbilsbrough#streamtime Come and join your favourite streaming duo for some #powerwashsimulator2. Of course, we'll be talking about the goings on in the world too! Live on on #twitch https://cwir.es/twitch #youtube https://youtube.com/live/VOjHvVoXYdk?feature=share

So my TrueNAS Scale box has been down for a few weeks, today I found the time to investigate why. Before anyone asks, I have other backups running! The issue, a power cut and clearly a dead CMOS battery had wiped all the BIOS settings. Biggest lesson from it all, I need a nice KVM like the […]

In case you thought things had changed, nope. Substack is still profiting off literal Nazis. And if you think we’ve forgotten, you are wrong. Get off #substack. Don’t support those that support #nazis […]

YouTube shorts somehow thought I’d like to see the Advance UK conference, or as it should be called a room full of evil Nazis. This lot are scarier than Reform and need to be stopped. My anger at their hate is really growing.

It's #StreamTime with @jsbilsbrough#streamtime Time for more post-apocalypse robot adventures in #thelastcaretaker - will we get a human into space? Live now on: #twitch https://cwir.es/twitch #youtube https://youtube.com/live/JUzV0BoyB-Q?feature=share

It's #StreamTime with @jsbilsbrough#streamtime Come and join him for some more Zonaite fuelled chaos in #thelegendofzelda #tearsofthekingdom. Live now on: #twitch https://cwir.es/twitch #youtube https://youtube.com/live/6fr8fUljqJI?feature=share

Huge congratulations to our friends @Iconfactory for hitting their first stretch goal for the #olliesarcade #kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games/posts/4603761 Have you heard our chat with @gedeonm about the story of how they […]

Heartwarming news from #norfolk that royal staff on the #sandringham estate are refusing to work for the disgraced ex-#princeandrew. It seems that even royal flunkies have dignity and standards, and won't grovel to a nonce […]

Join Jae for some #skyrim adventures. #twitch https://cwir.es/twitch

I have been rendered insensible this evening by this unassuming meme...

🗝️ Who doesn’t love a dungeon crawler?! Help us reach our stretch goal and bring a fun retro-style crawler to Ollie's Arcade! ⚔️. Only a week left on our Kickstarter and we’re so close. If you’ve been on the fence about backing—or just want to help spread […] [Original post on iconfactory.world]

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/115977412596943051 There's a reason I continue to recommend @Vivaldi to everyone. Having spoken to @jon for @Crossed in the past (https://cwir.es/072) I know how much he and the team care about a true AI-free browser. Just need container based tabs or […]

Guest Request: We're looking for someone who loves Linux and is up for a discussion about how it's a great option for folks moving from Windows 10 in particular. Bonus points if you're a gamer or content creator, or anyone who has moved Windows focussed workflows. It'll be a friendly and […]