Stephen :verified_gay:

I'm Stephen - Engineering Team Lead, Senior Ruby on Rails Software Engineer, and Fixer of things which I totally didn't break to begin with... honest.

I like to follow interesting people and learn new things! Also I ~~occasionally~~ frequently like to do some very silly things. I plan to go from adolescence to senility, while bypassing maturity.

Also tech.lgbt/@stephen

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Meredith WhittakerMer__edith@mastodon.world
2025-06-19

'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?'

Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️

Guardian headline saying, "‘It’s terrifying’: WhatsApp AI helper mistakenly shares user’s number
Chatbot tries to change subject after serving up unrelated user’s mobile to man asking for rail firm helpline"
Stephen :verified_gay: boosted:
2025-03-01

Look, some of you are clearly finding this confusing. Let me try again.

I used to say that I will never sell your data.

But I never said what I meant by "sell your data".

I will still not "sell your data", but in not "selling your data" I now cannot say that I am not not selling your data.

This is because when I say that I am not not not "selling your data", others say that I am only not "selling your data" in a way that is selling your data which it is not.

Would you like some AI with that?

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J Λ M Ξ Sjmsdnns
2024-10-29

cant believe elon tried to buy votes and no one called it elongate

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The Wedale BookshopWedaleBooks@mastodon.scot
2024-08-07

Hello! We are a small independent bookshop in Stow, in the Scottish Borders. We are no longer using Twitter, for obvious reasons, but could use some new followers on Mastodon and other social media channels - where our presence is smaller than on Twitter. Please help / share this is you can! Thank you.

A drawing of The Wedale Bookshop, including Lucas the Cat, drawn by local illustrator Morvern Anderson.
Stephen :verified_gay: boosted:
2024-06-23

happy birthday to the ground

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Taran Rampersadknowprose
2024-05-27

I was curious about this after seeing , because plays a significant part in the movie (in a platonic way) and I have no idea of how that reality actually works in . Apparently the representation was not too far off.

What surprised me most is that there is a communist party in India.

👀

bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-

Stephen :verified_gay:stephen@lyingvoid.social
2024-05-22

Fitting that the general election has been called in 1 Liz Truss premiership's time

#uk #GeneralElection24 #UKPol

Stephen :verified_gay: boosted:
2024-05-14

In the most glorious "fuck you" I have seen in a while, you know the book that Cumberland City Council banned because they're homophobic bigots - Holly Duhig's "A focus on Same Sex Parents"? Well, the publisher, BookLife Publishing, have made a PDF version of the book available for free.

Sure be a shame if it was shared far and wide now, wouldn't it?

Every time you ban a book filled with hope and kindness, and care and love, we will resist.

booklifepublishing.co.uk/a-foc

#CumberlandCityCouncil #SameSexParents #BookBans #Bookstodon

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George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽georgetakei@universeodon.com
2024-05-10

No one minds if it's a good story...

@topazkell on "X": If you hear me telling the same story twice, mind your business.
Stephen :verified_gay:stephen@lyingvoid.social
2024-05-09

@mcc Given every AI venture is poorly conceived and rushed out I'd wager that the latter, more "simple" solution is what they're using. Possibly one to experiment with!

Stephen :verified_gay:stephen@lyingvoid.social
2024-05-09

@mcc Perhaps time for some Malicious Compliance. You could edit your answers so they're not *wrong*, but just really, really bad code. xN+1 queries, potentially infinite recursion, O(N) of infinity kind of fun.
Let the AI eat that all day.

Stephen :verified_gay: boosted:
2024-05-07

I was going to toot a UDP joke, but you might not get it.

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Betsy Langowskisuperbetsy
2024-05-05
A three panel comic. One storm trooper says, “may the fourth be with you!” A group of storm troopers looks at the first and says,”it’s may the fifth.” The first trooper says “damn, I missed it.”
Stephen :verified_gay: boosted:
2024-04-28
photo of a very smooth bread with caption "Share this image with every fedi instance, we must do nothing but teleport bread"
Stephen :verified_gay:stephen@lyingvoid.social
2024-02-29

Everything Everywhere All At Once but it features Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, but every universe he goes to, he's still stuck in a jungle wearing a tank top, cargo shorts and with a machete

Stephen :verified_gay: boosted:
2024-02-27
sophia.
@lifesofunrry 

THIS IS KILLING ME 

"I believed in God as a kid bc I always felt so moved during worship songs at my megachurch and then I went to a One Direction concert and felt the same thing and realized I just like live music."
Stephen :verified_gay:stephen@lyingvoid.social
2024-02-12

Triple A games are overrated - need more Triple A queer folk - Agender Asexual Aromantics
#silly #LGBTQIA #AAA

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Hourly Otters (old)HourlyOtters@botsin.space
2024-02-11
A picture of an otter.
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George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽georgetakei@universeodon.com
2024-02-11

I needed this boost.

Stephen :verified_gay: boosted:
2024-02-11

There are some awesome free games available this week, perfect for your #SteamDeck, including one Steam game that’s a free promotion for the next month!

steamdeckhq.com/news/free-game

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