overview for Ascrod

4 hour wait times on last day of early voting in Northeast Ohio in c/ohio@midwest.social

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 4 points 2 days ago

I voted last weekend at the local Board of Elections and it took nearly an hour. There were a ton of people, but the BOE has their process down very well. I think urban areas like these are going to be pretty busy.

Springfielder here, where are my fellow fediverse Ohioans from? in c/ohio@midwest.social

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago

Cinci and Dayton.

David has claimed my duvet in c/cats@midwest.social

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

Everything in your home belongs to him, you just don't know it yet

Found Cat in c/cats@midwest.social

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Vet visit scheduled for Tuesday. The online booking form asked for her name and I said I don't know.

Found Cat in c/cats@midwest.social

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Here they usually clip the eartip if it's an outdoor or feral cat. No clipped tips, though to be fair I haven't really looked inside her ears yet.

Found Cat in c/cats@midwest.social

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

Not as good as this kitty, she's so sweet <3

Found Cat in c/cats@midwest.social

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 8 points 2 weeks ago

I am seriously considering adopting her if I can't find her owners. I'm very much a cat person, but I've never been responsible for one as an adult.

Found Cat in c/cats@midwest.social

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I brought her to an adoption center up the road and they were able to tell me she had no chip. They also gave me some supplies since I didn't have anything - they've been really great.

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Found Cat (midwest.social)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Ascrod@midwest.social to c/cats@midwest.social

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Found a lost cat at the park this week. Hopefully I can find her owners soon. In the meantime, she has certainly made herself at home.

I suspect 1-2 years old but hard to say. Female. Unsure if spayed. No collar or chip. Very sweet and friendly. Planning to get her to the vet for a checkup ASAP. She's a bit skinny so was probably lost for a few days, and definitely has an appetite now.

I hope she wasn't dumped, because some people really don't like black cats, and also leaving cats in the wild is very bad for the environment.

PSA please chip your pets, even if they're indoor pets!

FIDO Alliance Publishes Specification For Exchanging Passkeys in c/technology@midwest.social

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Guess I'm sticking with my password manager then, lmao.

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FIDO Alliance Publishes Specification For Exchanging Passkeys (fidoalliance.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Ascrod@midwest.social to c/technology@midwest.social

2 comments fedilink

When I first learned about passkeys it sounded like nothing more than a vendor lock-in cash grab dressed up as security. This new spec might actually improve the situation and make them useable across more platforms and systems. Assuming Apple, Google, and Microsoft don't find a way to screw it up again.

In some Minnesota schools, artificial intelligence gets a seat in the classroom in c/msp@midwest.social

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

They are not useful for learning if the information they give is wrong.

Neural networks are a tool and they have their uses, but something that generates garbage that is factually wrong a significant percentage of the time while burning our world to do it is not the tool our students need.

In some Minnesota schools, artificial intelligence gets a seat in the classroom in c/msp@midwest.social

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Schools teaching "how to use AI" are missing the point: these things aren't magic machines, they're guessing games.

LLMs have no ability to reason or understand anything. They just regurgitate words using a probabilistic model. They are little more than a fancy autocomplete, and autocomplete isn't always right (see also DYAC).

https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/llms-dont-do-formal-reasoning-and

Why self host a password manager? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 3 points 4 weeks ago

This is the way. It's also one of the simplest self-hosted setups you can have. Highly recommend it.