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3D Printing enthusiast, Maker, cosplayer and Convention chairman (currently retired-ish). If it's geeky, I probably do it or have done it. Day job is just as geeky - I am one of the guys that ask if you've turned off and back on again...

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critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · 20h

Same when I flew from South Bend, IN to ORD to the point I questioned why I didn't just do a $35 car rental, drive the 2 hours myself and save like $200

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · 20d

I was working mid-shift in tech support during Y2k, so I was asleep when it started. I got up and asked my wife if China had gone dark yet or not. When she reported it hadn't, I went back to sleep, secure I wasn't going to be disturbed the rest of my "night" (well, at least for Y2K-related issues)

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · 24d

@headamame.bsky.social 2.1 files were released, so I updated mine with new colors and put on my custom leather strap lasered with my personal logo (critter42.com ). Filament used: all Polymaker - Purple, Lime Green and White ABS, Starlight Neptune, Starlight Pulsar and Silk Fire PLA for the cones

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · Sep 11

Um, how 'bout we stop comparing a vocal supporter of homophobia, transphobia, fascism, white supremacy and Christian Nationalism to one of the greatest Civil Rights leaders in history, hmm?

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · Aug 31

My custom veg-tanned leather strap for my @headamame.bsky.social headphones with my personal branding ( critter42.com). At some point I'm going to dye it purple and green

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · Aug 24

Starting the print for my next pair of Head(amame) headphones, this time for my wife! Thanks to Zee and Zed - @pezliz.bsky.social and @zombiehedgehog.com - and of course to @headamame.bsky.social for sponsoring Zee and Zed's individual stream and their monthly drawing! #headamame, #diyaudio

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · Aug 7

When I worked for Gateway I pitched putting an "Any Key" with two invisible metal contacts that we could activate remotely whenever the customer required it. It was not accepted...

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · Aug 5

What version so I can avoid it? and what is broken about it?

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · Jul 28

Fantastic Four: First Steps spoiler-free review - this film was a love letter to Jack Kirby from start to finish. And it was GLORIOUS for that.

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critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · Jul 22

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NOTE: This is a hypothetical, so "no model does that" is not a valid argument. This is not about what might be present now, in reality. It is about the question - is Generative AI inherently unethical by its mere existence, or is it unethical only because it was trained unethically/illegally?

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · Jul 22

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2) The model provided industry-acceptable credit to the creators whose sources were used in the answer generation

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · Jul 22

Honest question - do you consider using Generative AI that meets the following criteria "unethical" and if so, why?

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1) LLM was trained ONLY on sources that are a) public domain and/or b) licensed by the original creator with full knowledge for the express purpose of training Generative AI

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · Jul 17

Well, I guess the takeover of the government by the Executive Branch is complete. The Supremes proved with their shadow docket decisions this last week that they well and truly are the GOP's bitch.

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · Jul 5

Sorry, this looks like a full teardown and rebuild is necessary.

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · Jul 1

The Trevor Project! They really need $$ since they got cut off from access to referrals from the National Crisis Hotline by our homophobe-in-chief and his cronies.

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · Jun 22

Isn't shouting "NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!" while you're preemptively bombing someone basically the same as shouting "You need to shut up" while beating the hell out of your wife even though she hasn't said a word?

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critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · Jun 21

Funny how the GOP will excoriate you for wearing a mask in public, except when you're kidnapping brown US citizens and throwing them out of the country...

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · Jun 18

When I wished for someone like Martin Sheen's president, I should have clarified I meant like the one he played on The West Wing, not the deranged one he played in The Dead Zone, which is what we wound up with.

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · Jun 8

If you want to know what Fascism is, on behalf of the Republican National Socialist Party of America, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson sums it up quite succinctly when asked about ordering US Marines to attack US citizens: "We have to be prepared to do what is necessary,"

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · Jun 5

Your image not withstanding, Trey and Matt couldn't write a script hitting these levels of absurdity...

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · May 25

I just heard. Damn. I know he's had a very rough last few years health-wise but this still sucks.

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · May 22

Can the press quit calling this abomination the "Big, Beautiful Bill" even ironically and in quotes? As long as you continue to use the orangutan-in-chief's terminology you continue to legitimize it.

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · May 22

Vote was 215-214. Remember that Connolly, a Democrat, died less than a day ago.

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · May 22

I mean, don't you have a WHOLE SECTION of Whatever for "The Big Idea"? really....

critter42.bsky.social @critter42.bsky.social · May 15

So, hard-working, conscientious, brown "illegal aliens" bad (unless you lead a major drug cartel, then your family is allowed in without issue)

Racist white nationalist "refugees" - good

Does that sum it up?