#confusion — Public Fediverse posts

This is my 1st day w/o any appointments, work shifts. Sitting on the loggia of my flat, munching on the discounted food I picked up earlier.

As I feel the estradiol gel drying and permeating, I further my plans of moving back to Vienna around October. In the transitory space between kitchen and living room I notice that card again:

FOX OPPORTUNITIES
YOU MUST BE QUICK TO MOVE OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SITUATION CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE RESPONSIVENESS AND FLEXIBILITY OPEN YOUR MIND TO NEW WAYS OF DOING THINGS. ONCE YOU DO, GET READY FOR GOOD LUCK AND OPPORTUNITIES TO COME YOUR WAY.

🥱 Oh, joy! Yet another riveting saga about email authentication that only triples the #confusion. 🤯 Because who wouldn't want to embark on a thrilling adventure with acronyms like #SPF, #DKIM, and DMARC—which sound more like a malfunctioning keyboard than a digital security strategy? 🖥️📧
https://senderledger.com/articles/one-email-three-identities-spf-dkim-dmarc #emailauthentication #DMARC #cybersecurity #HackerNews #ngated

🥱 Oh, joy! Yet another riveting saga about email authentication that only triples the #confusion. 🤯 Because who wouldn't want to embark on a thrilling adventure with acronyms like #SPF, #DKIM, and DMARC—which sound more like a malfunctioning keyboard than a digital security strategy? 🖥️📧
https://senderledger.com/articles/one-email-three-identities-spf-dkim-dmarc #emailauthentication #DMARC #cybersecurity #HackerNews #ngated

"In 2023, 60 per cent of Australians rejected a constitutionally recognised Voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. A body that could only make representations, only on matters concerning the people whose ancestors have been here sixty thousand years.
"Too much, the No campaign shrieked. Division. Privilege. Special treatment.
"Nine months later, Anthony Albanese handed Jillian Segal what the Voice never dreamed of asking for. Not a right to be heard. Power. No election. No parliamentary vote. No hearing. A three year commission reporting personally to the Prime Minister, with a mandate reaching into every campus, newsroom, classroom, gallery, charity, arts contract and visa file in the Commonwealth."

Andrew Brown writes: https://michaelwest.com.au/the-segal-state-the-office-australia-never-voted-for/

#academicFreedom #influence #lobbying #policing #silencing #genocideSupport #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #manipulation #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission #AusPol #JillianSegal #Segal #AnthonyAlbanese

"In 2023, 60 per cent of Australians rejected a constitutionally recognised Voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. A body that could only make representations, only on matters concerning the people whose ancestors have been here sixty thousand years.
"Too much, the No campaign shrieked. Division. Privilege. Special treatment.
"Nine months later, Anthony Albanese handed Jillian Segal what the Voice never dreamed of asking for. Not a right to be heard. Power. No election. No parliamentary vote. No hearing. A three year commission reporting personally to the Prime Minister, with a mandate reaching into every campus, newsroom, classroom, gallery, charity, arts contract and visa file in the Commonwealth."

Andrew Brown writes: https://michaelwest.com.au/the-segal-state-the-office-australia-never-voted-for/

#academicFreedom #influence #lobbying #policing #silencing #genocideSupport #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #manipulation #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission #AusPol #JillianSegal #Segal #AnthonyAlbanese

😅 Oh look, it’s yet another episode of "DeepSeek #V4 #Flash 0731", where #buzzwords and impenetrable jargon unite to form a grand parade of confusion! 🎩✨ With competitions and prizes announced for as far away as 2026, it's like a never-ending cycle of #digital #hoop-jumping for #AI bragging rights! 🤖🏆
https://arcprize.org/results/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 #DeepSeek #confusion #HackerNews #ngated

😅 Oh look, it’s yet another episode of "DeepSeek #V4 #Flash 0731", where #buzzwords and impenetrable jargon unite to form a grand parade of confusion! 🎩✨ With competitions and prizes announced for as far away as 2026, it's like a never-ending cycle of #digital #hoop-jumping for #AI bragging rights! 🤖🏆
https://arcprize.org/results/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 #DeepSeek #confusion #HackerNews #ngated

@mlanger @beyondmachines1 @LabSpokane That‘s true, a solution its owners are DESPERATELY looking for problems to capitalize. To be fair, this is only true for generative AI, i.e. large language models (LLMs). That‘s the slop-generators using up all of the computer centre capacity, energy and water and causing the current RAMocalypse. On the other hand, analytic AI is really useful in real-world and scientific applications, as it is a great pattern-recognizer (as are human brains) on very large datasets. Great stuff!
What I‘m trying to say is, „AI“ is a super useless term as it is used to describe completely different things: The current marketing-driven hype of AI is the bad one. When someone talks (correctly) about benefits of AI, it‘s the other meaning of the term.
#AI #definition #term #etymology #confusion bad #marketing

@mlanger @beyondmachines1 @LabSpokane That‘s true, a solution its owners are DESPERATELY looking for problems to capitalize. To be fair, this is only true for generative AI, i.e. large language models (LLMs). That‘s the slop-generators using up all of the computer centre capacity, energy and water and causing the current RAMocalypse. On the other hand, analytic AI is really useful in real-world and scientific applications, as it is a great pattern-recognizer (as are human brains) on very large datasets. Great stuff!
What I‘m trying to say is, „AI“ is a super useless term as it is used to describe completely different things: The current marketing-driven hype of AI is the bad one. When someone talks (correctly) about benefits of AI, it‘s the other meaning of the term.
#AI #definition #term #etymology #confusion bad #marketing

Oh, look! 🕵️‍♂️ Someone’s found a way to make #DNS checks as exciting as a stale box of donuts 🍩 with extra sprinkles of #confusion. Because who needs accuracy when you have an array of A records disguised as dessert? 🤦‍♂️ Truly revolutionary — for those living in a bakery.
https://donutdns.com #TechHumor #CyberSecurity #Innovation #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated

Oh, look! 🕵️‍♂️ Someone’s found a way to make #DNS checks as exciting as a stale box of donuts 🍩 with extra sprinkles of #confusion. Because who needs accuracy when you have an array of A records disguised as dessert? 🤦‍♂️ Truly revolutionary — for those living in a bakery.
https://donutdns.com #TechHumor #CyberSecurity #Innovation #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated

I was feeling to add some confusion

#confusion #lines #curves #colors #illustration #digitalillustration

I was feeling to add some confusion

#confusion #lines #curves #colors #illustration #digitalillustration

🚀🎉 Oh, joy! #GitHub has finally unearthed the ancient art of "stacked PRs" from the depths of 2001, now with added clicks and an agonizingly eager CLI. Because who doesn't love traversing through layers of #code confusion? 🤯🔍
https://github.blog/changelog/2026-07-30-stacked-pull-requests-are-now-in-public-preview/ #Stacked #PRs #Confusion #DeveloperTools #2001Tech #HackerNews #ngated

🚀🎉 Oh, joy! #GitHub has finally unearthed the ancient art of "stacked PRs" from the depths of 2001, now with added clicks and an agonizingly eager CLI. Because who doesn't love traversing through layers of #code confusion? 🤯🔍
https://github.blog/changelog/2026-07-30-stacked-pull-requests-are-now-in-public-preview/ #Stacked #PRs #Confusion #DeveloperTools #2001Tech #HackerNews #ngated

Fauci is in the news?
:blobcatthink:
What year did I wake up in?!?
:thinkSpin:

#CurrentMood #Fauci #confusion

Fauci is in the news?
:blobcatthink:
What year did I wake up in?!?
:thinkSpin:

#CurrentMood #Fauci #confusion

https://www.fogolf.com/1337260/ruined-a-lot-of-mondays-ryan-foxs-auckland-adventures-with-the-claret-jug-nz-herald/ 'Ruined a lot of Mondays': Ryan Fox's Auckland adventures with the Claret Jug – NZ Herald #adventures #After #All #and #attention #Auckland #awarded #BIRKDALE #Blacks #Cases #championship #Claret #clubhouse #Confusion #fox #given #Golf #GolfNews #jug #last #on #open #Royal #ryan #The #There #Touch #Week #Winning #with

Why bother with Python's "overloading" when you can just confuse everyone by calling it "overloaded overloading"? 😵‍💫 Let's waste some more #time explaining why something that isn't supported isn't working. 🚀💡
https://powerfulpython.com/blog/overloaded-overloading/ #Python #Overloading #Confusion #Wasters #Programming #Humor #Tech #Talk #HackerNews #ngated

Why bother with Python's "overloading" when you can just confuse everyone by calling it "overloaded overloading"? 😵‍💫 Let's waste some more #time explaining why something that isn't supported isn't working. 🚀💡
https://powerfulpython.com/blog/overloaded-overloading/ #Python #Overloading #Confusion #Wasters #Programming #Humor #Tech #Talk #HackerNews #ngated

So I'm like a bit confused now.
They brought dogs and then they ate them?

Also why is She the one who has to be glad He accepts her Not Eating Dogs, but berries and udder juice.
Seems pretty normal to me, to Not Eat Dogs. Or Pigs.
Only the udder juice is #weird AF.
Maybe try soygurt or something?

Forget English classes. I have to learn to speak Carnist!

#Vegan #Confusion
#TheyreEatingTheDogs

So I'm like a bit confused now.
They brought dogs and then they ate them?

Also why is She the one who has to be glad He accepts her Not Eating Dogs, but berries and udder juice.
Seems pretty normal to me, to Not Eat Dogs. Or Pigs.
Only the udder juice is #weird AF.
Maybe try soygurt or something?

Forget English classes. I have to learn to speak Carnist!

#Vegan #Confusion
#TheyreEatingTheDogs

🔍 Behold, OpenNode: the one-stop shop for all your #Bitcoin 🪙 #payment fantasies. They've crammed every #crypto buzzword into a single page, but who needs concise information when you can just drown in jargon? 🤯 Dive deep into the sea of "security" and "protection" while you frantically try to figure out what exactly you're supposed to do next. 😂
https://opennode.com/ #OpenNode #jargon #security #confusion #HackerNews #ngated

🔍 Behold, OpenNode: the one-stop shop for all your #Bitcoin 🪙 #payment fantasies. They've crammed every #crypto buzzword into a single page, but who needs concise information when you can just drown in jargon? 🤯 Dive deep into the sea of "security" and "protection" while you frantically try to figure out what exactly you're supposed to do next. 😂
https://opennode.com/ #OpenNode #jargon #security #confusion #HackerNews #ngated

I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
-- Petronius Arbiter (circa 60 CE)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #PetroniusArbiter #Confusion #Progress #Reorganization

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
-- Petronius Arbiter (circa 60 CE)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #PetroniusArbiter #Confusion #Progress #Reorganization

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

"Yes, how can I #help you?" She stepped out from behind the #car to greet the #customer .

His face showed #confusion as he looked around and asked, "Is there a #mechanic here?"

"Yes, how can I #help you?" She stepped out from behind the #car to greet the #customer .

His face showed #confusion as he looked around and asked, "Is there a #mechanic here?"

ENDING FAT INSTABILITY

For the first time in a long, long life, I feel stable.

It is boring sometimes.

There is less drama, less urgency, less emotional weather pretending to be meaning.

But in a million years, I would not go back.

I would not go back to the fat instability of mind and body.

Six years of fasting have made the body lighter.

A year and a half of breathwork has made the mind quiet.

Routine has made the days trustworthy.

There is coffee in hand, a warm fire, Pete nearby, the dogs moving through the morning, and a body that no longer feels like an emergency waiting to happen.

None of this is glamorous.

It is simply a life that no longer needs to keep exploding into illness, falls, and confusion to prove that I am alive.

Sometimes peace is boring.

Good.

Boring is underrated.

#long #INSTABILITY #FAT #stable #less #boring #drama #meaning #million #Routine #illness #falls #confusion #glamorous #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

ENDING FAT INSTABILITY

For the first time in a long, long life, I feel stable.

It is boring sometimes.

There is less drama, less urgency, less emotional weather pretending to be meaning.

But in a million years, I would not go back.

I would not go back to the fat instability of mind and body.

Six years of fasting have made the body lighter.

A year and a half of breathwork has made the mind quiet.

Routine has made the days trustworthy.

There is coffee in hand, a warm fire, Pete nearby, the dogs moving through the morning, and a body that no longer feels like an emergency waiting to happen.

None of this is glamorous.

It is simply a life that no longer needs to keep exploding into illness, falls, and confusion to prove that I am alive.

Sometimes peace is boring.

Good.

Boring is underrated.

#long #INSTABILITY #FAT #stable #less #boring #drama #meaning #million #Routine #illness #falls #confusion #glamorous #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

🎙️🤖 Oh joy, another half-baked project promising to revolutionize the world by shouting at your phone system. The GitHub page is a labyrinth of #buzzwords and tech jargon so dense, you'd think it's competing for a Pulitzer in #confusion. Good luck self-hosting this AI voice agent, because clearly, even the algorithm couldn't find its way out. 🚀🔍
https://github.com/hkjarral/AVA-AI-Voice-Agent-for-Asterisk #AIvoiceagent #selfhosting #techjargon #HackerNews #ngated

🎙️🤖 Oh joy, another half-baked project promising to revolutionize the world by shouting at your phone system. The GitHub page is a labyrinth of #buzzwords and tech jargon so dense, you'd think it's competing for a Pulitzer in #confusion. Good luck self-hosting this AI voice agent, because clearly, even the algorithm couldn't find its way out. 🚀🔍
https://github.com/hkjarral/AVA-AI-Voice-Agent-for-Asterisk #AIvoiceagent #selfhosting #techjargon #HackerNews #ngated

No, I quit at an early age

Is this a silly question or is it just me?

Three Things Challenge ✅

Your three words today are:
ALTER
ALTAR
AFTERWARDS

After seeing the daily prompt my first reaction was ‘Who comes up with this silly shit?’ I instantly thought of altering the question but quickly added Di’s fantastic three word challenge to it instead. Afterwards I still can’t comprehend who could really think this is/was a good question.

So in my typical tradition I will offer a solution to satisfy my altered thinking by suggesting we make an altar to recognize these not so great thinkers making prompts like this.

Welcome to the Altar of the Pointless Prompts. Open Daily at 12:00 A.M.

Come in, sit down and try to comprehend the confusion.

https://youtu.be/HFd1MzFt0Cs?si=MHoA8t89ykGi5zdt

Ju1226 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com

No, I quit at an early age

Is this a silly question or is it just me?

Three Things Challenge ✅

Your three words today are:
ALTER
ALTAR
AFTERWARDS

After seeing the daily prompt my first reaction was ‘Who comes up with this silly shit?’ I instantly thought of altering the question but quickly added Di’s fantastic three word challenge to it instead. Afterwards I still can’t comprehend who could really think this is/was a good question.

So in my typical tradition I will offer a solution to satisfy my altered thinking by suggesting we make an altar to recognize these not so great thinkers making prompts like this.

Welcome to the Altar of the Pointless Prompts. Open Daily at 12:00 A.M.

Come in, sit down and try to comprehend the confusion.

https://youtu.be/HFd1MzFt0Cs?si=MHoA8t89ykGi5zdt

Ju1226 ©https://www.peaceful-threads.com

I wrote a #blog #post going into a bit more detail: https://textualmirror.mataroa.blog/blog/a-proposal-for-pronoun-usage-by-llms-other-non-conscious-entities/

(Written about "AI", but without using "AI".)

@leadore
@ancientsounds

Thanks for helping me think about this!

#AI #AIs #LLM #LLMs #confusion #perceptualDistortion #cognitiveLoad #TextualMirror #Mataroa #blogpost #pronoun #pronouns #selfreference #bot #bots #chatbot #chatbots #ChatGPT #Mistral #MistralAI #Claude #Anthropic #OpenAI #HuggingFace #consciousness #sentience #thinking #language #linguistics #agenticAI

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/wednesday-july-8-2026/

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/wednesday-july-8-2026/

What if we used specific first- and second-person pronouns for non-conscious entities? I think this might help avoid #confusion and #cognitiveload when interacting with #bots, etc. Any #linguists or #conlangers here who have seen attempted solutions to this problem (or who have a good idea of how it might be solved)?

#AI #LLM #LLMs #bot #chatbot #ChatGPT #Claude #pronoun #pronouns #linguistics #linguist #conlang #conlanger #agenticAI

What if we used specific first- and second-person pronouns for non-conscious entities? I think this might help avoid #confusion and #cognitiveload when interacting with #bots, etc. Any #linguists or #conlangers here who have seen attempted solutions to this problem (or who have a good idea of how it might be solved)?

#AI #LLM #LLMs #bot #chatbot #ChatGPT #Claude #pronoun #pronouns #linguistics #linguist #conlang #conlanger #agenticAI

🎉 Ah, the EU's #Chat #Control #circus 🎪: two laws waltzing through the bureaucratic ballet, one "stopped" but not really, because why not confuse everyone, right? It's like trying to untangle Christmas lights only to find out they're from two different sets 🕯️, but don't worry, there's a timeline! 🙄
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/chat-control-overview #EU #Bureaucracy #Confusion #LegislativeDance #Timeline #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 Ah, the EU's #Chat #Control #circus 🎪: two laws waltzing through the bureaucratic ballet, one "stopped" but not really, because why not confuse everyone, right? It's like trying to untangle Christmas lights only to find out they're from two different sets 🕯️, but don't worry, there's a timeline! 🙄
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/chat-control-overview #EU #Bureaucracy #Confusion #LegislativeDance #Timeline #HackerNews #ngated

🚀🔭 "Astrophysicists Puzzle" — because what else would they do? Clearly, the only thing more expansive than the universe is their #confusion. 🌀🙃 Let's hope the Webb telescope can find their lost marbles. 🪐🔍
https://www.quantamagazine.org/astrophysicists-puzzle-over-webbs-new-universe-20260702/ #Astrophysics #SpaceExploration #WebbTelescope #UniverseMystery #LostMarbles #HackerNews #ngated

🚀🔭 "Astrophysicists Puzzle" — because what else would they do? Clearly, the only thing more expansive than the universe is their #confusion. 🌀🙃 Let's hope the Webb telescope can find their lost marbles. 🪐🔍
https://www.quantamagazine.org/astrophysicists-puzzle-over-webbs-new-universe-20260702/ #Astrophysics #SpaceExploration #WebbTelescope #UniverseMystery #LostMarbles #HackerNews #ngated

Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9dsrmGG4_o

#Confusion #PumpPanelReconstructionMix #Music #Blade #DayWalker #BloodRave #LetItRain

🤣 Oh joy, another #Linux progress report that reads like a #love #letter to a Master Boot Record. Apparently, Asahi Linux is the new hipster way to make your Mac pretend it's cooler than it is. 🙄 Because who doesn't want a confusing boot process as a daily ritual?
https://asahilinux.org/2026/06/progress-report-7-1/ #AsahiLinux #MacHipster #BootProcess #Confusion #HackerNews #ngated

🤣 Oh joy, another #Linux progress report that reads like a #love #letter to a Master Boot Record. Apparently, Asahi Linux is the new hipster way to make your Mac pretend it's cooler than it is. 🙄 Because who doesn't want a confusing boot process as a daily ritual?
https://asahilinux.org/2026/06/progress-report-7-1/ #AsahiLinux #MacHipster #BootProcess #Confusion #HackerNews #ngated

RE: https://techhub.social/@estelle/116804111381589798

"If the Royal Commission is serious about investigating the nature of antisemitism and its 'key drivers', it should begin with Australia’s Israel lobby – the leading proponents of the conflation of antisemitism with antizionism."
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/if-the-royal-commission-is-serious?utm_source=substack&publication_id=4434423&post_id=203508596&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=2jzucl&triedRedirect=true

By Louise Adler, former Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week:

#influence #lobbying #policing #respectability #Zionism #silencing #PalestinianLivesMatter #fragility #genocide #JewishSupremacy #hasbara #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #recycling #manipulation #coOpting #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission

RE: https://techhub.social/@estelle/116804111381589798

"If the Royal Commission is serious about investigating the nature of antisemitism and its 'key drivers', it should begin with Australia’s Israel lobby – the leading proponents of the conflation of antisemitism with antizionism."
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/if-the-royal-commission-is-serious?utm_source=substack&publication_id=4434423&post_id=203508596&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=2jzucl&triedRedirect=true

By Louise Adler, former Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week:

#influence #lobbying #policing #respectability #Zionism #silencing #PalestinianLivesMatter #fragility #genocide #JewishSupremacy #hasbara #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #recycling #manipulation #coOpting #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission

🚀 Oh joy, another #Kubernetes #buzzword salad! 🤪 For those who love the thrill of long, convoluted manuals that promise zero downtime but deliver maximum #confusion, this one's for you. Too bad the only thing "federated" here is your patience across multiple zones of misery. 😂
https://linkerd.io/2026/06/24/federating-clusters-for-zero-downtime-kubernetes/index.html #Salad #ZeroDowntime #ITHumor #DevOps #HackerNews #ngated