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Mark (t0vster)

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Reliability Developer @ Arctic Wolf 🐺 he/they - Backend/Devops Dweeb - Based out of Toronto πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Opinions expressed are my own

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The EU wants to decrypt your private data by 2030 The EU Commission unveiled the first step in its security strategy to ensure "lawful and effective" law enforcement access to data

Oh we’re back on this shit again

05.07.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 9

There should be a float that lists all the companies who are cowards while playing Beck’s Loser.

22.05.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh great a reply guy large language model

17.03.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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They blurred their faces out like it's el chapo lol

03.04.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3335    πŸ” 381    πŸ’¬ 151    πŸ“Œ 57
Captain Haddock looking very frazzled, saying, β€œWhat a week, huh?”
Tintin leans into the frame and says, β€œCaptain, it’s Wednesday.”
Snowy is very excited about the drink he has found.

Captain Haddock looking very frazzled, saying, β€œWhat a week, huh?” Tintin leans into the frame and says, β€œCaptain, it’s Wednesday.” Snowy is very excited about the drink he has found.

02.04.2025 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 425    πŸ” 156    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 12

There’s been so many days in a row lately

09.01.2025 05:35 β€” πŸ‘ 397    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 0

Why is every search for "xyz library alternative" come up with a dev dot to or Medium article titled "I made the best library ever, it's SO MUCH better that regular library."

And I look up the library and it has been abandoned for years.

12.12.2024 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is how AI gets you. First it starts with flattery. πŸ€”

06.12.2024 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Shifting my mentality in this way was probably the single biggest thing that led to a lot of growth for me as a developer. It’s insane how many doors one misses by being stuck in the Imposter syndrome headspace.

05.12.2024 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m a throw everything, until I realize that I didn’t pack enough clothes so then I get forced to organize what’s still wearable. 🫠

05.12.2024 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Protect trans kids.

04.12.2024 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 754    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 6

I do think both you guys have really fair takes, and honestly, I wish it was like that too.

03.12.2024 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I agree as well, I think if anything we’re all just a little frustrated given the current state of legal enforcement against major corporations. But the fact of the matter is, if info is out there, it can be replicated even beyond what our intentions and controls are and we do have to accept it.

03.12.2024 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not saying it’s a good thing that massive companies are leveraging our public data to train models that which they then profit of, but the biggest step one can take is just putting that content not out there to begin with. If there’s no data, there’s nothing to scrape.

03.12.2024 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A) I’m just gonna pretend that you didn’t go for name calling there & take your response at face value
B) You want to explain these methods to stop web scraping? Because those can be likely completely bypassed using tools like Selenium. And believe me when I say this, model trainers are using them.

03.12.2024 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It only gets compounded too when you’re unsure if it’s a missed requirement, a bug, or PEBKAC. 😡

03.12.2024 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean this is always going to happen. That’s just the nature of a public space. If you don’t want people to leverage publicly accessible content, why post it publicly? If I say something outside and someone copies me, like what am I gonna do, tell them not to say it lol?

03.12.2024 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

funny how people are getting bent about bluesky's public data APIs being used for AI training

public data is.... public.... data

if you dont want your data to be...public, don't make it... public

03.12.2024 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 231    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3
Frame from The Simpsons where everyone turns around to look at Bart after a bad take.

Frame from The Simpsons where everyone turns around to look at Bart after a bad take.

β€œCan we get a Christmas bonus?”

03.12.2024 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Users who provide crappy feedback. (Like β€œthis is broken”, ok like how though 😩)

03.12.2024 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Too real. We all got enough shit to deal with day to day. A virtual blocklist should be like the bottom priority for any sane person lol.

01.12.2024 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember. Nuance isn’t cool anymore. πŸ˜‚

30.11.2024 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
LG ThinQ app notification that just says β€œTime’s up.”

LG ThinQ app notification that just says β€œTime’s up.”

What an ominous notification? Like, is LG coming for me now? πŸ‘€

29.11.2024 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds efficient. I expect nothing less from the Head of DOGE. 😎

28.11.2024 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This just in! Publicly available service can be scraped!

27.11.2024 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think it’ll likely settle into predominately β€œwestern values” with sub-groups/communities each enforcing their own values within them. Kinda like what the @blacksky.app has done, they have 0 tolerance for anti-black racism especially.

24.11.2024 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The lists feature here is definitely a banger. Huge fan. 😎

24.11.2024 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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