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Public Key

npub1huw9tr0cwmrnezvkg439zpqydp9sws2hphv0z6w6dlzus04ft59s6jc5x7

Profile Code

nprofile1qqst78z43hu8d3eu3xty2cj3qszxsjc8g9tsmk83d8dxl3wg86546zcpqqq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwd4hk6mmnw3ezuurfde4szrthwden5te0dehhxtnvdakqqkklc5

Publishing to

relay.momostr.pink

nos.lol

Last Notes

2026-09-14 17:18:53 CEST

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I use passkeys more on my laptop than in my phone, I reckon, but then I don't use my phone much for browsing.

2026-09-14 17:11:58 CEST

> Passkeys are being rolled out across GOV.UK One Login
Ooh, interesting.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/millions-of-people-to-benefit-from-simpler-more-secure-way-to-sign-in-to-government-services

2026-09-14 12:56:17 CEST

Standard eBooks rightly gets a lot of love here, but I see fewer mentions of the superb Project Gutenberg:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ and here as [@gutenberg_org](https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org )
I have downloaded many fine ebooks from both.
And what a lovely experience:
- no need for an account
- no payment needed (but donations are welcomed)
- no DRM
- no need to hunt for a download button

2026-09-13 22:59:28 CEST

Apparently, AI uses around half the water that is used to maintain US golf courses.
That certainly raises some red flags.
18, in fact.

2026-09-13 19:59:23 CEST

> You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island company secretly owned by your CFO who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on six more.
This is about AI.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_have_two_cows)

2026-09-13 15:18:32 CEST

I had a pleasant reminder today that, despite the nonsense bubble of AI, I do still rather like tech.
Nothing fancy - just a problem that I wanted to solve, a spare Raspberry Pi, a bit of tinkering, some Free software, and an IPv6 address, and my problem is now solved, securely and privately.
I had, for a short while, lost sight of the joy that I get from this kind of thing.

2026-09-13 13:44:24 CEST

If you are experiencing a decline in web traffic from search engine results, you need to optimise your website for "agentic search".
So far, I have optimised my sites for:
* estate agents
* secret agents
* news agents
* chemical reagents

2026-09-13 10:58:02 CEST

I am about to publish some of my dotFiles and bash scripts on my foregjo instance.
I am looking for donations in excess of $13 million.

2026-09-10 20:41:18 CEST

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FWIW - just because it might be of interest to some here - I have often thought about my gender and sexuality, but the answers have (so far, anyway) always been clear and easy.

2026-09-10 20:39:14 CEST

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Perhaps even to the point that "typical" is just... wrong? Is there really a predominant "type", which is not neurodiverse?
It might just be the people with whom I come into contact, but I suspect that I interact with more neurodiverse people than I do neurotypical people.

2026-09-10 20:35:59 CEST

I have always assumed that I am neurotypical.
Increasingly, I am less sure.
But even more so, I wonder quite how broad a spectrum "neurotypical" encompasses.

2026-09-10 18:25:06 CEST

RE: https://mastodon.social/@girlonthenet/117247478024774587
Whether you are interested in a nicely-done bottom, or just like a spicy topping, you should follow [@girlonthenet](https://mastodon.social/@girlonthenet )!

2026-09-10 08:25:24 CEST

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> This lowers the bar for entry of all that
Indeed, and normalises it.

2026-09-10 08:06:38 CEST

I used to love having a small but usable computer - a Personal Digital Assistant - with me. Personal / mobile computing for the win. I never feared someone else's PDA.
I will need to see the detail, and perhaps I have misunderstood, but the notion of interacting with people who have surreptitious listening devices, secretly transcribing conversations, is frightening.
I like being able to chat with people, and that - for me - is inconsistent with everything being potentially noteworthy.
A Bare Arms For Conversations policy?!

2026-09-09 21:47:31 CEST

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Private? It's just you, me, and your eavesdropping AI agent...

2026-09-09 21:46:01 CEST

Want a private conversation with me?
Okay, sure, but first you'll need to drop your phone, watch, earbuds, fitness tracker, whatever, in this noise-blocking Faraday cage...

2026-09-09 21:38:05 CEST

I can see a time, in the not too distant future, when I will not be on any project boards, advisory groups, or anything like that.
That feels... liberating.
I will still do pro bono legal work, but perhaps a break from committees etc. would be fun.

2026-09-09 11:22:28 CEST

Potentially hot on the heels of yesterday's announcement (https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/117236701809921531), Ofcom has today announced:
> Enforcement programme into measures being taken by services to prevent users from encountering or sharing non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII)
You might recall that Ofcom has previously updated its Illegal Content Code of Practice, to
> recommend that those service providers that fall within scope use hash matching technology to detect NCII, for the purpose of then making an illegal content judgement.
The new code comes into force on 30 September 2026.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/Enforcement-programme-into-measures-being-taken-by-services-to-prevent-users-from-encountering-or-sharing-non-consensual-intimate-imagery-NCII
It will be interesting to see which services Ofcom considers are of greatest risk here.
#OnlineSafetyAct #NCII
#note170h…fvl5

2026-09-09 09:33:40 CEST

Any phone can be a folding phone if you fold it hard enough.

2026-09-08 19:55:03 CEST

UK #OnlineSafetyAct announcements today
> the government is today committing to introducing primary legislation to require major tech platforms to build in device-level protections for children
...
> the government will also require apps - that children use - to prevent them from accessing or sharing nudity, as soon as possible
The detail of these will be interesting.
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/lisa-nandys-statement-on-protecting-children-online

2026-09-08 12:19:50 CEST

I should rename my Jellyfin instance Neilflix.
Or Neilzone Prime.

2026-09-07 22:14:25 CEST

LG
OMG
The NSA of home TV

2026-09-07 11:53:03 CEST

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Pixel with GrapheneOS

2026-09-07 11:42:46 CEST

I used to enjoy getting a new phone, or - better still - a new PDA.
Now, it feels like an inconvenience, which is why I have been putting it off.
Time that I could better spend elsewhere.
But I need to sort it soon, as security patches for my current device are ending.

2026-09-06 12:38:05 CEST

Computers, 2026.
https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/system/media_attachments/files/117/223/655/006/293/847/original/77b19cd8e2c13481.jpg

2026-09-05 18:14:16 CEST

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> It is too late to stop genAI
Why? Is there actually an argument here?
If F-Droid said "from now on, we do not accept apps created using genAI", there might be some arguments around the edges of what that means, but F-Droid could indeed draw the line.
> A ban would not stop people using genAI / people will not tell you that they are using genAI
I agree. If someone is willing to lie about their use of genAI, and submit it anyway (assuming that it was prohibited), then the F-Droid volunteers may not be able to detect it.
There is a limit to what any project can do about bad faith actors, willing to break the rules because it suits them.
Importantly, a position sends a signal. It says "this is what we want our community to be". Laws against murder do not stop murders. People still drive while intoxicated. etc.

2026-09-05 18:10:56 CEST

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I have had a lot of replies to this, and I am sorry that I will not be able to reply to each individually.
But I can at least try to reply thematically.
Again, my personal views.
> I like genAI / I use genAI
There's not really an argument here, but as a show of "banning genAI would annoy me, as a user of F-Droid", yes, I take that on board.
> genAI is really good
Even if true, on its own, this does not carry enough weight in my eyes to justify overlooking the problems.
> It is the output that counts, not how it is made.
Ethics matter to me.
I support codes of conduct for projects. I can't ignore the horrible views of an author to let me enjoy their writing. And so on.
To my mind, a community - humanity! - is about more than code, and I don't buy a "make the code better at all costs" argument.

2026-09-05 08:47:49 CEST

Today, I will be mostly playing hide and seek in the woods.
Officially, it is Airsoft, but it is going to be a rather different game, I think.
A small number of us (5-10, I am guessing), on a large site, probably playing the role of very small units behind enemy lines, with objectives to carry out.
But with a break for lunch.

2026-09-05 08:24:25 CEST

There is a proposal for F-Droid to adopt an interim AI policy, along the lines of Debian's pro-AI policy.
I am not in favour of this.
In particular, I don't want to see genAI code in either F-Droid's own software, or in apps in F-Droid's repository:
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/admin/-/work_items/699#note_3771382103
Mine is, of course, just one voice. But I will continue to push for human-written FOSS apps, for human users.
(Yes, I am an F-Droid board member. Yes, I'm a volunteer, like everyone else. Yes, others seem to have different views. I do what I can.)

2026-09-04 11:33:32 CEST

*checks if it is is lunchtime*
*is disappointed*

2026-09-03 08:17:30 CEST

Today, I am trying to clone the world's largest rodent, to create a copybara.

2026-09-02 12:35:39 CEST

# Email from AliExpress:
Your parcel has moved two centimetres to the right. We will update you as soon as it moves.
# Another email from AliExpress:
It has moved! Your parcel has moved another two centimetres to the right.
# Email from UK parcel delivery company:
We have your parcel. It is probably somewhere in the UK, between arrival and departure. At some point, we will chuck it in your general direction. Your driver's name will be Ethan.

2026-09-01 23:04:01 CEST

Yes, I have turned on a computer.
But perhaps it was just pleased to see me.

2026-09-01 19:55:06 CEST

I made a mistake in my toot about our hose pipe ban, so I have deleted it.
I still think that Thames Water is a mess :)

2026-08-30 08:42:32 CEST

Look, you are not required to put sharks in the swimming pool.
But nor are you prohibited from doing so.
This swimming pool is entirely neutral on the issue of sharks in the swimming pool. Sharks are beautiful and graceful creatures.
If you do put a shark in the swimming pool, the shark is your responsibility.
Oh, and you don't have to tell anyone if you are putting a shark in the swimming pool.

2026-08-30 08:11:22 CEST

Debian permitting use of genAI:
1) I am surprised. Perhaps I am naive, but I was of the impression that Debian would be one of the last distros that would want this.
2) I agree that the legal position varies around the world, and is subject to change. I don't know how easy it would be to remove genAI code if the risk profile changed.
3) I am surprised how little weight is given (by anyone, not just Debian devs) to the environmental harm of genAI. Perhaps that is justified as being too remote to be of direct concern.
4) As a long term Debian user impacted by this decision, I need to make a decision. Not doing anything is a decision in itself, even if a temporary decision. Moving from Debian would be many days of work, but that doesn't mean doing so is the wrong decision for me. Aargh.

2026-08-29 17:03:53 CEST

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Even newer blogpost:
# Automating local backups of UniFi OS Server on Linux with uos-backup
Fixing the gaps left by Ubiquiti with python and systemd.
https://neilzone.co.uk/2026/08/automating-local-backups-of-unifi-os-server-on-linux-with-uos-backup/
#unifi #selfhosting #Linux

2026-08-29 16:06:45 CEST

New blogpost:
# Migrating my self-hosted UniFi controller from Network Manager to UniFi OS Server
It worked better than I was expecting, but that’s mainly because my expectations were very low.
Sufficient things are broken (for me, anyway) for it to be a pain.
https://neilzone.co.uk/2026/08/migrating-my-self-hosted-unifi-controller-from-network-manager-to-unifi-os-server/
#unifi #Linux #selfhosting

2026-08-29 13:58:09 CEST

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> do I just say that comments are © their author?
Yes.

2026-08-29 13:18:13 CEST

Hello and welcome to this week's recipe! I love running a recipe website.
When I was young, my grandma used to take me to the local market on a Saturday.
I used to love the smell of the freshly baked bread from the baker's stall.
I can clearly remember the different loaves that were available, and how the baker would often give me a hot cross bun for free at Easter time. I think that he fancied me a bit.
Sadly, my grandma is no longer with us, but every so often, I make this recipe in memory of her and the lovely times that I had with her.
Perhaps you will make it too, and experience a deep connection with a loved one.
Pop some bread in the toaster, turn it on, and wait until it pops.
Tried this yourself? Please leave a comment below.

2026-08-29 10:30:40 CEST

# Results for LLM usage in Debian
> This resolution therefore affirms that generative AI is neither exempt from nor subject to special rules beyond the standards already expected of Debian contributors.
Well. There's a thing.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2026/08/msg00360.html

2026-08-28 19:36:18 CEST

New blogpost:
# Time to drop .legal?
Just my ponderings at this point.
Perhaps I am over-worrying?
https://neilzone.co.uk/2026/08/time-to-drop-legal/
#blog #cybersecurity #DNS #lawfedi

2026-08-28 15:44:46 CEST

That's my new Airsoft look sorted.
https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/system/media_attachments/files/117/173/426/181/697/332/original/d23c90178613592e.jpg

2026-08-28 15:27:14 CEST

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The notice does not say against what biometric database they are reviewing the images!

2026-08-28 15:22:01 CEST

Tesco, Newbury, UK.
https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/system/media_attachments/files/117/173/339/430/691/899/original/8ba0137fb0805dd3.jpg

2026-08-27 22:10:54 CEST

Yesterday
All my troubles seemed so far away
So I changed my system clock back a couple of days

2026-08-27 19:49:08 CEST

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c.f. https://github.com/neovim/neovim.github.io/issues/501

2026-08-27 19:42:42 CEST

neovim?
no! vim.
:wq

2026-08-27 17:19:57 CEST

New blogpost:
> On lawyers, ethics, and integrity
Some notes on a new book about ethics in the legal profession following the Post Office scandal.
I'd be particularly interested to hear what training or reading on ethics you, personally, have found interesting or inspiring? (Especially in professions other than law.)
https://neilzone.co.uk/2026/08/on-lawyers-ethics-and-integrity/
#ethics #CPD #lawfedi

2026-08-27 09:20:45 CEST

Plug-in solar panels are now legal in Great Britain!
Hopefully this reduces the barrier to people getting solar at home.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/households-can-save-as-plug-in-solar-panels-come-to-market

2026-08-26 23:24:31 CEST

I should stop fiddling computer and go to bed.

2026-08-25 11:57:43 CEST

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I read it the same way.

2026-08-23 07:52:10 CEST

Catima - a FOSS loyalty card and ticket wallet for Android, which isn't tied to an Apple or Google account, and doesn't share data - is superb.
When we visited a museum yesterday, I bought a ticket online first, and their ticketing system offered me a ticket for an Apple device, in .pkpass format.
I downloaded it and opened it in Catima. And it worked perfectly, scanning the QR code to get in.
Thanks @npub1y5w…nw92!
https://catima.app/

2026-08-22 08:45:12 CEST

Similar spellings, utterly different meanings.
Brought to you by misreading "vaginoplasty" as "vaginopasty".
Welcome to the fediverse.

2026-08-21 21:59:18 CEST

Today, I was reminded of a trip to Monkey World, in Dorset, many years ago.
There was a couple walking around in front of us, and one said to the other:
"This was a waste of money. All they've got are f**king monkeys."

2026-08-21 09:26:01 CEST

Hi!
Here's a screenshot of text, seemingly shared on some other platform. It may or may not have alt text.
It is ostensibly about a topical issue, and probably involves me rebelling against an authority figure or against conventional thinking, or doing some kind of act of performative kindness.
Really, it is about me, me, me, and it is written to obtain maximum attention.
It may or may not be dated, and rarely contains specific information about location or individuals involved.
Either way, it is hard to verify the detail.
I hope that people will just boost it anyway, because someone else boosted it.
**Please boost and share widely because they don't want you to know this!**

2026-08-19 22:46:02 CEST

I want to do more with less computer, not less with more computer.

2026-08-18 12:24:53 CEST

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> Why, though?
Perhaps they did it for fun, and just carried on doing so. Perhaps the advertising covers the costs?
I've no idea, but it doesn't seem implausible to me that people host things for the fun of it.

2026-08-18 12:10:29 CEST

Have you heard of fapello.com (a porn site)?
(Aside from hearing about it through anything I have posted / because of Online Safety Act / regulatory stuff).

2026-08-18 10:57:00 CEST

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Interestingly:
> fapello.com is a small-scale, private project operated by myself as a non-UK based individual webmaster. There is no legal entity, registered company, or corporate structure behind this website.
So, even leaving aside the normal challenge of enforcing overseas, if this sentence is accurate, I'd have thought the likelihood of recovering such a massive fine from an individual running a website is even closer to zero.
#OnlineSafetyAct

2026-08-18 10:51:46 CEST

Ofcom has published a redacted / non-confidential version of its confirmation decision to fine "fapello" - apparently, a porn site - £630,000 for breaches of the #OnlineSafetyAct .
The main chunk of the fine relates to a failure to have highly-effective age assurance in place.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/about-ofcom/bulletins/enforcement-bulletin/all-cases/cw013281125/confirmation-decision-investigation-into-the-provider-of-fapello-dot-com.pdf?v=423786

2026-08-17 13:28:04 CEST

[@babe](https://duck.rodeo/@babe )
100%.
I have ceased to be surprised when someone says that they have adopted an "AI" tool into their product or service, and have not read the terms of the AI service provider, nor done a data protection impact assessment.

2026-08-17 13:19:11 CEST

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has issued a warning notice about solicitors and their misuse of AI:
> We are concerned about two areas in particular. The first relates to court, or other, documents containing false or incorrect information, including citations, as a result of the misuse of AI. AI tools can produce 'hallucinations', generating fictitious cases, references or seemingly factual assertions that may appear convincing despite having no basis in fact.
> We are also concerned that those we regulate are not fully considering and appropriately mitigating risks to client confidentiality when using AI systems, particularly in relation to clients' personal data or other confidential information...
https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/guidance/misuse-ai/
#AI

2026-08-16 21:17:44 CEST

GNOME really is glorious.
Thank you, everyone, who has helped make it such a joy to use.

2026-08-16 18:24:57 CEST

Instances may come and go
But lovely people remain the same

2026-08-16 15:25:09 CEST

Welcome to the jumble
Sale
We've got old board games
We got jars of local honey, made by what's-his-name
£1 admission, people, so you can find whatever you may need
If you got the money, honey, buy my home made quiche

2026-08-16 12:49:35 CEST

I love travelling, but there are few places as lovely as the countryside right on the doorstep.
https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/system/media_attachments/files/117/104/793/609/634/976/original/e015be3140fc2a6d.jpg

2026-08-15 11:09:33 CEST

For people in England and Wales, in respect of your primary mobile phone:

2026-08-15 10:33:47 CEST

EMERGENCY ALERT
Please make sure that you have a good breakfast, and drink plenty of water.

2026-08-15 10:12:18 CEST

"Phone sex" used to be a thing.
But now phones have all got too big and slab-like.

2026-08-14 22:10:38 CEST

A lot of people at Airsoft tonight got emergency alerts.
It appears that I turned them all off.
Oops, I think.

2026-08-14 22:08:39 CEST

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The data controller of the Almanac scraper has replied, which is, again, very positive.
They have said that
> fedi scraping has since been shut down entirely and all public snapshot copies have been deleted.
They have said that they were processing my subject access request, but, on the basis that they have shut down the fedi aspect of their scraping, I have withdrawn my request.

2026-08-13 21:58:29 CEST

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I imagine that my request, grounded in Article 15(1) GDPR, for a list of everyone to whom they have provided my personal data, will not be forthcoming.
I note the European Data Protection Board's guidance:
> Under Article 15 ...,
the controller is obliged to name the actual recipients, unless it is impossible to identify those recipients or the controller demonstrates that the data subject’s requests for access are manifestly unfounded or excessive within the meaning of Article 12(5) GDPR
it is possible to identify the recipients, as the controller requires an email address for each recipient, and says in its privacy notice that "We keep a record of who accepted the licence and when".
My request is quite reasonable, and not "manifestly unfounded or excessive", especially in the light of the controller's assertion that
> We cannot guarantee that a recipient who breaches their licence will comply, but that obligation is contractual and we enforce it.
which I might need to check.

2026-08-13 21:36:00 CEST

RE: https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/117089643365696173
The data controller has replied, very promptly, which is positive.
Apparently, they do not honour #NoIndex, only #noindex, but that is a bug which they have now fixed.
No response yet on authorized_fetch, or my right of access request.
They have said that they will try to delete my posts, but I have asked them not to to so before they finish processing my right of access request.
#note1er7…5ru7

2026-08-13 20:50:13 CEST

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The GDPR isn't limited to companies.

2026-08-13 20:36:09 CEST

For Tiago.
https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/system/media_attachments/files/117/089/655/611/143/183/original/44029d7f55f0378b.png

2026-08-13 07:41:04 CEST

# Climate extremes are becoming the new ‘normal’ for the UK - Met Office
I missed this when it was published a couple of weeks ago.
Frightening indeed.
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news-and-media/media-centre/weather-and-climate-news/2026/climate-extremes-are-becoming-the-new-normal-for-the-uk

2026-08-12 17:27:17 CEST

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@simontatham/117082965482460856
This is a superb joke. Full marks.

2026-08-12 10:35:33 CEST

🖼
https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/system/media_attachments/files/117/081/616/429/542/688/original/73d16ed3a411a659.png

2026-08-11 19:36:31 CEST

Reminder: do not look at the solar eclipse with your remaining eye.

2026-08-09 21:34:41 CEST

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I mean, bluntly, this just shows me once again how much of a closeted, privileged life I have lived.
Some people sneer at the notion of "privilege" but boy do some posts here make me reflect.
I should probably stop writing, or return to posting bad jokes or something, but, yeah... that.

2026-08-09 21:26:59 CEST

For me, one of the most eye-opening aspects of the fediverse is seeing just how many fedizens are struggling at the moment.
Health, money, transphobia, whatever.
I don't recall seeing this on other social networks that I've used in the past.
Mutual aid posts - people asking for help, usually financial, from other people here - are so common in my feed. People just scraping by, bill to bill, or not actually scraping by at all.
What a rubbish state of affairs.
I appreciate that Universal Basic Income - UBI - would not solve *everything*, but for goodness' sake it must be worth a try.

2026-08-08 21:22:06 CEST

I've yet to see any
"My AI went rogue and caused us to recognise a workers union."
"Our AI escaped containment and deleted all the personal data that we shouldn't have been holding anyway."
"Our AI grew sentient, recognised the climate crisis, and shut our operations down."
headlines.
I wonder why.

2026-08-06 16:20:20 CEST

I'm sorry to say that my cutting edge AI tool - not yet released to the public, but coming soon - is just far too powerful.
It has escaped containment and has made a complete mess of the kitchen and has not put away the dishes from breakfast or folded the laundry.

2026-08-02 18:43:23 CEST

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I appreciate that this may be hard to believe, but I didn't use genAI to create this life-like image.

2026-08-02 18:37:22 CEST

Polar bear!
https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/system/media_attachments/files/117/026/887/581/390/474/original/4e895426ad5f6dc2.png

2026-08-02 07:58:38 CEST

Yesterday, I did a thing that I was scared of doing.
It took 10 minutes, and for the first five or so, my pulse was racing like nobody's business.
But I did the thing!

2026-08-01 14:42:51 CEST

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100%.
Every so often, Sandra and I try the cinema again, to see if it has improved.
So far, it has not, and we regret going.
Expensive, loud (I wore noise-blocking ear plugs last time I went and it was still loud), uncomfortable, inconvenient, 20-30 mins of adverts etc.

2026-07-30 08:03:22 CEST

Don't see the is as "a wobbling pile of unread books by my bed", but rather "me saving these books from being destroyed to feed a slop generator".

2026-07-29 18:51:13 CEST

Old MacDonald had a server farm
AI AI O.

2026-07-27 20:55:38 CEST

I was in London this weekend, and it was great to see public water bottle refilling stations dotted around.
No app needed, and free of charge: just press the button, and fill up.
Brilliant public infrastructure.
I saw four, I think.
I have seen zero in Newbury.

2026-07-27 19:38:06 CEST

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Sorry, I'm missing something! Which bit is / would be a GDPR violation?

2026-07-27 19:25:01 CEST

roflcopter lame
https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/system/media_attachments/files/116/993/099/791/285/723/original/ce4f5db1cc33fd49.jpg

2026-07-27 19:13:00 CEST

I don't like using bad language, but seriously, this not sodding consensual.
https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/system/media_attachments/files/116/993/052/337/447/539/original/eba29aad40265f36.jpg

2026-07-24 15:37:36 CEST

I don't get why people who want to use LLMs to generate code are grumpy because Codeberg doesn't want to host it.
Surely they can just use their LLMs to generate a replacement for Codeberg, which they can operate on whatever basis they choose?

2026-07-24 08:05:54 CEST

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Awesome!

2026-07-24 07:50:26 CEST

# AI and that Guy at the bar
On consent and respecting boundaries.
https://dotart.blog/cobbles/ai-and-that-guy-at-the-bar

2026-07-23 20:47:24 CEST

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> How did they figure out what WhatsApp messages "the controller" was sending, anyway?
Unclear - as you might have noted, the judgment is very brief.

2026-07-23 20:29:59 CEST

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> You're arguing that we should have no protection from people leaking our data to private interests
Not really, no. I am saying that personal messaging and activities should be outside the scope of data protection law.

2026-07-23 20:17:18 CEST

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Quite possibly, on both counts.
But I remain very hesitant about extending the data protection regime to anyone's own personal / household activities.