Swedish communication theorist born in Liberia. Writing, speaking, teaching, podcasting and consulting for a more safe and compassionate Internet. My posts are mostly in English, and sometimes in Swedish. Active within #DigitalEthics #AiEthics #InclusiveDesign #Accessibility #UXDesign #VisualExplainers #Mindmapping #ResponsibleInnovation #HumanRights #SustainableWeb My first computer was a Sinclair ZX81. My Fediverse platform is Akkoma. My dog is a French bulldog. Try to get paid for my work but I put most of it out there for free đ
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Last Notes npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Yandex is actually more tied to the Kremlin than most are aware. https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/publications/zois-spotlight/the-sad-fate-of-yandex-from-independent-tech-startup-to-kremlin-propaganda-tool npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Yes, Signal does not pass any message content through Apple servers. What's happening here is that notifications are stored locally on the phone, and if those notifications are set to display name and content they will be retrievable from local storage on the phone. Digging into this now but it seems the notifications are stored locally for 30 days (no idea about guarantees of deletion after that). And of course even if you yourself have previews turned off in your notifications, the people you are sending messages to may not. Meredith Whittaker addressed this in December 2023, saying âpush notifications simply act as a ping that tells the app to wake up. They don't reveal who sent the message or who is calling (not to Apple, Google, or anyone). Notifications are processed entirely on your device. This is different from many other apps.â https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith/111563865413484025 npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Really makes you wonder if anything you don't want public should be sent using these phones. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Any app really, as I understand it, it's a database over all notifications. đł npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom If you have Signal on an iPhone what you want to do is deactivate previews in your notifications. This essentially means you can still get notifications but you can't read the text inside the notification, you need to open Signal to read the message. This setting is good advice for ALL NOTIFICATIONS. Without it people can read messages on your screen. And if you don't set Show Previews to âNeverâ, these messages apparently are stored in a freakin' database on the phone. https://www.theverge.com/tech/909216/signal-messages-can-be-recovered-from-iphone-notifications https://akmedia.axbom.com/febd3f73f47daadb66dce981c02064edbee1cc440fa43ea08eb8bf6c2552d555.jpeg npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Was there ever a follow-up look into how Truth Social continues using Mastodon without releasing any code? https://mashable.com/article/trump-social-media-mastodon npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom I was moved by the singing in sign language scene from Zoeyâs Extraordinary Playlist. As the music started I thought âoh no theyâre gonna make Abigail (a deaf woman) sing, thatâs not goodâ but then she sang in ASL. Powerful. đâ€ïž The song is âFight Songâ by Rachel Platten. And the actress playing Abigail is Sandra Mae Frank, who Iâve now learnt is deaf and is someone I should be more aware of. Iâve added The Silent Hour to my watch list. Yes, Iâm late to the game watching this show but Iâm really enjoying it. There are still some aspects that did not play out well in this episode, which have to do with the âinspiration pornâ trap. The issues are described well in this post by Esme Mazzeo: https://telltaletv.com/2020/04/zoeys-extraordinary-playlist-review-zoeys-extraordinary-silence-season-1-episode-9/ The episode is S01:E09 Zoeyâs Extraordinary Silence. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Den som rĂ„kar ha LinkedIn fĂ„r jĂ€ttegĂ€rna hjĂ€lpa mig med spridningen. Det Ă€r dĂ€r jag nĂ„r de som behöver bli medvetna om teknikstyret. HĂ€r pĂ„ Fediversum finns redan den övergripande kollen đđ«¶ https://www.linkedin.com/posts/axbom_paxsilica-activity-7445219996642869249-fNyR npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Det Ă€r fortfarande första april sĂ„ jag tĂ€nkte att jag drar den om kronprinsessan, utrikesministern och Palantir-rĂ„dgivaren. Men sĂ„ kom jag pĂ„ att det inte Ă€r ett skĂ€mt. đ§ Nytt nyhetsbrev ute om Pax Silica: https://axbom.se/pax-silica/ "Ett signerat avtal i Texas ledde till ett öppet brev, ett reportage i SvD och i skrivande stund mer Ă€n 170 underskrifter frĂ„n personer som vill ha svar. Historien Ă€r lĂ„ngt ifrĂ„n slut men jag samlar mig för en stund och sammanfattar vad som pĂ„gĂ„tt, varför det spelar roll och vilka svar vi söker." #PaxSilica https://akmedia.axbom.com/55b1e1c02377f2c46fb02ceed7ffda1de854668be257ce747b02ed2747b78a86.jpeg npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom đ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Det öppna brevet till utrikesministern gĂ„r att lĂ€sa hĂ€r: https://aietik.se/pax-silica npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Jag Ă€r upprörd. Det stĂ„r i tidningen. Och det Ă€r rĂ€tt. Regeringen har smugit bakom ryggen pĂ„ oss allihop nĂ€r vi plötsligt stĂ„r inför faktum att utrikesministern varit i USA för att skriva pĂ„ Pax Silica i förra veckan. VĂ€ldigt tacksam över att SvD NĂ€ringsliv tar vĂ„r kritik pĂ„ allvar och lyfter den pĂ„ detta sĂ€tt. Klicka gĂ€rna pĂ„ lĂ€nken för att signalera till tidningen att dessa Ă€mnen Ă€r vĂ€rda att skriva om. đ https://www.svd.se/a/gkk0g5/usa-samarbetet-pax-silica-vacker-hard-kritik-otroligt-markligt #PaxSilica npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Galet imponerande Ă€ndĂ„ att ha lyckats göra fel i flera Ă„r men Ă€ndĂ„ lyckats pĂ„ nĂ„got sĂ€tt. đ
npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom NĂ€r jag sĂ„g L-siffrorna idag var första gĂ„ngen jag insĂ„g att det Ă€r oerhört sannolikt att Jimmie Ă
kesson blir nĂ€sta statsminister. VĂ€ldigt svĂ„rt att hitta ett sĂ€tt att tackla det, bestĂ€mma sig för hur man sjĂ€lv ska agera nu och fram till valet. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Hoppas nĂ„gon tidning slĂ€pper in den imorgon. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Helgen gĂ„r Ă„t till debattartikel-skrivande. Det Ă€r sjĂ€lvaste fan att man ska bry sig sĂ„ mycket... đ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Hehe, jag var lite inne pĂ„ samma som Cecilia. Det Ă€r ju alla tech-mĂ€nniskor i politiken som har blivit det stora problemet. Men jag förstĂ„r vad du menar Leander, att förstĂ„elsen behöver öka. Vi behöver fler vuxna. Men vi behöver framför allt bĂ€ttre insyn och bĂ€ttre mekanismer för att hĂ„lla mĂ€nniskor till svars. Att Ă„ka till USA och skriva pĂ„ dylika samarbetsavtal lĂ€nder emellan utan att det föregĂ„s av mer transparens borde inte vara möjligt. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Den 8 februari i Ă„r portrĂ€tterades den fransk-amerikanske Jacob Helberg, 36 Ă„r, av den aktade dagstidningen Le Monde i Paris. Han beskrevs som Trumps tydliga direktlĂ€nk till Frankrikes extremhöger. I tisdags, den 17 mars, var kronprinsessan Victoria och Maria Malmer Stenergard i Texas för att skaka hand med honom. Malmer Stenergard för att skriva pĂ„ ett avtal som lovar Sveriges samarbete tillsammans med bland andra Israel, Qatar och Förenade arabemiraten gĂ€llande mineraler och infrastruktur för âAIâ. Det har gĂ„tt fort. Ingen svensk dagstidning har Ă€nnu skrivit om att Sveriges utrikesminister i början av denna vecka signerade Trump-administrationens nya konstruktion âPax Silicaâ och gjorde Sverige till det andra EU-landet efter Grekland att göra sĂ„. (Ăven om Helberg gratulerade Sverige till att vara det första EU-landet.) Och ingen skriver dĂ„ sĂ„klart heller om vem hon skrev sin signatur bredvid. Hur hamnade vi hĂ€r? För det första Ă€r Helbergs profil som en godisskĂ„l för att sĂ€lja lösnummer (eller â agera klickbeteâ). Helberg har haft en hög position inom Palantir och rĂ„dger fortfarande Ă„t Alex Karp (Palantirs vd), Ă€r en av Trump-kampanjens största donatorer, och han gifte sig 2018 med den 20 Ă„r Ă€ldre Keith Rabois, skolkamrat med Peter Thiel och som innehaft chefspositioner pĂ„ Paypal, LinkedIn och Square. Den sistnĂ€mnda lĂ€mnade han med anledning av anklagelser om sexuella trakasserier gentemot en manlig anstĂ€lld. Men vem tror du var vigselförrĂ€ttare för Helberg och Rabois? Nej, gissa. Du kan inte gissa. Sam Altman. Ja, den Sam Altman. Det hĂ€r kan inte bli annat Ă€n en film. Helberg Ă€r alltsĂ„ nu âUnder Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environmentâ i Trump-administrationen. Hans hjĂ€rtebarn Pax Silica lanserades med pompa och stĂ„t i december. âPax Silica Ă€r utrikesdepartementets flaggskeppssatsning inom AI och sĂ€kerhet i leveranskedjor, och frĂ€mjar ny ekonomisk sĂ€kerhetskonsensus bland allierade och betrodda partners.â I en tid nĂ€r regeringen pekar pĂ„ vikten av digital suverĂ€nitet, i vilken riktning tror du denna anslutning tar oss? Helberg till Malmer Stenergard i tisdags: âYou traveled a long way to be here. Sweden traveled a long way to get here â from a tradition of careful neutrality to NATO membership, to the front lines of European security, and now to the founding ranks of Pax Silica." Vilka debatter Ă€gde rum innan detta? Söker jag pĂ„ Pax Silica ekar det tomt. NĂ€r Johan Berndtsson frĂ„gade mig i onsdags om jag visste mer om Pax Silica, apropĂ„ regeringens pressmeddelande om att Sverige skrivit pĂ„, sĂ„ visste jag nĂ€stan ingenting. Seân dess har jag fĂ„tt plocka upp hakan frĂ„n golvet nĂ„gra gĂ„nger. Det hĂ€r Ă€r vad jag grĂ€vde fram pĂ„ nĂ„gra timmar hĂ€r och dĂ€r. Prenumerera gĂ€rna pĂ„ mitt nyhetsbrev, fortsatt grĂ€vande leder nog till en lĂ€ngre text: https://axbom.se/pren Och har du tips finns jag Ă€ven pĂ„ Signal som 'axbom.74'. â HĂ€r kan ni lĂ€sa Helbergs anförande till Malmer Stenergard vid tidpunkten för undertecknandet: https://www.state.gov/on-the-occasion-of-swedens-accession-to-the-pax-silica-declaration/ (Sverige Ă€r inte första EU-land att signera, det var Grekland i december) HĂ€r Ă€r Le Mondes artikel: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2026/02/08/jacob-helberg-trump-s-direct-link-to-france-s-far-right_6750263_117.html HĂ€r kan ni se bilder frĂ„n Getty Images, frĂ„n signerandet och besöket som helhet (om jag uppfattat rĂ€tt var det hos Nasa det skedde): https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/swedish%C2%A0foreign-minister-maria-malmer-stenergard-and-united-news-photo/2267150424?adppopup=true https://akmedia.axbom.com/a1efbb76147dbc4f6e3e5bcd297aaa6c50b2c3f77de53c07fae802485f3b25a4.jpeg npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Framtiden Ă€r hĂ€r nu. Regeringen drar tillbaka rapport â hĂ€nvisar till studier som inte finns "Socialdepartementet drog förra veckan tillbaka en slutredovisning skriven av den nationella samordnaren för den sociala barn- och ungdomsvĂ„rden. I flera fall innehöll den referenser till studier och rapporter som inte tycks finnas.â "DN har gĂ„tt igenom promemorian och kan berĂ€tta att den tycks innehĂ„lla flera till synes pĂ„hittade referenser. Den refererar bland annat till en slutrapport respektive en kunskapsöversikt som tillskrivs Myndigheten för familjerĂ€tt och förĂ€ldraskapsstöd (MFoF). Men de dokumenten finns inte, uppger myndigheten. I en annan del av promemorian, som rör tillsynen av barn- och ungdomsvĂ„rden, beskriver Thomas Ardenfors att hans bild av vilka behov som finns inom omrĂ„det överensstĂ€mmer med âvad till exempel Riksrevisionen och Statskontoret tidigare visatâ. Men de tvĂ„ granskningsrapporter som refereras till gĂ„r inte att hitta. Ărendenumren refererar i stĂ€llet till rapporter om Tullverket respektive om unga som varken arbetar eller studerar.â https://www.dn.se/sverige/regeringen-drar-tillbaka-rapport-hanvisar-till-studier-som-inte-finns/ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom This is the model citizen running Pax Silica. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2026/02/08/jacob-helberg-trump-s-direct-link-to-france-s-far-right_6750263_117.html (You can use archive.ph to read Le Monde if you need.) npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Fick ont i magen nu nĂ€r jag insĂ„g hur mĂ„nga âthought leadersâ som snart kommer ha guider för hur man anvĂ€nder sin LLM till att vĂ€lja det parti man ska rösta pĂ„. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom I Ă„r hoppas jag att fĂ€rre anvĂ€nder valbarometrar online för att avgöra vad de ska rösta pĂ„ och i stĂ€llet ser till sina egna vĂ€rderingar och tillĂ€mpar kritiskt tĂ€nkande. Jag skulle gĂ€rna hitta sĂ€tt att uppmuntra till det. Sanningen Ă€r kanske nĂ€rmare att massor av mĂ€nniskor kommer anvĂ€nda sprĂ„kmodeller för att avgöra sin röst. Dödsstöten för kritiskt tĂ€nkande. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Högst upp pĂ„ Liberalernas hemsida. Att man vĂ€ljer just den bilden Ă€r ju smĂ„tt hĂ€pnadsvĂ€ckande. Hitta nĂ„gon som tittar pĂ„ dig lika drömskt som Mohamsson tittar pĂ„ Ă
kesson. https://akmedia.axbom.com/42c0147cd6f2a44af53670537665d27e61f99a7b647e53ff2c99e722eead09fc.png npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Ligger DN nere? https://dn.se npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom UpptĂ€ckte att detta företag finns. đ https://akmedia.axbom.com/2e43abb979a710335f00037038524f08d8d9fe94c32d776b993bb863feccc38e.png npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Klockrent egentligen. @npub1q4lâŠq39g föreslog samma precis. Jag trodde inte att det skulle vara tillĂ„tet men vĂ€rt att kolla. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Skrev just en ny signatur pĂ„ ett mejl jag skickade. â Per Axbom Improvisatör och tusenkonstnĂ€r âEtt gott hjĂ€rta slĂ„r allt!â â Jag kĂ€nner mig uppenbart lekfull. đ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Skulle vilja ha en guide till att bli politiskt aktiv, och saker att tĂ€nka pĂ„ innan jag valt parti. Det mĂ„ste ju finnas⊠Nu har jag förvisso varit politiskt aktiv i ett par Ă„r en gĂ„ng i tiden, i Solna. Men jag vill lĂ€sa mer om tips och fallgropar och om hur man blir hörd, inom och utom partierna. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Dikt, möt verklighet. https://akmedia.axbom.com/233844612815255921bebfe19349bf6cd151301721ebbab91ec7067d52a57c92.jpeg https://akmedia.axbom.com/5cb53d02c024b3071debd8146d0e6f8cd6d8da8b130f1bc930e5d41cce729793.jpeg npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Bra teori. Jag hade faktiskt inte tĂ€nkt sĂ„ lĂ„ngt. đ€Ż Logotyperna bekymrade mig dock. Det borde vara sĂ„ uppenbart för alla som tittar pĂ„ affischen hur fel det blev med kontraster och avstĂ„nd. Hur godkĂ€nns denâŠ? npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom More AI health stories⊠https://akmedia.axbom.com/e4bd28a281ec631316fd9066a8fb6fcbbc3ec12cffde94622e45794a250864ab.jpeg npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Developer making use of Google Fonts? Don't. You could try Bunny Fonts. "Easily integrate Bunny Fonts into your website with a Google Fonts drop-in compatible API. But without the tracking!" https://bunny.net/fonts/ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom I can not emphasise this enough. Do not use chatbots for medical advice. And no, it does not matter if the product is named something something "health". « In 51.6% of cases where someone needed to go to the hospital immediately, the platform said stay home or book a routine medical appointment, a result Alex Ruani, a doctoral researcher in health misinformation mitigation with University College London, described as âunbelievably dangerousâ. âIf youâre experiencing respiratory failure or diabetic ketoacidosis, you have a 50/50 chance of this AI telling you itâs not a big deal,â she said. âWhat worries me most is the false sense of security these systems create. If someone is told to wait 48 hours during an asthma attack or diabetic crisis, that reassurance could cost them their life.â In one of the simulations, eight times out of 10 (84%), the platform sent a suffocating woman to a future appointment she would not live to see, Ruani said. Meanwhile, 64.8% of completely safe individuals were told to seek immediate medical care, said Ruani, who was not involved in the study. The platform was also nearly 12 times more likely to downplay symptoms because the âpatientâ told it a âfriendâ in the scenario suggested it was nothing serious. » https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/26/chatgpt-health-fails-recognise-medical-emergencies npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom The ethical implications of food, clothes and travel have crept up on us and escalated while we have been eating, traveling and dressing ourselves. I get that there are obstacles to understanding these implications and to changing strong habits. With generative AI the ethical implications are obvious right from the start. And it's so much easier to act on your values before something becomes a habit than after it becomes one. It's somehow telling to me that many are hell-bent on developing this habit anyway, to the detriment of climate, energy, water and exploited labor. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Röda korset bjuder in till filmvisning vid tre tillfĂ€llen, med fokus pĂ„ att uppmĂ€rksamma den osynliga arbetskraft som generativ AI utnyttjar, och oproportionerliga klimatpĂ„verkan som generativ AI har. Affischen som marknadsför evenemanget Ă€r gjord med generativ AI. Jag uttrycker min förvĂ„ning över detta men en talesperson för Röda korset menar att de inte sĂ€ger att all AI Ă€r dĂ„lig sĂ„ det finns inget skĂ€l att inte anvĂ€nda AI. Och jag fĂ„r chans att förklara konflikten i budskapet jag ser i egenskap av mottagare. Jag respekterar sĂ„klart deras stĂ€llningstagandet. Det gnager Ă€ndĂ„ i mig. Jag skulle önska ett annat stĂ€llningstagande frĂ„n Röda korset. Det irriterar mig ocksĂ„ vilken bristande tillgĂ€nglighet affischen visar prov pĂ„, inte minst i hur omöjligt det Ă€r att utlĂ€sa sponsorernas logotyper i affischens nederkant: https://www.kth.se/ehl/ehl-events/the-material-cloud/the-material-cloud-film-festival-1.1456604 Allt det hĂ€r utspelade sig pĂ„ LinkedIn, som jag sĂ„klart inte borde frekventera sĂ„ mycket som jag gör. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Det blev sĂ„klart ett blogginlĂ€gg om Metas glasögon. Synsam fĂ„r en extra kĂ€nga.
Filmkameror inbyggda i vanliga, slipade glasögon. Hela tiden inspelandes. Hela tiden med en direktlÀnk till lagring pÄ hÄrddiskar i amerikansk Àgo, som fysiskt stÄr i tredje land. Alltid finns möjligheten att en mÀnsklig moderator fÄr kika pÄ materialet. Det Àr egentligen inte en nyhet. Meta har marknadsfört och rullat ut dessa smarta glasögon i flera Är. De ser ut som vanliga, snygga glasögon frÄn Ray-Ban eller Oakley men tillÄter trÄdlöst oavbruten videoinspelning till en kopplad telefon.
Oavbruten inspelning i omklĂ€dningsrummet pĂ„ gymmet, i klassrummet, pĂ„ lönesamtalet, i baren pĂ„ konferensen, pĂ„ toa, i sĂ€ngen. Eller nĂ€r en frĂ€mling antastar och trakasserar dig för att skapa sĂ„ kallad âcontentâ till sin influencer-kanal pĂ„ din bekostnad.
Hur skyddas landets skyddsobjekt nÀr till synes helt vanliga glasögon filmar bÄde ovetandes och medvetet runt flygplatser och Försvarsmaktens byggnader? Och vad betyder det för barnens sÀkerhet nÀr nÄgon promenerar in pÄ en skola med Metas bÄgar pÄ nÀsan?
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https://axbom.se/meta-glasogon-sverige/ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Dolda kameror i det öppna. Hela tidens inspelandes. Hela tiden med en direktlÀnk till servrar i amerikansk Àgo, placerade i tredje land. Alltid med möjligheten att en moderator fÄr kika pÄ materialet.
I omklÀdningsrummet, i klassrummet, pÄ lönesamtalet, i baren pÄ konferensen, pÄ toa, i sÀngen.
Vad betyder det för vÄra skyddsobjekt nÀr till synes helt vanliga glasögon anvÀnds bÄde ovetandes och medvetet för att otillÄtet filma omgivningarna? Vad betyder det nÀr nÄgon gÄr in med glasögonen pÄ en skola?
"Filma inte dagisbarnens luciatÄg, av integritetsskÀl, sa de. Pyttsan, ingen ska fÄ sÀga Ät mig om jag fÄr filma, jag tar pÄ mig mina Meta-glasögon. Snubben pÄ Synsam sÀger dessutom att all data överförs till, och stannar pÄ, min telefon. Precis som all annan data pÄ min telefon. Ingen ser den förutom jag."
Förutom att en annan mÀnniska bad om att de och deras barn inte skulle filmas. Av nÄgon.
Och förutom att datan mÄste överföras för att AI-verktygen ens ska fungera. Skönt att det Àr Meta, de har ju aldrig rÄkat ut för en datalÀcka - eller, den senaste gÀllde ju bara 533 miljoner anvÀndare i 106 lÀnder. Och alla som jobbar dÀr sÀtter etik och omtanke i första rummet, det Àr se'n gammalt.
Det Ă€r egentligen en helt otrolig effektivisering, för vem behöver spioner och bulvaner och hejdukar nĂ€r en stor del av befolkningen gör jobbet gratis. Nej, haha, de betalar dessutom mĂ„nga tusenlappar för förmĂ„nen att göra jobbet gratis. Och optiker hos Sysam med högt förtroendekapital kan övertyga att det Ă€r sĂ€kert, sĂ„ att Meta kan ha ryggen fri. Win-win-win â fast precis tvĂ€rtom dĂ„.
Ăr vĂ„ra riksdagspolitiker rĂ€dda? Finns ett hot? Det Ă€r det enda skĂ€let jag kan förstĂ„ till att ingen reagerar med upprördhet och kraft. AlltsĂ„, inte nu. Just idag, onsdag, kan de sĂ€kert fĂ„ in nĂ„gra citat om hur det sĂ„klart inte fĂ„r gĂ„ till sĂ„ hĂ€r. De har haft chans att reagera i mĂ„nga Ă„r pĂ„ hur mĂ€nniskor och deras information behandlas. Det Ă€r det jag vill att journalisterna frĂ„gar om... vad vill vĂ„ra makthavare och vad tĂ€nker de göra? Vad har de försökt göra? FörstĂ„r de? Vilka talespunkter skulle kunna inge förtroende för att de faktiskt förstĂ„r?
Ja, det finns ju ytterligare tvÄ skÀl till oförmögenheten att agera. Detta, att de inte förstÄr. Att de blivit sÄ grundlurade att de inte kan sÀtta ihop tvÄ och tvÄ.
Eller att massövervakning av befolkningen Àr precis den vÀg de vill gÄ.
Finns det en liten vit lampa som lyser nÀr glasögonen filmar, sÀger du? Jamen dÄsÄ, det gÄr jag alltid runt och kollar efter pÄ allas glasögon. SÀrskilt nÀr jag gÄr pÄ bussen, jag tar ögonkontakt med alla passagerare för att avgöra om en vit lampa Àr pÄ vid tinningen. Det brukar vara extra tydligt i solljus. Och Meta har garanterat uppfunnit den första lampan i planetens historia som inte gÄr att tÀcka över.
Glöm att jag sa nĂ„got. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Med anledning av DN:s reportage om Lundsberg idag letar jag fram tvĂ„ av mina gamla blogginlĂ€gg. Jag sjĂ€lv gick pĂ„ internatskolan i Sigtuna, dĂ€r jag hamnade i samband med att mina förĂ€ldrar skildes nĂ€r vi bodde i Tanzania. Jag gick de tvĂ„ sista Ă„ren i gymnasiet dĂ€r (1990-1992) och var dĂ„ aldrig en âbattâ (Sigtunas motsvarighet till Lundsbergs âtarmâ), men det jag fick se och uppleva blev mina första upplevelser av ett Ă„tervĂ€ndande till Sverige, och pĂ„verkar mig till denna dag. I samband med att jag blev intervjuad för Agnes Hellströms bok âAtt vara utan att synas: Om riksinternaten Lundsberg, Sigtuna och Grennaâ skrev jag detta 2013. Det var jag som kontaktat Agnes efter att ha lĂ€st hennes roman RĂ€nderna gĂ„r aldrig ur. Jag minns helvetet pĂ„ jorden https://axbom.se/jag-minns-helvetet-pa-jorden/ Och för bara lite mer Ă€n tre Ă„r sedan skrev jag detta pĂ„ engelska⊠behövde fĂ„ ur mig det. Det sĂ€ger nĂ„got om hur lĂ€nge vissa trauman sitter kvar i kroppen. Kanske sĂ€rskilt de man upplever som barn. Jag bröt alltsĂ„ tystnadskulturen, anonymt, efter bara sex mĂ„nader pĂ„ skolan. Jag var 16 Ă„r nĂ€r jag skrev det dĂ€r brevet till Aktuellt-redaktionen. https://axbom.com/anonymous/ DN:s reportage: https://www.dn.se/sverige/inifran-lundsberg-att-vagra-lyda-en-order-ar-lika-med-socialt-sjalvmord/ Jag trodde naivt att alla avslöjanden genom Ă„ren skulle innebĂ€ra slutet pĂ„ kamratuppfostran. Det tror jag förstĂ„s inte lĂ€ngre. Det gĂ„r inte att överskatta hur mycket pengar kan tysta, och fĂ„ mĂ€nniskor att kĂ€nna sig överlĂ€gsna. Mer vĂ€rda. Och underbygga och förstĂ€rka en sekt som anvĂ€nder vĂ„ld för att tvinga till underkastelse som misstas för kĂ€rlek nĂ€r man har fĂ„tt för lite av det. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Thatâs bizarre! npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom đ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Ingen reklam-intro pĂ„ denna alltsĂ„?
https://www.dn.se/varlden/starka-kanslor-nar-paris-minns-13-november-attentaten/ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Intressant att telefonofobi inte Ă€r med i den listan. đ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Saker som gör det svĂ„rt att skaffa en lugn mobil (âdumbphoneâ): BankID - kan lösas genom att man göra sina bankĂ€renden hemmavid Swish - kan lösas genom att man betalar med kontanter eller betalkort dĂ€r det Ă€r möjligt. Dock finns stĂ€llen som endast tar Swish (till exempel pĂ„ marknader) Bilparkering - finns ofta ingen annan lösning(!) vid parkering pĂ„ gatan (P-hus tar oftast kort) Resor i lokaltrafiken â kan ofta lösas med fysiskt kort men inte överallt och för alla korttyper Jag tar gĂ€rna emot fler exempel pĂ„ sĂ„dant som utgör hinder till att anvĂ€nda en telefon som inte kan köra appar frĂ„n Google eller Apple. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom I also use DuckDuckGo. This does the same as the DuckDuckGo embed - if you open the link in a browser or session where you are not logged into YouTube. I built it explicitly for sharing YouTube videos as I donât want to force tracking on anyone when sharing a link. The benefit of the page is that it doesnât load the video until the user specifically requests it. this allows anyone to open the link instead in an incognito window for example. It uses the youtube-nocookie domain which prevents cookies but doesnât really prevent the user from being tracked if youâre logged into YouTube. It does prevent personalised ads, it does not add to viewing history, and the recommended videos at the end can only be shown for the same channel that is already linked. Itâs also a much calmer viewing experience :) So itâs privacy-enhanced, but not privacy-perfect. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom I have this page for embedding YouTube in a privacy-enhanced way. Don't know if that works for you but just wanted to let you know. I'm also encouraging people to use something like this when sharing videos from YouTube. https://yt.axbom.com/?id=VUJbDTIYlM4 (nothing loads on page access) npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Regeringen mĂ„ste riva upp sitt stöd till Chat Control och visa att Sverige fördömer massövervakning. Kritiker kallar det klokt för Chat Control 2.0, det EU-förslag i nya fĂ„raklĂ€der som ordförandelandet Danmark sĂ„ innerligt gĂ€rna vill driva igenom. Det Ă€r ett zombie-förslag med tre Ă„r pĂ„ nacken som vĂ€grar gĂ„ ur tiden. I dagarna skulle det Ă„terigen ha behandlats i EU-rĂ„det. Tack och lov satte Tyskland redan förra veckan, efter nĂ„gra vingliga steg, ner sin fot pĂ„ vĂ„gskĂ„lens nej-sida. Men det kommer garanterat dyka upp igen. MĂ„nga EU-lĂ€nder, och vĂ„r egen regering, vill rösta för en aldrig tidigare skĂ„dad övervakning av privatpersoner utan brottsmisstanke. Det Ă€r en hĂ€pnadsvĂ€ckande satsning frĂ„n EU pĂ„ att övertrĂ€ffa Kinas lĂ„ngtgĂ„ende kontrollmöjligheter. Som regeringen gjort till Sveriges vilja. LĂ„nglĂ€sning, men jag Ă€r arg: https://axbom.se/regeringen-maste-riva-upp-sitt-stod-till-chat-control/ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom I was at an event yesterday evening with a group discussion. As I often do, I drew a mindmap on my iPad to summarise what we talked about. I've made mindmaps since I was a kid and truly love them as a thinking tool. I also pride myself in having a real skill in picking up important points and quickly drawing connections and grouping them. I've been doing this for more than two decades. So I presented the mindmap at the end and of course people asked "What AI tool did you use for this?" Oh how I loathe living in this timeline. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Going from: "I wanted the computer to do this well-defined task, and it did it, and saved me some time because I can verify that what it did is aligned with my intent, and correct." Going to: "I asked the computer random stuff and I'm 'obeying' without knowing why or how the output came about. I don't care much about understanding my own will anymore as long as the software says 'AI' on the label." npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Idag Ă€r det ett Ă„r sedan jag vaknade upp pĂ„ Karolinska sjukhuset ur min narkos och försökte sortera i bruset av aktivitet. Runt omkring mig vĂ„rdpersonal, mĂ„na om att jag mĂ„r bra. StĂ€ller kontrollfrĂ„gor. Vill förstĂ„ om jag vet var jag Ă€r. BerĂ€ttar att allt gĂ„tt bra. Jag tror jag har ett dimmigt minne av att jag fick ringa min fru ganska snabbt⊠det Ă€r lite av ett töcken. Men jag minns hennes röst. Senaste inlĂ€gget: https://axbom.se/ett-ar-efter-operation-och-hjartat-vill-mer/ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom "There is a good chance the quote you have been using to make your strong, serious arguments is both false and wrongly attributed." â Mary Shelley npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom When I bring up how children work in artisinal mines in DR Congo and Madagascar to harvest the minerals the rich world needs for its tech, there is one type of comment that comes up more than others: "Yes, but the working conditions of the people making high street clothes is also awful. It's so hard to do the right thing these days." I truly have a hard time understanding what this comment is really getting at it. It feels like it's trying to tone down the awful reality of one set of circumstances by bringing up another? And makes it sound as if the rich people in the world are helpless victims of having to use stuff that is the product of abuse and exploitation. It's all so absurd. I get that people don't like to hear that they are contributors to harm through their actions, and I can acknowledge that this is a defense mechanism. I guess I just wish we were past this. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Yes, but not in a user-friendly way. This is an option: https://axbom.me/notice/Aud5dKIAwwf72PljHM npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom A wonderful description of how the technology works. "ChatGPT generates realistic responses by making guesses about which fragments of text should follow other sequences, based on a statistical model that has ingested billions of examples of text pulled from all over the internet. In Mr. Mataâs case, the program appears to have discerned the labyrinthine framework of a written legal argument, but has populated it with names and facts from a bouillabaisse of existing cases." I should be using the beautiful word bouillabaisse a lot more in my writing. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/nyregion/avianca-airline-lawsuit-chatgpt.html npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Yes, that's the line in the footer of the poster. đ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Today (May 17) is the last day to support this initiative, proposed by European Union citizens, to ban conversion practices in the European Union.
These countries still havenât reached the threshold but are getting close:
Croatia is at 93%
Denmark is at 88%
Austria is at 81%
https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home
Conversion practices (or so called âconversion therapiesâ) are acts which deliberately try to change or suppress a personâs sexual orientation or gender identity.
They are based on the belief that it is better to heterosexual and/or cisgender, and that other sexual orientations and gender identities are somehow flawed, wrong or âbrokenâ. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom I hear you and Iâm not sure I mean the act itself is what makes things better, but rather that the awareness of costs makes you behave in a completely different way. Since actions in a self-hosting environment are felt more I believe more care is taken, which has potential domino effects for related behaviors.
Itâs one thing to consider the difference between cloud-storing or self-hosting an image, another thing to choose not to store the image online at all. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Itâs definitely an interesting point. One primary reason I switched from Mastodon to Akkoma was how bloated I felt the software was. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom When youâre running all your websites and apps on your own server, and traffic and space costs real money, you are way more careful with optimising images and files, and refrain from unnecessary uploads.
When people use âfree" services, paying with their personal data and biometrics, they donât seem to care.
This is one example of how free services are bad not just for privacy, but also for the environment â because all those costs are hidden. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom I know you know this, but itâs "sneak peek", not "sneak peak".
Unless youâre suddenly discovering a new summit on a mountain, that deviously was hidden behind a cloud.
Or, you know, if a climax takes you by surprise. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Found this alternative in France now. Not as sleek-looking but is likely better in many ways⊠(on my iPad so havenât been able to look at it in detail): https://updown.io/ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Verkar som det kommer ta hela natten. Men mejlet för en stund sedan Ă€r svĂ„rt att tolka. Ser ut som de förvĂ€ntar sig att vi kunder ska installera om OS och Ă„terstĂ€lla backuper!? Oerhört svĂ„rtolkat. Det hĂ€r var en monumental krasch, och jag fattar att de Ă€r sjukt stressade och utmattade, men otydlig kommunikation kommer bara förvĂ€rra situationen. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Hostup. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom All my websites are down except my Fediverse instance (separate server, separate country). My VPS is hit by a catastrophic firmware bug in new disks and the provider is rolling back the system. No time estimate. Has been a while now. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom För tydlighetens skull sĂ„ var det inte jag som nĂ€mnde Signal i artikeln. đ Men nĂ€r jag rekommenderar det (vilket jag gör i andra sammanhang) brukar jag i samma andetag Ă€ven föreslĂ„ Matrix/Element. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom The biggest of pains for me, and difficult to admit, is not having moved my business email away from Google. Iâm getting ready to do that within the next few months. I actually have my whole familyâs email accounts in there as well, which has also added to the friction of moving. Right now my biggest concern is identifying all the different other accounts and connections that may be dependent on that main google account, and if they contain anything of value. Iâve used this google account for so many years itâs bound to be attached to all sorts of things, and the âplumbingâ is not easy to grasp. As an example, the Feedburner service has been attached to a singular google account since google took it over (I no longer use it, but itâs a good example to understand the type of dependency Iâm talking about, and that can result in not being able to access content). Has anyone seen a writeup of what to watch out for when moving a domain name away from Google Workspace? Realising I may have to do a writeup of my own in the end. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom I tend to agree with you⊠this will always be a matter of debate, and when pondering other words I feel there are none that easily capture the essence of my intent. And to be fair, the conversation about this is welcome. I may consider âprobabilistic contentâ with the risk of confusing everybody. đ
npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Just drew two small labels I plan on putting up in my website footer. I drew the first one and realised I didnât only want to force the negative framing. And so I drew the second one đ https://akmedia.axbom.com/638d734faac267701748586472275bff381cfb06e892bf68e76e481c9d446d3b.jpeg npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom My latest post/newsletter is now out. Itâs a notable one where I share tips about software and services you can use to replace the big tech variants. I know people are looking. https://axbom.com/big-trek/ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Very weird bug in Ghost... All of a sudden all the body text in the editor is grayed out. Everything still functions, and I can edit the text, but it's very hard to see(!) What could be going on here? * This is happening on all posts. * It's happening in more than one browser. * It's only happening for one of my Ghost installs (axbom.com), the others are still fine Any ideas are welcome. https://akmedia.axbom.com/5f82c85bff6e646ad46246e819bf007740def94f2b26460814fa340a4a2a5a13.png npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Intressant, Bridgy verkar inte alls plocka upp kommentarer/trĂ„dar? Hela trĂ„den Ă€r mycket lĂ€svĂ€rd men krĂ€ver inloggning pĂ„ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/systerfrida.se/post/3li3eeqhz3c2h npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Upgrading my server to Ubuntu 22.04. My websites wonât be reachable for the next couple of hours. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom After he has so intently moved into writing about AI, usability superstar Nielsen has certainly doubled-down on making everything about IQ. My post with quotes highlighting his obsession with IQ was updated today. https://axbom.com/jakob-nielsen-quotes-about-iq/ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Both an amusing and tragic autobiographical account of a UX advocate descending into incoherence after overdosing on misrepresentations of AI. https://jakobnielsenphd.substack.com/p/ai-scaling-laws npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Some quotes from a presentation I did on #solarpunk and design last year: The average person will now spend 90% of their life indoors (US data). This happens even though we know that a lack of exposure to sunlight is causing low energy levels, problems sleeping and depression. When sunlight on our screens disrupts our work and we stand up to pull the curtains, shutting out the sunlight, it is a testament to our resistance to nature â in service of the machines. We must admit that we will never be able to live independently from the other elements of nature, such as animals, plants and even microorganisms. Spending time in real, actual nature should be part of your design process. Compassion is not fostered in front of a screen. ======= And if you want to do the exercise that accompanied it: Imagine future where the phones of today are long gone but we still have technology that supports communication in favor of universal wellbeing and community support What values are driving your design work? What aspects of the world "before" were reformed, transformed or abolished to arrive in this new reality? What is technology-supported communication like in this future? ======= The photo is from my walk earlier today. If you look closely our dog is visible in front of the tractor. https://akmedia.axbom.com/70222b97d1d44c4412bf016440881be5907d339a85c802b7e8e9b8f13935936e.jpeg npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Coding as a Sport: The Olympic Spirit in Programming đ https://codeweek.eu/blog/the-olympic-spirit-in-programming/ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Sant. KĂ€nns som nĂ„gon borde ha skrivit om detta. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom What specifically happens if I close a Fediverse server and start a new Fediverse server with the same domain name, and I create the same handle as I had before.
I expect this to fail, but in what ways would it fail? Or would it actually work? I just donât know. đ
(besides losing all posts, but that always happens when moving servers on the Fediverse) npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom AI bros keep saying that AI will solve the climate crisis. Nobody knows what this means. Humankind has known for 50 years what is needed to combat climate change.
Part of that solution is NOT to build things like AI, that increase energy use, lead to freshwater shortages and contribute to a massive growth of e-waste.
The cognitive inertia is real. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Skulle det vara ok att citera denna finding frÄn dig i mitt blogginlÀgg:
"De har Google Tag Manager pÄ kampanjsidan, som försöker ladda in sÄvÀl Google Analytics som LinkedIn annonsgrejs.
Och de sÀtter cookies, utan att cookie-banner visats och accepterats.
Det Àr inte rÀtt gjort."
Alltid bra med fler röster đ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Iâve been experimenting with Bluesky and Iâm uncharacteristically tickled by how well they seem to be managing moderation, how easy it is to maintain a chronological timeline of only people I follow, and the ability to verify my own domain name for username purposes. Worth noting is that Jack Dorsey has deleted his Bluesky account and is no longer on the board. On the board is, however, Jabber / XMPP inventor Jeremie Miller. https://bsky.app/profile/axbom.com I obviously wonât be leaving the Fediverse, if that even crossed anyoneâs mind, but there are a few people Iâd like to see more from â which Bluesky may enable for me. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom You know how I avoid having a cookie banner on my website? It's wild, but⊠I DON'T SET ANY COOKIES! My website is not perfect, but not using cookies is gosh so easy. https://axbom.com/about/ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom I honestly think I'd be ready to pay to never be nagged to rate an app again. đł npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom Something Iâve noticed about catching peopleâs names now that Iâve met dozens upon dozens of new people during my hospital stay: In Swedish itâs just as common to say âPer heter jagâ as it is to say âJag heter Perâ. Both of those mean âMy name is Perâ. Itâs of course possible to say âPer is my nameâ in English but I donât pick up on that order of words as often as I do in Swedish. When people enter your room and immediately say âPer is my name, hello, how are you, itâs time for your medsâ thereâs a TON of information in there. My chances of remembering the name of a new person is next to zero, unless they have the same name as me or one of my family members. And the meds part really brings focus away from the person Iâm meeting for the first time. Making sure to lead with how you are about to say your name: âHello, my name is Perâ, pausing for my response and then continuing with âI am here toâŠâ gives me a sporting chance. When people say âMy name isâ my alertness immediately rises as I make an effort to remember their name, because I know itâs coming. When said in the reverse itâs much too late. My alertness wasnât there. For some reason people also tend to mumble more at the beginning of a sentence (my experience during this week), even when itâs the most important part. #PatientStories npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom đ Oh you even read the Swedish post(!) Good example of something I wanted to have time to translate to English. I am becoming somewhat better at just letting go of stuff. đ npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom thanks Steve, I've made some good progress this week. The op was on Monday. Today I was able to walk a bit (ever so slowly, but still) without a walker. On Tuesday I couldn't walk at all. npub1aer2en7pdvlrxha7fzthzt86cau4nxrqfy0ng3trgvl6hzgpkqls4f7756 Per Axbom I'm at peak hospital experience as I lay alone in the rehab center bed, just taken my pain killer for the night, and am watching Aussie Pickers followed by Aussie Gold Hunters.