CatGPT uncovered! Amongst his top sitting spots.

The next time you use any navigation device, software or Google Maps thank Dr. Gladys West. Her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of Earth, and her work on the development of the satellite models that were eventually incorporated into  the Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. #BlackMastodon #BlackHistoryMonth

@andrey I do hope people keep joining and Sigmoid was extremely useful when I joined in finding other people in #MachineLearning 🙂

Regarding people dropping out, is it possible that they are perhaps moving to their own instances or, as they get more used to the Fediverse, moving to other places which have the particular functionality they are looking for?

Speaking for me personally, I found that posting about #MachineLearning papers, I constantly kept hitting the 500 character limit and had to struggle sometimes to condense things down to 500 characters 😛

Plus, I had plans to doing serialised stories on here and 500 characters was just too limiting …

So I switched to my own Akkoma instance which gave me the ability to have much longer posts. Doing papers daily is much easier now since I don’t have to spend a lot of time trying to stick to the 500 character limit ….

So possibly there are others who are moving for similar (or other) reasons? I don’t know … Just suggesting a possibility.

On the Fediverse you definitely get more engagement, however, some of that engagement is rather weird 😛

Just over the last 24 hours, I’ve seen at least three such engagements where people make cryptic, drive-by-remarks which either misunderstand the original post, or is completely off the point.

Since I’ve had very little engagement with people I didn’t follow on Twitter, I don’t know if this is normal or not. But it seems a little weird to me …

The one personal engagement of the ones I mentioned above was my wife getting a reply about an art project she was doing. She was doing the art for something I was working on and she mentioned it was at my request. She also mentioned that she was using a particular type of brush. She gets a response saying that she shouldn’t be dictated to as to what type of brush she uses …

We were both mystified since she didn’t say she was using the brushes at my request, nor at anybody else’s. So why the comment? Just poor reading skills? Jumping to conculsions? Or just the need to insert yourself into other people’s lives right or wrong? 😛

I have no idea … (Of course, as a disclaimer, these interactions are the exception. Most interactions here on the Fediverse have been really great and I do like being here way more than Twitter …)

The feeling of being in a hollow tree is like being tucked up in a living bed

Willow on Streatham Common
#WillowTree #treesofmastdon #Streatham

@AlexKourvo To the original question, I don’t know if all men do it or not, but I certainly don’t 🙂 When I’m at home I generally wear a sarong and so don’t even have pockets. Plus, why bother with all that. But what I can tell you is that my house key (which is the only key I have) is in my “outside” pants pocket all the time because I don’t want to forget it when I go out 😛 Maybe that (or a similar reason) is why your Dad does it too?

@dipti My grandmother did it too 🙂 I always thought it was a power move because there were multiple families living in that house and nobody could take stuff out of the larder/pantry unless she opened it. But of course, each of those families had their own stores too … But she controlled the “big” store 😀

@BobStep Could be that it’s collecting/archiving your posts. I’ve heard of instances which have bots which follow you so that they can slurp up your timeline and archive it etc.

There was a brouhaha a while back about such an instance, and they had an account called “Everybody” which would follow you. I blocked that account. One of the few I’ve blocked on here …

#Tech #layoffs are not fun. If anyone is looking for a #job in tech, ProductHunt has listed a few openings at various companies.

👉🏾 https://www.producthunt.com/jobs

Also Automattic is hiring as well.

👉🏾 https://automattic.com/work-with-us/

Yes, I am still upset with various companies laying off tens of thousands of workers & then doing stock buybacks worth billions of dollars! 😡

Guten Morgen #mastodon

Am #TravelThursday (und irgendwie auch #ThrowbackThursday) gibt es ein Bild aus dem beschaulichen #Huelgoat in der #Bretagne.

#Huelgoat is a picturesque little town in #brittany which lies near an enchanted forest. It is truly magical 🧙‍♂️and a heaven for #mosstodon fans!

#photography #fotografie #france #breizh

#birds #pnw #Nature #naturephotography #photography Anna’s hummer showing off in Sequim, WA

"Be a parrot in a flock of pigeons"

It's a colorful world and this Macaw is here to bring a fresh #smile to your face!

🕵️‍♂️ CLOSER LOOK: https://3-pamela-williams.pixels.com/featured/meet-the-macaws-pamela-williams.html

#macaw #parrot #colormyworld #colorful #wildlife #tropical #SharePamsArt #POTD #Photography #photographyIsArt #PhotoOfTheDay #DigitalArt #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #GiveArtNotCandy #Art #FebruaryFun #MentalHealthMatters #ValentinesDay

Views from the southern end of Bute.

#scottishislands #clydeislands #scotland #love #unlimitedscotland #visitscotland #lovescotland #scotlandphotography #andydrane

A pink and white Tulip flower.

https://5-tanya-smith.pixels.com/featured/pink-and-white-tulip-tanya-c-smith.html

#tulip #flowers #floral #AYearForArt #mastoart #spring #photography #buyintoart #wallart #gifts #gift #fediart #fedigiftshop

Sunshine !!! First full day of sunlight today. About time ! The Early morning sunshine was perfect to get the beauty of this female Northern Cardinal. But they are beautiful no matter the weather…#birdwatching #birdphotography #naturephotography #birds #nature #wildlife

Today it's Kitsune...but in fire ! 🔥
which one do you prefer ?

#kitsune #fox #illustration #chane #artist #cute #art #fantasy

Sunset in the Rocky Mountains
By David Lloyd Glover

#art #painting #mastoart #sunset #mountains

I believe that #Buzzards are doing very well over here... No hike without an encounter.

#BirdsinLatin #ButeoButeo
#Birdphotography #Birds #Birdsofthefediverse #birdsofprey
#BirdsofMastodon #Wildlife #Wildlifephotography #Nature

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Interior Mars habitat designed by Gustav Klimt
Midjourney 4 AI Art
#stablediffusion #dalle2 #dalle  #aiart #nightcafe #midjourney​