El humor con IA generativa es un caballo de Troya del fascismo
La IA generativa es la herramienta preferida del fascismo para propagar su mensaje a través del arte.
Bernie's letters
I'm Bernie (He/Him). A bilingual person on his forties living in Southeast Asia and learning about self hosting, good computer habits and digital sovereignty...
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re: this is (probably) about you
I was reading a text on Slow Songs and found myself missing some kind of comment or reply feature on Bearblog. Not a big deal, just a small wish. Now that I think of it, I'm not sure if this blogging system has some kind of pingback function that would make for an easier interaction between writers. I am aware that guestbooks are a thing here, and I know there are some scripts there and there that…
On wielding the forces of Fantasy: 10 suggestions for aspiring Dungeon Masters
While it is well established that a Dungeon Master or Game Master is the person that will conduct a game of Dungeons and Dragons, the minutiae about what the title entails may vary from edition to edition. The Wikipedia defines the dungeon master as: The game organizer and participant in charge of creating the details and challenges of a given adventure, while maintaining a realistic continuity of…
Herramientas online para planificar campañas de rol
Existen bastantes opciones para planificar y administrar una campaña. A continuación voy a mencionar las mas comunes y mi experiencia con las mismas. Libre Office : Aunque parezca mentira, un archivo en Libre Office sigue siendo la forma más sencilla. La bardo de mi grupo, que también hace las veces de productora, los usa para mantener nuestros diarios de campañas. A día de hoy, todavía no ha…
Haciendo de Bearblog mi nuevo sitio web
Volver a escribir es complicado. Las intenciones siempre son buenas, pero el músculo se atrofia si no tienes cuidado. Uno de los problemas de tener una vida digital tan extensa tiene que ver con las plataformas que utilizas. Creo haber probado todas y casa una de las herramientas para bloguear que hayan sido inventadas por la humanidad, y hasta hace bien poco, mis publicaciones estaban dispersas…
Tip for email marketers trying to annoy me
If you are a marketer and I subscribe to your email stuff, there are couple things you should know about the rules I follow: I subscribed because I liked your stuff. Please don't ruin it. If you send me a lot of unrelated emails, you ruined it. If you ruined it, I will unsubscribe from all your emails. If I cannot unsubscribe trough a link, I'll be mad. If you make me login to unsubscribe, I'll be…
Musings about aging
I am very soon to become 45 years old. In a recent conversation with my father, I mentioned to him the sudden realization of how fast time starts moving as you traverse your adult years. "That is true", he said, followed by silence. That silence of his made me think about its meaning. Was it sadness? Nostalgia? The mere stating of a fact? I was tempted to ask, but I decided not to. I found his…
Where Ubuntu falters, Linux Mint shines
My personal computer only runs Linux nowadays. Given my user profile, i have been using distros that come from Debian. I thought that I would settle with vanilla Ubuntu, since my computer is a laptop and those are a bit tricky. The problem lies with Canonical and their choices regarding software management. As a user, I still do not understand what makes Snap better than Flatpak, and I dislike…
Adios, Spotify. Hola, Bandcamp
Empecé a cansarme de Spotify mucho antes de que saliese el escándalo de los músicos fantasma y de las piezas compuestas con inteligencia artificial . Estos dos acontecimientos no hicieron más que acrecentar mi problema con los servicios de streaming: demasiadas opciones y una casi total falta de control sobre la reproducción de las mismas. Algo en la manera en la que la aplicación gestiona las…
Gaza, cycling and the rain in Spain
The national cycling competition that takes place every year in my homeland has been suspended in its final phase because of the protests regarding the genocide in Gaza. I cannot remark enough how big a deal this is, both in terms of exposure and regarding the weaponizing of a common bad practice that mass media have in my country. It has been a lot of fun to watch this going down. For those of…