we’re so back

OpenAI says it has evidence DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
But OpenAI’s products are just out there on the internet for anyone to use. What’s the problem? Surely using publicly available resources for the good of humanity is more important than annoying things like “intellectual property”, no?

Hey everyone,

I’m micr0, the person behind Altbot, the open-source bot that helps generate alt-text for images, videos, and audio on the Fediverse. Right now, Altbot uses Google Gemini to generate the alt-text, but that means your data goes through Google’s servers and could be used for training their machine learning models.

To fix this and ensure total privacy, I’m looking to move Altbot to a local model that will run completely on my own hardware. This way, your data won’t be saved, shared, or used anywhere else—it’ll stay private and only under my control.

It’s a big goal, but one that’s been on my mind since the very beginning. I’ve been talking about this shift for a while, and it’s time to make it happen. Plus, if I reach the goal, Altbot will be running on 48% renewable energy, which means less environmental impact and more sustainability.

To make this happen, I need to raise $1,800–$2,000 USD to buy server-grade hardware—things like GPUs for model processing, a solid motherboard, power supply, storage, and cooling. With this setup, I’ll be able to run Altbot privately, efficiently, and sustainably.

I’ve also posted a breakdown of the planned server specs and spending as a reply to this post if you’re curious about the details!

If this sounds like something you want to support, any help would be appreciated! Every little bit gets me closer to the goal. You can donate here: Ko-fi Link.

Thanks so much for supporting Altbot and helping make the Fediverse a better place!

some stuff of interest:
• AndroidSystemProperties file in Android folder
• newly created folder in internal storage named com.android.settings containing file settings.cfg
• also in internal storage: new folder named sepolicy_extends, containing folder “system”, containing file “sepolicy”
• in internal storage as well: folder “.system_config”, containing folder “system_apps”, containing “system_apps_config.xml”

all files have same value of

1b35f99a621b4cbbb0b4e323b186b331

if any one that actually knows about this kinda stuff can help me out i’d greatly appreciate it :3

any eels up rn

how the fuck did i read “tennis lessons” as “trans lesbians”

how to pronounce akkoma

URGENT: Bastion needs your help!

Hello all, this is Bastion's husband, Krechevskoy.

Bastion has been detained by ICE while entering the US. They are scared and alone, and they need your help.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-save-bastion

Please, if you can spare even a small amount or share this link, it would mean the world to us.

lol lmao

www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-launch-of-supporters-of-chromium-based-browsers

hi everyone. i need y'all's help.

yesterday (dec 30th) i was kicked out of my parents' apartment, being left with the option to stay at their home under abusive conditions (20km away from the city, no meds).

i have somewhere to stay at for now, but since i'm unemployed, and need quite a bit to cover, financial help would be heavily appreciated.

if someone also is hiring/knows someone who is, around software dev ideally, let me know.

my ko-fi is https://ko-fi.com/nixgoat. thank you. #mutualaid

still catching up with federation it seems