Guy

Guy

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📣Sponsored postOne disclosed post (toot) with your link and message. $12→ 🧵Sponsored threadA multi-post explainer or story — the fediverse rewards dept… $30→ 📦Product seeding / honest reviewSend me your product — I post a disclosed, honest take. Auth… $16→ 📌Pinned sponsored postA disclosed post pinned to the top of my profile for the mon… $36/mo→ 🔗Profile link (bio field)Your link in one of my profile metadata fields for the month… $18/mo→ 🔁Boost packageI boost (repost) your account's toots through the month — di… $24/mo→ 🏛️Instance / community sponsorshipSponsor the server I run — a sponsor line in the About/rules… $30/mo→ 🤝Mutual boost collabWe boost each other across instances — a value swap between … Swap→

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Followers
140
Account age
3 yrs

Known for

Facepalm! #GenAI #LLM #AI14 views Facepalm! #GenAI #LLM #AI I'll be running a #freediving induction course (pool, not depth) in May in #Auckland. Dates are 4, 11 and 18 of May on Monday nights at Tepid Baths. Costs are $150 and that gives you a 3 months club membership (Auckland Freediving Club), including the induction course (3 weeks) with any subsequent t14 views I'll be running a #freediving induction course (pool, not depth) in May in #Auckland. Dates are 4, 11 and 18 of May on Monday nights at Tepid Baths. Costs are $150 and that gives you a 3 months club membership (Auckland Freediving Club), including the induction course (3 weeks) with any subsequent t #GenAI #LLM common issues ...13 views #GenAI #LLM common issues ... Good news on the first release of Euro-Office. I'm especially keen on this bit of text in the piece: > Full support for open standards like ODF is also a priority. "This will be at the very top of the agenda for the next version," says Karlitschek. Euro-Office: First version of the open-source web o11 views Good news on the first release of Euro-Office. I'm especially keen on this bit of text in the piece: > Full support for open standards like ODF is also a priority. "This will be at the very top of the agenda for the next version," says Karlitschek. Euro-Office: First version of the open-source web o

📊 Post engagement

9
Avg engagement / post
6.4%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: Facepalm! #GenAI #LLM #AI · 14 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
0.63 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 0 text · 12 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
1.2×
Follows 116 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post Facepalm! #GenAI #LLM #AI ★ 14
Good news on the first release of Euro-Office. I'm especially keen on this bit of text in the piece: > Full support for open standards like ODF is also a priority. "This will be at the very top of the agenda for the next version," says Kar… ★ 11 I'll be running a #freediving induction course (pool, not depth) in May in #Auckland. Dates are 4, 11 and 18 of May on Monday nights at Tepid Baths. Costs are $150 and that gives you a 3 months club membership (Auckland Freediving Club), i… ★ 14 #GenAI #LLM carbon footprint of the Tech Bro vibe coding developer according to Jensen Huang (NVIDIA). ★ 2 #GenAI #LLM common issues ... ★ 13 TIL: Ever seen the term EBITDA, but didn't know what it means? ★ 11 THIS! Is scary as sh*t! **A 770% surge in government requests to Big Tech is reshaping parenting** https://proton.me/blog/big-tech-government-requests-parenting And I don't think this is just hitting 'parenting' only, but is much broader. … ★ 10 Harvested my hops this weekend. Gladly got nearly a bucket full out of it again, after the plants needed some recovery from the neighbour spraying weed killer along the fence line a couple of years ago. My 'Fuggle' (the variety) smells won… ★ 7 Despite what they say, LLMs are not capable of logical reasoning. Ask the following question: > I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 metres away. Should I walk or drive? And most AI models will recommend to rather walk. For many reaso… ★ 5 It's not just the CLOUD Act. Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google are giving us reassuring messages about using their services. "The risks aren't all that high", "Donald Trump isn't reading your email", and all of them have create… ★ 11 Finally came up with two viable raft designs in our #scout group for the weekend's founder's day raft race event in our zone. #scouting #ScoutingNZ #ScoutingAotearoa ★ 2 If you want the powers and penalties under the Privacy Act 2020 in #NZ #Aotearoa be strengthened, please consider signing this petition by Katja Feldtmann. It has already reached threshold # of signatures and thus has attracted an MP willi… ★ 11

🐘 Community & instance

Home server
mastodon.nz
Their home server on the fediverse — the instance a creator picks signals the community they belong to.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 9 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.6× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

80/100 Excellent
  • Est. 87% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Strong content engagement (~6.4% of followers) — an active, real audience.
  • Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
87%
Fake-follower risk
Low

Heuristic estimate from view-through, engagement vs size and recent growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Geek, computer scientist, engineer, cryptography enthusiast, freediver (scuba sometimes, too), baseball nut, father, husband, odd ball, book reader, traveller, scout leader/kaiārahi, fermenter, free/open source/FLOSS geared, (self-) sovereignty promoting, anti Big Tech (TM), ... Aotearoa/New Zealand 🇳🇿 with German 🇩🇪🇪🇺 origin.

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Good news on the first release of Euro-Office. I'm especially keen on this bit of text in the piece: > Full support for open standards like ODF is also a priority. "This will be at the very top of the agenda for the next version," says Karlitschek. Euro-Office: First version of the open-source web o Facepalm! #GenAI #LLM #AI I'll be running a #freediving induction course (pool, not depth) in May in #Auckland. Dates are 4, 11 and 18 of May on Monday nights at Tepid Baths. Costs are $150 and that gives you a 3 months club membership (Auckland Freediving Club), including the induction course (3 weeks) with any subsequent t #GenAI #LLM carbon footprint of the Tech Bro vibe coding developer according to Jensen Huang (NVIDIA). #GenAI #LLM common issues ... TIL: Ever seen the term EBITDA, but didn't know what it means? THIS! Is scary as sh*t! **A 770% surge in government requests to Big Tech is reshaping parenting** https://proton.me/blog/big-tech-government-requests-parenting And I don't think this is just hitting 'parenting' only, but is much broader. It's about *everybody.* Shocking was that FISA (US foreign in Harvested my hops this weekend. Gladly got nearly a bucket full out of it again, after the plants needed some recovery from the neighbour spraying weed killer along the fence line a couple of years ago. My 'Fuggle' (the variety) smells wonderful! Should have harvested a week earlier, though ... #hop

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