ava's blog
ava's blog
Ava
I’m Ava and I'm writing about my thoughts on tech, data protection law, my health and little creative projects.
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If you are a generally healthy person, it can be hard to conceptualize how quickly someone's illnesses can suddenly turn within a few hours, so here is an example from yesterday to illustrate it. My wife and I had made plans to go a...
I work full time, while also studying part time, volunteering, and blogging here, together with fitness, other hobbies and keeping up with things, feeling available to people most of the time. What helps me do that, especially when I am...
For the Bearblog Carnival of March, I wanna briefly add in my own favorite meme! Or at least, one of them. There are so many I could add... I'm choosing a specific YouTube video, a YouTube Poop. A YouTube Poop (or YTP, often shortened in...
A few days ago, news spread through the web about a Meta project for letting an AI run the social media account of a deceased person, as it could emulate the person's activity like posting content and responding to messages. The goal was...
In ‘small thoughts’ posts, I’m posting a collection of short thoughts and opinions that don’t warrant their own post. :) It's been a while! ☁️☁️☁️ I’m looking back and am so grateful for everything I got myself through. The times I was...
img { display: inline-block; } rose 5 year anniversary with my wife. :) Started a creation event for the Gazette. I created more art! I made some buttons and banners, and some pixel art for myself and with Xaya. I rebranded my...
Another photo dump is due. I saw a funny and unconventional ring online and I had to have it. Sorry, I love it so much. I already lost the white paper in it because it is just glued on, but I like it even more without it. Moving on to...
I’ve been outgrowing my apartment and its location, but also its furniture and size in general. For some reason, it’s becoming really hard for me to have the same space for everything. I have an L-shaped desk in a corner that has another...
Whenever I see talk about artificial intelligence and consciousness, I am baffled about the assumption that any conscious being is just naturally predestined or even interested in serving us, and should serve us. It’s a symptom of a...
I’m going through an interesting time. I’ve been growing more uncomfortable with the way I’m always spoken over and interrupted at work. I started reacting to that and demanding they let me speak and finish my sentences. Also, it annoys...
img { image-rendering: pixelated; border-radius: 0!important; } As part of the Grizzly Gazette event, I thought I'd made some buttons, a forum signature, and a little joke graphic. Feel free to use. Click for flashing gif of silly...
Every now and then, I'll be exposed to a world I have otherwise nothing to do with: Child surveillance. What I see is infuriating. Not only are children nowadays pressured by their parents to turn location services on their devices on,...
It's been a while, but I finally have a blog title trade again! James gave me the blog title "What surprises me most studying law". You can read what title I gave him here. Starting off with some small surprises: Looking back on the...
I've been thinking about writing a post on the Discord age verification thing, but the entire situation is milked to death by content creators right now. Everyone feels the need to throw their conspiracy theories and misinformation into...