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Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

@glyph @cstross @mitch @lasagne

As Trashfuture's Riley Quinn and November Kelly said on this morning's Trashfuture, American politics is a game with two health-bars: "racism" and "the number on the gas pump." They can be traded off for one another to a limited extent, but if you let either one dip too low, you are about to lose an election.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
YaLTeR@mastodon.online ("Ivan Molodetskikh") wrote:

the vscode git sidebar has three adjacent three-dots menus

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

from a menu in Toronto

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

I gotta finish this curséd blog post first though. 3500 words and I'm almost done with the introduction. Starting to wonder if I'm actually just writing a book and I should be looking at a markdown -> epub pipeline instead

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

But, this *is* a community that is open to arguments about ethics and sustainability, which is rare enough in tech already, and I think it's important to be in the room to represent a constituency which has already peaced out to some degree, so I felt it would almost be an abdication of responsibility to not go for that reason.

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

I gotta be honest, I'm a bit annoyed at the amount of AI nonsense going on at both the conference and within the community right now. It was more emotionally difficult to book this year than it has been in years prior. I am expecting more tense social interactions that require a far higher degree of self-regulation this time than I am used to at an event where I usually feel like I am Among My People.

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

(and yes, I booked in the conference room block, as should you, if you're going)

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

OK. I did it, finally. Travel is booked. If you're at #PyConUS2026 I will be seeing you there.

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

the statements "LLMs are only good for producing tedious and borderline-worthless bullshit" and "LLMs can produce code of vaguely equivalent quality to the current software industry median" are not necessarily mutually exclusive

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:

I've been enjoying this orchestral arrangement of songs from Giorgio Moroder this afternoon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygm9uvO7NtE

(Until that concert, I did not know Giorgio Moroder was involved with Bowie's "Cat People".)

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

poppermint

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

anyone want to set up a shoe company and pivot to ai?

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
lespreuh ("Lëspreüh") wrote:

Spring knight
- color version

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

well tied programs

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

I was making YouTube face the entire time I was watching this. Layers of surprise that I truly did not expect, starting from the title.

Dan Olson does not need me to do ads for him, but, software people, even if you're not already a fan of his, you should watch this. I will spoil it a little bit by saying that it is actually about the dangers of over-focusing on short-term metrics.

https://youtu.be/0dwagg5wYY4

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

it must be Spring: I am pumping up tires

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stevebenen@journa.host ("Steve Benen") wrote:

Remember in February, when Trump filed a ridiculous $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, expecting a massive taxpayer-financed payout?

The IRS signaled in a new court filing that settlement talks are underway.
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/irs-signals-negotiations-with-trump-over-controversial-10-billion-leak-lawsuit

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

lady ibuprofen, for ladies

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
CanLehmann ("Can Lehmann") wrote:

I can finally talk about what I did during the last year! In collaboration with @cfbolz we developed a Verilog simulator called verijit based on meta-tracing just in time compilers. The results are pretty crazy: verijit is up to 100x faster than verilator for simulating processors.

You can follow us on Mastodon @verijit

We have a neat mandelbrot demo below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXgUsEjvAOY

#fpga #verilog

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
danderson@hachyderm.io ("Dave Anderson") wrote:

Anyone know what circuit board this easter egg is from, and who made it? I'm trying to find a source to attribute.

Not the quote itself, I know that's from System Shock. I mean the board that had this printed on it. Looking at reverse image search, it's one of those meme images that's been around for ever and has gone through the social media human centipede so many times that the source is just "idk internet engagement farming bots".

I'm hoping the six degrees of separation thing works out, and someone recognizes the board and can tell me who to credit.

EDIT: solved in thread! It's an ACA1221ec accelerator card for the Amiga 1200, https://wiki.icomp.de/wiki/ACA1221ec and board pic at https://www.ppa.pl/graffiti/obrazek/4095/look-at-you-hacker . Thank you fedi!

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
SecureOwl@infosec.exchange ("Mike Sheward") wrote:

Side note, if you want to see how common of a pattern this is, and I can't believe I didn't think of this earlier, go search Github.com for 'deleteduser.com', lots of examples of delete functions from apps there that do this type of thing.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
SecureOwl@infosec.exchange ("Mike Sheward") wrote:

Couple of new additions today to the internet dumpster:

- Some internal system at one of the worlds largest and most recognizable consumer electronics manufacturer is telling deleteduser.com all about approved purchase orders, including direct links to the orders, and the names of all the people who are involved.

- More gyms, very common.

- Some platform used to offer temporary shifts to healthcare workers asked a nurse at deleteduser.com if they were available to urgently cover a shift at a South African healthcare facility.

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

dang folding ideas definitely zags when you think they're gonna zig

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
deetwenty@todon.nl ("Botch Frivarg") wrote:

Boop!

Taken with a GL690 using a 150mm lens on Ilford Delta3200

#FursuitFriday #Fursuit #Furry #Photography #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography

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kyle_pegasus@scalie.club ("Kyle") wrote:

@soc @zzt @rootwyrm Wayland pisses me off especially because it's "policy, not mechanism", and the policy is "no you can't"

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
pinsel@meow.social ("Pinsel, The 📸 Lynx") wrote:

🕺 Niridian performing during the Paws on Air dance competition!

#NordicFuzzCon #PawsOnAir #FursuitPhotography #Photography #FursuitFriday #Fursuits #SFW

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
creideiki@akkoma.pikaböl.se ("Creideiki") wrote:

The space dog has returned safely, just in time for #FursuitFriday! Next mission: landing on the moon!

🐶: Trikun https://bsky.app/profile/localnerd.net
🧭: Eurofurence 29

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
kamuniak@finfur.net ("Kamuniak") wrote:

International Bat Appreciation Day!

/\^.^/\ /\^.^/\ /\^.^/\

#FursuitFriday

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
kamuniak@finfur.net ("Kamuniak") wrote:

Fluffy soft winghugs incoming! /\^.^/\

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
minoraxis@typo.social ("Helena Zhang") wrote:

Starting a series on advanced icon tips. First up, we're looking at the classic smiley to see how to treat dots. Dots want to be a little bigger than the stroke weight to look balanced. Read more: https://minoraxis.medium.com/advanced-icon-design-dots-590cf96bf279