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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

Rewatching Ex Machina under a contemporary lens is wild.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
nicklockwood ("Nick Lockwood") wrote:

People pontificating about whether codebases containing LLM-generated code are subject to IP protection all seem to be forgetting the key point that the law always sides with capital

When big media decided that pirating an mp3 file should be a criminal (not civil) offence, the law sided with them

When big tech decided that pirating every piece of media on the internet for AI training was fair use, the law sided with them

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

I was thinking about how we have so much computing resources (not evenly distributed by any means) that people don't actually have concrete uses, so now we're into speculative uses and we've recently reached for creating competent slaves. The technology is actually harmful along multiple dimensions, but we don't recognize this and hand these "tools" off to people who definitely don't recognize the harm to themselves or others. Spreading the harm and damage. The dark side of empowering people through computing.

So I was thinking maybe we need to start recognizing the harmful tech so it can be as obvious to us as other tech intended to cause harm (e.g. guns). But maybe we really just have too much compute. I dunno...

(I realize this ties into capitalism and other things, and I should really leave the analysis to people who aren't managing a somewhat hyper 7yo early in the morning.)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

Dating myself by updating my header

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

Maybe... Maybe we have too much computer now? :thonking:

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tylersticka@social.lol ("Tyler Sticka") wrote:

@fromjason Same. I’ve been using ReadKit, works similarly to Reeder Classic with a few extra features.

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lawrencelry ("Lawrence") wrote:

@fromjason Agreed on this particular point, but it's not a deal-breaker for me. You may want to try Unread for a change:

https://www.goldenhillsoftware.com/unread/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
tootbrute@fedi.arkadi.one wrote:

@fromjason I am checking selfh.st for self hosted ones

Comma-Feed looks neat. Based on google reader.

https://www.commafeed.com

I think you're looking for an app but maybe this will help others

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
nlowell@indieauthors.social ("Nathan Lowell (he/him) 📎") wrote:

@fromjason

I've been happy with Liferea for a number of years now.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
vanessa@social.lol ("Vanessa") wrote:

@fromjason After trying a lot of alternatives, I’m very happy using NetNewsWire and Miniflux.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

Thank you all for your recommendations!

I'm gonna give @NetNewsWire a shot for a few weeks.

It's open source, has an iOS app, and is super minimal. I'm assuming it's fairly new, too? Would be cool to grow with a new reader.

Still bummed about Reeder. The new app has so much promise yet some of their design choices are baffling. And there hasn't been an update in a while. Idk maybe they fix it and I come back. For now excited about NetNewsWire!

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
tonymottaz@social.lol ("Tony Mottaz") wrote:

@fromjason @NetNewsWire

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
njr@mathstodon.xyz ("Nick Radcliffe") wrote:

@fromjason NewNewsWire.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
jamie@zomglol.wtf ("Jamie Gaskins") wrote:

If you use AI-generated code, you currently cannot claim copyright on it in the US. If you fail to disclose/disclaim exactly which parts were not written by a human, you forfeit your copyright claim on *the entire codebase*.

This means copyright notices and even licenses folks are putting on their vibe-coded GitHub repos are unenforceable. The AI-generated code, and possibly the whole project, becomes public domain.

Source: https://www.congress.gov/crs%5Fexternal%5Fproducts/LSB/PDF/LSB10922/LSB10922.8.pdf

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/116065569757449515

Ars Technica seems to have deleted all the threads talking about the quote fabrication issue?

Edit: I think it was just a loading issue on their forum as it’s back now. Guess they’re getting a lot of traffic.

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djm62@beige.party ("серафими многоꙮчитїи") wrote:

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

I didn't want to learn this because I feel agentic development is worse than a waste of time. But in following up on a (now pulled) story from Ars Technica about the situation above where Ars apparently used made up quotes from the target of the "AI" harassment, I learned that the software running these agents have a SOUL.md document that feeds into the prompt that the software can modify on its own (generating bizarre feedback loops I am sure).

https://web.archive.org/web/20260214062635/https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/

https://web.archive.org/web/20260214060018/https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me-part-2/

This is all an incredible waste of time and energy. It's an attack on individuals, culture, and society. We should spend less time figuring out how people deployed these "agents" and more time simply saying "no".

I hope not, but maybe, as Shambaugh says, there's a quarter of developers that "side" with these pieces of software. I think that's all the more reason we must consistently say no before it gets worse.

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

Last 2 releases of enumeratum have been made using GH-hosted Copilot.

Not saying AI-all-the-things, but it has its usecases... esp for small, unpaid open source libs.

https://github.com/lloydmeta/enumeratum/releases

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Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha :mastodon: 🇪🇺") wrote:

A Valentine’s message from your ZX Spectrum. :zxstripes:

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Lana@beige.party ("𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"") wrote:

Pick the best fallacy

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

noted: AI attack dogs
https://dbushell.com/notes/2026-02-14T11:42Z/

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RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:

'Anarchy is for lovers'
Valentines Day graffiti in Sacramento

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
tante@tldr.nettime.org wrote:

This whole "OpenClaw" thing has made me very angry and I wrote a bit about the why. It's not that "it's AI": It is the way that kind of project invalidates decades of work and care in free software. "AI" software isn't just careless, it is actively rejecting responsibility and care.

https://tante.cc/2026/02/14/diffusion-of-responsibility/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
mttaggart@infosec.exchange ("Taggart") wrote:

Putting this here so all can see it. Ars forum thread where the pull and investigation are mentioned: https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/journalistic-standards.1511650/

jwz wrote:

Tear Us a Heart.
https://jwz.org/b/yk3b

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baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“Diffusion of Responsibility”

https://tante.cc/2026/02/14/diffusion-of-responsibility/

> One of the features of “AI” is the diffusion of responsibility: “AI” systems are being put in all kinds of processes and when they fuck up (and they always fuck up) it was just the “AI”, or “someone should have checked things”.

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

Samsung appliances every 10 minutes

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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

The "approve" numbers remain depressingly high, but it is hopeful to watch them trend down, week-over-week:

https://fiftyplusone.news/polls/approval/president

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
brentsimmons@indieweb.social ("Brent Simmons") wrote:

People:

2014: OMG RSS is still around!
2015: OMG RSS is still around!
2016: OMG RSS is still around!
2017: OMG RSS is still around!
2018: OMG RSS is still around!
2019: OMG RSS is still around!
2020: OMG RSS is still around!
2021: OMG RSS is still around!
2022: OMG RSS is still around!
2023: OMG RSS is still around!
2024: OMG RSS is still around!
2025: OMG RSS is still around!
2026: OMG RSS is still around!

Maybe in 2027 we’ll stop being surprised!

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paninid@mastodon.world ("Coach Pāṇini ®") wrote:

🔥