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Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:

Infowars is back on X. From the article:

“Last year, Musk pointed to the death of his first-born child and tweeted, “I have no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame.””

This year I guess he has bills to pay and page views to generate so no mercy is officially rescinded.

https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-x-account-elon-musk-90cfc990631dec5e8f337167fbe16372

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

The New Stack wrote a piece on my recent Monktoberfest talk, "Intelligence is Not Enough":

https://thenewstack.io/bryan-cantrill-on-ai-doomerism-intelligence-is-not-enough/

When @sogrady and I talked about me giving this talk over the summer, I definitely wondered if AI (AGI/ASI) doomerism would be a passing fad, and if my talk would be left alone attacking a strawman. As it turns out -- and to my surprise and dismay -- the opposite occurred; here is hoping that the talk can serve as a rebuttal for those who sow fear of an AI existential threat!

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

brianleroux@indieweb.social ("Brian LeRoux 💚") wrote:

@coldclimate my personal regret demon is "download our app" which inevitably a shit SPA in webview

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

brianleroux@indieweb.social ("Brian LeRoux 💚") wrote:

sometimes see otherwise smart devs claim we do not need browser engine choice.

it's understandable as most developers do not remember IE stagnation, which now in hindsight was a great boon teaching the importance of stability, but also enabled Firefox to catch up, exceed IE in courting devs, and open the gates for further diversity.

diversity is good! we want options.

a singular engine, even auto upgrading, would absolutely jeopardize the open web.

#webdev

Reblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):

rose@ruby.social wrote:

Can anyone recommend a good mastodon server for a non-profit? I’m giving advice to a non-profit that uses technology to deliver continuing medical education to developing nations with unreliable internet. I have no idea what would be the best server for them to join. Thank you!

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

phae@status.fberriman.com wrote:

"The policy is the latest manifestation of the anti-immigration culture wars that are the death throes of this gasping dry wank of a government, malignantly salting the earth for its cursed successors."

What a beautiful sentence.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/10/james-cleverly-anti-immigration-policy-foreign-wife-tories-stewart-lee

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

seems like reasonable advice

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mbrubeck@mefi.social wrote:

It was the Pizza Hut of times, it was the Taco Bell of times.

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

Nonya_Bidniss@mas.to ("Nonya Bidniss") wrote:

It really is flat-out crazy seeing right wing extremists who've created a whole new level of hatred of Jews over recent years--knowingly inciting mass murder and multitudinous hate crimes against Jews--suddenly pretending none of that has happened & attacking people for not "properly" defending Israel's government as it is clearly pursuing a campaign of mass war crimes against civilians, killing tens of thousands of women & children while claiming it is their right to do so. Crazy pills.

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

this short thread points out the two-faced insanity of far-right politicos both here and in Israel, and asks a reasonable question: how can killing Palestinian children possibly help eradicate terrorist ideology & attacks on Israel?

the answer of course is that it has the exact opposite effect: right-wing policies are creating the next generation of radicalized "fighters".

https://mas.to/@Nonya_Bidniss/111557093423036373

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

"For more than a decade, election officials have relied on a system to reduce fraud and boost voter registration. Trump's cronies are sabotaging it, state by state — and trying to replace it with something more MAGA"

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-election-plans-corrupt-voter-registration-eric-eagleai-1234920083/

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

"To be able to say a gun is destroyed, disposal companies crush or cut up a single piece that federal law classifies as a firearm: the receiver or frame that anchors the other components and contains the required serial number. The businesses can then sell the remaining parts as a kit: barrel, trigger, grip, slide, stock, springs — essentially the entire gun, minus the regulated piece."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/us/guns-disposal-recycling.html

Reblogged by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):

kpfaulkner@hachyderm.io ("Ken Faulkner") wrote:

I have to admit that I was a bit confused about exactly what @oxidecomputer offered. Watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvZA9n3e5pc by @bcantrill cleared it up completely. Very much worth the watch!

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Today is poker night on the @yogscast #JingleJam, the December charity fundraiser event. It starts in about an hour. One of the streams I'm always looking forward to 🙂

https://twitch.tv/yogscast

#JingleJam2023 #Yogscast

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

aardrian@toot.cafe ("Adrian Roselli") wrote:

As holiday fundraising campaigns continue, remember that the #SalvationArmy is fundamentally an evangelical anti-LGBTQ organization that campaigns against equal rights while pushing its religious agenda.

Donate elsewhere.

Refs (stance on LGBTQIA):
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salvation_Army#Stance_on_LGBT_issues

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

It’s hard not to say “AI” when everybody else does too, but technically calling it AI is buying into the marketing. There is no intelligence there, and it’s not going to become sentient. It’s just statistics, and the danger they pose is primarily through the false sense of skill or fitness for purpose that people ascribe to them.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

#SilentSunday

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Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

I do not want to be given iron-fisted control over my child's media habits, particularly as they grow up, but every "parental controls" app and setting is based on the idea that I need a way to prevent my kid from learning that trans people exist or that people say "shit" sometimes, not that I want to just give them a device which has the stuff that we have put on it that does not *advertise* other things to them constantly. I have no interest in preventing them from seeking out information.

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

ahhhhhhh

St. James Infirmary (Live At The Maple Leaf Bar, New Orleans, LA / 1977-1982) by James Booker

https://pandora.app.link/J829oiv2oFb

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

I Never Listened Too Good by Eric McFadden

https://pandora.app.link/0CjEjl30oFb

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rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

And like. I stated that like it's an unusual use case but what are you doing with a code editor if not opening folders full of text files and occasionally searching through them

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

wiki says that there's a new fork called Pulsar. One of the Atom guys is now doing a rust-based editor called Zed, but right now it's macOS only

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

It sucks that microsoft bought Atom by way of github and then smothered it. It seems more reliable for searching a folder full of text files than vs code, which occasionally just kind of soft-locks when I'm trying to find something in a large renpy game

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

cocoaphony ("Rob Napier") wrote:

A reminder: When that major security bug shows up in one of your dependencies, and you need to ship a fix right now, that's not the time to discover you're 3 years and 6 API-breaking changes behind the version that has the fix.

Upgrade your dependencies when you don't *have* to. That way, when it is critical, it will be fast and low-risk.

This is *especially* true about that risky upgrade you've been avoiding. Take the hit now when you can schedule it. Don't let others schedule it for you.

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

ElleGray@mstdn.social ("elle") wrote:

deck the halls with bats that are jolly

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xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

*randy newman voice* I love LA

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

stoyan@indieweb.social wrote:

Perfplanet calendar article pipeline is almost dry. If you thought about writing an article, now's the time. If you didn't plan, now's a great time to think about what you'd like to share with fellow #webperf enthusiasts. Details: https://calendar.perfplanet.com/contribute and I'm here for any questions.

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

phae@status.fberriman.com wrote:

We got covid for the second time, again while being in the UK.

I'm not saying there's a pattern yet, but.

nikvo@esperanto.masto.host wrote:

bonan matenon

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fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Debian/Linux users beware:

Due to an issue in ext4 with data corruption in kernel 6.1.64-1, we are a pausing the 12.3 image release for today while we attend to fixes. Please do not update any systems at this time, we urge caution for users with UnattendeUpgrades configured.

Please see bug #1057843:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1057843

#debian #linux #ext4