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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
linc@phpc.social ("Lincoln Russell") wrote:
If I installed new server software that served websites 500% faster but also crashed sometimes, your first question would be "how frequent are the crashes?" and if I shrugged you'd back away slowly and start looking for my replacement.
But with LLMs & hallucinations that's just normal operating conditions and you're a luddite if you ask too much about it.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Emergency rooms not required to perform life-saving abortions, federal appeals court rules | Via The Texas Tribune
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texas-abortion-fifth-circuit-18586826.php
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ml@ecoevo.social ("Megan Lynch (she/her)") wrote:
When I was looking at grad schools, a lot of people tried to tell me it didn't matter because college towns "are always more liberal".
If you're marginalized in any way, it matters.
Increasingly, it matters even if you're just going somewhere for a conference or other academic event. All the more reason not only for professional societies to think hard about where they host things, but to catch up with the 21st c. and offer creative accessible online options for all.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TonyStark@progressivecafe.social ("Tony the Mechanic") wrote:
Monstrous decision that says women’s lives are not to be protected, even in the face of a medical emergency. Gun owners are fiercely protected in Texas. Women, not.
A lot of people need to take a hard look at how they are voting or plan to. Who gets elected in Texas is one thing, but the Fifth Circuit is comprised of judges appointed by Presidents.
Emergency rooms not required to perform life-saving abortions, federal appeals court rules:
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/02/texas-abortion-fifth-circuit/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kitoconnell@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Kit O'Connell") wrote:
Dolly Parton sends signed, bejeweled guitar to Austin #drag performer Brigitte Bandit | KXAN #Austin
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/dolly-parton-sends-signed-bejeweled-guitar-to-austin-drag-performer-brigitte-bandit/(I wrote about Brigitte in my profile for @TexasObserver )
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
This is a terrible caricature. If I saw the actual people on the street, I wouldn't recognize them well enough to spit in their eyes.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/01/03/who-the-heck-are-these-people/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
allochthonous@scicomm.xyz ("Chris Rowan") wrote:
What you see when combining satellite radar and machine learning to track the vessels that don't have or switch off their tracking boxes.
- 75% of the industrial fishing vessels, and 30% of transport and energy vessels not publicly tracked.
- by 2021 wind turbines made up almost 50% of ocean infrastructure, although there has also been an increase in new oil platforms (which have far more ship traffic).
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
aardrian@toot.cafe ("Adrian Roselli") wrote:
AudioEye Has Dropped Its Suit Against Me
https://adrianroselli.com/2024/01/audioeye-has-dropped-its-suit-against-me.html
Mastodon FeedReblogged by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):
2+ years ago, I started working on this compiler that takes json schema and emits rust structure that conform to that schema. I’d like to write a blog post about it, ways I screwed up, increased antipathy for json schema, tricky edge cases, etc.
Does this sound interesting? Or would it be—as I suspect—just for my own catharsis?
“Rust and JSON Schema: odd couple or perfect strangers”?
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
these folks are well worth listening to... they are speaking from the heart
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unapologetic/id1714176763?i=1000633001376
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Money skews the priorities of modern universities every time. Many of them aren't primarily educational institutions anymore.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/01/03/what-does-auburn-university-do/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
VE6LK@mastodon.hams.social wrote:
Do you know someone that has advanced the Art of CW in the past year? Nominate them for CWops Award! Details are here https://cwops.org/the-cwops-award-for-advancing-the-art-of-cw/
Thanks to @kb6nu for sharing this info with us
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe ("Sally Strange") wrote:
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for 40 newly-created Climate Change Fellowship positions.
The positions will be filled with the intention of assisting the record number applications from farmers, ranchers and rural small businesses seeking funding for clean energy projects under the Rural Energy for America Program.
According to the job posting on usajobs.gov, the anticipated salary for the positions will range from $57,118 to $89,835. The new positions are being funded by the Inflation Reduction Act."
#FediHiring #GetFediHired #FediJobs #MastoJobs #JobsOfMastodon #Jobs #JobSeeking #HelpWanted #Climate #ClimateChange #Renewables #WindEnergy #Solar #Agriculture #RuralUSA #USDA
https://www.craigdailypress.com/news/usda-announces-new-climate-change-positions/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
xkcd@mastodon.xyz ("XKCD Bot") wrote:
The Range Mischief Officer has modified the trajectory to add a single random spin somewhere in the flight, but won't tell us where.
https://xkcd.com/2876/
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
this is very damned cool, way overdue
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
euroinfosec@infosec.exchange ("Mathew J. Schwartz") wrote:
Shocker: Chief executive of collapsed crypto fund Hyperverse does not appear to exist
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/04/chief-executive-of-collapsed-crypto-fund-hyperverse-does-not-appear-to-exist
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
crooksandliars@crooklyn.social ("Crooks&Liars") wrote:
Turns out Incognito browsing... wasn't.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe ("Sally Strange") wrote:
Not sure how I feel about this... but it popped up in my climate change RSS feed and there might be someone here who could do some good with this position? Yale is looking for a Data Scientist, focused on machine learning, "to lead the design, development, and implementation of machine learning models and operations as part of an academic organization devoted to supporting academics and practitioners in climate change research and communication."
#FediHiring #GetFediHired #FediJobs #MastoJobs #JobsOfMastodon #Jobs #JobSeeking #HelpWanted #Climate #ClimateChange #DataScience #LLM
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:
Solitary bees will line the chambers with stiff dark leaves for water protection, but then make the inner layer from soft rose petals, beautiful & soft... like a parent knitting clothing for their child before they are born.
Imagine being born in a room that has everything you need, handmade with exceptional care by a mother you will never know. She knit socks for you and carefully hand-illustrated books to help you learn. She carved furniture and packed you 1000 lunches ....
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
metacurity@infosec.exchange ("Metacurity") wrote:
Don't miss today's Metacurity for the top infosec developments you should know, including
--Ukraine blocked hacked webcams used by Russian special services
--Xerox confirms ransomware attack,
--Cactus gang attacks Swedish supermarket chain,
--Emsisoft calls for ransomware payment ban,
--Black Basta subverts decryptor,
--Radiant Capital exploited,
--much more
https://metacurity.substack.com/p/ukraine-blocked-hacked-webcams-used
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MrLovenstein ("J. L. Westover") wrote:
Secret Panel HERE 🌞 https://tapas.io/episode/2080763
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cwebber@octodon.social ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:
Scheme written IN SCHEME and compiled to WebAssembly running in your browser, with a live REPL! https://spritely.institute/news/scheme-in-scheme-on-wasm-in-the-browser.html
It's so cool! It even has a tutorial on how to implement your own version of Scheme, borrowed from the Scheme Primer! https://spritely.institute/static/papers/scheme-primer.html
And it's all using Spritely's Guile Hoot which compiles everything to WebAssemblly!
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
agturcz@circumstances.run ("Agnieszka R. Turczyńska") wrote:
PFFFF :D
Mastodon Feednadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
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Help us help you get your software security and applied cryptography roadmap sorted for 2024 — book a call today! Small and medium sized businesses only. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/symbolicsoft_chat-activity-7148293731954159616-z7-K
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Australia.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/01/03/probably-venomous-too/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi"):
vinoth@infosec.exchange ("Vinoth (Mobile security)") wrote:
Given the inherent risks with selecting and implementing new crypto systems, I thought hybrid deployment of PQ was a no brianer. TIL Both NSA and GCHQ discourages hybrid deployment of post quantum crypto.
@djb has a good blog examining their objections.
Mastodon Feed1920s News Flash: Tech underdog *checks notes* #Meta hasn't tried to topple our democracy in years! Is cultivating the occasional *squints at teleprompter* gen*cide all that bad? Who's to say? But wowza! Take-a look at that stock price.
Mastodon FeedIn all the commotion I forgot to wish everyone a happy #TacoTuesday
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
simon@simonwillison.net ("Simon Willison") wrote:
As a believer in the motivational power of streaks (thanks, Duolingo), massive respect to @tomscott who just ended a ten year streak of posting a video to YouTube once a week (and gained over 6 million subscribers in the process)
His sign-off video is an extremely stylish way to go out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DKv5H5Frt0
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
tychotithonus@infosec.exchange ("Royce Williams") wrote:
@robertatcara As someone who personally discovered and fixed Y2K bugs that would have had significant real world impact, it is disturbing to hear someone propagate this myth [that it was a "big fuss about nothing"]. And it is a myth.
This is what really happened:
https://time.com/5752129/y2k-bug-history/The testing methodology insured that these impacts were not hypothetical. At my company, the testing was performed by actually rolling the clock forward to test systems to see what would happen. For example, I discovered that every ATM in the state of Alaska operated by my company would have locked up until a PROM chip was swapped. Someone had to fly all over the state to proactively swap the chip beforehand, to avoid significant customer impact.
And that was just one story. I personally oversaw investigation and fixes for other hardware and software at that company that would have failed.
And that was just my company. I spoke with others in IT at that time with similar stories. And that was just the people I knew.
So no, it wasn't "a big fuss about nothing" - and saying so is both dangerously revisionist, and disrespectful of the work it took to prevent real impacts.
