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xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
I think I've got all my bots migrated from botsin.space to this instance. I'm going to keep an eye on them for a bit to make sure they don't misbehave and then do an updated pinned post
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
One thing I'm excited to learn is if an App View ever gets VC funded.
What if funding no longer considered the dev team and leadership, and approached social media like they would tequila— associate it with a pop star.
Like if Taylor Swift wanted to make her own branded social media, could she get ten million from Silicon Valley to launch an AT Protocol-based app view? Make it look pretty, call it Taylor Nation, bada bing bada boom.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
(Total 154,500,077)
Harris (D)
74,563,603
48.26%Trump (R)
77,034,011
49.86%[difference: 2,470,408]
Stein: 778,227
Kennedy: 751,646
Oliver: 640,262
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jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:
“At this point the Royal Society Council opted to consult a top lawyer to determine whether Musk's behaviour breached their Code of Conduct. The problem with this course of action is that if you are uncertain about doing something that seems morally right but may have consequences, then it is easy to find a lawyer who will advise against doing it. That's just how lawyers work.”
http://deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-i-have-resigned-from-royal-society.html
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workingclasshistory ("Working Class History") wrote:
#OtD 25 Nov 1915 thousands in Chicago attended the funeral of martyred @iww union organiser and songwriter Joe Hill. He had been fitted up for a crime he did not commit and was executed. Learn more about his life and works in this book: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/joe-hill-the-iww-the-making-of-a-revolutionary-workingclass-counterculture
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
@vrandecic :"Fixing wrong answers in Wikidata is easy. Fixing wrong answers in LLMs is near impossible". Interesting point. #swib24
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Virgil Thomson, American composer and critic, born in Missouri, 1896
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Johann Strauss, Jr., writes 'On the Beautiful Blue Danube', 1867
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: "The Last Waltz" concert by The Band at Winterland, 1976
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, 1867
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
policies and laws have consequences, and in this case those policies and laws are creating deaths and life-changing trauma.
https://www.propublica.org/article/porsha-ngumezi-miscarriage-death-texas-abortion-ban
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
'Hegseth appears to argue that the US military should ignore the Geneva conventions and any international laws governing the conduct of war, and instead “unleash them” to become a “ruthless”, “uncompromising” and “overwhelmingly lethal” force geared to “winning our wars according to our own rules”.'
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/25/pete-hegseth-book-attacks-nato-alliances
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Would you trust these bros?
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
The Royal Society attaches those laurels with glue, apparently.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/25/they-let-just-anyone-in/
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Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
#Bluesky define open source challenge
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heydon@front-end.social ("Large Heydon Collider") wrote:
I am available for new contract work.
I have 20+ years 😩 experience in web design and development and I’m still learning. I have written courses and books that have influenced interface design across the industry. I love prototyping, writing documentation, creative coding, and I do everything with accessibility and inclusion in mind.
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zachleat@zachleat.com ("Zach Leatherman :11ty:") wrote:
bernie sanders would love web components—no I will not elaborate at this time
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mattdsteele@carhenge.club ("Matt Steele") wrote:
@zachleat “every react app is a policy failure”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
@fromjason Isn't open source, like, really just a state of mind, man? Like, the vibes from those Bluesky folks are totally open, so yeah, I'm feeling like it's open source. Don't ruin the mood. It's got the juice.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
"And then there's Bluesky's servers, which I'm pretty sure it's open source. I'd be surprised if it wasn't."
My nerd in Christ, the premise of your entire video is that it _is_ open source. It's literally in the title of your video.
I'm losing it you guys. IM LOSING IT.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
I have completely lost the definition of "open-source"
It's really astonishing. There's an entire army repeating claims that Bluesky is open-source without ever defining the term or doing any leg work to verify the claim's validity.
I'm still holding a lot of space for the possibility that I'm completely missing something. I would think that big tech influencers would be more cautious with their reputations. It's a long walk back after we learn what Bluesky's definition of open source is.
Mastodon Feednadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
Today's security audit report writing music: https://rossocorsarecords.bandcamp.com/track/fantasy-rider
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
“But Yosh, how would we sandbox C++ code at scale?”
While not a perfect solution — Firefox’s RLBox toolkit (https://rlbox.dev/) provides the template for that. It compiles a C program to Wasm, puts it inside a Wasm sandbox, and provides the same API on the outside of the sandbox.
Now if the sandboxes library exhibits UB, it can no longer be used to exploit the rest of the program. Here’s a full writeup of how this works:
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2020/02/securing-firefox-with-webassembly/
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
No little green men, and not even any space bugs.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/25/aw-shucks-no-evidence-of-alien-microbes/
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Mastodon Feednadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
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Mastodon Feednadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
This weekend I was watching the original Dragon Ball (1986) and realized that the Red Ribbon Army is essentially Hezbollah
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
So much of my job is this over and over again on a loop:
"So what do you think we should do in order to responsibly build the Torment Nexus?"
"You can't. It's a Torment Nexus. Stop it."
"But the Torment Nexus is inevitable!"
"It's not. You could just not do it. You could stop right now."
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
alright i thiiiink I've got these accounts posting from a new location. my guess is that migrating might be a kind of resource-intensive operation given that these bots have non-trivial followings, so I will probably stagger that out over the next few days?
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
If I ever leave a Big Tech job, I might be able to publish some of these "Lewis Black, but for JavaScript" blog post drafts.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
There's a clear, well-defined JS-industrial-complex pipeline from "you should adopt this SPA-based technology because better user experiences" to "you don't have any choice, despite the terrible user experiences".
Most of it operates by omission. But it's still based on lies, dissembling, and half-truths.