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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
bundyo@bundyo.com ("Bundyo") wrote:

@keenan

Here, have the opposite. :)

https://tante.cc/2025/03/28/vulgar-display-of-power/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
thezoq2 ("TheZoq2") wrote:

On Sunday we're hosting LATTE ☕, our workshop on Languages and Tools for Accelerator design! We have 15 super cool papers and plenty of time for discussion!

You can attend virtually via zoom or in person with #asplos in Rotterdam https://capra.cs.cornell.edu/latte25/

Also, we have a cozy little Matrix chat for the community over at https://matrix.to/#/#latte-chat:fossi-foundation.org

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
mhoye wrote:

In case this is useful to somebody:

Because of corporate collusion with law enforcement dating back to the 80s, all colour printers put tracking information on their printouts, whether you're printing a colour document or not, encoding information that ties printouts back to the specific printer used.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer%5Ftracking%5Fdots

In 2018, scholars at TU Dresden created a tool to re-anonymize color-printed documents by obscuring that data:

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3206004.3206019

The tool: https://github.com/dfd-tud/deda

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org ("Lauren Weinstein") wrote:

Musk plans to convert the Social Security codebase from COBOL to a modern language -- over just a few months! -- an insane plan that risks total collapse of the system

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GottaLaff@mstdn.social ("Laffy") wrote:

🚨 “BREAKING: DOGE is starting to put together a team to migrate the SSA's computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.” | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
operationpuppet@mastodon.content.town ("Operation: Puppet (he/him)") wrote:

As an aging #genX person let me be clear: if you’re my age and don’t support #trans rights, you’ve missed the fucking point. We’re the generation that created #cyberpunk as a genre. There is *nothing* more cyberpunk than self selecting your gender identity. 🏳️‍⚧️

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TexasObserver@texasobserver.social ("Texas Observer") wrote:

“They are trying to squeeze medical decision-making into narrow exceptions that cannot possibly cover every case. Exceptions give a veneer or gloss to make bans appear more [palatable] for people who have never really worked in the medical field. But in practice, they rarely work.” https://www.texasobserver.org/republican-abortion-laws-texas-legislature-exceptions/

#abortion #politics #USpol #Texas #TXlege #HumanRights #healthcare #news #health

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
LauraJG@deacon.social ("Laura G, Sassy 70’s") wrote:

Your art history post for today: by Tetiana Yablonska (1917-2005), Self-portrait, 1945, oil on canvas, 78 × 52 cm., National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kiev. #ukraine #womenartists

From USA Art News: ‘Yablonska had not only a successful creative life but also an active career. During her lifetime she held many high positions and more than 30 solo exhibitions in the Soviet Union and beyond. However, her political position as an art official and deputy did not affect her active life position. She was a very brave woman who defended the artist’s right to self-expression. This attitude was seen as opposing the “will of the party” and led to numerous clashes with bureaucrats and party bosses. Yablonska was deprived of exhibitions, her paintings were removed from expositions, and she was removed from her posts. But even punitive measures could not change her attitude to art.’

nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

I have had enough social interactions this week to fill what feels like seven lifetimes.

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

‘“The whole point about aviation safety is that you have to have the humility to understand that you are imperfect, because everybody screws up. Everybody makes mistakes,” said Lt. John Gadzinski, a retired Navy F-14 pilot who flew combat missions from aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf. “But ultimately, if you can’t admit when you’re wrong, you’re going to kill somebody because your ego is too big.”’

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/pilots-signal-leak.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
mnot@techpolicy.social ("Mark Nottingham") wrote:

"We therefore suggest that one of the most pragmatic anti-capitalist things that one can do is to push for any organizations that you might be involved with to participate in the standards development process. Encouraging organizations within a capitalist system to participate in a process that rests on openness, consensus, and lack of dominance erodes the power of that very system. It ensures that information — which, as we know, is power — is a public good."

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-anti-capitalist-case-for-standards/

nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

My recipe for The Correct Hummus is now published on Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/15102003

Boosted by nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi"):
LukaszOlejnik ("Lukasz Olejnik") wrote:

Multi-party computation library open sourced by Coinbase. It's been audited by Cure53 @nadim https://github.com/coinbase/cb-mpc

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

This was a three second exposure (with about 10 stops of neutral density). The sun was behind the clouds and just above the center of the frame; the lens required careful flagging to avoid glare.

The rendering of water, especially in the sea, differs greatly with exposure. 30 seconds looks quite different from 3 seconds, which is just as different from 1/30 sec, which is different from 1/1000 sec. About 1/30 sec renders roughly the way our vision does; anything else requires a camera to see.

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Edge of Pacific Ocean, 2014.

All the pixels, none of the riptides, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/14820439752/

#photography

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

This brain drain is moving fast.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/28/get-ready-for-more-stories-like-this/

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
mattwilcox@mstdn.social ("Matt Wilcox") wrote:

Disregarding all the surrounding "i hate this" factors of LLM's and "AI", I do find it kind of fascinating that as a species we've managed to build a highly complex thing, that we can use in productive ways, that we really don't understand the way it works in a concrete manner.

And this in particular is cool: https://transformer-circuits.pub/2025/attribution-graphs/biology.html#dives-multilingual

As usual with anything LLM related that I don't gut-react loath, this is via Simon Willison.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
heyheymomo@socel.net wrote:

Someone is trying to impersonate me on telegram reaching out to my followers who are interested in commissioning me.

🚨 please be aware this is not me! It’s a scam trying to get people to pay for commissions they’ll never receive.

I am not on telegram

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

I love this review

RE: https://www.threads.net/@maryrobinettekowal/post/DHtS6VsODY7

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
noelreports@mstdn.social ("NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦") wrote:

"Russia reserves the right not to implement the moratorium on shelling of energy facilities, which Kiev constantly violates," Kremlin Spokersperson Dmitry Peskov said.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MJmusicinears@mastodon.world ("MJ Muse") wrote:

New Texts Prove Hegseth Leaked ‘Court-Martial’ Level Secrets

TARGETED STRIKE

Trump’s top officials insisted no classified information was included in the chat, but defense sources now contradict that claim.
#ResignPeteHegseth
https://www.thedailybeast.com/journalist-publishes-every-damning-text-from-war-plans-leak/?via=newsletter&source=wednesday%5Fmember%5Fdigest%5Fnew&user%5FemailA=fee9a9da8aad4ca1d04ce1814a4d8a80&user%5FemailB=80381469ae442fa9827849be97ba0689498503e3bf812438a4926ffa05781e65&utm%5Fsource=Sailthru&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=250326-Subscriber%20Digest%20Weds&utm%5Fterm=BI-Wednesday-Digest

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bruno_j_navarro ("Bruno J. Navarro") wrote:

Noted economist Arthur Laffer warns in a new analysis that Trump’s 25% tariffs on auto imports could add $4,711 to the cost of a vehicle, adding that the proposed taxes could weaken the ability of U.S. automakers to compete with their foreign counterparts.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-art-laffer-auto-tariff-warning-ba62f55af070e40e9d6eddf5d8433ad1

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
FediThing@chinwag.org ("FediThing 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Remember when the news used to claim drone deliveries would change everything? And 3D TVs? And the internet of things? And blockchain? And NFTs?

Why do we just let this slide when considering new fads? Why don't more people say "not this again, you were wrong last time"?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SeaFury@aus.social ("SeaFury 🦜🍉") wrote:

Looking for a job. My dream job is in quantitative research. I am specialised in climate data and building science, especially mould and condensation simulation. If I can’t find a job in this area, I can also design (architecture, graphic, web and software) and teach (architecture, CAD, design). I am also open to leaving my area of expertise for another field of research as I have a lot applicable skills. I am looking for work in Sydney, Canberra (woo!) or Launceston. Will consider Melbourne if it comes up. Boost me for eyeballs 👀 ❤️ #fediHire #JobSearch

Boosted by jwz:
swachter@toot.boston wrote:

I want to see Senators Markey and Warren at the ICE Detention Center in Louisiana with a goddamn media crew demanding to see their constituents. Make them turn you away. Put it on CNN.

#boston #ice

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
faithisleaping@anarres.family ("Faith, highschool slut arc :v_tg: :v_lb: :v_greyace:") wrote:

All of the "debate" about trans people assumes, at some level that we're making it up. Maybe we're not making up the dysphoria but we're making up our identities, right? You can't just identify as something, can you? I mean, you were an X and then you decided to be a Y, right?

No. We're not making it up and that's not the way any of this works. And the moment you really, truly accept that trans identities are real and that we're not making it up, suddenly you come face to face with the horror of what transphobia does to people.

All the trans kids in US red states or in the UK? Yeah, they're fucked. Kids are being forced to go through the wrong puberty against their will, leaving them with lifelong trauma. Young girls are being forced to go through male puberty, cracking their voices and covering every inch of their body in hair. Young boys are being forced to grow boobs and be oggled by men for a body they hate. And all this is because a handful of adults, who don't even know a trans kid, much less are their parents have decided that they know better and that being forced through that horror show is somehow good for them.

Adults, meanwhile, are losing jobs, homes, and families. They're finding themselves out of work with families to feed. Every trans adult I know with kids is terrified someone will use their transness to get their kids taken away. Government officials all over the US are debating, trying to figure out how to make our very existence illegal. Every time I fly, I have to pay attention to connections to be sure I can legally pee between flights. Even in supposedly supportive workplaces, calling someone on their transphobia or speaking up for yourself gets you quickly labeled a troublemaker or "dramatic" and the hurt feelings of the transphobe are often more important than your emotional safety. It's a hellscape out there and it's only getting worse.

It's easier for most cis people to just put their heads in the sand and join the debate than look that reality in the face.

But trans people don't have the luxury of debate. I'm a woman. I always have been. It's not my fault that a decent chunk of the US population thinks I'm a guy and wants to force me to live as one. That's ridiculous. Why should I debate those people when they take as an axiom that I am something I'm not? Fuck that shit! But I am forced to live with the consequence of those people's bad decisions because those people vote and make laws and rule bureaucracies based on their (often intentional) misunderstanding.

Don't get me wrong. I get that people are confused. Gender transition is legitimately a little weird and, especially if someone close to you transitions, it can take a little getting used to. I get that people have questions. I'm generally happy to answer questions, even if they're not quite the right question. I actually love those conversations when they come from a place of curiosity and a desire to learn. But I'm not going to debate my existence.

Boosted by jwz:
colon_three@icosahedron.website ("Jeezy Peeps") wrote:

personally i think miyazaki should be allowed to hunt sam altman for sport

Boosted by jwz:
Lurkle@mstdn.social ("Lurkle DEI makes life great") wrote:

They weren’t “deported” or “detained” or “arrested,” and the place they were sent to isn’t a “prison.” All of those things involve legal proceedings, and the law was not involved here in any way.

They were kidnapped by gangsters without authority and sent to a torture camp run by mercenaries, and if you accept it, it will eventually be you or someone you love, because this model demands a constant stream of new victims.

Boosted by jwz:
simple_sabotage ("Simple Sabotage Field Manual") wrote:

Work slowly.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
mogul@hachyderm.io ("Bret Mogilefsky") wrote:

This is really awful. No amount of burying our heads in the sand will protect us from the generational shifts in society that are coming due to repeated COVID exposure.
https://cen.acs.org/policy/research-funding/NIH-cancels-RECOVER-grants-long/103/web/2025/03