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pahoittelemme@mastodontti.fi ("Lentävä Kalakukko") wrote:

Turbo Pascal vs. Pedro Pascal.

#Pascal

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jplebreton ("JP") wrote:

when the social-economic maelstrom that is the current LLM hype wave fizzles or collapses there's going to be so much "how could so many smart people be so wrong?" and it's imperative you do not accept their framing of themselves as "smart people" - they are, in judgment and values and intellect, deeply compromised from living inside a machine that harms humanity for profit.

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

I'm probably old fashioned, but I really think the Youtube folks should strongly consider curating the videos they highlight when somebody lands there without any watch history for them to feed to their recommendation algorithm. As it stands, the suggestions in that situation seem to be things I wouldn't want associated with my brand.

Then again, perhaps I'm in the minority of people that regularly sees that face of Youtube due to not being logged in and clearing cookies. It's pretty gross.

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TheZeldaZone ("TheZeldaZone🏳️‍⚧️🎮🎀") wrote:

@jwz They can't mask, they won't be able to breathe!! This admin is KILLING ICE OFFICERS!! The masking must end at ONCE! For their safety 🤔

jwz wrote:

The ICE agents disappearing your neighbors would like a little privacy, please.

After taking four people into custody at SF's immigration court, ICE wanted The Standard to conceal agents' faces. "I have a request to ask if you would consider blurring...
https://jwz.org/b/ykol

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

For those of you who don't know, my last gig was working in federal gov consulting. In particular, I worked on the IRS's Direct File program, serving 32 million Americans.

THEY OPENSOURCED THE CODEBASE!!!

https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file 🥳

This means I can now openly talk about the work I did on the code. Yay!

You can learn a bit more on ⁠Chris Given's website where he's got some associated info and links. He was the program director/head honcho and an awesome human.

https://chrisgiven.com/

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left_adjoint@tilde.zone ("lynn / clarissa") wrote:

As someone who works in higher-ed and also has taught middle school and high school aged kids, my opinion is not that LLM use is exploding among students because they're lazy or stupid or anything else

it's because our educational system has prioritized a very transactional "do this bullshit, and you get the credentials you need to have a life" approach for

well

maybe forever, really

and no one should be surprised that adversarial approaches by teachers and administrators are being met with an adversarial approach by students

jwz wrote:

"Never ask me again"
https://jwz.org/b/ykoj

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th@v.st ("Trammell Hudson") wrote:

Am I ready to connect to the Internet?

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

okay, that’s sweet… no tools needed to assemble and install trailer & hitch

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Every news blog interview with a tech leader is just two dumb b***** telling each other "exxxxactly"

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

And then I found out Analogue has been promoting their "openFPGA" approach on their device[1].

Maybe it's all too niche, but there's more and more FPGA hackers every day (now that things are opening up more), I can see game dev teams consisting of system architects, coders, and artists collaborating on unique engines optimized for the work they want to create.

[1] https://www.analogue.co/developer

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

As a distraction from things, I've been contemplating compute systems designed around FPGAs. That got me thinking about the MiSTer project, which seems to be getting converted into a consumer product in various ways[1], and the Analogue Pocket[2].

The primary use case seems to be emulation, but in light of these things becoming consumer friendly, I was wondered if anybody was treating these things like a unique platform for games.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e-k9I94JLs
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogue%5FPocket

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

I have mixed feelings about these cold war relics. On the one hand, they're artifacts of what was perhaps humanity's most dangerous folly to date, locking the world in a deadly game where the stakes only went up with each round. This doesn't seem like something to commemorate or celebrate.

On the other hand, these objects, many now destroyed or decayed, serve as visible evidence of just how close to oblivion we are willing to go. And looked at from the right angle, they have stories to tell.

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

t's unclear if the SAGE system would have actually been effective in detecting incoming bombers, which presumably would have employed radar jammers and other countermeasures. Fortunately, we never found out.

The huge rotating antenna (not shown) was removed shortly after the site's decommissioning in 1980, but the building, a prominent local landmark visible from downtown San Jose, has been preserved.

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

From 1958 through 1980, this incongruous four story (82 foot) monolith was the centerpiece of the "Almaden Air Force Station", a long-range radar site that was part of NORAD's SAGE early warning system. The blast-hardened concrete building served as the platform for an FPS-24 radar system, a massive 120 foot wide reflector that emitted a 5 megawatt VHF pulse, continuously rotating at 5 RPM.

Notoriously, the signal disrupted TV and radio reception throughout the San Jose area.

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

This is a stitched imaged made from two side-by-side captures with the Rodenstock 70mm/5.6 HR-Digaron-W lens and a Phase One IQ4-150 digital back (@ ISO 50) on a Cambo WRS 1250 camera, shifted left/right +/- 15mm, producing a 230MP final image.

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

AN/FPS-24 Radar Tower, Mt. Umunhum, Los Gatos, CA, 2024.

All the pixels, none of the incoming enemy bombers, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53796724938

#photography

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

Last week, @steveklabnik.com indicated his disappointment with AI discourse:

https://steveklabnik.com/writing/i-am-disappointed-in-the-ai-discourse/

Perhaps unsurprisingly, @ahl and I are going to be joined by Steve today to talk AI discourse; join us, 5p Pacific!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1379120814452113428

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

If this isn't a pivot to the cloud, then what is?

From: @FediThing
https://social.chinwag.org/@FediThing/114612629519640276

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ayoub@spore.social ("Elia Ayoub (he/him)") wrote:

The Israelis are openly starving children as *policy* and there are still people who think that this madness is about Hamas. Hamas even released hostages and Gaza was immediately rewarded with more bombings. Israel is literally talking of conquering Gaza and is publicly creating concentration camps.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I am so excited for 28 Years Later. The shots of zombies in a field of wildflowers feels new and exciting.

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

amazing… whodathunk?

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7335059296239435776-VgYB?utm%5Fmedium=ios%5Fapp&rcm=ACoAAAB7JkEBQCk8SY-mmP6rvpKfocI7TzIpqK4&utm%5Fsource=social%5Fshare%5Fvideo%5Fv2&utm%5Fcampaign=share%5Fvia

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

oh, lovely

https://www.reddit.com/r/hudsonvalley/s/qBOlf2vAHW

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Diversity of Opinion™ is only ever championed when said opinion is dehumanizing to a group of people. Or, when breadcrumbs trailing that opinion lead back to white supremacy propaganda and someone rightfully points it out.

Why is that?

Opinions are never inherently neutral, or apolitical. Opinions hold weight. We have a responsibility to first inform ourselves beyond casual observation before we express our opinions. Just because you have an asshole doesn't mean you get to shit anywhere.

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trickstertao@babka.social ("Adam, as the world falls down") wrote:

So just a heads up for people who aren’t queer, this Pride eve; Pride is around the corner and it’s probably going to feel a little different than usual.

• Expect it to feel angrier. We joke that July is Wrath month, but don’t be surprised if people at Pride events are a bit more on edge, our signs punchier, and our jokes sharper.

• Allies: more than ever before, be aware that you are guests in a queer space. Many of us are going to need the space to feel safe and comfortable for us now, more than ever.

• We have a gay agenda (see the above quote), don’t try to distract from it with platitudes. With trans people under an organized, legislative attack and nearly 60% of Republicans being against same-sex marriage, none of us are safe this year.

• Let’s not do the “Pride events need to be family friendly”. They generally are, but our family is angry.

#pride25 #pride

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

Steven Pinker has a new side gig, and you'll never guess what kind of company he is keeping.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/02/whos-that-peeping-out-of-the-aporia-web-page/

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daveycraney@social.lol ("Davey Craney") wrote:

Happy pride everyone! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I will be donating to the mermaid charity in the UK this month and reading all your wonderful posts as well as contemplating how to be a better ally.

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Aubreader@mas.to ("Aubreader Masto") wrote:

Building a slow web

https://goodinternetmagazine.com/building-a-slow-web/

The internet can feel like it's built for speed. You join a new service and you're presented with a feed. The name tells you all you need to know. The feed is the actor. You are the thing that is acted upon. You don't control the feed. Your role is

#SmolWeb

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

Oh, worse is definitely coming. It's the plan.

https://apnews.com/article/public-health-measles-rfk-maha-trump-d863f53a5d370413de8d165d5ab96e65