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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
shanselman@hachyderm.io ("Scott Hanselman 👸🏽🐝🌮") wrote:

Hey friends! I did a TEDx talk and it's now up on the TED Conferences YouTube. It's possibly the best and most important talk I've ever done.

I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! https://youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #ted

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Oh hai, London.

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Amazon: Ships a 12-pack LED lights, a mystery gift, and possibly a fortune cookie from Shenzhen to my door for $3.

Me trying to mail a birthday card locally: "That’ll be $7.50. Do you want insurance for emotional damage?"

Boosted by jwz:
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

To be clear, that point about LLMs is a criticism of the training inputs. Which as far as I can see are promiscuously hoovered off the public internet by bots (like the ones perpetually DoS'ing the server my blog runs on this year) with zero thought given to curating the data for accuracy or appropriateness.

They generate perfect "answer shaped objects" … from a foul-minded misogynist white supremacist bigot oozing malice against everyone who's not like him.

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Oh no, I used my regular PLA profile instead of the one labeled "Matte Dark Forest PLA+".

Now my benchy will never reach its full emotional depth.

#3dprinting

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
rosie_108@toot.wales wrote:

Nice walk with the very charming @ChrisWere and his facial expressions ❤️

Attachments:

• video: f27c30a18c7e11dc.mp4

jwz wrote:

Space Nazis: socially and economically disadvantaged.

Elon Musk's Neuralink filed as 'disadvantaged business' before being valued at $9 billion: Elon Musk's health tech company Neuralink labeled itself a "small disadvantaged business" in a federal...
https://jwz.org/b/ykrb

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
travis@social.lol wrote:

Been awhile since I've updated my pinned post. Did you know that the Palestine Children's Relief Fund has maintained a four star rating from Charity Navigator for the past 13 years? Their name is pretty self-explanatory.

https://www.pcrf.net/

Boosted by jwz:
nocontexttrek ("Star Trek Minus Context") wrote:

#StarTrek

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notalegalrecord.net@bsky.brid.gy ("Tony Corsentino") wrote:

WGBH building in Boston today

jwz wrote:

Dear Lazyweb, how do I find the wl_surface backing an Xwayland X11 Window? This says that the window will be sent a WL_SURFACE_ID ClientMessage, but this appears not to be the case.
https://jwz.org/b/ykrZ

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ewen@social.ewenbell.com ("Ewen Bell 📸") wrote:

Trouble with that kind of lawsuit is that it ensure the dirty laundry is being aired for years to come. This story will live longer than Trump.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
agreeable_landfall ("slash") wrote:

@SteveBellovin @lauren

I was 10 when this happened, but I found an interesting bit of history from Seeger's own site:

https://web.archive.org/web/20130805061813/http://www.peteseeger.net/givepeacechance.htm

Why do I suddenly want to hold up signs saying, "Sic semper tyranus"?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
charlesgaba ("Charles Gaba") wrote:

📣 As the Trump Regime continues to Nazify America, a reminder that FLIPPING THE SENATE BLUE is critical to reining them in.

Massive turnout for #NoKings protests won't mean ANYTHING unless people also VOTE FOR DEMS UP & DOWN THE BALLOT.

Donate today: #Blue26

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/senateblue26?refcode=masto

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
RikerGoogling@mas.to ("Riker Googling") wrote:

is subspace down for everyone or just me

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

I'm doing game development for just over 2 years now and so far I've published 7 games on iOS (6 AppStore, rest AltSore) and 2 on Android

Currently I am almost done with a PC RPG that will be listed on Steam and also still have a 2D game ready and waiting all for free without investments

My games may not be the greatest but at least I do have something to show for compared to so many failed Kickstarter game projects that rised I don't know how much for nothing

Every game gets a bit better!

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

Here are all my free games:

iOS:
https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/stuxhost/id966927599

Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=4692464662293640407

https://stux.me/projects/
https://gamelab.gl

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MattMagnuson@flipboard.com ("Matt Magnuson") wrote:

Inflation jumps to highest level for nearly 18 months as food prices rise again
https://flipboard.com/video/pamedianews/4855c4dd0d?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Money, Tax, & Insurance @money-tax-insurance-MattMagnuson

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

Captured with a full-frame mirrorless camera and 21mm lens.

This is mostly a study of lines, particularly the handrail (which provides an anchor for the eye to follow), but also the curved railing at the bottom of the stairs at left. I was attracted to the austere, utilitarian design, yet the curved pipe railing by the tracks has an elegant, art deco look to it.

The top of the stairs was a difficult place to work. A tripod was essential for framing, but people were moving around behind me.

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

Track 13 - Watch Your Step, Grand Central Terminal, NYC, 2013.

All the pixels, no fare collected, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/10101066135/

#photography

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

We’ve just switched the social.lol default theme to the excellent Tangerine UI (Cherry) by @nileane! If you hadn’t previously set your own preferred theme and were using the default, you can hop over to https://social.lol/settings/preferences/appearance and switch back to the prior default Mastodon theme if you’d like. I’ve been meaning to make this change forever and finally got around to it!

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

I would say I am now already poisoned by Emacs’ keybindings when using other app, but I've been using some of them for years everywhere on the Mac—so it's really just screwing me up when I'm using any other Windows app now. 🙃

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
brucelawson@vivaldi.net ("Bruce Lawson ✅ (quiet time)") wrote:

"a prompt-injection vulnerability in Google Gemini for Workspace that allows a threat-actor to hide malicious instructions inside an email. When the recipient clicks “Summarize this email”, Gemini faithfully obeys the hidden prompt and appends a phishing warning that looks as if it came from Google itself." https://0din.ai/blog/phishing-for-gemini So simple: a white-on-white hidden prompt (or in 0px font), and the mega geniuses who push compulsory "A.I." on us didn't think of it. FFS.

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🌹"):
TechCrunch@mstdn.social wrote:

What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/what-is-mistral-ai-everything-to-know-about-the-openai-competitor/?utm%5Fsource=dlvr.it&utm%5Fmedium=mastodon

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

a friend is visiting from the East Bay and brought us a ‘Shaun the Sheep’ figure

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

If you see a resume that indicates someone was part of whatever cursed project rebuilt ba.com on Next.js, and that resume or cover letter does not include a personal apology, the circular file is the correct disposal option.

Boosted by jwz:
annika@xoxo.zone ("Annika Backstrom") wrote:

if superman is woke why is his dog named Crypto

Boosted by jwz:
drmaddkap@meow.social ("Dr. Maddkap, Werepsychologist") wrote:

Ever since the Matrix was released in 1999, cell phones have been steadily replacing landlines - which were shown to be the only way to escape.

Boosted by jwz:
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

@dgerard In any case, it occurs to me that you could plausibly maximize neurotransmitter tonnage by intensive farming of maggots or earthworms (most species use the same repertoire of neurotransmitters), neither of which are noteworthy for their production of Brain Geniuses colonizing the galaxy.

Elon picks the wrong metric to grind for, as usual.

Boosted by jwz:
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

Let’s be clear: This is political censorship. Just as CBS’ parent company handed Trump $16 million to settle a spurious lawsuit, this decision is about preemptively bowing to a regime that demands obedience.

We stand with Stephen Colbert and every voice that Trump wants silenced. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/stephen-colbert-cancelled-cbs-trump-paramount/