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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
amoroso@fosstodon.org ("Paolo Amoroso") wrote:

SQLite is a remarkable piece of software and I've always been curious about the system and the project. Here are several little known facts about SQLite.

https://avi.im/blag/2024/sqlite-facts

#SQLite #database

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
sop@unstable.systems ("sofia") wrote:

A shitpost that's been brewing in my head for a while now

Attachments:

• gifv: A user types a text message in a non descript textbox. The message eventually says, "Having a computer constantly trying to guesstimate what I’m going to type is fucking annoying." At every step of the way, an imaginary LLM tries to produce a nonsensical, improbable, artificially cheerful and brand-aware autocompletion. The completions come and go faster than you can really pay attention to, and the sockpuppet of a user I'm depicting in this piece of media just has to kinda try and ignore the onslaught of distraction as they eventually manage to finish the sentence. For bonus points, the LLM tries to censor the word "fucking" and replace it with more adwords(TM)-acceptable terms.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Unixbigot@aus.social ("Kit Bashir") wrote:

Just this ONCE I wish that when scientists find, say, a deep ocean fungus (!) that can eat plastic, that they pause to determine whether it’s metabolism has a concept of “full”.

#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot

Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

♬️ Just announced: Wed Sep 17, 8pm: DESIRE
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/09-17.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #desire #johnnyjewel #synthpop #italodisco #livemusic #concert #sanfrancisco

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• gifv: 086cc2d3f886c441.mp4

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

With Pocket going away and Instapaper announcing Kobo integration, it may be time to dust off my old account there after all. (I've been testing Unread Premium as a read-it-later app, and it’s…fine, but that's definitely not its forte.)

jwz wrote:

We can't have nice fountains.

San Francisco's Vaillancourt Fountain may soon meet its end, despite public outcry: Despite considerable public support for its preservation, San Francisco's 1971 Vaillancourt Fountain is not being included in plans for a...
https://jwz.org/b/ykrs

jwz wrote:

GWAR Concert Goes Viral After CEO of Tech Start Up Caught Having Affair on Analingus Cam.

BOSTON -- Viral footage from GWAR's popular Analingus Cam supposedly shows a tech CEO engaged in a lewd sexual act with his mistress, multiple people in...
https://jwz.org/b/ykrq

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
tantramar ("Chris Mackay 🇨🇦") wrote:

“Work from home”, they said. “So few distractions”, they said. 🤦‍♂️🤪 #CatsOfMastodon #RipleyAndJonesy #JustJonesy #WFH #ChatLunatique

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AaronDavid@beige.party wrote:

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
sundogplanets ("Prof. Sam Lawler") wrote:

Good morning from the goat-and-llama parade

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

My #running this year looks much better than the last one: almost twice as many miles at the half-year point (121.72 vs 231.65). I'm finally learning not to push my aging joints and muscles too much and run at a sustainable schedule. All those horizontal parts of the 2024 graph were injuries.

(Have to admit it took me way too long to plot this graph using some Python and Libreoffice. And I've only been a software engineer for 25 years or so…)

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

KLAXXON! #SOURCE issue 2 is now available for download! In case you don't know what I am on about SOURCE is my attempt at an #opensource "pay what you feel" magazine. In this issue we look at #Godot, #Inkscape, #OpenStreetMap #Logseq #Termux and #Syncthing

There's a little more info and a direct to pdf link on my blog as well as links to Issue 1 which was a deep dive on Computational Fluid Dynamics with #FreeCAD.

https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2025/07/source-issue-2-out-now.html

Please Boost!

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

Wow, "AI" is doing the thing is absolutely known for doing, which is pulling nonsense straight out of its cybernetic ass, who could have possibly predicted this utterly predictable turn on events

https://gizmodo.com/fdas-new-drug-approval-ai-is-generating-fake-studies-report-2000633153

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Love watching brogrammers suddenly become "AI-first engineers" because they figured out how to copy-paste from ChatGPT.

"Bro I'm basically the Steve Jobs of prompt engineering"

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

Wow, it's almost as though a monopolist can't abuse their position to hold competitors back, gaslight regulators, frivolously sue for delay, and degrade the entire web ecosystem these days!

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/uk-regulator-flags-apples-ios-browser-engine-ban-in-draft-sms-designation/

/via @owa

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
kf@666.glitchwit.ch wrote:

I want to go work from a coffee shop so I can look cute in front of other people but I need my big monitor 😭

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dan@discuss.systems ("Dan Ports") wrote:

@neurovagrant I actually explained intersectionality to one of my colleagues, a computer architect, by telling him it was co-design, but for marginalization... and this somehow seemed to help!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org ("Ian Campbell") wrote:

the next time you want to piss off a techbro, just tell them intersectionality is systems thinking for human values

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
danirabbit@mastodon.online ("Danielle Foré") wrote:

If you’re looking for a great set of quality free software and Linux podcasts that are explicitly anti-fascist, I can’t recommend enough @latenightlinux

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

Been listening to the soundtrack of "Vampire - the Masquerade: Coterie of New York" and I think it shows.. ^^°

#sketch #sketchbook #sketchbookDrawing #doodle #markers #vampire #vtm #VampireTheMasquerade #blood

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
angiebaby@mas.to ("Angie") wrote:

Stop it. Stop trying to visit America. I am an American living in one of the most virulent MAGA states, and I am begging you to cancel any and all plans to visit the US. There is nothing, and I mean absolutely NOTHING in this country worth your safety or your life. This is not the America you remember. It is a Nazi zombie running on hate and cruelty and you are risking your life to give it even more money.

https://www.nzz.ch/english/you-have-no-right-to-be-here-a-swiss-womans-harrowing-tale-of-arrest-and-detention-at-the-us-border-ld.1889535

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net ("Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:") wrote:

Dear "influencers" that don't post natively here but rely on whatever bridging solution. Understand that your automation should have no problem with adding ALT text when you post screenshots of tweets, bluesky etc. Talk to your team. To whomever running that bridging service *you likely pay for* to make sure that ALT text becomes default.. Thanks!

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

Yes, shitty people vote for shitty people, it is known

https://www.psypost.org/trump-supporters-report-higher-levels-of-psychopathy-manipulativeness-callousness-and-narcissism/

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

“The European history of the twentieth century shows us that societies can break, democracies can fall, ethics can collapse, and ordinary men can find themselves standing over death pits with guns in their hands. It would serve us well today to understand why.” - T. Snyder

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org ("Parade du Grotesque 💀") wrote:

I just discovered all public transportation in Luxembourg is free.

As in: free. Hop on a bus, a tram, even a train. It's all free. And I love this so much I can't even express it. This is so great.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TheConversationUS@newsie.social ("The Conversation U.S.") wrote:

In some U.S. #immigration courts, #ICE attorneys are no longer identifying themselves during public hearings — a shift that legal scholars say departs from long-standing norms of courtroom transparency. https://theconversation.com/immigration-courts-hiding-the-names-of-ice-lawyers-goes-against-centuries-of-precedent-and-legal-ethics-requiring-transparency-in-courts-261452

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

Not exactly a confidence-builder

‪FactPost‬
‪@factpostnews.bsky.social‬
· 2m
Reporter: The FDA has a new AI tool that's intended to speed up drug approvals. But several FDA employees say the new AI helper is making up studies that do not exist. One FDA employee telling us, 'Anything that you don't have time to double check is unreliable. It hallucinates confidently'

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

Judge Richard Berman Had to Remind Todd Blanche to Think of Jeffrey Epstein's Victims - emptywheel

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/23/judge-richard-berman-had-to-reminder-todd-blanche-to-think-of-jeffrey-epsteins-victims/

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@sop Oof. This is what it feels like when I pair w/ a coworker that has AI code assist enabled. Only, half the time they reflexively/accidentally let it autocomplete, and I have to say "no, not that." and then we undo what it has done and try to get back on task.

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

Sure, let's name an opera house after a pair of vulgarians.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/23/republican-sycophant-sucks-up-to-vulgar-philistine/