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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
kevinrns@mstdn.social ("Kevin Russell") wrote:

Good news, hard times.

New South Korea law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms.

Mandatory Installation of Solar Panels in Public Parking Lots.

And It Will Apply Retroactively to Existing Facilities

Parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies. But, unlike similar laws elsewhere, the new law doesn’t just apply to new construction – existing lots will have to comply.

Yay.

https://electrek.co/2025/11/02/new-national-law-will-turn-large-parking-lots-into-solar-power-farms/

#climate

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
actualham@social.coop ("Robin DeRosa") wrote:

Happy Halloween, punks! Let's all take a moment to remember the year I made my confused husband dress up as a paywall so I could be Open Access Hero.

#OpenAccess #OA #OER #libraryLife #HigherEd #Elsevier #library #Halloween #AcademicHumor

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

I just discovered the best feature of mobile #Firefox

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
jimsalter@fosstodon.org ("Jim Salter") wrote:

Healthy life coach type shit right here

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
distractal@hachyderm.io ("Erik Johnson") wrote:

From Reddit:

"Explaining daylight savings time to a cat."

Attachments:

• video: A person explains daylight savings time to a cat gently while music from The Dark Knight plays in the background and the camera slowly zooms in and the cat stares at them

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

The future of software:

AI writes insecure code -> AI finds a vulnerability -> AI exploits it -> AI patches it -> AI writes a blog post about it.

Better get a large supply of popcorn and watch this shitshow.

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

Good podcast episode by Robert Evans goes a little bit into the lesswrong doomsday cult

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-bastards/id1373812661?i=1000643778432

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

There is a new "Share on Mastodon" button on the official @Mastodon blog, feel free to try it out and let me know what you think.

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

This doomer rhetoric from Hank Green's new pals comes at a real life cost.

At least one doomer cult active in the LessWrong forums, and a believer in the LessWrong rhetoric, ended in murder and suicide

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zizians

#Zizians #aidoomcult

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

#Ihlo - Cenotaph

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96nq1Avi7kA

#NP #NowPlaying

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

Here's the article from Eliezer Yudkowsky, co-author of the book and writer of the LessWrong blog.

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/j9Q8bRmwCgXRYAgcJ/miri-announces-new-death-with-dignity-strategy

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

Hank Green dedicates an entire video to the book "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies" and platforms one of the authors Nate Soares.

The other co-author, meanwhile, wants humanity to get comfortable with the inevitability of the AI apocalypse, and to...

"die with dignity"

To be clear, Hank doesn't appear interested in approaching this book with a critical lens, instead seems to gush over it. In his second video, he's straight up preaching all the talking points of the book.

#AI #OpenAI

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

In his video, Hank Green cites the Center For AI Saftey as evidence we have lost control of AI.

The national spokesperson for the Center For AI Safety recommends we "burn down labs" in an attempt to prevent an AI apocalypse.

https://x.com/DrTechlash/status/1924639190958199115

#OpenAI #AI #Anthropic

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

A path near Crummock Water.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Fuji Superia X-tra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Come Through Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #LakeDistrict #TheLakes #Cumbria

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
caitp@mstdn.social wrote:

*idle thinking* the dynamic of wanting to keep up with the joneses and surrounding yourself with wealthier people to compete with is problematic and self destructive, bdcause the value of money becomes distorted, placing value on others perception of your wealth over serving your needs and the needs of your community, people are happier, and in hard times, can support each other. but if everybody is on their own, all they get is a target on the back of their head

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

I mean, I hope that Vance embraces not being a gormless spineless racist sack of shit, but guess what else isn't going to happen

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/politics/usha-jd-vance-christianity-religion-hindu.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.yE8.pPiU.cdEEEjuCRXb9&smid=url-share

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁") wrote:

Brand new #smolweb theme for #hugo #gohugo

A lightweight Hugo theme following SmolWeb specifications with CSS Grade B compliance.

Features

• SmolWeb Compliant: Follows SmolWeb guidelines for lightweight, accessible web design
• CSS Grade B: Uses only essential and basic responsive CSS properties
• Hugo v0.146.0+ Compatible: Uses the new template system structure
• Multilingual: Full support for multiple languages with Hugo's i18n (ready for en, fr, es, pt, de, it, pl, nl, ru, ja, zh, ar, sv, no)
• Categories & Tags: Built-in taxonomy support with clean archive pages
• Pagination: Automatic pagination for posts, sections, and taxonomy pages
• Dark Mode: Automatic dark theme based on system preferences (prefers-color-scheme)
• Centralized Colors: Efficient color management using CSS selector grouping (3 foreground + 3 background colors)
• No JavaScript: Works perfectly without any client-side scripts
• Semantic HTML5: Proper use of semantic elements (header, main, nav, article, aside, footer)
• System Fonts Only: No web font loading - uses system font stacks
• RSS Feeds: Built-in RSS support for content syndication
• Accessible: Works with screen readers and text-only browsers
• Print Friendly: Optimized print styles included

https://codeberg.org/smolweb/hugo-smolweb

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

When two bad people fight, listen. They will spill the beans on each other in a candid way that would never otherwise happen.

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

It is so bizarre that Hank Green is asking his audience to lobby Congress for AI Doomsday legislation, and not, say, legislation against stealing energy from small poor towns to make data centers, or consumer privacy regulations.

Is Hank Green turning into a AI-doomer / Effective Altruist before our eyes?

#AI #OpenAI

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wendynather@infosec.exchange ("Wendy Nather") wrote:

This pub knows what time it is!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
msbellows@c.im ("M.S. Bellows, Jr.") wrote:

@AnnaAnthro Everything old is new again.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Bfordham@infosec.exchange ("Bryan L. Fordham") wrote:

@futurebird @paulc @roytoo

That’s what I’ve been trying to tell people. If you have stuff to give, do it. But the folks at the food bank can probably stretch you money further than you can.

Not “it’s bad “ but “cool, but there’s a better way,”

I do think for some (I’m thinking of my kids, for example) giving food items is easier to grasp. And it helps point them toward “community cares for community “

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

“websites can now add licensing and royalty terms to their robots.txt file”

(because everyone pays such close attention to robots.txt files, amirite?)

https://front-end.social/@zeldman/115458036408246571

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

Tr00, all of them.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("The Tennessee Holler ") wrote:

TAPPER: “Trump hosted a Gatsby-themed party while SNAP runs out — I’ve heard Republicans even express concern about the optics…” BESSENT: “Obama played more golf than any president.” (NOT TRUE 🤥 )@jaketapper.bsky.social : *does not push back on the lie*🤔

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• video: 00cef91a319d09e0.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MikeTRose@saturation.social ("Mike Rose") wrote:

Pro tip, the Airdrop “bump to send” feature is very handy when a bystander snaps a photo of, say, you hugging your marathon-running stepsister

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
BBC@c.im ("BBC News") wrote:

#BBC Shein accused of selling childlike sex dolls in France https://w.st/4M4M

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:

Maybe instead of *talking about* Nigerian Christians, we should *listen to* Nigerian Christians?

It's a moral failing to let your fear of terrorism lead you down the road to Islamaphobia, or prevent you from speaking up for Muslim children.

Nigerian British rapper Santan Dave:

[CW: cursing audio]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CNdyxgi2ZfU

We don't need to rehash how over-educated Nigerians are. If you have an advanced degree from a top US university then you met some of these Nigerians. Some Christian, some Muslim.

Boko Haram killed more people than either ISIS or Al Qaeda. Boko Haram literally means "Western Education is forbidden"

Nigeria drove down the violence of Boko Haram without villifying Islam in general, or resorting to ethnic cleansing. They've been down that dark path in the country's history before, and it leads nowhere good.

Nigeria also drove down maritime piracy. It used to have more piracy than Somalia.

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

And you know who is also lobbying Congress for AI licenses? The CEO of the largest AI company in the world, Sam Altman.

Because if licenses are applied, then Altman can work on his AI monopoly.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230519123712/https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/openai-chief-goes-before-us-congress-to-propose-licenses-for-building-ai

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
box464 ("Box464") wrote:

Another fediverse related Signal Chat sticker set added to #FediMerch - the @neatnik mascot, Prami. These are free to download.

https://signal.art/addstickers/#pack%5Fid=7eca6973ac2128b5c3133b1dc4e9b2fa&pack%5Fkey=ebc0fd467fbadc0d6aa07cca46d1d5d13727e01da80dca1baf0737b4c130ff0c