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NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@collinsworth Excellent post. Thanks for sharing!

re: "frontend code" – I don't find things more promising as a backend developer.

One thing I'd previously jotted down for my own post on AI: There's this idea that "we'll just get better at providing context/specification for the AI to properly program things".

But as a SWE, I'm already providing that specification in the most precise way: an unambiguous, deterministic programming language! (Or any number of DSLs for schema, querying, etc.)

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

I have a lot of thoughts on AI.

I've been working on this post for a couple of months now. It's very personal, characteristically lengthy, and sure to be at least somewhat controversial. Take it (or don't) as you will.

https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/sloptimism

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
filippo@abyssdomain.expert ("Filippo Valsorda") wrote:

When I talk about professionalizing open source maintenance, and about the Geomys Standard of Care, this is what it is about.

The solution is neither gatekeeping nor blanket legal liability nor making demands of volunteers. The solution is relying on, and funding, professionals.

https://forum.syncthing.net/t/does-anyone-know-why-syncthing-fork-is-no-longer-available-on-github/25661/165

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

@sinvega I love it when I find a game that doesn't have voice acting. Then half the reviews are "would be better with voice acting". I do no understand. Just let me fucking read.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
sinvega@mas.to ("Sin Vega") wrote:

begging devs to let me disable the voice reading out the text that I can read 25 times faster and am now being distracted and annoyed by

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

Just realized something— you know those #Google sign-in pop-ups you get when visiting basically every website? When age verification kicks in, Google will use its sign in to speed up the process, meaning Google's tentacles will live in virtually every website across the www. Like the Facebook like button, but with legal ramifications.

When everyone is properly addicted, Google will find a way to charge for it.

jwz wrote:

Really wish Mastodon web-interface filters had booleans, for so many reasons, but today's thing I wish I could accomplish but cannot: "Hide posts by [REDACTED] that are boosts of other people mentioning [REDACTED]."

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

Some new invite codes for https://message.casa

• nutrient-woozy-2272
• snooze-splashing-5578
• degrease-tray-3655

Active users have got some too!

jwz wrote:

This may be my favorite new Mastodon feature for protecting me from cognitive toxins.

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jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

Clipper going well.

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WillFlux wrote:

“You know you want to do more with Artificial Intelligence. Two problems have held you back: the expense of the hardware and the scarcity of #LISP programmers.” 512K of memory recommended. (Ad from Byte magazine, Jan 1985)

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

It's going to be a dark, evil Christmas this year.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/08/how-dhs-celebrates-xmas/

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

"Have you accepted AI yet". My take on a recent thread here. Nothing particularly new there, but I needed a place to aggregate all the links I cared about on the topic :-)

https://softwaremaniacs.org/blog/2025/12/05/have-you-accepted-ai-yet/en/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

I'm getting a LOT of new followers this weekend and today from mastodon.social that claim to be news aggregators. all created in the past 72 hours. Someone's spinning up a MONSTROUS propaganda/fake news campaign out there right now! I'm guessing it's a state level actor. Be cautious and double-check anything that sounds too good to be true or too outrageous to ignore!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
catbus.phd@bsky.brid.gy ("Catbus ☃️🎄❄️") wrote:

I am brimming with holiday spirit

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
redsad@ohai.social ("captain acab :antifa:") wrote:

what to do if there's a witch at your door

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

Russia's ban on Roblox has drawn a sharp backlash from the platform’s roughly 18 million monthly Russian users — mostly children and teenagers — who have launched social-media campaigns and video petitions urging officials to restore access.

https://therecord.media/russia-bans-roblox-drawing-criticism-from-kids

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
streetartutopia@mastodon.online ("Street Art Utopia") wrote:

Arresting freedom!
At street art at 2nd Av - Houston St, F Line
In New York! 🇺🇸
Artist Unknown

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

As a person who has followed Iranian cyberespionage operations for more than a decade, this story is crazypants and you should read it:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/01/mohammad-tajik-iran-cyber-intelligence/684954/?gift=kPTlqn0J1iP9IBZcsdI5IUTLJcsVKq12m0EyVlSYJBQ&utm%5Fsource=copy-link&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=share

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

Ronald Reagan is rolling in his grave.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
alissaazar@kolektiva.social ("Alissa Azar") wrote:

Good morning! I’m currently at Beaverton High School in OR where a mass student walk out has just started to demand a proactive ICE protocol for their school and district.

Students say that similar walkouts were planned at multiple other high schools, including Aloha, Sunset, Southridge & more.

One students says they want the district to collaborate with neighboring districts that have implemented more proactive plans, and to coordinate community response plans for when there are reports of ice activity on/nearby school grounds.

Other schools in neighboring districts have connected with rapid response networks. Students say that there are already teams like this organized in the area and ready to work together

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

We just released Mastodon 4.5.3, 4.4.10 and 4.3.16 and 4.2.28.

These versions contain various bug fixes, including a fix for a minor security issue.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases

#mastoadmin

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

the recent shift of the Overton Window is bad for society

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton%5Fwindow

https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/115684695425667710

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rbreich@masto.ai ("Robert Reich") wrote:

Attachments:

• video: 64a03b72c2d284c7.mp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
littlemiao@babka.social ("littlemiao :jewish_pride_flag:") wrote:

Ketzeleh says the stairs are off limits

#Ketzeleh #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Floof #Cat

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

the mantra should be:

"Small, cheap, fast, and out of centralized control"

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

"The trouble with highly engineered and expensive weapons is that they are all but impossible to produce rapidly or purchase in large numbers. The Army wants to field its own small drones — not for a few hundred dollars per unit, as in Ukraine, but a more sophisticated version of the same weapon for tens of thousands of dollars. Unsurprisingly, the more complex version takes much longer to produce."

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

"The Pentagon reportedly expended about one quarter of its overall stockpile of high-altitude missile interceptors helping to defend Israel against Iran’s ballistic missiles earlier this year. And that was in a war that lasted just 12 days. Three years into the war in Ukraine, the United States can’t produce enough Patriot missiles to meet Kyiv’s demand."

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iftas@mastodon.iftas.org ("IFTAS") wrote:

@Black_Flag @axeln @celeduc @cstross IFTAS has tracked many hundreds of these accounts being created, mastodon dot social is one of the most responsive at getting them removed. The state actor in question has been seen on over 180 servers in the past 60 days. Numerous servers have done nothing to remove these accounts or monitor new accounts. Accounts are still being created on open registration servers today.

https://about.iftas.org/2025/10/05/coordinated-pro-russian-propaganda-network-targeting-activitypub-and-atproto-services/

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

"When Gen. David H. Berger, who was then the commandant of the Marines, decided in 2020 to get rid of the Corps’ tanks (which are difficult to transport and maintain) for the sake of creating a lighter, more agile force that could better counter China, he had to overcome intense institutional resistance. General Berger was right. The war in Ukraine demonstrated how vulnerable tanks have become." https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/08/opinion/us-china-taiwan-military.html?rsrc=flt&unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.7E8.uV5s.Fd1YFCjENld9&smid=url-share