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

Trump backtracks on releasing video of 2nd strike on alleged drug boat
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/world/video/ac360kthdrugboat?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into World News @world-news-CNN

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AssociatedPress@flipboard.com ("Associated Press") wrote:

Florida governor declares Muslim civil rights group a terrorist organization
https://apnews.com/article/florida-desantis-muslim-group-terrorist-label-7113c982c43fed198cef9eaf85b23679?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-AssociatedPress

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
The_Whore_of_Blahbylon ("The Whore of Blahbylon") wrote:

I just love how consistent conservatives are.

#ConservativeHypocrisy #memes #CharlieKirk #StephenKing #CancelCulture

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

Excellent

Federal judge throws out #Trump order blocking development of #wind #energy

A federal judge on Monday struck down Trump’s executive order blocking #WindEnergy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of #WindFarms on federal #lands & #waters was “arbitrary & capricious” & violates US #law.

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #energy
https://apnews.com/article/trump-wind-power-offshore-attorney-general-a8c2f1201ac6b0607e8c4a1c36e651ba?utm%5Fsource=onesignal&utm%5Fmedium=push&utm%5Fcampaign=2025-12-08-Wind+energy

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
twwombat@dice.camp ("T.W.Wombat (aka Jim White)") wrote:

So I'm officially 8 months jobless as of today.

Looking for a senior database architect/engineer role with pipeline/interface experience, if you know anyone looking. I'm a generalist hunting in a specialized world.

Alternately, I can edit your TTRPG manuscript or crowdfunding page for a nominal fee.

Thanks in advance!

#Jobs

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

Reminder that I and musician Matthew Ryan wrote a Christmas song together, which Matthew then sang. It's melancholy and hopeful at the same time. If you've never heard it, enjoy, and if you're hearing it again, enjoy once more.

https://youtu.be/0ujFBJKbVLw

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
brooke@bikeshed.vibber.net ("Brooke Vibber :neocat_cofe:") wrote:

VLC stands for Very Large Cone

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
mcc wrote:

It's really awkward the person you have to sue is the government for censoring your software through Apple and not Apple for creating a situation where the government can censor your software. Apple is more powerful, and less accountable, than a government. https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox/115684595581297105

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

One of these things is not like the other...

You can tell someone sketchy is in Bernie's ear, but they haven't been able to completely control what he puts out about AI.

#BernieSanders #Democrats

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
bodil@treehouse.systems ("Bodil") wrote:

Addendum: if you were specifically thinking "I'm getting a Raspberry Pi to run Home Assistant," stop that nonsense at once and buy a https://www.home-assistant.io/green/ instead.

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
regehr ("John Regehr") wrote:

I would be remiss to not show this graph when mentioning quicksand

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

my favorite "nothing to see here" log entry (for which read "probe") today so far:

172.82.67.155:45724 - 2025-Dec-08 23:51:18.85958Z "GET /wp-login.php?action=register HTTP/1.1" 404 26

die wordpress die die die
we ain't got no schtinking wordpress here, nor ph fooking p

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@collinsworth This also resonated with me:

"I like using my brain [and] the process of ideating, building, and creatively solving a problem."

Agreed! And I like helping my coworkers use their brains. When I'm reviewing code, I often think "Why would they write it like this?" If I can't find the reason, I'll ask. Sometimes there's a good reason for us to capture in comments. Other times, it's code that can be improved.

"Because AI did it" is a code thought-terminating cliché. 😞

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

My value is not the number of lines of code I generate, but the thoughtfulness with which I apply my experience.

"Ah, you said X, but do you mean X, X', or X''? Those distinctions matter because…"

"In this case it would be simpler AND more flexible to generalize to…"

Do employers value the difference?

Will they learn to, before their codebase is so full of vibecode that they need to hire a code exorcist? 🤷

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.

Boosted by jwz:
jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

Clipper going well.

Boosted by jwz:
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