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Boosted by jwz:
TheZeldaZone ("Zelda 🎀") wrote:

"Hello, We're Firefox, The Only Browser That Hasn't Hit Itself In The Dick With A Hammer. For years now, folks use us because of our un-hammered dick. Now, you may be wondering why today we've brought this hammer and pulled out our dick. Well I'm glad you asked--"

Boosted by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):
thezoq2 ("TheZoq2") wrote:

Another incredible @bcantrill talk, especially the second half for me now that i'm slowly drifting into having "leadership responsibilities" https://youtu.be/WF7J7qtZ8TA

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

It's our last episode of the year -- so @ahl and I will be engaging in our @changelog@changelog.social-inspired annual tradition of reviewing the year of episodes. Join us at 5p Pacific -- and bring your own favorite moments!
https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1445156662125006970

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
jk ("josef") wrote:

the tech company is certain. "cats want to know what time it is!". they design a wristwatch for cats. a watch, to tell cats what time it is. but adoption is poor. cats aren't using the product. "actually, cats just want to know whether it is time for dinner". a new streamlined version, to tell the cat whether it is dinner time. still no success. billions wasted. more research. "it seems cats just want to eat dinner". theres no tech solution to this. whole department is laid off. cats still unfed

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
seachaint@masto.hackers.town ("Seachaint") wrote:

I've said before: even if we *could* make #AGI out of the disaster that is LLM-Chatbots, and even if we could *guarantee* that it was beneficent, it would still destroy us simply as a function of its power and water requirements.

We already have an incredible General Intelligence with untapped potential: humanity, and the social structures that let humanity work together to study and solve problems.

AGI is variously a distraction or a slavery-fantasy. There is no merit to it in current form.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
IgorGrouper@mastodon.art ("Igor Grouper") wrote:

Pencils for a commission I did.

#art #mastoArt #sketch #commission

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange ("Em :official_verified:") wrote:

Age verification laws are going to kill what is left of the internet. If we let it.

#Privacy

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
sylvia_ritter ("Sylvia Ritter") wrote:

Silent Sunday 🌿

#art #speedpaint #mastoart #fediart #nature #fantasy #krita #silentsunday

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
brandkopf@mastodon.art ("sommerlich.art") wrote:

#sketchbook drop from last weeks commute.

#art #mastoart #pencil #fromimagination

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
darius@friend.camp ("Darius Kazemi") wrote:

This Wednesday is the Folk Tech Connection Call:

https://luma.com/to7dxjhz

​> Folk Tech is a movement among people who want to develop apps for their community without depending on big tech companies and a community of developers making decentralized, p2p, open source, open standard-based tech

Featuring an interview with @mauve!

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
denmanrooke@social.coop ("Denman Rooke") wrote:

New D&D art! Check it out!

Chapter 5: Magic of Faerûn opener illustration created for Dungeon & Dragon's Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn player expansion.
AD: Emi Tanji

The seventh Blackstaff of Waterdeep, Vajra Safahr is seen here awakening The Hawkman, one of the might walking statues of Waterdeep.

https://www.rucach.com/project/magic-of-faerun/

#DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #FantasyArt

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
peter@thepit.social ("Peter") wrote:

this is fascinating. https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/new-ways-to-corrupt-llms

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

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

[BEGIN TODAY IN HISTORY RUN]

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

Add:

- I'm not a person of color.

(Honestly surprised this and the one above this took so long)

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

Add:

- I like people of color but they inflict harm on me

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
UndisScot@mastodon.scot ("Undiscovered Scotland") wrote:

Engineering at its most magnificent. The unique and uniquely beautiful Falkirk Wheel rotary boat lift opened in 2002. It fulfils a role originally accomplished by a flight of 11 locks when the Union Canal opened in 1822. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/falkirkwheel/index.html

#Scotland #Falkirk

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
adrian@discuss.systems ("Adrian Sampson") wrote:

☕️ For the sixth time (!), we’re running our little ASPLOS workshop on hardware design languages/compilers/etc. Papers are just two pages! So easy! Please submit! #latte26 https://capra.cs.cornell.edu/latte26/

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

He looks like a creep, and he thinks like one, too.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/15/if-were-going-to-hang-any-member-of-the-loser-generation-start-with/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
icm@mastodon.sdf.org ("ICM") wrote:

Artist and former Thinking Machines Product Designer Tamiko Thiel visited https://icm.museum to see the new Large Systems gallery which features the Connection Machine. Tamiko demonstrates the CM-2's "friend height" a suggestion that Danny Hillis wanted to realize.

#supercomputing #hpc #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:

Definitely for a US audience of people who may have barely heard the term "cooperative", but it is nice to see positive examples of cooperatives being shown (and seeing people work in solidarity with each other to start one). More Perfect Union talks about cooperatives in Italy's Emilia-Romagna administrative region:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQMZR64G%5FeM

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
kzodasnowman@spore.social ("K-ZO da Snowman") wrote:

#Seattle is looking for #Comics artists in #Oregon and #WashingtonState to do stories about transit! $54,000 each!!!

A cohort of six artists will be commissioned to create two original short-form graphic novels each, illustrating stories from communities along Metro’s twelve existing and planned RapidRide bus lines (A–K and R).

https://www.4culture.org/grants/moving-stories/

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Næstsíðasta bókin í þessu myndbandi hjá Emblu 🙂

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRFsM9WE/

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

I don't think I have ever seen such an intense flash of colour appear so quickly and disappear again as quickly. I really didn't see it coming as it was raining and grey on my walk so this was the best I could get. Photo taken this morning at the base of Glastonbury Tor.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CatsOfYore ("Cats of Yore") wrote:

Just ten days until Christmas! I hope you will consider donating to my holiday fundraiser for our local animal shelter if you can? 🥰 https://givebutter.com/n5l31M

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
coreysnipes@hachyderm.io ("Corey Snipes 🕯️❄️") wrote:

If any #FreeSoftwareAdvent people are daily-driving a FOSS SSO auth solution they like, I'd appreciate hearing about it. (e.g., LDAP, but whatever is working for you). Endpoints are all linux, in my case.

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

A friendly reminder that the #Fediverse is run by volenteers, if you like to support the server you are on check in with your admin or check the /about page that could have some more info❤️

If you would like to support the services I host you can do so via:

https://paypal.me/stuxOS
https://patreon.com/mstdn
https://ko-fi.com/mstdn
https://bunq.me/stuxhost
https://stux.me/donate
https://liberapay.com/mstdn

It means the world :fediverse: :blobcathearts:

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

Add: I'm acting morally superior to white supremacy

Boosted by jwz:
parismarx@mastodon.online ("Paris Marx") wrote:

🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨

Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!

Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.

🗳️ Cast your ballot: https://twsu.forms.app/worst-person-tech-2025-round-one

jwz wrote:

Roomba doom.

Let's have a slow clap for the corporate tools who still have to show up at work and try to spin their bankruptcy fire-sale as Line Goes Up:

"Today's announcement marks a pivotal milestone in securing iRobot's long-term future," said Gary Cohen, iRobot's CEO. "The transaction will strengthen our financial position and will help deliver continuity for our consumers, customers and partners."

I guess their pivot to being an arms dealer didn't work out, huh.

https://jwz.org/b/yk0f