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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
jwcph@helvede.net ("JWcph, Radicalized By Decency") wrote:

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@drikanis/116107120926277506

I'd like to comment on the common "AI is just a tool" thing: I'm a woodworker by training & that means a lot of machines - but almost every craftsperson knows how to do their job with hand tools, or "lesser" machines.

Similarly, a writer can write without a text editor - just as well, only slower.

If loss of a tool = loss of your skill & knowledge, then that tool isn't an asset, it's a liability. You're signing over your ability to do business to whoever sells & maintains that tool.

#AI

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:

The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore. It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that isn't remotely relevant...

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
mikemcquaid ("Mike McQuaid") wrote:

Google continues to take money for malware pretending to be Homebrew installation.

There’s nothing Homebrew can do about this. Google needs to fix it.

Please put me in contact with someone at Google high enough level to actually fix it.

https://github.com/Homebrew/install/issues/1074

Boosted by jwz:
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

Just don't send me anything that is not that

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
mhoye@cosocial.ca wrote:

Found:

Boosted by db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕"):
kc@chaos.social ("Casey") wrote:

Introducing WebAccessBench, a novel benchmark for AI language models to assess #accessibility quality and WCAG conformance in generated web interfaces under realistic prompting conditions.

I did a bit of research and found that LLMs are incredibly bad at basic digital accessibility tasks. You can compare models and read the full white paper at https://conesible.de/wab.

Overall data suggests massive implications for society at large, and major discrimination of people with disabilities. #a11y

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
Viss wrote:

what have i done

https://hax.lol/blog

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

“‘DTMF’ ups the ante: It’s entirely in Spanish. The last time a mostly Spanish-language song was on top of the Hot 100 was 2017, when ‘Despacito’—the Luis Fonsi–Daddy Yankee jam that was remixed with a new vocal from English speaker Justin Bieber—was No. 1 for a then-record 16 weeks. The last time an all-Spanish song was No. 1 was three decades before that, in 1987, when Los Lobos’ remake of the Ritchie Valens ’50s classic ‘La Bamba’ was on top for three weeks.”

https://slate.com/culture/2026/02/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-billboard-dtmf.html

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
blogdiva ("your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦") wrote:

RE: https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/116111647414936690

🗣PUERTO RICAN POWER

#PuertoRico #music #BadBunny

jwz wrote:

How to get out of jury duty.

Judge forced to slash SF jury pool over hate for Elon Musk: One candidate said, "In a criminal trial, I would feel morally obligated to convict, however, in a civil trial I could set those views aside," adding, "I believe it would be to the benefit of the human race for Mr. Musk to be sent to prison." ...
https://jwz.org/b/yk3p

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

This was objectively a police execution.

Cops let an attack dog maul this man, while claiming he was "resisting". So naturally one of the cops calmly pulled out his gun and shot him in the back of the head and the back.

Killing Da'quain Tre Johnson on 2/19.

Just like Alex Pretti, Johnson had been disarmed by police. When he posed no threat at all a cop just straight up murdered Da'quain.

https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/they-executed-my-baby-mother-of-fatally-shot-man-denounces-grpd/69-bb3ae280-ba6b-44aa-ab71-e071b89bb33f

#DaquainTreJohnson #ACAB #GrandRapids #michigan #FuckThePolice #BlackLivesMatter

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
musing_sys@social.fringesec.ca ("musing_sys🇨🇦") wrote:

@Viss @nullagent https://www.pizzint.watch/

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

@nullagent whats that pizza place watcher thing that monitors the pizza places around the pentagon again?

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

American tax payers will now pay for a hospital ship which will be sent to Greenland, Trump claims on Truth Social.

Let me rephrase that: The US, which does not offer free healthcare to its own people, wants it's own people to offer free healthcare… to Greenland… which already has free healthcare.

Maybe it is time for another brain scan for the US president.

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

One of my favorite sitting spots at the pond is this fallen tree overlooking the pond scum

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jerry@infosec.exchange ("Jerry 🦙💝🦙") wrote:

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
galacticstone ("Galactic Stone") wrote:

Tell your friends.

#NoYouDidNot

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

I got a sweet deal on a 32-address subnet.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MHowell@kolektiva.social ("Led By Gilded Fools") wrote:

@conejoclint Will get right on that as soon as I'm done .... oh, wait.

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

a test ping of a refactored @jargon_bot

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mirijb2@c18.masto.host ("Real Syntactic") wrote:

RE: https://mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl/116108520772429346

The sadism described in this article—the shackling of a retired tourist couple in their 60s; the detention of the old woman for the crime of packing her husband’s suitcase (his visa had expired); the guards who swear at her and make her sleep on the floor—is, as many have observed, the point. But it won’t deter all others from visiting the US, because of the canny way it channels libidinal energy: 1/2

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

RE: https://social.vmbrasseur.com/@vmbrasseur/115922995190919975

Mozilla wants your input. Here's mine:

Mozilla should be doing two things and two things only:

1: Building THE reference implementation web browser, and
2: Being a jugular-snapping attack dog on standards committees.
3: There is no 3.

Mozilla should have NOTHING to do with AI. Nobody wants it. Stop forcing AI into every corner of every project because your VC-brained management have completely lost the plot.

https://mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net/201

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
990000@mstdn.social ("@990000@mstdn.social") wrote:

The Fight Unlawful Conduct and Keep Individuals and Communities Empowered act
https://bsky.app/profile/ericumansky.bsky.social/post/3mffsyd7wg22w

#ICE

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
skoobz@social.lol ("Skoo.bz :verified_coffee:") wrote:

Who’s ready for some propaganda? Their approach would be corny if it wasn’t scary.

In the mean time, continue getting acquainted with Black history in this nation as a view of people who have continued to persevere in spite of fascism. I’m not saying this country hasn’t had some shining moments, but please spare me from the bullshit that we haven’t been horrible. https://www.npr.org/2026/02/21/nx-s1-5722297/federal-communications-commission-fcc-broadcasters-patriotic-250th-anniversary

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
zachleat@zachleat.com ("Zach Leatherman") wrote:

Watching the inimitable Brandi Carlile stream a fundraiser concert for Minneapolis live right now.

https://veeps.com/brandicarlile/10bee30f-604a-40a8-9c39-6a0a6553d878

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

Is the written word having a moment right now? Keeping this vague to hear your reasoning.

Boosted by rust@mas.to ("Rust tips"):
janriemer@floss.social ("Jan :rust: :ferris:") wrote:

@bbelderbos Nice! 🤓

Did you know that the `sum` method is actually a trait method of the `Sum` trait?

https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/iter/trait.Sum.html#tymethod.sum

The `Sum` trait is also implemented for e.g. `Option`, where `T` is itself implementing `Sum`:

https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/enum.Option.html#impl-Sum%3COption%3CU%3E%3E-for-Option%3CT%3E

Example:
```rust
let sum_opt: Option<_> = [Some(1), Some(2), Some(3)].into_iter().sum();
assert_eq!(sum_opt, Some(6))

```
Playground:
https://play.rust-lang.org/?version=stable&mode=debug&edition=2024&gist=f9b8abf1a11cae316d0c64e8614325b5

#Rust #RustLang

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

@NfNitLoop @bloftinsk8 yeah I love those little keyboards. I like the Blackberry style though, the QWERTY keyboards so I can stand and type too.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

I keep rereading this sentence... is it a typo or I'm not getting it

Boosted by jwz:
batkaren@mastodon.online ("batkaren (a/k/a kt roth)") wrote:

Measle Zappa