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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cesarpose@infosec.exchange ("César Pose") wrote:

One day I woke up from a nap because my cat was touching my arm. When I opened my eyes, I saw him open his mouth. He was meowing, but I couldn't hear him.
So I wrote this little poem, with a little sadness and a little acceptance. For all those sounds I love that are fading away as I become increasingly deaf...

My native language is Spanish so I put the original and then the translation.

Los pájaros se han ido
Los loros ya no juegan
en las ramas
La lluvia ya no canta
y el viento apenas sopla
Las risas de los niños
los perros del vecino
y la voz de ella
se alejan poco a poco
El silencio me devora
lentamente...

The birds have left
The parrots no longer play
on the branches
The rain no longer sings
and the wind barely blows
The children's laughter
the neighbor's dogs
and her voice
gradually fade away
The silence slowly devours me...

Perhaps the most painful loss is the loss of oneself, when time slowly steals away your gifts and treasures...

#deafness #hearingloss #deaf #silence #sordera #hipoacusia #silencio #actuallyautistic #autoimmune #poetry #poem

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

@simon I think it may be a Law of LLM Assistants that:

no matter how big the context window, the next project step will require more.

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
SocialGaff@cathode.church ("Liam") wrote:

Hey friends, one of my clown partners and I made a thing, playing with the fact that.. you can just make up your own rules for who can play with the things you create.

It's my second run at creating something of the kind, so when looking at how disheartening the impact of AI has been on creative folks all over, we decided to build a new ruleset for the release of some upcoming projects, and make it something others can use as well.

Or, as the license itself says:

"We made a ridiculous thing with our silly human brains, using our filthy human hands, in order to inspire our messy human hearts.

It is with strong encouragement, and a few simple rules, that we invite you to use your brains, hands, and hearts to play along with us."

Enjoy the Filthy Human Hands v1.0 License

https://whirling.top/fhh

#FilthyHumanHands
#ThisOldClownHouse
#StopSlop
#noAI

edit: added logo image and made link clickable.

A vectorized handprint. It's @russ@mastodon.art 's, taken from a photograph of paint on an actual wall in This Old Clown House. It's about as human as you can get, and it's the logo for the new Filthy Human Hands License.

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
sparklepanic@infosec.exchange ("Raven (she/her) :sparkling_trans_heart: :neodog_verified: :cascadia:") wrote:

https://text.npr.org/

is so cool

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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
wezm@mastodon.decentralised.social ("Wesley Moore") wrote:

RE: https://aus.social/@decryption/116172988490704948

Makes it very clear how artificially limited modern phones are.

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
petergleick@fediscience.org ("Peter Gleick") wrote:

“The costs of Trump’s war to the average American will be higher than it could have been because of the assault of the GOP and Trump administration on renewable energy projects,” said Peter Gleick, a member of the US National Academy of Sciences
https://www.fastcompany.com/91502090/trump-assaulted-renewable-energy-now-america-is-more-vulnerable-to-iran-fossil-fuel-shocks

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

people out there treating Joe Armstrong's "The Mess We're In" like the famed sci fi novel "Don't Create the Torment Nexus"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKXe3HUG2l4

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

U.S. Senator attacks anti-war Marine - breaking his hand:

"McGinnis can be heard saying “No one wants to fight for Israel!!” And bystanders can he heard saying “They broke his hand! A sitting US Senator just broke the hand of a Marine."
https://youtube.com/shorts/1Rj9mXzscnU?si=LY2nPBG7merAS15N

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

U.S. Senator attacks anti-war Marine - breaking his hand:

"Republican Senator Tim Sheehy just attacked anti-war protestor Brian McGinnis during a subcommittee hearing.
Sheehy joined Capitol Police is lifting McGinnis up and physically ejecting him from the hearing.
McGinnis can be heard saying “No one wants to fight for Israel!!” And bystanders can he heard saying “They broke his hand! A sitting US Senator just ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2026/03/04/us-senator-attacks-antiwar-marine.html

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

I’ve been so lucky to have amazing culinary experiences in my life. I’ve had sushi in Tokyo and pasta in Italy. Yet, this poor boy’s palette would trade it all for a bacon and egg cheese biscuit and Diet Coke from Mc Donald’s.

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Boosted by jwz:
draken@masto.nyc ("Draken BlackKnight") wrote:

The guy on the left was a US Marine Lt. Colonel who was arrested and convicted for selling missiles to Iran.

The guy on the right is a Fox "news" *snicker* "military analyst" who says Iran shouldn't have missiles.

They're the same guy.

Ollie North's mugshot from his arrest related to the Iran-Contra Affair
Ollie North on Fox "news", a few decades after Iran-Contra

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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Wait...hold up. I'm hearing that it is *not* fixed, 9 years on. And...what's that...oh...I'm being told that there's no credible plan for when it will happen.

And that React is still getting bigger with every release.

[ deep sigh ]

Starting to think those swashbuckling Bookfacers *might not* know what they're doing.

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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Just doing my annual check-in on React + ESM. I'm sure it's fixed by now...a mere 9 years after it was initially discussed:

https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/11503

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

New blog post

Building your first smolweb page

A simple news article that takes ten seconds to load and eats 50 MB of data. You've seen that. We all have. Mountains of JavaScript, giant CSS frameworks, third-party trackers, custom fonts pulled from remote servers... all of that to display a few paragraphs of text.

The smolweb pushes back against that...

https://adele.pages.casa/md/blog/building-your-first-smolweb-page.md

#smolweb #smallweb #html #howto

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Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
alternativeto@mas.to ("AlternativeTo") wrote:

Motorola has announced a long-term partnership with the GrapheneOS Foundation to boost privacy and security on its smartphones, with future GrapheneOS support, ending the Google Pixel exclusivity for this Android OS.
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/motorola-partners-with-grapheneos-to-boost-smartphone-security-and-privacy-for-its-users/

A smartphone displays the GrapheneOS logo, indicating a focus on privacy and security enhancement in mobile devices.

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zkat@toot.cat wrote:

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116172866488754801

UBI in relation to genAI harms is absolutely a red herring. Even if it were implemented, when you play it out in your head it... doesn't look great. So let's talk about that?

What does UBI get you? A basic standard of living, not very fancy, still encouraging you to seek out work if you want more luxuries but at least you won't die in the streets. That's kinda what it is, definitionally. It's achieved through some level of taxation, wherever you want that to come from to make it effective, but corporations and billionaires are obvious big targets.

Setting aside the idea that both of those obvious targets are largely politically untouchable and will continue to be for the foreseeable future, what we're left with is a bunch of people who have been pushed out of work, who can only afford the very basic living standards in our society, and who have no way to climb out of that hole because all the "value" is being captured by automation, which is controlled by... the corporations and billionaires which must continue to be at least fairly profitable, and fairly filthy rich in order to be taxable and able to fund the UBI. It also removes the possibility of worker power being able to influence corporate direction in any way, which is terribly convenient.

The result of UBI in an AI world isn't a more comfortable world, it's a further-stratified world where even more people are pushed to "barely scraping by" than ever, the environment continues to be set on fire, and the worst people in the world have all the economic and political power.

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

YouTube showing scammy “click here” video ads. The race to the bottom continues.

A fake systems alert pop up telling users to "protect your photos!"

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
LauraJG@deacon.social ("Laura G, Sassy 70’s") wrote:

By Georgette Chen (born Chang Li Ying, 1906-1993), Self-Portrait, oil on wood, 35 by 27 cm (13 3/4 by 10 1/2 inches), photo: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 04 April 2015. #arthistory #womanartist #womenartists #asianart #painting #oilpainting #WomensHistoryMonth

From the catalogue note: “Georgette Chen’s modernist aesthetic and profound comprehension of the oil painting medium introduced a fresh surge to Singapore’s pre-existing artistic paradigm in the 20th century. Though landscapes and still life works are her famed forte, Chen’s striking self-portrait serves as a remarkable and rare testament to one of the most groundbreaking strides in the Nanyang School. As the singular female artist in this group, she delved into an emotional search for self-identity as she fashioned this image and appeared stalwart in her artistic fortitude.”

From the Sotheby’s catalogue note:: “Similar to Cezanne’s self-portrait which is deliberately composed to leave little room for the negative space in the backdrop, the artist’s countenance dominates the picture plane. The hyperbolic scale of the face renders the image intriguing and intense; the experience of viewing the work mimics that of intently looking in a mirror or drawing very intimate contact with another individual. The prim Chinese collar concealing her neck and her neatly pinned, elegantly arranged hair place further focus on her memorable visage, adding to her mystique… Given the youthful glow resonating from Chen’s appearance, this work was conceivably executed in the early 1930s, while the artist was residing in France and experimenting with portraiture. Bearing a reserved expression on her slightly tilted face, Chen is imbued with a sense of feminine vulnerability. Yet, her intense eyes tellingly penetrate the viewer’s consciousness in an arresting and artful symphony. She is mindful of one’s presence, but remains deliberately aloof and silent. The observer is urged to empathize with her timidity, but simultaneously feels confronted by her knowing scrutiny. Painted by a woman prevalent within the context of the male-dominated art circles of 20th century Asia, the self-portrait skillfully captures the contradictory elements of Chen’s character: she is sensitive yet detached, sincere yet private, shy yet determined.”

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

@douginamug I can't tell how seriously to take this, but it seems to be related to this talk from the recent FOSDEM:

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/SUVS7G-lets%5Fend%5Fopen%5Fsource%5Ftogether%5Fwith%5Fthis%5Fone%5Fsimple%5Ftrick/

(The music is driving me crazy on that video.)

Via:

https://malus.sh/blog.html

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
ppk@front-end.social ("ppk 🇪🇺") wrote:

Buy tickets for all of these conferences, and buy them now.

Or else @dletorey will come after you. And you know what that means.

https://webdayout.com
https://beyondtellerrand.com
https://heypresents.com/conferences/2026
https://cssday.nl
https://pixelpioneers.co
https://www.fronteers.nl/en/conference/
https://webdevconf.com

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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Worth your time:

https://pca.st/episode/9cec0a50-ff08-44bb-a2a5-83b490d14787

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chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

Just caught myself thinking “What’s a good website for Mac news, now that MacStories doesn’t cover Macs anymore?” (This is not remotely true, if you look at the front page, but it does sometimes feel like their beat has become AI agents lately.)

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
whiskeysailor@reefahoy.boats ("Mister Softie :dp_knife:") wrote:

Amazing how ICE can avoid media attention when it doesn't gun down white people on video

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Boosted by zack@toot.cafe ("Zack"):
theeclecticdyslexic@mstdn.social ("eclexic") wrote:

#Heliboard is gathering gesture typing data, so that we can implement a #FOSS alternative to the closed gesture typing library Heliboard currently relies on. The data we collect will be released under the CC BY-SA 4.0

I also made a video including details & instructions.

Boosts Please! The greater the diversity of people & languages in the data, the better we can test for correctness.

PT: https://makertube.net/w/cQECfDkuLGR9eUQquUEo4K

YT: https://youtu.be/CyjumVTWtJA

Text (instructions only):
https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard/wiki/Tutorial:-How-to-Contribute-Gesture-Data

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Boosted by jwz:
nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt ("Nina Kalinina") wrote:

CLAUDE.md on your machine? It's more likely than you think...

I kind of want to pour gasoline on my laptop and light it up now, but... uhh, yeah, maybe I'll start with installing Asahi again.

screenshot of a terminal nina@macbook $ which brew /opt/homebrew/bin/brew nina@macbook $ cd /opt/homebrew nina@macbook $ ls .... CLAUDE.md among the files

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Boosted by jwz:
tommorris ("Tom Morris") wrote:

Luddites are just fighting the inevitable. The metaverse is the future. Especially when combined with NFTs.

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
aparrish@friend.camp ("allison") wrote:

got your eye on a commons you want to enclose? we can help with that! just $100 per seat/month (billed yearly; $125 if billed monthly)

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

Three-panel page from Watchmen of Dr. Manhattan on Mars. Panel 1: "It is 1991. I am 6 years old. I am watching the United States invade the Middle-East." Panel 2: "It is 2001. I am 16 years old. I am watching the United States invade the Middle-East." Panel 3: "It is 2026. I am 41 years old. I am watching the United States invade the Middle-East."

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Boosted by jwz:
chrisjrn@social.coop ("Christopher Neugebauer") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@glyph/116172179294783146

"Is there a point to understanding things?" is, I think, the single biggest open question about Software Engineering as a discipline that has opened up over the last 18 months.

I expect it'll be answered in the affirmative, but
a) I don't think there'll be consensus on that for another 3 years
b) I don't think the people who are acting as if the negative is true will ever realise that that's what they think

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Boosted by jwz:
Foxboron@chaos.social ("Morten Linderud") wrote:

Apparently chardet got Claude to rewrite the entire codebase from LGPL to MIT?

https://github.com/chardet/chardet/releases/tag/7.0.0

That is one way to launder GPL code I guess?