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jwz wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nocontexttrek/116178549601925386

"I got that reference!"

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zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

this was supposed to be a shitpost, what the fuck: https://social.coop/@cstanhope/116177449448368652 the chardet guy actually put “do not plagiarize from LGPL/GPL code” into the fucking prompt

how dare I assert that slopfans are all cookie cutter grifters whose brains got broken by a basic psychological trick

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mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:

@cdarwin

Joe Neguse is spectacular!

Here he is questioning Kristi Nome today...

Neguse: Where is this company headquartered?

Noem: I don’t know.

Neguse: I don’t know either. We can’t find it. We did find an address that’s registered to a political operative. This company that received 143 million dollars was incorporated 8 days before this contract went out. You want the American people to believe that this is all above board...

#Primary2026

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• video: Neguse: Where is this company headquartered? Noem: I don’t know. Neguse: I don’t know either. We can’t find it. We did find an address that’s registered to a political operative. This company that received 143 million dollars was incorporated 8 days before this contract went out. You want the American people to believe that this is all above board...

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

The more I explore new ways to tackle my notes and tasks for my day-to-day work, the more I realize that a single-file-type system is the answer.

For the past few years, I've used Notion to create an objectives -> projects -> tasks type of system and my biggest frustration is juggling all the files generated—locating, managing, and clearing them.

Working from a single file, where all I do is scroll to things, is working far better. The challenge is, when do I start a new file?

rust@social.rust-lang.org ("Rust Language") wrote:

Rust 1.94.0 has been released! 🌈 🦀 ✨

A few highlights are array_windows() and element_offset() on slices, Peekable::next_if_map(), LazyCell::get and friends, and the new `include` key in config.toml to include other toml files!

Check out the blog post for details: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/03/05/Rust-1.94.0/

Boosted by zkat@toot.cat:
adrienne@treehouse.systems ("just adrienne") wrote:

So if you're using Proton thinking it's "privacy-focused", it turns out they're giving data to the Feebs now. https://www.404media.co/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor/

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

Mark Zuckerberg is quoted as saying he wants to bring AI to developing nations. But really, that just means he wants to exploit cheap labor and reduce latency for his yuppie customers in the west.

It was always about this type "digital slavery"—machine learning, god AIs, fantastical robots that can fold your laundry—these are all Mechanical Turks piloted by impoverished workforces of the global south.

https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-largest-subsea-cable-us-india-ai-infrastructure-2025-2

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

Meta’s AI Smart Glasses and Data Privacy Concerns: Workers Say “We See Everything”:

"It is an uncomfortable truth for tech giants: the AI revolution is to a large extent built on labor in low-income countries. What we call “machine learning” is often the result of human hands."

It makes sense why Meta is spending 10 billion on a deep sea fiber optic cable that connects the US to India, Brazil, and Africa
https://www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/metas-ai-smart-glasses-and-data-privacy-concerns-workers-say-we-see-everything

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jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io ("Jenniferplusplus") wrote:

Trump fired kristi noem, she is kristi noemore

This is not a joke, it's a hilarious fact.

Just in case you get all your news from here

zkat@toot.cat wrote:

so let me get this straight

We don't consider it a "clean room rewrite" if a human who has previously worked on a codebase and has clearly learned how something is supposed to work does a full rewrite, even if the code looks different, right? Because it's basically a derivative work?

But if the code is laundered through a plagiarism machine instead of a human, we're golden and we can disenfranchise any past contributors who expected their code to be distributed under a certain license/attribution?

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

I could never be a herpetologist.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/03/05/snakes-are-boring/

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mathewi@journa.host ("Mathew Ingram") wrote:

There's a definite possibility that AI incorrectly targeted a school for a missile strike and killed 160 children

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Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha :mastodon: 🇪🇺") wrote:

A backup isn't a backup until you have successfully restored from it. Until then, it is just a very expensive file upload called 'Schrödinger's Data'.

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

If you'd like a break from things in the form of fun music performances, you could do worse than sampling Lake Street Dive's annual covers they put out on Halloween:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89nJ1so9bCr7twSwPppovKUaXTM7PnHC

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

@Migueldeicaza I'm gonna be saying "AI means read == execute" every day until an early grave, aren't I?

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jessie ("Jess Rose") wrote:

Global remote, 🚨paid🚨 open source grant program from @igalia for folks to learn more about Linux, Graphics, JS DevTools, Multimedia + GStreamer or Web Standards.

- apply by April 3
- €7k for 450 hours over 3-6 months
- uni students or self directed learners

https://www.igalia.com/coding-experience/

#FediHire #Fossjobs

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Migueldeicaza ("Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉") wrote:

We are doomed: https://grith.ai/blog/clinejection-when-your-ai-tool-installs-another

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taylorlorenz ("Taylor Lorenz") wrote:

I wrote about the House hearing today, how Congress is trying to strip anonymity from the Internet, and the devastating effects that has for journalists, whistleblowers, LGBTQ ppl, immigrants, civil rights activists, abortion providers and anyone challenging power for @theintercept https://theintercept.com/2026/03/05/kosa-online-age-verification-free-speech-privacy/

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inkscape@mastodon.art ("Inkscape") wrote:

We're hiring!

#The Inkscape project is looking for two #developers 🧑‍💻🧑‍💻 and a bug #administrator 🐛 to work with our team on preparing Inkscape version 1.5!

Learn all about who we are looking for: https://inkscape.org/news/2026/03/02/inkscape-is-hiring-2026-1/

Applications must be submitted by 📆 April 10th, 2026.

#WorkInFLOSS #FLOSS #job #freesoftware

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

If your org is trapped on the treadmill[1], you should plan One Last Upgrade: get to React 19 (which *finally* has Web Components support) -- or even better, Preact -- then *get the hell off*. Move your componentry to WC incrementally, bit by bit, until the React part of your codebase is nothing more than`<></>`

[1]: https://polotek.net/posts/the-frontend-treadmill/

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

Another day, another email documenting a vast waste of resources on a React upgrade.

You know who doesn't have to do this nonsense? Folks who write to the web platform. Your old code still works. Your new code works even better.

Why? Because unlike React, we take the platform's role *as a platform* quite seriously.

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Copyright has always been a tricky balance. Trying to distinguish between inspiration and a ripoff. Let authors make a living, but not put the entire shared culture behind a paywall. Allow education, parody, commentary without creating loopholes for freeloaders (with lots of grey areas, flaws, gaps, and abuses in practice).
If copyright didn't exist, we'd have even more paranoid DRM used to defend commercial interests. If copyright was harsher, we'd get more walled gardens and DMCA-silencing.

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Kat@sleeping.town wrote:

@zkat less "free as in freedom" more "if you knock on my door and ask for help i'll give you dinner and a couch", yknow

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

Seeing all the “Björk is overrated” reactions to Rosalia’s Brit Awards performance takes me back to circa 2000 when I had just moved to the UK. Back then, when people found out I’m Icelandic the most common reaction I got was an immediate “I hate Björk”

Second most common reaction?

“I love Björk”

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

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https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-i-write-alt-text-unisex-t-shirt-copy

#Merchtodon #Mastodon

zkat@toot.cat wrote:

oh my god why does every post I make end up with a stream of annoying replies im just gonna delete again in a bit

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skeletor@mas.to ("Inspirational Skeletor💀") wrote:

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darius@friend.camp ("Darius Kazemi") wrote:

@zkat a return to the early ARPANET model

zkat@toot.cat wrote:

turns out you can just tell people "hey I have a small private package to do this thing that you're struggling with, do you want me to just add you to the private repo so you can reference or copy it wholesale? Just credit me."

zkat@toot.cat wrote:

Re: genAI killing open source, one strategy I've been pursuing lately is closed-sourcing everything going forward, but forming human relationships with other developers. I then literally just... send them code for stuff that would help their projects, from my own codebases, and tell them they can feel free to integrate it without owing me anything.

I've been feeling pretty good about that strategy so far. I like that it places my human relationships first, without exposing my work to either corporate exploitation or LLM mining (for later corporate exploitation).