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dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

imagine my shock when it bit him https://fosstodon.org/@axboe/116063866683762974

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dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

oh good, looks like the io_uring author likes claude.

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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
tante@tldr.nettime.org wrote:

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116217477822586442

The whole "AI" industry is just based on the hope that they can deskill people fast enough that they'll have to rent back cognitive support systems. Forever.

It's like Uber. Just that they don't try to break existing transportation infrastructures but your brain.

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dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

okay so it's freebsd and linux. and actually just freebsd right now, even though i'm running linux. what can i say, feeling down on linux recently...

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dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

i am not all that enthusiastically doing asynchronous I/O in unix-like operating systems.

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adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

My main concern about living in a world with a high enough percentage of LLM involvement is that we’ll all have to lower our collective expectations as we accept a new dominant form of mediocrity that comes with a deceptively pretty veneer.

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Boosted by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ"):
soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker") wrote:

Last thing: When I said "No" is a Privacy-Enhancing Technology, I didn't just mean an opt-out.

I mean the engineers growing a fucking spine and telling their boss, "No, we shouldn't collect this data in the first place."

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

The Unboxing Begins

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adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

- Renaissance (14th-17th century)
- Enlightenment (18th century)
- Industrial Age (1760–1970)
- Information Age (1970-2025)
- Slop Age (2026-)

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dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

better than you think

that doesn't mean it's good

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❀️ πŸ’» ✍️ πŸ₯ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·") wrote:

Ayyyeee πŸ˜…πŸ˜…

https://social.coop/@cwebber/116217477822586442

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❀️ πŸ’» ✍️ πŸ₯ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·"):
cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

"We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter..." -- Sam Altman

https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/2032012809433723158

There you go, there it is. Yup.

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❀️ πŸ’» ✍️ πŸ₯ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·"):
benlockwood@ecoevo.social ("Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)") wrote:

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116217477822586442

Every time this guy opens his mouth he says something more horrific

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pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers πŸ•·") wrote:

So that's the meaning of "woke"! Something that looks like a beaver.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/03/12/finally-a-definition/

The Bank of England is replacing Winston Churchill with a picture of a beaver on our bank notes. This is the definition of woke.

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

Weird how a diverse nation would prefer diverse films, no matter what some cranky boring white dudes would say about it

RE: https://www.threads.com/@variety/post/DVyim%5FIjTub

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dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

i would like something uplifting to watch

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❀️ πŸ’» ✍️ πŸ₯ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·") wrote:

I've been trying to convince my sister to allow Norah and me to make a website for her.

We're not allowed to make a personal website, which makes sense since she's still a kid. But, sis and bro-in-law agreed we could make a single-topic website.

And Norah decided we will make a website dedicated to REPTILES 🐍 🦎

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

"We're in Hell... and there's a crucifix."

RE: https://www.threads.com/@capitalstitchco/post/DVygxZBkSNE

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❀️ πŸ’» ✍️ πŸ₯ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·"):
jimkennedy@mas.to wrote:

@fromjason I'm pretty sure we see RFS on a plane (or second row in a meeting?) just once. I think this is he.

Evil dude, probably Rat Fucker Sam.

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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
alda@topspicy.social ("Alda VigdΓ­s") wrote:

So AGENTS.md is just the human-readable documentation the AI dudebros have been refusing to include in README.md until now, because they claim that the code is "self documenting" and everyone else must be stupid if they can't figure things out.

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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
sue@glasgow.social ("Sue Smith") wrote:

Although I believe companies will have to dial down the claims that ai replaces their workers, I think it's important not to expect that to happen on the basis of productivity.

I say this because we already have a track record of productivity and other supposed indicators of business success being sacrificed in favour of control.

The cost of employee attrition, the endless studies showing how remote work and shorter working hours make people more effective etc.

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soph@grrl.me ("Sophia J. Turner") wrote:

For folks interested, I've got a growing list of resources over on the other site about the costs and drawbacks of AI in a variety of contexts:
https://bsky.app/profile/sophiajt.com/post/3lyh4fd5tpc2r

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❀️ πŸ’» ✍️ πŸ₯ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·") wrote:

Ok I must focus on work now. I'll be back.

Spoilers: a good short on how Successon's
ending was foreshadowed.

I fear I don't know enough about the Roman Empire to truly appreciate the Nero and Sporus reference but I thought it was great nonetheless. Makes me want to learn more history.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Uk%5FgbXXZQ1k

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❀️ πŸ’» ✍️ πŸ₯ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·") wrote:

Sam (Rat Fucker)

Sam is a shadowy, minor character in the Succession Universe. You may not even remember him because I think they only show him once for a brief moment (if that)

But, Sam represents surveillance capitalism, and it's weaponization by the rich. He's the guy in the background that can dig up data on anyone. He's mentioned several times by other characters but you never actually see him.


Tom in hunting gear talking to Greg.  "Is he nice? You're asking me about the moral character of a man named Rat fucker Sam?"

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typst ("Typst") wrote:

Did you know that #arXiv is exploring to add Typst? The world's largest preprint archive faces unique challenges to keep science open. Join arXiv veteran Norbert Preining and learn what's ahead for arXiv and #Typst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZlAbCOjd8

Video thumbnail: Norbert in front of an arXiv screenshot, pushing a Typst logo towards an arXiv logo. Caption "Typst and arXiv"

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❀️ πŸ’» ✍️ πŸ₯ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·") wrote:

I want to back up for a sec with Marcia Roy, after some more thought.

There is this anti-Semitic narrative that Jewish Americans have dual allegiance.

But to be clear, I don't think that's what this is. For one, Marcia is non-Jewish Lebanese, and her American citizenship is unclear.

To further solidify that Marcia was hinted as being a spy for the Israeli military, the person she is based on, Wendi Murdoch, is also suspected as being a spy!

It all works too well.

https://www.businessinsider.com/kushner-warned-that-his-friend-wendi-deng-murdoch-may-be-a-chinese-spy-2018-1

Screenshot from the show it's always sunny. A guy in a button-down short sleeve shirt and tie stands in front of a wall, covered with documents and red string connecting documents. He's wide eyed and smoking a cigarette.

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dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

apply again in 6 months

i won't.

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❀️ πŸ’» ✍️ πŸ₯ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·"):
blogdiva ("your auntifa liza πŸ‡΅πŸ‡· πŸ¦› 🦦") wrote:

@fromjason i love that you're doing this. thank you.

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❀️ πŸ’» ✍️ πŸ₯ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·"):
blogdiva ("your auntifa liza πŸ‡΅πŸ‡· πŸ¦› 🦦") wrote:

@fromjason JFC another casting coup: this is Ferris Bueller’s friend. brilliant!

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❀️ πŸ’» ✍️ πŸ₯ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·") wrote:

The less-than-subtle Sandy-to-Sandy transfer of power is a commentary on "girlboss" feminism. Sandy Jr. was able to immediately fix an injustice by giving herself a board seat that dad may've never given her.

But fundamentally, nothing changes. Sandy's company is still a parasitic force in the US economy. It's still making a deal with the devil, and prolonging the lifespan of a right-wing media empire.

It's all still very very bad. It's the meme of a bomber with a rainbow flag.

A plane dropping bombs with "black lives matter" and a rainbow sticker on the back wing. Caption: "Democrats"