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jwz wrote:

Math is hard, Mastodon edition.

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https://jwz.org/b/yk4M

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
fabio@manganiello.eu ("Fabio Manganiello") wrote:

Yes, the #EU has a lot of regulations.

But remember that thanks to those regulations you can use a single USB-C cable that can charge anything, rather than 10 different connectors and adapters as it was common until 10-15 years ago.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if you no longer have to pay eye watering roaming fees for calls and data when you travel to other EU countries, as it was common until 5-10 years ago.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if big tech has at least some constraints onto what it can do with your data and how much choice you have as a customer.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if you, as a EU citizen, can benefit from the services of any other embassy of any other EU country if stranded abroad.

Those who try to depict the EU as a bureaucratic hell worth dismantling are those who hate the impact that its laws have on their freedom of exploiting markets, exploiting customers or living out of rent money.

Or those who hate the combined economic and political power of a united Europe with a single market because it threatens their national interests, and they’d rather exert their leverage with a bunch of divided and weaker countries instead.

Europe isn’t perfect and a lot can be improved. But those who call for its demise DO NOT talk in your interests.

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

It's grimly satisfying that Musk managed to install a wannabe dictator in the US who ditched him in a few months, cancelled subsidies for his business, then used the military to drive up gas prices while Elon destroyed any and all interest in his electric cars with brainwormed fascism.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
pitchfork@flipboard.com ("Pitchfork") wrote:

Live Nation Executives Brag About “Robbing” Ticket Buyers in Slack DMs
https://pitchfork.com/news/live-nation-executives-brag-about-robbing-ticket-buyers-in-slack-dms/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into News @news-pitchfork

Boosted by jwz:
q66@gts.q66.moe ("nina") wrote:

i have a feeling that everyone who is arguing about LLMs in the sense of stuff like productivity, quality of the output, performance or functionality of generated code, largely even licensing or whatnot is kinda missing the point

even if LLMs generated the best code in the world, i would not be using them

even if LLMs gave me the biggest ever productivity boost i would not be using them

even if the output was clean copyright-wise and fully original, i would still not be using them

i can't consciously support a worldwide slop machine that helps and finances the rise of fascism, that helps further oppression, that helps a bunch of billionaires control public opinion, that drives society-wide psychosis with far-reaching consequences, that attempts to strip all joy from activities people like while using that to make the rich even richer, and that's not even getting to environmental stuff or whatever

i'm getting left behind you say

well fuck your industry and fuck you

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

oh good, a new firefox AI feature is in the works.

and though they're going to fix it, it sent this person's entire past browsing history to an LLM vendor. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/firefox-smart-window-hands-on

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

Rögnvaldur Ólafsson is often referred to as the first Icelandic architect. There's a book about him in Icelandic for anyone interested.www.penninn.is/is/book/fyrs...

Fyrsti arkitektinn

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

Architect Rögnvaldur Ólafsson designed this barn while suffering from tuberculosis. He also designed the main hospital building at Vífilsstaðir, where he died from the illness in 1917. The barn was his final project.#Iceland #photography #streetphotography #abandoned #decay #history #architecture

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

The Icelandic state may not have much use for a large barn, which could explain its dilapidated state.#Iceland #photography #streetphotography #abandoned #decay #door #windows #rust #barn #history

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

The tuberculosis sanatorium in Vífilsstaðir included a dairy farm. The photos from this week are all of a large cowshed and barn that is on the grounds there. It was built in 1916 and operated until 1974.#Iceland #photography #streetphotography #abandoned #decay #door #windows #rust #barn #history

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

This fellow does not look happy.#Iceland #photography #streetphotography #abandoned #decay #door #concrete #window #graffiti

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

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@remixtures/116218446621879423

"What would reach them is straightforward: a politics that takes their economic grievances seriously and offers concrete material programs"

Democrats when poor people says the economy isn't working for them:

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
Jdm2@boriken.social ("jdm2 🇵🇷") wrote:

RE: https://mas.to/@ykhong/116213229930711688

It’s certainly become easier to explain my stance on Puerto Rico’s politics and status in regards of the USA lately for sure...

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

2019 is only 3 years ago, but 5 years away from 2018.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
tunubesecamirio@masto.es ("Tu nube seca mi río 🐌") wrote:

En lo que era la fabrica de Coca-Cola entra ahora un centro de datos gigantesco en #Fuenlabrada #Madrid

Pincha en el vídeo que ponemos en este toot para más información.

En Abril estaremos (el 10 de Abril, viernes) en Fuenlabrada.

Attachments:

• video: sale Aurora Gómez hablando sobre el nuevo centro de datos.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

In today’s dialogue Wajahat and I discuss the corrupting influence of AIPAC, the Crypto industry, and the Gambling industry — and how we fight back.

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

oh good

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

huh, that's the first time i've seen a semicolon in a function declaration's parameter list.

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

#if defined(_HIHO_URING)
#error since liburing now accepts slop, i can't be fucked to implement this
#endif

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
bodil@treehouse.systems ("Bodil") wrote:

On Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062090/Timberborn/

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

oh.

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

we don't actually know what it is, but it's superb

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

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

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

oh good, looks like the io_uring author likes claude.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

Boosted by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈"):
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."

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

The Unboxing Begins