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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
freakonometrics ("Arthur Charpentier ⏚ 🇨🇦 🇯🇵") wrote:

"If No One Pays for Proof, Everyone Will Pay for the Loss" https://freakonometrics.hypotheses.org/89367 (back on "AI still doesn’t work very well in business, businesses are faking it, and a reckoning is coming" https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/17/ai%5Fbusinesses%5Ffaking%5Fit%5Freckoning%5Fcoming%5Fcodestrap/)

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

“Don’t seek permission, center values – The Ideophone”

https://ideophone.org/dont-seek-permission-center-values/

This is a solid post on how to frame a debate on the ethics of using various forms of "AI". The problem with applying it in tech, specifically, is that IMO a majority of tech workers simply have no values and would gladly program a school-destroying drone if paid to do so. Otherwise the Google protests, for example, would have completely shut the company down

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
threetails ("Vixen News") wrote:

Afroman did nothing wrong

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

A view from me and @rosie_108's walk this morning.

#photo #nature #photography #forestofdean

GuillaumeL@hachyderm.io ("BigSaur G") wrote:

@baldur I also noticed that the global consciousness of a software crisis, and more generally awareness about the state of software quality, dropped significantly since the pandemic. Previously, big software failures were making the headlines, from crypto library vulnerabilities to embedded car software faults to the failure of multi million € state-funded projects in Europe. I wonder if software became so vital and ingrained in our lives that we embraced all of its quirks, or if new practices around software craft, testing, agile, safer languages and platforms, devops, etc really raised the quality bar. Fun fact: I started looking for some data, turned to the Chaos Report as you would, to realize it stopped in 2020. Also chatGPT tells me “most current failure/success statistics are still based on 2020-era data” (for what it’s worth) 😆

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿") wrote:

https://frontendmasters.com/blog/flexbox-masonry-layout-explained-with-math/

get your flex on, or get flexed on?

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿") wrote:

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿") wrote:

the easiest way to avoid cookie drama is to stop tracking on behalf of your "900 partners"

second easiest way is to follow this series: https://cloudfour.com/thinks/cookie-consent-management-in-2026-part-1-overview/

Boosted by jwz:
lzg ("lenazun") wrote:

sorry no more holidays named after men, just to be on the safe side. no buildings or statues either. it will save us work in the long run.

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿") wrote:

FYI two weeks before Vercel sell your data and code to the slop factories

you can opt out... or find a reputable host that doesn't celebrate [every muted and blocked keyword]

https://vercel.com/changelog/updates-to-terms-of-service-march-2026#:~:text=opt%20out%20by-,March%2031st%202026%2011%3A59%3A59%20PST

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
gerardkcohen@front-end.social ("Gerard K Cohen") wrote:

For the 26 of you that are following me...

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Second, I was laid off by Atlassian last week. I would appreciate if you can share with your followers that I am now open to opportunities and help increase my follower count.

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Thank you, all 26 of you!

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
silverface@cyberpunk.lol (":crt_test_pattern: 🗡") wrote:

If you're not in the know: Ray Blanchard is the originator of "autogynephilia," and Lisa Littman is known for using highly biased methods to try and validate "rapid onset gender dysphoria."

Don't respond to them. Tell your friends not to respond to them. Tell them to tell their friends.

https://masto.ai/@transworld/116251795958925187

Boosted by jwz:
Jyoti@mas.to ("Jyoti Mishra") wrote:

same, Hulk, same

Boosted by jwz:
sundogplanets ("Prof. Sam Lawler") wrote:

Well, I have now been quoted calling SpaceX "fuckweasels" in a real publication by real journalists: https://au.pcmag.com/ai/116598/spacex-to-start-small-with-1-million-satellite-plan-pushes-back-on-critics

I guess I am proud of myself? (They are, indeed, fuckweasels, for their complete lack of care for the atmosphere that we all depend on, as well as not caring about Kessler Syndrome, or light pollution, or smashing people on the ground...)

Boosted by jwz:
jik@federate.social ("Jonathan Kamens 86 47") wrote:

#TheOnion going hard at #SamAltman.
It's hard to pick, but I think this is my favorite line:
"Why did you decide to devote your life to AI?
I just saw so much suffering in the world that needed to be automated."
#OpenAI #funny #humor
https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-sam-altman/

Boosted by jwz:
jripley ("John Ripley") wrote:

Excited to hear that we’re going to rename all the Washington and Jefferson streets everywhere.

soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker") wrote:

There are probably grown-ass adults who cannot get laid entirely because they're getting dating/relationship advice from ChatGPT.

And this will probably become an increasingly prevalent issue.

Boosted by jwz:
mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:

This Afroman trial is giving me life.

Cops raided Afroman's house for no reason. They pointed guns at him and his kids, ransacked his house, and tried to disconnect his home security cameras. They didn't disconnect them all, and so were allegedly caught on camera stealing his money.

He then made a series of music videos using footage from his security camerasz and body cam footage. Now the cops are suing him for making the videos. The ACLU is defending him.

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/2m8NpGplUOM

jwz wrote:

Today in ACAB: Afroman defeats Officer Lemon Pound Cake.

Afroman found not liable in bizarre Ohio defamation case: Afroman did not defame Ohio cops in a satirical music video that featured footage of them fruitlessly raiding the rapper's house, a jury...
https://jwz.org/b/yk4o

Boosted by jwz:
babe@glitterkitten.co.uk ("tiddy roosevelt") wrote:

Normally whenever I do anything with the hedgehog houses I get a 'THAT WON'T STOP A CAT!' guy turn up to be wrong at me

This time I actually designed the entrances myself, based around my understanding of cat anatomy which I only learned to stop them getting in the damn hedgehog houses. I am perfectly placed to 'well, actually...' and not a single such guy has emerged.

I am both thrilled we have moved past it but gutted for my unaired prepared argument

Boosted by jwz:
xgranade@wandering.shop ("Cassandra is only carbon now") wrote:

@glyph Mostly it's this part that strikes me as being something I deeply object to, and for three reasons.

We don't know the actual energy usage impact of AI, partly in thanks to corporate secrecy.

Whatever progress we've made in renewable energy, that doesn't change that many genAI companies are using non-renewable sources for training and inferencing energy (to wit, Musk in Memphis).

And finally, genAI eating up capacity means that progress in renewables has a reduced impact on energy use.

Boosted by jwz:
hobart@uwu.social ("Hobart") wrote:

#xscreensaver looks great

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

@nullagent my type of folk / acab

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

@jrdepriest @SnoopJ @aud @tante "what if we could get rid of everything that *wasn't* an insider threat. what if the entire inside was made of threats? would that fix it?"

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
SnoopJ@hachyderm.io wrote:

I am begging you to ask clarifying questions of other people's opinions if you actually give a shit rather than assigning them a position that cannot be supported by the conversational context (making up a Guy) and then getting mad about what you made up

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

alternate universe where instead of tiny glass NeXTSTEP rectangles we got tiny acrylic IRIX rectangles send toot

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
0x6e6174@catgirl.cloud ("natalie[ee]") wrote:

"MX" record? can't believe they made DNS woke

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (good kind)") wrote:

Metrification of code is like inherently busted sure sure, goodharts law and whatever, but trying to inculcate an inverse line-count metric as a desirable target at work: small PRs and negative line counts are beautiful and so on. I just saw a +750/-600 turn into +500/-1733 and i almost wept. Eventually this will backfire in some way, but for now I am rejoicing.

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
mhoye@cosocial.ca wrote:

Absolutely delighted to get an email from a total stranger saying they liked a six year old blogpost and pointing out one typo. Thank you, random person on the internet; I've made the correction.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
tootbrute@fedi.arkadi.one wrote:

@fromjason told you guys these are AI boosters. him and the hardfork guys who made that fediverse server...that apparently is dying cause they aren't checking it?