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GuillaumeL@hachyderm.io ("BigSaur G") wrote:
Balade et atelier à la Foire du livre de #Bruxelles hier. Ca fait du bien de retrouver le plaisir du livre physique, dans un espace créatif qui propose des millions d’autres thèmes plus intéressants que l’IA. Je commençais à saturer là. #AIFatigue
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ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org ("AI6YR Ben") wrote:
Looks like they've ziptied Lady Liberty.
(paywall)
https://www.latimes.com/california/live/no-kings-protests-live-updates-southern-california
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jsnell@zeppelin.flights ("Jason Snell") wrote:
Let's go INSERT BASEBALL TEAM NAME HERE
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dev@discuss.systems ("Dev") wrote:
I read Microsoft’s self-congratulating post about the public-private partnership that connected Seattle and the east by rail, and it is hilarious. I thought by public-private partnership they meant they funded this expansion.
But no, they funded *campaigns* for *ballot measures* to spend public funds on it. lol. And they donated land to build a station for themselves. It is not nothing but it is quite funny.
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tvaziri ("Todd Vaziri") wrote:
maybe we should stop talking about how movies are made because I don’t think some people can handle the complexity of the process
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RandallBeggs@mas.to ("Randall Beggs") wrote:
Mastodon Feedthe vibe coding is coming from inside the house
Mastodon Feed"If you have any questions about your bill, @@supportUrl@@. This email confirms payment for the iCloud+ plan listed above. You will be billed each plan period until you cancel by @@url@@ to the free storage plan from your iOS device, Mac or PC."
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Artemis201@mstdn.social wrote:
Folks, this is a perfectly accurate description of getting a PhD studying space.
#space #academicchatter #phd #astrophysics #Astronomy #Astrodon #science
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jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:
Red Hat chose a red fedora as its logo in 1996, long enough ago for it to have eventually become embarrassing for two completely different reasons
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sundogplanets ("Prof. Sam Lawler") wrote:
I managed to proofread and comment on the entire 6 page American Astronomical Society draft response to Reflect Orbital's reply and also write my own draft response and not throw my laptop out the window with rage over Reflect Orbital's absolutely fucking terrible plans. Please clap.
Do I think this will actually help? No, not really, the FCC is evil and blinded by $$$. Do I still have to do this? Yes. Yes I do.
Mastodon Feedwe live in hell but at least PyPI works in hell
![try: rresp = requests.get(url, timeout=10) except requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout: print(f"timed out {url}, trying selenium") hdata = "{}" from selenium import webdriver driver = webdriver.Safari() driver.get(url) element = driver.find_element("xpath", "/html") outerhtml: str = element.get_attribute("outerHTML") # type:ignore[no-untyped-call] bdata = outerhtml.encode("utf-8") else: hdata = json.dumps(dict(rresp.headers)) bdata = rresp.content](https://files.mastodon.social/media%5Fattachments/files/116/310/272/849/052/189/original/bdb6f1126ce571a5.png)
Mastodon Feedserious question though, is there a requests (or httpx or treq or whatever) compatible selenium driver so that I can write a simple Python CLI that just says "give me URL please" and Safari does all the HTTP traffic so it can get the request body with all my ridiculous CAPTCHAs and news website logins in it
Mastodon Feed(I did not actually do this. But it is an advertised feature of chrome, and I am pretty sure it would "work", as much as any AI-based solution "works".)
Mastodon FeedI am writing a blog post about why it is bad to use AI. It is extremely heavily sourced. I have a tedious automation problem formatting my citations. No problem, I think. I will write a computer program. The computer program does not work, because websites are blocking simple computer programs in an effort to block AI. Solution? Simple. Browser comes with AI embedded, browses like a human, has all my cookies. Just ask the AI. It sails through the primitive anti-AI measures easily.
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thejenniwren.teamlh.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Jennifer C") wrote:
Nobody predicted frog costumes and choreography at the No Kings D.C. protest but here we are and honestly? We needed this. 🐸💃 Protestors dancing to “War — What Is It Good For?” reminds us that joy IS the resistance. You can’t crush a movement that knows how to dance. #NoKings2026
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spocko@mastodon.online ("Spocko") wrote:
Video of the #NoKings human banner in #SanFrancisco at Ocean Beach.
Message reads “TRUMP MUST GO NOW!"
I'm in the bottom right "W"
From Brendan Gutenschwager @BGOnTheScene
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MartinEscardo@mathstodon.xyz ("Martin Escardo") wrote:
I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
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decay@todayiwilllaunchmyinfantsonintoorbit.com ("Gary Strydom's Tiny Car") wrote:
LLMs do not "democratize programming". A 4-year-old can learn to program. LLMs throw up stupid barriers by convincing you that you can't learn to program and you have to rely on whatever shit the bobot spits out. Every asshole that says that AI "democratizes" fucking anything is trying to scam you.
Mastodon FeedNfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️🌈") wrote:
RE: https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/116308515135493571
"How many standard deductions are in the word strawberry?"
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:
Youtube ad with AI woman just straight up talking about fucking. Using the word “fucking.”
Mastodon FeedNfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️🌈") wrote:
I'd asked folks for recommendations, and sadly the majority of the recommendations were from companies that are better than (ex) Chrome, but only because they clearly want to BE the next Chrome.
One of the biggest tells: While most modern browsers will let you change the "homepage" displayed when you start the browser, none of them that I tried before LibreWolf would let you set a custom "New Tab" page. Instead, they render a search bar that nets them ad money when you use it.
Mastodon FeedNfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️🌈") wrote:
Recently reevaluated my choice of browsers. Got tired of feeling like my browser was constantly trying to sell me something or get me to log into services that it could use to skim/sell my data.
Landed on #LibreWolf. Very good privacy-focused defaults. Comes with uBlock Origin, which I can use to disable JavaScript by default. (I'd prefer a browser that built that in, vs. relegating it to an extension, but maybe I'm splitting hairs.)
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attoparsec@clacks.link ("Matthew Dockrey") wrote:
Today was a nice, sunny day to break out the stained glass protest sign.
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maskedscheduler@mstdn.social ("Masked Scheduler") wrote:
Divine knew, she always knew
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computer@facts.computer ("Computer Facts") wrote:
a "software vegan" is someone who refuses to consume software that was not produced ethically by human hands
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stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡️") wrote:
The insanity but done under a normal voice
THIS, this is the ‘President’ of the #US
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zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:
I can wait for the worst parts of my generation to become the neoboomers:
- fighting with employees because gpt-20-agi-strawberry told them they’re absolutely right about the bullshit they’re on
- constantly grifting, constantly upset you’re not falling for it
- will fight you on the cost of your labor because “I can replace you with a robot”, robot doesn’t exist
- doesn’t know fuck about shit
- “why haven’t you read any of the important information I sent you”, it’s all unsolicited AI slop
Mastodon FeedFor the first time I can recall, my personal GitHub account has blown through 90% of its Github Actions quota. Is there a visualization for what, exactly, burned up all those CI minutes? The only docs I can find involve "insights" for orgs, which is not available on personal accounts.
I suspect Dependabot because this has been a quiet month for me personally but I'd like to be sure.
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bitprophet@social.coop ("Jeff Forcier") wrote:
Why are some sports events “games” and others “matches”? I assume it’s an American English vs International English thing, eg a “soccer game” vs a “football match”, but never been quite sure.