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Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
hailey@hails.org ("Hailey") wrote:

so it cost anthropic $20k to find this openbsd crash bug which amounts to putting a negative integer in a tcp field where a negative integer was not expected by the c code which does some cavalier int cast bullshit, ie. a vuln which is totally fuzzable, and quite certainly would have been found by the fuzzers of the 2010s had anyone cared to burn that much compute on fuzzing openbsd.

The difference today is not that anybody suddenly cares about investing that much in openbsd (is the build server still a donated machine running in Theo's basement?), but that openbsd's reputation for security makes it really good marketing if you can find a bug, any bug, it doesn't matter; and that marketing value is what makes it worth spending $20k on fuzzing.

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

Hello, friend. Could you use a pup pic in this troubling time?

Boosted by jwz:
mhoye@cosocial.ca wrote:

They've been pulling it down from their site, but until recently Red Hat was proudly advertising how they could use AI to kill people more efficiently.

https://web.archive.org/web/20260402155236/https://www.redhat.com/rhdc/managed-files/ve-compress-the-kill-cycle-detail-693397pr-202402-en%5F3.pdf

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

to be clear many dear friends have said this in an attempt to be fair. I do not wish retroactive violence upon anyone for having made this error. I just want this to set a baseline for future discussions so everyone knows they can’t do it any more

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

here’s the “AI regulation” that I want: if anyone proposing utility for an AI tool utters the words “I could imagine…”, a big cartoony boxing glove on a spring needs to pop out of a box and punch them through a wall

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
kottke ("kottke.org") wrote:

Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. The settlement includes a 10-year “agreement by Deere to provide ‘the digital tools ​required for the maintenance, diagnosis, and repair’ of tractors, combines, and other machinery”. https://www.thedrive.com/news/john-deere-to-pay-99-million-in-monumental-right-to-repair-settlement

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
Intaglio_Dragon@furry.engineer ("Intaglio Whitegraven") wrote:

@soatok Shoutout to the TREE(3) reference in the thumbnail. :aneobot_explode:

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

France is transitioning government desktops to Linux, with each ministry required to formalize its implementation plan by autumn 2026.
https://linuxiac.com/france-launches-government-linux-desktop-plan-as-windows-exit-begins/

#linux #opensource

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

edge computing is where it never quite works well enough to satisfy you

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

Fuck. I need to make a new playlist I guess https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UsbqgMhFaN0

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
chris@video.thepolarbear.co.uk ("Chris Were but on PeerTube") wrote:

Tea, transport, and a life update

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/d8fZ2CeJebpr1N5yAAETC6

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

Oh what? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h--ReEmXTCg

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

oxidised vibes

Boosted by jwz:
Rob_T_Firefly@masto.hackers.town ("Rob Vincent 🎙️") wrote:

"Leave me alone! You're not my real can!!"

Boosted by jwz:
Catvalente@wandering.shop ("Catherynne M. Valente") wrote:

The use of “hallucinate” is a stroke of true evil genius in the AI world.

In ANY other context we’d just call them errors & the fail rate would be crystal clear.

Instead, “hallucinate” implies genuine sentience & the *absence* of real error.

Aw, this software isn’t shit! Boo’s just dreaming!

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

Yes and also let people know about your book anyway, people need their momentary rest and respite and you can feel good about providing it to them

RE: https://www.threads.com/@rosebrikpoet/post/DW6uoeKlO-w

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

Yes please

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/09/europe/orban-hungary-election-trump-ally-intl

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

I have a difficult time tossing out books but there are definitely authors who have lost "books on regularly photographed bookshelves" status

Boosted by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈"):
whitequark@treehouse.systems ("✧✦Catherine✦✧") wrote:

monthly routine ^_^

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@collinsworth If you zoom out a bit, this is actually a consistent worldview.

Companies: We are easily conned. We're looking for people who are a good cultural fit.

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
treyhunner ("Trey Hunner 🐍") wrote:

Python Tip #99 (of 365):

Don't convert pathlib.Path objects to strings

Using a pathlib.Path object in an f-string or a print call is fine and I do this often.

But if you THINK you need to convert a pathlib.Path object to a string to pass it off to some other path-handling utility, you probably don't need to. Most path-handling utilities in Python support pathlib.Path objects just fine.

#Python #DailyPythonTip

Boosted by zkat@toot.cat ("Katerina Marchán"):
greenpeace ("Greenpeace International") wrote:

Casual reminder: The war on Iran has already made six oil companies US $130 BILLION richer.

Boosted by jwz:
jwz wrote:

@johnzajac I also like how their press releases are now framing data centers as "1.21 jigawatts of AI compute" or some such cringey phrasing. YES, please keep doing that! Please keep pretending that we measure computation in terms of how many lakes it boils! There is no way this framing will backfire.

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

Brum Furs Attendees! 20.01.2024
#furry #furryfandom #furryphotography #fursuitphotography #fursuit

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

Bruce Schneier was on today's edition of The Tech Report, talking about the newest wank out of Anthropic.

He made a claim that he'd seen researchers compare the asserted performance of the new model (in the "system card" etc.) against previously-available models, and they were performing at about the same level (finding the same vulns, it sounded like).

Does anybody know what research he was referring to? A web search is not pulling anything up for me, because the infosphere is currently flooded with credulous repetition of Anthropic's marketing materials (and I have no reason to believe those aren't just lies)

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
Misofist@girlcock.club wrote:

I love working within the ActivityPub ecosystem, it's so refreshing

#gotosocial

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
Redfuchs@furries.club ("Jasper Fox :therian:") wrote:

RE: https://furries.club/@Redfuchs/116092820548721619

Are there any furry owned businesses looking for an IT Specialist or generalist labor? I've lost all hope in normal companies.

#Furry #FurryFandom

Boosted by jwz:
jackdaw_ruiz@normal.style ("Renewable Guydraulic Menergy") wrote:

Beetlejuice is an important libertarian folk hero. he's exists within weird contractual rules outside of our laws. he's turned "get off my property" into a career. he's trying to marry a teenager.

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

Progress in the genetics course!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/04/09/genetics-progress/

Boosted by jwz:
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

If you ever wondered why Texas so reliably sends Republicans to Congress, part of the reason is that Texas Republicans won control of the state legislature for the first time since Reconstruction in 2002, and they immediately set about gerrymandering the state so Democrats could never win a majority of the state's Congressional districts again

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%5FTexas%5Fredistricting

#USPol