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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
wim_v12e@scholar.social ("Wim🧮") wrote:

The discourse on whether "AI" "works" or not misses the point. It frames utility in a very narrow, micro-economic way whereas the actual issues are macro-economic.
Climate change and reliance on fossil fuel are already hurting the global economy. The "AI" hype reinforces the need to keep fossil fuels. In addition, it causes a whole range of other macro-economic harms (see my earlier post https://scholar.social/@wim%5Fv12e/116359082277792450). In that context, whether it "works" or not is irrelevant.

#NoToAI #FrugalComputing

Boosted by jwz:
theonion@threads.net ("The Onion") wrote:

Blothar The Berserker Of GWAR Explains How Independent Journalism Is The Only Force As Powerful As GWAR. Subscribe to The Onion at membership.theonion.com.

Attachments:

• video: 14dfc851cfc52203.mp4

Boosted by zkat@toot.cat ("Katerina Marchán"):
welshpixie@mastodon.art ("Calligrafae") wrote:

Done :)

A5 size on watercolour paper.

For sale! £35 including postage in the UK, £38 Europe, £45 elsewhere.

Message me to buy :)

#MastoArt #CreativeToots #Calligraphy #Illumination #FediGiftShop #ArtForSale

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
britt@mstdn.games ("Badass Britt :mastodon_lgbt:") wrote:

This whole thing is more than a little bit concerning.

Sharing for any of my friends who use Wordpress and its plugin marketplace.

https://anchor.host/someone-bought-30-wordpress-plugins-and-planted-a-backdoor-in-all-of-them/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ErikJonker ("Erik Jonker") wrote:

NOT verified/checked yet.
Statement from China about Hormuz, they will not allow themselves to be blocked. Things are getting "interesting"....🤔
Update: I can't find a Chinese source so treat this as unverified

#china #hormuz #trump #iran #geopolitics

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

Trump ordered them to back down when Russia ignored the Cuba embargo... what happens if the PRC or RF challenge this US blockade?

US policy and the US Navy have been solidly on the side of freedom of navigation since 1775. WTF is this idiot doing?

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

"Voters in a small Missouri town, unhappy with the city council’s approval of a $6 billion data center, struck back at the polls last week, ousting all four incumbent council members running for reelection.

The rout of half the Festus City Council was fueled by a surge in voter turnout and widespread frustration with the data center approval process."

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/13/missouri-city-council-data-center-00867259

#USPol

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

Report: US military bases in Gulf 'useless' after Iranian strikes.

In four weeks, Iran has rendered "the physical architecture of American primacy" "essentially useless", says Marc Lynch.

It's highly unlikely the US Fifth Fleet will ever return to Bahrain.

Gulf states' reliance on US security was shattered. US bases were not a deterrent against Iranian attacks. Instead, they became the target of those attacks", says Trita Parsi

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-military-bases-gulf-useless-after-iranian-strikes-experts-say

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #news .

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
wyatt_h_knott@mstdn.social ("why tolerate cheetos") wrote:

@mastodonmigration The &tldr on the US Navy's minesweeping capabilities is they don't really have much anymore, Trump decommed the units that were prepositioned for this job, the only replacements are currently in Japan, and the Littoral Combat Ship is a pork barrel piece of shit.

Honestly embarassed for my former service right now. What used to be the most powerful and capable military force in the world has been turned into a laughingstock by Trump and Hegseth.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
chaudum@mstdn.social ("Christian Haudum") wrote:

How did we get from "The best code is code that is never written" to "Write as much code as possible, just because you can" that quickly?

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
neauoire@merveilles.town ("Devine Lu Linvega") wrote:

A calculator with just two buttons, EML and the digit 1, can compute everything a full scientific calculator does.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.21852

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
josephcox@infosec.exchange ("Joseph Cox") wrote:

New from 404 Media: a hacker has compromised Doublespeed, an a16z-backed startup that uses a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated influencers. Hacker tried to use the account to post a meme calling a16z the antichrist

https://www.404media.co/hacker-compromises-a16z-backed-phone-farm-tries-to-post-memes-calling-a16z-the-antichrist/

Boosted by zkat@toot.cat ("Katerina Marchán"):
annaecook wrote:

Another wild fear tactic being pressed on tech workers right now is the “permanent underclass.”

Idk anyone who’s is worried about this myself.

But to those who are worried about this:

Class struggles will not be fixed by getting “in” on AI. It’ll be fixed by collective action and labor rights.

zkat@toot.cat ("Katerina Marchán") wrote:

Today marks the beginning of Yom HaShoah. One of the worst things humanity has done to itself will be reflected upon, as a reminder of the cruelty and barbarity humanity is capable of, and how we must be ever watchful to not repeat that, even while we apparently continue to do so.

No more genocide.

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

RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/116397221179177587

Additional thought on this whole thread:

We've also seen the same decline in viewing comprehension.

You don't have to look far in online discussions of movies or series to discover that a lot of people simply do not understand the first thing about whatever it is they're watching. It's all just vibes and associations for them.

A whole lot of people don't get basic concepts like plot progression, character development, irony, narrative distance, etc. etc.

keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri") wrote:

First time I received a warning from SSH for missing post-quantum key exchange algorithm 🤯

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

Thoughts on leaving YouTube, and moving away from big tech...again

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/g75gRtk2tmKyFGxa5fNPJT

#peertube #fediverse #podcast #freebooters

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
jonty@chaos.social ("Jonty Wareing") wrote:

I am on an intercity commuter train for the first time in 15 years. In a carriage of six people, four of them are on zoom calls. Another one called the vet. I am the sixth person.

This is hell. What are we doing here.

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

As a counterpoint, I've been having a grand time on social media since I left the former Twitter, still meet new and interesting people, and think you get out of the medium what you put into it - and have to curate your experience so that the various algorithms designed to enrage and/or funnel you are not the primary aspect of your time online.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/13/social-media-uk-adults-posting-less-twitter-x

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
freebooters.uk@rss-parrot.net ("🦜 The Freebooters Podcast") wrote:

Thoughts on leaving YouTube, and moving away from big tech

freebooters.uk/media/20260413-freebooters.mp3

Chris and Drew chat about the possibility of leaving this channel behind.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
wibi@plush.city ("Wibi") wrote:

🕴️ | found a directory of ex-cohost users ( https://cohost-highway.neocities.org/ ) and ctrl+f'd "bandcamp" and was not disappointed. here's a very nice & lengthy ambient piece https://ourdearfriendthemedic.bandcamp.com/track/shall-these-guiding-embers-be-fashioned-from-our-unlived-yesterdays

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
Binder@petrous.vislae.town ("Shannon Prickett") wrote:

Less MAGA, more ‘zine.

Boosted by jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi"):
hankgreen@threads.net ("Hank Green") wrote:

So, I heard you wanted to keep the Moon Joy going…here:

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

One part of the solution (under-considered IMO) is returning human relationships to OSS: you don’t just submit a PR; you build trust, have a real conversation, then submit a PR.

I don’t know what exactly that looks like in practice; there’s surely not just one answer for everyone. But I know what it •doesn’t• look like: a contribution •starting• with a huge code drop.

4/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha :mastodon:🇪🇺") wrote:

It's a bell curve, isn't it?

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

some days I get weary of having to deploy my BS Detector so damned much of the time. reading a good deal of jaw-flapping about the US Treasury injecting an unusual amount of cash into the economy lately, with references being made to "the money printer is on". and yet, when I look at the actual current & historical data... nope.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
gnomon ("Ben Zanin") wrote:

If all you do in your tech career is:

1. When something is slow, you look carefully at the output of a profiler or a query plan & make measured suggestions about what to improve;

2. When something breaks badly, you gently but insistently ask what & why until you truly know, then the next time similar work is needed you bring up how to avoid doing what broke last time; and

3. When someone lacks info, you make them feel good for learning instead of bad for not knowing;

You will do good work.

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
ehmatthes@fosstodon.org ("Eric Matthes") wrote:

In less than three minutes there was a PR. It's from Claude, but it's not from someone running Claude for the purposes of helping out this project. They're just running Claude entirely automated, against any repo that adds a "help wanted" label.

There are interesting ideas in the submission. But it should be a comment in an issue, not a PR. And it should be submitted by a person, not a bot that dumps noise into as many repos as it can find.

:/

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
ehmatthes@fosstodon.org ("Eric Matthes") wrote:

I had a really deflating open source experience just now. I started writing user stories in the django-simple-deploy docs. I opened an issue to track the work, and added the "good first issue" and "help wanted" labels.

It's a good first issue because a new contributor can skim our user stories, get a clear sense of who we're serving, ask relevant questions, and maybe help further articulate typical uses. Help wanted, because I want others' perspectives in these stories.

#python #opensource

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

Hybrid Constructions: The Post-Quantum Safety Blanket

The funny thing about safety blankets is they can double as stage curtains for security theater. Art: CMYKat "When will a cryptography relevant quantum computer exist?" is a question many technologists are pondering as they stare into crystal balls or entrails. Two people I admire recently made a public long bet about that question, with a $5000 donation to charity as stakes.

http://soatok.blog/2026/04/13/hybrid-constructions-the-post-quantum-safety-blanket/