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jwz wrote:

DNA Lounge Update, Wherein The Pound gets a retrospective
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/04/20.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma

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

RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@krutonium/116437893923133812

agentic cannabis, of course!

aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart") wrote:

The funny thing is that people who actually _work_ at AI firms are not the same people here. Yes, there's a few fascists, and sama is absolutely an art-hating jerk who doesn't understand people or value, but you get a lot more of the systems-thinking, cares-about-humanity people at the labs.

That said, because these are ~~paperclip maximizers~~ businesses, not shipping isn't on the menu. "We hold back because this capability can cause harm" can only be a delay. Shipping will happen, because the structure is constitutionally built _to ship products_.

aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart") wrote:

I see github is taking “a complex system always runs in degraded mode" as a goal not a statement about complexity

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁!") wrote:

I’m always lost when I see time in AM/PM format.

Something like 12:10 AM is so strange, I always hesitate what is this 12 ? midnight !
Beginning the day with 12, so wtf

(sorry if this is so clear for you)

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

engine number 1, the only remaining engine

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

New #Blossoms song: Joke About Divorce. You can't beat #16mm for music videos! It's such a good look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leH7G%5FsnJbA

#NowPlaying #NP

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camertron@ruby.social ("Cameron Dutro") wrote:

Found it

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

Flies, it is inadvisable to land on my house.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/04/20/yum/

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

BlinkOn 21 OH: "C++ makes it easy!" (laudatory)

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

i think i'd like to meet this guy's computer, mine fails constantly.

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

as anyone who's ever owned a computer knows, sometimes they fail

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

itanic: intel's LOL

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Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha :mastodon:🇪🇺") wrote:

'What I Mean When I Say I'm Tired'
~ K.E. Sermonté

"I want quiet.
I want the mercy of being unseen
without being unloved."

#Poetry

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

Accurate

RE: https://www.threads.com/@comixgail/post/DXXH2wuFPEV

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
Lana@beige.party ("𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"") wrote:

"No one wants to work, our turnover is terrible!"

Ok, do you pay a living wage?
"No"

Do you give annual raises more than 7%, the annual rate of cost of living increase?
"Also no, but-"

Do you give larger raises and bonuses to execs than to your workers?
"Well yes, but-"

Did you force people to stop working from home in order to justify the cost of maintaining real estate you own?
"I mean, we-"

Do you heavily invest in AI so you can justify massive layoffs?
"Like every other co-"

Do you ask your employees to pick up the slack for the people who have left?
"We had t-"

And did you install digital tools to spy on your remaining employees?
"Look we need to ensu-"

Sounds to me like people DO want to work, you've just made it unpatatable for them to work for YOU.

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

I've got 3 blog post ideas in the hopper but, between work and other demands for my time, I have no idea when I'll get to any of them

[internal screaming]

I should take a vacation or something but I'm booked solid until the end of June on client work hahahaha

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁!") wrote:

Maybe I should add @fedify to https://pages.casa/ ??
But what this couple would improve, compare to a #gotosocial instance ?

#fedify #fediverse

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bud_t@m.ai6yr.org ("Bud Talbot") wrote:

I need a better #markdown editor for #Windows. What are folks using and liking? I'm currently using #VScode but I didn't think it's great for markdown.

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

got an email informing me that the local shit delivery company has handed me my package at my address.

okay, so where do i report it lost? on a call, obviously.

"your estimated wait time is less than 20 minutes". nah i'm good actually, i'll make it amazon's problem.

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

Yup, I'm not in the business of defending transphobes, transphobia sucks and David Lynch speaks for me here

https://youtu.be/fD1tQjb46N8

RE: https://www.threads.com/@arshadsgram/post/DXXAy00EbR3

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

Being friends with WoW players and with security researchers is sufficient to synthesize the following idea:

Retribution-Oriented Programming

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acarsdrama@live.acarsdrama.com ("ACARS Drama") wrote:

Air to Ground Message:

ALL RT MEOW. CRZ IS NOW RUFF

Area: Virginia, USA
Type: Boeing 737-800
A: #afe5aad09d8
F: #f65f5aff386

#acars #vdlm2

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

After a long weekend, I've finally updated https://publickey.directory to reflect the current state of affairs for the Public Key Directory which brings Key Transparency to the Fediverse, as part of the effort to build End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) for ActivityPub.

This project now supports* Post-Quantum Cryptography! (We're shipping ML-DSA-44 now and will consider new algorithms in the future.) HPKE also uses mlkem768x25519 (a.k.a. X-Wing).

* The only part that doesn't currently require post-quantum cryptography is RFC 9421 (HTTP Message Signatures), because no one has bothered to specify an IANA codepoint for it yet. I'm planning to write a C2SP spec soon if no one beats me to it. For the interim, Ed25519 is still allowed there, but in v2 I plan to drop it.

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

While I'm in the topic, accusing any working author of a "cash grab" is just about the stupidest thing you can say to them. EVERY ONE OF MY BOOKS IS A CASH GRAB Y'ALL, how the fuck do you think I pay my bills, with grass clippings and a winning smile, I'm absolutely doing it for the money. In exchange I'm gonna give you the best book I can but make no mistake I'm here for the cash. Attempting to shame writers for existing in late capitalism is a certainly a choice, bruh

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

So, I go back to my beloved, multi-million-selling science fiction series after many years and people are happy and excited about it, while a woman author goes back to her beloved, multi-million-selling science fiction series after many years and people start giving her endless shit about it. If you're one of those people in the latter category, please go walk into the wilderness until such time as you have figured yourself out, is the absolute politest way I can put it.

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

The anti-AI sentiment out there is strong. I know that because I *feel it*, myself, every single day. But we can’t just keep running around babbling “AI bad” and sharing links to articles about data center water consumption. We need to do the work of considering use cases and understanding impact — especially at the personal level. And if we don’t, we risk alienating folks who are just trying to live their best lives with a little extra help.

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

Me and Drew cracking on with some Divinity on https://live.freebooters.uk/

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

I’ve listened to some of @von’s songs and they’re nothing short of amazing. They’re amazing because he didn’t just stroll up to a computer and say “song pls” — he composed each of them, arranged them, wrote their lyrics, and used impressive AI tooling to make them something that could be heard.

The Oatmeal’s classic piece on AI Art (https://theoatmeal.com/comics/ai%5Fart) touches on this a bit. There’s “standing there pretending to make music”, and then there’s *making actual music*, and that’s what von does.

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

A good example of how "don't use LLM chatbots" is like level 0 of "AI" resistance. While I think creating consistent pushback on that is still quite valuable, this type of post-hoc betrayal from "AI" adoption at major vendors is probably going to be an even more important part of the fight https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/18/atlassians%5Fnew%5Fdata%5Fcollection%5Fpolicy/