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jwz wrote:

People keep talking about "fighting with models" and I'm gonna need y'all to stop making this AI crap sound like a sexy Duran Duran video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSMbOuNBV0s

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mttaggart@infosec.exchange ("Taggart :ifin:") wrote:

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@ifin/116438604636562989

IMO, Cursor is only slightly safer than OpenClaw, which is like saying using chainsaw nunchaku is slightly safer than a chainsaw-wielding maniac in your house.

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theonion@bots.defencegeeks.net ("The Onion") wrote:

At Long Last, InfoWars Is Ours

Let me tell you a story. When I was a child, I suffered from night terrors. It was always the same dream: I could hear my family and neighbors wailing in the street outside as they were pursued and then destroyed by a nameless malevolent force, something neither I nor anyone else could control, a […]
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dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

please stop abbreviating things without checking if that abbreviation means something else that you wouldn't like to overlap with.

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thephpf@phpc.social ("The PHP Foundation") wrote:

The PHP Foundation wants to publicly share our support for the petition that aims to classify open source contributions as officially recognized volunteer work in Germany. This is a very important distinction for all our open source friends and community members living in Germany, but anyone can sign the petition. It would also be appreciated if you want to spread the word and help us help the organizers reach the 30,000 signatures required to bring it to quorum. 🙏 🐘 🚀

https://www.ehrenamt-opensource.de/en/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
Brie ("Fromage") wrote:

@adam I don't think there's a contradiction between them having a strong positive impact in individual ad hoc cases and them being a net negative for society. They've gotten me out of a bind a couple times and while I'm thankful, I will never advocate for them, I will acknowledge my hypocrisy and will have no problem feeling ashamed to have contributed to their use.

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

spherical agda: imagine the agda is a sphere

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

@aredridel I feel like I want to sing this to the tune of “we didn’t start the fire”. and I strongly agree with the sentiment

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

nutella rice

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

We can oppose the use of LLMs on an individual basis by just not using them. I do that myself every day. But after hearing multiple personal anecdotes bound together with the common thread of people feeling like they can’t be excited about an empowering solution to their problems, I think it’s time that we start thinking more about how we talk about this stuff. Because the sanctimonious approach ain’t it. It’s alienating and unproductive. It’s pushing people further into themselves.

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

I get that the large players in the LLM space are all horrible. I get that the tech is built with stolen data (my own data was stolen and put in there!). I get that we’re seeing record energy/water use and pollution from all of this. It’s all undisputedly bad.

But, like, if someone can take a source of suffering in their life and make things better with this tech, who am I to tell them that they shouldn’t? Who are you?

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praxeology@post.lurk.org ("Hart of the Wud") wrote:

Can anyone suggest some beginner-level books or videos about working sheet metal with hand tools?

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

After my 6th DM with a similar story, I’m starting to feel this deep sense of empathetic frustration. Imagine finding a solution to a significant personal issue, but you feel like you can’t share it with anyone because someone will inevitably show up to tell you that you’re a piece of trash for using [LLM] or supporting [LLM] or whatever. Or maybe, if you’re lucky, they’ll just tell you that you should feel guilty and terrible about using it.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

Watched a preview of one of those low-budget documentaries that Netflix commissions just to fill the feed. This one was about Nikola Tesla.

It was full of AI slop. Every time they cut away from someone talking, the b-roll was just some AI generated depiction. It was really really bad.

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

Another follow-up after several more DMs, and I really need to share this observation:

There are a bunch of folks (at least in my own network) who are using LLMs every day, and are seeing solid success addressing very specific personal obstacles. Things that you and I might take for granted, but that others need a hand with.

They’re having fantastic success with this, but you’re not hearing about it. Why? Because they don’t want to get raked over the coals for using LLMs.

😕

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

good morning and welcome to the black mesa transit facility

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nocontexttrek ("Star Trek Minus Context") wrote:

#StarTrek

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volts.wtf@bsky.brid.gy ("David Roberts") wrote:

US elites decided, like a school of fish, that climate concern is old, boring, "woke," square, not hip & popular any more. As usual, it was based almost entirely on internal elite dynamics. It had nothing to do with the actual public, which is more concerned than ever.

Climate Change Concern Near It...

jwz wrote:

Global Tetrahedron.

At Long Last, InfoWars Is Ours: Imagine a roaring arena packed to the rafters with pathological liars. High above you in the nosebleeds are podcasters, screaming that you'll die if you don't buy their skincare products. Below, on...
https://jwz.org/b/yk6i

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

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
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.