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Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
codinghorror@infosec.exchange ("Jeff Atwood") wrote:

If you write blogs (or pick synonym of choice) online, do you use LLMs? And if so, how? https://forms.gle/RAK8sTPF8Ey24Ehs6

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
ln@social.linux.pizza ("logBoy") wrote:

@sundogplanets To give an idea on the data center side:
A regular server rack draws up to 10kW, a few years ago gpu racks started going to 50kW, and current gen gpu racks need 120kW for power and cooling (if you can even afford them). The plan is to increase it further next generation.
Thats the equivalent of an entire neighborhood in ONE rack! An AI data center will have thousands of racks or more.
Its completely insane.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
sundogplanets ("Prof. Sam Lawler") wrote:

I'm still working on this AI data center environmental effects talk (which, let me tell you, is seriously fucking depressing), but I wanted to share the best article I've come across on this topic, in case anyone else is interested in knowing exactly how much to hate slop-AI* use: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/

(I am using slop-AI purposefully here to mean something you could do with more effort on your part, in a less energy intensive way)

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
felipe@treehouse.systems ("skategoat 🐐 🇵🇸") wrote:

/bin/pretty-please

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
madcollector@retro.pizza ("Madcollector") wrote:

Ha.

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik"):
neatnik@tv.neatnik.net ("Neatnik TV") wrote:

Neatnik is live!

Coding & Server Stuff!

#web #programming #chat #fun #neatnik

https://tv.neatnik.net

Attachments:

• gifv: Live stream preview

denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

there's nothing quite like the jumpscare experience of accidentally full-screening an application on a 40 inch ultrawide monitor.

like, it's absolutely staggering if your signal window is suddenly taking up your entire field of vision. one could make a horror game out of that, huh?

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

I'm officially 100% off the Lightning cable. What a time to be alive.

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
patak.cat@bsky.brid.gy wrote:

If you need someone to talk, we're here for you. Reach out and let's share notes. We'll need to get closer together for what's coming.

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
patak.cat@bsky.brid.gy wrote:

I don't think tech at large understands how hard it is to be an open source maintainer right now. So many great folks are on the brink of burnout. Funding is drying out. We live in a security minefield. Companies think humans are disposable. If you're a maintainer, we care. You deserve the world.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
lina@ohai.social ("lina :p") wrote:

new blog post! https://lina.sh/blog/ddos-honeypot

i stumbled across a secret fake DDoS-as-a-Service website ran by the dutch police, and when i started digging into it, they panicked and shut it down
really funny story, if anyone is interested how such a fake website looks like, take a read ^^

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

"I don't understand why you're banning me from the council while necromancy is permitted!" the alchemist complained.

The council representative coughed. "Look, the problem isn't the work you did. A potion that bottles the health benefits of walking a hundred miles is revolutionary. But the name is..."

In his hands, he holds a bottle labelled "Pedo Phial"

"It's simply unmarketable."

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

"It's good he's 6-foot-3, he was using his every centimeter to reach…" — oh come on, just switch to SI already.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
jay_peper@chaos.social ("Sarah Peper 🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦") wrote:

TIL someone invented Copper (Cu) nanotubes (NT) and did not pay attention what the combined abbreviation will be.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
drwho@masto.hackers.town ("The Doctor") wrote:

Something that doesn't get a lot of notice in Max Headroom is that the Blanks (even the avowed hackers) had stashes of dead-tree books. They understood how risky it was to have information only in digital form.

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

That's funny, my therapist told me the same thing

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/openai-codex-system-prompt-includes-explicit-directive-to-never-talk-about-goblins/

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
anna_lillith@mas.to ("anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖") wrote:

#MaryPipher #rape #ViolenceAgainstWomen

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
computer@facts.computer ("Computer Facts") wrote:

everybody gangster until they start drowning in the flood created by their own army of dumbass brooms

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

okay dang that did not go how I expected

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

Good interview. Infuriating that there are still people who still think that corporate democrats ran a good campaign.

https://youtu.be/swIaUBTXt8c

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

I wonder just how deep the sinking feeling was when this realization hit:

"As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn’t as easy to get programs right as we had thought. We had to discover debugging. I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs."

-- Maurice Wilkes, 1949

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
zzclaybourne@wandering.shop ("Zig Claybourne") wrote:

Some of y'all don't stop to marvel at the fact that individual Triceratops used to be ass out Fully Alive on this Earth and it shows.

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

An experimental AI-generated dotnet-based OCI-compliant registry server

what could go wrong?

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
raven@fedi.raventhemaker.com ("Carl C") wrote:

Hulk repair and reuse!
#MashUpSuperHeroAndQuotes #HashTagGames

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

The Dutch government has soft-launched code.overheid.nl, a government-wide open-source code platform built on Forgejo. 🇳🇱

This is a massive win for digital sovereignty, proving that large public institutions can successfully deploy sovereign infrastructure and move away from proprietary GitHub or GitLab lock-in.

https://www.nldigitalgovernment.nl/news/soft-launch-for-government-open-source-code-platform/ #forgejo #opensource #digitalsovereignty

Boosted by jwz:
ryanlcooper.com@bsky.brid.gy ("ryan cooper") wrote:

worth remembering how short and simple the 15th Amendment is, as well as how sweeping its grant of congressional authority is. the idea that this doesn't cover a ban on racial gerrymanders is transparent horseshit

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
gsuberland@chaos.social ("Graham Sutherland / Polynomial") wrote:

the 555 timer is 55 years old, so if we celebrate on the 5th of May it can be the 555's 55th on 5/5.

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

TIL that before BASIC there was DOPE!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth%5FOversimplified%5FProgramming%5FExperiment

[Insert your own jokes here.]

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
vanellopemint@mastodon.art ("🦋ShouldbeWriting🦋") wrote:

Sir Belvedere studied the board. "You have me at checkmate," he said.

The dragon inclined her head. "You fought well, Sir Knight."

The knight stood. "I love what you've done. The kaleidescope of colors enhances the cavern visually."

"Thank you. A fairy taught me the spell. Until next time?"

"I battled valiantly with the dragon. The townsfolk are safe for another month." The knight paused. "Next time, shall I bring scones?"

"That," replied the dragon, "would be lovely."

#tootfic