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

“Photoshop’s challenges with focus, pt. 2 – Unsung”

https://unsung.aresluna.org/photoshops-challenges-with-focus-pt-2/

This is the kind of thing I'm talking about when I say that subscription pricing removes the incentive to make good products.

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

THE IRONY

https://mashable.com/article/south-africa-withdraws-ai-policy-for-being-ai-generated

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿") wrote:

ok i promise, no more slop talk from me!

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿") wrote:

noted: performative slop and the token measuring contest
https://dbushell.com/notes/2026-05-01T08:05Z/

jwz wrote:

I love when Pitch Meeting tells me "don't even bother downloading this movie for free." It's an important service. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7BR3fWQSHM

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historyofpunkrock@sfba.social ("Punkrock History") wrote:

38 years ago today
Fugazi at Lafayette Park, Washington DC, May 01, 1988.
All for zero bucks 👍

Photo by Bill Crandall

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #hardcore #fugazi #history #punkrockhistory

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streetartutopia@mastodon.online ("Street Art Utopia") wrote:

Bella Ciao 🎶🎵 🎶🎵 🎶

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿") wrote:

"we have integrated AI into every orifice of our business"

*product and services crumble*

"it wasn't AI you don't know it was AI why are you blaming AI"

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heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/116488909886938621

Immediately after the hideous *Callais* decision, gutting the VRA, the governor of Louisiana issued an order canceling primary elections already underway there. 1/ #LawFedi

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heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

Coverage of Louisiana governor’s efforts to cancel the election at https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/louisiana-governor-suspends-active-election-to-allow-for-gerrymander/.

This is a major warning for how Republican Fascists are already showing us how they plan to prevent free and fair elections in November. 2/

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secretasianman@types.pl ("(Vita)soy Boy") wrote:

Taco Bell Labs implies the existence of Double-Decker UNIX System V Crunch Supreme

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ryanboswell@sfba.social ("Ryan Boswell 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

“Waymo spokesperson Julia Ilina told SFGate the company has avoided direct pickups and drop-offs on Market Street because the designated areas would require vehicles to double park, potentially blocking transit. “Unlike human drivers, we make significant efforts to park appropriately during pick up and drop off,” Ilina said.”

There has never been a more blatant lie. I see Waymos double park *all the fucking time*. They especially love to double park while also blocking bike lanes. In fact, I would go so far as to say, I’ve *rarely* ever seen a Waymo loading or unloading while not double parked.
https://sfist.com/2026/04/30/luries-decision-to-open-market-to-waymo-prompts-influx-of-illegal-private-drivers/

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boredzo ("Peter Hosey") wrote:

I'm back on the job market! Open to employee or contract work. I live in San Francisco.

Today's my last day as a data engineer at Hockeystick Data. I've previously worked as a software QA engineer at Apple, among other things.

Feel free to connect on LinkedIn or email me: hire @ boredzo.org

My résumé: https://boredzo.org/resume

#FediHire #GetFediHired

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

I'm not saying the Ubuntu outage is AI-related, but you have to appreciate the comedy of the timing.

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/ubuntus-ai-roadmap-revealed-universal-ai-kill-switch-and-forced-ai-integration-are-not-part-of-the-plan-cloud-tracking-local-inference-and-agentic-system-tools-take-center-stage

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116488045155292546

He's trying to blow up the moon

we keep saying "bond villain" or "batman villain" but maybe "simpsons villain" is closer to the truth

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glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

@jalefkowit "For the last fifteen years I have painstakingly labored to bring the classic fable, 'Authoritarians Are Evil People Who Will Do Evil And You Have To Stop Them, By Killing Them With Guns, Like I Did In The Spanish Civil War in 1937, When I Killed A Bunch Of Them With Guns', to life on the big screen, with its enduring universal message, 'we all have good within us and all life is precious no matter your where you land on the political compass'"

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ra6bit@infosec.exchange wrote:

@soatok It is curious that LLMs are actually far more suited to replacing managers than they are at replacing ICs, but no one seems to be driving that conversation for some reason.

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

We should start making the case to shareholders that AI doesn't need a golden parachute

Replace the C-Suite instead of the workers

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

and to the … third person? in one day? dang I gotta liveblog more conferences

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paco@infosec.exchange ("Paco Hope") wrote:

In his latest “Pivot to AI” OpenAI faces cash crunch in 2026 as bills come due, @davidgerard (accurately) says: “#OpenAI works by setting as much money as it can on fire, as fast as possible.”

But I want to know: if we had $200B in, say, $100 notes, and we literally set them on fire:

• would it dispose of the money faster? How long would it take?
• would the impact on the environment be worse or less bad?

I gotta think there is someone on the #fediverse with the wherewithal to figure this out. Surely if we boost this, it will nerdsnipe the right person and we will learn the answer.

neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik") wrote:

Here’s that blog post, as promised! https://omglol.news/2026/04/30/social-lol-is-gonna-go-glitchy-in-a-good-way

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AutomataDog@furry.engineer wrote:

Solitar during the fursuit dance competition at FWA25

#Furry #Furries #Fursuit #FursuitFriday #Photography #Anthro #FurryArt #FurryArtist #FWA #FWA25 #ArtShare #Art #Wolf #DanceCompetition #Nikon

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

booba tea

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CursedSilicon@restless.systems ("Cursed Silicon") wrote:

HEY #retrocomputing lovelies!

I gave a talk at LinuxFest NorthWest about #Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net

You should give it a watch <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSJsGNIDjtc

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

Everything will be wrong about it. It is architected and implemented in confusing ways under conflicting demands you will likely not have insight into and, of course, too little time.

To reduce your frustration, you must accept these things. The prior developers did their best just as you will now do your best. Be at peace with that.

You will be tempted to throw up your hands and rewrite everything! That is folly. Despite all the apparent (to you) imperfections, the code or device now works as intended. Any changes must be done cautiously with an eye to only making necessary improvements or fixing bugs.

After all, if things stop working after one of your "improvements", it will now be *your* problem and it will reflect on you, not the people you inherited the project from.

There will be opportunity for new development, but you must choose your moments.

Add tests as you can! Automate builds! Document! Leave it better!

You are doing your best!

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

when adjusted for inflation, that means Brent crude oil’s all-time high probably occurred in June 2008 at approximately $186 per barrel in today’s dollars.

Iran does not need to win Trump’s War, they just have to not lose. buckle your seat belts, Gentle Humanoids. these next few years may be a bit of a rough ride.

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

you know sometimes you get asked something and your head just fills with the most inappropriate joke and you have to stop yourself?

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

if memory serves me, Brent crude oil reached its highest price in history at about 139 or 149 dollars per barrel in March of 2022, following Russia's latest invasion of Ukraine. I will be surprised if we do not see that record smashed within 90 days.

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SnoopJ@hachyderm.io wrote:

@jalefkowit micro-dosing economic reality

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

pringle shape

okay yes, this is much better than 'saddle' for describing negative curvature. i grew up in the countryside and i know what a pringle looks like better than a saddle