Mastodon Feed: Posts

Boosted by jwz:
lo@framapiaf.org ("Laurent Malys") wrote:

Segmented rings

#p5js #creativecoding #art

Attachments:

• gifv: Abstract animation. White shapes on a black background. A circle made of nested segmented black and white rings where the width of each segment is modulated, creating a weird circular checkboard with rounded corners

Boosted by jwz:
glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

RE: https://mstdn.social/@rebeccawatson/116527948702666630

If you take one thing away from Dawkins’ chatbot delusion it should be this: Dawkins flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane.

Boosted by jwz:
flipper@mastodonapp.uk ("Flipper 🐬🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@pluralistic This whole "keep an open mind" attitude about whether LLMs are sentient is just dumb to begin with.

If you went to a magic show with the "open mind" of whether magic was real, you'd leave convinced that it was. Because the tricks are really convincing. The only way to keep a grip on reality in a magic show is to go in with a firm conviction that magic is not real. This is a rational approach, it is not a close minded attitude.

Boosted by jwz:
workingclasshistory ("Working Class History") wrote:

#OtD 6 May 1933 Nazis raided the Institute of Sex Research in Berlin. It was a pioneering org which supported LGBT rights, and equality for women. It employed numerous trans workers and pioneered gender affirmation surgery. Its library was then burned https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10648/nazis-raid-sex-institute

jwz wrote:

Last Days of Playland.

SF Memory:
https://jwz.org/b/yk66

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

Indeed, I don't think there's much distinction between "agnetic engineering" and "vibe coding" either. https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/6/vibe-coding-and-agentic-engineering/

The incentives of high output generation with review being the bottleneck will clearly move users towards just vibing and less reviewing. (But that has seemed obvious to me for a long time, anyway)

jwz wrote:

wat

# cd /nope 2>/dev/null
# cd /nope 2>&-
bash: cd: /nope: No such file or directory
# (cd /nope) 2>&-

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

hugops to the github staff dealing with yet another outage today. the hugs only extend so far though. executives should be fired and shamed. leadership that is repeatedly creating this situation needs to be held accountable.

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

relatedly: wow do we ever need better tooling for this. "what program, on what computer, is causing this ephemeral network connection to be made" is shockingly difficult to investigate even for someone with my level of experience. I'm sure that I'm only in the top 0.1% and the top 0.0001% could have done it much more quickly but still

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
gem@kind.social ("Gem ♪") wrote:

I woke up in the middle of the night and wrote a prose-poem about a moment between two people. Maybe it was a dream, a memory, or just a mood.

https://gem.bearblog.dev/a-knowing/

#MicroFiction #Poetry #Prose #ProsePoetry

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

i have gotten llama.cpp to build, hallelujah. in theory it is now optimised for this machine, thus giving me the best chance at getting useful performance out of it.

tomorrow i'll build a docker image with it. i was reminded that i don't have a new enough graphics card for passing through my graphics card while using it to render my desktop, so virtualisation with pci passthrough is out.

then i'll look at some of the things to plug into it. can't wait 😬

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
yesjohn ("john 🌦️") wrote:

2020, i start redecorating my bedroom. im consistent at working out. there's a mysterious virus happening overseas. it's probably nothing.

2026, i start redecorating my bedroom. im consistent at working out. there's a mysterious virus happening overseas. it's probably nothing.

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

TIL: Unifi OS just runs nmap all the time. this explains some mystery behavior I see in logs while developing Twisted & friends: https://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2021/q3/6

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

After sending what seems like the daily "GH down for anyone else?" message to my team, someone responded with this gem:

https://red-squares.cian.lol/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOZR2RFAObg

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

This guy acknowledged the reality of oppression in Gaza, and now pro-Israel fanatics want his head on a stick.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/05/06/free-speechunless-you-criticize-the-gaza-genocide/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
technomancy@hey.hagelb.org wrote:

ok so this has to exist but it's basically impossible to search for; does anyone know of a fictional work that's written in the form of a spreadsheet?

all the hits for "fictional spreadsheet" are about using a spreadsheet to plan your novel but what about putting your story in a spreadsheet and the spreadsheet is the story?

Boosted by EmilyEnough@hachyderm.io ("Emily 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️"):
danirabbit@mastodon.online ("Danielle Foré") wrote:

Lots of people around me are doing heroin these days. To truly evaluate whether heroin is the right choice for me, I decided I needed to also start doing heroin. And after months of heroin use, I too am unable to stop doing heroin. Sure it comes with trade offs but it’s a truly useful and powerful tool

This post is about LLMs

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

I've got no career as a bird photogapher.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/05/06/stupid-birds-dont-like-me/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
skeletor@mas.to ("Inspirational Skeletor💀") wrote:

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
gem@kind.social ("Gem ♪") wrote:

I don't usually watch the anatomy of a song, but this one by Linda Perry (of 4 Non Blondes) is pretty cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyEDyYYzPH8

Looking forward to the new album released this Friday. https://lindaperry.bandcamp.com/album/let-it-die-here

#Alternative #Music #NewMusic

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

Kinda hate that AI is so well suited to exploit loneliness during a time when it feels like everyone is a bit more lonely and isolated than usual.

If I get one more ad for an AI girlfriend I'm gonna lose it lol.

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

Started my movie ratings list on my website, partly for the Space Virgins podcast, but also to practice my bash. Take a look:

https://chriswere.wales/movie-ratings.html

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
emilylorange@mastodon.art ("Emily L'Orange 🦆🍊") wrote:

THE COUNCIL WILL NOW DECIDE YOUR FATE

my contribution to this year's Polar Lights Zine, with proceeds benefiting the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition.

You can still get your own copy of the zine for $2 here:
https://polarlightszine.itch.io/

#art #Birds #BirdArt #FediArt #MastoArt #CreativeToots

Boosted by db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿"):
Wilto@front-end.social ("Mat “Wilto” Marquis") wrote:

One or more person or persons may or may not have spoken, and in a voice funneled through a person whose professional success explicitly hinges on demand for this feature, cried out: “eight.” That’s web standards, baby!

https://wil.to/posts/googles-prompt-api/

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
researchfairy@scholar.social ("Unnamed TNG skant beefcake") wrote:

Pro tip: To figure out What's Really Going On™ with an issue in tech, think about the expensive but necessary thing that the techbros are trying to avoid that would probably kill their business model if it were required by law

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
ratamero@idlethumbs.social ("Erick Ratamero") wrote:

The Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) is looking for a new Editor-in-Chief! This is a volunteer position (as everything else at JOSS), but a great chance to steer one of the coolest things in the academic publishing realm. https://blog.joss.theoj.org/2026/05/call-for-editor-in-chief

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
juliusgoat.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("A.R. Moxon") wrote:

Hanlon’s Razor: “Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by ignorance.” Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also ignorant.”

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
srtcd424@mas.to ("Steven Reed") wrote:

@GerhardD @jwildeboer

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

The man has definitely wandered off the deep end.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/05/06/dogpile-on-dawkins/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02pBnDkV0rQ