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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
tommorris ("Tom Morris") wrote:

RE: https://front-end.social/@hdv/116539331105631482

I've spoken to people working at major tech companies who've written little scripts that fire off some queries every day specifically so they can say they're using the stupid AI system.

"Here, god of matrix arithmetic, enjoy my burnt token offerings."

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
timbray@cosocial.ca ("Tim Bray 🇨🇦") wrote:

“Photographer Spends Night on Freezing Mountain to Capture Rare Triple Galaxy Arch” - astonishing photo and interesting how-it-was-done narrative.

https://petapixel.com/2026/05/08/photographer-spends-night-on-freezing-mountain-to-capture-rare-triple-galaxy-arch/

#Photography

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
stylus@social.afront.org ("Stylus") wrote:

seeing yet another person say basically "I know I need to leave github, but I can't right now" ..

a talk title came to me: "look for the exit nearest you". This hypothetical talk would be full of actionable ways to reduce the eventual costs of leaving an online service, even one that seems heaven-sent today.

Because we sure keep being fooled about the shiny new service, thinking it'll be just as good forever because who would deliberately ruin it...

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

the dirty fag exploit

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

You can find this old boat in Rauðhólar, which might be surprising since there's no water nearby. It was situated next to a summer camp for children and used as a toy. The summer camp is long gone, but the boat remains.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #nature #landscape #abandoned #decay #boat

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
kamuniak@finfur.net ("Kamuniak") wrote:

Count the kemonos ^.^

#FursuitFriday

Boosted by jwz:
spellingmistakescostlives@mastodon.ie ("Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives") wrote:

Losing my mind at this rip-off tshirt website stealing my anti-AI slop design and padding the page out with AI slop copy about how they were inspired to create it.

"I still needed to do the real work"
Did ye aye?

Boosted by jwz:
mattbors@mstdn.ca ("Matt Bors") wrote:

A few months ago, editor and book publisher Glenn Fleishman pitched me an idea around my Mister Gotcha cartoon. We launch That One Matt Bors Comic on Kickstarter on May 12. Sign up here for an alert:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/glennf/that-one-matt-bors-comic

Boosted by jwz:
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

It’s what I’m sure the Trump admin was hoping for. They •wanted• an ICE agent killed. That was the •goal•. They wanted a situation so chaotic, so violent, so intolerable that eventually somebody would just straight-up shoot an ICE agent, and then they could declare martial law. They were desperate for that.

3/

Boosted by jwz:
DavidGallagher@sfba.social ("David Gallagher") wrote:

3 views of Embarcadero Plaza
1966, 1974, 2026
Vaillancourt Fountain #sfmemory #sfhistory

Boosted by jwz:
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

Today’s ruling is a devastating blow to democracy in Virginia, a blatant rejection of the will of the voters, and a chilling preview of how Republicans will seek to undermine the midterms. https://www.ms.now/news/virginia-supreme-court-strikes-down-redistricting-democrats

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
cmccullough@polymaths.social ("Chad McCullough") wrote:

Are there any Linux distribution projects that are fighting the use of AI? I know that the kernel is now allowing the use of AI for contributions (I think?) so that's unavoidable, but are there any projects that are outright banning AI contributions? I want to get a conversation going on this.

#noai

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

(this is functional poorgramming of course, because purescript is functional (and poor!))

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

I was crashing out hard this morning. I went for an hour walk, came back, took a shower. Ordered pizza. Self care.

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

once upon a time i built some libraries for an open source project, in purescript. i hosted them at a github org called 'poorscript'. naturally sometime after i stopped working with them this was renamed to remove all traces of joy.

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

object orientated poorgramming

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

Lazyweb, are there filesystems for open software that are focused (or can be tuned to focus) nearly entirely on error correction and durability at the expense of everything else? As in, barely cares about performance at all but goes as hard as possible on data integrity and error correction?

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

I just want an slop-free open source operating system, preferably Unix-like, that has a kernel and software package repository free from slop. I know it won't be perfect, but with just a bit of ethical fortitude, we can create a human-centered operating system. I don't think I'm owed that, but I'm willing to pitch in and help build it. #os #slop

EmilyEnough@hachyderm.io ("Emily 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Buying an old house can come with some challenges when you’re tall, but I don’t have to duck through this door into the kitchen anymore.

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

Ordered pizza for lunch from the best pizza spot in town. What a time to be alive

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

Deep thinking. #grickledoodle #thoughts #creativity #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

The DOJ and CFTC are going after a US soldier who allegedly used his access to confidential military information to profit more than $400,000 on Polymarket bets. They are not going after Polymarket, which is supposed to prohibit US bettors, and whose advisory board includes Donald Trump Jr.

“The whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino,” said former casino tycoon and current President Trump.

“I don’t like it,” said the man whose own social media platform has announced plans to launch a crypto-based prediction market feature.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter

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

I'd love to be on here chatting about programming

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
mhoye@cosocial.ca wrote:

"Today’s actions are not a cost-cutting exercise or an assessment of individuals’ performance; they are about Cloudflare defining how a world-class, high-growth company operates and creates value in the agentic AI era."

I wonder how many c-suite comms teams ever tell the people who write sentences like this one that, before you hit send, please understand that zero people will believe this. Exactly zero people. None people.

https://blog.cloudflare.com/building-for-the-future/

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

Before 2000: "normal people" watch cable TV all the time. Researchers, hobbyists, and assorted weirdos access the internet using a hodgepodge of protocols to access servers run by the very same sorts of people visiting them. Connections are generally slow, often carried over telephone networks.

2000-2030: Everyone is on the web. Servers are run by professionals. Connections are blazing fast.

After 2030: "normal people" watch algorithmic feeds on sanctioned devices exclusively. Researchers, hobbyists, and assorted weirdos access the open internet using a hodgepodge of protocols to access servers run by the very same sorts of people visiting them. Connections are generally slow, passing through onion networks and/or low-powered radio devices.

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

Another day, another patched Linux kernel! During tonight’s weekly maintenance window (which begins at 11 PM EDT / 3 AM UTC) all Neatnik/omg.lol servers will be restarted. Downtime should be less than one minute. Thanks for your patience!

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
thezoq2 ("TheZoq2") wrote:

I need a favor. A good friend of mine got laid off. She's in NYC on a H1B, and being trans means she's not very keen to return to her home country!

She's an amazing software engineer, with experience leading teams, working with stakeholders, and is happy to come in to existing code bases to improve things.

She's primarily looking for full stack and is very comfortable with TS, JS, Python and Rust, but is happy to adapt.

NYC/Remote DM me for contact details #getfedihired

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
rdp@notpickard.com ("robert daniel pickard") wrote:

its crazy how the dems have supported the republicans efforts to take every nonviolent political tool out of the toolbox

no one is going to be happy with whats left. not even the tacticool weekend warriors

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
emilymbender@dair-community.social ("Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)") wrote:

“‘AI’ might not be good for xyz, but you can’t deny that it’s helpful for programming” -- sound familiar? On the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, @alex and I will be digging into that bullshit. Join us for the livestream:

Monday, May 11, noon PT
https://twitch.tv/dair%5Finstitute

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

"In order to access this webpage, please cast a fireball".

I'm tired of all these mage verifications.