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

I've been trying to listen to voices I do not usually hear https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/clock-it-with-symone-eugene/id1707410660?i=1000767729496

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

Portrait of a Senior Computer Wizard

https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea/116572153573957632

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
mudkip@wetdry.world ("enderman0125 :neofox_flag_nb: :neofox_flag_pan:") wrote:

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

If I found this, I'd have the classiest soup bowl in my neighborhood.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/05/14/not-in-my-backyard/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

SATURDAY: We’re joining Black-led civil and voting rights organizations for a national day of action.

In Alabama, there will be a big rally at the state capitol in Montgomery.

We will not stand by while Republicans rip away representation from Black communities: https://blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
SuffolkLITLab@esq.social wrote:

TL;DR: NetDocuments has launched the first legal context graph, designed to map relationships within a law firm's document repository while maintaining permissions and ethical walls. This initiative is part of a major redesign of their platform. https://www.lawnext.com/2026/05/netdocuments-unveils-legal-context-graph-to-map-legal-knowledge-alongside-a-reimagined-platform.html #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
NewsDesk@flipboard.social ("Flipboard News Desk") wrote:

China’s Xi warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to conflict.

@AssociatedPress reports: "The Trump administration has approved an $11 billion arms package for Taiwan, but has yet to begin fulfilling it."

https://flip.it/.7pPpO

#Trump #XiJinPing #Taiwan #China #News

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

plus, FEMA is now crippled & unprepared to help deal with these disasters

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116573092550750165

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

My next book, *The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI*, will be out in about a month - and (once again) Amazon's monopoly audiobook platform refuses to carry it, and so (once again) I'm pre-selling the audio, ebook and print edition in a Kickstarter campaign that proves that DRM-free isn't just the *right* way to reach an audience, it's also the *best* way to reach them:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai

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

Israel is "the world’s most disliked country."

"Israel is globally perceived more negatively than any other country in the world, followed by North Korea."

"Negative perceptions of the US have also exploded, placing it near the bottom of global perception".

~Democracy Perception Index

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260513-israel-becomes-worlds-most-disliked-country-global-survey-finds/

#DemocracyPerceptionIndex #USPol #EUPol #Israel #news #palestine #Democracy #IsraeliCrimes .

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

Report: US intelligence based on satellite imagery shows that ~90% of Iran’s underground launch facilities are operating partly or fully.

The findings contradict Trump & Hegseth's line that "the Iranian military had been severely damaged & no longer posed a significant threat."

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260513-us-intelligence-reports-surprise-trump-with-irans-underground-missile-capabilities/

#USPol #EUPol #iranWar #USLies #news #USImperialism .

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

Stopping the system fans to heat up the system to shift clock phase by a few femtoseconds is one of the less hinged ideas I’ve seen come out of CERN lol.

(AFAIU this was an experiment for a software retrofit to hardware otherwise incapable of such adjustments)

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
ayoli@diaspodon.fr ("☆✭★ คץ☠️ɭเ xD ★✭☆") wrote:

Matin / Morning 👋 ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

#matin #caféAnimé

Attachments:

• video: Dans une pièce, deux hommes utilisent un vélo bardé de capteurs et de machines électroniques pour jouer de la musique électro. Ils utilisent aussi des éléments du vélo comme le faire tourner en roue libre ou jouer sur les rayons avec un archer. (source : insta : @mezerg)

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

I'm on several social media these days and Threads is the place I've decided to do most of my political yelling, with a large side helping of talking about writing/publishing. That said, even I get tired of yelling about politics sometimes, as there are only so many ways of saying STOP ELECTING FUCKING FASCISTS FOR FUCK'S SAKE before it feels like I'm just repeating myself, and I worry about appearing monotonous. To break things up, I think I'll post more pictures of cats. Here's one now.

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

my Dad was born 108 years ago today. like so many other people, World War II totally changed the direction of his life.

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

Well look at that

RE: https://www.threads.com/@edicionesminotauro/post/DYT8y8XDUOH

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
maxleibman@beige.party ("Max Leibman") wrote:

Understanding common tech features and marketing terms:

Safety: surveillance

"Smart": surveillance

Connected: surveillance

GPS-enabled: surveillance

Personalized: surveillance

AI: surveillance

Integrated: surveillance

Partner: surveillance

Free: surveillance

Collaboration: surveillance

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
bgcarlisle@blog.bgcarlisle.com ("The Grey Literature") wrote:

An open letter to my MP and Marc Miller re: youth social media bans

https://blog.bgcarlisle.com/2026/05/13/an-open-letter-to-my-mp-and-marc-miller-re-youth-social-media-bans/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
amoroso@oldbytes.space ("Paolo Amoroso") wrote:

The story of the rescue of a warehouse worth of manuals of old electronic lab instruments and computer equipment. The 13,000 manuals, initially slated for scrapping, were digitized and uploaded to the Internet Archive.

The people who did this are heroes.

https://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5833

#retrocomputing #documentation

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

Just say no to carcinization.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/05/14/this-carcinization-trend-has-gone-too-far/

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

“Rewrite Bun in Rust by Jarred-Sumner · Pull Request #30412 · oven-sh/bun · GitHub”

https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/30412

The most buggy and least disciplined JavaScript runtime has just merged a gigantic vibe-port of the entire project from Zig to Rust. I'm sure they've delivered that with the care and attention they're now famous for

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
rysiek@mstdn.social ("Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦") wrote:

And yes, managers outright admit they are using the "AI productivity gains" lie to explain layoffs because it works better with stockholders than admitting the real causes behind them:
https://www.resume.org/the-great-turnover-9-in-10-companies-plan-to-hire-in-2026-yet-6-in-10-will-have-layoffs-2/

Funny how that did not seem to work that well for CloudFlare, huh. :thaenkin:

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
dpp ("David Pollak") wrote:

RE: https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/116561043652311822

Layoffs given AI tools is stupid beyond belief.

The value of a team is institutional knowledge.

The value of a team is understanding customers and systems and the history of tradeoffs.

Throwing that away is just fucking stupid.

Computers have gone from being a bicycle for the mind to a motorcycle for the mind. Harness the power of those minds.

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

What do you think would be different if we'd landed E4X? Would it have changed anything about where we are? Would it be better or worse because of it?

If you're unfamilliar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript%5Ffor%5FXML - you can see 2004 > JSX relationships etc

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

incidentally, dijkstra would not have liked this

The question of whether Machines Can Think... is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
jik@federate.social ("Jonathan Kamens 86 47") wrote:

I keep hearing people say AIs are "better at coding than people."
First of all, no, they're FASTER at coding than people, which is not at all the same thing.
Second, am I the only one who remembers when what folks in this industry do was called "software ENGINEERING," which is not at all the same as "coding"?
Notice how no one is claiming that AIs are good at software engineering?
Why do you think that is? 🤔
Most commercial tech was already shit before genAI. The AI is 10x'ing the shit. *sigh*

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

Dijkstra also appreciated my current predicament in advance:

I mean, if 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself "Dijkstra would not have liked this", well, that would be enough immortality for me.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
robpike@hachyderm.io ("rob pike") wrote:

Although trained in physics, I worked in the computing industry with pride and purpose for over 40 years. And now I can do nothing but sit back and watch it destroy itself for no valid reason beyond hubris (if I'm being charitable).

Ineffable sadness watching something I once loved deliberately lose its soul.

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

I was looking up dijkstra quotes and i found a good one i don't remember seeing before:

My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent": the current conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book that count on the wrong side of the ledger.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
urlyman ("Jonathan Schofield") wrote:

…Have you *ever* voted for the Green Party of England and Wales?

#gpew #greenparty #ukpolitics

You can vote ‘No’ if you like but I’m only interested in the extent of the ‘Yes’.

Please boost for reach. Poll runs for 1 week.