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

i think it is time for some TateFacts https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8jM3sAp%5FHk2sENwNcFRjzXkO6km0N3u9

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

AEO is AI-engine optimization

thank you, please walk directly into the sea and don't stop.

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LauraJG@deacon.social ("Laura G, Sassy 70’s") wrote:

By Zeng Chuanxing (B. 1974), “Paper Bride, Red Grass Sea,” 2006, oil on canvas, 27½ x 44½ in. (70 x 113 cm.), photo: Christie’s London, 24 Feb 2016. #art #arthistory #chineseart #chineseartist #painting #oilpainting

From Tanya Baxter Contemporary: “Zeng Chuanxing (B. 1974, China) was born in Longchang County, Sichuan Province, in 1974. He majored in oil painting at the Central University for Nationalities from 1995 to 1998.

Having grown up among ethnic groups, Zeng Chuanxing is familiar with their life and has developed strong feelings towards them. Minority girls are a major theme of Zeng’s paintings. Zeng is especially fond of classical realism; a means through which he believes can thoroughly and delicately express his feelings. He stresses careful depiction of his characters’ eyes and hands because he feels that eyes and hands vividly and truly reflect a human being’s soul. Characters in his works are often quiet and melancholy, a feeling projected by the brown or greyish blue backgrounds.

Zeng Chuanxing is expert at passing on his feelings and attitudes towards life through the tone of colors. Zeng’s style is a kind of cold abstractionism for realistic paintings.”

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thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io ("Thomas Fuchs") wrote:

RE: https://xoxo.zone/@waxy/116687097878815796

This is another reason why chatbots are stalling or even regressing—the training data is getting more and more poisoned from the use of LLMs to manipulate chatbots.

Chatbot centipede

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Every project starts with "we'll keep it simple" and ends with a Kubernetes cluster.

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

Fundamentally. Unsecurable.

You can't rid yourself of this vulnerability in LLMs.

https://www.safebreach.com/blog/gemini-voice-assistant-prompt-injection-exploit/

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uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

You can see the remnants of the fire in this photo.#Iceland #photography #streetphotography #nature #landscape #abandoned #decay #concrete #rust

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

Actually functional tiny washing machine made from Coca Cola feels like a perfect DIY summer project

...

This fully-operational washing machine is so tiny that it can’t even accommodate a single sock.

well i'm not surprised if it's made from a coke can. i have questions.

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owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

"However, critics argue that regulators are moving too slowly, allowing dominant platforms to entrench their monopolies across mobile browsers, search engines, and app stores."
🧵(3/7)

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owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

Proton CTO Bart Butler urges the 🇬🇧 UK to start enforcing competition laws against Big Tech before it's 'too late'

🧵👇️ (1/7)

📖Read more:
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/proton-cto-urges-the-uk-to-start-enforcing-competition-laws-against-big-tech-before-its-too-late

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

i'm not sure what the real lesson here is. it could be don't be a dick or else people will embarrass you. it could also be that you should get a neurodivergent person to write the code for you.

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

reminded of the time someone i went to school with was having a go at people who don't have degrees in computer science. calling us charlatans and incompetent and stuff.

so i went and found the code to his website. it took me almost 10 seconds to spot a bug that could leak /etc/passwd

brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:") wrote:

If anyone is doing #gamedev stuff at #emfcamp I am thinking it might be a good time to kickstart that. Maybe I could meet up with similar-minded peeps :neocat_eyes:​

#emf26 #emfcamp2026

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

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48385114

This entire thread is frustrating because it shows how deep the public misunderstanding of post-quantum cryptography and quantum computers runs

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

uncivil partnership

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

microsoft picked c++ btw. you can't tell, can you?

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

and lol, if only there were some way to not just build a continual pile of security holes

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

imagine having to tell a court that you found his vulnerability disclosures annoying so you cut him off and then closed his github.

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

That's a scary face, but even worse is the hateful brain behind it.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/06/03/this-man-should-just-admit-that-he-wants-to-kill-women/

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

a part of me hopes they do sue him. because it means there will be discovery and what happened inside microsoft will come out.

that's why they will never actually dare sue him.

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

he has a special treat lined up for july 14th apparently. microsoft already threatened to sue him, so i imagine he'll be making it count.

brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:") wrote:

I was thinking while cycling: Perhaps a structured course could help with this. Something providing enough accountability (read: deadlines) to convince my ADHD self to do shit while being small-scope enough to only need to set aside a couple of hours a week. I think getting consistency/good habits is key to getting this to stick.

Suggestions welcome, paid or free (although probably not hundreds of pounds unless I can convince someone else to pay).

Or as @wizbean suggested, a group of people where I help out with a small part of a game project rather than a full project. (I have dabbled in non-game C++, Godot and Lua Love). I won't be able to help out more than a couple of hour a week but I'd like to develop skills (and offer my contributions in return)

#gamedevelopment #gamedev

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

not to put too fine a point on it, but...

what the fuck did they think would happen?

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

i must be terribly confused because i could have sworn that the researcher who's been giving microsoft a lot of grief said they refused to talk to him and even cut off his github account.

but obviously they wouldn't be that self-defeating, surely?

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effika wrote:

Another baby praying mantis! #insects

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

re: email subject you've never seen

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bgcarlisle@blog.bgcarlisle.com ("The Grey Literature") wrote:

An open letter against the National AI Strategy

https://blog.bgcarlisle.com/2026/06/03/an-open-letter-against-the-national-ai-strategy/

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artemis@dice.camp ("Artemis") wrote:

But seriously: "better quality" art supplies will give you a more consistent result & allow you to refine your artworks in a way that may not be possible with cheaper or improvised art supplies, but not having them should never stop you & should certainly never cause you shame.

I make art out of everything now because I can't think of a reason not to.

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artemis@dice.camp ("Artemis") wrote:

Looks like I forgot to post these ones when I finished them!

#MakingArt

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artemis@dice.camp ("Artemis") wrote:

Some of my latest works I'm proud of. The watercolors (second image) were painted while sitting with Spouse in the little corner of our garage we cleared out so we could spend more time outside(ish).

#MakingArt