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Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
NovemDecimal@sunny.garden wrote:

@brib

Oof, that's a big mood for me :blobcatscared:

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

https://thedailytism.com/new-autistic-trading-standards-agency-to-force-ads-to-cut-the-shit/

Can I join the ASTA? I would do a great job 🤣 🤣 🤣

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

me when alone: "i want to talk to people"
me when there's people: "no not like that"

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Nikolai_Kingsley@dobbs.town ("Rev.Dr. Nikolai Kingsley") wrote:

*mew*

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
NovemDecimal@sunny.garden wrote:

Cyniam wants you to join in her exercise routine!

(This was really tricky to pull off and the artwork was stalled for a week without progress before I overcame my mental block, so please consider boosting! :boost_requested: )

@drawing

#NovemArt #NovemOC #MastoArt #FediArt #Krita #ArtistsOnMastodon #OC #OCArt #CharacterArt #Fitness #Exercise #Workout #DigitalArt

cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

last chance 2 vote

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geekysteven@beige.party wrote:

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

The proliferation of genAI has made my life

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
JulianOliver ("Julian Oliver") wrote:

Pleased to share a page and explainer for the AI tarpit project Science is Poetry, with legal statement, rationale(s), and a few deployment notes:

https://julianoliver.com/projects/science-is-poetry/

The page may grow a bit. Just wanted to get it out the door.

#AI #bigtech

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("The Luddites were right"):
epilanthanomai@signs.codes ("I Forget") wrote:

Oh, sorry, there must be a misunderstanding. Perhaps I mis--typed. The compiler result for that error isn't undefined: It's actually underfiend. A demon from below. Yes, at $LANGC corp we take underfiend behavior very seriously.

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

This hen was out and about earlier this week.

cstanhope@social.coop ("The Luddites were right") wrote:

Some good thoughts to leave your students with. ”Too my students" by Brent A. Yorgey:

http://ozark.hendrix.edu/~yorgey/forest/00FD/index.xml

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Evolution of a Friday PR:

3:00 PM: Refactored database logic for efficiency
5:40 PM: Fixing edge case bug
7:00 PM: typo
9:30 PM: please work
2:20 AM: asdfghjkl

cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

The best resources to learn Blender from are still the Blender manual, but that's a bit dry as most manuals are and videos are often better, and so for the rest the Blender Studio folks. Plus, you're supporting free culture works in the process! https://studio.blender.org/ has some resources free, and you can pay to get access to the rest, but they're all under CC BY, which is pretty great.

The second best are tons of shy and excited people on YouTube who want to show you a few tips.

Some of my favorites:

- Harry Blends
- Sophie Jantak
- Deduze
- Pepe School Land, especially the Grease Pencil Random Tips and Tricks series (name is unrelated to the popularity of a certain frog)

Getting started with Grease Pencil first is often a good idea, because 2d is a gentler introduction for many people, but it also eases you into many of the 3d concepts.

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cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

The proliferation of genAI has made my life

cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

everyone is tryna touch fuzzy to get dizy

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Selling you the option that deepens Apple's control isn't somehow in opposition to the predatory and extractive surveillance industry, it's an enabler. And Apple know it:

https://infrequently.org/2025/08/apple-vs-fb-kayfabe/

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

This is a small but meaningful part of why Apple slow-rolling PWA installation prompts are such a scandal. Remember that Cupertino is making it harder to install web apps while marketing "Smart Banners" to push less secure, privacy invading native apps on Safari users:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/webkit/promoting-apps-with-smart-app-banners

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

love this font https://shantellsans.com

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Object-oriented programming is great because it lets your problems inherit from one another.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
jonty@chaos.social ("Jonty Wareing") wrote:

Got this stuck in my head and had to get it out. Just in case someone needs it.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mysk/116699406028549012

When folks like me bang on about how cynically irresponsible Apple has been about privacy in order to keep big app makers happy, this is what we're on about.

What can you do? Move your computing to the browser:

https://nooneshappy.com/article/native-apps-should-be-avoided-whenever-possible/

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

Big yawn. #caturday #cats #cat

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cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

The proliferation of genAI has made my life

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

They don't believe in free speech or science. They're just brownshirt thugs (that goes for you, too, Jay Bhattacharya)

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/06/06/institutional-cowardice-opposing-scientific-truth/

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vpTTQLGuHbw

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

was just reminded of 'smelly cat' from friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkuw7vdi-VA

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

I don't know enough about insects to recognise these critters but if these are honeybees then the local bee farmer here in Hveragerði is having a good year. Saw a bunch of these on my last walk. #bees #photos #honeybee #iceland

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

i am microoptimising. turns out my largest node type will just dip into an extra cacheline, so if i can just shave a few bytes, i can save it from doing that.

anyway, i have just used the phrase 'comically wide node'.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
jasongorman@mastodon.cloud ("Jason Gorman") wrote:

Update: the last 2 days have been *amazing*, and the support folks have shown me is genuinely moving. I had another little cry.

But (oh, here he goes), there are still some places left on the upcoming workshops, and even without the discount that ended last night, they're worth every penny!

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mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:

Finance: J Allen Insights | THE CAPEX TRAP: WHY AI’S REAL RISK IS FINANCIAL, NOT EXISTENTIAL

Maybe you have heard the term AI Cap-Ex Trap. But, what does it mean and why should you care? This guy spells it out nicely. Will try to summarize some key points in this thread.

Bottom line, AI data centers are super capital intensive. This is great for NVidea, but the money has to come from somewhere. Right now it comes from "Hyperscalers".

-more-

https://jalleninsights.substack.com/p/the-capex-trap-why-ais-real-risk

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