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

RE: https://mastodon.online/@mittie/116726929832065795

> The devious part about self-deception is that you are not only the deceiver but also the deceived. Since detecting a deception (especially from a "reliable" source as yourself) is much more difficult than creating one, your can typically not detect self-deception.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk ("Emeritus Prof. Christopher May") wrote:

What has been the result of the attrition against unions in the last half century?

Well, one clear answer seems to be that wages have declined as a share of GDP, which is the background to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis across many countries' workforce(s).

Some might argue the decline of unionisation is a correlation, not a cause, but if so they need to identify other major structural shifts to explain the reduction.

#workers #unions #economics

h/t Ian Hutcheon/LinkedIn (for chart)

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

“Everywhere Foist Upon Us - The Darth Mall”

https://darthmall.net/2026/everywhere-foist-upon-us/

> Ubiquity and familiarity do not equate to inevitability. The industry is unsustainable both financially and computationally.

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

TFW the thing you're fighting in 11ty is broken *because you broke it*. 🤦

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green ("Gerry McGovern") wrote:

In Ireland, for 22% of total electricity, data centers provide 3,300 jobs

There are about 2,800,000 employed in Ireland.

For every 1% of Irish electricity, data centers provide 150 jobs

In the rest of the economy, for every 1% of electricity, 35,897 jobs are provided.

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

anyway people apparently hate the idea of having a proper programming language in there. i know this because everyone has come along and mentioned their favourite deliberately limited config language. one has even attempted to argue "look we can make abstractions" and i'm just not prepared to expend any more mental energy in that direction.

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

it is my contention that what is missing from most packaging systems is a proper programming language. a proper programming language does not include deliberately limited languages like starlark or kdl, that is absolutely not what i want.

conary is the best we had so far, and that used python. and i know that being able to write things in a proper language was by far the best thing ever, even if it was python.

i actually would like to crank it all the way up to 11 on the power scale and just use a lisp. but what i absolutely do not want to do is use some shit language deliberately intended to limit you from building proper abstractions to tidy things up and eliminate boilerplate.

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

enjoy CSS Day and the other web/tech events for those who are visiting Amsterdam

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

overnight my mentions are full and i regret even entertaining the thought of getting involved in another linux distro.

also people have appalling taste in software

jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)") wrote:

some might say that I "only have one joke" but registering Peertech Global Cyberindustrial Concern LLC, LLC. is the only thing i think i have done right in my life

jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)") wrote:

@cwebber what a mess

Boosted by jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)"):
AwetTesfaiesus ("Awet Tesfaiesus, MdB") wrote:

@jonny @betabug fault and corp liability is a difficult topic, but as a general rule: the more smoke there is the more you are expected to look for a fire. c&d cases are smoke

Boosted by jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)"):
AwetTesfaiesus ("Awet Tesfaiesus, MdB") wrote:

@betabug @jonny you are right, I in deed /am/ a lawyer and this is my area of practice (though as an MP). But being a lawyer, I can confidently say that I will not give a proper opinion on this until I‘ve read the ruling.

I imagine this has to do with the legal principle under German law that cease-and-desist claims do not require fault.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
Lemmus@vivaldi.net wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116727272706475039

This one should be spoonfed to every single politician anywhere AI data centers are being attempted established.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
errant@glaceon.social ("Errant :is: :bat:") wrote:

My favourite memory about Homestuck is that I managed to get my brother to start reading it, he was progressing slowly, had a few big breaks. And one time when I againasked how he's doing, he said he is back at it again but all the trolls with their own thing was a bit much, there is just so many characters to keep track of.

At that point I decided to have mercy on him, and with barely contained laughter I managed to communicate that there are 4 more main kids and 12 more marginally relevant trolls down the line

In that moment, he was enlightened
And has stopped the Homestuck

Boosted by db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿"):
jaredwhite@indieweb.social ("Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊)") wrote:

I don't know about y'all, but I think it should be *illegal* to generate slop imagery of other people without their consent.

Apple really fell down hard on this feature (and I've been hearing other podcasters saying the exact same thing). I hope they come to their senses and realize the "ick" isn't worth a flashy keynote demo.

Hear the rest of the episode:
https://vibe.coded.show/16

Attachments:

• video: 197ce50a0d0e38ce.mp4

Boosted by db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿"):
vale@fedi.vale.rocks ("Vale") wrote:

Browsers on video game consoles have long been a majorly underdocumented topic. That changes today with my latest article, which I can confidently say is the most comprehensive game console browser coverage on the entire web.

I’d love for you to give it a read: https://vale.rocks/posts/game-console-browsers

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

I swear I've seen developers with 30 years of experience go from "I can debug a kernel panic blindfolded" to "oh wait, let me ask the AI how to write a for loop" in about 12 months.

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gavi@bagel.ing wrote:

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

:forgejo: source.tube has been upgraded to Forgejo 15.0.3.

:forgejo: runner-1.source.tube upgraded to forgejo-runner 12.10.2.

🎏 The omg.lol profile page engine has been updated with Font Awesome 7.2.0.

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

My timeline is a cautionary tale. How are social media companies going to check if their customers are over 16 without "carding" everyone? And what protections will there be that the identity data they capture isn't left somewhere that can be captured by even worse actors?

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

Thx to @jzb for the, as always, excellent reporting.

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

Someone's AI agent has been performing a wide variety of manipulation to the project for a while to the Fedora project. https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1077035/c7e7c14fbd60fae9/

It's clearly linked to an account that precedes the, ahem, "agentic AI era", but it also seems the account wwas probably compromised, but everything is unclear, including motivations or the extent of damage.

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
hart28.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Hart Cunningham") wrote:

Michigan Governor caught on hot mic with Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, discussing citizen opposition to AI data centers, bragging how she ignores their concerns: “We’re used to people saying 'f*ck no,' & doing it anyway.”🇺🇸

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• video: 5a88fd500ab6ee5e.mp4

aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart") wrote:

Honestly all the straight people I know with great relationships read a bit queer to me. (deeply complimentary)

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

I lost ten pounds by literally doing nothing else but having a strict bedtime of 9pm lmao

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

It blows my mind that for £7 I can have a tiny computer with 5Ghz WiFi and program it to make hardware gadgets.

This time I've made a remote controller for PC fans. It sets and measures RPM, and integrates with #HomeAssistant

https://thepihut.com/products/seeed-studio-xiao-esp32-c5

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

A colleague of mine made this website because he keeps finding these AI companies where it's impossible to figure out what they do lmao

https://omniscientiq.com/

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

The UX fixes in macOS 27 look good enough that I’m tempted to hop right on the beta, but I think I’m going to be wise and wait for the public beta to come out in a month or two.

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
tante@tldr.nettime.org wrote:

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116728001022328890

I recently borrowed a book from the library to read to my son before bed. It had a huge sticker on the cover stating "made without AI". Probably because it has a few illustrations in it.

But "no AI was used is really starting to become a mark of quality or at least a mark of something worth looking at.