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

give Iran at least $300 billion? oh, that will make the US right wing happy as clams

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/17/world/g7-summit-trump-france?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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gnomon ("Ben Zanin") wrote:

I'm seeing people compare LLM generated code to "a hacky shell or Python script", as in a rough throwaway tool not meant to be built atop or understood.

Gently, I'll argue that this is misunderstanding the value of shell scripts in particular & rapid prototyping in general. The value and the point of shell scripts is to set down on disk the smallest kernel of a working idea specifically so it *can* be understood clearly, then iteratively expanded & replaced to cover surrounding special cases.

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dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

In a just world, Elon Musk would die in prison. https://newrepublic.com/article/211936/elon-musk-race-war-belfast

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indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

Most politicians spend an election year doing popular things. Trump is doing the opposite because he’s not trying to win voters back. His goal is to weaken institutions and our resolve so he can sabotage the midterms.

jwz wrote:

Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI.

SAN MATEO, CA: After spending the past three decades of his life being totally unable and unwilling to engage in any meaningful way with the world around him, James Parker, a local guy who...
https://jwz.org/b/yk8e

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

MOU text says free passage “for 60 days only”. how can a Captain or an insurer trust that will continue?

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/17/world/g7-summit-trump-france?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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

If you see someone describing something complicated as "A scam" or "a con", a complex economic situation as "theft", you're probably seeing a version of a phenomenon called "splitting". It's a behavior very common among people who've had a lot of psychological trauma. All-or-nothing. It's a self-protective thing. But it's also very much a problem because it keeps them from accurately seeing the world around them, and makes reactions much larger than they should be (and also less considered, so when action is important they tend to be ineffective.)

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michi@wetdry.world ("Michi") wrote:

That's the last time I ever buy a UK-region Game Boy Camera...

#AlternateTimelineNintendo

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

MOU text says cessation of all military operations in Lebanon.

I don’t think so. Herr Trump does not control the IDF, Herr Netanyahu does. he forgets: the Israeli nutjobs get a vote.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/17/world/g7-summit-trump-france?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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johnrogers.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("John Rogers") wrote:

Given that we’re now desperately trying to undo the mistake of ceding our streets to cars because we realized 100 years too late the environmental and social damage of that choice, this is actually a great metaphor, just not the one he thinks.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:z6rujpf4u56jfie7aqic2nfg/post/3mognu7jvkk2g

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:z6rujpf4u56jfie7aqic2nfg/post/3mognu7jvkk2g

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

Regarding LB[1]: There's an interview with some of the people involved with generating the map of some of earth's fungal networks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zip1dHFfrU

[1] https://post.lurk.org/@loriemerson/116765927788649091

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danslerush@floss.social ("DansLeRuSH ᴱᶰ") wrote:

#Report by the United Nations University quantifies, for the first time, the carbon, #water and land footprint of #AI. The figures are staggering : 945 TWh of electricity projected for 2030, 9.3 trillion litres of water, 14,500 km² of land.

Spoiler : It will take the water and electricity consumption of 1.3 billion people to meet your prompts by 2030

« ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF AI'S ENERGY USE - Carbon, Water & Land Footprints »

› https://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:10647/UNU-INWEH-Report-The%5FEnv%5FCost%5Fof%5FAI-2026.pdf (.pdf)

#UN #Energy #NoAI #Enslopification

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

2026 is the year of my cat on the desktop (I love you but I'm trying to work here)

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loriemerson@post.lurk.org ("Lori Emerson") wrote:

one of the coolest #othernetworks I've seen in a long time! an interactive map of Earth’s arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks https://a-hidden-infrastructure.spun.earth/map#2.6/28.85/59.93

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

Welcome to Pythons!
"It's full of snakes (TM)" -- Pythons

>>> from snakes import snakes
>>> snakes.snakes("snakes")
"snaaaaaaaaaaakes"

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

"this is, frankly, more colors than you should be allowed" -- pixel artists

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

in 256 stunning colors

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x0_000@mastodon.gamedev.place wrote:

vampire (v2)

#pixelart #sketch #oc

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oneunderscore__@threads.net ("Ben Collins") wrote:

The current vice president shouldn't "have a new book out." That's not a thing that a guy with that job should also have.

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xgranade@wandering.shop ("Cassandra 🔜 SanFran") wrote:

So, no. Prompt injection isn't a thing. Injection attacks work by turning out-of-band systems into in-band systems, but LLMs start as in-band and fundamentally always will be in-band. The fundamental way that LLMs work is indistinguishable from the result of someone successfully hitting you with an injection attack.

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

This farm looks like something out of an old picture book. If it wasn't so run-down, that is.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #streetphotography #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #grass #decay #concrete #rust

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emma@orbital.horse ("Emma: ƒ(☕️, 🐈‍⬛️, 🚀️) ⇒ ℂ") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gvwilson/116766449813889548

LLMs are stochastic sexism machines.

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

good morning good morning good morning how is your morning it's a good morning it's good it's a good morning it's good it's a good

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jan@eden.one ("Jan Eden") wrote:

Avocado-flavoured nachos were created by someone blissfully unaware of the existence of molded food.

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jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

Before we get too upset about Spider-Man being used to sell products, let us remember that there is an entire dimension in the Marvel Multiverse where the heroes and villains battle over who will get to eat Hostess® Fruit Pies®

https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Earth-51914

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estherschindler@newsie.social ("Esther Schindler") wrote:

Thought for today

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

On the note of "meet people where they are"

On some level, this does mean techies do need to talk to and listen to real people if they hope to build tech that helps said people.

On a simpler note, it also means building for sex workers, not speculative investors. We don't need more cryptocurrency grifting.

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

aurora chestnuts are carefully selected, peeled and fresh roasted, to bring out the inherent flavour of each and every nut

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

Also re: the social.lol v4.6.0 upgrade, I’m aware of some issues with our installed themes. Looking into those!

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

Hissing the words "capability security" into the ears of my operating system while it sleeps to hope it becomes more secure soon