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Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
aens@transfem.social ("AENS System (usually November)") wrote:

I mean some commits show that AI is infinitely better than humans when it comes to code. Ask the average developer to write a recipe for banana pudding in python and they'll stare at you questioningly and you'll end up with zero lines of code. Meanwhile AI wrote one line of code, which is infinitely more, https://github.com/dwebagents/AgentPipe/blob/main/src/recipes/banana%5Fpudding.py and also a markdown file in the same directory claiming to have implemented the banana pudding recipe in Python. Checkmate, AI doubters

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
owashe@meow.social ("Owashii :corgi:🐾:therian:") wrote:

I'm part of a canine plural system who is playing Texas Hold 'Em in Red Dead Redemption

in other words: we are Dogs Playing Poker

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

the symphonies are the big moneymaker life-historical achievement works but the string quartets are his little freaky bits that are way more interesting if you're an experimental music head because those shits get weird for the time

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

(4th movement: "here is a puzzle for you all to argue about forever")

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
amin@polymaths.social ("Amin, minor deity of the legume realm") wrote:

I finally finished this blog post, which was very difficult for me to write, but I think it says things I needed to say.

It's about how AI has personally harmed me and has been hurting my motivation to write for years.

If you're a writer, I do have some hope and vision for the future I've written here, and I'd like to share it for you. It's not all doom and gloom.

https://benjaminhollon.com/musings/stop-asking-writers-about-ai/

I look forward to hearing from people what they think. Hopefully this piece helps some people. (Boosts are very welcome.)

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

start of 2nd movement: "oh nooo im deaaaaaad you got meeee, woe for the spirit of all mankiiiind" https://youtu.be/%5FRtmV8-2ZGU?t=872

end of 2nd movement: "suffering is the most powerful force in the universe" https://youtu.be/%5FRtmV8-2ZGU?t=1318

3rd movement: "SIKE all my heroes are dead and have sold out and i am going deaf but i am going to LIVE and you can go FUCK YOURSELF" https://youtu.be/%5FRtmV8-2ZGU?t=1858

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
gotosocial@superseriousbusiness.org ("GoToSocial") wrote:

Thank you so much for all your help so far 😍 Wow!

With the donations we've reached overnight, according to OpenCollective we now have an estimated monthly budget of €727!

For our first goal we're aiming for an estimated monthly budget of €2,500, so that we can pay hosting costs and pay ourselves €1,000 each per month as a basic supplement.

So we're still looking for an extra €1773 per month! Can you help us with a monthly (or yearly) donation?

https://opencollective.com/gotosocial#category-CONTRIBUTE

Thank you so much again for helping to make #GoToSocial development easier + less stressful for us (Tobi + Kim).

:gtspat:

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
theplaguedoc@glitterkitten.co.uk ("David") wrote:

They're part dolphin?

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

the western canon for me really starts getting interesting when beethoven is like "you know what fuck you, god" and writes Eroica.

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

i am just a string quartet and concerto kinda gal and Bach is dope and so is the entire history of non-canon folk music in europe and especially beyond but for the western classical canon i can basically skip most of it through beethoven and then i really start fucking with it at tchaikovsky.

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

i was raised by classical musicians so i am allowed to talk like this and nobody is allowed to "you can't be talking like that white baby" me about derision for the classical canon.

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@hugovk/116837377592376278

look there are very few "classical canon" (romantic in this case) Grand Symphonic Works that I would go to the mat for as being powerful timeless works that escape the general calcified conservatism of the canon, but the Beethoven Symphonies are definitely top of the list. if you were to pick any measuring stick to make sure to be able to fit on a disk, you could do a hell of a lot worse than Beethoven's 9th. i had heard this story before but hadn't seen the publication linked in this post. it and the surrounding thread with some of our most beloved reverse engineers and cursed hardware people is a treat.

jwz wrote:

Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Good and should be indicted.

ICE Tracks Down Woman to Force Her to Delete Instagram Post. Two ICE agents harassed a poll worker on Election Day, demanding she remove social media posts they claimed threatened federal...
https://jwz.org/b/yk85

jwz wrote:

I'm sure I have mentioned this before but... if I ever find myself again trying to flash a microcontroller, I need someone to remind me of the terrible mistake that I am making, through the mechanism of punching me in the fucking face.

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik"):
ckr@social.lol ("Cody") wrote:

I walked through the Great American State Fair in DC and it is as pathetic as everyone is saying. It is extremely bare bones and what is there is just sad.

If you have a local county fair, go there instead.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
2legged@mastodon.ie ("Claire McNab") wrote:

I don't fancy Andy #Burnham's policies or personnel. They look like #Blairism in a Hovis wrapper.

But I give him 19 out of 10 for dumping the collar & tie, at least when he's Manchester Andy.

He now has the status to end the absurd petty tyranny of the #CollarAndTie in British public life. If he stands his ground, others will follow.

In my grandfather's generation, all men were required to wear a tie. Now it's gone on the arts, tech, cops and many other jobs. Time to finish it off.

#ukpol

Boosted by jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)"):
DrEvanGowan@fediscience.org ("Dr. Evan J. Gowan") wrote:

I really appreciate all the recommendations I got on Mastodon about my flowlines problem. I did try them out! However, it quickly became apparent that I needed to write my own solution. One day of Fortran coding later, here it is.

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
rckenned@hachyderm.io ("Ryan Kennedy") wrote:

Dear #Python folks, what’s the most Python-ic way to insert into a dict such that overwrites cause an error?

There are ways to silently overwrite (d[key] = value, update(…), etc) and ways to silently drop overwrites (setdefault). But the only way to detect and hard reject an overwrite seems to be to pre-check if the key is present.

Maybe it’s my 25+ years of Java instincts, but the part of my brain that’s been traumatized by race conditions wants something more resilient. Do I just embrace the GIL here and let go of my instincts? My Java instincts want something like java.util.ConcurrentMap’s putIfAbsent(key, value) method.

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

Guess what my latest blog post is about from this image

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

gemini://omg.lol/

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
xgranade@wandering.shop ("Cassandra is doing a bit better?") wrote:

Framed this way, I think it becomes more clear why sometimes a centralized system is actually good, or at least a federated system that has properties generally associated with centralized system. For a close-knit community or a community with a strong association with a given institution, for example, locking down dissent from moderation policies might make a lot of sense! You shouldn't be able to participate in project discussions if you don't agree with project moderation policies!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
avilewis@mstdn.ca ("Avi Lewis") wrote:

They’re going to call you a socialist regardless.

So be a socialist.

#cdnpoli #socialism

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

RE: https://status.fberriman.com/@phae/116836683391176534

Mark your calendar now, SF friends!

https://fberriman.com/art/on-what-we-dwell/

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

✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨

Cue warp sound...

Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!

#happy #funny #frog #cute #joyousjoyness #repost

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

passed 0x0400 “followers” recently, but missed the event

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
agturcz@circumstances.run ("Agnieszka R. Turczyńska") wrote:

@jerry

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

NEW: Former Louisiana death row inmate Jimmie “Chris” Duncan, convicted based in part on forensic evidence now widely regarded as junk science, is officially a free man.

“I am flooded with relief,” one of his lawyers said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-death-row-prisoner-freed-jimmie-duncan?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=mastodon-post

#News #Louisiana #CriminalJustice #Prison #Law #Justice #Crime

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MugsysRapSheet ("Trump & Epstein: Biz partners.") wrote:

"BIGGEST CROWD EVER!" #Freedom250 #Gaslighting

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mdwyer ("Michael Dwyer") wrote:

A large wildfire is bearing down on my hometown, and the county office of emergency management's only information outlet is a Facebook page that requires a Facebook account to view.

Let me say that another way: access to vital life safety information is gated on selling your PII to Meta.

Edit: https://app.watchduty.org is a very good alternative.

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/116835811154666582

“OpenClaw […] is susceptible to prompt injection and requires broad system permissions on gateway devices.”