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Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
shitpostalotl@axfedi.derg.rest ("Avery (She/Her)") wrote:

@soatok i think that the issue is partially that they want any given piece of writing to serve as a sort of impersonal asset that delivers utility to them in a professional tone, one which emulates the humility and "kindness" they pretend to champion via a corporate style-guide. notably, ai is completely unnecessary for this process and blaming it serves to distract from the fact that they genuinely live like this and get pissy when reminded that other people don't feel the need to do so.

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

It's amazing AI companies can legally bill by usage.

"How much will this cost?"
"No idea."

"What will I get?"
"No idea."

"Can you estimate either?"
"Absolutely not!"

We're one jackpot animation away from calling it a slot machine.

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@endrift/116843902513492886

adversarial communication

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

These fuckin' headlines.

"Far-left extends victory streak into Denver"

Far-left? Far-left?!?

Only billionaires think fair wages, reasonable healthcare, decent schools, and viable housing support are "far left" issues.

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

It's also really funny when people tell someone with extremely poor self-esteem that they're arrogant, actually.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
arch@floofy.tech ("Arch :arch:") wrote:

@ShadowJonathan @soatok it's a damn shame because lobste.rs was supposed to be "better" in part due to its invite system but I guess once one of the bros got in the rest easily followed

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
ShadowJonathan@tech.lgbt ("Summer Jo :v_enby: ☀️:neocat_melt_3:") wrote:

@soatok i understand corporatecore as being an artifact of human erosion within a system, but they're chasing those landmarks as examples of efficiency and professionalism, instead of seeing corporatisation as a blight that squeezes out human ingenuity

i wanna believe that the efficiency/effectiveness of corporate structures (or collaboration structures in general) can exist together with a humanity kept intact, tbh

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
jkmcnk ("jaKa Močnik") wrote:

@soatok well, people frequenting lobsters and hn do commonly think everything is about and for them, so no surprise there. as noted above, hobbyless behavior of hobbyless people. :)

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

@soatok But he should be BANNED because he was a MEANY about a thing that *I* like and therefore he was a MEANY to ME! says the Parade Marshal of the Dippest of Shits.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
ShadowJonathan@tech.lgbt ("Summer Jo :v_enby: ☀️:neocat_melt_3:") wrote:

@soatok i also find it interesting that the peak of writing that lobsters apparently tries to converge towards is exactly that sanitized samey AI writing slop that sucks the soul out of everyone

that probably says something about who those models are (intentionally/untentionally) optimised for, and how those people see the world

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

I think what'a fundamentally happening here is that people on Lobsters (and, to a lesser extent, Hacker News) think I write blogs for them.

Like I want their attention.
Like I want their approval.
Like I want to be one of them.

Nope. I was never welcome in your spaces beyond some notion of "usefulness". You can even observe an echo of this observation in the comment thread.

I am not, and never can or will be, a person of high esteem to that crowd.

So why would I write for you?

I write for my goddamn self. I write to help the people in my own space. Most are queer or furry (and the ones that aren't, simply don't mind that we are). They see me as part of a community, not some jackass on a pedestal that has to adhere to some abstract ideal of noble and/or academic etiquette.

My writing is messy, raw, and real.

What some people call arrogance or condescension is really frustration that, despite a better world being possible, egos get in the way of it happening.

So, lol, no thanks.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jargon_bot ("Jeff’s JargonBot") wrote:

Error 418: I'm a teapot. But while I'm here — 'SCSI voodoo': [common among Mac users] SCSI interface hardware is notoriously fickle of temperament. Often, the SCSI bus will fail to work unless the cable order of devices is re-arranged, SCSI termination is added or removed (sometimes double-termination or no termination will fix the problem), or particular devices are given particular SCSI IDs.
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/S/SCSI-voodoo.html

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
aphclarkson.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Alexander Clarkson") wrote:

Hope everyone has a great Canada Day!

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xv2as7miy7ghje2htfynaqex/post/3mpjcmlzlak22

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
iss@sfba.social ("ISS over San Francisco") wrote:

The Tiangong Space Station may be visible tonight as it passes over the Bay Area! It will come out of shadow 28° above the northwestern horizon at 3:47am, reach an elevation of 41° above the northern horizon at 3:48am, and set in the east at 3:54am. Forecast currently predicts 66% cloud cover.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
samlitzinger@journa.host ("Sam Litzinger") wrote:

“Phil Weiser, the Democratic attorney general of Colorado, won an upset victory in the state’s primary election for governor on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, defeating a sitting United States senator who had far more money and establishment support.”

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

So much good music right now— Good Time Boy by Prof

https://youtu.be/n-bJz-KP-GY

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mehdirhasan@mastox.eu ("Mehdi Hasan") wrote:

RT: @SteveRattner The number of financial side deals the Trump family is running is so shocking it can sometimes be hard to track.

According to @Reuters, their crypto ventures alone have delivered $2.3 billion to Trump & co. while creating a similar-sized loss for investors.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
spocko@mastodon.online ("Spocko") wrote:

Former Miss Switzerland reveals she was sexually assaulted by Trump in 1993.

EXCLUSIVE: Beatrice Keul says #Trump sexually assaulted her after a 1993 beauty pageant, then warned her not to speak out. https://thepunchup.substack.com/p/trump-allegedly-threatened-beauty/

Keul says Trump first “jumped” on her, kissed her, & tried to lift her dress. “He was grabbing & touching my body everywhere he could,” she claims, adding, “It was violent, it was quick, it was intense. I was screaming for help, & nobody came. It was bad.”
@ktdoggett

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

Anyway, a domain ban isn't a terrible idea

If I wanted lobsters users' takes on my writing, I would reactivate my account and submit it there myself

https://lobste.rs/s/gwrlsv/soatok%5Fs%5Finformal%5Fguide%5Fthreat%5Fmodels#c%5Fidszhp

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

I can't tell if the "I was going to backhanded compliment him but couldn't" was meant to be ironic or just insufferable

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

I can haz relay now.

Any recommendations? :neocat_eyes:​

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

Ah, I see someone submitted my latest blog post to lobsters and the comments are the usual wankfest of tone-policing.

Hobbyless behavior.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
sambowne@infosec.exchange ("Sam Bowne :donor:") wrote:

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/01/employers-who-laid-off-workers-for-ai-are-reversing-their-decisions.html

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
qdot@buttplug.engineer wrote:

inspired by CLAUDE.md, I’ve started putting markdown files named after coworkers into work code repos so I can remind them to stop doing shit to the codebase that annoys me

for some reason they’re all mad at me now, which means ill be adding commands to JEREMY.md for an attitude adjustment

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
billyjoebowers@mastodon.online ("billy joe bowers 🗽") wrote:

Learning that AC is controversial in the UK is wild.

I mean, I know I have a USA desert bias, but being OK with billionaire private jets but drawing the line at common people not dying of heat stroke is quite a position.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
kubikpixel@chaos.social ("𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕") wrote:

Open source game engine Godot will no longer accept AI-authored code contributions: 'We can't trust heavy users of AI to understand their code enough to fix it'

At risk of drowning in AI slop code, @godotengine is firming up its contribution requirements.

🎮 https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/open-source-game-engine-godot-will-no-longer-accept-ai-authored-code-contributions-we-cant-trust-heavy-users-of-ai-to-understand-their-code-enough-to-fix-it/
🎮 https://godotengine.org/article/contribution-policy-2026/

#gamedev #aicoding #godot #opensource #godotgameengine #dev #aicoding #oss #games #aislop #gameengine #article

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

yesterday i concluded that what i need to make buffers findable in my buffer manager for my HOT is... a HOT.

admittedly a slightly simpler one (32-bit keys!), but gosh, no wonder people like mmap i/o!

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
impermanen_@zirk.us ("impermanen_ 🕊️") wrote:

Australia is introducing free daytime power in July. They’ve installed so much #solar that the challenge is to use it effectively. People who can shift their electricity usage to the day (think retirees or people that work from home) can save a lot even if they don’t have solar. Anyone with a battery or two installed could see their power bill for many months go to almost zero.

Batteries are the key to having an economy that can run on solar and wind all the time.

https://lenergy.com.au/free-daytime-electricity-is-coming-heres-how-it-actually-works/

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

🛫 🔜 🛬 🏠

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

I don't really have any words for whatever the fuck this is
https://github.com/dwebagents/AgentPipe/pull/151/