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jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

Today is Artificial Intelligence Appreciation Day for some reason, so everyone please celebrate appropriately.

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• gifv: Captain Kirk phasering a rogue computer and then saying "let's get drunk"

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zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

“yeah it’s horrible that Nike sneakers are made with child labor, I really think atheletic shoes aren’t worth that kind of damage to society”

“you just need to try adidas cause they’ll really make you run far!”

do you understand how this sounds to the normal

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

i wonder how many more of these turnarounds we're going to see too.

my prediction is a lot.

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

i wonder if chicken stayed free of slop before changing their policy

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

but I guarantee you: if you are complaining about something Microsoft is doing, there is a big group of Microsoft employees reading what you're saying and dying inside because they WANT to do the thing you want, but they are prevented from doing so for reasons that they can't talk to you about

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

this insight is somewhat paraphrased from @pluralistic and he has many suggestions for how to do this, so that our tech corporations operate according to more prosocial incentives, but I couldn't find a place where he's written this down. (I heard it from him in person once as a corollary to a talk he just gave)

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

there is a temptation to simply "fight the evil organization", and there are definitely times that you need to do that. but those fights are always short-term. most fights, and _all_ of the long-term fights, are fights to change the rules that the organization operates under so that the good factions _within_ the organization can wrest control from the sociopaths who are just gaming the system for their own benefit

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

almost every group that we conceptualize as a big evil organization that is ruining our lives is in actuality a patchwork of smaller organizations, at war with itself. there are people trying to do the right thing, and the wrong thing. this is particularly true of corporations, since *most* people are employed by corporations.

kevinevans@hachyderm.io ("Kevin") wrote:

Their forum was indeed compromised and they took the site offline. They think their forum (myBB) has had some security issue that allowed an attacker to insert this code in. 😞

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

getting ready to build some quad loop antennæ (no more hot lips, please).

in series, this should be good for 1.8 - 54MHz (the 160m through 6m bands) coverage, and outputs of up to 1.5kW (I actually never pump out more than 100W PEP).

#HamRadio wa2rrb

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

anyhow maybe give the app a try if you have a need for such a thing. I have no affiliate link nor any relationship to the developer, just a desire to reward excellent customer service https://dropshare.app

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

I really appreciate that the developer did this, not least of which because it's a model for how independent developers can react to pressure from their users who demand these features, while still ensuring that such features will not become load-bearing or difficult to disentangle in the future.

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

The app that I use to upload screenshots and temporary files and stuff to my server added some "AI filename suggestion" junk and I complained to support. The (solo) developer quickly replied with a build that removed the AI code: https://kb.dropshare.app/faq/non-AI-build.html

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redsad@ohai.social ("captain acab :antifa: 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

protest still not peaceful enough 😒

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zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

just fork your lungs bro

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jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

China's single time zone demonstrates that people will adapt to whatever numbers are on the clock. I mildly prefer year round Standard Time just because it's closer to Solar Time, but that's because of my niche interests. Most people do not care about that. They very much do care about not having to dick with clocks twice a year and suffer from stationary jet lag. Year round Standard Time, year round Daylight Time, world-wide GMT - all would be fine. Stop messing with clocks!

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heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

This has happened in multiple districts. But the Trump regime keeps firing the U.S. Attorneys appointed by the federal judges and trying to keep Trump-appointed acting U.S. Attorneys in the job, in an effort to have the federal prosecutorial system under Trump’s exclusive control, no check from the Senate. This is part of Trump’s war on separation of powers, including on the judiciary. Courts cannot do justice if the government is represented by corrupt hacks. 4/

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ylegall@genart.social ("Yann Le Gall") wrote:

I kinda prefer this variation

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• gifv: another variation

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zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

if you don’t like the price of rent, just build your own house, said the landlord

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

So glad to live in an age when the entirety of human culture can be run through a strainer and presented as a completely smooth, flavorless slurry

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zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

I guess the good thing is we’ve finally answered the unvoiced question “who even uses SJW in 2026”

it’s these motherfuckers. linus isn’t even cool enough to like video games but he and his inner circle sure as fuck miss gamergate

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

The people who are still working at the Washington Post clearly understand their assignment

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/16/socialists-think-billionaires-steal-wealth/

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macmanx@social.lol ("James Huff :prami_pride:") wrote:

🕙 It's 10:00 p.m. Do you know how many tokens your children have used?

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

RE: https://macaw.social/@cda/116930982673930881

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jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

Diarrhea jokes: always funny (if it's not you).

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owen@mastodon.transneptune.net ("Owen") wrote:

I'm not using third-party libraries because it takes too long to write all that code for myself.

I'm using third-party libraries because I think the authors know something about the domains involved, and have reified their understanding in code.

If there's no understanding to reify, then it's not useful to me.

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

Got "blood boy conference" into People Magazine.

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davidism@mas.to ("David Lord :python:") wrote:

Summarized, the Pallets policy on LLM and AI tool use is:
* If your contribution appears generated by LLM or AI tools, or you attempt to obfuscate that, it will be closed and you are likely to be blocked.
* Perfection is never required. Your own words and abilities are enough. Do not use LLM tools to translate or "improve" what you say and do.
* You must carefully consider social, environmental, and quality issues with LLMs before deciding to use them.

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vowe@social.heise.de ("Volker Weber") wrote:

Meta does not want you to know that you can improve the quality of these AI glasses by just microwaving them for one minute. Pass it on.

jwz wrote:

Today in Youtube's joke of a fair-use appeal process.

Apparently now Google requires you to give them a lock of your hair before allowing you to file a DMCA fair-use counter-claim to a spurious content-ID rejection. "Build history as you grow: Once...
https://jwz.org/b/yk9d