Mastodon Feed: Posts

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

The only foreign agents I'm concerned about are not Chinese, but they are the Americans who are catalyzing our self-destruction.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/17/i-do-believe-in-foreign-interference-in-our-elections/

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

noted down a few thoughts on Lumis vs Shiki for my blog:
https://dbushell.com/notes/2026-07-17T11:00Z/

https://social.lol/@db/116934180546175709

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

“This month, the White House released the 2025 United States Counterterrorism Strategy document, outlining its priorities and approach to protecting the homeland. It highlights three major terrorist threats to the U.S.: narcoterrorists, Islamist terrorists and violent left-wing extremists. Nowhere does the document mention far-right, neo-Nazi or white supremacist threats.”

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/27/nx-s1-5835586/san-diego-mosque-anti-women?unified=true&renderPlatform=nprone%5Fios

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

A rather large and rusty barn.

#Iceland #photography #streetphotography #naturephotography #nature #landscapephotography #landscape #decay #abandoned #rust #barn

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

It's a very rusty barn.

#Iceland #photography #streetphotography #naturephotography #nature #landscapephotography #landscape #decay #abandoned #rust #barn

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
gsuberland@chaos.social ("Graham Sutherland -> EMF 📞8087") wrote:

spotted in the bar

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

branch prediction is the single biggest determinant of performance in yesterday's code. it's good for over 3x performance increase! this s because the code itself is so short and there are just no wins left (the last one was improving the branch prediction!).

pipelines are loong again.

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

funny thing about yesterday's benchmarking spree is that i've realised branch prediction is becoming both less important and more important.

less important because CPU speeds are relatively speaking climbing right now. rumours are we're getting a nearly 7ghz Zen 6!

more important because even though the failure case is slow, when it works, BP allows it to fold so much extra work into your critical sections that the ceiling of performance becomes relatively speaking much higher!

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
urlyman ("Jonathan Schofield") wrote:

…The (lightly edited to fit) quote directly above (via @lproven) is from a piece by @eamon, and it lucidly puts into words where we are.

Do read the whole thing. It’s a good ‘un, with cogent bits like

“Something seems to be lost on my peers today: it’s still easy to not use AI … It’s almost a gift! Just use a computer the same way you did three years ago.”

https://www.eamoncaddigan.net/posts/ai-in-2026/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
darkuncle@infosec.exchange ("Scott Francis") wrote:

I think one of the big underlying reasons people dislike AI particularly in creative fields is a fundamental misunderstanding by AI advocates, who think that the output is the point (and that getting to that output as fast as possible must therefore be better).

The creative expression by people, and the connection you feel as a result of that—*that* is the point. The output is a side effect of that process.

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

okay i've now seen enough benchmark numbers to feel confident that pop+jmp will probably always win over ret on x86-64.

do not change where ret goes, it will be slow.

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

“Today’s stupid prompt injection: just write like the AI – Pivot to AI”

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/16/todays-stupid-prompt-injection-just-write-like-the-ai/

Several years ago I wrote something along the lines of chatbots being the worst UI possible ("the opposite if good", iirc). People didn't listen then and I doubt they'll listen today

Boosted by jakedel@mamot.fr ("S. Delafond"):
freexian@hachyderm.io ("Freexian :debian:") wrote:

Debian project’s security support for Debian 11 (#bullseye) will end on 31 August 2026.

Freexian's Extended LTS for Debian (https://www.freexian.com/lts/extended/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social) will now include Debian 11, extending the security support up to 30 June 2031.

If your organization is running production systems on Debian 11, it's time to upgrade to a newer release. You can maintain the server security by subscribing to our ELTS offer if upgrading to a newer release is not an option at this time.

Along with Debian 11, Freexian’s Extended LTS currently supports Debian 9 (#stretch) until 30 June 2027 and Debian 10 (#buster), until 30 June 2029.

Official announcement : https://www.freexian.com/blog/extended-lts-for-debian-11/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

#debian #freexian #debianelts

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

quick test reveals Lumis is 20–25% faster than Shiki to syntax highlight my entire blog

not sure it's worth the change because I cache anyway 🤔

brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026") wrote:

It's been good to meet a bunch of tech nerds who talk about nerd shit. Like Tesla coils. And it's dry too! And not freezing at night! (But let's hope I can cope with the heat during the day...).

So I've been rather enjoying myself so far

#EMFCamp

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026"):
emily_s@mastodon.me.uk ("Emily_S EMF (📞 3735)") wrote:

Bit of a difference in the sky over seven hours 😂

#EMFCamp

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
annaleen@wandering.shop ("Annalee Newitz 🍜") wrote:

You know you have cognitive overload when you look at your to-do list and realize that item number one is "do the" because you got so distracted by everything you have to do that you forgot to actually list what it is that you need to do

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

If you are a gamedev and want to pivot genres to horror, apparently just swap sin and cos for everything but movement and you're good:
https://youtu.be/yDL5gh5JwBU?t=9m3s

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik"):
detention@beep.town wrote:

Attachments:

• gifv: sit down johnson thank you sir

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik"):
wopr@beep.town ("W O P R") wrote:

Attachments:

• gifv: no jennifer don t call her

Boosted by jwz:
SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:

Dude's got nothing. No intelligence. No coherent theory of the case. No information that he has shared in a classified or non-classified setting. Just the slowly dawning realization that no one loves him. This is not the time for fear. Kick him while he's down. Cue the Mortal Kombat GIF.

Boosted by jwz:
SeanCasten ("Sean Casten") wrote:

A dementia addled old man who watches too much Fox News and who is saddled with angst about the fact that he never earned or shared real love with anyone is yelling about exactly what you think he would be yelling about right now.

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

the reactor is moaning

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
danirabbit@mastodon.online ("Danielle Foré") wrote:

We need diversity in our communities not just at the bottom level but in leadership to represent and advocate for our interests. White men are naturally incentivized to be all “I care about the technology, let’s not get political” because the status quo benefits them and the externalities disproportionately hurt us.

Boosted by jwz:
JonBaker ("Jon Baker") wrote:

We did it, America, we did the meme

Boosted by jwz:
KevinCarson1@kolektiva.social ("Kevin Carson") wrote:

The federal immigration agent who shot and killed a 26-year-old Colombian man in Biddeford has been identified as David Michael Brouillette.
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/07/16/ice-agent-who-shot-man-in-biddeford-identified-as-former-maine-law-enforcement-officer/

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

We're trying out the Teams immersive event thing at work today. It's... weird

Boosted by jwz:
davidcelis@xoxo.zone ("david celis") wrote:

i feel absolutely certain that nothing could possibly go wrong with this

https://1password.com/blog/1password-for-claude

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

I am A Bad Jew 🐷

Boosted by jwz:
PhineasX@mastodon.art wrote:

Happy World Snake Day