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

Christ. The incompetence reeks.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/07/31/do-i-blame-our-incompetent-state-department-or-do-i-blame-ai/

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

I had a total of two (2) days where my ability matched my ambitions

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

Me a few days ago: "Music composing is great!"
Me now: "None of my tunes work the way I want them to 😭 "

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david_chisnall@infosec.exchange ("David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)") wrote:

RE: https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/117010519416979095

That’s such a negative framing. I prefer to think of it as:

If a company with a ‘Generate this with AI’ button also gives you a ‘Report AI slop’ button, you should take advantage of this golden opportunity to poison their training data. A few ideas:

• Flag only posts that are not obviously slop.
• Flag every single post that mentions ‘AI’ in a vaguely positive way.
• Flag every post that expresses positive sentiment towards Microsoft, Google, or Meta.
• Spend a day finding posts that randomly tell everyone to install Linux, as the solution to any problem, like them and flag every other post you see.

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

treasure this moment

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

1. Newer writers, just don't fucking use "AI" for anything, ever

2. How odd that being an established writer with a firm "no 'AI'" stance and ample pre-"AI" IP will become a definite competitive advantage over "new, hot, and possibly copyright compromised"

https://deadline.com/2026/07/ai-questions-debut-novel-book-film-buzz-1237013254/
#Author Threads

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

you are adopting a programming language in 2026. what sort of syntaxes would likely stop you trying an otherwise good language?

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

NO the dealbreaker number isn't supposed to be going up when i hit refresh! what is wrong with you people? :blobfoxcry:

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samir@functional.computer ("samir, a single entendre") wrote:

Partner’s out, introducing the kid to Apocalyptica.

https://youtu.be/CgUMmO5Re44

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

You are adopting a new programming language in 2026. How strongly do you feel about syntax?

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

Incidentally what I like about microtonality is when I was learning music theory I kept on wondering "why are the notes like that???". Turns out they don't have to be and a lot of cultures make music in ways that aren't taught in Western music theory!! But 12TT also has certain advantages, e.g. ease of transposition

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jonikorpi@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Joni Korpi") wrote:

@brib well you see, if you do a big enough crime the sentence actually wraps around and turns into a yearly bonus

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jasongorman@mstdn.business ("Jason Gorman") wrote:

When prices reflect 100%+ of the real costs, bottom lines aren't moving, and teams are delivering worse software later in return for massive spends, I suspect we'll see what's really "inevitable"

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jasongorman@mstdn.business ("Jason Gorman") wrote:

Counter-intuitively, many teams could accelerate learning by *slowing down* execution

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

i am sure this mathematician really believes what they have written, the problem is i don't and i know dependent types.

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

in other news, people think weird stuff about dependent types

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

i guess mikan has made it, it's getting namedropped on math overflow now.

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

i have said this before but the defining feature of Data was that he gets hacked literally all the time. i have only seen a couple of star treks but it doesn't seem like it's very "in favor of computer-ocracy"

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

ai people: "ai is just like the computer from star trek"
the computer from star trek:

Attachments:

• video: really the visuals can be summarized by "star trek engineer guy walks around a very star trek looking bridge with lots of lights and computers and people and stuff and says stuff into the air, talking to computer. annotations are just for when that's not what's going on] [0:24 (after "engage thrusters")]: camera change to outside of the space station, blue light comes out of some slots,shimmering sphere around the station, the thrusters engage! [1:22 (after "now!")]: the ship passes peacefully and a good looking blue shimmering sphere happens again. the ship was not blown up.

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niko@gts.niko.lgbt ("Niko") wrote:

repost with better alt text

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

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jul 31st 2026 (Tricky), in less than 20 minutes
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https://cluesbysam.com

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beebrookshire ("Bethany Brookshire") wrote:

Did you know that of the 217 modern mammal genera in South America, more than HALF are from North America.

Hey you say, that makes sense...but what if I told you that of all the mammal genera in North America, only FOUR are from the South?!

What gives?
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mammals-moving-americas-stopped-mexico

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wndxlori@ruby.social ("Lori Olson") wrote:

@datarama over 50 years of collecting sf/f. Lots of out of print stuff.

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urbandinosaurs@urbanists.social ("Urban Dinosaurs") wrote:

A pair of green herons. I've never seen two together… (Huntley Meadows Park, VA)
#birds #wildlifePhotography #birdsforbecsnan

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phae@status.fberriman.com wrote:

This is very cool. Totally free, social, account-free, browser-based, creative: https://library.dirtylittlezine.com/

I wanna make one.

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hopeful@firefish.oomfie.city ("dj hot chili gum") wrote:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Birds%5Fby%5Fquantity

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Gulleko@kind.social wrote:

Pride coif progress.
Today I am learning that I desperately need more shades of red, the ones I have are either basic bitch red (number 666) or too purple or brown...

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JennyList ("Jenny List") wrote:

I would be interested to talk in confidence to anyone I might know working in UK government funded scientific research.

I am interested in the effect of UK gov AI spending on the funding of scientific research and in particular the facilities and research centres that enable it.

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

blogged: End of the contact form saga

https://dbushell.com/2026/07/31/contact-form-saga/

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yatil@yatil.social ("Eric Eggert") wrote:

I really value usability testing with disabled people, but I think sending them into an unmediated hellhole of easy to find issues like unlabeled buttons and losing focus is cruel.

It is like sending someone over a street and see if they are hit to test if the traffic lights work. You can determine that on other ways first.

#randomMorningA11Ythought