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

"Dear ELIZA, I need your help! Conversation #1, Hanna Schraffenberger"

https://deareliza.org/post/2026/08/06/11.html

> And I guess that’s part of the problem. We, people, talk to you, and then we forget who — no, what — we’re dealing with. We anthropomorphize and start to see you as a human…

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
mralancooper@hachyderm.io ("MrAlanCooper") wrote:

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vivianharris45@aus.social ("Vivian Harris") wrote:

I have been looking for a hobby to keep me from doomscrolling. This was half done and in an op shop so I modified and finished it. #embroidery #crossstitch

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

oh good, it's a doubly linked list in haskell. just what i always wanted.

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qwazix@bananachips.club wrote:

@darius I have also the perfect companion for it, a coding agent:

https://qwazix.com/ai

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

Capital One has never been what I'd call an admirable financial institution, but when it all but calls Trump a mega money launderer, you'd think that would be a bigger deal deserving more than a few no-big-deal-right stories (like this): https://abcnews.com/US/capital-closed-hundreds-trumps-bank-accounts-2021-anti/story?id=135273257

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CNN@flipboard.com wrote:

Murkowski to oppose Todd Blanche nomination, narrowing his path to confirmation
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/07/politics/murkowski-blanche-nomination-vote-against?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-CNN

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
werdahias@pleroma.debian.social ("werdahias (tired)") wrote:

Question for the #BSD community:

Am I correct in assuming on boot, /etc/getty is read and then init spawns serials consoles if the corresponding serial console exists under /dev?

Context is https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/issues/1039

Thoughts/comments would be appreciated.
Also would be interested if anyone runs a #BSD with OpenRC.
CC @mirabilos

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bagder ("daniel:// stenberg://") wrote:

On this day, twenty-six years ago, we shipped #curl 7.1. The first curl release that contained libcurl as a library for the transfer side of things, with the command line tool being the first user of that library.

https://curl.se/ch/7.1.html

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

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Aug 7th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 20 minutes
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https://cluesbysam.com

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

The Software Stewardship Lab

https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/07/the-software-stewardship-lab.html

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stewardshiplab@fosstodon.org ("Software Stewardship Lab") wrote:

Today, we're launching a world-class research lab dedicated to Open Source sustainability with a team of some of the most experienced people in the world.

https://stewardshiplab.org/ideas/a-research-lab-for-open-source/

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sustainoss@hachyderm.io ("SustainOSS") wrote:

Join us for the launch of the Software Stewardship Lab!

Vlad-Stefan Harbuz (@vlad) joins hosts @richlitt, @abigailnussbaum & @erioldoesdesign to talk about this new nonprofit for OSS research.

Best of luck to the current team: @vlad, @andrewnez, @mikemcquaid, @mirandah, @geekygirldawn, @danielroeven, and @patak_dev!

Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/292

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
pndc@treehouse.systems ("@pndc") wrote:

I've just received a Debian Security Advisory for "jq", which lists twelve CVEs plus three other issues which haven't had CVEs assigned.

Its job is to pretty-print JSON. Fifteen security issues! How!?

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

i should say that a number of authors are upset this AI summary exists at all. seems it might... hallucinate what the paper is about.

shocking stuff, totally unforeseeable.

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

LOL, the ACM has walled off "AI summary" behind a premium subscription.

oh yeah, definitely gonna have to go premium now.

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

A rather frustrating part of #ADHD is I can do tasks when there is an obvious external urgency to it. The adrenaline of this urgency somehow activates the executive function. The rest of the time I cannot do the executive function and everything feels like the world's worst slog and so I curse myself for being lazy because obviously I can do the task but why can't I do it not-last-minute?

#ActuallyADHD

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

you remember when websites used to race to deliver a page quickly?

all these bot checks aren't exactly what i'd call fast.

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lucydev@wetdry.world ("Lucy (no pasarán era) Ⓐ") wrote:

FYI:

Framework had a databreach. Customer's names, addresses and emails got leaked.

Be careful, folks!

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fae@pony.social ("Fae") wrote:

for security reasons you should change your name every 6 months

#framework #metabase

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davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

The AI doomsday cult recruits social media influencers

Come to our training camp! Not a cult!*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbZgAQD61xY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260806-ai-doomsday-cults-recruit-social-media-influencers - podcast

time: 9 min 05 sec

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/06/the-ai-doomsday-cult-recruits-social-media-influencers/ - blog post

content warning: aella

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

if you've never written rust without cargo, i can tell you it's a bit like a different language. cargo just quietly makes a lot of decisions for you that you might not actually want.

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

darn it Mastodon cached the typo 🤦‍♂️

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

blogged: They don’t make ’em like Sublime Text anymore
https://dbushell.com/2026/08/07/sublime-text/

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

oops typo

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

According to Stack Overflow, cargo is the most desired development tool.

yeah, mostly because people haven't pushed it very hard.

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

Me and Drew are playing Div 2
https://live.freebooters.uk

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

reading: "I'm leaving OpenAI to build Jurassic Park"

https://taylor.town/leaving-openai

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

There are contractors doing work on my apartment building and they want me to download their app.

I'm like, No, I'm not going to download your bloody app. Put a letter in my letterbox.

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dee@treehouse.systems ("Dee in London") wrote:

Elastica is how I got into tech, they needed to shoot a music video for Waking Up / Connection and a US release... they needed 300 people to turn up at a venue on Regents Street in London to shoot this... in 2 weeks time in 1994.

homeless ass me had gone on tour with the band and had offered to sell their T-shirts for them... and they let me. in the process the fans gave me their names and addresses for more information if it ever came.

I had 1,800 names and addresses, and Justine got in contact and connected me to their management company Chris Morrison Organisation... could I contact these people? quickly?

yes, just buy me 1,800 envelopes, stamps, bits of paper, and pack of biros.

I broke into an empty building, and set to it... I wrote and posted 1,800 letters... and we waited.

on the day 400 people turned up, and we had to turn a lot away... the management company were amazed.

"Could you do this again? We have another band and we would like this capability"

I said no, no way... that broke my back being doubled over writing letters... "You should buy a computer, a computer could do this".

they bought me an IBM 30386... I hadn't told them to buy me a computer! so I needed another squat but this time one with power. I broke into another empty building between Camden and Kentish Town, and stole the power from the hole in the roof that led to the neighbours attic and their light fitting.

I got a book from the library, a BASIC reference book, in alphabetical order... and I built a database... it worked, as did mail merge, printing, and various other things I made. It helps not knowing this is "difficult".

that other band that CMO had... Blur, about to release a track called Girls & Boys