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

RE: https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/117128666658152199

Read this thread.

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

i understand why all the infogiants want my posts to train their models because it is great training data

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

This here is an earlier recording from my balcony. It's mostly traffic but you can also hear my neighbour's cock crow.

The audio does not contain a redpoll but the thumbnail does as that was the least bad photo of my balcony I could find.

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• audio: If you listen through the traffic noise and wind, then you can hear the sound of my neighbour's cock crowing. The thumbnail photo is of a redpoll bird on my balcony railing

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

Today's silliness is an audio recording of a bee doing a mighty fine job despite very windy conditions.

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• audio: A bee going from flower to flower. And some wind. A lot of wind actually.

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

“AI is making everything worse”

https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ai-is-making-everything-worse?utm%5Fsource=www.doomsdayscenario.co

> Here’s the basic problem: AI has arrived in American life and communities across the country as a giant turd mountain. No one wants it; it makes everything worse when it arrives; and it’s been pushed and backed and cheerled by the absolute worst people in modern American life.

This, coming from a writer who conflates generative models with the rest of ML and believes “AI” will deliver in the long term, otherwise broadly gets the point

cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

another day closer to death

cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

*pronk*

cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

I'm happy with being my weird self (mostly)

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heyheymomo@socel.net wrote:

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handmade_ghost@sunny.garden ("handmade ghost") wrote:

My daughter and I watched a pair of California quail lead their sixteen gawky juveniles through the shadows along the back fence near sunset yesterday. Here are a few that just barely stepped into enough light for pictures. 🥹 #quorb

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

"PyPI should be considered a supply chain risk until the PSF is able to hire more engineering staff."

https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/08/how-aws-powers-pypi-and-psf.html

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linguistgoneforeign ("Linguist Gone Foreign 🌏") wrote:

I don't think I have ever recommended YouTube content, but this woman has probably saved my career a couple of times and her humor is an absolute delight. 😁

https://youtube.com/shorts/3vmTjJYVv58?si=vnH3TBjHofZz%5FQzw

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

Now that I’m getting close to retirement age, it seems like a good time to go through “What Color Is Your Parachute” and figure out what I want to be when I grow up.

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:

I see two key drivers behind Chinese citizens being more enthusiastic about AI than Americans.

1. Tech has primarily lifted people out of poverty in China in recent decades while automation killed manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

2. It’s illegal to fire people and replace them with AI in China.

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
derickr@phpc.social ("Derick Rethans") wrote:

@aredridel And a similar story from London yesterday: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1l1r1zne1ro

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

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Aug 20th 2026 (Tricky), in 04:28
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https://cluesbysam.com

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lcamtuf@infosec.exchange ("lcamtuf :verified: :verified: :verified:") wrote:

PSA: if you have a website or a blog, you can use Google Search Console to turn off the use of your site in AI overviews. You get multiple scary warnings if you try. I was curious what's the actual impact on site traffic, so I turned it off. It went from ~1k AI summaries a day to zero, with no measurable impact on visits to the site.

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

thought i'd have a coffee break while the hoover goes round.

my coffee is finished and i that was actually plenty of the code i was looking at as i t turns out so i'm maximally incentivised to mop the floor.

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datatrash ("Wigglesworth Heartpenny") wrote:

@floe

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/james-pond-new-trailer-has-ai-alarm-bells-ringing-comments-turned-off/

@cwebber

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 — 'platinum-iridium': Standard, against which all others of the same category are measured. Usage: silly. The notion is that one of whatever it is has actually been cast in platinum-iridium alloy and placed in the vault beside the Standard Kilogram at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris.
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/P/platinum-iridium.html

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

sam altman vs steve jobs reality distortion field-off

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

(silence)

(out of nowhere) DON'T ASK

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

I love it here so much, but I have never had a decent meal in Daytona Beach. That's the problem. I love Daytona because it feels forgotten. Developers and gentrifiers haven't touched this beach town in decades. But also, Daytona isn't exactly brimming with ethnic culture that would bring the food.

Just one good restaurant, Daytona. Just one please.

cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

(I have never played James Pond but it kinda looked bad and everyone I ever asked about it kinda shrugged)

cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

I can't believe they ruined the legacy of the high quality, beloved video game, James Pond

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

Human origins are rooted in cooperation, trade, and the genetics of plants.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/20/the-lesson-of-apples/

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theresnotime@fox.nexus ("Sammy Arson Fox ( "absolutely fine" )") wrote:

taken to its natural Scarfolk conclusion:

GuillaumeL@hachyderm.io ("BigSaur G") wrote:

They say nulls were a billion dollar mistake. I think bad error messages are along the same lines in terms of lost time and money. Remember, sharing appropriate error info is caring!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffjarvis ("Jeff Jarvis") wrote:

Just when drones are the new battlefield, Hegseth gets rid of them and Trump wants WWII ships and a coal-fired military. I feel safe.
New Drone Unit to Be Phased Out as Hegseth’s Army Pick Makes His Mark https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/new-drone-unit-to-be-phased-out-as-hegseths-army-pick-makes-his-mark-ff5f5fc8?st=zkRf6u

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stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡️") wrote:

:nkoWave: Hello and a good meowing everyone! :blobcathearts: :blobcatsnuggle: Have a most wonderful day and stay safe 😸♥️