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

Hey: Polls mean shit if you don't get out and vote

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

currently spinning: https://music.apple.com/us/album/la-iguana-feat-lila-downs/1442610809?i=1442611129

Boosted by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈"):
dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

it would be pretty fun if bun was the thing that made everyone realise LLMs are shit. and totally on brand for AI companies to sail too close to the sun.

Boosted by NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈"):
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

OK, I guess I wasn't done after all.

Much of the opining about developer backlash to LLMs falls into two loose theoretical categories:

(1) Labor problem: developers now experience employment threat, loss of job security, layoffs, new levels of worry about the future

(2) Identity problem: developers used to feel special because generating code was placed on a cultural pedestal (sign of a special third brain lobe or whatever), that perceived specialness was a pillar of our personal identity, and now our egos are bruised because machines can do it and we don’t feel special anymore

While there’s doubtless truth to both of those in some / many cases, I posit a third theory:

(3) Purpose problem: contrary to popular belief, developers actually care quite a lot about the people who use our software and we derive a sense of purpose and meaning from doing what we believe to be good work; the current environment undermines that, not just LLMs but LLMs as part of a broader vortex of enshittification, and our world is effectively saying “everything you cared about doesn't matter, you can't hope to fight to make it matter, and you are stupid for caring”

I think there's evidence for that last theory in the kinds of despair you hear from developers: not just anxiety about paying the bills, not just angry feather-puffing, but a kind of existential despair that comes from the unraveling of one’s internal sense of purpose and meaning.

4/3

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

I'm brainstorming about what more I want to add to it. I'll probably add a "file share" option.

I just realized that if the `tcp-connect` option would open up a TCP port on the local client it could act as an HTTP proxy. So that may come next.

I keep feeling the urge to add social-network-y things like FOAF or user profiles or something but I feel like the amount of people who want a CLI-based social network is 1. (me) 😆

LMK if you find Sned useful or have ideas!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ntnsndr@social.coop ("Nathan Schneider") wrote:

You might remember that I co-edited a book, Beautiful Solutions, that tells stories of solidarity economies around the world. Well, now it is A FREE, ONLINE TOOLBOX, thanks to the good folks at Beautiful Trouble: https://beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/bsol

Use this, share this, teach with this. I have long used BT's website in my classes, and I love that the solutions are now in there too.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nogodsnomasters@kolektiva.social ("No Gods No Masters") wrote:

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

mood: https://www.pandora.com/artist/john-prine/live-at-the-other-end-dec-1975/sam-stone-live/TRp22b95v3jJJP4?part=ug-desktop&corr=8104885

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

I recently released a little CLI tool called #sned.

https://crates.io/crates/sned

It uses #Iroh to set up secure #E2EE #QUIC connections between two computers, even if they're both behind NAT or firewalls.

The CLI uses short `@aliases` instead of keys (or Iroh "tickets") for dialing. And you can exchange keys with a short one-time-use code.

It started as a quick way to send messages/files between computers. But in v0.3.0, you can now use `tcp-connect` to proxy SSH connections too.

#noai

Attachments:

• gifv: An animated GIF showing Alice and Bob using the `sned` CLI to exchanges keys using `sned meet`. Then Alice starts a server with `sned listen`, and Bob sends alice a message with `sned @alice message`. Finally, Bob sends Alice a file with `sned @alice ./files/cat_pics.zip`

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Trying to point gradle in IntelliJ Idea to the system JDK. No luck so far. "Invalid Gradle JDK configuration found." I wish I knew what I was doing…

Do I have to download a separate JDK just for gradle?

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

Here's a short video of the former power station.

#Iceland #video #landscape #nature #abandoned #decay #trees #river #rain

Attachments:

• video: A river and what is left of a small power station.

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

This one is from 1933.

#Iceland #photography #streetphotography #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #decay #river #history

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:w27jf74rgozykuyl63ji7wbv/post/3mthqo3fyq22l

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Accidentally called a shitty website a "webshite" and... accurate.

The webshite in question had a login field that asked for a "customer ID". I do not know my customer ID, nor where to find it. It had a little (ℹ️) next each form field, so I hovered my mouse over it to get the helpful text:

"You must enter this information."

And, in fact, since I was never able to track down WTF a CID was, I ended up pressing the [Submit] button with that field blank, and it worked. 🤦‍♂️ 😡

Boosted by jwz:
hubba_hubba_revue ("Hubba Hubba Revue") wrote:

SUNDAY, Aug. 30th! --Cyberdelia & @dnalounge present: The HACKERS 31st Anniversary party!

T I X: https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2026/08-30.html

Movie :: Dance Party :: Costume Contest :: WipeoutXL! Plus Skate Ramps on the Dance Floor! Doors 7:30PM, Movie 8:00PM, Costume Contest + Dance Party with DJs Tripp & Starr Noir!

HACK THE PLANET! 🍸💾

Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Are you ready for Block Rockin' Beats? Tomorrow night! 90s Rave! $10 advance is sold out, but you can snag $15 tix ahead of doors tomorrow!
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2026/08-21.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #blockrockinbeats #bigbeat #acidhouse #trance #house #sanfrancisco

Attachments:

• gifv: 5371f0bf4b8970f0.mp4

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

I’ve been thinking a lot about the gulf between people who think LLMs can cut 90% of the cost of software development or whatever and people who think that’s a pile of catastrophes balanced on top of a nonsense wish.

I think a lot of that chasm boils down to the fact that software is already •terrible•, and people have very different feelings about that. I don't just mean “Liquid Glass is ugly” terrible; I mean “it’s broken and insecure and unreliable and just doesn't flipping WORK” terrible, like Arbiter Sports.

We are right now in a war between people who think software should treat humans humanely and people who are perfectly willing to offload their development costs onto captive users in the form of wasted time, anger, anxiety, and other forms of personal harm even more severe than those. That war was raging well before LLMs entered the picture, but LLMs drove it to fever pitch. I’m extremely skeptical of the idea that LLMs make any significant positive contribution to the long-term speed or cost of writing •good• software, but they clearly have the potential to lower the floor for •bad• software to unheard-of levels at unheard-of speeds. How you feel about that fact probably predicts a lot about how you feel about the “LLMs can 10x software dev!” hype.

3/3

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:"):
jac@social.lol ("Jackie Plage") wrote:

New blog post: Playing with finger.

Special thanks to @robb for letting us all know that it's an easy thing to do on an omg.lol account!

https://monotonyfighter.com/playing-with-finger

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:"):
jonathanreed@techhub.social ("Jonathan Reed") wrote:

Today I took the decision to leave MacStories.net

Your interest in this decision may vary wildly but I thought it best to explain why.

When Federico invited me to join MacStories back in 2023, it was as much of a surpise as it was an honour. I'd long been a reader of the site and like many really enjoyed the unique way he and John wrote about Apple and tech. I've enjoyed every moment with MacStories, especially getting to know the many awesome Club members, write the yearly watchOS reviews, cover WWDC with @devondundee while Ticci and John were 'on the ground', and starting my podcast, @flepodcast.

Which is why I was so upset and saddened to find out MacStories, Ticci, and John had returned to X. To be clear, I wasn't involved in the decision and would have voiced my strong opposition if I had been.

For me, X has long been the rubicon I won't cross. Elon is a Nazi who has allowed Nazi views to propegate his platform along with non-consensual nudes, often involving children, and much more - I'm sure we all know his rap sheet by now. My view is, if you're posting and contributing to X, you're elevating the hate Elon stands for. There can be no excuses.

I feel that it's important to stick to your principles, especially when it's not easy, so for me to carry on writing for MacStories, as much as I love doing so, would be to contradict those principles.

I hold out hope that Ticci and John change their minds, but I'll always be grateful to them for this opportunity.

Finally, I’m sad to be leaving like this, but to everyone who's read my work over the last 3 years, thank you. I'll be around here doing other stuff so do still say hi!

💚

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

Wondering if this week’s Connected podcast will address the Tesla in the room or not. (From the description, it doesn’t look like it.)

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

I mostly don't use Mastodon's web interface, but I've decided to inject TangerineNeue on mstdn.social so when I am there, it's pretty. 🍊

https://github.com/mattbirchler/Tangerine-Neue-for-Mastodon

Boosted by andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt"):
mikemcquaid ("Mike McQuaid") wrote:

Inside Modern Software Engineering with Homebrew’s Mike McQuaid

Interviewed by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots.

Sami is back this week with Mike McQuaid as they take a deep dive into the importance of open source maintainers.

https://podcast.thoughtbot.com/619

Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

♬️ Just announced: Sat Oct 3, 9:30pm: KREAYSHAWN: LIVE
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2026/10-03.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #kreayshawn #katjabba #moodring #camillionaire #yungtucson #hiphop #house #randb #edits #reggaeton #livemusic #concert #sanfrancisco

Attachments:

• gifv: 4378eba4a7bdd162.mp4

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

THIS JUST IN

Dog

If you have further updates involving pets local to you, please add them in the comments

Boosted by andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt"):
oliverandrich@social.tchncs.de ("Oliver Andrich") wrote:

Hex 2.5 has some nice additions. I like the integration of security warnings and the cooldown configuration.

https://hex.pm/blog/hex-v25-released

#elixirlang

Boosted by andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt"):
Monorepo@fosstodon.org ("Jacob Coffee") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@andrewnez/117128355243322772

@andrewnez that phrasing came off more alarmist than we intended, so we've revised it. The risk isn't PyPI itself, but the gap in resources: The PSF needs more support to keep up the same high bar of service and quality as demand grows.

We encourage companies who rely on PyPI to financially support our security work for everyone's benefit.

i've adjusted the wording to clarify!
https://github.com/pypi/warehouse/commit/bc867eed

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:"):
binarydigit@social.lol ("Bee 💾") wrote:

Here's some fan art for two of my favorite small web/indie web social platforms that are actual social, Mastodon x omg.lol :prami_contented:

I traced the cute Mastodon mascot and Prami from omg.lol, and added pink hair to the mastodon to match. I'm still using my current favorite palette (Chasm via Lospec).

Timelapse included in my link, but contains some flashing! ⚠️

https://binarydigit.art/post/825495531538219008/mastodon-x-prami

#binarydigit #MastodonFanArt #PramiFanArt #omglol #procreate

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

I'm really sad that banks and money apps have pretty much settled on a pattern where you *enter your personal account's login and password to another site*. This is the worst practice you can teach to an unsuspecting person.

But it says it's "secure", so it's all good, right?

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
chrisjrn@social.coop ("Christopher Neugebauer") wrote:

RE: https://social.northbaypython.org/@NorthBayPython/117128976515880149

Actually, one of the most effective ways for me to deliver a good conference – year in, year out – is to create public accountability so that people actually expect me to not stop following in about sales inquiries or contracts and stuff

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jonathankoren@sfba.social ("jonathankoren™") wrote:

@paninid Col Kim Campbell was a guest on “The Spear” podcast from The Modern War Institute at West Point, where she tells the story of when she was almost shot down. It is a fantastic story.

That entire podcast is just wild story after story from Afghanistan and Iraq.

https://the-spear.castos.com/episodes/the-a-10-at-war

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
paninid@mastodon.world ("Coach Sankhavaram ®") wrote:

This is who intimidates Pete Hegseth.