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pikesley@mastodon.me.uk ("Frontier Supermodel") wrote:
In the interests of Making Weird Art, I have been once again fiddling with #Strudel
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedbrib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof: :Nonbinary:") wrote:
Overslept (again).
Luckily not missing anything important
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Coisaestranha@ayom.media ("Flavia") wrote:
Mastodon Feedadele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁!") wrote:
If you don't want to deal with any AI generated content or code, you have to switch off your computer and smartphone now.
Alternative is to install insecure versions (pre 2021) of an operating system (such as Debian 11, Ubuntu 20.04) and its original software and never upgrade them.
It is sad, but it is the reality.
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iris_meredith ("Iris") wrote:
New article: this time, we use Heidegger to explain why the "it's just a tool" line that often comes up in tech is so very silly:
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/no-such-thing-as-just-a-tool
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Elizafox@treehouse.systems ("Elizabeth :therian: :cascadia: 🏳️⚧️") wrote:
Actually standalone post:
Ever want to learn the lower part of the stack, but it's intimidating as fuck?
libc? Kernel? Compilers? Horrifying random library you wanna figure out how to dissect?
Need a mentor?
I've been doing it for 20 years. My methods are crude but effective. My second programming language was x86 assembly. We don't discuss my first which may have been QBASIC but I outgrew it fast.
I have taught people to code before and I've mentored others for hairy parts of the stack. You're not a guinea pig.
I've got time. I've got inclination.
Requirements:
- A belief you can do it
- A desire to learn Unix at the deeper levels
- You don't scream when you see a terminal prompt
- You can exit nano; exiting vim optional but encouraged
- You should at least know the rudiments of programming
What I will do:
- Help you understand the parts you don't understand
- Help you understand how things fit together
- I don't know everything, but we can find out shit together
- Teach you how to figure it out
- Help review your patches for obvious, glaring mistakes, so you don't look like a horse's ass (it's okay sometimes I too look like a horse's ass)
I charge:
- $0 (gratuities appreciated but not required)
- "Exposure"
Mastodon Feedfail2ban doesn't work, anubis is about to stop working, and the companies doing this are more likely to be fly-by-night Chinese operations than OpenAI or Anthropic. (That's not to say that OpenAI or Anthropic are not doing scummy and criminal things in search of data, but they're not doing _this_.) Which means that the financial collapse of the US AI bubble is unlikely to make a dent, even if it happens soon.
A _lot_ of websites are about to go dark.
Mastodon Feedthis is not really about a single site. it's about a universal concern, one that is plaguing any medium-sized site at all. and the arms race as detailed here is disturbing. I've been predicting that Anubis will collapse for a few months now, and I was already late to that party (c.f. https://mastodon.social/@glyph/116908213902870864). And that's what this article shows: Anubis is on the trajectory of collapse, literally 33% of the way there. That was 1 year ago. Generously, we have 1 year left.
Mastodon Feedit's tempting to read this as a complaint about the inconvenience of dealing with slopbots from an operator of a single site, one whose beneficiary recently decided to go full slop themselves, so, like, whatever.
and yeah there's a certain amount of irony here. but…
Mastodon FeedRE: https://mastodon.social/@iris%5Fmeredith/117178026845359543
An absolute banger. Such good writing that I am literally angry because Iris made some of the points I have been struggling to make for months, and she made them much better than I was going to.
Read it, read the whole thing, make time to actually absorb it and not just skim.
Mastodon Feedthe social contract that allows the web to exist at all is literally collapsing in real time
https://people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/creepy-crawlies
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ehashman@cloudisland.nz ("e. hashman 🇵🇸") wrote:
I also keep hearing people saying they are going to move to (Free)BSD and I don't really understand why. It doesn't have a policy against LLM use either. I found at least 50 commits that cited Claude looking at the source for all of 30 seconds
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ehashman@cloudisland.nz ("e. hashman 🇵🇸") wrote:
If you are a Debian contributor or user and thinking about quitting the project over this, rather than me just ranting into the void, let's talk. Reach out to me
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ehashman@cloudisland.nz ("e. hashman 🇵🇸") wrote:
It makes me sad to hear that people are quitting Debian over the LLM GR. I think it was a stupid GR but I don't know if I have it in me to post through it
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stellarskylark@solarpunk.moe ("φ-52 "Skylark"") wrote:
oh no I don't have [disorder] I just have [all the symptoms of [disorder]]
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amiserabilist@beige.party ("paul") wrote:
if you are American, have you had a recent food born illness?
Mastodon Feedneatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:") wrote:
Live now! https://tv.neatnik.net
Mastodon Feedjonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)") wrote:
Every time I nail cooking salmon and I just get the perfect buttery crunch that melts away I become religious for a few moments because this is proof that god loves us
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)"):
NanoRaptor@bitbang.social ("Nanoraptor") wrote:
The NEC Breakfast Computer PROFESSOR TOAST HYPER 7 was a unique morning-oriented computer designed to sit on a user's nightstand and provide a quick portal into email, local news, and hot fresh toast all in the one unit.
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deanpreston@sfba.social ("Dean Preston") wrote:
SF YIMBY has officially come out against Prop I, a ballot measure that would dedicated over $100 million a year to affordable housing and rent relief.
For anyone who joined SF YIMBY in good faith thinking it was about housing for all, let this be your wake up call. The mask is off.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
hugo@treehouse.systems ("Hugo Slabbert ⚠️") wrote:
@glyph "where you're going, only the furries can save you"
Mastodon FeedEmilyEnough@hachyderm.io ("Emily 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️") wrote:
I did these nails over a month ago and all 10 are still good. I’ve never had a complete set last more than about 2 weeks when I paint them. This was my first time trying out a new sticker technique. It’s the first time I’m considering cleaning them off and replacing them because they’ve grown out too much instead of from damage.
Mastodon Feedneatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:") wrote:
Starting soon: I’m hosting a St. Jude charity Go stream! Play me in a game of Go; if you win I’ll donate $10 to St. Jude. If I win, you might consider making a donation of any amount! ❤️
I’ll share the link once the stream starts!
Mastodon FeedBoosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:"):
pmurad@social.lol ("Pablo Murad") wrote:
It is with great joy that I can finally share Compromisso das Pessoas: https://compromisso.social, a Brazilian Portuguese version of The People Pledge Party (https://people.pledge.party/).
We have a responsibility to recognize the dignity and worth of others, and in this world, we should always be mindful of the journeys people around us are going through. To help bring those principles to life, the Portuguese translation of Compromisso das Pessoas is now complete, and a Spanish version will be coming soon as well.
The purpose of this translation is simple: to encourage reflection and, through it, help make humanity a little more human.
Thank you, @neatnik for your support always.
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Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha :mastodon:") wrote:
A two-CPU server rack
(Cat Processing Unit)
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
donaldham@mstdn.social ("Donald Ham 🏳️🌈 🐱🏋️♂️") wrote:
My husband Craig is great big. Kitten Bob is very small. They love each other.
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marsroverdriver@deepspace.social ("Scott marsroverdriver Maxwell") wrote:
Congratulations to the Curiosity rover -- a.k.a. MSL, or Mars Science Laboratory -- which begins sol 5000 on Mars approximately when this posts. The lack of celebration, or even appropriate acknowledgement, from NASA is practically criminal, but it takes nothing away from the talent and dedication of my good friends who have brought us to this kilometerstone and beyond. Ad astra, y'all. Keep on rovin'. #space
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skykiss@sfba.social ("♾️🇺🇦 Skykiss will Vote") wrote:
White supremacists fascist kick more than a million voters off the rolls to steal the election
#Texans, if you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it!
Mastodon FeedEmilyEnough@hachyderm.io ("Emily 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️") wrote:
McDonald’s spicy nugs + honey 😍
Mastodon Feedfirepoet@tech.lgbt ("Stephen 🌈 (he/him)") wrote:
@NfNitLoop It’s a hopelessly overloaded word haha