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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
joeyh@sunbeam.city ("see shy jo") wrote:

It's worth noting that the "Responsible Use of Generative AI" which #Debian voted to accept was largely generated by an LLM.

https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2026/07/msg00186.html

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:

I finally listened to this talk from Andrew Kelley, "Don't Take the Black Pill". It doesn't solve all the problems of the world or anything, but it's perhaps worth a listen if you are a person who uses too many computers who could use a hopeful message today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLZwpH5lCD4

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
SweetCoffy@eepy.zone ("☕") wrote:

the "block distracting elements" feature in Safari is just like the "block element" feature in adblockers but the animation makes it funnier, like "fuck you reddit disintegrates your upsell"

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• video: 5752cb208c447866.mp4

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
petrabrandstrom@mastodon.art ("Petra Brandström") wrote:

"Quetzalcoatlus över Götaplatsen"

An illustration I made for an upcoming role playing game - Dinosploatation, by Tobias Hadin - set in a post apocalyptic Gothenburg, Sweden, with dinosaurs! (Release tbd, but make sure to be exited about it!).

I had it printed as a one-of-a-kind canvas print, and showed it in a local art exhibition recently. Sold to a wonderful fan and fantasy enthusiast. <3

Digital painting made in Krita, 2024.

#MastoArt #rollspel #rpg #illustration #dinosaur #goteborg

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
JennyFluff@chitter.xyz ("JennyFluff :heart_trans: 💾") wrote:

Wow, finally made #art again.

I call the theme of this evening "realities eroding"

jwz wrote:

Absolutely baffled by people calling Google's latest antics "cowardly".

Boosted by jwz:
jk ("josef") wrote:

Phone Phreaking - a fascinating hobby
(Saunders, 1972)

Boosted by jwz:
dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:

https://newrepublic.com/post/214832/texas-suspended-1-million-voters-ahead-senate-race This is how the Republicans will win in Texas: prevent Democrats from voting. Criminals at work.

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

TONIGHT! -- HACK THE PLANET! 🍸 💾

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

CYBERDELIA! Wiith "Hackers" Movie screening :: Dance Party :: Costume Contest :: WipeoutXL, & Skate Ramps! Doors 7:30PM, Movie 8:00PM, Cyberpunk Dance Party with DJs Tripp & Starr! All at @dnalounge ❤️

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

♬️ CYBERDELIA: HACKERS SCREENING + CYBERPUNK DANCE PARTY at DNA Lounge tonight: Sun Aug 30, 7:30pm!
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2026/08-30.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #cyberdelia #electro #bigbeat #trance #cyberpunk #industrial #sanfrancisco

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• gifv: a00860c10b9417a9.mp4

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
bluish_gecko@mstdn.social ("Blouie the Blue Heeler") wrote:

POV: When local wildlife discovers your camera trap

#furry #fursuir #shenanigans #Fursuitfriday

🦌@ShipoTheDeer
📸 myself

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

I'm almost as annoyed as when I read a "moderate" article on "AI" that carefully presented "both extremes" of opinion:

1. Using "AI" for everything
2. Using "AI" only for most things

I already know that ignorant and foolish people exist. My life is not improved by having to witness the foolishness first hand.

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

Made the mistake of having a look at a few of the videos from the run-up to yesterday's referendum here in Iceland (and the comments). Fucking hell. Hammers home just how incredibly foolish the idea that you should "break out of your social media bubble" really is

My life is not improved from being aware of this bullshit

I don't get my facts from social media. That bubble is the only thing that lets me occasionally forget just how ignorant, foolish, and racist my fellow Icelanders can get

Boosted by jwz:
davidgerard@mas.to ("David Gerard") wrote:

have to post this again, from my spare account. hachyderm are weird fuckwits and you should have at least a second account somewhere else. i am now hearing about the shit they ban people for a month for, and goodness me.

https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/113487492538743433
https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/113954292165996224

please forward for anyone on hachyderm who's been wondering why it looks to them like *I'm* blocking them. it's your shithead admins.

Boosted by jwz:
TheWarOnCars ("The War on Cars") wrote:

On the one hand, some people want to make it so that kids and other people aren't crushed to death by cars. On the other hand, some people are upset that they might have to pay attention, slow down or be inconvenienced by about 15 seconds. So you can see how it's a "war on cars."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceq8n23p1yzo

Boosted by jwz:
zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

a project that votes to allow LLMs is unethical

a project whose voting method resembles systems put in place by American conservatives is also unethical

you have better things to do than associate with a project run by unethical clowns, even and especially if that project voted to do something incredibly shitty under, again, false pretenses

Boosted by jwz:
zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

since this thread has gotten big enough to become discourse:

- no, you can’t determine whether or not the AI ban would have won if the poll had been conducted differently with the numbers from this poll, because that’s not how polling works.
- the flaws in debian’s voting method extend beyond the weird situation with one of the options requiring a supermajority while the others didn’t. for example, they regularly purge voter rolls and make it a burden to get back on, just like conservatives in the US. while I’m sure this is intended to prevent vote fraud, it makes it very likely that people who care about an issue won’t be able to vote on it (I watched this happen to people I know who let their developer status lapse).
- don’t let any of the above distract you too much. debian has been rotting for years, and these systems of inequality were created by assholes. all I intend to do is dissolve the illusion that any of this is representational, credible, or ethical.

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

Slopfree Software Index

https://codeberg.org/brib/slopfree-software-index

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

Okay time to eat

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
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

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

TIL Pikat has taken the trajectory of Software Engineering -> Artist/YouTuber.

And honestly, that's kinda... life goals. Well, maybe not the YouTuber part, I don't think I'd do too well in Internet limelight. But certainly seeing other software-engineers-turned-artists around is rather inspiring

neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:") wrote:

I'm streaming Go matches live, right now, supporting St. Jude! Info on how to play is at the bottom of the stream. You can also just hang out and watch me lose, too! 😄

https://tv.neatnik.net

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:"):
neatnik@tv.neatnik.net ("Neatnik TV") wrote:

Neatnik is live!

St. Jude Charity "Go" Stream!

#web #programming #chat #fun #neatnik

https://tv.neatnik.net

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• gifv: Live stream preview

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
jalefkowit@hachyderm.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

The crazy thing about this kind of capitulation is that it's happening in August 2026.

The last time we went around this particular bend was in February 2025, with the "Gulf of America" stupidity. I didn't like the way the mapping companies fell in line with that, but I could understand it. Trump had just won re-election, he was swinging his power around wildly, and it was unclear that anything could stop him. Who wants to be the first one to walk into a buzzsaw?

But that was then and this is now. Today Trump and his agenda are as unpopular as any president in modern times has ever been, and we have a long list of times when people have challenged his agenda in the courts and won. Both law and politics are pushing against Trump, not with him.

So in August 2026 if you get a threat from Trump and just immediately roll over, that's not something you can claim is just you being pragmatic. There are plenty of tools you could use to defend yourself lying around in plain sight; you're just choosing not to use any of them.

https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/6059553-google-maps-renames-lake-america/

#USPol

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

RE: https://masto.deoan.org/@neurovagrant/117181562975873239

how often does this have to happen before your “productivity gains” evaporate completely

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
joepie91@slightly.tech ("Sven Slootweg, ("still kinky and horny anyway")") wrote:

I also want to mention here that Godot (which is the other half of what I'm trying to do) is the exact opposite; it has an *excellently* considered foundational model, and can do an incredible amount of stuff with a very limited amount of mechanisms, in generally very logical ways that you can get to through your own reasoning. this makes the contrast with Blender all the more stark...

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

Jokes aside https://www.youtube.com/@pikat seems to be giving out some pretty sensible advice.

All I have to do is deal with my fear of failure.

"What's the worst that can happen", you may ask. "Bad art?".

And yeahhh I've made bad art and you can ignore it or redraw it, it's no big deal. It's still an annoying mental barrier :neocat_sob:​

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
EternalSeptember@thicc.horse ("Free Association") wrote:

We're aware that people have access to our phone and computer who shouldn't. We never agreed to this, and would fucking love if it stopped.

To try and fix it we've changed phones, phone numbers, OS's, entire computers, lived on the streets for two weeks, and moved thousands of miles away from home, but it's still happening.

If you have information that can help us or can just pull us out of it entirely, please, PLEASE let us know. Email's joyinsolace@gmail.com .

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
Bwee@meow.social ("🩵 Bwee the Fluffdragon 🩵") wrote:

Boost if you (Nyan-binary edition):
🐈

- Are nonbinary
- Have at least one nonbinary friend
- Either hoard too much gender or not enough
- Are secretly several animals in a trenchcoat
- Probably met a nonbinary person once

💛🤍💜🖤

Nobody will ever know which apply to you! xD

#nonbinary #boost #silly

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kenshirriff@oldbytes.space ("Ken Shirriff") wrote:

Before semiconductor RAM, most computers used magnetic core memory. This is the 128 KB core stack from the computer on Spacelab, the Space Shuttle's experimental laboratory. Let's take a closer look...