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Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
Bronwyn@sfba.social ("Bronwyn Harris") wrote:

I took a stained glass class yesterday and it was so fun and so hard! I have tiny cuts and little burns all over my fingers, but I also have this cool plant that I can’t kill from not figuring out how much water it wants 😂 ! Mine is the one on the right

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
Chilifornian@pixelfed.social ("A Bravo") wrote:

Turkey Vulture swooping in to get a drink. #wildlife #birds #birdsinflight #nature #buzzards #vultures #photography #wildlifephotography

Boosted by pixxl:
stsp@bsd.network ("Stefan Sperling") wrote:

There are forks of the #GameOfTrees version control system popping up merely because of worries that the project might eventually succumb to accepting LLM-generated contributions, then ending up on other people's lists of #noAI LLM-free alternatives.

Fork the code as much as you want, but please don't let your potential users hanging when important issues get fixed upstream, and keep in mind that I don't work with LLMs, have never even once asked an LLM for anything, and I don't intend to start. I don't believe the other developers involved are all as pristine as myself, but I've met most of them in person, do trust them, and have never seen anyone commit code which looked like they didn't write it.

As a community we are losing trust in established projects within the FOSS ecosystem very fast right now. I understand and share many of the concerns about LLMs, but the trend to quickly fork projects out of spite and fear without communication is also worrying. If you maintain a list of recommendations, please ask upstream projects which do not already have an obvious pro-LLM stance before recommending forks with little to no track record, especially when the software in question might handle sensitive data.

I have added the following to the project's README file. Not sure if this counts as a policy. To me it feels more like I'm writing down what should be common sense.

"""
Game of Trees is entirely handwritten and contributions generated by LLMs
will not be accepted. The main author (Stefan Sperling) has successfully
been avoiding LLMs and would prefer to keep it that way, even if/when legal
uncertainties around the copyright status of LLM-generated output settle.

Should you feel a need to ask an LLM questions in order to help you understand
something, try asking us first. If you are truly trying to wrap your head
around something then you will learn from us, and we will learn from you.
We may have some expertise you are lacking, but because we cannot ignore what
we already know, we can be blind to problems you are seeing. Our code and
documentation can likely be improved as a result of communication, even before
you send a first patch.
"""

Boosted by pixxl:
eliasulrich@hachyderm.io ("Xamanismo Coletivo") wrote:

#Harvard published a paper with a devastating title: “Large-Language Models as a #CognitiveVirus”

"Think about how a #virus operates:

It cannot replicate on its own. It requires a host cellular machinery to copy itself.

An #LLM cannot execute, compute, or spread on its own. It requires human cognition, human servers, and human networks to propagate.

The virus infects the host's internal processes to rewrite behavior in its own favor.

And #LLMs do precisely the same thing to #humanthinking."

https://arxiv.org/html/2609.03344v1

Boosted by pixxl:
HeavenlyPossum@kolektiva.social wrote:

@timnitGebru

Is this not how any LLM would “solve” any math problem? It can probabilistically generate combinations of text from its training set until one particular combination accidentally overlaps with an actual proof?

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

big if true!

(lol what do they think CodePen is?)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49596976

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
meanmicio@todon.eu ("Luis Falcon") wrote:

Just published "NetBSD 11 from scratch". I had a lot of fun writing it while diving into the internals of this great operating system. Hope you enjoy it and find it useful.
Happy hacking! 👇
https://meanmicio.org/2026/09/06/netbsd-11-from-scratch/
#NetBSD #encryption #CGD #privacy #noAI #OpenScience

Boosted by pixxl:
timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her).") wrote:

Friends, you may have seen this but if not, sharing:

"The LLM-generated proof hinges on a particular mathematical argument that it presented as its own but that actually first appeared in a 2016 paper by Miller and a collaborator."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/openais-latest-math-breakthroughs-commit-research-misconduct-experts-say/

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)") wrote:

whatever in the fuck an "artificial general intelligence" is, it would have looked at the thing it just made and been like "this does not engage with the embodied experience of enjoyment" or maybe just like "damn that shit sucks"

Boosted by pixxl:
anubiarts@app.wafrn.net ("Anubi") wrote:

art is not content dang it

#PixelArt #Art #Comic #Comics #AnubiArts

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
zep ("zep.p8") wrote:

Trying out stamps in doodlemud, and.. maybe the tools and cursor should be diagetic. #picotron

Attachments:

• gifv: 151755bc3a454683.mp4

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@bruno%5Fj%5Fnavarro/117230040229811907

The problem is, everyone is waiting for someone else to start the "revolution" so nothing gets done. Let's take the power away from capital, cool.

But in the meantime can we vote people in that fix potholes?

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

I do so wish more use was made of "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements" (by Eric Hoffer) in high school... the ideas are accessible, and they can see the dynamics happening all around them once again these days.

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

Attempting to stack some blog posts up for while I’m on holiday, hope you like lists of things!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TexasObserver@texasobserver.social ("Texas Observer") wrote:

From 2023: “It’s a basic human right for every worker to get a water break when they need to. It saves their lives. My brother would still be here if he just had a water break. It’s that simple.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-workers-congress-thirst-strike/

#water #labor #LaborDay #workers #Texas

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io ("Thomas Fuchs 🫯") wrote:

RE: https://autistics.life/@joshsusser/117230766127238859

disgust maxxing

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

I do so wish

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
oblomov@sociale.network ("Oblomov") wrote:

So, I was taught that a New York minute is the time span between when a traffic light turns green and when the cars behind you start beeping their horn, which is apparently measured in microseconds.

So I would like to propose the concept of a #Fediverse minute, which is the time span between when you boost a post and when it gets edited to fix its typos.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡️") wrote:

Btw, I still have a relative heavily gaming/development laptop for sale/trade for server costs:

A MSI Katana GF66 12UGSZOK with 64GB RAM, 1TB SSD

Just let me know.. 🇳🇱

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
metacurity@infosec.exchange ("Metacurity") wrote:

Good god. This is the biggest crypto theft of 2026, beating the KelpDao theft of $290 million in April.

Bitcoin-based Liquid Network says $320 million withdrawn in hack
https://www.reuters.com/technology/bitcoin-based-liquid-network-says-320-million-withdrawn-hack-2026-09-07/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
publicdomainrev ("The Public Domain Review") wrote:

The first woman to run for president was also a free-love advocate, Spiritualist stockbroker, and the first person to publish the Communist Manifesto in the US.

More on Victoria Woodhull's wild life:
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/victoria-woodhull-the-impending-revolution

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

blocking folks who rant and spew invective is painful but necessary… no matter the party or faction, it is necessary. there is no reason to subject myself to abuse, particularly not from strangers who know nothing about my actual life.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
exquisitecorp@merveilles.town ("lee") wrote:

Permacomputing NYC...
Gameboy Hacking!
Tuesday Night! (Sep 8)
6pm!
Ridgewood Commons! @ridgewoodcommons.nyc
with Allison Parrish! @aparrish
Please bring snacks to share!

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
shepherd@fosstodon.org ("Sergio Pastor Pérez") wrote:

Any HPC users here in Mastodon? We are glad to announce the first release of Guix-Science!

https://hpc.guix.info/blog/2026/09/guix-science-first-release

#guix #hpc #reproducibleresearch

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

one length-indexed flinger tree done

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mttaggart@infosec.exchange ("Taggart :ifin:") wrote:

Machine speed is a con and we don't have to buy it.

https://taggart-tech.com/speed/

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

Limited time. #grickledoodle #frogs #pond #boat #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
LauraJG@deacon.social ("Laura G, Sassy 70’s") wrote:

Your art history post for today: by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), The Heian Poet Yasumasa Playing the Flute by Moonlight, Subduing the Bandit Yasusuke with His Music, 1883, color woodcut on three panels (triptych). As a print it appears in many collections. #art #arthistory #japaneseprints #printmaking #woodblockprints

From Sotheby’s London, July 2023: “The full title of this print, Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing the Flute by Moonlight, a Painting Shown at the Exhibition for the Advancement of Painting in Autumn 1882 (Meiji jugo mizunoe uma kishu Kaiga Kyoshinkai shuppinga Fujiwara no Yasumasa gekka roteki) highlights the fact that this triptych was based on a painting Yoshitoshi submitted to an exhibition of Japanese art (the Naikoku kaiga kyoshinkai) in 1882.

Both triptych and painting depict Fujiwara no Yasumasa (958-1036), the Heian period courtier, celebrated poet and flute-player. The story tells that one night while playing his flute on the Ichihara moor he was approached by Hakamadare Yasusuke (Kidomaru), a bandit, who planned to kill him. However as he was about to draw his sword and attack, Hakamadare Yasusuke was so enchanted by the music that he abandoned his plan. Widely considered Yoshitoshi’s masterpiece, this triptych is full of atmosphere and drama with these two characters captured on the windswept moor. The clouds were applied by hand and this appears to be an unrecorded example with the clouds applied horizontally.”

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

people will tell you that your code having State is a sin, so you will rewrite it, creating all these nested functions and callbacks so that all the state, which could have been an enum or a few bools somewhere, is instead packed into the path the instruction pointer takes through the code, and can only be seen as a faint squiggle on the doppler radar trace

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
onepict@chaos.social ("Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:") wrote:

@tante @glyph I wrote about it here a while ago:

https://dotart.blog/cobbles/ai-and-that-guy-at-the-bar