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

(i think we're going to have to gradually work towards that one, because right now i'm pretty sure we're having a GC)

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

ah yes, expensive ram prices, the other reason i wanted littlegem to replace approximately C.

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xgranade@wandering.shop ("Cassandra has had an adventure") wrote:

I'll believe expensive RAM pushes companies towards more efficient code the moment high gas prices displace the pickup truck / generalized road tank market.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
tante@tldr.nettime.org wrote:

"Executives working on AI at Microsoft and OpenAI admitted what its critics have been saying all along: Large language models are predatory pieces of technology that have been built on what a Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said generative AI products have created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.”"

(Article title: ‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft)

https://www.404media.co/doom-loop-openai-and-microsoft-admits-llms-are-destroying-the-web-and-built-on-theft/

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

“What To Read To Stay Grounded Amidst AI Doomerism • Buttondown”

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/what-to-read-to-stay-grounded-amidst-ai-doomerism/

> Here are some things to read and/or watch that will help you stay grounded through this hype hurricane and the next.

ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

by doing that, it trampled other data structures, which caused a delayed crash when those structures were later used

ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

we put a thing that allocates space from the outer log in one of the very few places it can't be

ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

not sure we feel up to explaining it, it's a subtle thing about the relationship between the log and the transforms

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hugovk ("Hugo van Kemenade") wrote:

We've updated our security policy on how to report vulnerabilities:

https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/10018

Much of this based on the good stuff in the CPython security policy:

https://devguide.python.org/security/policy/

Yesterday's 82 reports totalled 226,620 words (144,437 without code), an average of 2,764 each (1,761 without code).

Moby Dick is 212,796 words (A Tale of Two Cities is 135,886 words).

I've asked the reporter to re-run their tools and update/close as necessary.

#Python #Pillow #PythonPillow #security

ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

ohhhhh okay, the reason for the crash is suddenly obvious to us despite not really having gotten anywhere in the debugging lol

Boosted by firepoet@tech.lgbt ("Stephen 🌈 (he/him)"):
Gina_SIS wrote:

Hi Fediverse 👋 I’m looking for my next tech opportunity after my role was made redundant in a restructure.

Recent work: full-stack development, cyber security, systems, automation and technical troubleshooting. I’ve also completed SOC Level 1 + BTL1.

Perth, Australia 🇦🇺 | Australian + EU citizen 🇪🇺 | remote internationally. My timezone suits follow-the-sun / European overnight coverage.

Open to permanent, contract or short-term work.

#GetFediHired #FediHire #CyberSecurity #FullStack

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emilymbender@dair-community.social ("Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)") wrote:

All of this coverage of AI Doomerism making you anxious? It's nonsense and you can go back to your more pressing concerns. If you want to learn more:

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/what-to-read-to-stay-grounded-amidst-ai-doomerism/

Boosted by firepoet@tech.lgbt ("Stephen 🌈 (he/him)"):
tante@tldr.nettime.org wrote:

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/117291064056626215

Everyone at those companies knows what they are doing. They are destroying our information infrastructure for their own gains and profit. We must not forgive them.

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

sometimes i wish i didn't have ethics, it would be a lot easier to survive this bullshit without ethics.

ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

okay. now the crash handler is for-real fixed. we kept un-fixing it while trying to remove our debug code (the temporary code we added to help us debug the permanent debug code)

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

you may donate here https://ko-fi.com/dysfun, but it'll take over a week for me to get it and thus only really help with the other problems stored up after so long with no income.

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

(oh yes, medication is the only reason i write so much fucking code)

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

anyway, temptation to just go to bed and sleep until i'm told something will change increasing.

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

Sometimes I think I’ve got the residential scrapers on @ecosystems under control, then wake up to an extra 4m unique ip addresses then next morning 😬

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

ugh, i slouched on buying my medication and now the internet bill was paid instead 😬

i haven't had paid work in over a year now and i'm beyond fed up.

ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

... is social media safe for adults?

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yomimono@wandering.shop ("yomimono, still on land") wrote:

@curtmack @mcc I know nobody asked for this but I did it anyway #crossStitch

ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

we will never fail to be amused by visually inaccurate effects that are meant to simulate VHS tracking errors but fail to do so

mind you, they're still gorgeous and we admire the sincerity. if anything, the inaccuracy is proof that people are looking outside their own lifetimes for aesthetic inspiration, which is pretty cool

we're just also kinda grinning about it

ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

okay, the code that prints out an individual stack frame had an inadequate test whereby it was checking if the address to be printed was in-bounds, but not subsequently checking if the purported dictionary entry header preceding it was also in-bounds. cool.

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owlsintowels@mas.to ("Owls in Towels") wrote:

A short clip of a Snowy Owl being inspected for injuries at Wild North in Northern Alberta 🇨🇦. Want to donate to Wild North? https://wildnorth.ca/support/donate/ Source: https://fb.com/reel/1238805331486611 #owlsintowels 💛🦉

Attachments:

• video: A yellow-eyed Snowy Owl appears reasonably at ease, wedged between the forearm and torso of a wildlife carer. The owl is half-wrapped in a towel patterned with palm trees, in two shades of green: dark green like the rind of a watermelon and light green like a lime... A tropical theme for an Arctic bird. The handler wears a black zip-up hoodie and mismatching gloves: a thick elbow-length glove on one arm to hold the owl's legs, and a medical glove on the other to perform a tactile examination (likely checking for fractures on the owl's legs). One to inspect + one to protect = things you gotta do when the stompers are on deck.

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aartaka@merveilles.town ("Artyom Bologov") wrote:

Picking the best OS and the right set of second brain tools, one is doomed to come to the only correct choice: abandon computers and get oneself a notebook.

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inarticulatequilter@mastodon.art ("InarticulateQuilter") wrote:

Finished my biscornu pincushion tonight!

It’s more of a needle cushion, because I added a little packet of emery sand inside to keep needles sharp. There’s also a small plastic sheet in the bottom so I don’t stab thru it (don’t ask why I knew I to add that🩸)

Modified from this pattern - https://www.etsy.com/listing/4556679848/star-trek-klingon-biscornu-cross-stitch - to include the trans rights message 🏳️‍⚧️

#CrossStitch #StarTrek

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blursedtexts@jorts.horse ("Library of Blursed Texts") wrote:

bear

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consumablejoy@wandering.shop ("consumableJoy") wrote:

Most people keep a project around because they still want the object. The top answer this survey didn't have was “sunk cost" (I thought people would pick “guilt/feel bad") with a close number two as "optimism” that they'll get back to it eventually. Hope springs eternal, as I have renamed my WIP stack the "Pile of Eternal Optimism” #handspinning #knitting #crochet #quilting #CrossStitch #embroidery #sewing #weaving #textileArts #FiberArts #FoFAPoll #FinishOrFrogAlong https://wandering.shop/@consumablejoy/117280668157579491

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inarticulatequilter@mastodon.art ("InarticulateQuilter") wrote:

@npt_writes not sure there’s anything equivalent to Etsy in it’s heyday, but here’s a couple of sites I’ve seen people talk about

https://mayhem.my/

https://littlebluemarket.com/

@deirdrebeth