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

we're getting the README ready for release (just for fun, it's not quite time). we came up with recommended reading....

[1] Ken Thompson, "Reflections on Trusting Trust"
   https://doi.org/10.1145/358198.358210
[2] "The Fujoshi Guide to Web Development"
   https://www.fujoweb.dev/
[3] Julia Evans, "wizard zines"
   https://wizardzines.com/
[4] osdev wiki
   https://wiki.osdev.org/
[5] "Tool Interface Standard (TIS) Executable and Linking Format (ELF)
    Specification", version 1.2.

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

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mlncn@social.coop ("benjamin melançon") wrote:

So if superintelligence is not imminent, what is going on? @timnitGebru pointed out that Altman and Musk and all have been proclaiming an impending AI apocalypse for years now, in order to distract from the massive real harms they are doing, to angle for regulatory capture, and to impress investors — on the most recent Vibe Check podcast https://link.podtrac.com/vibecheck

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docpop ("Doctor M. Popular") wrote:

Here's a weird bit of Batman history: Moebius, the legendary French cartoonist, submitted a short Batman comic to DC, who promptly rejected it.

Pissed off, Moebius then submitted a twisted parody of his comic to Penthouse Comix, who ran it in 1995.

Read that version on my site: https://docpop.org/2016/09/moebius-parodies-batman-1995s-not-batman/

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still@infosec.exchange ("安坂星海 Azaka || VTuber") wrote:

I'm sorry 7z can do WHAT

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mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

The "everything Trump does is a calculated 4D chess move" theory reminds me of this classic SNL skit about a previous holder of that office.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5wfPlgKFh8

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

@cap_ybarra @theodoraward the local LLM fans don’t seem to ever be able to tell me why right now is the time to be weird and fanatical over the shittier version of the technology almost everyone hates, especially since being weird and fanatical over LLMs really works in favor of the AI corps they claim to hate right now

like, if there’s a use case for local LLMs and they really aren’t reliant on corporations or states to exist (and I don’t believe either of those things either), what’s the rush to fanaticize over them? all that does is make hardware more expensive and local LLMs less accessible, and it ruins even the remote possibility of solidarity with anyone else. who gives a shit if you’re left behind? what does that even mean?

it’s almost like they love LLMs much more than they hate AI corporations, and are utterly dazzled by their ability to own a GPU and do nothing of value with it

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bunnyhero@timeloop.cafe wrote:

RE: https://mas.to/@alternativeto/117292294731344977

nobody wanted this 🫠 why tf would an ebook library manager have a feature like this, opt-in or not? put that shit into a separate project

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samir@functional.computer ("samir, fake programmer") wrote:

RE: https://thicc.horse/@and/117293289884500133

I guess I should be thankful that LLMs are shining a light on the fact that we rely so much on a few pieces of critical infrastructure at each level.

Hopefully the long-term outcome will be an explosion of alternatives. Alternative compilers, OSes, window managers, email clients, whatever. Bring on the alternatives, and make the politics front and centre.

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

This is so, so wrong.

https://mas.to/@alternativeto/117292294731344977

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

What Calibre developers have done here is an affront to the human act of creation, and no less than a fascist attack on art. I do not believe that to be even slightly an exaggeration, even if it does sound hyperbolic.

To have a fascist attack on art come from an open source project that used to stand for helping users free their e-books from proprietary lock-in is beyond disgusting.

But I don't get to say something like that without backing it up by action.

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

and, the test worked! sweeeeeeeet

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

though, there's another efficiency improvement we really should make after that release, before getting into any new big undertakings. heh

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

and then we'll... have a self-bootstrapping, self-hosting compiler, and we can start writing our parse theory + type theory experiments in it. that's gonna feel pretty great.

(right now it has no parser and no type system; those are intended to be an upper layer atop this)

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

and then there's just one big directional decision left, which is whether we want to also pass through ordinary, non-magical comments from the code being compiled (by either the label or log-load transforms), or whether that's too much visual clutter when combined with all the generated comments that describe the compilation process

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

if that works, we definitely have indentation and word-wrapping stuff to fix before we release it

and we have one more important feature which is having the log-load transform execute magic comments in the code it compiles, as the label transform does, but we expect that to be easy

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

so if the test we're running right now succeeds, we'll have a version of Evocation, our compiler, where every byte in its hex-transformed output is attributed

in conversation yesterday someone suggested the phrasing "show your work" as a description of the purpose of the hex transform. we love it and we need to rework the documentation around that terminology, it's much clearer than leading off with talking about bootstrapping and "Trusting Trust".

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

apparently it's also known as 'salt of saturn'?!

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
sarahjamielewis ("Sarah Jamie Lewis") wrote:

It just really sucks that so many free software tools from the kernel and compilers up are rapidly reconfiguring themselves in service to slop generators.

I am so grateful for the effort people are putting to create human-centred forks.

But one thing I do think about a lot is the mental toll of constantly chasing a compromised version of someone else's vision v.s. pursuing new ideas.

The whole thing just feels like ddos on the attention of people who should be working on bigger things.

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

If you've never listened to the radio version, I recommend it.

https://archive.org/details/hhgttg-radio

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
lucydev@wetdry.world ("Haeckse Lucy") wrote:

I've spent a little while thinking about where I wanna go with Red Lucy Engineering in the future, as I didn't really had much of a direction besides making hardware and not working with nazis (which seems particularly difficult for the tech industry). Now I kinda know what I wish to do.

I want to provide countercultural tech. Punk hardware (cyberpunk, you could say lol). I wanna provide tech that serves people, since much of the tech we see today seems to do it the other way around. I wanna provide something that is truly yours, that you can hack on, that you can look every piece of design up, and do with as you please. I wanna bring a kind of anarchistic vibe to your tech.

In short: I wanna provide you with the kit you need to say "fuck the system" in a digital world, kit you can trust because you don't have to.

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

TIL DC created a supervillain whose powers were activated by cocaine. Apparently one of his powers was the ability to give people a "contact high".

Dude, what... the... o_O

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mikehendley@vis.social ("Mike Hendley") wrote:

Finally got back to this African fish eagle. Graphite in the sketchbook, Pentel GraphGear 1000s in .3 and .5, a couple of blending stumps, Blu-Tack for the highlights. Retirement is busier than I expected. It felt good to find some time and just draw feathers.

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

Killin' time discovering new music on bandcamp by performing searches based on twenty year old Simpsons jokes.

Boosted by firepoet@tech.lgbt ("Stephen 🌈 (he/him)"):
vivid@oldbytes.space ("vivid! at the fediverse") wrote:

Hi everyone, I'm trying hard to find a job but with the LLM job application onslaught and the ongoing systemic queerphobia, I'm not even getting rejection emails back. I'm desperate, my partner and I are each others primary carers, our safety net is running out fast, and our support network has dried up as everyone we know is facing their own struggles.

I've got US work permissions, but I'm willing and able to contract internationally for anyone who can be flexible. I'm looking for any remote work, tech/IT preferred, but I'll take anything right now.

I'm an experienced Linux system administrator, helpdesk support, and software developer. I know Python, Rust, C, Bash, Perl, Ruby, PHP, Go, Docker, and I've been around enough that I can get up to speed with new languages and unfamiliar codebases quickly.

As an example of some of my work:

• I wrote a novel system for using DNS TXT records to create dynamic git remotes (https://git.sr.ht/~absolutely-vivid/doink)
• I wrote and maintain a simple generic build system that I use as a static site generator (https://git.sr.ht/~absolutely-vivid/utter)
• I created tool to export github repository issues and pull requests as JSON files or a static website (https://git.sr.ht/~absolutely-vivid/gah)
• I wrote Rust library for Godot's GCPF compression format (https://git.sr.ht/~absolutely-vivid/rpgcpf)
• I built a Rust library and command line tool for exporting Pixelorama's pixel art project files as PNGs (https://git.sr.ht/~absolutely-vivid/pxomg)
• I created a digital instrument using a macbook touchpad as a handpan/drum machine (https://git.sr.ht/~absolutely-vivid/touchpan)
• I made a minimal finger server (https://git.sr.ht/~absolutely-vivid/fingies)

In my open source work on Github, I've contributed to Gleam's website and compiler, Python's typeshed repository, Pipx, and the Python markdown library Marko.

You can see my existing work on https://git.sr.ht/~absolutely-vivid and my open source contributions on https://github.com/absolutely-vivid

Please reach out to me with any job opportunities you have or know about, any job leads you've heard of, etc. I have a résumé and email address if you need them, just let me know and I can DM or email you things.

Boosts are really appreciated :blobcatheart:

#FediHire #GetFediHired

Boosted by firepoet@tech.lgbt ("Stephen 🌈 (he/him)"):
stuartml ("Stuart 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

#askfedi Call for collaboration - have you seen any news stories where companies are benefitting from having a No-AI Stance? Please boost and reply here.

#NoAI #AntiAI #WithoutAI #NoSlop #NoLLM

Here is a recent example:
https://futurism.com/future-society/restaurants-viral-handwritten-signs-ai-foodslop

#business #marketing #restaurant #viral #companies

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

forbidden sugar (lead (ii) acetate)

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
xgranade@wandering.shop ("Cassandra has had an adventure") wrote:

So: that's why I founded the rereading Project (https://rereading.space/), why I'm working on Arcalibre (https://rereading.space/arcalibre/ and https://codeberg.org/rereading/arcalibre), and why I'm trying to be transparent about what challenges slow me down in that effort.

EmilyEnough@hachyderm.io ("Emily 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

As if I didn’t have enough to worry about in the next few weeks, one of the trees out front dropped a tree-sized branch. Foot for scale. This is the same tree that took out a power line with a slightly smaller branch a couple of years ago.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
msbellows@c.im ("M.S. Bellows, Jr.") wrote:

@TheComfortableSpotPodcast (Edit) Oregon just did a study: we have 111 data centers, using 23% of the state's total electricity and an unknown but ungodly amount of water, employing a whopping (drumroll please):

2,630 workers.

By comparison, Oregon's cannabis industry employs 9,200.
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/17/oregon-data-centers-consume-quarter-state-power-report/