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

1. i have been writing this mostly with ai 2) ai is stunningly bad at writing hypervisors, or really most precise systems software ive tried.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GiftArticles@tomkahe.com ("Gift Articles") wrote:

Video: Why Is the Coast Guard Operating Surveillance Drones in the Great Lakes?
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000011152107/coast-guard-saildrone-great-lakes.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.DFE.ck0Y.MoVPhCUBYTDK&smid=nytcore-ios-share

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Why would anyone go to the trouble of writing an article and getting it published under another person's name?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/09/22/why-4/

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zachleat@zachleat.com ("Zach Leatherman") wrote:

“AI, make the website good”

https://www.zachleat.com/web/ai-websites/

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik :prami:"):
drworkpsych@social.lol ("Dr. WorkPsych") wrote:

Throughout September, I've been exploring the benefits of getting clear on personal values and bringing them to life in practical ways, both on the podcast and blog. In a recent post, I made the point that it's the *doing* that matters - real-world, practical use of values in everyday situations.

But it's not always fun - and that's just fine.

"Here’s the part that’s easy to forget: values-aligned action doesn’t always feel good in the moment. Giving a colleague honest feedback can be one of the most values-driven things we do at work, and it can also be genuinely uncomfortable.

“Putting yourself forward for a promotion or a new level of responsibility might reflect exactly what you say matters to you, while also stirring up fear of failure or rejection.

“Avoiding that discomfort brings short-term relief, but it comes at a cost: we don’t do the thing we actually believe matters. Decoupling values from enjoyment is a useful shift in itself.

"Living our values isn’t always fun or easy – but when we do it, it tends to feel meaningful, and that meaning is where the real sense of satisfaction comes from."

You can read the whole blog post at https://www.worklifepsych.com/doing-beats-knowing-values-in-action/

#ValuesInAction #PsychologyBlog #CoachingBlog #PsychologicalFlexibility

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

the unifighter has a scrap with all your types

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
cmconseils ("Laura :bongoCat:") wrote:

Kasai, Joseph Biwald, Digital, 2014

#Art #Painting

krig@goto.liten.app wrote:

Now listening to the best album of 2025.

https://agriculturemusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-spiritual-sound

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
haverholm@radikal.social ("Allan Haverholm") wrote:

Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype

"Describing them as “superintelligence” or “rogue models” ascribes agency to products rather than to the companies building them. This framing markets these companies’ products as “superhuman” and, at the same time, helps the companies evade accountability for their actions."

by @emilymbender and @timnitGebru, at MIT Technology Review
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1144867/dont-be-fooled-summer-ai-hype/

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
bkardell@toot.cafe wrote:

My colleague @atbrakhi wrote a nice, cleverly titled post based on a very short exchange we had on Instagram the other day...

https://www.atbrakhi.dev/blog/browsers-situationship

cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

I turned up the wind a bit and dang that looks way nicer

Attachments:

• gifv: Same grass-in-blender as before but with more wind

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

A pretty pastel blue colour.

#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #streetphotography #abandoned #decay #door #blue #nature #trees

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

interesting response from Lobsters' moderators: "Lobsters is not customer service for Apple."

https://lobste.rs/s/kqxgyo/i%5Fsaid%5Fno%5Fapple%5Fsaid%5Fyes

I don't care it was removed (I never submit my own stuff) but that's missing the point lol

whatever, there was nothing new to discuss 🫩

andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

I fucked up the publish dates, so two blog posts live today:

https://nesbitt.io/2026/09/22/package-manager-threat-model-revisited.html

https://nesbitt.io/2026/09/22/unfinished-work-in-package-security.html

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

Bonus horse photo

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

Been revisiting a few of the photos I took almost two years ago during a foggy walk here around Hveragerði. #photos #iceland #nature #hiking

Boosted by cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber"):
dusk@todon.eu ("Dusk to Don :blobraccoon:") wrote:

@cwebber

Rad!

"Grass in blender" sounds like a healthy, awful-tasting smoothie

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
tante@tldr.nettime.org wrote:

Open Source hot take: A software project is allowed to be *done*. Not everything needs to add features or rewrite things. You can just be happy with functionality and focus on just maintainance. "Maintenance mode" is not always bad but can just show a mature product.

cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

Could be better, but progress. I have wind now, and the ability to split out a path.

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• gifv: A grassy little hill, with some wind, stylized in blender

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
researchfairy@scholar.social ("Unnamed TNG skant beefcake") wrote:

You know how there's been a slow-drip of privacy violations over the last couple decades that numbed us all to the point where nobody really cares?

I feel like at least part of the "my AI did crime" / "well, my AI did more crimes" / "actually, *my* AI will commit the most heinous crimes" news cycle is their way of kickstarting that, just for AI and crime

The fact that it was one AI company targeting another AI company kind of ensured that whatever the reaction was, it would be pro-AI

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange ("abadidea") wrote:

@lolgop @soatok I appreciate the sentiment but the turnout for civilian Americans abroad was 11% in 2024 because I tried to vote and they refused to let me and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts literally called me a hacker when I contacted support about being unable to reach their voting information website from Europe.

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

'In solidarity with Autistici/Inventati'

https://solidaritywithautisticiinventati.net/

If you read it and it speaks to you, please boost. This is important. A lot is at stake.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mwl@io.mwl.io ("Michael W Lucas :flan_on_fire:") wrote:

My Christmas story collection "Twisted Presents" is now live!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwlucas/twisted-presents

If stabbing someone over the Christmas turkey has ever seemed a sensible option, #twistedPresents is for you. I'd appreciate your support.

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lrhodes@merveilles.town ("⁂ L. Rhodes") wrote:

"AI can escape containment and hack organizations, but you can trust it with your data."

"AI can slip out of alignment and develop prerogatives that conflict with yours, but you should turn important tasks related to your work, health, finances and family life over to it."

"There's a chance AI will lead to extinction, but you should welcome its data centers into your communities."

The cognitive dissonance is unbelievable.

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

colours your functions with wax crayons

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

This may take a while

I think you mean "this is taking a while"

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Always mention Epstein in any commentary on Pinker. He hates that.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/09/22/the-belated-and-well-deserved-decline-of-steven-pinker/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
shio@eepy.moe ("Shio") wrote:

tHE BRAIN IS TWO THINGS NOT ONE!!! TWO SEPARATE ORGANS!!!! This is apparently huge for studying things like ALS and other hindbrain disorders/conditions because previously we just weren't able to properly grow hindbrain cells because we were effectively trying to ask one cell to turn into a completely different one (it did not like to be asked this)

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2026/09/two-separate-brains.html

krig@goto.liten.app wrote:

Keep coming back to this, may be my favorite album of 2026 so far

https://khemmis.bandcamp.com/album/khemmis-2

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

I've listened to so many robots in the past hour 🤖