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Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk ("Prof. Catherine Flick") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/117378117850915865

Hello, I’m an actual technology ethicist. This is weird and creepy but LLMS ARE NOT ALIVE OMG

The unethical thing is to treat them as if they are! Anthropomorphising LLMs does actual living humans far more of a disservice than even this weird creepy behaviour.

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

Not that I have the spoons to take on any more responsibility of course.....

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

I haven't seen any news of NPM malware recently.

Have I succeeded in living under a rock or did they finally clean up their act? Is it safe to develop web applications again? 🫣

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

Everyone needs to read this. Reality is worse than anything we can say about these people in a few words, media appearances, op-eds, or other conversations. Read the whole thing.

🔇 🔇 🔇 Reminder: These are the people advising Bernie Sanders on "AI" policy.

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

Vivaldi does not need to shame me like this

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
grimalkina ("Cat Hicks") wrote:

In The Psychology of Software Teams, I use the example of "delay of gratification" and the marshmallow test as a time when in psychology we THOUGHT we had evidence about a fixed, innate trait when really we were measuring more environmental things, like children's trust in the stability of adult promises! I use this as an example of being open to challenging your hypothesis

Brand-new research further validates the points in the book, fun to see

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15248372.2026.2738192

Boosted by andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt"):
nolan@toot.cafe ("Nolan Lawson") wrote:

"The Era of Software Quality, or the Era of Ostriches?" by Michael Catanzaro https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2026/10/02/the-era-of-software-quality-or-the-era-of-ostriches/

Interesting perspective from a GNOME developer on the "vulnpocalypse."

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Whenever I see Tidal's "Recommended new tracks"...

Attachments:

• gifv: A GIF of Robert California from The Office saying "Sometimes I feel like you don't know me at all" to Andy Bernard.

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

Wow I'm out of practice with this software dev stuff :neocat_facepalm:​

Boosted by pixxl:
iscarlosmolero@landofooo.social ("Carlos (명준) :verified:") wrote:

LinkedIn tech bro: “I did nothing here, I just pointed the model at X and the resulting output was Y”.

Me asf: “Imagine being this useless, brain-dead, idiot, dumb etc. And being proud enough of it to post it”.

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social ("Low Quality Facts") wrote:

I'm sick of all the negativity on here, so today's Low Quality Ad is for this inspirational Rainbow Pin. I don't know about you guys, but I really needed to see this today.
https://collabs.shop/cjw8ak

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
dinobrarian ("Charlie") wrote:

Finally got around to putting together the sleepybot kit that i got from @42computer at #EMFCamp. It's been years since the last time I tried soldering anything and I have lots i need to do on the quiltagon project, so it was fun to make something hecking cute as practice (but also - hee it's as grumpy as me first thing in the morning!)

stephen@social.calmabiding.me ("Stephen Castro-Starkey") wrote:

stackoverflow is down! sad ... does anybody know anything? The story I make up is that it was DDOSd by somebody training an LLM model, but maybe I'm super cynical these days?

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mboelen/117375474864247080

“A backup you have never restored is a belief, not a backup.”

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

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
antonyjohnston ("Antony Johnston") wrote:

Apparently this is a real thing. Campaign to get these up and running in the UK starts here 😂

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

RE: https://indieweb.social/@elgg/117376593620349567

awwwwww

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
gleick@mas.to ("James Gleick") wrote:

One identifier of a failed state: other nations conduct diplomacy through bribes to the ruling family.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/us/politics/kushner-witkoff-russia-oil-deal.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.F1E.euaM.QA5U2o-XEbAM&smid=url-share

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
emilymbender@dair-community.social ("Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)") wrote:

On the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 livestream, we’re so excited to chat with authors of the new book, Against Tech Oligarchy! JS Tan]and Clarissa Redwine will join me and @alex to chat about tech industry labor. Tune in:

Monday, Oct 5, noon Pacific
https://twitch.tv/dair%5Finstitute

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
SkylerBold@meow.social wrote:

@soatok "I’m saying that you should aspire to do more meetups, movie nights, bowling alley ventures, arcade escapades, and so on with your local furry groups. Maybe rent a pavilion at your community park, or pool money and rent an AirBNB for a weekend. Throw a barbecue. Be cringe and free."

I absolutely adore doing these things with my friend group. I have found, after many times, I am not really a con-goer and instead extremely value these sort of smaller meets. The larger a gathering gets, the less comfortable I tend to feel. But that is social anxiety and not what you are talking about here.

I love doing these a lot, as they allow people to talk and catch up without dealing with the stress of a convention.

I agree with you on all of these points, in honesty. You really hammered this home. A Youtuber I watch was almost chased off the internet for a comment about shoes and this got blown so out of proportion it wasn't funny, and eventually they returned to a pretty big fanfare. It was largely thanks to the support of two individuals that saved them when everyone else turned away, and one of them is one of teh kindest folks on the planet when it comes to helping his friends. And that whole situation had NOTHING to do with Furries!

It takes a surprising amount these days to grow and accept something and not end up being flung under someone else's bus wheels all because of a tiny, small thing. And those often get awfully blown up on social media. And it does sometimes feel like I'm walking on eggshells and burning coals whilst trying to spin plates. One wrong move and you can end up being booted out the door.

It would be nice if folks had a touch more forgiveness. Actually talked a little more when an issue arises. Stop following them for a couple days until it all blows over.

And maybe, when something you see on social media starts spiking up your temperature, put the phone down and come back later.

I've started (albeit poorly) to curb the constant browsing on the socials. They aren't necessarily the full blown problem, but they are platforms people use and turn to when they wish to complain or state something. It's easy to jump to a conclusion then and there then to think a bit more on it. So best put it down and pick up my 3DS instead, that Larvitar isn't going to catch itself.

Apparently I had a lot to say about this, so this was as usual a very good post. Always look forward to these Soatok, you keep inspiring me to get back into my own Blog, and I definitely should...

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

a hawk just flew by, mouse hanging from talons. they are having breakfast in a tree now

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
mjdxp@labyrinth.zone ("M⑨ddie") wrote:

okay, that's pretty good

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

today i am thinking about metavariables and laziness and how much the former should be reflected in the type

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
jk ("josef") wrote:

something it took me a very long time to figure out, like, embarrassingly long, since the way they teach you about it at school avoids this uncomfortable part, is that 'peaceful protest' is fundamentally a threat of violence. people out in the streets holding objects, currently placards, imply later they might be holding something else. it is called a 'demonstration', in the same way that testing a nuclear weapon is a demonstration, it is deterrence through communication of capability and intent

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
koronkebitch@types.pl ("paulette d. koronkevich") wrote:

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
joepie91@slightly.tech ("joepie91 needs to say yes to more things (🔜 eth0)") wrote:

something that irks me about SPAs ("Single Page Applications")... they were originally popularized on the basis of being "more responsive than a normal website"

and for a time, this was actually true! I would know, because I was building them before Facebook was, and in a progressively-enhanced way to boot, something many websites *still* don't do today...

the only problem is... by the time this technique got a name ("SPA") and became popular and widespread, it had *already* stopped being true, because browsers had already improved enough to all but eliminate the UX difference, and IE (the biggest offender here) was already dying.

in other words: the claim that popularized SPAs was never actually true at any point during its streak of popularity. it didn't "used to be true" in any way that matters. the technique was dead before it even got adopted, and has been a walking zombie ever since, coasting by on superstitious beliefs of performance.

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

yup, strongly agree

https://apnews.com/article/democrats-republicans-trump-midterms-prices-healthcare-congress-109768f7544c9e0fcc7e716de0dc2157?utm%5Fsource=app&utm%5Fmedium=iOS%5Fshare&utm%5Fcampaign=copy%5Flink

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
curiousicae@tech.lgbt ("Curio") wrote:

@WeirdWriter
Given that this article is primarily addressed at men being silent unless there’s an “being around women” oppertunity to show off as the Good Guy:

It is still OK to post about those awkward conversations you had! It is still OK to talk about the time you stepped in! Like, don’t mentioned it 30 times per day, but sharing your own struggles and accepting others feedback (and perhaps also some praise :blobfoxwink:) is definitely something these online and friend spaces are for!

It’s not fun to talk about these things with unwanting recipients, but it can at least help to talk about that with people who can sympathise with the struggle.

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
WeirdWriter@caneandable.social ("Robert Kingett") wrote:

If there’s any indication that audiobooks count as reading, take a hard look at the current reading is dying or is a lost art discourse, and yet, audiobook listeners continue to have better reading comprehension than those that simply do not read at all. I came across a YouTube video a few years ago where this non-disabled guy is going through self help book after book struggling to read and all the discourse surrounding him was rooted in, of course, ableism, but actively angry at him for trying to improve himself. I am not a fan of any self help books at all but Maybe the cure to save this reading decline is not to shame others when they want to read anything or listen to something. #Reading #Education

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
anon_opin ("Anon Opin") wrote:

Pro- climate change propaganda needs classifying as an act of genocide and prosecuting as such. Because it is genocidal