2026-09-30T02:30:47Z https://yabu.me Marcus Green https://yabu.me/npub13kgttfxl0hn4kkt0gksw43pq5zjeps5zszzn2qzjkdnzv0e7ne0sc57nzh https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/264/287/105/285/484/original/9f41d39919ac564f.png https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/264/287/105/285/484/original/9f41d39919ac564f.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8d0hs7qzg2370qtt2lc3kgej5mc9e7kwyr06zwca46psrx4kt9ngzyzxepddyma77wk6edaz6p6kyyzs2tyxzs2qg2dgq22ekvf3l86097qjs6fx Cory Doctorow (<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span>)<br/><br/>&#34;Quantity has a quality all its own. These businesses aren&#39;t just wasting billions – they&#39;re replacing skilled workers with defective chatbots. As I&#39;ve written before, AI is the asbestos we&#39;re shovelling into the walls of our technological society. <br/><br/>Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.thenerve.news/p/cory-doctorow-ai-business-incentive-to-lie-useless-chatbots-report-nikhil-suresh">https://www.thenerve.news/p/cory-doctorow-ai-business-incentive-to-lie-useless-chatbots-report-nikhil-suresh</a><br/><br/>#AI #llm #aibubble 2026-08-08T22:06:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyqyzw5qm05r70hh2w9pm4mq3jf5pjftuhxs94v3ykagj0vrc7fjszyzxepddyma77wk6edaz6p6kyyzs2tyxzs2qg2dgq22ekvf3l86097hqvr77 Coursera Lays Off ~150 Staff After Udemy Merger<br/><br/>The fifth round of layoffs at Coursera and Udemy since 2022, and the first since the merger closed. Coursera disclosed a cost but no headcount, so we worked the number out from past rounds.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.classcentral.com/report/coursera-udemy-merger-layoffs/">https://www.classcentral.com/report/coursera-udemy-merger-layoffs/</a><br/><br/>#EdTech #Teaching #Learning 2026-07-31T10:42:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgedqem8a099f6a8ethm9empw559gj7zgchpqla4pfp5p3xhafh8gzyzxepddyma77wk6edaz6p6kyyzs2tyxzs2qg2dgq22ekvf3l86097d223gn I have been listening to the Audio book version of Empire of AI. The title refers to the idea that the AI business is reproducing the extractive exploitation of historical empires. It tracks the history of the big Companies and also the use of labour in poor countries.<br/><br/>#AI #LLM #extractive_industries #OpenAI <br/><br/><a href="https://www.awesomebooks.com/book/9781802064650/empire-of-ai">https://www.awesomebooks.com/book/9781802064650/empire-of-ai</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/883/661/948/336/590/original/c2af9288fdaa4b61.jpg"> <br/> 2026-07-08T09:34:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsydyg7us305hdz645mzj7sa3nlarumskd40na0zvdkrlq8jpz9uuqzyzxepddyma77wk6edaz6p6kyyzs2tyxzs2qg2dgq22ekvf3l860979p366g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdve3zqf0jcrysln4cvm2rvyw2qtaw4dm8qgacy6nxtscuqqyw50qsa3028'>nevent1q…3028</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I first installed Linux from 1.2 Mb Floppy disks (as in Megabytes). I was living in Sydney It must have been around 1995 as there was an invitation to a party I did not go to and it turned out Linus Torvalds went. I had been using the Coherent OS Clone of Unix and Linux looked interesting. First proper distro was Yggdrisil on CD Rom. 2026-02-12T07:32:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ezkz8dacc9jzrcckrfdq9acayr6z0k42kzlht9rs3zaeeh4v6fczyzxepddyma77wk6edaz6p6kyyzs2tyxzs2qg2dgq22ekvf3l86097qnqz5t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0gs7spp30dceh8r3j8t2ucxx86dcx4v9trqhsztyr3v8l9zz7uwsl3auav'>nevent1q…auav</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have been getting the same impression, It triggers some heavy eye rolling. I don&#39;t think the hot takes are going to age well. 2026-02-06T21:43:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdxgg0s53ayuy4n9ylt2tlaxxfgwefs88cteqgke6vg3updq4kccszyzxepddyma77wk6edaz6p6kyyzs2tyxzs2qg2dgq22ekvf3l86097amgq25 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxazljqnewy83yzzq7d40vefrdk7f7qg7sgpeddvz07yn3xfulshs0cs2wy'>nevent1q…s2wy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is it an issue with #Mastodon or is it to do with the instance of mastodon you are using? 2026-01-20T11:08:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqjwn5wpqu4j7305th48fvlf3phmeteg56sr4xntlnsvcuvp84xaqzyzxepddyma77wk6edaz6p6kyyzs2tyxzs2qg2dgq22ekvf3l860979ljzs6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv5mplp9vgvshw5l24wy6znacggxnnjekdt4ldzu88aflwdahygggnnacwj'>nevent1q…acwj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As a fan of #LLM Code generation and a fan of Cory Doctorow I thought perhaps he has got it wrong on this one. After reading it I concluded he has got it RIGHT. I then looked for a good quote to post as a reply, the one I chose was the same as the one above... Ahh well.<br/><br/>By the way, let&#39;s hope he never accepts an honorary Phd and decides to use the honorific Dr Cory Doctorow.... 2026-01-11T11:54:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz08dd4h9mapqtvs6yx788fwqnpd9wz36kv8uv9vr5m7dny0xnaaczyzxepddyma77wk6edaz6p6kyyzs2tyxzs2qg2dgq22ekvf3l86097rlc758 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstd3ksacf360ejaqcyn4xght377sy4afskjfvhlqxk6svl7ypp37qe9jtlk'>nevent1q…jtlk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am in year 2 of using Graphene as my OS and have been working towards using only FLOSS software on it. 2025-12-28T08:41:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstdfcs43cdap53wrxfgv3jjsmc6jlrgl6gn7xg0u6xmwf87yw566gzyzxepddyma77wk6edaz6p6kyyzs2tyxzs2qg2dgq22ekvf3l860978tmgf3 I recently installed <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rk6czmpvny876kqvc4aqseuku3zmnxlphyxs2940g6u59te5m2yq57hv4q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Nextcloud 📱☁️💻</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rk6…hv4q</span>)</a></span> using the all in one installer on web space from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1wy538vq2ezvhg6vge72fdh4nnyk2l78hesm20pf84te3n260yngqud64vc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mythic Beasts</span> (<span class="italic">npub1wy5…64vc</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>I had not managed to do this previously. In retrospect the part I missed was configuring all the right apache modules. I have it set up with Collabora and also full text search and so far the performance seems to be fine.<br/><br/><a href="https://nextcloud.com/blog/how-to-install-the-nextcloud-all-in-one-on-linux/">https://nextcloud.com/blog/how-to-install-the-nextcloud-all-in-one-on-linux/</a> 2025-06-29T21:40:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvsp0f4vk63dycw6056mvvcdgmzcqvcj7acgpehdj48sk5cqqey0qzyzxepddyma77wk6edaz6p6kyyzs2tyxzs2qg2dgq22ekvf3l86097w6fd5k #Moodle HQ is hiring<br/><br/>From a post on Matrix today <br/><br/>Hi everyone. We are hiring in the Moodle Community team for some developers (#Developer #Educator and Moodle Developer) and there are also some other opportunities available now and more coming up in the near future, so please do check out the Moodle Careers webpage if you are interested in working at Moodle HQ. <br/><br/><a href="https://moodle.com/careers/#join-us">https://moodle.com/careers/#join-us</a> 2025-04-09T07:30:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfx34pk8jl4wac3ryqlddmjlr4ywqh9q3tt6a9urzxcgx69k6lm5szyzxepddyma77wk6edaz6p6kyyzs2tyxzs2qg2dgq22ekvf3l86097rg7ha5 #Moodle does not care what you think of it.<br/><br/>According to this article by Thor Asgeirsson (comparing it with Canvas)<br/><br/><a href="https://mrthor.substack.com/p/canvas-vs-moodle-sleek-ride-or-custom?r=1mlqdu&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;triedRedirect=true">https://mrthor.substack.com/p/canvas-vs-moodle-sleek-ride-or-custom?r=1mlqdu&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;triedRedirect=true</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/242/121/044/329/422/original/c84146ed5535004d.png"> <br/> 2025-03-28T21:14:54Z