2026-04-14T18:22:16Z https://yabu.me Chris Adams https://yabu.me/npub13xfdf4n2045ang8xqczt90dmrzayvs6k0vwqae3cyz6s3v39rqrqsmv7jg https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/code4libsocial/accounts/avatars/000/000/035/original/e9875bc28a91574b.jpg https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/code4libsocial/accounts/avatars/000/000/035/original/e9875bc28a91574b.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfuuxty77gxwtrzdrl92s2hk6tgzx4r9m9eh7kg6gun4yjjx0e4pqzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvmkpw9r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqsu2k2x7qspxv77jx5fjs56dv430egjpfazvmjayrvs9zj6rtrdq7rqdcq'>nevent1q…qdcq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh, man, wouldn’t you love to have to explain to a court that your Debian package isn’t really part of the operating system? That’s a very broad net. Like I haven’t used it in years but if they still ship pam-ldap I’d be at risk for a patch I made in the 2000s to get it to stop hanging. 2026-04-16T18:46:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0k5m99umqtxenlzz905ccumm7jpa5kwj7ttrnwycvv83sqxm6lngzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvflmum5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswtjgy7n37k29z3tmc6dgyghkmlaj3p58r6n8ssdeq9hjhr09jp8q68vkaf'>nevent1q…vkaf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>excuse me, I’m withering into dust remembering knowing prefixes it was safe to dial BBSes on. 2026-04-10T00:07:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvf7nzdmlaapt39jynxn5f46weql8yqlnewx827c9fga4dfzghnlczyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvr2aehn It’s like Google is trying to give users the worst impression of their #AI tools:<br/> <img src="https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/code4libsocial/media_attachments/files/116/371/625/696/947/756/original/a355156a3c6c6813.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-04-08T23:14:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs809jj5gnp2gsa6sv3yw268cwg3nv8fl3w9v48w5lfg2jhsh2zr8szyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvxg6grq “A Resume.org survey of 1,000 hiring managers found that 59% say they emphasize AI’s role in layoffs because it “is viewed more favorably by stakeholders than saying layoffs or hiring freezes are driven by financial constraints.” Only 9% said AI had fully replaced any roles. This is not a technology story; it’s a management honesty story that happens to involve technology.”<br/><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-13/the-ai-washing-of-job-cuts-is-corrosive-and-confusing">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-13/the-ai-washing-of-job-cuts-is-corrosive-and-confusing</a> 2026-03-15T02:17:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswq6rqn94gs6823fwsgclcr60shpnsnj78s9u0t5w99hcnuvkqdfqzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqv3zrgsx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst049qpxvwvw8n2wwejfv4h64gtnvz7k464tdsh23hxq9am02pkusd6ur2w'>nevent1q…ur2w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I remember that and M$ so well. That used to feel a bit cringe but they&#39;re making a good argument for it. 2026-03-02T22:10:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9tzmnn8y89hyzxzud3jsqp8sd2nhq7qqsuv0adkpj36ks6zdsy4qzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvsftcsz It’s like being back in the 90s but I’m more tired:<br/><a href="https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/03/02/microsoft-gets-tired-of-microslop-bans-the-word-on-its-discord-then-locks-the-server-after-backlash/">https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/03/02/microsoft-gets-tired-of-microslop-bans-the-word-on-its-discord-then-locks-the-server-after-backlash/</a> 2026-03-02T21:05:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy2ud867v9n5sgwllsdyxyuh5h8aq80qk62n2cvq6hhsruk9ze2xczyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqve9tx5m “The reels of film were old and battered and no one knew what was on them.<br/><br/>They were from before World War I and had been shuttled around from basements to barns to garages and had just been dropped off at the Library. There were about 10 of them and they were rusted. Some were misshapen. The nitrate film stock had crumbled to bits on some; other strips were stuck together.<br/><br/>The librarians peeled them apart and gently looked them over, frame by frame…”<br/><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/02/lost-19th-century-film-by-melies-discovered-at-the-library/">https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/02/lost-19th-century-film-by-melies-discovered-at-the-library/</a> 2026-02-27T03:20:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9rrtw20y66c0mhld2g5czcn4e7p4aycqfvfnss2dl5d40g9843gszyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqv5pls8x Rarely is the need for skilled reviewers so prominent:<br/><br/>“Amazon Web Services experienced a 13-hour interruption to one system used by its customers in mid-December after engineers allowed its Kiro #AI coding tool to make certain changes, according to four people familiar with the matter. … Multiple Amazon employees told the FT that this was the second occasion in recent months in which one of the group’s AI tools had been at the centre of a service disruption.”<br/><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/00c282de-ed14-4acd-a948-bc8d6bdb339d">https://www.ft.com/content/00c282de-ed14-4acd-a948-bc8d6bdb339d</a> 2026-02-20T13:50:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz7j8cmuktkjl9ccf64kal2q9k08tm9tgm80pwxsmptssld9vqlhczyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqv2vwehv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9qw7ez604zcnwsu6352nqhzt9s5xra7p9jgyz8zrra0qzdt4nrgg48pr5h'>nevent1q…pr5h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Google+ was good at the very start but I think I got trained to ignore it after they tried growth-hacking with the non-stop notifications that someone I interacted with once selling something on Craigslist had joined. You could just tell their management had frozen out anyone who actually wanted to use it personally, which had to have been such a letdown to everyone who worked on it. 2025-12-18T18:34:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxmq03hxezp2l420dvyv4cp933mfzl737mm7qwnd48xdzeegq9mrgzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvmnef6m Please let this be a joke:<br/><a href="https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/aws-crash-causes-2000-smart-beds-to-overheat-and-get-stuck-upright-3272251/">https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/aws-crash-causes-2000-smart-beds-to-overheat-and-get-stuck-upright-3272251/</a> 2025-10-21T20:29:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0vjuwdjt4fgc565ch5a6vaug7y8ennerd9wn2gulmnqdqlf645eszyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvwp92pr Looks like Indiana University gave students more of a media lesson than anticipated:<br/><br/><a href="https://apnews.com/article/indiana-daily-student-ids-censorship-homecoming-6d8f4948c93fb0faaa57ff25b8efb8f9">https://apnews.com/article/indiana-daily-student-ids-censorship-homecoming-6d8f4948c93fb0faaa57ff25b8efb8f9</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.purdueexponent.org/city_state/features/indiana-daily-student-censorship-newspapers-editorial/article_4cfd4bc6-f5a8-45f5-8091-dd9fc9f9da97.html">https://www.purdueexponent.org/city_state/features/indiana-daily-student-censorship-newspapers-editorial/article_4cfd4bc6-f5a8-45f5-8091-dd9fc9f9da97.html</a> 2025-10-20T00:36:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyg5cen3g9r2e2qvld6f63kk04drynfrchwlhecngqefyfpdjv04qzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvllzjy2 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ep8n2uxqvdxgqcud4ldtg7pdp8jrdws23sxk7psywef4tytmm5hqxz29a5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>CoffeeGeek</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ep8…29a5</span>)</a></span> it looks like that Zwilling Enfinigy you mentioned back in December is $100 for Costco members:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.costco.com/.product.4000351890.html">https://www.costco.com/.product.4000351890.html</a> 2025-08-08T20:51:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvc6j29jl672lwsynktnjqs306y5fhw8ucawsuy9wq37za374vt0gzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvjrkt3y #Java folks: what do people prefer for writing modest size web apps or micro services? Something faster &amp; less maintenance intensive than SpringBoot? 2025-08-04T20:43:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsple27uz8xj4tccu03r50n72fnff76wyy44w9s6eerepas7eyzuwszyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvv20mev #Django turned 20 over the weekend:<br/><br/><a href="https://birthday20.djangoproject.com">https://birthday20.djangoproject.com</a> 2025-07-14T19:20:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgf76h7kx8zfdv0vfq6ac4s8vddnt947ca7ns42vc3v9xxmsltddczyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvv8lzeh “The Mellon Foundation today announced the appointment of Dr. Carla Hayden as a senior fellow. As part of the Foundation’s fellowship, Dr. Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress, will pursue scholarship, writing, and research projects while also serving as a strategic partner and counsel, working in collaboration with Foundation leadership and staff, advising on opportunities to support and advance libraries, archives, and other organizations”<br/><a href="https://www.mellon.org/news/mellon-announces-appointment-of-dr-carla-hayden-as-senior-fellow">https://www.mellon.org/news/mellon-announces-appointment-of-dr-carla-hayden-as-senior-fellow</a> 2025-07-07T16:51:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdvyzv87g0xmguryy44eprhfpzcl0tx0qyxkgqxaxsknsy9879gkszyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvjye8w0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsywnx0nxgfvekzsaptr8qjafem95jfhc6a5m0qa2zqeepvf5fn8dsagefxk'>nevent1q…efxk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Shrewd targeting for institutional purchases? 2025-05-24T00:02:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvnvcskz59qd2a5n5eezw775cp4uyeqgr8pmjd3xglt3l0wsn3puszyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvckp40u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw8m207q9lamcs6veshlfcrktgh68j3v5sksu5rzcpjzdgl33twuq2pd5k2'>nevent1q…d5k2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I keep thinking I need a bot to follow your book thread and automatically place holds with my library. 2025-05-23T22:15:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0gynf4ekjwdxtklj279l0nmf9ze6vs07fhvegw502mqxlmgcc2zszyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvzd727x I’d say <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gv26rplqyjqcfyhxryuqjwaxs0dwve3y6gpv6smn3hjm3wse3s8squtlwl" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Simon Willison</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gv2…tlwl</span>)</a></span> is easily having the most fun of anyone at the #pyconus poster session<br/> <img src="https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/code4libsocial/media_attachments/files/114/529/392/714/839/639/original/c95944173987a01b.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-18T14:50:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdmsf6znzjlfpgnqa4tr2x336t5yw6p22k7hs5udrylku498v544qzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqv20f9e3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvjfcnt2yp66zecyy467cllpz5h7pvjvm8yya4w74hl7tdj8ws2jqsaqtxj'>nevent1q…qtxj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was thinking about a related problem earlier: a few projects I used to maintain have had contributions from what appears to be a very prolific contributor in Europe. I&#39;m inclined to give them more access but not having a social graph in common has me thinking of Jia Tan, and wondering how I&#39;d know whether they&#39;re a real person or 3 Chinese military LLMs in a trenchcoat. I don&#39;t think that&#39;s likely but the combination of attacks &amp; reduced international ties seems worrisome for FOSS. 2025-05-18T13:03:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxz5d45eyals3uchcv5wwxvktd829q39sd60ht0npj8a0y6cehy8gzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqv83dcur In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrjrp0tufemtrckhtx0pe3p8p76lnzcj4re86ed9ku90rzgx4za6glyx8up'>nevent1q…x8up</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that makes three of us. I’d think they meet the requirements in Humphrey’s Executor for a quasi-judicial/legislative role but that’s currently being challenged so… 2025-05-09T02:41:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0u62sl990t69952ccaw3npyyl9lwhvm8tm3pca78q7nqgph8gvggzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqv884zzv House Democrats have disclosed that Trump has told the #LibrarianOfCongress that she’s fired, but there’s no stated reason or clear authority to do so:<br/><br/><a href="http://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/delauro-firing-librarian-congress-dr-carla-hayden">http://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/delauro-firing-librarian-congress-dr-carla-hayden</a> 2025-05-09T01:45:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswlnfvepzlh3ad0hdpkn780vcwj6svn9x9xmq3uc8uce4qaehzh7qzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvjpxt28 “In 2025, buying a Vizio TV won’t just mean buying a TV from a company that’s essentially an ad business. It will mean fueling Walmart’s ad business. With Walmart also owning Onn and Amazon owning Fire TVs, that means there’s one less TV brand that isn’t a cog in a retail giant’s ever-expanding ad machine.”<br/><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/buying-a-tv-in-2025-expect-lower-prices-more-ads-and-an-os-war/">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/buying-a-tv-in-2025-expect-lower-prices-more-ads-and-an-os-war/</a> 2024-12-16T14:17:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswm7jwm6e2srwc4dljahz7dsg3ymehkczpt30xlv4jhz0x0pss4qgzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvfpd7en In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstu99p7s56ash3d7re8ky577046hcyn0afn9ehke85wqup3u3rf2czxmmy8'>nevent1q…mmy8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the big one for me is liability. These companies want to empower AI systems to make decisions snd sound authoritative without accepting responsibility for errors, but those should be mutually exclusive options. <br/><br/>(Thinking of the difference between Tesla’s YOLO FSD and Mercedes’ limited but far more capable system where they accept liability.) 2024-12-12T19:04:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv77avn7glmkyq9lq78qf0h6uaprcazrmk7lay4znkevfsu0j73eqzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvlt9sk0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx83p3c55mt2trxdqfy54a740jjtv7a7sa69rnusx9v8ps032cxqcwltzrt'>nevent1q…tzrt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I swear this has to be connected to something broken in Matt’s personal life, like Musk being willing to blow $30B on Twitter to stick it to his daughter’s support community. 2024-11-08T03:07:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0knasp8d47xh6cxh25y20p6uy5fjqwn4rh5zt4gzvls4wc06stxqzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvwg9uet “when I used my phone again to display my barcode, the person at this desk said ‘you can’t sign your name but you’re tech-savvy?’ I replied that I was a computer science professor who just happened to have an injured arm. I’m sure that people with more permanent disabilities get this sort of nonsense all the time.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2024-10/2024-10-31.html">https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2024-10/2024-10-31.html</a> 2024-11-01T14:05:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx488x9kcd39xtu2v6aat03zugjh0rzmk5m9qqf57z4c32xprppaszyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvagmjlt “The state’s top education official relied on generative artificial intelligence to draft a proposed policy on cellphone use in Alaska schools, which resulted in a state document citing supposed academic studies that don’t exist.<br/><br/>The document did not disclose that AI had been used in its conception. At least some of that AI-generated false information ended up in front of state Board of Education and Early Development members.”<br/><a href="https://alaskabeacon.com/2024/10/28/alaska-education-department-published-false-ai-generated-academic-citations-in-cell-policy-document/">https://alaskabeacon.com/2024/10/28/alaska-education-department-published-false-ai-generated-academic-citations-in-cell-policy-document/</a> 2024-10-28T16:42:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstf0tymz7yhd5j3z0rlyp446g2rysr8r9lpspvmz5exxptt8dae7qzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvndyjd4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9wtcp706a0n63quc2mjqq298fh0q9njzryun9raq3xe6e0fczv8q3ze0th'>nevent1q…e0th</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah, I saw that but really wanted to emphasize thr point because the primary user group I support now are blind people and sooooo many developers have been surprised that a tool which has aXe in its CI wasn’t really accessible at all. 2024-10-22T16:34:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8jqyd67s9u4pprere7hxx7xzvg2w8ahsajycr9kpghwk9h5nzztgzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvmdtqe9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ak0psdh77w7hx40w4c9rl6ruzvsgmlujzy3u396s2qy88rfcaes79vd62'>nevent1q…vd62</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I just want to emphasize that last point. axe is a good tool but it solves accessibility in the same way that flake8 passing means your code is bug free. 2024-10-22T16:07:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvkwskxn9675nz6e73gzk5pnu9wypeq8quaw8a6zmavwnkwt9p4sqzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqv3skhwu The U.S. Library of Congress is hiring an enterprise architect, a rare non-supervisory GS-15 position:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/job/814149800">https://www.usajobs.gov/job/814149800</a><br/><br/>#getfedihired cc: <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rl447m2vtvgg7gxjwc5typt2c6wqxk450hl2e9jnut0ukkreycwslkl72p" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Public Interest Jobs</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rl4…l72p</span>)</a></span> 2024-10-16T17:37:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq0y3w7umdp0zxgfmr7k70qsng2kjjx5um09lx78psdxz808j4scgzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvp5h9ju The U.S. Library of Congress has an open fully-remote position for a DevOps engineer:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/job/813930400">https://www.usajobs.gov/job/813930400</a><br/><br/>#GetFediHired cc: <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rl447m2vtvgg7gxjwc5typt2c6wqxk450hl2e9jnut0ukkreycwslkl72p" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Public Interest Jobs</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rl4…l72p</span>)</a></span> 2024-10-15T13:06:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq9gp99grg3xejvfy3aw7yp6rh0lfhz5w8pjqkmyc64mjz38et2agzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvh6c0mf Remember when Eric Schmidt said that we should let AI solve climate change because we aren’t?<br/><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/08/google-meta-omaha-data-centers/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/08/google-meta-omaha-data-centers/</a> 2024-10-14T12:17:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszx6rvjek2h4xqyr8ltatft4sullqgp84pejtwewh0dcw5ks32n5gzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvnupzge Beyond the obvious “don’t use Uber” lesson, this feels like an argument for antitrust breakups – ordering a burrito shouldn’t require a ToS which also applies to a taxi service. <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/ubers-mandatory-arbitration-upheld-in-case-over-severe-crash-injuries/">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/ubers-mandatory-arbitration-upheld-in-case-over-severe-crash-injuries/</a> 2024-10-03T01:10:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2t3ss7zkfx7d24p28m5wlxpr8rhml6qplh05pty6jl9nuzj2739gzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvps4xjz The U.S. Library of Congress is hiring a GS-14 #accessibility specialist eligible for remote work:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/job/809242000">https://www.usajobs.gov/job/809242000</a><br/><br/>#a11y #section508 #wcag #getfedihired cc: <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rl447m2vtvgg7gxjwc5typt2c6wqxk450hl2e9jnut0ukkreycwslkl72p" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Public Interest Jobs</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rl4…l72p</span>)</a></span> 2024-09-16T14:31:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst0lgq70uacrh5yf9jctjegrl6xh0cd6090ncg029mvvwg86hth3qzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqv0hshjr “there are concerns that these displaced communities may never be able to return to their lands. While weather extremes regularly displace whole communities in other parts of the world, this could be the first permanent mass displacement due to climate change.”<br/><a href="https://theconversation.com/south-sudan-floods-the-first-example-of-a-mass-population-permanently-displaced-by-climate-change-238461">https://theconversation.com/south-sudan-floods-the-first-example-of-a-mass-population-permanently-displaced-by-climate-change-238461</a> 2024-09-16T03:36:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvz5ylkz26y2lueenhtkazkcpvek3jq5xqf2vfdcytcprjsnku0xszyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqv57d5pv “Local farmers, authorities came to believe, were systematically destroying vital weather data in order to falsely claim millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded crop insurance, for a drought they made up.”<br/><a href="https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/08/patrich-esch-ed-dean-jagers-ranchers-fraud-insurance/">https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/08/patrich-esch-ed-dean-jagers-ranchers-fraud-insurance/</a> 2024-09-13T01:01:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg5tl5mh6mp6qlyrk3dtn4ykq70mvlwt9n89qlh7t2sqjegf6cl7czyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvccyl52 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs08cqt9rhyxgcnlm8544rhzewjqlcq7rnjck4kuy65gvqnttuxzhscu69s7'>nevent1q…69s7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the cost difference is really staggering. If these work well, I’d imagine the under-insured will jump on that since you could buy a couple of pairs not to need to recharge during the day and still come out ahead. 2024-09-10T11:35:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9yw5xy9q0l4aw9jdenfmu0vdyayxjxm058dvd3f7p67nuvp8eamqzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqv4mpmy3 I am curious whether this will be a surprising #accessibility win because there are people who won&#39;t wear hearing aids but will buy popular earbuds which don&#39;t have a stigma (“they make me look old!” – certain people I knew who used to go to Who concerts without earplugs). If true, that would be a depressing little mirror on our culture.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/9/24236881/apple-airpods-pro-second-gen-hearing-aid-protection-features-update">https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/9/24236881/apple-airpods-pro-second-gen-hearing-aid-protection-features-update</a> 2024-09-09T20:11:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyaqseu0hhxusf7tx97gfj0zahfq2q94pl7nj9hjemmm8cdwh78pqzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvnrvats I am still chuckling about this:<br/><a href="https://front-end.social/@heydon/113067488731467484">https://front-end.social/@heydon/113067488731467484</a> 2024-09-09T13:29:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspgrhtxft0gkr98ckxjqywzf54zxqcmaawdmqgrt8fkhkep67qkyczyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqv3segq5 This is a clever abuse of the way so many people have had their contact info breached:<br/><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/113074407533859452">https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/113074407533859452</a> 2024-09-03T16:15:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgyr2vpm8x8ru07864d6f36pps0tgud7n2m7hx8lwazpakfrt6v2gzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvgwkqgn You Snoos, you lose: <a href="https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/08/1700-smart-bassinet-adds-20-month-sub-but-only-if-you-buy-it-used/">https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/08/1700-smart-bassinet-adds-20-month-sub-but-only-if-you-buy-it-used/</a> 2024-08-23T01:48:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr9sdq4medy79q9uchflgec0m5ydvdyhja6rmrqtu95y4djrga2vqzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvsayfcr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq9dcnjuhglnuafnmy050wdq729w2qhmrfdj5r8nchc620um9c4dg0eu3gl'>nevent1q…u3gl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To your larger point, yes, I think there is definitely a reactionary tone well worth calling out here. I don&#39;t think that&#39;s 100% of it but it&#39;s a lot more than 0%, and it definitely distracts from the question of what approaches make sense in the current era where these tools are going to be used no matter how much harrumphing happens in The Atlantic. 2024-08-19T22:51:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdnuhm93dg0x3wskp3rje20vqfec7r8tua7swg6u90zkge5q4f2qgzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvv9me6q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq9dcnjuhglnuafnmy050wdq729w2qhmrfdj5r8nchc620um9c4dg0eu3gl'>nevent1q…u3gl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have … more than zero times found erroneous key presses made by the clumsy ape using mine ;-) 2024-08-19T22:49:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx75p64nmtjyjx39x5hv8lg4kx3k6utjzqlpskppzqjagp7rv027czyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqv3pvph8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfy5x9868lza7l0cg3lec5f4flk99gujw4fy7jg7554vwqwfefeqcm6269p'>nevent1q…269p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree that the model is broken for that specific area but if you broaden it a bit to cover the idea of reading one or more things and distilling common themes from them or questioning the perspective of the author(s) I think you&#39;re back to needing not to call something full-on cheating but finding a way to teach the concept of not blindly trusting the tools, similar to how even people who used calculators learned to check significant figures, etc. to look for mistakes. 2024-08-19T22:37:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdradg3pcdauudg4e908gx6f28sfjtnpnv24xstc5arq9qzzyedkszyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvf6fy0c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspsuzzpy4e74k8g9vuuuuq63fj38tm7v79y962zeh8g0vxxyv0pngs25wrp'>nevent1q…5wrp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think the overlap is when you&#39;re trying to get the tool to do something so you don&#39;t have to learn it, like asking your buddy to write a paper for you, and that is setting you up for bombing the next unit when involves some foundational understanding you&#39;d need to even tell if the answer is correct.<br/><br/>That last part is a good discussion angle because it&#39;s not giving up a tool, especially one which can be really amazing for e.g. ELL students, but learning how to use it safely. 2024-08-19T21:57:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz4e4mv5zv65m4hsalfaq8gsytgv28vlfaaq59lhlmp49rmc8umsszyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqv2v67ny In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqy27kyqz7n75rzgyzfyzt6v32apxckgcky0s54z9r504qe9279qpxha23'>nevent1q…ha23</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>my wife was already doing that for AP Bio but tried to have the talk in the form of “don’t let the tool write something you don’t understand or you’re setting yourself up for a harder time later” to keep it on the goal. 2024-08-19T20:36:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqqy27kyqz7n75rzgyzfyzt6v32apxckgcky0s54z9r504qe9279qzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvw0xmd8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9jdmc7cc83550qw623ajyldk07xswxne4q5xcpadpqkgp5qp4l6qe9attt'>nevent1q…attt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I share that conflict. I feel like at least part of the answer should be replacing mechanistic tests with things which are more focused on understanding and reasoning, but that can be a lot more work for instructors who have never been more overloaded and underpaid, so it’s easy for me to say not being the one who has to do it.<br/><br/>If I was teaching language, I could make all of the exams oral but then that’s hours of content to grade and potentially impacts certain students’ accommodations. 2024-08-19T20:33:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8putynyn0va6zjddhnhutzjpv32pa7f2kesk6qhpkcjzp78e53hqzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqv9kejj6 Even if you think terms of service agreements are absurdly broad, you’d never expect this shameless claim:<br/><a href="https://wdwnt.com/2024/08/disney-dismissal-wrongful-death-lawsuit/">https://wdwnt.com/2024/08/disney-dismissal-wrongful-death-lawsuit/</a> 2024-08-14T11:41:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgggun8xw2hkmayn3g83v2r3da8cudpav6ptm5qncc6rcct4f3c3czyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvu3k80q Really not impressed by someone reacting to supply chain security goals by pressuring open source developers to do unpaid labor:<br/><br/>“This is my second attempt to obtain the requested information; if we cannot verify this, NASA will be unable to perform the Federally mandated assessment of the product/service supply chain.” 2024-08-06T21:39:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz7yr8p9h4ge2st3k58hjst0wwnavp7djde3trzdynyzcdzft5adqzyzye94xkdf7knkdqucrqfv4ahvvt53jr2ea3crhx8qst2z9jy5vqvfrs3lq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv808ekw3ley30nvd2fsymsx83fwhv3zwqkkg6jed63l5mkgjujcghucu2s'>nevent1q…cu2s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>such a disappointment. I wanted an example of a small, sustainable business but… 2024-08-02T17:53:15Z