2026-04-19T17:37:14Z https://yabu.me Nick Lockwood https://yabu.me/npub13yxhmzswn8z3w3vxcffm7luq3c8hjkpnj9jt3jqkfnvjcgkeqg5qgynsdk https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/036/015/original/f49371494cd73302.jpeg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/036/015/original/f49371494cd73302.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyx724f0jdxe2m0jc7tvnkrqc6468qpfay2upm2ndc7ckqw0k78dczyzys6lv2p6vu2969smp980mlsz8q772cxwgkfwxgzexdjtpzmypzsjfr690 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszct58n95gmxuk8txmke0j6v7gzzyttzkf9h4mtg6e62pqhe6q0rqxcdk7l'>nevent1q…dk7l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>pretty sure for some of them it was Mein Kampf 2026-02-22T10:05:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyjzxa6w3rz9fp5pavkj9p8etc3ajrungaj9uhepvpcc5r7yk2pfczyzys6lv2p6vu2969smp980mlsz8q772cxwgkfwxgzexdjtpzmypzskd0a5e People pontificating about whether codebases containing LLM-generated code are subject to IP protection all seem to be forgetting the key point that the law always sides with capital<br/><br/>When big media decided that pirating an mp3 file should be a criminal (not civil) offence, the law sided with them<br/><br/>When big tech decided that pirating every piece of media on the internet for AI training was fair use, the law sided with them 2026-02-13T08:34:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg9v39vp4wah45x8plhf55rzpstmhd33js0zadxsn82q940e24q8qzyzys6lv2p6vu2969smp980mlsz8q772cxwgkfwxgzexdjtpzmypzsh6t5y4 I am begging my fellow brits to understand that every initiative to &#34;tackle the immigration problem&#34; or &#34;crack down on benefits fraud&#34; is designed to do exactly two things:<br/><br/>1) make your life worse, for the benefit of those already better off than you<br/><br/>2) ensure that you place the blame on people who are powerless, instead of questioning why the people with the power to improve things keep making them worse (while you inexplicably cheer them on and demand that they do it even more) 2025-11-14T10:14:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszgpz35xvrfadwnjlktd436uj0ml38qhvm38jymlp2jfvls4aegsgzyzys6lv2p6vu2969smp980mlsz8q772cxwgkfwxgzexdjtpzmypzszhgmzk So quote boosts have arrived on Mastodon (after already existing in client implementations for several years) and so far 100% of the posts I&#39;ve checked have had them disabled<br/><br/>I guess the anti-QB messaging of the community that lead to the feature being delayed so long in the first place means that now it&#39;s here everyone just disables it by default for all their posts and then forgets it exists<br/><br/>So what was the point of this exercise? 2025-09-28T08:55:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsda03ja0la8fc6a4qcaku8y3h5gzcgjxvdqmmurmykuc8gu8ykt6qzyzys6lv2p6vu2969smp980mlsz8q772cxwgkfwxgzexdjtpzmypzsjpuqy7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswapm28ksdrcngwhad2927m3j4p76hsk7dafetzqjafgqaekd82kskuc08j'>nevent1q…c08j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The media constantly tells us that better things are not possible, and this messaging is so effective that people eventually reject even their own memories of a time when they were<br/><br/>Moderates leap to the defence of extremists, designers leap to the defence of bad design, developers leap to the defence of bad software<br/><br/>Perhaps it&#39;s a kind of imposter syndrome - the fear that once the worst in their field are routed out it will remove the buffer that protects their own failings from being noticed? 2025-09-14T09:06:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswapm28ksdrcngwhad2927m3j4p76hsk7dafetzqjafgqaekd82kszyzys6lv2p6vu2969smp980mlsz8q772cxwgkfwxgzexdjtpzmypzsdsjy04 Have you noticed that the ratchet on the quality bar only ever goes down? Whether it&#39;s software, politics, customer service, ethics, etc<br/><br/>Once we accept something worse, even once, that becomes the new baseline. It&#39;s like the Overton window, but for everything, not just politics<br/><br/>Individual people, products or movements may aspire to be better than the baseline, but the public mostly dismisses such claims as naive or virtue signalling 2025-09-14T08:59:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspcsak38emsxruz0vgs4w4lp0vujy5afmj3zrak38pfc3unyw8ycczyzys6lv2p6vu2969smp980mlsz8q772cxwgkfwxgzexdjtpzmypzsq2xf7q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsresx5p07y38m2jlja6vln7lsx08hfnmpf7n5pas8hewx82c8tl2gfhyes0'>nevent1q…yes0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is this based on insider knowledge, or just observed behavior from the outside? (either way it seems very plausible) 2025-07-23T08:16:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8ah53gqukem85mmfcrcepdpve5ae5njpnckg6ulg6m8wk50ayzqszyzys6lv2p6vu2969smp980mlsz8q772cxwgkfwxgzexdjtpzmypzsm4uy2n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyca8z4pqtapazjk7etraeekpty6up8wunnnfq8d4ct5dqw7r7zkq8m3avh'>nevent1q…3avh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s literally no mention of AI on that page apart from in the title. Are they hoping that overspill from the AI hype cycle might translate into investors accidentally throwing money at their totally unrelated QC division if they put &#34;AI&#34; in the name? 2025-06-15T17:52:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr5q90phy7yft2yd2r984sngctm7w0y88t8rgjm66y7006lmc0f3qzyzys6lv2p6vu2969smp980mlsz8q772cxwgkfwxgzexdjtpzmypzs0ked60 Eww 🤮 <a href="https://openai.com/sam-and-jony/">https://openai.com/sam-and-jony/</a> 2025-05-21T20:33:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9e90mx9qe3a7tnnzk09k4kmdthkza836fcph5hywq8wjuyuerqkczyzys6lv2p6vu2969smp980mlsz8q772cxwgkfwxgzexdjtpzmypzswysnqt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswqc2hm0xv2xk8u9x26pvtpygd8s2a350zcku3qslg33c0x6v6uzg6aw3zm'>nevent1q…w3zm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In b4 &#34;why not just get a Mac?&#34; 🙃 2025-03-05T09:37:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdmwkpguumvffp0muxxxuwqp2arzgraznd2xe37au6cpqvsndc9fqzyzys6lv2p6vu2969smp980mlsz8q772cxwgkfwxgzexdjtpzmypzsu5c3v6 Apple Lawyers: &#34;are we sure it&#39;s OK to train our LLM on this code? The license says &#39;attribution required&#39;…&#34;<br/><br/>Apple Engineers: &#34;no problem:&#34;<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/040/989/703/128/908/original/e6c3317beb018531.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-21T08:43:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvheuy3aealaz8f7v2rh6qzvqnplfzm8drvr4kpvvk7gyl5kk5w2czyzys6lv2p6vu2969smp980mlsz8q772cxwgkfwxgzexdjtpzmypzstk45dm Is there a client app that attempts to create a nice curated/algorithmic timeline from mastodon/bluesky/etc?<br/><br/>I think I&#39;m ready to admit that unfiltered linear just isn&#39;t working for me - I miss too many interesting posts 2024-12-05T08:36:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvmpcgkx543gmezgktgvrl649x9rulypjtdjstqm0sazv3ly9pmsczyzys6lv2p6vu2969smp980mlsz8q772cxwgkfwxgzexdjtpzmypzsqxmlp8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9cjmlynl4hf9ap77fkqtghzdhmzex5r4dynsn36st5lz405n2j4cnde0vt'>nevent1q…e0vt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wish `some` and `any` worked for generic types, not just PATs 2024-11-20T21:34:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2d7qesqr0ynnuaez5x9uspkktcucyq53g2je0nwtyp76lnjduc0gzyzys6lv2p6vu2969smp980mlsz8q772cxwgkfwxgzexdjtpzmypzsh06j0h Apple is adding java interop to Swift 🤯#ServerSideSwift2024<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/203/231/375/648/777/original/ba8b850cd24539b1.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-26T09:50:35Z