2026-04-28T23:26:47Z https://yabu.me Dan Sugalski https://yabu.me/npub1820k96h86306z49k2f92eal40myuu28az5j6tmyy73wwpk5kukws4lzysf https://comptroller.weatherishappening.network/accounts/avatars/000/002/843/original/d79b747532e39d8f.png https://comptroller.weatherishappening.network/accounts/avatars/000/002/843/original/d79b747532e39d8f.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0zlxffqhg7vjjqp4j3s43lmd0rgx05n4t9c2ug9l5t463fajug0czyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6z44zfj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxm60q0alhedc2jvnq7trn227ntk8hw4j7ccagxr20tfljuu75shc675825'>nevent1q…5825</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“you may beat the rap but you can’t beat the ride” is a saying for a reason. Even if he beats this, and he almost undoubtedly will, it’s going to hurt and that kind of unavoidable pain is the whole point of these nonsense indictments. 2026-04-28T20:27:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrvcuuf2xf4sa6keqvmad3hu02hfmuq4mj5w5s4tcwgzjtxvmufwqzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje655xv0k The big AI push in-house is going about as well as I expected (I got a gentle warning about not AI-ing and nearly spilled the beans on retirement) and is about as reliable as I expected.<br/><br/>All the stuff everyone&#39;s going on about mostly point towards &#34;we have historically really sucked at writing tools&#34;, which is no surprise because we&#39;re Google -- we are *horrible* at writing tools. Apps? Sure, we do those. Services, even. But tools that you can script? Absolutely not. 2026-04-03T14:02:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9zwx57rvh7qeqawlfrplux9z5gmm63u5pnktkftd9wth3u49zy2qzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6hajkz9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdhv5z6f6v85gc425v708zx0cgu6wwugcrhes3yc3ypmz3sku6q2qtyupk6'>nevent1q…upk6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The standard with cubic dice, FWIW, is that opposite sides always add up to 7. So 1 and 6, 2 and 5, and 3 and 4 are opposed. 2026-03-30T15:16:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9d7khyy4uu7uxukxawl6jpql5mwfna8x2vemcvx8m7smgfmtydcqzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6zj6hyt Your semi-occasional reminder that AI-generated output (text, image, and code) is, IN THE US AT LEAST, not copyrightable.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB10922#:~:text=Granting%20that%20human%20authors%20may,applying%20to%20register%20their%20copyright">https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB10922#:~:text=Granting%20that%20human%20authors%20may,applying%20to%20register%20their%20copyright</a>.<br/><br/>So if you vibe-code/vibe-write/vibe-draw something, that something is at best not copyrightable by you. (You can hold copyright to the *prompt*, but not the output) That also means you can&#39;t put it under any kind of license, because that requires ownership. 2026-03-04T19:46:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9et5ghrj4nw4adag3matzjrask0znualaa4aau8lfpafar5dawtqzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6f8lg5v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0j9rxy6c8nagagmzjpmp36xkw2rcwlmsk6t7wnagspw3l4lg5rdcjsje05'>nevent1q…je05</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am also really curious how many people have aggressively violated various privacy laws by feeding stuff into various LLMs for &#34;summary&#34; and &#34;analysis&#34;.<br/><br/>Frankly it should be a much larger compliance nightmare than it is. (Or, I suppose, it *is* a ginormous compliance nightmare and just right now everyone&#39;s thinking it isn&#39;t. Incorrectly) 2026-02-25T20:22:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsru38mc5afm73c0xv93cca3kfndnn39dgnphzf8cps5lpzj6vvplczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6yr76qy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8s9k09a5c40q3557g74fcd3436wj7vquj3d6s6ta3085xmxk96ucksjavz'>nevent1q…javz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Also I will remind you that the companies manufacturing tetraethyl lead *knew* it was horribly neurotoxic for a variety of reasons, including the fact that their own employees were getting disabled or killed, and they just kept on producing it *without changing any manufacturing processes* until forced.<br/><br/>Just in case you were wondering if maybe companies have learned to be even minimally careful about... anything, really. 2026-02-12T21:15:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8s9k09a5c40q3557g74fcd3436wj7vquj3d6s6ta3085xmxk96uczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6ew3cvz Well, OK, this bio leaves out one or two tiny, probably insignificant points. Like, for example, how this guy is arguably responsible for more deaths than any other human being in history. And also destroyed a good chunk of the ozone layer and caused a non-trivial portion of global warming.<br/><br/>Minor oversights, I&#39;m sure. Anyone could miss those.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.invent.org/inductees/thomas-midgley-jr">https://www.invent.org/inductees/thomas-midgley-jr</a> 2026-02-12T21:08:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswluzvkhu0dynryh6x04fck9sdaxwcn096667cm44w4un48xv4fcczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6qf9vlk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0gw8p5hlx4uhvtr907gylq3v0dhhuak9kny6czwkkjesut43x06she3402'>nevent1q…3402</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We could really use a loop line though, running along 128. That&#39;d be heavy rail but whatever, that&#39;s fine. The RER works well for Paris, an equivalent should work fine for us here in Boston. Especially if it connects with Riverside (the end of the Green line) and Quincy (almost the end of the Braintree branch of the red line) 2026-01-30T15:11:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0gw8p5hlx4uhvtr907gylq3v0dhhuak9kny6czwkkjesut43x06szyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6q4uq29 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs97saq7epf0t232e47ypnq9fg3xn8kg4etvp0a6p7v7fmt90d4d2glst5ca'>nevent1q…t5ca</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Boston could absolutely use this. I used to want the Green A to come back but I&#39;m pretty sure the combined green line tunnels couldn&#39;t handle the extra traffic, so alas I am back on the &#34;leave the A closed&#34; train. Instead we should run *more* trains up and down the Pike -- it&#39;s commuter rail now, but mostly runs the way the A did and is frankly really underused and could support Red Line style service reasonably enough. 2026-01-30T15:09:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs97saq7epf0t232e47ypnq9fg3xn8kg4etvp0a6p7v7fmt90d4d2gzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje64g8gak This is an excellent finding, and a strong argument for combined increased public transit and congestion pricing for cities that have messy traffic. (the tldr is that the Manhattan congestion charge has reduced travel times for people who never go into Manhattan at all, since they shifted a bunch of people off the roads and onto the trains and subway)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-30/how-manhattan-s-congestion-toll-speeds-up-trips-in-the-suburbs">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-30/how-manhattan-s-congestion-toll-speeds-up-trips-in-the-suburbs</a> 2026-01-30T15:06:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2f5wa5kka4sp8epdt32ylmff783mxp73kl4pdv4g6fjvvju94nrqzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6ngq28w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp94nfq8kyydrqf8jv5860yxfalx6awdaumg9cx0038ckz2vmstwq5vr207'>nevent1q…r207</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Datacenter questions:<br/><br/>1) How much water per day will the datacenter use from the municipal supply<br/>2) How much electricity will it use, and how much is that relative to current usage<br/>3) How loud will the datacenter be 250 meters from the perimeter of the property<br/>4) Will there be any local power generation, and if so how much exhaust will it vent and in which direction will the exhaust go<br/>5) How solvent is the company managing the datacenter 2026-01-28T19:14:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv9q4xcf8jpkptsqzhmus3307s3seguvuae0zydffrj9p8qek852gzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje608a3un In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxug9d6w7n0lycz92z0znk0q8a0xknx609kf8w94dvk2epkuwxe5qr0kny7'>nevent1q…kny7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hah! Is it Kessler Syndrome for a star if it&#39;s crashing its own planets into bits? 2026-01-13T20:15:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9n8d4440exmj3v92uqnssrc9fruce56ttrchce37ktwsmtf4sfjgzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje63sy3zm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrtdleeq3sye9nwz7vv0z9f7tkul8j8tllf6qsvwgj4zw9evsm5sg8l38sk'>nevent1q…38sk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t even mind putting in the effort that frankly ought to be part of the standard maintenance cycle -- I want coffee that tastes good. I&#39;m just not gonna spend money on this, Google has *more* than enough cash to handle this.<br/><br/>(What I *really* want is the regular coffee machine to produce good coffee, but that&#39;d require both a proper cleaning and changing beans so... no. Someone else can tilt at that windmill) 2025-12-30T15:31:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrtdleeq3sye9nwz7vv0z9f7tkul8j8tllf6qsvwgj4zw9evsm5sgzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6l6wd7l The morning&#39;s attempt to clean the office espresso machine has resulted in a somewhat less gross espresso machine and also espresso that is no better than it was before the cleaning. Which, tbh, is about what I expected given that there are exactly no supplies or tools for cleaning the machine (I had to bring in a socket set from home just to get the screens off) but I felt obligated to make the attempt.<br/><br/>Time to nudge the food service folks to actually clean the damn thing. Or buy supplies. 2025-12-30T15:28:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0p5m4z9mre3paddeqce5q6czw66ltxacnjwetylw75rmtwvpuzpczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6mucyp7 All these techbro billionaires and CEOs pushing AI have forgotten the most important rule of being a pusher -- never, *ever* get high on your own supply. 2025-12-15T19:40:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstdlkrn0z8h6u8dqdjrdkvy48f2xkk96ce6wujyp6ez2cvvlrp2yczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6uxgl3j I know some folks aren&#39;t fans of reaction videos but there&#39;s a certain joy to be had in ones titled &#34;First time watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show&#34; where the top comment is &#34;oh, you used to be Mormon. This is gonna be great!&#34;<br/><br/>(Spoiler: yes) 2025-11-06T15:08:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8e9mwmq467g0fx0shfagxy3vvqaa7t2h3hu435ljqmm5hal9t78szyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6scexl7 Every bit of this.<br/><br/>If an LLM can Do The Thing for you it&#39;s a sign that either The Thing has no actual value and shouldn&#39;t be done *or* that your tools an environment are flawed and you&#39;d get more bang for your buck if you actually addressed that rather than papering over it with autogenerated fluff.<br/><br/><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115061660859355975">https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115061660859355975</a> 2025-08-20T15:40:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfr2szrv968n90euagy4gwy0wk6tqn48u4gdz3vcze6kkhg0ntxdczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6a7e56q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8mdyn2gywts3z98hun47zkx8q5jp5esmlf29z4cmt4e0y2zkq5qgdgaq4e'>nevent1q…aq4e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the endowment is somewhere past $50B right now, so this isn’t really anything to them. I also know exactly what’s going on, and you’ll see this happening more. FWIW this isn’t *new* stupid in the system. <br/><br/>Crypto is now an acceptable “alternative investment”, like many hedge fund offerings and such, and for reasons I have never understood (and I worked in finance for years) Conventional Wisdom was that orgs holding large pots of cash (like endowments or retirement funds)… 2025-08-09T21:16:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd308h6ga2c8hx56canuu4u6l4aljgda8gvl4ghfacql8396c60mczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6mk5s6t The contempt that techbros and Silicon Valley have in general for non-&#34;technical&#34; employees is stunningly deep and utterly loathsome.<br/><br/><a href="https://mas.to/@carnage4life/114891576743460496">https://mas.to/@carnage4life/114891576743460496</a> 2025-07-21T14:32:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvkpj8jpv9dua5uemyg8yn8ykk2qkkketh3hqx5pv8wwx5lmhq00gzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6klrvz9 Facebook is always and forever skeevy. Don’t use it and yell at your reps to make this shit illegal. (Which, in the US, may not help, but d it anyway) With luck the EU will at least block it there. <a href="https://mamot.fr/@Khrys/114759427559566880">https://mamot.fr/@Khrys/114759427559566880</a> 2025-06-28T18:26:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8znl7gncwz4t6vtjdtd458ng48tn9vxma2aahn0vrdcmcwnsprjszyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje609m5uw &#34;Again, never self-experiment with psychological hazards. It can take you years to unwind the damage.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/trusting-your-own-judgement-on-ai/">https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/trusting-your-own-judgement-on-ai/</a> 2025-06-10T14:41:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspcp94nycnj9tljrgef20r0kap33avd9slqmj2pax8rtuzc00afkgzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6t2sfy9 The Onion is out there, once again, showing why it should be the paper of record rather than the NYT or WaPo.<br/><br/><a href="https://theonion.com/rift-widens-between-elon-musk-anyone-who-ever-met-him/">https://theonion.com/rift-widens-between-elon-musk-anyone-who-ever-met-him/</a> 2025-06-06T11:13:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgvshywww9qav52x6mg4nvfxpkj5tm3lye6m50fjr2mehs9xkeajgzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje67s39zv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2j4ehgfvnlwkgj99yvk0zcdpxkatc6f3s54rk6zdmsnf8t5ky0ecevv0r0'>nevent1q…v0r0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The funny thing is the security on the Google form data is likely significantly stronger than anything they’d put together themselves.<br/><br/>Ok, not funny so much as sad, but… 2025-05-24T02:57:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs97lt2k0e7pq7jz9lqzvdgavsv45uac2nyjq9ehtpq6pasw3cwa5czyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6y8grmx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspv6t2vc7uwkajm5wfmske5rzrkaqvhsl7r59a8yc2ue57a9yug8c8rdhvx'>nevent1q…dhvx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean, I&#39;m 100% good with purely educational/networking conferences where people get together and there are seminars and presentations and tutorials about existing stuff. It&#39;s when there&#39;s that huge push to get New Shiny Things, and a lot of them, released on a yearly cadence that everything just melts down.<br/><br/>I kinda miss the days when software releases were done when they were done (so, y&#39;know, not games) rather than on a fixed calendar. 2025-05-21T16:33:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszx2e7gwpln73krkn3vy2mehu33xf5vmytxesvpyr52wr68ywn44czyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje648p9ac As I&#39;m seeing the thanks messages flow in my work email as things at I/O are presented, I have come to the not-original realization that these yearly developer presentation conferences are really kinda detrimental to good development practices. 2025-05-21T16:03:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxpn734fvprrr4554kvnh4x226k70lfhzs4g0vrwn6sf4cmdnmqhgzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje60h4hds Watching the latest <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z7xtq2j2202tfpxl7cmfmac4n45gv6tuyuwjdcfu0gyc58jxek9qc6q5jf" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z7x…q5jf</span>)</a></span> video and I so, so want us to lay in more tram infrastructure here in Boston. We used to have a lot, most of it has been ripped out, and frankly traffic would improve a whole hell of a lot if we laid in a bunch more tram tracks. <br/><br/>It doesn&#39;t help that we *do* actually have trams, except we manage to do them in nearly the worst way I can think of.<br/><br/><a href="https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-the-absolute-best-transportation-for-cities">https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-the-absolute-best-transportation-for-cities</a><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/bNTg9EX7MLw">https://youtu.be/bNTg9EX7MLw</a> 2025-05-06T19:07:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw9jrms57zzk8u32cm3p53mexretfvf57vhmeznfqtf7tge2hnztszyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6ml5v3t If someone wanted to develop a little standalone computer-vision gadget that detected camera lenses and used that info to target IR laser diodes.... that would be OK tbh.<br/><br/><a href="https://masto.deoan.org/@neurovagrant/114428210057917523">https://masto.deoan.org/@neurovagrant/114428210057917523</a> 2025-04-30T19:25:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszzhaf74da0qk2xflkglal0zsyjufj8az44ft2cksxmqcq2357qcgzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6tzydv8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2au86tt4uj6uvy64eenjnhgfw0xawsaf56rucu7hqg56qefpnmmgn9nkm7'>nevent1q…nkm7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My husband&#39;s got one. I don&#39;t have one mostly out of sheer &#34;I have too goddamn many subscriptions&#34; grumpiness. The ads are tolerable, and it&#39;s the only video medium I get ads on so it&#39;s fine. 2025-04-25T19:26:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy9sj7eepmxhpxmwjdlzspczsnqt2ukseue3quzkt03drcv3vxfhczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje65pxxr4 Gotta say that YouTube is a lot more generally pleasant when I just run through my subscription and watch later lists and skip the regular feed. 2025-04-25T19:16:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst40ckrt664fv02gxquqk62e7p4n65mme3xu7tfehmt0r0a9q3z2czyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6skmhkm ...the fan on my Airport Extreme (the core wifi node for my home network) just had its fan kick in for a minute. I didn&#39;t even know it *had* a fan.<br/><br/>I suspect I should start looking for a new set of wifi gadgetry, that can&#39;t be a good sign. (Though the small cloud of dust it spewed out when the fan engaged was definitely interesting to see) 2025-04-23T19:43:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspjrm7lpa6g8jjfqlhrr5w7qz8hy69f6c0www8v3w5n58pc5jmhzczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6asflp9 TIL: There&#39;s a shop specializing in mushrooms (for eating and decorating) in Somerville. This... doesn&#39;t in any way surprise me, and maybe I&#39;ll head over that way this weekend to check it out. (I need to hit Elmendorf Baking anyway and it&#39;s more or less nearby, relative to me at least)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.the-mushroom-shop-somerville.com/">https://www.the-mushroom-shop-somerville.com/</a><br/><a href="https://www.elmendorfbaking.com/">https://www.elmendorfbaking.com/</a> 2025-04-22T16:13:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgjyallk3ctj62a73xcj3h5umeym0dku6m5v3h0ylhspct88pqfkqzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6yn2c7h JFC, *just* what I need -- a piece of software that is fundamentally incapable of computing the correct answer doing my taxes.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/15/chatgpt-for-taxes-openai-and-hr-block-have-a-plan-for-tax-pros.html?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub">https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/15/chatgpt-for-taxes-openai-and-hr-block-have-a-plan-for-tax-pros.html?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub</a> 2025-04-16T17:02:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8745wvstj3a3dqz4y9euwsh748cf9zfknklxvk25kzfwhh7klntczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6v33usy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg6xuu424svta3t3gtgpw2yvh2qauy8dzxjm7njphl0lyqkprce2s3398ty'>nevent1q…98ty</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I got to that point in the video after I made the comment (which I deleted in embarrassment -- I *know* better than to comment before getting to the end, and yet...) 2025-04-04T16:17:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz5vynvcl9cw6dw3692rxkctjsxmtv0hhhfm0j8hpxk75g4d8fj5qzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6ehewxd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvdg779j9ml8zs9p76sqlv6u602hjr6zryxe32s95g3cc886687yc50ujuw'>nevent1q…ujuw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am also good with Gemini collapsing though for obvious reasons I won&#39;t list why. 2025-04-01T15:37:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswywv2qqdrugqkdwtva5nvpfz8dfh7qrqhccxprdwu5t8pn9c2qqgzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6zw45wz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp09k58t27nejgw3pfh2wplg06sm93ecvy3phpfzrugh2lz6lw5wgsd2qna'>nevent1q…2qna</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The AI trash heap is already a horrific mess. I am 100% in favor of making it demonstrably worse -- the less useful the results people get from ChatGPT the sooner it&#39;ll all collapse. 2025-04-01T15:29:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs04epsd06jyytk294lldejdmt75v8qzwrymfej4v9vh0rk7e9ukfqzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6amzz6s I wonder if I could interest one of the domain registrars in donating a few dozen hundred domains temporarily to host generated websites to help poison the AI scrapers. If the disinfo/misinfo people are doing this (and they are) then the shitposting people *definitely* should start doing this. 2025-04-01T14:50:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgh3q2mk2k00shexjr82l3dzn20x98mxqyvz36cs673uwgelkf29gzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6cgj9yw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq7cd97ufjnnnle5rqmz37m9xrtmmkflk6wxpaelszxq8xpk426gsue2tya'>nevent1q…2tya</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>...oh, god, you can only print from your HP printer with special HP ink on special BTLE enabled Smart Paper, and the ink only shows on the paper when you&#39;ve paid the page viewing fee. 2025-03-10T18:27:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd0nmu225csq9vrk2mu72vjeelsvynm296p4q0zlt6r9ryeclvxnqzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje65jfksp This is, I assume, just a natural and inevitable progression for HP where they found it easier to just lock out *everyone&#39;s* ink cartridges. (It was a ChatGPT approved change request, I&#39;m sure)<br/><br/>Next up -- there&#39;ll be a per-print session fee you have to pay to unlock the privilege of paying to print your stuff!<br/><br/><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/114139467671021911">https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/114139467671021911</a> 2025-03-10T18:22:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfcfcyevj8akl3sv8pkv497zaqdrkmft6h539g0rdz543xv0tqwfgzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6c7njg6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv8m0028aq94qqkhzcuzapt8jz7aax86rqm9j2qtgqmfz8k83jclcycxy8p'>nevent1q…xy8p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have occasionally wondered what kind of extra compression we could get if we pre-seeded compression dictionaries with domain-specific data. I assume someone has done some research on this but I&#39;ve never actually gone to look. 2025-03-10T13:40:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstkvm7lk9plc4f95tumuchh9l4pkgmfusycfrmprxtj6dgmwrv9yszyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6rhw52h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsva05rtev4p0txx0h7mkl6qvn67v43ewgjkxp5a8zj85vaq56trmcdy04ky'>nevent1q…04ky</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m working out the instructions but it’s not my instance so I’m a bit limited in how far things can change. At some point I may fire up a personal one, but that point is not today.<br/><br/>Luckily it doesn’t come out that bad, just the docs to do it are a mess. 2025-03-09T20:01:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8qywkazthmux8vr745jtkmhsshelucjz20gq0a80ztfq2f3n7wcczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje64cu77l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstm4gm3gjwzwmtyu2mx0m3x3qfp49jxt4xu0mn7qhf2prtrxe9arcqd0syj'>nevent1q…0syj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>luckily the instance here is pretty stock (and pulled via git), it’s just a matter of collecting up all the steps and adds between this antique and the current head. That’s… fun. Especially because I can’t tell whether it’s OK to do all the support stuff early or if just upgrading Ruby or something will break everything. 2025-03-09T16:35:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs27tv2z9yvqjzxgmjwt7mgeqa3w8f9h2jaaf466gez588tw3vy07gzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6r2cr3e Going through the mastodon upgrade notes and I’m reminded how much of a pain this stuff is and how poor my own upgrade notes were back in the days when I made them. <br/><br/>(Things seem to have gotten much better with recent releases, but there’s a distinct lack of “you can do this fine from base version X.Y” which would be nice to have tbh) 2025-03-09T16:08:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswvs2plm2gj0ghyg46plwk9mt08gv33l0kvcqzqekldtkuph04n3czyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6u7fggg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8jdgcfhu2dr09xv0xdmah9yal56yrzc7ay6yllw2lqhhfvqqq9tczlcdkw'>nevent1q…cdkw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I always try to remember, when I see these numbers, that they&#39;re pre-corruption and graft, and the effective number is significantly smaller. 2025-03-03T21:25:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf64hg9mwk2gq3ts53wetxuhgaj0p8mcx5yw249syys2aq20rqfpczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6ymvfqt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9jggrz3ytcmxjhamnyu09tyhnqnvg2v38lcynq2u03pj7zkg92sc2s2t95'>nevent1q…2t95</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>SEC declaring “fine, we’re done, if you’re gonna be a sucker it’s on you” 2025-03-02T17:03:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdam87xksgtsrkxmafd8cew48gtd7sg5swtmu84qecxj6hyh8pw2qzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6nc5cht Huh. Finished the Duolingo French course this afternoon. This feels… weird. Also it’s kind of surreal to accomplish something, even a trivial something, in these current nightmare times. 2025-02-23T22:31:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxvr9rp58nax5q2lw0xs2dltnnl4szl52nqts5h02c3mqjw8p53wszyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6tsccz0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqwr5zt9ha70mqa9hvgzr3h9fyncwnn3npzgjqr83rq3850kr5x3ct2v8gt'>nevent1q…v8gt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>...I clearly remember a very amusing meeting with one of the owners of the JVM (well, the meeting was extremely grumpy but I was amused) about how they would, maybe, possibly, dedicate *one* opcode to something that could vaguely be used by dynamic languages. Maybe. If the stars aligned just right. I can&#39;t remember offhand what it was, aside from inadequate but funny.<br/><br/>( <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19ua0a9gu7ggm693nqm6knq3zutckcfde9p6ra7a8fu73xhvy3sgqz253cv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Tim Bray</span> (<span class="italic">npub19ua…53cv</span>)</a></span> may remember? IIRC he was there too, but I may not RC, it was a long time ago) 2025-02-13T19:34:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs95tcnzeypcc9qtxhd99wsuywluzevm60h3yh0lcgpepjfky2tc4szyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6rfhje2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2r8myqzzknfrnquz7yeg24pw2ncvf8jufg9wf56e86ep955jm7wqjyny8r'>nevent1q…ny8r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s right up there with cryptobros discovering over and over that yes, every kind of financial fraud anyone has ever conceived of since before the invention of money will happen over and over and no amount of Cleverness:tm: will do anything except make things worse if you think you&#39;ve found a way to make it impossible. 2025-02-07T21:05:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8qwm3s5m9r3vrc0pv7djh450zgmhw5uj9hy6u30cj20dvgejdqcgzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje655p00e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0xl58yhg86ehvks8kext56uwsawm272e0setukqqd7y7qqctwn0q7xj5n6'>nevent1q…j5n6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The copium is strong with these people, as always. 2025-02-04T18:13:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdfgxu98hqv6qppesxvs7ceacxd7vzq6n08282e4vjr8n9swk84hgzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6uu0nn8 Just saw a YouTube video titled “Don’t make these three mistakes in C!” and I admit my first thought was “mistake 1: use C” 2025-01-26T18:07:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8sdcwdwru086xf5lhs5wlut3fk87qqj6dux0rqsez2944dquzeqqzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje67f5lut In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs25rmcjesyyxnfcysxaqt8xuwc3nm0qes0cff8t5d7hmzzr6a8w7sfh0g4t'>nevent1q…0g4t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if they’re banned, why should they care? I can’t see a reason, and given the likely ego and pride involved I can absolutely see them looking forward to destroying a market they can’t participate in anymore. 2025-01-16T04:33:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy5kguuv0kqkg0j0dcje9s29m83wr8f8yyg8sc5hn3l3fl8h5l6lszyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6nyzh0x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw56l9782h74zqpdu4u94qc8q6d7y43whz4330w3wv6m58uhudxdg9ra92m'>nevent1q…a92m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it looks like they’re expecting tarrifs or sanctions (or are really tired of being yelled at about stuff) to come and this is a big fuck you to the US. Which, fair. 2025-01-16T04:14:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvh3jtmqlwvla7exmpqglqw9we008xk4rf6asdyalcylyjyp07eqczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6wufc8h Y’know, if you’re a large company and a full 5% of your employees are performing badly enough that they should be fired in one go… your company really sucks at management. Seriously, might as well get a big sign that says “we are bad at our jobs!” and hang it at the office. 2025-01-15T05:56:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqxkcywz9x38lw59dlj0sfguklrspczee2m2z0mts98dakshhmsaszyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6x6tc84 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf37dtssksqcyndkt76ev278485u6n6mus0u5lvmuv59egtrdnkaq3952sn'>nevent1q…52sn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>English used to do this too -- &#34;You&#34; in English used to be the second person plural, with &#34;thou&#34; being the second person singular. When we lost &#34;thou&#34; we ended up making &#34;you&#34; either plural or singular. (I suspect &#34;thou&#34; isn&#39;t coming back, so y&#39;all is just fine, though I remember being told &#34;y&#39;all&#34; is singular and &#34;all y&#39;alls&#34; is the plural form. Dunno, I&#39;m from Connecticut. We don&#39;t do y&#39;all, though we do toss glottal stops into the middle of words) 2024-12-16T14:18:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszrrmhyy3n9x8tnn0u6lscueqvxtgv09qmss5nyreq8xpfrztmm0szyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6gsv039 This has varied between 15 and 32 hours so far. Pretty sure apple’s progress bar is a work of performance art.<br/> <img src="https://comptroller.weatherishappening.network/media_attachments/files/113/533/260/542/111/162/original/c266a00477651acc.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-23T16:41:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswv3ph0sy45wu876vmka6jysydwupp8ht5u4mh9v3c84rxen4lpqczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje676ld7y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvyke67xnwjtfgcnxjp8tv8dkp0w6aukf85rset3kt0g3le2xtjmcnaa462'>nevent1q…a462</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>After Artificial Super Intelligence is probably Artificial Super Intelligence Max, then Artificial Super Intelligence Max XD, and then Artificial Super Mega Intelligence Red 3D. 2024-11-21T16:12:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs92evsm3hygsduqknw3lmsjqyfcenu4wz9klsnkr42c9jj3zuwpvgzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje654jc0r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg4g2jwn4jec2xw2qgd09yc06n5jahzaa8zjszrc5d72ajqxw8zyqhs4pgg'>nevent1q…4pgg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hear SBF isn&#39;t doing much at the moment, so maybe he could do it. 2024-11-15T20:26:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8f53dc6w3nktv6sxkkxk5gz8mwe5hqzdq80ul2uwj4dhlep7cg9gzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6xkr6ne In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvmkx2h3qvuu0mlh07mvmgjdgk3vply3e686wka7udmthseej0cqq5cqyue'>nevent1q…qyue</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;“THERE&#39;S NO JUSTICE,” said Mort. “JUST US.”&#34;<br/><br/>Because of course there&#39;s a Terry Pratchett quote for something like this. 2024-11-14T20:47:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsguraa4kwpx9jusyxju8yk2fhztrnsqs2q2j2gd8xnhuclv7avglszyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje64cfj54 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspfy3pycngdmdyx8ccafzdnj68h2xzyswymxgjprkxgmj5sad0racyq3eaf'>nevent1q…3eaf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Given I&#39;m looking to be laid off rather than fired... yeah, I&#39;ll let this one go. 2024-11-12T19:07:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxn53sg9jlxk9ts90vcyte4pdpqq5h5rzm0nnxa2k6nt73y390m0szyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6jy0n60 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2cqtl9jah6eqjxjxs7fsrcwvcyefetkl3e029jmtgk4s4dlv90pqxyyev9'>nevent1q…yev9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is nice to think that cameras and communication can change the equation, yes. Given the number of atrocities taking place on camera and in public I have some doubts as to the efficacy of that as a solution though. 2024-11-12T18:29:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2c6k8e5ywc0kw60d4z2re8x53d4tne3e8nrp5et45xszc6z6gafszyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6vcea69 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrc8k9feh5xtj3f6l2t2vkyf67v98x5274js64qe8u3q0fd9dmk0qyn8gu6'>nevent1q…8gu6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Maybe, but... previous fascist governments around the world have been equally incompetent. That didn&#39;t help. 2024-11-12T18:21:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd9qchvvnvhlhcgzuc0j4u3qlseqy9rkjytjvjtpeem9v2lhqpzfqzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6749k4e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8607qn7ujm0cv09nr5gcs09cy922hjgq8qe6mgc0yh8d886gkjfg2ec6pn'>nevent1q…c6pn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Didn&#39;t end well for Mussolini, Hitler, or many other fascists or general autocrats, yes. The final collapse of these kinds of regimes (which can take decades, or centuries) doesn&#39;t particularly count as &#34;being saved&#34; for the many people hurt, killed, or tortured along the way. 2024-11-12T18:11:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgfhw90xl8f0lv9vdk2sf5657tjvd97dvvd6nvpv6hcj6zqkmkk5qzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6k3np9y Two things that history shows us are:<br/><br/>1) You can count on authoritarian and fascist governments to be corrupt, venal, incompetent, and filled with laughably stupid people<br/>2) You can&#39;t count on the fact that the government is corrupt, venal, incompetent, and filled with laughably stupid people to save you 2024-11-12T17:59:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst43a0rmglg32eaj06r3ulggfjwcf8gj806rx2v2hxagqm0w4lm9szyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6c92nlt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspqn4jqg2qc2ecry5clexulpu8rc0duwgl4n8vms7d2xxvk9ldupcsq3atu'>nevent1q…3atu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The only way to have some influence is actually get involved with the local party. Voting&#39;s important for some things but doesn&#39;t have a huge effect on the party itself. 2024-11-06T19:44:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsywe0v5jkmwg3hjxgpvceukj003y6nz0q0sy7wns9slkdgr4prvfqzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6357rjf I&#39;m not saying that if I were president right now that I&#39;d be telling the Ukrainians that all targeting restrictions have been lifted, except I would absolutely be doing that. 2024-11-06T17:46:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx509g5djmhrp76hgx9vffx2g9rqwtquzsggejtd6d5srry5ddl5gzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje68lq8hv If you&#39;re eligible for one, this would be an excellent day to get a US passport if you don&#39;t have one, *especially* if you aren&#39;t lily-white. Not that having one will save you from a mass-deportation round-up but it may make re-entering the country less hard.<br/><br/>Also make sure someone as white as possible has pics of it. Just in case. 2024-11-06T13:26:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspy4eygrqfsw2wfxsm2fu8669hjdqzk8vf7jcuuzy63pvvzkdg8pczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6e357zs &#34;he did not get the squirrel vaccinated for rabies because he didn&#39;t want it to get autism&#34; is a real sentence I have actually read and now I think I need to walk into the sea. 2024-11-04T19:02:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2p30hllp6cqxyrp6mznhrqktz6dchhms097wy5xy3cgwhkmxxldczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6c7cgrg I am now trying to decide whether it&#39;s worth it to walk my mom (who&#39;s in her 80s and somewhat brain-injured) through letting me log in remotely to check the specs on their iMac or if I should just guess conservatively and be done with it.<br/><br/>I suspect &#34;guess conservatively&#34; is the better option&#34;. 2024-10-30T16:19:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf8wkanwplghptwqy73scnhxmpfj340kcw6l66juxj4xnm5kcccsszyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje66fszpf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdjc9fwzykpa990dk9d62uga2k6sjq0a2ar4mg3t88zke9v0x0g4ca7vdke'>nevent1q…vdke</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sure, go ahead 2024-10-23T14:17:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqcaftjkef0yl4jmzfnhsdyu7mhf5mylsuhlh9l4sre6uc7uuf80gzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6c6rwqx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqam55ejqc8nj6mfwqez0kv7z054nt3rzt6gmxa4jdn240xnnh5lsj0es4q'>nevent1q…es4q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I suspect, in the most cynical way I can muster (which, tbh, is *fantastically* and enthusiastically cynical) this is why upper management loves them so much and thinks they&#39;re awesome for summarizing emails -- the overwhelming majority of C-suite/VP+ level communication is performative and essentially information-free. 2024-10-23T14:09:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqam55ejqc8nj6mfwqez0kv7z054nt3rzt6gmxa4jdn240xnnh5lszyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6895yrn Turns out that LLM summaries are actually useful.<br/><br/>Not for *summarizing* text -- they&#39;re horrible for that. They&#39;re weighted statistical models and by their very nature they&#39;ll drop the least common or most unusual bits of things. Y&#39;know, the parts of a message that are actually important.<br/><br/>No, where they&#39;re great is as a writing check. If an LLM summary of your work is accurate then indicates what you wrote doesn&#39;t really have much interesting information in it and maybe you should try harder. 2024-10-23T13:11:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs87vm684tcuknxydsyejjl5grpzqq25h6k7wxk6fdhty8nn20w0sqzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6avwtcl This thread is only half right -- the government can just print money too -- but it&#39;s still important. There are only two ways for there to be dollars in the economy. They can be borrowed (which creates them temporarily) or printed (which creates them permanently). Taxes essentially destroy dollars.<br/><br/>(This is only true for the layer of government which issues dollars, so the feds, and not for other layers)<br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/21/we-can-have-nice-things/#public-funds-not-taxpayer-dollars">https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/21/we-can-have-nice-things/#public-funds-not-taxpayer-dollars</a> 2024-10-21T15:42:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswl0pmjmhy0rrrxjcptkw5skhxccj4xqtfvlg4f3vug9t3wucphcczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje69ltvmw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy8ec82ngntfwcmvezetepd7f707fywwsx3xvcrjp8e9jlm5cd36ghn2re0'>nevent1q…2re0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My long-standing policy of never talking to anyone on the phone ever has, again, saved me from dealing with a scam! 2024-10-17T19:35:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyrxx8afhdlf9k0n54vqkflxgkadv2jsvr2yemwe8afs9ztx4ep0gzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6zrkevq Well, that&#39;s a new phone scam to me -- a robocall telling me a MacBook purchase has been authorized at amazon and if I want to nope out I should call them.<br/><br/>I think... not. 2024-10-17T19:24:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd2dex3yxhpstwlq8hxx8trz73xggh9572envvy0y0jul347hhr6qzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6g5tcka I had been waffling over whether I was going to do some experimental cake baking over the weekend (the recipe is tentatively named &#34;It has been a hell of a day&#34;) but... yeah. Things are going to be done.<br/><br/>Might not be a bad idea to plan an in-office day next Wednesday for CAM-based googlers. Just sayin&#39;. 2024-10-09T17:03:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs23kjds4m5hud70kx8dsyhh3z2xvkdm45lpdzhn3ctkcmnc03084qzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6nyrk3u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstv4du4k8qey9zlh8l0g9am7j908ffareja85kanyh6scymkx3qks2sv7dr'>nevent1q…v7dr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s looking like even self-hosted WP installs are going to be affected, if you&#39;re using wp.org&#39;s plugin directory/repository thing. 2024-10-09T14:47:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8kft7eenlk90hatazuw3g7m30wc622tq5egs4jqu3j9tv9p8j5yszyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje65nnpx3 This WP stuff would be hilarious to watch if it wasn&#39;t involving the software that powers ~40% of all websites.<br/><br/>You can always tell when rich white dudes are having a midlife crisis. Matt needs to get a goddamn hobby, something expensive and time consuming that is otherwise harmless. Molecular gastronomy or stratospheric bungee jumping maybe.<br/><br/><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/113277490070161595">https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/113277490070161595</a> 2024-10-09T14:26:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszfh0mvcwxnwxqt2j00g49v99ny7574kuc9xytp6ec330wusass2czyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje674fwvf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswjfyt9rwyq8y65qnj4w5nk7za7gmw6f5k8w77l2gf8h897yyy56c5s37jx'>nevent1q…37jx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I loved my Honda Fit, and the idea of an EV version makes me happy. 2024-10-08T18:52:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdtxcr0jzkeqsf6shnqmwzhn4g08ayhjhvweufar68ve57jqqepugzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6xfyet2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrzlskydkcc7p4qjuqu74a89w37zk7vgwkjfpxrdd6dzhek3qtxcqgdkgt0'>nevent1q…kgt0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m regularly appalled at how this is glossed over in the media coverage. Even if you support him, tolerating this level of cognitive dysfunction is such a bad idea. 2024-09-29T02:53:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstmpq87rfprqxthz2mu2shsq7uv0vnh59wa0dwzqn5g20v79cwk5gzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6dkz7qh Given his age, poor diet, excessive weight, and tendency to rage, I do wonder if Trump is collecting micro-strokes during the campaign. <a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2/113218368908240379">https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2/113218368908240379</a> 2024-09-29T02:26:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsffxldyfrc6lks7awmvfg5xswzwp6cyc2da8k6uhskv3jm8lsa0nszyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6c46gmy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgz29vgukj4nmcc3pjuem0x6gxy4eut9803vm0ntjdxvrdpsqxxlss9txe5'>nevent1q…txe5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>hey, hey, none of that! As someone with a negative amount of organizational skills I am extremely fond of PMs. 2024-09-26T00:09:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszue3qzdptmhuq7pa4c3c9nfea9qs0vehxwfy3vmh8u7lsrmmkgnqzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje68j8egj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0wwdxgamczth95msvf2m0tj99n72chelnj79x29ha94ddrdmsjqsazgvr7'>nevent1q…gvr7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don’t think we need to reach as far as mediocre AI systems to replace the C-suite. Possibly for the level of SVPs under them but the C suite only needs Markov chain generators. 2024-09-26T00:06:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8h9wfrhqeqs4pc5f0wddzxzjktc2dkcxpd859jllt6cs3x4u6wpgzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6hkm3ny In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswqsg67khpzgw748p4wekl0cnskn3xe9wrjvl3qxqgl2xsh3m9svg9f8z7v'>nevent1q…8z7v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m not saying that your C-suite could be replaced with a slightly tweaked version of Eliza. Of course not. Mastodon is a text medium, I’m typing it. 2024-09-25T23:47:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswqsg67khpzgw748p4wekl0cnskn3xe9wrjvl3qxqgl2xsh3m9svgzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6z9axjk The biggest problem for firms with respect to AI is that the only people it *won’t* be used to replace are the people who actually could be replaced by AI. Or a 90s chatbot. Or a very small Perl script. <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Viss/113200805371490250">https://mastodon.social/@Viss/113200805371490250</a> 2024-09-25T23:45:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf8ja85ymrcwsuvruscuu4vf2uaws3475s0vyqnaf8y48tz7z9hyszyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje67fldw7 This is so dead on it’s funny and also scary.<br/><br/>Big tech has no idea what to do when it crests the S curve and everyone running big tech firms are so detached from reality that there’s no way they can actually deal with that, as it means confronting reality, which requires skills they don’t have.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/">https://www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/</a> 2024-09-21T09:17:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdgfrfzaslk38e0j2vj74arsu984szwegpza48llhg8s04pq75cugzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6d4dd08 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfand4yxqdw64x5erl02ljj7l3kln2e5va8p68r65t6utwxue0urcu98n0p'>nevent1q…8n0p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I would love a clear guide on how grind size (possibly also roast levels and ratios) affect flavor. Like, if I have a brew that’s too sour should I grind finer or coarser? Or if it’s too bitter do I want a lighter roast or…<br/><br/>Right now I kinda fiddle until it tastes good but having a guide that says “do X for more/less of Y” would be great 2024-09-19T23:47:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgfjsucgp7wwcsl7hpmqz5yv9dhed5k226fns9xh5c8mlr2ga46gszyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6syl6k0 Oh, huh. 50 basis points, that&#39;s quite a bit more than I&#39;d expected.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/09/18/nx-s1-5115909/federal-reserve-interest-rate-cut-inflation?utm_source=press.coop">https://www.npr.org/2024/09/18/nx-s1-5115909/federal-reserve-interest-rate-cut-inflation?utm_source=press.coop</a> 2024-09-18T18:19:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst9875y3p5z4hcrkvzv87nl8fushzhm89097z2h0la70j6qh6g2sczyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6vk66sy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspgsz30h5f5uwfgzyskyytrlw5fg3trx8am5dm9fkdfacpmvufr7qk9qdjj'>nevent1q…qdjj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good grief. We&#39;re getting to the point where we don&#39;t need a collision to start the Kessler Syndrome, we&#39;re nearly there as it is just with actual satellites. 2024-09-10T20:08:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdz6nzrgku76nkkkcka29hu8vt3f3gl8q2dmh5xse8v0448q7pthgzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje65cjhrn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyy7eyja4yapg7hdx5cv327xa52fxk8hw3k2dyusnnrlehfsn34qs93v8m6'>nevent1q…v8m6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I admit I don&#39;t much care if it&#39;s automated douchebaggery or artisinal free range douchebaggery meticulously hand-crafted by the finest (if most regrettable) artisans -- if I could auto-detect the douchebaggery I&#39;d happily do that and bin the post. 2024-09-09T19:45:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw0dsrre3unsr5pcs2w35w95wtgysurtzw44hkj0z8sr3xhla8gfqzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6jxvmkl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvgnqkrl68mgmj5nsycvp9k5xwksrw378m5znk9szecg4073fak9s9hqww8'>nevent1q…qww8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wait, there is one thing, if someone trains a neural network to score internet posts on sealioning, racism, douchebaggery, and abusive asshole-ism and it requires newer hardware then I say roll it out! (I suspect not, though. Still, it&#39;d be nice) 2024-09-09T19:33:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvgnqkrl68mgmj5nsycvp9k5xwksrw378m5znk9szecg4073fak9szyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6msflfc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqdek96fvafx9vy9pu5edpd049hxzpmd5zppdq9hkljeft888casglxu5fc'>nevent1q…u5fc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Maybe I&#39;m being old and cynical or maybe we&#39;re in an age of retrenchment. If it&#39;s the latter then that&#39;s OK, modern hardware has a *stupid* amount of power we waste, and a generation or two of actually building some fundamentally less crappy foundational systems would be good.<br/><br/>Nothing wrong with a few rounds of optimization every once in a while. Seriously. 2024-09-09T19:27:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqdek96fvafx9vy9pu5edpd049hxzpmd5zppdq9hkljeft888casgzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6xxpjun In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswqsxgct9zsetdl92zy8wwm9dlfyqrzvgrlzzcgx39aj7ym28yd2gznxz2u'>nevent1q…xz2u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, I know, &#34;better graphics! Better games!&#34; except seriously, dude, we have that *right* *now* on a goddamn Nintendo Switch and the only reason most games need an order of magnitude more powah is because they mostly suck from a purely technical standpoint.<br/><br/>(And yes, I know Nintendo is on track for something with more horsepower and it&#39;ll still be 10% of the current midrange and Nintendo will still make everyone else look like clowns) 2024-09-09T19:24:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswqsxgct9zsetdl92zy8wwm9dlfyqrzvgrlzzcgx39aj7ym28yd2gzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6k0eddv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8474t2erkq7k0yd9dmj2v77nuerke55tpxp5s4utt35yr05s4f6cc49vy2'>nevent1q…9vy2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Can&#39;t think of any other wearable for consumer use, though. (No thanks for the VR or AR or whatever. Maybe for non-consumer use, but consumer? Yeah, no)<br/><br/>I am quite looking forward to the AppleTV-sized mac mini but only because my mom&#39;s intel iMac needs replacing. Other than that the new machines are as good as the old ones and Moar Powah doesn&#39;t mean much. 2024-09-09T19:22:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8474t2erkq7k0yd9dmj2v77nuerke55tpxp5s4utt35yr05s4f6czyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6r9nwmv Now that we&#39;ve had another Big Announcement I&#39;m trying to think about what kind of things would *actually* be worth an upgrade.<br/><br/>For the watch, more battery life would do it. Faster charging too, though maybe what they announced today might be enough.<br/><br/>Blood Glucose or blood pressure monitoring would definitely be worth it.<br/><br/>For the phone... I think we&#39;ve hit the limits of what&#39;s worth it. Maybe if one could dock and be an actual computer or something, they&#39;re nearly there. 2024-09-09T19:20:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxsdap380y9ukjy3htqzacu42rkv75f9c6xwaup2cmqmqr9puwymgzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6pf33h4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqldkldywn2t4kr9pj49h9kpfdmfja5zqapfdzglamr2rg5w5d0mcjnr80t'>nevent1q…r80t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>...okay? I&#39;m not sure how this makes their shot at the predatory and dead-sluggish hearing aid market worse? 2024-09-09T17:41:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst0tmwt43sjlxph5tk4xgpanschk9mvja4swwqkgcj0mtejehcjcszyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6k7n9ma Oh, wow. That sound you just heard was a half dozen extraordinarily overpriced hearing aid companies shrieking all at once at the looming death of their product category. 2024-09-09T17:39:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz7n3eyaz4xn9zejxqrgxtxpree7nghlq32vgajukc6sz5p5xcqfqzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6qfqmfl Well, goddamn it. The keys are still worth using for just about everyone but the fact that there’s a flaw here is not in any way great.<br/><br/>Probably why we have our own custom firmware for the security keys. (Not that we knew about this vulnerability, just that stock firmware is not to be trusted)<br/><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@tychotithonus/113074315990632247">https://infosec.exchange/@tychotithonus/113074315990632247</a> 2024-09-03T17:58:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstlzclvc52m05gwcnv27secnwsjg0kt8jex7zgw8xs5rqgcx04jdgzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6vx5pq7 Today&#39;s #protip -- if you&#39;re incrementally upgrading a library or subsystem for performance, if you can you should have a flag/switch/whatever that invokes the old behaviour. Not only does this make A/B testing easier, when someone asks the question &#34;so how much of a win was this&#34; you can do two runs and compare the original costs to the new costs.<br/><br/>It&#39;s a lot easier than benchmarking every individual change, and one big &#34;10% savings&#34; test is more impactful than 100 &#34;0.1% savings&#34; benchmark runs 2024-08-30T18:33:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp0eehxyh5z820a22er9y0y5snxjpep5dg2ngu9up87a9lrt5gp4qzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje673sxww I admit, at this point the stuff I do for work that I put extra effort into are the things that either will get me a better rating *or* fix something that personally pisses me off. *Community* gets above and beyond, not work. (Google used to have community, which was, I think, part of the reason for its success. The C suite has intentionally destroyed that community which is the reason for google’s continued and unstoppable decline)<br/><a href="https://chaos.social/@Qyriad/112786522932535314">https://chaos.social/@Qyriad/112786522932535314</a> 2024-08-24T19:26:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr2n2vn8tuqqawqcq4hkkm7q8emfuq4lvztyzttxy0kp85y6dchyqzyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje6cr6kjs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs202krwc2nulkmrn4hyeuumpcp6msynk78zxssn2xg0d2gzzz369g9z98nf'>nevent1q…98nf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>/me queues up the theme from Jaws 2024-08-23T19:00:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvajmg7hsruwuvhw8ar07mcdsk0sem88rf23vs7rjuqa64a0t9xeszyqaf7ch2ul29lg25kefy4t8h74lvnn3gl52jtf0vsn69ecx6jmje69uyapw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw2x40rkm57386hppll03m8cckgxk3n0y9prkfjz4mz42w23wpcdgmlf5dl'>nevent1q…f5dl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Every day we grow closer to the time when Phillip K Dick novels describe an unironically utopian future compared to the present. 2024-08-20T20:01:52Z