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AI can’t make mistakes*, but you can make the mistake of believing AI can make mistakes.
*they don’t have a mind, cannot think, don’t conceptualize and have no understanding of anything, therefore they can’t be mistaken

Retrograde (n, v): An upgrade that makes things worse.
e.g., I retrograded to iOS 26 by mistake and now I’m stuck with this piece of shit.
#retrograde #tech

The number of default-named #Meshtastic nodes in #Montreal is surprisingly high.
Like lots of `Meshtastic 40af`/`40af` nodes.
Is it like this everywhere? Why don't people configure their nodes? Am I just failing to read the configured name properly? So many questions…
Edit: adding screen…

Beautiful weather. Great day to take down the Christmas lights before winter returns in full force.

I’ve been working on some Python code for a few days now… just an hour or so in the evening as time allows. I could probably use some AI Slop Generator to quickly kick out what I need, but that’s not gonna happen.
No, Nope, No Way.
I actually *want* to write the code, and understand it, and know that every choice was mine, even if I make mistakes along the way.
If I publish it I want it to be from me, not from me and the AI Slop Generator and every codebase it ever stole …

The 2025 Web Almanac mistook me.
I did *not* say LLMs provide better image descriptions. I cited SeeingAI and Be My Eyes as tools for undescribed IRL uses.
I said LLM-generated captions could be better than craptions. I mentioned abstracts / reading-level changes, which could be summaries?
But “better” image descriptions is right out.

@… only one thing confused me, it was my mistake.
Confession: I made the false assumption that because you're a teacher, and well-educated, you're from my country. That's not to insult you. I confess.

Crosslisted article(s) found for physics.acc-ph. https://arxiv.org/list/physics.acc-ph/new
[1/1]:
- Measurement of the laser pulse phase velocity in plasma channel for DLA optimization
E. M. Starodubtseva, I. N. Tsymbalov, D. A. Gorlova, K. A. Ivanov, R. V. Volkov, A. B. Savel'ev
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.13408 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_physicsplasmph_bot/116085190490667154
- Effective Caldirola-Kanai Model for Accelerating Twisted Dirac States in Nonuniform Axial Fields
N. V. Filina, S. S. Baturin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14555 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/116085876611312382
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I have not updated my main Mac to the new OS. I have updated my laptop, and regret it. I am concerned about security updates but I believe Apple provides security updates for not-too-old versions.
This UI, though, I just do not feel comfortable with it. I am hoping I can skip this major version and that the next one will be more in line with Apple's historical attention to getting UIs right.
Please don't respond with discussion about the UI, but: please do respond if I am making a security mistake by holding off on the update.

Degrowth and socialist comrades, what should we be doing?
Ted Trainer* This is an attempt to clarify this discussion of degrowth strategy, a topic on which I think there is considerable confusion and mistaken approaches. Debate has recently been fuelled by Jason Hickel’s argument for a socialist position on both the goal and the means do it for degrowth. Liegey, Nelson and Leahy replied against Jason, defending the wide and diverse range of strategies now…

Degrowth and socialist comrades, what should we be doing?
Ted Trainer* This is an attempt to clarify this discussion of degrowth strategy, a topic on which I think there is considerable confusion and mistaken approaches. Debate has recently been fuelled b…