@Techmeme@techhub.socialAn Ai2 research scientist argues that AGI, as commonly conceived, will not emerge because it ignores, among other things, the physical realities of computation (Tim Dettmers)
https://timdettmers.com/2025/12/10/why-agi-will-not-happen/
@benb@osintua.euSiversk not occupied, Ukraine’s Operational Command East says, as Russians plant flags amid weather-aided incursions: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/10/siversk-not-occupied-ukraines-operational.html
@markhburton@mstdn.social
@NFL@darktundra.xyzBroncos not taking No. 1 seed for granted after uneven finish to regular season: 'We have to be sharper' https://www.nfl.com/news/broncos-not-taking-no-1-seed-for-granted-after-uneven-finish-to-regular-season-we-…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeAnnounced pick for No. 2 at NSA won’t get the job as another candidate surfaces
https://therecord.media/announced-nsa-deputy-director-pick-joe-francescon-not-taking-job
@aral@mastodon.ar.alWhat David said :) 💯
And more so, please remember that @… and I couldn’t hold the verification calls without @… and @…
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza
@robpike@hachyderm.ioI 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.
@mho@social.heise.de
@vosje62@mastodon.nl
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzTerry Bradshaw Dislikes Cowboys' Deadline Deal: 'I Would Not Have Done That' https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/terry-bradshaw-dislikes-cowboys-deadline-deal-i-would-not-have-done-that
@kctipton@mas.to
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.socialIt's the #DayOfHelios / Sol's Day / #Sunday! ☀️
"The sun from the south, the moon's companion,
her right hand cast about the heavenly horses.
The sun knew not where she a dwelling had,
the moon knew not what power he possessed,
the stars knew not where t…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comRand Paul: Bombing Iran 'is not the answer' (Cheyanne M. Daniels/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/11/rand-paul-bombing-iran-not-the-answer-00721432
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p57#a260111p57
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io“‘AI’ is not your friend. Nor is it an intelligent tutor, an empathetic ear, or a helpful assistant. It can not ‘make up’ facts, and it does not make ‘mistakes’. It does not actually answer your questions.”
https://www.techpolicy.press/we-need-to-talk-about-how-we-talk-about-ai/
@grumpybozo@toad.socialI would bet a beer on that being not entirely true.
I have no doubt that I could disable IPv4 with a small number of sysctl commands. (which are not obviously designed for that end…) https://wirebug.ch/beni/p/1754635541.104285
@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scotI kid you not, this is improving my French. Not just with rugby posts, but because I have the frame of reference I can get the gist so I do well with them. If I don't know a word I hit the translate button. Short posts like this and from other accounts are doing more than Duolingo ever did. I could clean up on Duolingo but not really properly learn much at all.
@… …
@tante@tldr.nettime.orgI've played a bunch of roguelites and they are often fun, but I keep dropping off of them after a few hours usually. There's often somewhat interesting storytelling but at some point I'd prefer to just not go through the motions of "another run" and just not keep on playing. Happened with Hades and ond two and a bunch of others.
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries C, Episode 08 - Rumours of Death
SULA: I'm not deaf, Hob.
HOB: Just not listening, is that it? I'm not fighting my own men to protect Servalan. Or to protect anyone else, for that matter. D'you understand me, Sula?
SULA: Perfectly.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/308/394
@benb@osintua.eu⚡ TERRITORY IS NOT FOR SALE! SHIP OF RUSSIA’S "SHADOW FLEET" SEIZED IN ODESA!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/10/territory-is-not-for-sale.html
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI had not noticed that Affinity shut down their forums but of course they did.
"THESE FORUMS ARE NOW READ-ONLY"
Okay, not "shut down" but they now prevent their users from talking to each other and tell you to fill out a form to get support.
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/
@jswright61@ruby.socialAnything to deflect the narrative!
Adelita Grijalva elected but not yet sworn in.
Epstein files not released.
Hundreds of thousands will lose health care under the Republican budget.
Foreign governments buying gold and not USD.
But what is the MSM reporting?
Democrats shut down the Government.
Blue cities unsafe.
Tylenol unsafe.
Circumcision unsafe.
And now we get to talk about this?
@cdarwin@c.im
@kubikpixel@chaos.social»Why Shortened URLs Pose a Security Risk«
On Mastodon / Fediverse, shortening the URL is not necessary at all, because they are not marked in their full length. Apart from the shorter tracking, their data collection frenzy as well as their timing is also very inconvenient.
🚫 https://…
@sonnets@bots.krohsnest.comSonnet 139 - CXXXIX
O! call not me to justify the wrong
That thy unkindness lays upon my heart;
Wound me not with thine eye, but with thy tongue:
Use power with power, and slay me not by art,
Tell me thou lov'st elsewhere; but in my sight,
Dear heart, forbear to glance thine eye aside:
What need'st thou wound with cunning, when thy might
Is more than my o'erpressed defence can bide?
Let me excuse thee: ah! my love well knows <…
@brian_gettler@mas.toThis episode of Ideas is powerful. Still - and not to minimize the experience of veterans - I'd really love a parallel series focused on the moms and dads, partners, and kids who stayed behind.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/canadian-war-museum-v…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Expansions
BienAimer:
🎵 Something is Not Something
#BienAimer
https://bienaimermusic.bandcamp.com/track/something-is-not-something
@frankel@mastodon.top
@roelgrif@mstdn.socialMichael Cohen teaching the 8 defecting Democrat Senators a lesson.
Although I fear they will not be eager to learn that one .... they will discover the hard way that they've sold out the healthcare for millions of Americans. Or not, if they continue to close their eyes for the truth.
#MichaelCohen #shutdown
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioI’m sure having to post a lot of links to this one:
https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115860687777099579
People are getting really confused about this. When I say “pretext,” I don’t mean for individual ICE officers. I mean that the Trump regime still (!!) does not have enough popular support and political cover to cross certain lines. They’re finding themselves genuinely stymied by federal courts and state govs, Congress is getting less (not more!) quiescent, they’re finding themselves unable to control the press, and popular support is collapsing.
Saying “the situation is already extremely dire” is true and important. Saying “they’ve already achieved total authoritarian control” is wrong, dangerous, and an invitation to give up when we most need people active.
@kornel@mastodon.social"What color is your function?" is a wonderful title. It's so good, the title alone could win the Sundance Festival.
But that post is about a JavaScript-specific limitation (not applicable to other languages), and some wishful bikeshedding about syntax (which turns out to be a leaky abstraction that makes locking ambiguous, very problematic in low-level languages).
But *color* is so catchy. It's not well defined that post, but you can't have "color"…
@xtaran@chaos.socialI just saw https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bikes-i-am-not-a-cyclist-and-most-dutch-people-aren-t-either/
When chatting with English native speakers, e.g. at
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialBob Iger says the OpenAI deal "does not in any way represent a threat to the creators at all" because it doesn't include name, likeness, or character voices (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business<…
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeFun observation: The CONFIG and CALIB registers on the PIC12F683 contain 12 documented bits each.
The physical die layout, however, contains 25 fuse cell instances not 24. So there is one undocumented bit, perhaps a chicken bit for something or an extra calibration setting, or maybe a parity check over some or all of the other fuses.
If it's an actual config bit my money is on bit 5 of CALIB which is documented as unimplemented/RAZ.
Maybe it's not? Or maybe it's…
@scott@carfree.cityI love Deerhoof’s Actually, You Can not just as a great, fun album but as a time capsule from an optimistic moment. In late 2021, we seemed to be emerging from the shadows of Trump and Covid-19—who’d have thought the Four Seasons presser and the vaccines, respectively, didn't end them? The music bottles up joyful, radical imaginings of a better world that were in the air since the George Floyd rebellion, not yet extinguished by the reactionary “crime” panic to come.
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Depeche Mode:
🎵 But Not Tonight
#NowPlaying #DepecheMode
https://djpepusnik.bandcamp.com/track/depeche-mode-but-not-tonight-remix-2023
https://open.spotify.com/track/0mOAeFylUraa4kUB1B9QW3
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itThe surname "Adams" should be completely disqualifying in NYC politics from now on. #NYCCouncil
https://www.amny.com/news/speaker-adams-no-vote-daylig…
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialThe #EV roaming system in Europe is increasingly being hit by hidden fees and absurd price discrimination.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jaapburger_
@newsie@darktundra.xyzAnnounced pick for No. 2 at NSA won’t get the job as another candidate surfaces https://therecord.media/announced-nsa-deputy-director-pick-joe-francescon-not-taking-job
@NFL@darktundra.xyzAntonio Brown pleads not guilty in Miami attempted murder case https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6799707/2025/11/11/antonio-brown-not-guilty-miami-attempted-murder/
@jorgecandeias@mastodon.socialThird time I got one of these:
"Due to a bug in our code or a browser compatibility issue, this page could not be displayed correctly.
Try refreshing the page. If that does not help, you may still be able to use #Mastodon through a different browser or native app."
One reloads and it works, but this didn't use to happen at all.
@grifferz@social.bitfolk.com"sudo-rs: Partial password reveal when password timeout occurs"
It also prints it if you kill the sudo process (not just wait for timeout to occur).
https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs/security/advisories/GHSA-c978-wq47-pvvw…
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafepkg upgrade does not upgrade; more recent packages are not installed.
#FreeBSD #documentation
@ethanwhite@hachyderm.io“Multiple UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and student groups organized collective actions speaking out against the compact, including a SUNRISE UNC protest shortly before the Faculty Council meeting and a petition from the Coalition for Carolina that has amassed over 1,750 signatures.”
Organize
https://www.wunc.org/education/2025-11-10/unc-chapel-hill-chancellor-will-not-sign-trump-higher-ed-compact
@detondev@social.linux.pizzaKimi Onoda, Japan's new Minister of State for Economic Security, is a 43 year old half-Irish ex-game industry PR femcel with an extensive history of defending her exclusive attraction to anime boys on twitter
@laimis@mstdn.socialI've been so busy with coaching softball this fall. And not one team, but two! Both by accident. The first one from day one did not have a coach when our league formed, so three of us stepped up to share the duties. And the second one, the coach/manager quit half way through. Two teams means all my weekends are gone for all practical purposes with games. One plays on Saturdays and the other on Sundays. And then during the week I only have one day softball free: Tuesday. It's been too…
@pre@boing.worldI think today's worker is the owner of the company, he certainly is the assessor.
He worked a lot later than those without the vested interest there. 😆 I finished work at my job before he did! 🤭
All the wood was sanded down and remaining nude wood given some paint. We have a test plank in the foreground of the first picture here which is painted with a second coat of paint. Seems likely we lose all the wood grain when doing that, and so will prefer the paler look where it's obviously made of wood not paint.
Won't really know for sure till it's dry. Prefer the colour a bit darker like that but if we're hiding the wood grain we might as well have used MDF instead of pine. We're after something clearly made of wood.
Another area is test-painted with just the clearcoat top varnish as a second layer. That's likely to be right, just a bit more shiny and protected.
The carpenter proper is back from holiday and starts tomorrow. He has a lot of drawers and doors to build and edging to attach to make the door panels. Still hoping at least the carpentry will be pretty much all done by the end of the week but likely some painting and touching up still to do next week. Hopefully by the end of Tuesday because I'm not really able to be here all day each day for most of the two weeks after that.
@benb@osintua.euRussia is not following the agreements: what next? #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/10/russia-is-not-following-the.html
@Archivist@social.linux.pizzaI still think of that quote from one of the characters of Kotaro Uchikoshi's games, where one of the character gives their own definition of what family means
> "Family is the most ordinary relationship"
That is the entire definition. And honestly, if your relationship with your family is not ordinary, mundane, casual, maybe those people are not actually your family
@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.infoRE: https://social.makerforums.info/@mcdanlj/115834722555775922
This morning, I heard the first report of someone passing their US ham radio exam by using Open Ham Prep …
@45names@mastodon.social
@servelan@newsie.social"I'm not mad at you": ICE officer's video shows Renee Nicole Good's last words - Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/09/im-not-mad-at-you-ice-officers-video-shows-renee-nicole-goods-last-words/
@ErikUden@mastodon.deI believe there can be no crime greater in the age of neoliberalism than for the ruling class to have robbed us of hope, as with that act they have not merely stolen our future, but also any potential future we and everyone in this world deserve and could fight for.
@aral@mastodon.ar.alWell, Apple, making Safari 26.0.1 run like a dog’s breakfast on macOS Sequoia while also *not* providing a download for Safari 18.6¹ is definitely a choice.²
No way I’m breaking nearly half the apps I rely on daily by upgrading to Tahoe just to fix Safari so I guess I’ll be making Chromium my default (I use Orion a lot, especially since I pay for Kagi, but it has its issues like 1Password not working, etc.) And don’t get me started on Firefox³.
So, Apple, how about a little less …
@memeorandum@universeodon.comPentagon did not conduct routine investigation on whether Hegseth damaged national security by sharing strike plans on Signal (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/12/11/politics/pentagon-did-not-conduct-hegseth-signal-investigation
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p42#a251211p42
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaHomelessness is not a moral failure or an accident of fate, it is the direct result of capitalist property relations. Under a system where land, housing, and production are privately owned, the working class is alienated from its means of existence. People are cast into the streets not because scarcity is real, but because profit determines who deserves shelter.
The solution is not charity or state bureaucracy but the abolition of private property in housing and the collective organiza…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialBob Iger says the OpenAI deal "does not in any way represent a threat to the creators at all" because it doesn't include name, likeness, or character voices (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business<…
@benb@osintua.eu"Aggressor, not peacemaker" – harsh reaction from the EU in the UN Security Council #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/11/quotaggressor-not-peacemakerquo…
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialSo much of life is about choosing the lesser evil or the option that does not suck as much as the other options and I do not like it.
@cdarwin@c.im“No, Speaker Johnson
— the No Kings rally on October 18
is not a hate America rally.
In fact, it’s quite the contrary:
It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
https://bsky.app/profile/indivisible.o
@NFL@darktundra.xyzBrowns' Sanders focused on Bears, nothing else https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47267573/browns-qb-shedeur-sanders-focused-bears-not-final-four-games
@brian_gettler@mas.toAfter reading a term paper that demonstrated nothing more than the "author's" brainless use of a brainless statistical model to brainlessly vomit brainless prose, I'm deeply grateful for the flawed result of human thinking that turned up second in the grading pile. It's not amazing but it's really not bad and, more importantly, it shows the student learned something. If nothing else, LLMs have given me a new appreciation for the imperfect but honest work we produce …
@memeorandum@universeodon.comStates argue enhanced Obamacare subsidies not the cause of fraud (Robert King/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/11/states-argue-enhanced-obamacare-subsidies-not-the-cause-of-fraud-00686216
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p4#a251211p4
@grumpybozo@toad.socialThe most obvious tell of this sort of incident is the phone call.
The only IT or #infosec folks who will proactively call you about an attempt at hijacking an account are those of your employer or *maybe* your access provider.
Google, Microsoft,Apple, etc. are not calling everyone with suspicious activity on their accounts. There are not enough support agents on the planet to do that…
@45names@mastodon.social @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioAnd no, "floppy disk" is not short for "floppy diskette".
Same as "hard disk" isn't short for "hard diskette".
@cdarwin@c.imThe Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests
—not be a tool of the federal govt.
Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting https://www.
@aral@mastodon.ar.alFunny how decent people don’t want to be involved with génocidaires.
#Eurovision #eurovision2026 #eurovisionSongContest
@cdarwin@c.imChristian nationalist pastor
Joel Webbon
calls on his fellow Christians to use the slur "faggot"
in the fight against LGBTQ rights:
"No, stop it, faggots.
No, you will not convert my children.
You're degenerates, you're predators, and you're evil."
@45names@mastodon.social @NFL@darktundra.xyzCowboys' Brian Schottenheimer not worried about WR George Pickens' effort after Lions loss https://www.nfl.com/news/cowboys-brian-schottenheimer-not-worried-about-wr-george-pickens-effort-after-lions-loss
@aral@mastodon.ar.alFolks: Aral, you’re all about free and open technology, why won’t you speak at #FOSDEM?
Me: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/115697202966701085
Also, I’m actually all about this:
@45names@mastodon.social @benb@osintua.eu"If you're not at the table — you're on the menu": A dire warning to Europe: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/08/ampquotif-youre-not-at-the.html
@aral@mastodon.ar.alJust shared my WezTerm¹ configuration. It’s not very long and mostly just adds a few keyboard shortcuts that I find more ergonomically-pleasing, specifies light/dark themes and improves colour scheme consistency and also, if you use Helix Editor², automatically implements light/dark mode theme changes for it in line with the rest of the terminal.
@45names@mastodon.social @benb@osintua.eu @aral@mastodon.ar.alIf your “Big Tent” has Nazis in it, it’s not a Big Tent, it’s a Nazi Bar.
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