@arXiv_astrophEP_bot@mastoxiv.page2025-10-02 07:45:50
A Cold and Super-Puffy Planet on a Polar Orbit
Juan I. Espinoza-Retamal, Rafael Brahm, Cristobal Petrovich, Andr\'es Jord\'an, Thomas Henning, Trifon Trifonov, Joshua N. Winn, Erika Rea, Maximilian N. G\"unther, Abdelkrim Agabi, Philippe Bendjoya, Hareesh Bhaskar, Fran\c{c}ois Bouchy, M\'arcio Catelan, Carolina Charalambous, Vincent Deloupy, George Dransfield, Jan Eberhardt, N\'estor Espinoza, Alix V. Freckelton, Tristan Guillot, Melissa J. Hobson, Mat\'ias I. …
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems2025-11-27 08:31:17
I don't envy "vibe coders". I mean, let's for a minute assume that their vision is not a pipe dream, but an accurate prediction of the future.
For a start, what's their plan for life? Driving a tool whose primary selling point is that anyone can use it. And I'm not even talking about all the inside competition. I'm talking of people realizing that they can cut the middleperson and do the coding themselves.
The way I see it, vibe coders are a bit like typists (with no offense to typists). Their profession is a product of a novelty. And just like typists largely disappeared when typewriters and then computers became commonplace, so are vibe coders bound to disappear when vibe coding becomes commonplace.
And are true programmers going to become obsolete? Well, let me ask you: did the proliferation of cars and corresponding self-service skills render car mechanics obsolete? On the contrary. The way I see it, the proliferation of slopcode will only make competent programmers ever the more necessary.
What vibe coders are saying is basically this: "This new automated self-service kit makes car maintenance so easy. Car mechanics will become obsolete now. Everyone's just going to hire *me* to run this kit instead."
#AI #LLM #VibeCoding
@losttourist@social.chatty.monster2025-10-23 12:21:46
I found these in the supermarket the other week and in the interests of science decided to personally be a guinea pig for them. The sacrifices I make.
Anyway imagine a Ferrero Rocher but instead of being rolled up into a ball it's a long thin stick. Yes. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr spoiled ambassador.
I may of course have not quite tasted them correctly, and seeing as science always needs more data points I expect I'll be going out to buy and eat a few more of these.
#KitKat #chocolate #snack
@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2025-11-25 13:12:39
Good Morning #Canada
You don't have to like numbers to appreciate Statistics Canada, aka StatsCan. Jean Talon could be considered Canada's first official statistician when he arrived in North America in 1665 on a mission for King Louis XIV to conduct Canada's first census in 1666. In 1918, the Statistics Act created the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, a national statistics office that ultimately would become Statistics Canada. Besides conducting the Census of Population and the Census of Agriculture every five years, StatCan has more than 450 active surveys on virtually all aspects of life in Canada. Results are published twice a month and can be accessed via The Daily web page.
One of my favourite web pages is Canada's Population Clock (real-time model). It's fascinating to watch, and our population increased by 11 while I typed this post.
#CanadaIsAwesome #StatsCan
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2018005-eng.htm
@niqdanger@social.linux.pizza2025-12-27 00:01:14
Any suggestions for a self run file server replacement for Dropbox? I'm on free tier so low storage. I have a Alma9 box with PHPv8, which I discovered that OwnCloud does not like. (It wants php v7) Before I start down paths and hit more issues I thought I'd ask. Any suggestions? Clients are Windows, Linux and Android.
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2025-12-15 14:21:36
Check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--Trump to hand some offsec ops against adversaries to the private sector, report,
--Canada to probe billboard facial recognition use,
--Pope Leo weighs in on Italian spyware scandal,
--Oracle bug led to theft of sensitive NHS docs,
--Coupang founder will go MIA at parliamentary hearing,
--Asahi will change cyber posture after ransom…
@trochee@dair-community.social2025-10-19 15:16:45
The stupid, stupid "Danger Zone" Trump video
Does he really think of himself as a C-list Batman villain? Or, like, a Mr Mxyzptlk ripoff?
I distinctly remember how old I was when I stopped thinking poop jokes were funny
I was *eight* — and I never used them on my enemies, even then
I don't consider myself particularly evolved
But Mr shits-on-a-golden-throne is…telling on himself?
@axbom@axbom.me2025-10-19 05:53:58
@chrysn@chaos.social2025-11-05 09:49:08
A feature which I'm really looking forward to is brewing in #Python packaging: Specifying default extras.
The aiocoap library I maintain can (and is tested to) work with no other dependencies than Python, but most users will like the additional features such as pretty-printing support, or more security options than just TLS. So far, they have to `pip run --spec "aiocoap[all]" aio…
@cyrevolt@mastodon.social2025-10-06 09:09:10
October 23rd, 1989, 36 years ago, on #climate, we got the POV from outside. 🚀🌍👀
Atlantis Commander Donald Williams said:
“The world as we know it is a very fragile place.”
And mission specialist Ellen Baker 👩🚀 on the ozone layer:
“Our world is a beautiful place, and we do need to take care of it. You get an appreciation of how thin the protective layer is above the planet …
