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@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-07-21 10:22:10

🥳 New Kitten Release
• Improved Markdown parser
Kitten’s JavaScript tagged template strings (`kitten.html`) no longer fail to render as expected when interpolated values are used inside of Markdown where the Markdown render changes source order.
So, for example, the following will now work correctly, whereas, previously, the link source and link text would have been erroneously flipped:
kitten.html`
<markdown>
[${linkText}](${linkSource})

@phpmacher@sueden.social
2025-08-22 21:09:08

Ich kann das zum Glück noch/wieder.
#rausgeschafft #day15

Ein langer, gerader Weg erstreckt sich in die Ferne, flankiert von Feldern auf beiden Seiten. Der Himmel ist teilweise bewölkt, und der Boden zeigt Grasflecken, die über den Bürgersteig wachsen.
Eine hohe Windkraftanlage steht vor dem Hintergrund eines teilweise bewölkten blauen Himmels. Die Turbine verfügt über einen weißen Turm mit einem gelben und roten Streifen. Mehrere kleinere Windkraftanlagen sind in der Ferne, inmitten einer ländlichen Landschaft, sichtbar.
Ein Feldweg führt durch Felder, die auf der einen Seite von Mais und auf der anderen von Feldland begrenzt sind und zu weit entfernten Bergen führen. Windkraftanlagen sind im Hintergrund unter einem teilweise bewölkten Himmel zu sehen.
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social
2025-07-22 00:03:45

Overly academic/distanced ethical discussions
Had a weird interaction with @/brainwane@social.coop just now. I misinterpreted one of their posts quoting someone else and I think the combination of that plus an interaction pattern where I'd assume their stance on something and respond critically to that ended up with me getting blocked. I don't have hard feelings exactly, and this post is only partly about this particular person, but I noticed something interesting by the end of the conversation that had been bothering me. They repeatedly criticized me for assuming what their position was, but never actually stated their position. They didn't say: "I'm bothered you assumed my position was X, it's actually Y." They just said "I'm bothered you assumed my position was X, please don't assume my position!" I get that it's annoying to have people respond to a straw man version of your argument, but when I in response asked some direct questions about what their position was, they gave some non-answers and then blocked me. It's entirely possible it's a coincidence, and they just happened to run out of patience on that iteration, but it makes me take their critique of my interactions a bit less seriously. I suspect that they just didn't want to hear what I was saying, while at the same time they wanted to feel as if they were someone who values public critique and open discussion of tricky issues (if anyone reading this post also followed our interaction and has a different opinion of my behavior, I'd be glad to hear it; it's possible In effectively being an asshole here and it would be useful to hear that if so).
In any case, the fact that at the end of the entire discussion, I'm realizing I still don't actually know their position on whether they think the AI use case in question is worthwhile feels odd. They praised the system on several occasions, albeit noting some drawbacks while doing so. They said that the system was possibly changing their anti-AI stance, but then got mad at me for assuming this meant that they thought this use-case was justified. Maybe they just haven't made up their mind yet but didn't want to say that?
Interestingly, in one of their own blog posts that got linked in the discussion, they discuss a different AI system, and despite listing a bunch of concrete harms, conclude that it's okay to use it. That's fine; I don't think *every* use of AI is wrong on balance, but what bothered me was that their post dismissed a number of real ethical issues by saying essentially "I haven't seen calls for a boycott over this issue, so it's not a reason to stop use." That's an extremely socially conformist version of ethics that doesn't sit well with me. The discussion also ended up linking this post: chelseatroy.com/2024/08/28/doe which bothered me in a related way. In it, Troy describes classroom teaching techniques for introducing and helping students explore the ethics of AI, and they seem mostly great. They avoid prescribing any particular correct stance, which is important when teaching given the power relationship, and they help students understand the limitations of their perspectives regarding global impacts, which is great. But the overall conclusion of the post is that "nobody is qualified to really judge global impacts, so we should focus on ways to improve outcomes instead of trying to judge them." This bothers me because we actually do have a responsibility to make decisive ethical judgments despite limitations of our perspectives. If we never commit to any ethical judgment against a technology because we think our perspective is too limited to know the true impacts (which I'll concede it invariably is) then we'll have to accept every technology without objection, limiting ourselves to trying to improve their impacts without opposing them. Given who currently controls most of the resources that go into exploration for new technologies, this stance is too permissive. Perhaps if our objection to a technology was absolute and instantly effective, I'd buy the argument that objecting without a deep global view of the long-term risks is dangerous. As things stand, I think that objecting to the development/use of certain technologies in certain contexts is necessary, and although there's a lot of uncertainly, I expect strongly enough that the overall outcomes of objection will be positive that I think it's a good thing to do.
The deeper point here I guess is that this kind of "things are too complicated, let's have a nuanced discussion where we don't come to any conclusions because we see a lot of unknowns along with definite harms" really bothers me.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-08-22 18:56:04

Studios are rereleasing old films in theaters, helping them pad out thin slates; Universal has 12 rereleases on its 2025 slate, vs. four in 2024 and two in 2023 (Esther Zuckerman/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/08/22/movies/

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-06-23 07:01:29
Content warning:

It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday! 🌛
"Jupiter, assuming the form of Diana, followed the girl as if to aid her in hunting, and embraced her when out of sight of the rest. Questioned by Diana as to the reason for her swollen form, she replied that it was the goddess' fault, and because of this reply, Diana changed her into [a bear]"
Hyginus, Astronomica …

Drawing of a relief from a silver vessel depicting Zeus in the shape of Artemis, Kallisto, and Eros. Zeus as Artemis is fully clothed in a knee-length chiton and is attempting to embrace Kallisto, who is naked from the waist up. The presence of Eros communicates mutual passion. In scenes of sexual violence, Eros is depicted turning away or fleeing, though Kallisto's passion is directed at Artemis, not Zeus, so it's not truly consensual.
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-08-22 05:30:48

Court filing: Elon Musk says he talked to Mark Zuckerberg in February about backing a $97.4B OpenAI bid, but neither he nor Meta signed a letter of intent (Financial Times)
ft.com/content/12494c21-e477-4

@floheinstein@chaos.social
2025-09-22 08:57:56

Musstet ihr schon mal eine Batterie wechseln bei einem elektronischen Uhlmann & Zacher-Knaufzylinder, wenn das Ding ganz leer ist?
Mike Krüger hat den Soundtrack dazu geschrieben! 😡 🤬
🎶 SIe müssen erst den Nippel durch die Lasche ziehn
und mit der kleinen Kurbel ganz nach oben drehn...
youtube.com/wat…

Eine Hand hält einen Adapter mit einer 9V-Batterie und RFID-Karte an einen Türknauf, bei dem zuvor mit einem Saugnapf die Abdeckplatte entfernt wurde. Der Drahtbügel, mit dem gleich noch die Edelstahlhülle abgezogen werden muss, bevor mit einem Magneten die zwei CR2-Batterien entfernt werden können, ist ebenfalls sichtbar.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-08-22 07:16:14
Content warning:

Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹
"The fourth star is that of Venus, Lucifer by name. Some say it is Juno's. In many tales it is recorded that it is called Hesperus, too. It seems to be the largest of all stars."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2.4
🏛 Detail of #Venus in the Planetarium mosaic
📸 Daniel Gonzšlez Acuñ…

Mosaic of the bust of Venus inside a circle. She wears a golden crown, her dark hair flowing over her shoulders. She wears a golden necklace with a rectangular gemstone in the middle.
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-08-21 08:55:38

In a UK tribunal filing, ex-Meta employee Samujjal Purkayastha alleges Meta misled advertisers by inflating Shops ads' performance and bypassed Apple's ATT (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
adweek.com/media/whistleblower

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-08-23 06:35:50

A surge in AI company valuations is driving the popularity of special purpose vehicles, but some involve high fees, opaque structures, and layers of middlemen (Business Insider)
africa.businessinsider.com/mar