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@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-13 06:01:27

A look at Higgsfield, an AI video startup that grew to $300M ARR within 11 months, as it faces a creator backlash over aggressive and shocking marketing tactics (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)
forbes.com/sites/rashishriva…

@raiders@darktundra.xyz
2026-02-12 20:52:18

3 Urgent Problems Klint Kubiak Has to Solve for the Raiders Right Now si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-ve

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2026-02-12 22:41:06

It’s always so weird when someone you looked up to and liked suddenly out of nowhere starts defending “AI”, especially uninvited (e.g. when you have a conversation with someone else on social media).
I think it’s a reflexive way to try to distract themselves from them knowing that AI has tons of problems yet they’re still using it because it’s convenient in some fashion.
Sure landmines are convenient too for some uses, yet…

@sean@scoat.es
2026-02-12 03:37:41

(This technique is actually quite clever because it's a pain to catch Layer 5 problems when you're expecting this kind of abuse to be presented as a Layer 4 problem. Blue team blues.)

@burger_jaap@mastodon.social
2026-02-13 09:03:12

An excellent, in-depth blog post about the challenges of making home energy management work for consumers.
es.catapult.org.uk/insight/mak

@marcel@waldvogel.family
2026-03-13 19:22:13

"I’d interpret this as follows: this likely came down to a discussion involving Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a few other Iran hardliners. That’s where the decision was going to be made. There were probably people on the margins […]. But they would have known these buzzkill remarks weren’t what Trump or his inner ring of advisors wanted to hear. This is the nature of personalist rule. It’s down to the leader’s gut impulses. He doesn’t want to hear about problems."

@brian_gettler@mas.to
2026-02-12 14:49:34

Following federal cuts to history-focused organizations, the president of the Canadian Historical Association, Colin Coates, sent this letter to Marc Miller, the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture.
One thing might not be obvious: Coates's reference to Carney's recent Quebec City speech suggests Canadians' need for historical context right now. He doesn't agree with Carney's claims. In fact, most Canadian historians would dispute them.

Letter:

Dear Minister Miller,
I am writing to you in my capacity as president of the Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada. The members of our association have been distressed to see the recent news about cutbacks in a number of federal government units that are very important to all Canadians who are interested in the history of our country: Library and Archives Canada, the Canadian Museum of History and the Canadian War Museum, Parks Canada, and Statistics Canad…
Letter:

While we cannot expect the federal government to address problems at the provincial level, in your role as Minister of Canadian Heritage, we hope that we can count on you to advocate on behalf of all Canadians to maintain and enhance the role of agencies that collect data and records and make them accessible to broad publics. We recognise that the country faces many current challenges, but we do not want short-sighted decisions to have long-lasting effects on the future study of the co…
@tokensane@mastodon.me.uk
2026-04-13 06:21:33

Interviews with young teenage girls. TL;DR, despite all the very real problems they face, the kids are all right.
BBC News - The surprising reality of how teenage girls still define themselves - BBC News
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62je1

@PwnieFan@infosec.exchange
2026-03-13 14:43:20

45's ill-considered war in Iran continues to cause problems . . . for everyone. Because he didn't take seriously Iran's asymmetric warfare capabilities, oil prices have spiked. Oil prices spiking makes everything else more expensive. And the administration continues to peddle lies to downplay the situation. On Tuesday, the administration claimed the Navy had successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz. This is not true. All of this was entirely predictable i…

@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy
2026-02-08 11:03:10

Flooding in Alcšcer do Sal among “most worrying” problems as Portugal’s wild weather continues
portugalresident.com/flooding-

Flooded street in center of town
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-03-12 09:56:23

Axiom Math, which uses AI and the Lean language to verify code in much the same way that mathematicians prove math problems, raised $200M at a $1.6B valuation (Cade Metz/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/03/12/technol

@unixviking@social.linux.pizza
2026-04-10 08:24:59

Why the hell do I constantly have problems with KDE Plasma and that piece of crap Akonadi???? Constant error messages, crashes, etc. whenever I try to connect to a calendar! It doesn't matter at all whether I try the Nextcloud Calendar, iCloud Calendar, or Google Calendar. And when I remove an online calendar, everything freezes—the entire KDE desktop. I’ve had this problem for years, no matter which version of KDE I use. I never have these kinds of problems with GNOME or GNOME Calendar.…

@curiouscat@fosstodon.org
2026-04-12 22:47:11

The Republican party needs to immediately start impeachment proceedings against the President and most of the cabinet. The complete failure of the Republican party to stop this administrations abuses is completely unacceptable.
Stop placating a convicted felon, rapist and corrupt man that continues to abuse the office of the Presidency to try cope with his mental problems. Republicans continuing to confirm his unqualified corrupt appointment is unacceptable.
The USA is in se…

@elduvelle@neuromatch.social
2026-04-11 14:39:34

#Windows users survey:
People using Windows11 and Windows10: which one do you prefer, and why?
Did you encounter any major problems with either?
(I know this is not the best question for this audience but I'm interested... feel free to boost!)
#Windows11

@hex@kolektiva.social
2026-04-11 22:39:06

The thing that is eroding Trump's power more than anything right now is his connection to Epstein. Everything in "the Epstein files" is absolutely toxic to the entire structure of power... the *exact* structures we want to dismantle.
The right has seized on this, but their analysis is just cartoon antisemitism and poor misdirection. They have managed to highlight this thing that unifies so many problems, so many struggles and experiences of oppression, at the same time. The fact that we haven't yet permanently tied his name to the entirety of capitalism and transmisogyny represents an utter failure of anarchists to pay fucking attention.

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-03-11 13:30:45

🌭 Fiber-free processed foods hit emotional memory fast, especially in older brains
#food

@servelan@newsie.social
2026-03-07 01:44:15

Trump Administration Says It Can't Process Tariff Refunds Because of Computer Problems - Slashdot
yro.slashdot.org/story/26/03/0

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-02-06 13:21:12

DHS' problems go farther than Minneapolis. Republicans are noticing. (Politico)
politico.com/news/2026/02/05/n
memeorandum.com/260206/p32#a26

@Erikmitk@mastodon.gamedev.place
2026-03-11 16:19:36

😫Tired: Where do Stackoverflow engineers look up answers when Stackoverflow is down?
🤪Wired: How do Anthropic people fix problems when Claude Code is down?

@kubikpixel@chaos.social
2026-02-10 06:05:16

«AI Slopageddon and the OSS Maintainers»
– by console.log()
Good article about the use of AI in open source projects and the problems that arise from it, mainly for the maintainers of the projects.
🧑‍💻 redmonk.com/kholterhoff/2026/0

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-04-09 13:29:03

On top of that, they’re keenly aware of the environmental, societal, and ethical problems with gen AI. The world is on fire, their future looks grim, and this technology is the poster child for all of it. How do you •expect• them to feel about it?

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-05 07:06:04

A look at Axiom, which is building AxiomProver, an "AI mathematician" it claims has solved at least four previously unsolved math problems (Will Knight/Wired)
wired.com/story/a-new-ai-math-

@cjust@infosec.exchange
2026-03-10 16:24:48

#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

John Green 

@johngreen
| mean, if calling other people by their
correct pronouns is one of the
hundred biggest challenges in your
life, | am super envious of your life. It
sounds amazing. Please trade lives
with me so that | can have your tiny
ridiculous problems.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-04-11 01:30:49

Out and about today—heading, incidentally, to GM Marzio Muscedere’s “Murder House!” for #DCCRPG for my monthly F2F #TTRPG meetup.
I was on the front line for #OpalCard’s teething problems, and let me tell you, as fin…

@aredridel@kolektiva.social
2026-04-09 12:15:16

I've been watching a technical meltdown about to happen for a few weeks, and the communication about it was very abstract, and _nobody_ but a few caremad nerds got any real conversation going. And nothing was done. Turns out: caremad nerds talking about abstract problems doesn't do shit.
But then the problem became less theoretical, and actual measurements of the problem came out, pointing to specific impacts and places and situations. Now people are taking action!
I wonder if there's a lesson in here somewhere. :P

@Digitale_Ueberwachung@chaos.social
2026-04-08 18:57:58

Verschiedene Länder bringen gerade ein #Socialmediaverbot für Kinder und Jugendliche mit aller Macht vorwärts. Es dürfte eine Abstimmung/Koordinierung im Hintergrund gegeben haben..
Hier z.B. von griechischer (konservativen) Regierung:

@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyz
2026-04-11 03:00:43

Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈 helping me grade a competition problem

The 2026 Indiana college mathematics competition problems were prepared by faculty members at the host institution

Opponents of VA Redistricting Amendment Send Out Mailer/Text Falsely
-- and Offensively!
Claiming That Fighting Trump’s Assault on Our Democracy Is
“Just Like Jim Crow”
Note that many of the most prominent supporters of this amendment
- Barack Obama, Louise Lucas, Don Scott, etc.
- are African American

@scottmiller42@mstdn.social
2026-04-10 19:31:02

I'm listening to Science Friday talking about how GLP-1 medications may affect addition.
One of the guests made the point that many people have used alcohol to not feel things that may be troubling their life, and that while GLP-1 may take away the desire to drink, it doesn't treat the underlying problems. Thus GLP-1s may need to be accompanied by something else to help them deal with the feelings they've been avoiding with alcohol.

@hanno@mastodon.social
2026-02-08 13:03:53

I might write a longer blog post if I find time (which, tbh, isn't likely), but... given that I'm seeing a bunch of people who run mailinglists in 2026 having problems, and I think I understand the underlying technicalities quite well, a few notes on running a Mailinglist in 2026:
There is only one way to run a Mailinglist and be compatible with all the stuff you are usually expected to do if you send e-mails in 2026. That is to rewrite the From address to a domain you control.

@fortune@social.linux.pizza
2026-03-08 20:00:01

Do not try to solve all life's problems at once -- learn to dread each
day as it comes.
-- Donald Kaul

@metacurity@infosec.exchange
2026-04-03 14:21:36

It's finally Friday, but don't leave for the weekend before checking out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Microsoft bets $10 billion on Japan’s AI buildout and cyber defenses,
--EU pins EC attack on TeamPCP,
--Iowa AG sues UnitedHealth over 2024 attack,
--Residential proxies pose problems for IP reputation systems,
--Him & Hers report Feb. data breach,
--TA416 refocuses efforts back t…

@azonenberg@ioc.exchange
2026-04-08 03:36:58

Planning to do the next ReworkCTF stream noon Seattle time tomorrow youtube.com/watch?v=ouTJzl6Zcfg.
Remaining problems are a silkscreen text touchup, a solder paste misprint under a BGA, a missing dogbone under a BGA, and a via under a BGA connecting to the wrong layer.
I d…

@lpryszcz@genomic.social
2026-04-05 08:29:13

"Every system has exactly one constraint. One bottleneck. The throughput of your entire system is determined by the throughput of that bottleneck. Nothing else matters until you fix the bottleneck.
That's the part most people get. Here's the part they don't, and it's the part that should scare you:
When you optimise a step that is not the bottleneck, you don't get a faster system. You get a more broken one."

@Dragofix@veganism.social
2026-03-09 23:09:51

Insomnia and sleep apnea together dramatically raise heart disease risk #health

@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
2026-03-04 07:52:07

Wenn #Publizisten und #Medien unter wirtschaftlichem Druck stehen, sind #Blogger dann Teil des Problems? Nein, demokratische Öffentlichkeit war nie rein professionell organisiert. Die eigentliche Her…

@benb@osintua.eu
2026-01-21 01:18:32

Ukrainian Navy outlines problems with Russia’s Zircon missile after strike on Ukraine: benborges.xyz/2026/01/21/ukrai

@chiraag@mastodon.online
2026-02-09 03:44:09

Hell yes
ground.news/article/progressiv

@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy
2026-04-04 03:23:05

Thermal Imaging Survey: DIY vs Professional - Learn how a thermal imaging survey can spot real problems. What does it cost? Is a trained operator useful? #thermalImaging #cutCarbon -

@samvarma@fosstodon.org
2026-04-09 13:55:19

History really is a fantastic teacher @… rah.social/@robert/11637209665

@anneroth@systemli.social
2026-03-06 11:19:58

„Ich fürchte, wir erleben gerade auf vielen Ebenen ein Phänomen, das man symbolische Gesetzgebung nennt: Wenn die Politik ein komplexes Problem nicht lösen kann, demonstriert sie mit einer vermeintlich einfachen Lösung Handlungsfähigkeit.
Die Ursachen des Problems werden damit aber nicht angegangen. Im Falle der sozialen Medien wäre es sinnvoller, sichere digitale Räume für Kinder und Jugendliche zu gestalten – besser noch für alle Menschen.“
@…

@hynek@mastodon.social
2026-04-07 06:21:42

I gotta admit that Passkeys have grown on me. I use them with 1Password & the integration even in Apple’s apps is great.
Looks like the worst UX problems have been ironed out and pressing “Login using Passkey” is much nicer than pasting email codes or getting angry that OTP auto-fill doesn’t work.
My main annoyance now is that many sites use it as 2FA and not as a primary login.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-01-27 22:15:49

TikTok says the new US entity has not updated its algorithm since the joint venture was announced, after users accused it of suppressing posts related to ICE (David McCabe/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/tikt

@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org
2026-04-06 13:22:57

This is actually an extraordinary listen. The EU convenes citizens panels, to improve democratic accountability: Can a group of strangers solve Europe’s biggest problems?
europeanspodcast.com
Media file: episodes.captivate.fm/episode/

@kidehen@mastodon.social
2026-04-03 19:41:34

The Semantic Web project didn’t fail. It delivered—early.
What it placed on the table remains unmatched as foundational infrastructure for solving critical problems. What was missing wasn’t vision, but timing.
LLMs have now arrived. Which means a Semantic Web-driven evolution of the Web, as broadly used and understood, can finally deliver the critical infrastructure needed to solve real problems.

@servelan@newsie.social
2026-03-10 20:52:57

“If a member of Congress said that Jews shouldn’t be let into America, would Mike Johnson reply by saying, well I wouldn’t use those words, but there’s a lot of problems with the Talmud?”
Mike Johnson Defends GOP Colleague's Bigoted Attack on Muslims | Common Dreams
commondreams.org/news/mike-joh

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-02-07 09:42:03

from my link log —
System time, clocks, and their syncing in macOS.
eclecticlight.co/2025/05/21/sy
saved 2026-02-07

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2026-04-06 18:44:16

I watched the whole Trump press conference today... it was long and boring, but also confirmation Trump has mental problems, is not well, narcistic and evil.
Compliments to the New York Times for asking a critical question during the Trump press conference about bombing powerplants and bridges in Iran.
#trump #iran

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2026-03-08 22:18:04

@13a@mastodon.social
The problem I see is that if they are not asking the right questions about the risks, and simple consider the technical challenges, being careful with the demo projects now cannot and will not inform what happens at scale.
And the real problems will only appear at larger scale deployment.
Which is why I advocate for a NEPA-like process, where the design of the study is based on input from the variety of experts in the range of disciplines related to cl…

@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2026-03-08 22:18:04

@13a@mastodon.social
The problem I see is that if they are not asking the right questions about the risks, and simple consider the technical challenges, being careful with the demo projects now cannot and will not inform what happens at scale.
And the real problems will only appear at larger scale deployment.
Which is why I advocate for a NEPA-like process, where the design of the study is based on input from the variety of experts in the range of disciplines related to cl…

@katrinakatrinka@infosec.exchange
2026-03-07 19:12:48

@… @…
Yeah. I got that. Wasn't trying to criticize. Just sharing my take.
When you're poorer, how you do really is Bishop lottery. Some bishops are freer with funds and the bishop's storehouse (food bank) …

@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-02-12 16:00:11

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ComposerOfTheWeek #COTW
- Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672)
Donald Macleod sees Heinrich Schütz faced with problems in Dresden, including the appointment of another man to share Schütz’s role.
Relisten now 👇
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002qr15

@arXiv_csDS_bot@mastoxiv.page
2026-02-10 09:45:25

Space Complexity Dichotomies for Subgraph Finding Problems in the Streaming Model
Yu-Sheng Shih, Meng-Tsung Tsai, Yen-Chu Tsai, Ying-Sian Wu
arxiv.org/abs/2602.08002 arxiv.org/pdf/2602.08002 arxiv.org/html/2602.08002
arXiv:2602.08002v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We study the space complexity of four variants of the standard subgraph finding problem in the streaming model. Specifically, given an $n$-vertex input graph and a fixed-size pattern graph, we consider two settings: undirected simple graphs, denoted by $G$ and $H$, and oriented graphs, denoted by $\vec{G}$ and $\vec{H}$. Depending on the setting, the task is to decide whether $G$ contains $H$ as a subgraph or as an induced subgraph, or whether $\vec{G}$ contains $\vec{H}$ as a subgraph or as an induced subgraph. Let Sub$(H)$, IndSub$(H)$, Sub$(\vec{H})$, and IndSub$(\vec{H})$ denote these four variants, respectively.
An oriented graph is well-oriented if it admits a bipartition in which every arc is oriented from one part to the other, and a vertex is non-well-oriented if both its in-degree and out-degree are non-zero. For each variant, we obtain a complete dichotomy theorem, briefly summarized as follows.
(1) Sub$(H)$ can be solved by an $\tilde{O}(1)$-pass $n^{2-\Omega(1)}$-space algorithm if and only if $H$ is bipartite.
(2) IndSub$(H)$ can be solved by an $\tilde{O}(1)$-pass $n^{2-\Omega(1)}$-space algorithm if and only if $H \in \{P_3, P_4, co\mbox{-}P_3\}$.
(3) Sub$(\vec{H})$ can be solved by a single-pass $n^{2-\Omega(1)}$-space algorithm if and only if every connected component of $\vec H$ is either a well-oriented bipartite graph or a tree containing at most one non-well-oriented vertex.
(4) IndSub$(\vec{H})$ can be solved by an $\tilde{O}(1)$-pass $n^{2-\Omega(1)}$-space algorithm if and only if the underlying undirected simple graph $H$ is a $co\mbox{-}P_3$.
toXiv_bot_toot

@kubikpixel@chaos.social
2026-03-31 05:35:10

Fixing our own problems in the Rust compiler
In our data compression projects, we use Rust where C is traditionally used. During the work, we've hit limitations in Rust itself and in the surrounding tooling. Over the years, we've become increasingly comfortable with fixing these issues ourselves. […]
— by @…
🦀

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2026-02-25 08:08:02

Right, problems for today. First. #Lisp problems. I think the bug in `cond` fires when a clause succeeds but returns `nil`.
First, write a unit test which checks for that, but run that test on my laptop where it physically cannot generate millions of stack frames.
Second, rewrite `cond` to call a separate helper function, `cond_clause`, which takes one arg and returns `nil` on failure, `…

@rasterweb@mastodon.social
2026-01-19 11:41:10

I think people who use AI/LLMs for programming want to solve problems, but people who choose *not* to use AI/LLMs want to solve problems but also want to *understand* those problems.
We need more understanding in our world.

@raiders@darktundra.xyz
2026-04-03 17:19:46

Raiders hope 2 big additions help block out offensive line problems reviewjournal.com/sports/raide

@NFL@darktundra.xyz
2026-04-08 15:54:46

Falcons' Pearce, facing 3 felonies, not at workouts espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/484290

@pavelasamsonov@mastodon.social
2026-01-26 12:11:09

Every non-hype defense of #LLMs starts with "you must already understand your work really well." But the people vibe coding prototypes *don't*.
As a result they scale up thoughtlessness. "Bulking out" a slapdash idea with hallucinated details only displaces the real thinking that could have led to actual innovation. The very teams the tool was supposed to help instead…

@david@boles.xyz
2026-04-07 11:07:41

The Bare Face as Radical Act
Something changed in the relationship between women and makeup, and the change happened in public. For decades, the beauty industry sold women an escalating arms race of coverage, contour, and correction, with each season demanding new products to fix problems most people never knew they had. The reversal now underway is striking for its specificity: women with access to every cosmetic resource on earth are choosing, on camera and at major…

@niklaskorz@rheinneckar.social
2026-02-06 09:16:56

A few months after handing in my thesis and receiving my Master of Science degree in 2022, ChatGPT was released. Essentially, nothing about how I solve problems has changed since then, but I had to continuously observe the brain drain around me. It's weird how the majority of people suddenly treat anything an LLM spits out as truth while I stick to good old search engines (with the additional hurdle of now having to filter LLM garbage from my search results).

@iam_jfnklstrm@social.linux.pizza
2026-03-06 13:04:38

Isn't it ironic - world leaders have problems agreeing on most things like war, pollution, poverty etc. But when someone say 'lets lock down the Internet behond wonky age verification in OS's, apps and on web sites' most of them agree #privacy #surveillance

@kornel@mastodon.social
2026-03-03 11:01:22

There's a long list of problems with the AI mania. I'm hopeful that locally-run LLMs will at least prevent some: surveillance, dependence on OpenSauron Inc., and environmental pollution from desperately racing to maximize shareholder value before the NVIDIA shovels they bought are obsoleted by shovel2.

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2026-04-05 14:33:13

Spent ~2h debugging home phone wiring problems; since BT updated the localareas phone wiring I'd had a problem with incoming ringing; I'd blamed this on our obscure 'REN extender' - an old BT device to allow more phones; unplugging it and (thus all the phones behind it) made things work. BT were somewhat dismissive, even if they changed stuff and one phone on your main line works they don't care. since it's output was wired directly to the other extensions I had t…

@privacity@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-06 15:03:31

Si prega di interrompere l'utilizzo di OpenClaw, precedentemente noto come Moltbot, precedentemente noto come Clawdbot
Ho seguito la saga di #Clawdbot, #Moltbot e #OpenClaw nelle ul…

@tezoatlipoca@mas.to
2026-04-05 13:26:13

'We have been lurking in cloaked ships out by Jupiter for approximately seventy five earth years, watching.'
That long huh?
'Yes. We felt that you would... should be able to figure your problems out and come together as a species. Then we would make oursleves known and give you #fusion, #hoverboards

A real honest to God post by the president of the United states:

"Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP



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@arXiv_mathAP_bot@mastoxiv.page
2026-02-09 08:44:28

Nonlinear Neumann boundary problems for $n$-Laplacian Liouville equation on a half space
Wei Dai, Changfeng Gui, Yichen Hu, Shaolong Peng
arxiv.org/abs/2602.06414

@steve@s.yelvington.com
2026-01-26 08:47:23

I'm traveling in SE Asia. All of these countries have "problems" with visitors overstaying visas, working without permits, etc., and these problems generally are dealt with at an appropriate level. Not with militarized units killing immigrants and locals.

@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy
2026-04-08 19:09:38

Before the illegal US-Israeli war against Iran:
- Negotiations on nuclear development ongoing
- Strait of Hormuz open
- Oil price at $60
After:
- Negotiations to start on resolving the recent mess
- Lots of destruction in Iran and Gulf states
- Strait of Hormuz practically closed
- Oil price at $96
- Most of Europe known for its 'understanding' for breaking international law
- Economic problems around the world, inflation on the rise…

@theodric@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-08 00:16:30

Man, I have run out of fucks to throw at this project for the moment. So be it. Clearly I'm in the extreme minority in being interested in correcting this issue, so I won't feel too pressed in making a generic solution to my specific problems.
I'm guessing that the subset of people who care within the subset of people with the talent to solve the problem within the subset of people who use KDE is fairly small. Seems like all the cool kids are running tiling window managers …

@HugeGameArtGD@mastodon.gamedev.place
2026-02-06 19:34:32

@…
Can you explain why we should compare environmental problems like AI data centres with intentional civilisational mass killings?

@rmdes@mstdn.social
2026-02-04 20:27:56

❤️ mackuba.eu/2026/02/04/pds-undo

@shriramk@mastodon.social
2026-02-04 01:45:53

New talk abstract dropping. I just hope I can write a talk to live up to it by *checks watch* *gulp* Monday.

Generative AI and Computing Education for Novices

Generative AI (GenAI) has sowed havoc in computing education, especially introductory computing. As AI models grow in sophistication, it is increasingly difficult to find problems that cannot be comprehensively solved by AI. Even "defeat devices" like obscure programming languages have limited viability, due to technical reasons like one-shot learning, temporal reasons such as training, and basic educational considerations like what we want stu…
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange
2026-04-07 18:04:07

So I've solved the coupler de-embed issue but am even more confused than when I started.
I updated to the latest upstream VkFFT and, after fixing a shader caching issue that caused problems the first time I tried this, have it working.
The race condition or whatever it was seems to be gone, although I don't have push descriptors working (that's a separate issue).
But it seems to now be behaving consistently in the inverted state: forward to tempBuf1 and reverse …

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-02-07 15:36:13

A look at the FOIA system, as right-wing media networks flood it with robo-requests, the number of FOIA agents stays flat, and states opt for higher fees (C.J. Robinson/Columbia Journalism Review)
cjr.org/tow_center/too-many-fo

@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy
2026-02-01 09:51:05

Thermal Imaging Survey: DIY vs Professional - Learn how a thermal imaging survey can spot real problems. What does it cost? Is a trained operator useful? #thermalImaging #cutCarbon -

@servelan@newsie.social
2026-01-30 23:28:42

Schedule F won’t fix government’s performance management problems, report finds - Government Executive
govexec.com/workforce/2026/01/

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-02-21 06:21:10

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Imposes a Temporary Import Duty to Address Fundamental International Payment Problems (The White House)
whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/202
memeorandum.com/260221/p2#a260

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2026-02-05 09:45:56

My local Python installation on my Windows 11 laptop was a complete mess and i am not an experienced developer/programmer (far from it). I used Google Antigravity to fix and improve this. It fixed problems , installed "uv" and my life is simpler now... Agents have a role to play i think.
#google #antigravity

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-02-04 21:02:55

What’s your laptop/desktop backup recommendation for general public, not-highly-technical people who don’t have extreme security needs and just want not to lose their family photos etc?
Maybe it’s just “use the cloud drive,” but…OneDrive seems to cause a lot of problems? or does it?

@Dragofix@veganism.social
2026-02-06 21:22:11

Global plastics treaty negotiations: Success is still possible, researchers argue #environment

@kubikpixel@chaos.social
2026-02-16 06:05:26

Stop Installing Libraries: 10 Browser APIs That Already Solve Your Problems
The web platform is way more powerful than most developers realize — and every year it quietly gains new superpowers.
🧑‍💻 dev.to/sylwia-lask/stop-instal

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2026-04-06 13:34:31

So what exactly is #SanFrancisco doing to mange the risks and problems identified here, #MayorLurie?
‘Creepy surveillance’: why some cities are shutting down Flock cameras amid privacy concerns

@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2026-04-06 13:34:31

So what exactly is #SanFrancisco doing to mange the risks and problems identified here, #MayorLurie?
‘Creepy surveillance’: why some cities are shutting down Flock cameras amid privacy concerns

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-27 22:20:54

TikTok says the new US entity has not updated its algorithm since the joint venture was announced, after users accused it of suppressing posts related to ICE (David McCabe/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/tikt

@raiders@darktundra.xyz
2026-01-24 14:58:25

Raiders could face 2 problems with No. 1 overall draft pick Fernando Mendoza sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-ve

@servelan@newsie.social
2026-03-07 19:16:29

'Worse than a prison': 911 calls, interviews reveal problems at ICE's largest detention camp | AFRO American Newspapers
afro.com/overcrowded-ice-deten

@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy
2026-03-30 19:51:05

On Condensation Management - Learn how you can best avoid problems with condensation, damp and mould in winter. #mould #condensation #ventilation -

@azonenberg@ioc.exchange
2026-04-02 17:42:52

There are very few problems in the human condition which cannot be solved by an appropriately trained, equipped, funded, medicated, and caffeinated team of engineering catgirls.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-04-07 00:05:42

A look at Catches and other startups that are offering AI tools to let shoppers visualize fit and style before buying clothes, aiming to curb online returns (Elsa Ohlen/CNBC)
cnbc.com/2026/04/05/ai-retail-

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2026-02-06 14:45:45

RE: sfba.social/@MLNow/11602357242
A disgraceful situation - especially the issue of determining who can succeed in English-only instruction. And if students don't (or cannot) succeed, doesn't that just create other, long-term problems?

@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2026-02-06 14:45:45

RE: sfba.social/@MLNow/11602357242
A disgraceful situation - especially the issue of determining who can succeed in English-only instruction. And if students don't (or cannot) succeed, doesn't that just create other, long-term problems?

@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy
2026-02-25 09:51:03

On Condensation Management - Learn how you can best avoid problems with condensation, damp and mould in winter. #mould #condensation #ventilation -

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-04-05 23:25:36

A deep dive into China's efforts to integrate AI into K-12 education to reduce teacher workloads, improve rural schools, and help students with disabilities (Lily Ottinger/ChinaTalk)
chinatalk.media/p/chinas-ai-ed

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-26 11:10:45

Claude Code can feel daunting, and most people's problems are not software-shaped, but it is clearly autonomous and the home-cooked app renaissance is great (Jasmine Sun/@jasmine's substack)
jasmi.news/p/claude-code

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-04 03:11:19

Recon: the US market share of Copilot as paid users' first choice fell from 18.8% in July 2025 to 11.5% in January 2026, while Gemini's rose from 12.8% to 15.7% (Sebastian Herrera/Wall Street Journal)
wsj.com/tech/ai/microsofts-piv

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-24 06:35:56

Intel's stock, riding high for months after the US government took a 10% stake, crashed 17% on Jan. 23, after the company flagged continued operational issues (Wall Street Journal)
wsj.com/tech/intel-problems-tr