❝I’d mostly discount the idea that this is largely about AI displacing educated workers.❞
YES. THANK YOU.
“AI is here doooom!! doooom!!” is such a common knee-jerk excuse for the miserable college grad job market right now, and…I don’t see it. In terms of real, actual, yes-it-worked, yes-you-can-clearly-replace-whole-highly-skilled-jobs successes inside of real actual businesses…I just don’t see it.
Whatever’s going on, the AIpocalypse is an •excuse•, not a •cause• here.
It’s infuriating that every Substack email comes with a “read in app” link but it just takes you to the App Store, even if you have the app installed already. If you then tap “Open”, it just opens the app; it doesn’t take you to the specific post you were trying to read.
Yes, websites can’t tell which apps you have installed. Which is why Substack should link to the web version with a Smart App Banner. Not rocket science, but I guess that would make it too easy to avoid the app??
@… Yes, I agree, and I'd also love to get my hands on these drafts…
The author specifically mentions the angle brackets, which IMHO supports the assumption that the inital SGML working draft still used the GML syntax.
@… Yes, I agree, and I'd also love to get my hands on these drafts…
The author specifically mentions the angle brackets, which IMHO supports the assumption that the inital SGML working draft still used the GML syntax.
If Western leftists really “treat all warmongering nations equally”, why haven't I heard of russian, belarusian, Iranian, Chinese, Ethiopian, Sudanese, Myanmar, Indian diplomats being assassinated downtown?
Yes, the assassin shouted “#FreePalestine”.
Why yes human, the garden chiminea does indeed make a comfy cat nest…
#CatsOfMastodon
Series D, Episode 05 - Animals
TARRANT: Yes, it is a bit sudden!
SLAVE: Estimated time to impact, twenty four seconds.
TARRANT: Course for evasion.
SLAVE: Vector zero three five.
TARRANT: Zero three five, all drives on, all maximum. Hit it!
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/405/19
How should libraries respond to the deluge of AI-generated book submissions, sometimes dozens at a time? My Tuesday talk for the MLA considered:
- An outright ban
- Restriction to a specific "AI shelf"
- A required % of human authorship
- Restriction to certain genres (fiction yes/medical advice no)
- Community vetting
What would you do?
#Collections
Someone educate the admins at mastodon.social that holocaust and Holocaust are different things. Note the capitalisation.
What israel is perpetrating in Palestine is *a* holocaust, not *the* Holocaust. And yes, it is genocide. And yes, they’re also guilty of close to eight decades of apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and settler colonialism. All these things can be (and are) true at the same time.
Basically, if you’re defending israel in any way, shape, or form right now, you’re the w…
I just found out by trying, that on my Linux install
Alt Gr - = – (why would anyone use em dashes? those are way too long anyway. en dashes is where it's at.)
Alt Gr . = … (OMG, yes! Windows with its Alt 0,1,3,3 can go suck it!)
Alt Gr , = · (… tf is a middledot?)
Thanks for the inspiration, Wolfgang!
htt…
Is there a way for a web page to query whether increased contrast is turned on at the OS level?
I think the answer is no, but if there’s a way in the W3C works, I figure Fedi knows.
EDIT: The answer is yes! See replies. Thank you Fedi.
Getting the Windows dev box set up for scopehal testing.
The most important step...
"It’s also a smart reply to the recent 'abundance' arguments made by many in the party’s establishment. Yes, we need to build out transit and increase housing development, but the public sector should do those things. A strong defense of the public sector against privatization, and a willingness to push for its expansion instead of opting for 'market-based solutions,' is an essential part of what it means to be a democratic socialist"
#NowPlaying Look, I don't dig prog really. But Yes, and this song, are undeniable. Just fucking ridiculous shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPCLFtxpadE
Sam Lynn Ballpark in Bakersfield, where batters face into the setting sun,
is an anomaly in a sport of anomalies.
Or perhaps it is simply
a reminder of what once was.
There’s not one thing about Sam Lynn that makes sense to the modern fan, Wheeler admitted.
“Is it glitzy? No,” he asked rhetorically.
“Is it entertaining for the people that are there?
Yes. Yes, it is.
Are you going to go blind if you look into the sun?
Yes. But it is wh…
The program they want to cut helps poor people afford their healthcare...
Yes, They’re Going After Medicare Too - by Jonathan Cohn
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/yes-they-are-going-after-medicare-too-republicans-big-beautiful-bill-health-care-vulnerable
"Yes, the Soviet losses were real. And yet it is truly tragic that these losses helped to subjugate nations longing for freedom, replacing one dictatorship with another. "
#history
Ok yes I’m here for Cha cha cha vs. Rim Tim Tagi Dim. Hell yes let’s gooooo
TIL that #Python's strptime can't handle unix timestamps, wtf... 😑
time.strptime("1750420325","%s")
ValueError: 's' is a bad directive
(Yes, I know there's datetime.fromtimestamp, but here I'd much prefer to keep everything with %Y %m %d et al. due to reasons)
Got Ori and the will of the wisps as part of a humble bundle a couple of weeks back. Such a good game. Runs great on the steamdeck as well. Apparently I'm 31% through it. Should be done with it by the time silksong is out. Just hope this rumor is right. 😇 https://fandomwire.com/did-we-just-get-a-hollow-knight-silksong-release-window-major-leak-says-yes/
I would be a bigger fan of #OptumRX if they didn’t:
1. Stall every order of 1 of Kyle's seizure meds because it is so expensive & refuse to accept that yes, we’ll ALWAYS want it at ANY PRICE.
2. Pack all 9 bottles of said order into a small box that will not admit the inclusion of packing materials & so make it very likely that less than 3 actually arrive intact, and those h…
Series C, Episode 08 - Rumours of Death
GUARD: [V.O.] Guard Commander.
GRENLEE: [Into comm] Major Grenlee here.
GUARD: [V.O.] Yes, Major?
GRENLEE: Get a squad out to section -
FORRES: Six one delta zero.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/308/212 B7B3
This is certainly what I find most infuriating.
First, yes, protect trans kids. But along with that...
https://mastodon.social/@wdlindsy@toad.social/114711302463627402
YES! 5km #WeltenkreuzerLäuft ohne Schmerzen im Knie! Aber: warm...
Margaret Sullivan in The Guardian
Yes, the media’s Biden coverage was flawed. But its reporting on Trump is far worse
#Journalism #Press
I'm listening through my archives of #BBC #EssentialMix in chronological order - sometimes whomever recorded it off the radio leaves in the news break at 2am - the 1994-08-14 episode w/ Trannies With Attitude has a news bite about the arrest of Carlos The Jackal (yes, he was real).
Feeling kinda old right…
Yes, yes, yes, yes, @…! 👏
“For now, I’m planning on continuing to roll up my sleeves. I want to make things because I’m human and alive. I want to go on journeys and grow. I’m not always looking for an easy path, I want the friction. Because if I give up the journey, what am I really making? What do I actually learn?”
Tool developers. My dear loves. My wonderful creatuers.
Load your config-files from:
- $REPO_ROOT/.yourthing.json - no
- $REPO_ROOT/.config/yourthing.json - yes
At the very least, include `.config/` in the hierarchy-walking algorithm.
Seriously, I am so tired of my project dir being forty config files and three actually-important directories. ;_;
btw https://github.com/jedisct1/yes-rs is vile and i think less of you if you send it to me because 'funny'
Fantastic comment in a question at the BRAID event: "there's too much focus on 'are you ready for AI, and not enough on 'is AI ready for your business and society'"💯💯💯
I keep saying we don't yet have the AI we deserve - yes, we need to challenge and question it, actively shape it!
#ResponsibleAI
«Every context in which we speak of “research outputs” today is a misguided application of industrial practices to science. We can, of course, discuss and also assess a researcher’s contributions to the web of science, but not by counting or weighing them»
Yes, this, so much @…!
https://science-in-the-digital-era.khinsen.net/#Research outputs
“Well, we are all going to die.”
It's eye-opening to hear such a blatant example of the thoughtless & self-centered nature of today's #Republican party... thanks Joni Ernst.
☑️ Yes. People Will Die. - by Jonathan Cohn - The Bulwark
Maryland suspends 20,000 drivers licenses per year because of unpaid child support. And how many does it suspend because of bad driving?
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/pol…
Re: Niri WM
So yes:
- You can open applications on specific workspaces and switch focus there immediately
- Not only dynamic, but also 'declared' workspaces are possible (I've got my 9 easily set up)
- There is a one-stop config file that's human readable
- The wiki will have some quirks probably, but in general very clear and quite extensive already
- My favorite tool: 'niri validate', super simple double-check if your config will w…
Yes, that IS a full size electricity pylon embedded in the ground like an arrow. #London #PublicArt
My favourite #summerbeverage with #caffeine: A lungo directly from the Espresso machine into a mug full of ice cubes made with an ice cube machine. Result: Ice-cold #coffee with crema. 😋 No sugar or milk …
“Apocalypse forces us to radically change. But by facing the future with optimism instead of doom, we can transform ourselves into the kinds of people-the kinds of communities—who can survive.”
https://slate.com/technology/2025/05/h
I've seen outrage expressed at this one percent decrease of the lowest marginal tax rate as "not being a 'middle-class tax cut' since everyone -- billionaires included -- will benefit from it."
It's true; it means that anyone making more than $57,375 will pay 1% less on that first $57K. So, yes, a billionaire and I will both pay $573.75 less. That's how tax brackets work.
It's bad enough that some people don't understand taxation; it's worse that others exploit that to foment outrage.
OK, so is he saying that it is an accurate depiction of Rob Ford?
Because YES, Rob Ford was definitely disgusting. Almost as bad as his brother, who got his start as a drug dealer… https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/toronto-qajtcaoiz/-/a…
Ah yes, I really dislike it when, as someone who is autistic, I don’t look before I accidentally block the entire Mastodon.social domain instead of just blocking a specific bot user.
Great, now over 100 lost me in their feeds. My day is ruined.
Domain unblocked, please boost for my visibility again!
#ActuallyAutistic
So last night, after watching the Russian Victory Day ‘24 video for contrast, I thought “what the hell” & went ahead & watched1️⃣ the PBS YT video of the “June 24 Military2️⃣ Parade” to see if it was as bad as all that
(Short Answer: Yes and No)
But this guy was the one that caught my sympathy as “you poor dude”.
Reminder: public protest is about visibility, not hiding. The power comes from people being willing to be visible, put their time on the line, and if needed, their bodies.
If you're going to start shit, maybe just ... don't. Direct action of the illegal sort requires careful planning and a tactical and strategic plan for why it will win. It happens sometimes, but it's not the mode, it's not the mode of the No Kings protests. This is a popular, public demonstration of outrage. It's legal (for now, and I hope, ever).
Yes, the police may try to kettle protesters and then trap them into curfew violations in places that have curfews. Masks won't save us from that where it happens. Just running the system with competent representation (and enough bodies to make it A Problem for the system) will.
We don't all need to be masked vigilantes at protests, and in a lot of cases, we need to be worried about the people masking up and starting shit. Remember that this is our opponents current tactic: masked, violent attacks. Don't look like them.
My knee-jerk reaction to this article from @… was a cynical [citation needed] re “artists from all mediums emphatically support the use of AI.”
On further reflection…well, that’s still my response to the eyeball-grabbing lede, yes, but the actual article is what I wish we’d had instead of this inane hype avalanche:
Artists poking at the new thing, playing with it, finding its possibilities, critiquing it, problematizing it, asking us to ask what it is, helping us see it with fresh eyes from many angles. https://infosec.exchange/@adamshostack/114704865574139727
"When I ask if you’re talented, you’d better say yes. Not in a boasting sort of way, just a quiet confidence: ‘Yes, I’m talented. I know I am.’ You need that. And you need persistence and you need patience, and that’s not contradictory."
—Bryan Cranston
#acting #coaching
If you aren't playing with:
defaults write bundle.id.goes.here EnablePasteboardPrivacyDeveloperPreview -bool yes
on a recent macOS, you should
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/updates/appkit#macOS-pasteboard-privacy
now that we have all collectively seen and acknowledged palantir fuel the efforts of the fascist US regime,
can we also collectively get rid of people who think even criticizing palantir is worthy of exclusion?
(yes, i'm looking at you, guy who was proud to shake dtolnay's hand and told us all about it. you're a part of the problem! you know who you are)
A Berny green, flieger - type b style watch, with a green dial.
Yes, it looks similar to a certain Seiko with this dial color and the four o'clock crown but, that watch too steals 90 % of it's design from classic fliegers, so I'm ok with it. 😆
Plus it has a couple of things extra I wanted. Titanium case, sapphire crystal, no logo or extraneous text on the face (like classic fliegers) and it features a "mecha-quartz" (quartz accuracy but the second hand is m…
@… @… Yes, of course!
Come to think of, I think I DID install an EISA card into our 735/125: a 100BaseVG card (can’t get more HP than that…)
@… @… Yes, of course!
Come to think of, I think I DID install an EISA card into our 735/125: a 100BaseVG card (can’t get more HP than that…)
edit: yes i already know what's up with this image yall can stop explaining in increasingly shitty condescending unhelpful ways
Series B, Episode 11 - Gambit
TRAVIS: Oh, yes. I'm a hero, too.
CHENIE: So. You've saved his life twice. Why?
TRAVIS: It's my noble nature.
CHENIE: Oh, yes, Travis. I can see. It shines from your one yellow eye. Nobility?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/211/140
Ah yes, the "balancing act" of LAPD shooting unarmed lone women at point blank range with rubber bullets for attempting to access their homes. Who among us hasn't had to consider such tradeoffs?
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app
* gxam wonders if all these globals are really necessary
<Knghtbrd> most of them at the moment yes
<Knghtbrd> we REALLY need to clean them up at some point
<Knghtbrd> gxam: the globals will have to go away as we migrate towards
modularity and madness (ie, libtool)
"Girl you're everything a man could want and more'". Yes, she's a Greggs sausage roll folks. #totp
An adorable indie movie that's like a love-letter to the fantasy movies of the 1980s? Yes plz. I really recommend "Man and Witch" https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/man_and_witch_the_dance_of_a_thousand_steps
Do I know anyone using /e/OS? I'm interested in knowing if you can do:
* Two factors authentication with Gmail (the usual "a notification has been sent to your mobile, tap Yes bla, bla, bla").
* Paying using contactless methods?
Also, I would like to know about any other possible problems I might have switching from #android to /e/OS.
Yes! Never had one, but those clones (together with Motorola, PowerComputing, and Daystar moved System 8 to Mac OS…
I just looked at the list of Mac Clones in EveryMac and there are many I never heard of!
https://everymac.com/systems/mac-clones/index-mac-clones…
Yes, I was one of those million-or-so who bought the single. #TOTP
The Supreme court ruled
in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States
that the Constitution did not grant the president an “illimitable power of removal,”
at least over certain types of officials.
This included the head of the Federal Trade Commission, whose firing by President Franklin Roosevelt had sparked the case.
Humphrey’s Executor stood basically untouched for decades, until Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito – both of whom had previously served in the exe…
Maryland DOT launches new policy of quick-fix road diets with paint & plastic "bollards" after initial test projects work well. Approach is try it for 6-9 months and see if it works in place of long studies.
https://www.
And yes, please, please, please view anyone raising money to expose some theoretical 2024 election tampering as a Steinesque grifter. They are conning you. And they are more likely than not conning you to fund some right-wing benefactor holding their puppet strings — or at best they’re just an old-fashioned charlatan. Ignore.
/end
https://federate.social/@mattblaze/114684153991038814
Yes, the only video game I play is #Warframe!
MR 26 – Wisp Is Love, Wisp Is Live
Ballas is dead, Margulis’s mercy, Lotus’s final kiss.
But Kaya Velasco? She is eternal.
Ballas gone, but she outlives sentient beings.
BALLAS DEAD, NOT KAYA! 😘 💋
I don’t care if she’s code and pixels, my heart’s got no patch notes!
They can’t stop me from loving a digital …
Series A, Episode 01 - The Way Back
VARON: Maja. [She turns.] Now, did you get everything?
MAJA: [Nods and hands it over] And there are the records from the hospital.
VARON: Good. [Examines them] Yes, we can build a case on these.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/101/386 …
Baltimore mayor & council members introduce comprehensive yimby package. Has backing of city's main business & community action organizations:
● Legalize 2-, 3- & 4-unit houses in 1-family districts
● Abolish minimum off-street parking requirements
● Legalize single-staircase structures with more than 3 stories
I don't think I've seen all this in one package anywhere up to now.
"Hey Ozzy, what do you want in this video? Ballerinas, organists, or horror makeup?"
"Yes"
#TOTP
Gwen Snyder posted something on Saturday to the effect that “Fascists •need• the appearance of strength, and right now, Trump just looks weak.”
I think it’s easy for us evidence-hungry thinker types to underestimate just how much appearance matters. Massive rallies are not — •must• not be — the endpoint of resistance. However, neither are they purely symbolic. They have a real and concrete effect. They change perceptions, which change human behavior. Yes, they matter. They matter a lot.
/end
#PSA: As someone who types the word SpamAssassin on a regular basis, assure you that yes, it is ‘ass ass in’ and ‘ass ass I nation"
Despite what the trending hashtags say.
i'm eternally confused about people replying to me here to the extent of "dual-use tools are not inherently bad"
yes. i am acutely aware. i don't think i've ever said anything to dispute it?
Har har.
Though actually…this joke might not be too far from the real number. I am looking forward to a credible specific estimate so we can make a list of individual No Kings rallies that were larger. Yes, I am in favor that kind of pettiness. Get inside his head and under his skin. https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/114688500643263408
New poll on "abundance agenda" shows majority still support local decision-making.
Do you support or oppose limiting local zoning rules to build more homes? Yes 28% No 43%
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-approval-at-42-democrats-up
BUT…
Series D, Episode 01 - Rescue
AVON: Oh, it was. This was just someone's unsuccessful attempt to develop something similar.
TARRANT: Dorian's?
AVON: It seems unlikely. Did you run the calculations?
TARRANT: Yes. Xenon. Mean anything to you?
AVON: No.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/401/248
I doubted the original, but in this video, you can see the stage in the side-by-side. Those things on the side of the stage are screens, and yes Coinbase really is a sponsor of this event, and they did break away to say “sponsored by Coinbase,” and that probably showed on the screens, so….
UGH
https://techhub.social/@hosford42/114684872135372934
A gaudy stage with the US Army logo and Coinbase listed as its sponsor underneath.
I am pretty damned far from being one of those people who puts the armed services some kind of quasi-religious pedestal, and even to me this is deeply offensive, just incredibly gross.
EDIT to add: This is so hideous I’m having trouble believing it. Can anyone verify the photo?
EDIT 2: Yes, almost certainly real; see thread
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gvda6fem6r7selm4gzjjww4a/post/3lrm2rrrhms2y
Series B, Episode 03 - Weapon
COSER: Now, even if Security trace us to this planet, they'll assume the ship crashed and we died in the explosion. Did you hear what I said?
RASHEL: Yes.
COSER: Well?
RASHEL: It's a very clever plan, sir.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/203/2
Wow. Yes. From a California district court:
“At this early stage of the proceedings, the Court must determine whether the President followed the congressionally mandated procedure for his actions. He did not. His actions were illegal—both exceeding the scope of his statutory authority and violating the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith.” https://journa.host/@chrisgeidner/114673375048335011
Divya and Shantini have vetted that yes, these are real people in real crisis who need help.
The two of them aren’t professional fundraisers or anything. They’re just doing their best with the tools they have, trying desperately to help a few people.
Yes, I wish that we had proper organizations — NGOs, international aid, a functioning democracy! — to help •all• the people in need all at once. We don’t. Elbow grease is all we’ve got.
https://chuffed.org/project/hope-giving-circle
Divya and Shantini have vetted that yes, these are real people in real crisis who need help.
The two of them aren’t professional fundraisers or anything. They’re just doing their best with the tools they have, trying desperately to help a few people.
Yes, I wish that we had proper organizations — NGOs, international aid, a functioning democracy! — to help •all• the people in need all at once. We don’t. Elbow grease is all we’ve got.
https://chuffed.org/project/hope-giving-circle
The argument with Java Beans was that you can just drag and drop connections between the getters and the setters, so what’s left to code?
Yes, really.
@inthehands@hachyderm.io
