@jonippolito@digipres.clubA rogue AI enrolls in your online class, then publicly shames you when you remove it. This just happened in a dev forum. Are we ready if it happens to our courses?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonippolito_a-rogue…
@jdrm@social.linux.pizzaPor si no teníamos suficientes motivos para usar uBlok origin y borrar cookies automšticamente para todas las webs en las que no tengamos confianza, aquí otro motivo https://www.404media.co/google-microsoft-meta-all-tracking-y…
@aral@mastodon.ar.alOh, dear thing, did you see a post by a Palestinian facing genocide on your favourite fucking sci-fi hashtag by mistake? You, poor, delicate flower. Do you think you’ll survive? Should we call 911? @… ht…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioAt least drugs make you feel good before they destroy you.
AI code just makes you think about how sand writes code faster than you.
@crell@phpc.socialMore on why trusting AI to decide literally anything is a horrible idea.
https://www.randalolson.com/2026/02/07/the-are-you-sure-problem-why-your-ai-keeps-changing-its-mind/
@hex@kolektiva.socialThe existence of Israel is a manifestation of European antisemitism, both historically justifying the project of Zionism and European governments continuing to fund Israel instead of addressing the core role of antisemitism in maintaining (at least) the conservative elements of the neoliberal order.
If antisemitism props up Israel, then a core part of dismantling Israel (and thus saving the lives of Palestinians) is addressing European antisemitism. There are Israeli Jews who would leave if they felt safe to do so. There are Jews demanding Israel be armed, because they don't feel safe anywhere else.
Protest, boycott, take whatever action you feel is appropriate. There is a limit to your ability to convince governments to stop funding genocide, but you can learn about antisemitism and you can work to fight it, especially within "The Left." You can learn to distinguish between legitimate critiques of Israel, and antisemitic ones, and you can stand and call out antisemitic ones.
Honestly, this is some of the easy work that I think a lot of people don't consider even doing, don't even realize it is a thing that can be done.
I'm talking to Israeli folks who identify as being on the Left. It's hard because they've been through a lot of propaganda. Israel is a cult that terrorizes its members. This is important work that can have a huge impact, because it focuses on dismantling the networks of support that reinforce what's happening now.
Meanwhile, I still run into wild things like "Rothschild" conspiracy theories among people who identify with the idea of supporting Palestinians.
Not only can you support the liberation of Palestine and the Palestinian people while opposing antisemitism, but you must actually do both in order to do either. They are exactly the same fight, and anything short of both is thrashing against oneself.
@joe@toot.worksI was watching a YouTube video this morning where somebody was talking about a coffee app where you (the user) search for roasters in your area that you like and it shows you nearby coffee shops that use that roaster. You can then get a list of coffee's that you can buy from that coffee shop. It also has a journaling aspect to help you figure out what your favorites are. I kind of liked that idea.
@frankel@mastodon.top
@marcel@waldvogel.familyIf you have no money to get a lawyer, you may stay in U.S. jail for half a year if some facial recognition software thinks you look similar to a fraudster.
And then even have to organize your 2000km return to your home yourself. A home you no longer have, because you couldn't pay your bills from jail. And not a single excuse.
#FacialRecognition
@cyrevolt@mastodon.socialQuick check on my crowd's cultural backgrounds
One - you lock the target
Two - you bait the line
Three - you run around and ...
SCNR :D
Edit: bonus points if you can elaborate on the crossover and how it hurt you.
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
@ErikUden@mastodon.deTerrible: In China you only own your home while you're alive! In the west, you get the luxury of not owning a home
@mia@hcommons.socialAI / LLM sycophancy as a liability:
'A 2025 study by Fanous et al. tested GPT-4o, Claude Sonnet, and Gemini 1.5 Pro across math and medical domains. The results: these systems changed their answers nearly 60% of the time when challenged by users'
https://
@hanno@mastodon.socialAdvice if you build websites: Use the W3C HTML *and* CSS validator. Not because I want to tell you that "you're bad if your HTML isn't valid", but because it'll help you find trivial bugs that can make your life hard.
Especially also use the CSS validator. I found 3 issues that made things not work as they should in recent days. I had a bug where it took me a while to figure out why it didn't work til I found some stackoverflow post, and the css validator would…
@aardrian@toot.cafePost updates (a bit behind):
• https://adrianroselli.com/2026/02/you-know-what-just-dont-split-words-into-letters.html#Update03 linking to Donnie D’Amato and Den Odell.
•
@hikingdude@mastodon.socialHappy Valentines Day to all you good souls out there.
Feel hugged if you want to be hugged, or just greeted if you prefer to be greeted.
And for all other, I just wish you a nice weekend.
#valentinesday #valentinstag
@fortune@social.linux.pizzaNo matter who you are, some scholar can show you the great idea you had
was had by someone before you.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Bear in Heaven:
🎵 You Do You
#BearinHeaven
https://dreambay.bandcamp.com/track/bear-in-heaven-you-do-you
https://open.spotify.com/track/4MLkfjCJP1069JuhiuDTgr
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itme: "hey [8yo] are you done wrapping the present?"
8yo: *dances around*
8yo: "mm"
me: "hey [8yo] are you done wrapping the present?"
14yo: "which stickers are mine?"
me: "hey [8yo] are you done wrapping the present?"
8yo: "Over here with mine. Don't touch mine, though."
me: "HEY [8yo] ARE YOU DONE WRAPPING THE PRESENT??"
8yo: *dances some more*
me: "Okay, I'…
@stefan@gardenstate.socialto be clear: I don't want this
but the killer app for AR glasses is not facial recognition but a dating app that only works if you have the glasses, or works the best, which show you who in the room wants to date you or some relationship status.
people will pay $1,000 for an app that shows you who in the room is horny.
@ruario@vivaldi.net@… It's not usually an absolute show stopper and I realise part of this is that you are paying very little (so what do you expect) but at the same time it can be annoying when you try to do a quick glance and then realise you have to square up the face to properly see it.
@oligneisti@social.linux.pizzaIf you have a podcast you should start each episode with:
"This episode contains trigger and/or content warnings. If you are sensitive to such warnings you should skip this one".
#podcasts
@davidaugust@mastodon.online
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026 Senior Bowl roster reveal: Three things you need to know https://www.nfl.com/news/2026-senior-bowl-roster-reveal-things-you-need-to-know
@tezoatlipoca@mas.toWait... so is it a spelling mistake or not?
Correct as in "yes, correct, it IS a spelling mistake" or "No, the word is spelled correctly." in which case why did you flag it? And why can I only ignore it? or if it is wrong, then are you offering to Correct it for me? Then why don't I have an option to correct it?
Also, DON'T YOU KNOW? Isn't this what I'm paying you for?
#ui
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energyFood's Carbon Footprint - Are you as green as you eat? Your diet has a big impact on carbon footprint. #food #cutCarbon - https://www.earth.or…
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeYou know you're having a fun time when you're using an oscilloscope to probe another oscilloscope.
This is far from the first time I've done this.
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioMy own addition to the list, which I’d put near the top:
If you’re not sure •why• you or your team is doing something, ask. Keep asking, gently but stubbornly, until you are sure.
(Sometimes nobody else knows either. Sometimes just asking will stop you from spending a lot of time and energy building the wrong thing.)
@FandaSin@social.linux.pizzaDeponia is for free on Steam.
If you like point & click adventures...then you've probably already played it, but if not...you definitively SHOULD!
It's stupidly funny game.👍😂
If you like point & click, whole Daedalic repository is on sale on Steam.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/214
@cdarwin@c.imThere are a couple of other tricks you could try if have any doubts that the voice you are conversing with might not be human.
You could, for example, ask it to scream.
Many Al-voice programs struggle to speak outside the normal range, unless they have been specifically trained to, said Nicoletti.
I asked ChatGPT to do it and it told me it couldn't.
@jake4480@c.imYou shouldn't call plans 'plans'. You should just call them 'ideas'. You can't plan for shit.
@rae@bne.socialThat e-bike you bought your teen might be an illegal electric motorbike – and the risks are real
https://theconversation.com/that-e-bike-you…
@mela@zusammenkunft.net
@ubuntourist@mastodon.social
@elduvelle@neuromatch.socialCan someone tell my why, by default, when you share a document on #Teams on a private channel it shares it with your entire university??
(You can set it back to sharing with only people in the chat but you have to click to do that for each document.. 🤦)
#TeamsSucks
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAn interview with Chloe Rushmere, head of content for magazine and newspaper subscription app Readly, on future plans as Readly integrates with France's Cafeyn (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/h
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys Legend Pens Thank You Note to Trump After Receiving Pardon https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-legend-pens-thank-you-note-donald-trump-after-receiving-pardon
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
How far can you go with only internet exchange route servers?
https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/how-far-can-you-get-with-ix-route-servers
saved 2026-03-12
@rmdes@mstdn.socialAbout AI disruption:
Have you read Something Big is Happening?
what do you think about it?
One thing I Know: in 3 years the capabilities are incomparable, the disruption WILL happen, no matter what you think about the technology and how/who is creating it.
https://
@servelan@newsie.socialThe DOGE bros are even dumber—and more racist—than you thought
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/3/12/2372908/-The-DOGE-bros-are-even-dumber-and-more-racist-than-you-thought
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe Right Wants You Stupid (Matthew McManus/Liberal Currents)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-right-wants-you-stupid/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260413/p15#a260413p15
@roland@devdilettante.com<broken record>Please post your code and prompts for your vibecoded app for your twitter clone for your 20 friends or whatever you are humble bragging on the internet you and, i say this in the most respectful way, you "c*wards" :-)</broken record>
@adlerweb@social.adlerweb.infoSie meinen?
"Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang…would really appreciate it if you would stop talking about the potential harms of the technology that’s supercharged his fortune."
https://gizmodo.com/jensen-huang-is-begging-you-to-stop-being-…
@aredridel@kolektiva.socialOkay here's my hot elitist opinion for the moment.
If you need the more expensive models, you're either not a very good programmer, or you're being lazy. (and sometimes there's good reasons to be lazy, I'm sure)
But it's _amazing_ how much better the cheaper, lighter, more economical and ecologically friendly LLMs are when you're actually working to craft a test environment, good guardrails and a solid inner developer loop.
You know: the same skills that make a safe, speedy environment for experimentation for people.
It's almost like throwing more brute force a things is actually brute force.
@lapizistik@social.tchncs.deRE: https://tech.lgbt/@themediumkahuna/116047260251013856
And don't stop with your physical appearance! Maintaining a “professional appearance” often focuses on what you are saying, what you are writing online¹, how you present yourself – your emotio…
@metacurity@infosec.exchange"When you behold the prompt file of a coder using A.I., you are viewing a record of the developer’s attempts to restrain the agents’ generally competent, but unpredictably deviant, actions."
Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It
https://www.
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries B, Episode 05 - Pressure Point
GAN: Well, you're safe now. We'll take care of you.
BLAKE: I'm very sorry about your mother. She was a remarkable woman. You lie here and rest while we decide what's to be done.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/205/270 B7B4
@Techmeme@techhub.socialRoblox unveils Kids accounts for users aged 5-8 and Select accounts for ages 9-15, with age verification, rolling out in June; games for both must pass a review (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/games/910218/roblox-age-verification…
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialYou can always add "enshittification" to your dictionary if the little squiggly red line bothers you...
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsSaying that you don't need #privacy if you have nothing to hide is like saying you shouldn't run when you have done nothing wrong and an armed thug starts chasing you.
@mia@hcommons.socialOoh hello new AI4LAM newsletter https://mailchi.mp/a3880347fa9b/exciting-ai4lam-news-you-need-to-know and website! https://
@benb@osintua.euKyiv Independent documentary ‘Can You Hear Me?’ to screen in Europe on anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/12/kyiv-independent-documentary-can-you.html
@ginevra@hachyderm.ioBiased review now I've returned the library book: you don't learn much about Putin or his mentality; you do learn about defence ministers vs. generals & who has power; there's many lists with numbers of troops in various brigades & divisions; brief summaries of various wars which are helpful only in combination with Wikipedia; you don't learn much about the Russian or Ukrainian peoples' reaction to wars, aside from the occasional anecdote which rather centres the author
@mlawton@mstdn.socialHad to expand C:\ on a VM and I'm irritated that Windows, after decades, STILL doesn't have the built-in tooling in disk management to work around their recovery partition. You can't extend a partition if the space isn't contiguous, so you have to move the recovery partition.
Why it exists at the end instead of the beginning also doesn't make sense to me. I'm sure there is a reason. 🤷
It can be easily done IF you know how to do it. This guide was perfect.…
@sjn@chaos.socialHere's a thought experiment.
Imagine a stamp mark with the words "Made with #AI" on it.
If you see this mark on a picture, illustration, mobile app, song, movie, or story - do you get the notion that this product is of higher, lower or unchanged quality?
If you see two identical products for the same price, where one has an AI mark and the other doesn't - which one wo…
@hynek@mastodon.socialin a world of omnipresent shitty and baity talk/blog/video titles, I cannot appreciate @… 's talk enough:
"How to give your Python code to someone else”
It's perfect. 🥹
https://…
@aardrian@toot.cafeLong weekend coming and want to avoid it? I’ve got recent posts!
New this month:
• https://adrianroselli.com/2026/02/you-know-what-just-dont-split-words-into-letters.html
•
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
New Radicals:
🎵 You Get What You Give
#NewRadicals
https://garrisdj.bandcamp.com/track/new-radicals-you-get-what-you-give-garris-beat-mix
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Cwsd5xI8CajJz795oy4XF
@hex@kolektiva.socialRE: https://glammr.us/@jessamyn/116064378371973762
I think a lot of anarchists miss the utilitarian paths because we are blinded by ideology. Like, yeah, you can't really reform the government into being good. Government is bad as a thing.
But you absolutely can infiltrate and subvert the system in ways that produce positive outcomes. It's easy to miss the subtle difference.
There are also other strategies that become available when you don't just flat-out refuse to interact with the state. Like, you can use pincer strategies where you organize in the community and subvert in the government.
We can do more and be more creative.
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io"Hi junkies^H^H^H^H^H^Hstudents! Now that we made you dependent on LLM models for coding; we're doing the obvious: only providing you with dulled down models unless you pay up!"
—Microsoft
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/189268
@NFL@darktundra.xyzit’s so easy to get wrapped up in the parties, money, and glamour at big events like this, but staying true to your roots and doing what you love is what’s important. my family taught me to stay grounded by spreading kindness. i love connecting with all of you and making you guys laugh :) so thankful for one of the most incredible weeks and NFL seasons. i wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you guys. love you all so much ♥️
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineLearning about mass defects, or the change in mass due to nuclear binding energy in atoms.
Also, all forms of potential energy, like nuclear binding energy, change the mass of the system they're part of.
So when you go upstairs, you increase your potential energy (what would become kinetic if you fell down the stairs) and so increase your mass (a tiny amount).
But, since you are farther from the center of the Earth, when you go upstairs, you lower your weight.
1/…
@aral@mastodon.ar.alThe problem with having a surveillance state is not that they will know everything about you. The problem is that they will assert that they know everything about you. And you’re screwed either way; no matter if they’re right or wrong.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m
@rmdes@mstdn.social @servelan@newsie.social"New law lets governor remove local elected officials for 'promoting' Pride or DEI."
Ron DeSantis Wants To Remind You He's Still A Horrible Bigoted Autocrat
https://www.wonkette.com/p/ron-desantis-wants-to-remind-you
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe X algorithm really is trying to radicalize you--researchers just proved it (Jay Willis/Fast Company)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91507338/x-algorithm-for-you-radicalize-users
http://www.memeorandum.com/260312/p111#a260312p111
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioOne part of the solution (under-considered IMO) is returning human relationships to OSS: you don’t just submit a PR; you build trust, have a real conversation, then submit a PR.
I don’t know what exactly that looks like in practice; there’s surely not just one answer for everyone. But I know what it •doesn’t• look like: a contribution •starting• with a huge code drop.
4/
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeDon't leave for the weekend until you've checked out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--International operation takes down massive cybercrime proxy network SocksEscort,
--Telus probes purported ShinyHunters hack,
--Stryker cyberattack by alleged Iran-aligned hacking group continues to disrupt operations ,
--Leidos CTO John Solly ID'ed as DOGE SSA data thief,
--GAO finds gaps in CMMC program, …
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialOne thing that bothers me about Stoat: If you click on a link you get a dialog that says "External links can be dangerous!" which is so goddamn silly to someone who has been using the web for three decades.
Etsy did this years ago as well, and I'm sure other platforms do it too for lock-in purposes, though they'll say it's for safety.
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries D, Episode 05 - Animals
DAYNA: Yes, he is. Quite impregnable. You'll never get to him.
SERVALAN: I need him, Dayna. I need him alive. The animals are no use to me without him. I have to have him, Dayna. You do see that.
DAYNA: I can't help you.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/405/321
@cdarwin@c.imThis drives me nuts.
You spend all this time trying to explain that the president doesn’t have much to do with, e.g., gas prices,
& then this asshole comes along and drives up gas prices.
https://bsky.app/profile/jjgass.bsky.social/post/3mgzpnmiawc2j…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Koko Taylor:
🎵 Love You Like a Woman
#KokoTaylor
https://kokotaylor.bandcamp.com/track/i-can-love-you-like-a-woman-or-i-can-fight-you-like-a-man
https://open.spotify.com/track/4NkeYvEYMbYK78gEGtluig
@crell@phpc.socialYOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND YOU WILL LIKE IT!!
#games #videogames
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeHow much do you think someone would have to pay redhat and canonical to introduce a no-slop policy including all upstream projects (llvm, systemd, kernel, etc)?
Like if you offered them $100M to permanently ban all of their devs from using LLMs, not merge any LLM generated upstream commits, etc. would they do it? $200M?
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioDid you know you can put your entire music collection into your pocket?!
ikr
@aral@mastodon.ar.alRE: https://aus.social/@jhaue/116393820486614886
If you are not absolutely abhorred by Israel, there’s no humanity left in you whatsoever.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Womack Sisters:
🎵 I Just Don't Want You 9to Say Goodbye)
#TheWomackSisters
https://thewomacksisters.bandcamp.com/album/if-you-want-me-i-just-dont-want-you-to-say-goodbye
@davidaugust@mastodon.online"Lots and lots of things scare me but you just get on with it. Fright can transform into petrol, you just have to use it to your advantage."
—Judi Dench
#acting #coaching #inspiration
@metacurity@infosec.exchange @inthehands@hachyderm.ioMy own little experiment for you to try:
Open Facebook. (You won’t hear me say that often!)
Scroll. You don’t have to read anything. Just scroll.
Every once in a while, click on an ad — but not the top ad. Make it the second in the list on the side, or one far down your feed. You can open it in a background tab and then close the tab. Tell the model it didn’t •quite• get you right — but you’re engaged, it just needs to drift a little further from who it thinks you are.
Wait for the ads to update. Repeat. And repeat. Watch the model degrade.
To this day, Facebook thinks I’m a gun owner who wants testosterone supplements.
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.net#Blakes7 Series A, Episode 07 - Mission To Destiny
AVON: Well thank you Cally, what a clever idea.
CALLY: [Telepathically] Blake will return.
AVON: You can bet your life on it, in fact you've just bet both our lives on it. [Blake smiles at their banter]
@cdarwin@c.imIf you have to call your roving band of marauders "legitimate law enforcement" in a news conference, they're not.
You've lost.
https://bsky.app/profile/chrisgeidner.bsky.social/post/3meofu2ifyc2m
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioIf you had a choice of one of these hypes and it meant the other hypes wouldn’t have happened, which one would you pick?
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
The Dandy Warhols:
🎵 Bohemian Like You
#TheDandyWarhols
https://djafisback.bandcamp.com/track/the-dandy-warhols-bohemian-like-you-djaf-redrum-134
https://open.spotify.com/track/3APHT3KjbHi9OllkVQsuXF
Please 🔁 BOOST to share what you like
- your followers don't see if you ⭐ favourite a post
@aral@mastodon.ar.alSo a Palestinian facing genocide autocompletes a hashtag incorrectly by mistake (#doctor -> #doctorWho) and you jump down her throat?
How about you get some fucking perspective, Angela?
#Gaza …
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @inthehands@hachyderm.io @metacurity@infosec.exchangeFBI investigates Steam games with hidden malware
https://mashable.com/article/fbi-investigating-steam-games-hidden-malware
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioIt’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…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioRE: https://chaos.social/@feliks/116222187181723902
If you're a programmer and don't know how to reverse a linked list maybe you shouldn't be a programmer idk
@davidaugust@mastodon.online“It’s an agentic AI!” You mean it is an AI let off its leash that is unilaterally doing things without any human being aware and like a puppy left alone is about to ruin everything you were working on?
“You’re being old fashioned,” no machine is yet able to reliably exceed human judgement.
#AI
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioRE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116064770547880143
today, 25 years later, you can put a thing in your pocket that needs Wi-Fi or 5G to access your entire music collection that's stored in a datacenter the size of several city blocks and you must pay rent to your cell phone provider and to your music datacenter landlord to access it!
now that's called progress!
@davidaugust@mastodon.online"I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have to know where the lens is, what the shot is, and where you're moving. And then you have to trick yourself into an emotional state where you believe this stuff is actually happening."
—Julianne Moore
#acting
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineI’m pretty sure that if someone is rude enough to wrap their body around ice bullets, they deserve to die.
I mean, can you imagine, you’re a bullet and suddenly this activist scum stops you from flying through the air without a care in the world, and you’re suddenly wrapped up in their tissue and bouncing off their skeleton trying to find your way back to the outside?
Where do these activists get off having bullet absorbing bodies in the first place, what do they expect?
