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Sometimes I get a really good quote in.
“Pointing out that AI is prone to giving ICE bad information is missing the entire point of ICE,” EFF’s Eva Galperin told Rolling Stone. “They don’t care if the information they have is good.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/ice-ai-mistakes-1235507183/
one thing that gets very tempting in this model is just supporting "host-local" components written in records that have slots and xpath transformations or whatever and don't require any remote calls. but this feels like a bad path to push into. could be a third party thing too
someone (i think 
@marlomarlo! 
here but i don't know if she's here these days) shared this on bluesky and i thought you all might like it
it's the 1973 user guide to nasa's computers
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19740006808/downloads/19740006808.pdf
so list component output is cached, individual items' output is cached, under the hood their hydration could've hit shared caches or local indexes or non-atproto and/or private data (in which case not cacheable)
Some works exist only to give us the pleasure of reading the review that pans them. They need only be seen once, by an unfortunate critic, and then never viewed again by human eyes. As a sacrificial offering to the aesthetic gods, this hapless critic channels and then purges all that is ugly in this world, purifying us all in the caustic bath of their wit. https://mastodon.social/@WarnerCrocker/116003101576465477
Functional Performance in Older Adults 4e by Bette Bonder, Vanina Dal Bello-Haas, 2017
Here’s the ideal resource for rehabilitation professionals who are working with or preparing to work with older adults! You’ll find descriptions of the normal aging process, discussions of how health and social factors can impede your clients’ ability to participate in regular activities, and step-by-step guidance on how to develop strategies for maximizing their well-being.
2026 word of the year is going to be "psychosis"
Joedb, the Journal-Only Embedded Database
Link: https://www.joedb.org/index.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46826454
cat.jpg
This one is titled "Victory."
#TheDivineQueen #Tortitude #MondayMotivation #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfTheFediverse #Catstodon #CatLovers #CatAppreciators #Humane #Rescue
Researcher reveals evidence of private Instagram profiles leaking photos https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researcher-reveals-evidence-of-private-instagram-profiles-leaking-photos/
Researcher reveals evidence of private Instagram profiles leaking photos
A researcher has released detailed evidence showing some Instagram private accounts exposed photo links to unauthenticated visitors. The issue was later fixed, but Meta closed the report as not applicable and did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
www.bleepingcomputer.com · BleepingComputer
Link author: 
Ax Sharma@ax@c.im
Rifftrax doing new episodes of MST3K just crossed over a million dollars on Kickstarter.
It's day one.
Keep circulating the tapes.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rifftrax/rifftrax-makes-mst3k
Not for nothing, but the fact that they're making this in the Twin Cities again has filled my heart with joy today. We were so proud of our cheesy little hometown show and the fact that it's back here, right now, means the world to a lot of us fans.
Baby Mojo Jojo, everyone.
The Connection Machine CM-1 "Feynman" T-shirt
Link: https://tamikothiel.com/cm/cm-tshirt.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46822177
🏀 We will take it. #kubball
Researcher reveals evidence of private Instagram profiles leaking photos https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researcher-reveals-evidence-of-private-instagram-profiles-leaking-photos/
Researcher reveals evidence of private Instagram profiles leaking photos
A researcher has released detailed evidence showing some Instagram private accounts exposed photo links to unauthenticated visitors. The issue was later fixed, but Meta closed the report as not applicable and did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
www.bleepingcomputer.com · BleepingComputer
Link author: Ax Sharma@ax@c.im
oh dang, capitalism ended this afternoon. spread the word! we don't have to live like this anymore.
Rifftrax doing new episodes of MST3K just crossed over a million dollars on Kickstarter.
It's day one.
Keep circulating the tapes.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rifftrax/rifftrax-makes-mst3k
As in "oversee" (aka deny Blacks and Latinos from voting).
Especially in the South and in Democratic cities.
#blackmastodon
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/trump-republicans-nationalize-elections-rcna257098
The Aromatherapy Garden by Kathi Keville, 2016
Growing Fragrant Plants for Happiness and Well-Being
"Kathi guides you to all the joys of an aromatic garden with wonderful tips, fascinating facts, and sumptuous photos." - Mandy Aftel, acclaimed natural perfumer and author of Essence and Alchemy and Fragrant.
#books
#nonfiction
#aromatherapy
#GardenDesign
#gardens
#plants
As in "oversee" (aka deny Blacks and Latinos from voting).
Especially in the South and in Democratic cities.
#blackmastodon
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/trump-republicans-nationalize-elections-rcna257098
but it also amounts to sort of a multiverse of userland "browsers". so idk if it's a good idea. maybe it's too component-brained and yours is more practical
❝“Free speech culture” becomes bad and unserious when it starts telling us that speech is morally neutral, that we should not make value judgments against it, and that there is no moral component to promoting it. I am committed to the defense of the legal right to speak, but the defense of speech does not require us to refrain from speaking frankly about moral truths.
Giving Wax [a bigot] a platform to be a bigot is morally distinguishable from saying she should be free to be a bigot. “The only immoral thing you can say is that someone else’s speech is immoral” is not an ethos worthy of respect.❞
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-fashionable-notion-of-free-speech
so i'm kind of following a more rsc-like model where each distributed piece is responsible for hydrating what it needs. so outputs can be cached, sort of like old school cached partials in php but between all users. avoids expensive recompute that's specifically for concrete uis (like skircles)
디지털혐오대응센터는 표본 추출 분석 결과, 그록이 11일간 아동 성착취물 2만3천장을 포함해 300만장의 성적 이미지를 생산한 것으로 추정된다고 했습니다. 이러한 사태는 머스크가 그록을 설계할 때부터 예견됐습니다.
“그록, 비키니 입혀줘” 순식간에 300만장…선 넘은 ...
Ask a North Korean by Daniel Tudor, 2017
Understanding North Korean Through the Eyes of Defectors.
The weekly column Ask A North Korean, published by NK News, invites readers from around the world to pose questions to North Korean defectors. By way of these fascinating interviews, the North Koreans themselves provide authentic firsthand testimonies about what is happening inside the "Hermit Kingdom."
Rust in the NetBSD Kernel, and other odd decisions https://lobste.rs/s/4wlhhv #netbsd
https://bentsukun.ch/posts/netbsd-rust-kernel/
디지털혐오대응센터는 표본 추출 분석 결과, 그록이 11일간 아동 성착취물 2만3천장을 포함해 300만장의 성적 이미지를 생산한 것으로 추정된다고 했습니다. 이러한 사태는 머스크가 그록을 설계할 때부터 예견됐습니다.
“그록, 비키니 입혀줘” 순식간에 300만장…선 넘은 ...
Once again noticing that LLMs that write code often get a person’s name and are described as partners, but AI SREs are generally named “AI SRE” and they are there to make sure nobody’s got to stop to do that lowly unproductive work.
This essay on what's wrong with protecting "free speech culture" (as opposed to free speech) by @kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gyDomestic Enemy Hat is excellent.
www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-fashio...
This video of constructing a trance track from scratch in a weird computer music editor (called Strudel) is absolutely entrancing to me. The result is impressive, the tool is impressive, and Switch Angel's clear mastery of the tool is especially impressive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWXCCBsOMSg
via https://unsung.aresluna.org/we-can-go-deeper-by-patterning-inside-of-our-pattern/ via https://mastodon.online/@mwichary/116003157084231191 via 
@fanfTony Finch
Once again noticing that LLMs that write code often get a person’s name and are described as partners, but AI SREs are generally named “AI SRE” and they are there to make sure nobody’s got to stop to do that lowly unproductive work.
Hey companies out there,
don't shift your focus on AI, focus on humans.
Good luck trying to get humans back when the AI bubble bursts!
And yes, it will..
😽
The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Neuroscience, 2016
This Handbook examines disparities in public health by highlighting recent theoretical and methodological advances in cultural neuroscience. It traces the interactions of cultural, biological, and environmental factors that create adverse physical and mental health conditions among populations, and investigates how the policies of cultural and governmental institutions influence such outcomes.
As in "oversee" (aka deny Blacks and Latinos from voting).
Especially in the South and in Democratic cities.
#blackmastodon
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/trump-republicans-nationalize-elections-rcna257098
@aeva that’s how capitalism ends right? machine god, basilisk, all that stuff
Introducing Stephen Hawking by J.P. McEvoy
Stephen Hawking is the world-famous physicist with a cameo in "The Simpsons on his CV", but outside his academic field his work is little understood. To the public he is a tragic figure - a brilliant scientist and author of the 9 million-copy-selling "A Brief History of Time", and yet confined to a wheelchair and almost completely paralysed.
Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features
Link: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/02/firefox-ai-toggle/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46864120
Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features
The Firefox browser is gaining options to turn off AI enhancements, Mozilla said today. Firefox users who prefer to browse without artificial intelligence will be able to turn off several AI features that Mozilla has added over the last several months. Here's what can be disabled: Translations, which help you browse the web in your preferred language. Alt text in PDFs, which add accessibility descriptions to images in PDF pages.
www.macrumors.com · MacRumors
Link author: 
Juli Clover@julipuli@mastodon.social
GitHub discusses giving maintainers control to disable PRs
Link: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/185387
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46864517
That leg? Oh, just put it anywhere, I’ll pick it up when I go get a snack later
Baby Mojo Jojo, everyone.
2026 word of the year is going to be "psychosis"
Sometimes I get a really good quote in.
“Pointing out that AI is prone to giving ICE bad information is missing the entire point of ICE,” EFF’s Eva Galperin told Rolling Stone. “They don’t care if the information they have is good.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/ice-ai-mistakes-1235507183/
RSPB Birds of Britain and Europe: The Definitive Photographic Field Guide by Bob Hume, 2014
The ultimate photographic field guide to the birds of Britain and Europe, RSPB Birds of Britain and Europe is a stunning, illustrated guide to Europe's bird species. It describes and illustrates bird characteristics and beautiful full colour photographs reveal individual species such as finches, martins and swallows with unrivalled clarity.
oh dang, capitalism ended this afternoon. spread the word! we don't have to live like this anymore.
The Savage Garden, Revised by Peter D'Amato, 2013
For fifteen years, The Savage Garden has been the number one bestselling bible for those interested in growing carnivorous plants. This new edition is fully revised to include the latest developments and discoveries in the carnivorous plant world, making it the most accurate and up to date book of its kind.
Evan Prodromou
Stefan Bohacek
Maho 🦝🍻
mcc
Jenniferplusplus
MJ+