I hope #hggit pushes a working version out through pip soon. In the mean time, branch 1.3.x managed not to explode once. Afaict this has been another #python3 migration straggler. FYI, in my ~/.hgrc hg-git = ~/clones/hg-git/hggit and in the clone I had to hg checkout -C 1.3.x If you're not a […]

You might have heard about Palantir employees raising concerns about their work with ICE. And DHS relies on a massive private network of contractors who can be named and shamed, raising the price of doing business. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/private-ch...

"If the script is being piped to bash, intentional delays in the script cause bash to pause reading from stdin, and therefore curl pauses receiving the script. The attacker’s server can detect these pauses, and may then send a malicious part of the script [that would not have shown if the script […]

Is there a term for the exit-oriented libertarian-funded startup? I guess that's what "startup" means, forsooth. But I guess I'm fishing for a derogatory connotation. #askfedi

Interested in collaborating on #p2p web tech but don't want to deal with Discord's ID verification? Come join our #matrix channel instead! https://matrix.to/#/#agregore:mauve.moe

🧜‍♂️ Paradise by the sea, Italian style. A casino and entertainment venue in opulent Stile Liberty architecture, an Italian variation of Art Nouveau from the early 20th century. Later, it became a school. It closed around half a decade ago […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

Looking for an obvious alternative to #dominanceideologies, I found #ethicsofcare

#superbowl!

Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.

This sunday, #superbowl watches YOU

For no particular reason, here's another one from my personal #superbowl photo collection. Tawny owl portrait, from 2011. #superbowls

LA Area celebrates #superbowl Sunday

I wonder if anyone has cross referenced Epstein files with Panama files and other major hidden wealth leaks.

I'm proud to welcome the wonderful Daniele Turturici to the #storyseedlibrary ! :D She's an Italian illustrator and comic artist drawing #solarpunk ! https://storyseedlibrary.org/authors/daniele-turturici/ #art #illustration #climate #climatechange #futurism #italy #hopepunk

What #ai providers take money from and/or give money to sources and institutions supporting deportation the way it is happening now in the US? #aianswer https://gitlab.com/-/snippets/4932289

Happy Imbolc, the celebration of the day halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox It marks the beginning of Spring in Ireland The ancient Celts were a bit pedantic about their solar astronomy, and didn't take account of thermal inertia which actually delays seasons by a month

I think if someone trained an #ai model to generate #metallica songs based on their music, the resulting court case might set precedent that AI infringes on copyright.

"AI agents—specifically tools like Claude Code—are inherently vulnerable to a "nightmare" security flaw: Indirect Prompt Injection" #ai #cybersecurity #promptinjection #aiagents #llm #programming #infosec #techsecurity #claudecode https://youtu.be/_3okhTwa7w4

I asked perplexity about why the #kennedycenter has been in the news lately and after five retries, I resigned to asking it about cancelations, specifically. It did finally tell me about the "controversial rename". So you know, AI self-censors.

echo 'teach me one thing every return from a prompt that will incrementally help me work on this project without AI' >> CLAUDE.md #aidev #claudecode

I'm a software developer with 40 years' professional experience, lucky enough to be considering early retirement. I love writing code and don't want to stop. I'm keen to give something back, and contribute to one or more open source projects. The questions are, to what shall I contribute, and […]

this is making me wonder if folks have studied whether "Imposterism" and "Contest Cultures" are connected, it feels like if you're in a culture where "admitting you don't know the answer looks weak" it would be extremely natural to be "afraid others will discover how much knowledge or ability I […]

this paper's main suggestions for how to combat "contest cultures" (admitting you don't know something is seen as weak) and the "brilliance trap" (there's an attitude that people are either "brilliant" or "not") is to prioritize a "strong culture of shared learning and [emphasize] that all […]

Whether you agree with, hate, or are turbulently navigating the transition of many teams to agent-mediated coding (I am considering the post from @anildash where he talks about #codeless, IE #literateprogramming or #literatedevelopment), Robert C Martin's book, Clean Code should be the bible in […]

What makes you feel glad to be alive? #askfedi #hope

Coming up on halfway through #hexunixtime year 069yr. February 2nd is week 698. 06Ayr begins May 10 2026. They say fruit flies like a banana.

Sometimes it seems like capitalists and the free software movement love themselves too much and hate each other too much to look at what the other is actually doing. The GPL, for instance, is a great choice for a competitive business to release its software under. Do you know how copyright […]

If #fedi instances, or accounts on instances, come and go frequently in alpha software, would that kind of churn cause problems with other instances on the #fediverse? What is the #fediquette for #fedidev?

I just got a DM from "Leeloy" that smells like fishing: "To avoid any disruption to your account access, please complete the verification by clicking the link below: [A URL from ⁨mastodon.orderverify310.sbs] This step helps us confirm your identity and protect the community. Please complete […]

"Catholics must decide if they serve Donald Trump or the Gospel": https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/catholics-must-decide-if-they-serve-donald-trump-or-gospel "As a Catholic, (JD) Vance could have chosen to share the Gospel message of healing and human dignity. Instead, he chose to […]

Lawsuit Alleges That #whatsapp Has No End-to-End #encryption https://www.pcmag.com/news/lawsuit-alleges-that-whatsapp-has-no-end-to-end-encryption #privacy #cybersecurity #meta

#nonquantecon Oh this hashtag has nothing. Well, it's nonquantifiable, or intentionally unquantified, or inherently priceless _value accounting_. Yeah, yeah, NFTs. Let's not talk about blockchain right now, but yes #nonquant economic accounting would involve *literally* nonfungible tokens. But […]

#nonquantecon is going to happen soon. Old enough now to know when I think that and get that feeling, I'm right. #futurism

A bit early, but... My timing was perfect. #caturday

Unanimous Minnesota City Councjk signs on to Minnesota Day of Truth & Freedom, tomorrow, 1/23/26.

Greenland – the hidden continent between the oceans – Physical facts – a giant of ice Greenland is the largest island on Earth, covering about 2.1 million square kilometers – roughly 100 times the size of Israel. Only about 20% of the island is exposed – the […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

#softwareconcept - FediPG: federated #postgresql - Post schemas and data and queries. - Paginate, abbreviate, roll up - Output asciidoc/dataframes/epub reports - OpenData API integration - analytical/scientific social media

“I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win.” Important thread:

"NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books ...executives allegedly authorized the use of millions of pirated books from Anna's Archive to fuel its AI training. In an expanded class-action lawsuit that cites internal NVIDIA documents, several book authors […]

#fedi #softwareconcept ( #StealThisIdea ): Every public post references something #nonfiction like a book or paper as a more permanent topical anchor for #hashtags. IE hashtags get qualified, with context. Could be a #news article or a book or scientific paper or a famous quote. Basically […]

Considering #interactivefiction from my limited experience of what I think of as thrash clickers (point and click adventure games where they say, "don't thrash" ie don't always just click on everything but think about the puzzle first, where in reality, I always end up thrashing), and the […]

@timbl's Design Issues for the World Wide Web https://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/

Do shamanic spiritual/religious communities actively try to teach and convert, or are such practices unlike Christianity and such monotheistic religions that value responsibility to humanity to spread understanding of their revelation?

I just came across #StealThisIdea . Any #softwareconcept or #businessconcept (or other #concept ) I have ever posted was for taking.

As we all know, and as @hankgreen says in his latest vlogbrothers video: It's often easier to help others than to help ourselves. Two questions: What does this say about human nature? Could there be a market for some kind of platform that let's you get in touch with a neighbor for both of you […]

I registered 'spoonie.town' on a whim thinking it could be a good instance name for everyone interested in the #spoonietown tag. It expires today. Anyone want it?

@paninid This is why every true philosopher is an armchair philosopher. Because wisdom is lived knowledge, so you can only truly love it if you're living it and speaking of it as a person to another person, rather than as (just?) a professor.

Philosophy literally means “love of wisdom”. That’s it. That’s the post. It’s not my $0.02. It’s what the fucking words mean. #philosophy #wisdom #wordsmeanthings

#caturday Chappy says take a chill pill every now and then