There's no glory in prevention. The absence of something is often called a hole (in someone's argument, say). So the absence of prevention is a ... Sorry. Not sorry. #nsfw

RE: https://swiss.social/@dominiksteiger/115844388273556294 Prävention geht immer nur während, manchmal kurz nach, Katastrophen. Sonst ist sie politischer Harakiri. #gloryinprevention

Ein Screenshot für Sammler*innen Memorabilia zu Eventual Consistency. Oder anders: herzlichen Glückwunsch, Quorum erreicht! "Keine Führung eigener Register zur Erfassung von trans* und nichtbinärer Personen vom 14.07.2025" […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

In einem immer rechter werdenden Deutschland ein zentrales Register von trans und nicht-binären Personen anlegen? Das will unsere Regierung. 😱 Wenn dir das auch unheimlich vorkommt: Es fehlen noch 4000 Stimmen für die Bundestagspetition dagegen […]

One of the reasons I hesitate to ask for help is that people then try to be helpful *without understanding the question* or even when they know they don't know the answer. Sure, they often mean well. Then I have to thank them and be polite even though they're creating more load for me in a […]

Schöner breiter Bürgersteig zum Parken da. Wäre ja voll doof, wenn ein linksgrünversiffter Nachbar da im Rahmen der Stadtbäume für Berlin Aktion da alle Bäume sponsort. 😇 Leute, ihr bekommt Spendenquittungen fürs Auto sabotieren!!!11elf! […]

“if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,” ... “We do need Greenland, absolutely,” he said, describing the island—a part of Denmark, a NATO ally—as “surrounded by Russian and Chinese ships.” NATO is over. Any pretense at international […]

People share the post by a senior #google engineer that #genai produced a distributed system orchestrator as if that was surprising, or a sign of actual capabilities. The #LLM training data includes many, many very well documented code bases for this type of project. Lots of user experiences […]

Was zum Teufel habe ich da gerade gelesen? Natürlich, das *allerdringendste* was wir in Sachen Resourcenverbrauch in 2026 auf Seite eins vorschlagen ist die weitere Reduktion von Infektionsschutz. Liebes @RKI, ... war das so die beste Entscheidung? Wäre nicht "Bei Unsicherheit: mehr […]

Also, möge sich die #vulkangruppe in einem solchen selbst versenken. Und natürlich ist die fehlende Redundanz im Netz und bei öffentlicher Infrastruktur insgesamt ein großes Problem. Unfälle passieren: es hätte ja auch ein Blitzeinschlag oder ein Schiffsunfall sein können. Aber: ein gezielter […]

When a package update changes the default path of the configuration file with no backwards compatibility, so your environment breaks on update :twitching-eye-emoji: #garage #opensuse #Tumbleweed

I'm close to muting everyone who posts/boosts a sweeping "GenAI doesn't work at all ever, and can't" statement ... ... alongside everyone who claims they work *great* and doesn't mention their ethics (or lack thereof). I'm guessing my feed would be very empty afterwards. #genai #llms […]

Perhaps #maduro was a corrupt president. That does not mean that I'll applaud another country unilaterally removing him to get access to the country's oil reserves and loudly announcing they'll install an oligarchy. If he should be removed, it should have gone through the UN. If he should be […]

RE: https://mastodon.online/@larsmb/115832513663841958 Did you know IBM made extra large punch cards for the Nazi regime because they wanted to track so many parameters of their citizens? In more recent news, RAM prices have gone through the roof because the parameter sizes of the LLMs ... Uh […]

I'm always depressed that they find willing henchmen to carry out their inhumane orders. But then, there are always companies willing to sell soft- and hardware to the fascists, and jump through lots and lots of regulatory hoops to prove that they are willing to comply. The banality of evil.

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/115830673005081570 The #eu really, really needs to strongly evaluate whether being dependent on an active terrorist regime is a smart move. #digitalsovereignty

The #eu and the #un should sanction the #us terror regime. (For whatever little effect that has in practice, but the world could do with a bit of virtue being signaled.)

Business idea: A store where you can exclusively buy food and meals for dinner, but with a huge selection. I'm calling the concept suppermarket.

Man muss der CDU/CSU lassen, dass sie ihrem vor genau einem halben Jahrzehnt offenbartem Leitbild in allen Bereichen treu geblieben ist. #cdu #csu #depol

RE: https://wien.rocks/@docjosiahboone/115815080563404437 Welcome to the next season of the series.

Die Verkehrspolitik der CDU hat bei ihren Prioritäten genau die falsche Reihenfolge. Sie setzt auf rückwärtsgewandte, teure, langwierige und klimaschädliche Großprojekte statt auf preiswerte, schnell zu realisierende, umwelt- und menschenfreundliche Vorhaben […]

Reading the latest installment in the Spellmonger series, I'm amazed at the combination of some of the most fascinating and epic world-building paired with the most glaring absence of proof-reading. By Luin's knobbly staff, I'm sure it'd be within the budget. Or a few beta readers would do it […]

I'm contemplating a new mental health trick - can I make doom scrolling or short video content consumption feel like a chore, an obligation, or as if someone expects me to do them? Because sure a.f. I am very well capable to avoid all of those

Algorithm optimization pro tip: if you add a dynamic delay to the maximum interval required for the largest input you encounter, you can implement every algorithm as O(1). I'm off to writing my #TuringAward acceptance speech. 🦾 #computerscience #math

Anthropic suppresses the AGPL-3.0 in Claude's outputs via content filtering. I've reached out to them via support for a rationale, because none of the explanations that I can think of on my own are charming. The implications of a coding assistant deliberately influencing license choice is […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sixtus/115780085959035067 Eugenik auf Basis von Einkommen und Vermögen, nichts anderes. #depol

Ich finde die Zerfleischung der @glsbank problematisch. Ja, die Kontokündigungen sind zivilgesellschaftlich unerträglich. Aber! Ist die Kritik sinnvoll gegen die #gls selbst zu richten – oder eher gegen Politik und Oligarchie, insbesondere aus den USA, direkt wie indirekt durch #swift und […]

I did love Christmas as a child. As a teenager already, I disliked it immensely. If you want a calendar to dictate my mood, you can be sure I'll be in one. Military service was freeing - sorry, but I'm on guard duty, can't participate, so sorry. A reason my small town family "supported" and […]

Inwiefern Einreiseverbote in die USA für irgendeinen klardenkenden Menschen eine Sanktion und keine hilfreiche Gedächtnisstütze bedeuten ist mir auch nicht ganz klar. #uspol #depol #snarkbutalsotrue

Sure, I *could* clean up my messy real physical office. Or just fiddle around with #obsidian for a few days and call it "tidying up my planning and knowledge management tooling".

I'm heavily using #obsidian and wanted to re-vamp how I manage my tasks (currently mainly using the excellent Tasks plugin) - I wanted tasks to be full notes instead. Turns out the obvious plugin to use for this had a bug, so I investigated said bug, and ... Sigh. I wonder if Obsidian needs a […]

Decades ago and for many years, I used to hang out on the #linuxnet #irc network. While I hope we've all gotten over our adolescent social issues, I'm curious if any alumni from there are in my followers or on here in general? Is that still a thing?

RE: https://digitalcourage.social/@RoteHilfe/115769589837782618 Schön, so eine souveräne demokratische Gesellschaft. Digital, militärisch,wirtschaftlich, finanziell. Wäre doch schade, wenn ein Regime uns einfach so reinreden ... OH. #depol #deusify

RE: https://mastodon.acm.org/@CoolSWEng/115770335605404102 This is fascinating.

I did love Christmas as a child. As a teenager already, I disliked it immensely. If you want a calendar to dictate my mood, you can be sure I'll be in one. Military service was freeing - sorry, but I'm on guard duty, can't participate, so sorry. A reason my small town family "supported" and […]

What they're building: fridges with cameras. Fridges with TVs in the door. Fridges running Doom (you know who you are). Fridges with AI. What I want: fridges with RFID readers (and ideally scales) that automatically inventory everything.

RE: https://chaos.social/@gsuberland/115753865305153373 The #genai companies do this all the time, so it must be fine, right? I just want to train my neural network on it. I guarantee you there'll be no 100% reproduction of any source material. 🤷

Is anyone else highly amused by how our desktops - the device that never leaves my home and which nobody but me has access to, short of someone breaking & entering - keep logging us out fairly frequently for "security reasons" — But the mobile device I literally carry everywhere and that could […]

A major problem I have with Tasks.org, DAV, and @planifyapp is that, with #nextcloud as a backing instance, sub-tasks status just often is not reliably consistent across all views. I probably need to replace this setup with something else. (Right now, I just always use https://tasks.org/ on […]

SELinux domesticum delendum est. #selinux #linuxdesktop #Linuxdistribution #opensuse

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115737483111161917 I'll elaborate. I believe we're in an AI bubble. AI companies are pushing the overton window on AI discourse. They want the most extreme anti-AI sentiment to be "Sure, it's an overhyped technology right now but there will be reasonable […]

There's a class of people who're so infatuated with their LLM use that they use it whenever anyone asks a question or brings up a topic somewhere, and then they share the resulting "report". My bro (it's always a bro), if I wanted a #genai response or "contribution" to a conversation, trust me […]

Wenn Politiker vorschlagen, später in die Rente gehen zu dürfen - mit 69, 70, gar nach 47 Mindestbeitragsjahren etc pp - denke ich daran, dass meine Mutter 73 wurde. Das wäre dann eine wirklich ... fragwürdige ... Rendite für meine Beiträge. #depol #rente #Rentenpolitik

RE: https://mas.to/@markwyner/115731172561685908 The people who hired him made the smartest decision they were capable of. #firefox

Ältere Generationen: "Autismus und 'Asperger' sind komplett neumodisch." Auch ältere Generationen: "Der Loriot Sketch mit dem schief hängendem Bild ist wirklich ein Klassiker."

I've tried this orange blender cake recipe in four iterations and I still can't make it work. The crumb just always has these condensed, fudgy parts that just don't rise and get fluffy. I think I'm going to give up on it barring new insights. #recipedevelopment #foodie

I am not mad about this at all. Well done, Fediverse. https://mastodon.online/@larsmb/113865444550969558 #transrightsarehumanrights #BillionairesShouldntExist #taxtherich #wrapstodon2025

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sjvn/115725304442839794 It's difficult to dismiss AI (even LLMs) entirely on technical grounds. I'd have to pretend to be much better than some very senior people I know and trust. At the same time, ethical and moral concerns aren't sufficiently discussed, or even […]

"Die rechtsextreme Koalitionspartnerin SPD" im Radio hören, sich nicht wundern—und erst einige Sätze später merken, dass es um Tschechien geht. #depol #berlin #SPD

RE: https://social.neonpaws.digital/@FoxesInLove/115706954197182061 This is me in many a work-related meeting.