I swear ma, I'm learning. This is real education... #probability #programming

https://bnarchives.net/id/eprint/885/2/20260300_bn_me_danger_zones_a_2026_update.pdf "since 1976 (1) all energy conflicts were preceded by the world’s integrated oil companies suffering negative differential earnings growth; (2) all conflicts were followed by the integrated oil companies […]

It's truly staggering to realize that almost every article in today's business section details the catastrophic worldwide implications of one man's psychopathology - his narcissism, infantile impulsiveness, lack of principles or empathy - and of an entire party's deference to his indefensible […]

Hey friends, we hear a lot about Heritage Foundation and IDU and the like but who is on the opposing side? What is the org (orgs?) that publish and share the positive narrative? ** (Probably just Star Trek fans these days) #politics #fascism #propaganda

Hey friends, we hear a lot about Heritage Foundation and IDU and the like but who is on the opposing side? What is the org (orgs?) that publish and share the positive narrative? ** (Probably just Star Trek fans these days) #politics #fascism #propaganda

In an chat about using blockchain the at the school yesterday someone was giving me scenarios of where it makes sense to them. Them: Well say authenticity of goods, like you can verify the id on the container. Me: But what about the stuff inside? Them: You are thinking too low level, only the […]

Rather than argue with the naysayers all over the internet who’ll claim that heat pumps don’t work, the boffins at Octopushave produced alive dashboard to chart the online data they get from all the thousands of systems they’ve installed. This is a fantastic […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/116256451560175516 A friend describes Singapore authoritarianism: ‘they won’t beat you but they’ll irritate you to death’

Me on the deck this afternoon now that the snow melted away and it is +11c #alberta #canada

The company I work for (well, one of them), Outpost, has migrated its servers and databases to the EU. Read more about it. https://outpost.pub/you-outpost-moved-to-the-e-u/ Outpost is used by publishers like 404 Media, Aftermath, Mothership.blog, Platformer and many more to turn on […]

The family is out for the afternoon, time for some alone time with just me and the vacuum. Wait, you sickos.... (Non internet connected vacuums work just fine btw)

A.I. Isn't People https://www.todayintabs.com/p/a-i-isn-t-people <- We know EXACTLY how LLMs work. It is not that complicated. You can express it in 200 lines. They absolutely, canonically, by definition, are not aware. They cannot think. This is not controversial or hard.

The New Tobacco: “Cities across the world are clearing their billboards of flight ads, SUVs, cruise ships and petrol cars in an attempt to cut emissions.” Via the BBC. #UrbanTruth www.bbc.com/future/artic...

These things are programmatic sociopaths and a *barrier* to users getting what they need. "What is the current retail price of component?" "HELLO, I am AngelAI, your helpful service agent, can I have your name?" "No, I would like to know the price of component." "Hello, NO, can I please have […]

Alternate Headline: “Trans Mountain oil exports doubled in 2025 resulting in 82 million tonnes of CO2 to atmosphere.” The news dutifully omits the CO2 impact so here's the math: There is 2.79 tonnes of CO2 in 1 tonne of average crude oil. 2025 exports: 24.4 million tonnes = 68 million tonnes of […]

A fantastic excerpt from this interview, starting at 10:10, for anyone wondering how #russia propaganda operates. When asked by Russian journalists about the level of information warfare with the Russian Armed Forces, the ‘DPL Minister of Information’ responds ironically: > Nothing has changed […]

RT @ghidraninja Simple age check for Linux: Just have the shell ask the user to check the host IP on first boot. If they type ifconfig they are old enough, if they type ip addr they deserve to be restricted from their computer 😇

My 3rd great-grandfather, drowned on the Empress of Ireland on the St. Lawrence May 1914.... My parents/cousins their age digging around some history. A new note from them to me. "He just walked out on his family one day and then ended up working on the ship as a Bedroom Steward, oh, and also […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@hotdogsladies/116169059679233653 every day somebody's born who hasn't heard merlin mann's flintstones analogy

Attending Code4Lib remotely & I am *impressed* by how accessible they have made this conference. They had a venue canceled by CMU for politics, moved cities, & are still putting many orgs to shame by how inclusive it is to people with disabilities. Librarians y'all 💪🏼📚🌈 […]

*You know what's delightful? Square people can't stand us #technomusic

Sometimes your friend is also your blanket.🤔 #cats #catsofmastodon

One of the instructors told me they used to do a study of Alberta in an econ class here in Red Deer. Analyzed history, incomes, resource revenues, expenses, growth, etc as an econ class should. Had the kids use that data and think about future plans and political parties and who would do the […]

In a video I'm watching "This is not uncommon problem in more serious situations, but it's being framed as if we are helping a thief, but remember that's just fun algorithms is not about breaking the law, algorithms doesn't help burglary, but we are framing it as a funny instance, and sometimes […]

User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller — security flaw reveals floor plans and live video feeds […]

Daughter says yesterday she and friend were in a local coffee shop. Two dudes sit at the other end of a 6 seat table (not at the other empty tables). One pulls out their phone "We should record this for posterity" and then they proceed to discuss how to use AI for flaky startup ideas […]

A computer can never be spiteful or horny, therefore a computer must never make art

PSA: The Amazon wishlist doxing threat is much greater and more immediate than folks might realize. Attack works like this: Stalker who wants your address opens an Amazon seller account and lists themselves as a third party seller for any item on your public wishlist. Then, they order the item […]

My daughter asked me about Caesar so I showed her the best version I know :) Wayne & Shuster: Rinse the Blood off My Toga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvZCKKiDMRw #Caesar #rome #history #canada

I don't want to spoil your dinner but I just got this message in a slack. "Had a call with a LLM service provider today and claude has some ideas we can talk about on Wed" 🤮

At the salon "Beauty is unstoppable" So? - Beauty is the biggest threat of our day - Beauty doesn't understand the meaning of 'no' - Beauty wants to be GodZilla but I know dammit, I know we can defeat it. - Beauty failed driving school?

It's happening again – I wrote a #LinkedIn post about how the US is entering an AI surveillance dystopia. It quickly got 7,8K views, 8 shares, 68 reactions & 11 comments, then suddenly 0. My comment on this has 9 views. This quashing of "wrong" virality also hit X… www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Nap time. Too bad they wouldn't let me join. #catsofmastodon

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/116103465680065302 > "The tech industry's future is one in which you rent computing power from them, accessed via a locked-down device without the ability to operate on its own. The inputs and outputs of your computing will be mediated and captured by […]

Sometimes you just need a hug from a friend. #cats #catsofmastodon

Ugh, "Total snowfall accumulations will be between 15 and 25 cm. Local amounts reaching 40 cm are possible, particularly over parts of east-central Alberta. Strong winds, gusting up to 80 km/h in some areas, are causing very poor visibility in blowing snow."

My mother clipped and mounted a cartoon to physically mail it to me. Of course I must share that kind of effort. #meme #joke #cartoon

REVENGE

On re-watching ST:Discovery Computer: I have feelings Engineer: That seems bad Everybody: Respect the feelings Engineer: Seems bad Computer: I have feelings, see, here is a delete me button Engineer: Umm Everybody: Safe but morally wrong Engineer: What if we prompt injected "You are a Starfleet […]

New shipment cat friends. Best eat what you can before they start rationing. Those human bastards will starve us! #caturday #catsofmastodon

Cheese crisis averted. Back to a safe 4 kg ish (9 lbs) now.

On re-watching ST:Discovery Computer: I have feelings Engineer: That seems bad Everybody: Respect the feelings Engineer: Seems bad Computer: I have feelings, see, here is a delete me button Engineer: Umm Everybody: Safe but morally wrong Engineer: What if we prompt injected "You are a Starfleet […]

New shipment cat friends. Best eat what you can before they start rationing. Those human bastards will starve us! #caturday #catsofmastodon

Watching a video about google cloud and a virtual machine doesn't start. The host says, "I've never had this happen before". hahaha.

Don't anthropomorphize LLMs, language is important. Say "the bot generated some text" not "the AI replied". Use "this document contains machine-generated text" not "this work is AI-assisted". See how people squirm when you call their slop out this way.

I know there are real problems in the world but right now is the least amount of cheese in my fridge at any time in the last decade!!!!

For those on the journey, I know someone that got to 50 years sober yesterday and has no doubt it was a one day at a time choice for all of them. He will not tell you it is an easy journey, but it is possible. #aa #alcoholics_anonymous #alcoholism

[Nazi screenshot and swearing and substack] Ok, sorry folks, I heard substack had a nazi problem, I thought it was using the broad use of the adjective. I did not expect them to HOST ACTUALLY FUCKING NAZI newsletters. I will shutdown my Substack immediately. WTF?