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Alright, slapped a basic egui wrapper on my Smalltalk-80 VM and now I can poke around in the browser and inspect its source code.
It's...very, very fast. Boots in less than one frame.
ๆใ็คพใSphereใซๅบๅใๅบใใใใจใใใฃใฆใใใใซๅฎขใฏๅฑ ใใฎใใใฃใฆๆใฃใใใญ #ใใผใฏใขใผใ
If not friend, then why friend-shaped? 
@catsaladCat ๐๐ฅ (D.Burch) 
โ High-risk belly trap, but also chance for a high-tier reward โโ
ICE, MSP, domestic terrorism
I was reading this report about the domestic terrorism inflicted upin the citizens of #MSP - it's truly scary.
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-from-the-occupation
I saw this pop up on #hackernews, read through some of the comments there, and the sentiment was: well this is serious but how do we know it't true?
This feels like tech bro escapism to me. Even if 1/10th of what we hear and see happen in MSP through citizen reports is true, we should all be afraid for our fellow citizens.
I've switched from Thunderbird to the Fastmail application on Android. It seems to have improved, and since neither respects Material Design, I'll choose the better application.
Adn yeah im going with a hotel reference 
Seems kinda gfitting
If you have setup a bridge from Mastodon to Bluesky you can disable it again here:
https://fed.brid.gy/
I leave mine on so they can see what i think about them
ใกใณใใใณใน็จใฎใญใฃใใใฆใฉใผใฏใใ๏ผ
Very serious, very sentinel #caturday #catsofMastodon #cat
Took me three taps of the send button to send an iMessage because while it showed visual response to my taps, it didnโt actually perform an action ๐ซ
This should be embarrassing
Today I once again remembered this is a thing that exists
"We all have a skeleton in the closet." Wrong. My skeleton has been openly bisexual for years.
ๆผ้ใ ใจLEDใใใชใฏในใ้ใใฆๅ ๅด่ฆใใใใ ๏ผ
If not friend, then why friend-shaped?
ในใใฃใขใใใใพใ็พๅฎๆใฎใชใ่ฆใ็ฎใใฆใ
From most to least comfy: always in search of something to lie on ๐ธ
There is some kind of intermittent drumming sound outside and she is concerned.
ๆผ้ใ ใจLEDใใใชใฏในใ้ใใฆๅ ๅด่ฆใใใใ ๏ผ
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ในใใฃใขใใใใพใ็พๅฎๆใฎใชใ่ฆใ็ฎใใฆใ
There is some kind of intermittent drumming sound outside and she is concerned.
Disney deleted a Thread because people kept quoting its movies at it https://www.theverge.com/news/863980/disney-deleted-anti-fascist-thread
"Apparently, Disney either couldnโt handle the anti-fascist messaging of its own movies or was too afraid of pissing off the powers that be, because it quickly deleted the post."
https://www.theverge.com/news/863980/disney-deleted-anti-fascist-thread
Archived link: https://archive.is/nXfer
Qualitative data > quantitative data
My evening thought:
ActivityPub/Mastodon works best for groups of people that share some common interest. Where people talk eye to eye, not from top to bottom. People with a "we" attitude.
Centralised social networks however have made many of us believe that all social networks focus on people with a "me first" attitude. The more egoistic people that base their value on metrics like followers and reach.
That's a fundamental dilemma that pops up every time people move from "there" to "here".
indeed. i keep having a similar discussion with web folks. "engagement" and "time spent on page" are easy metrics to measure but not always a good judge of quality. maybe the reason i have to spend 3x time on a page after an update is because you've made it much harder to use.
i like the fediverse meeting of equals or shared interest much better. yes, the "metrics" seem lower but the quality of the interactions is much more satisfying.
From most to least comfy: always in search of something to lie on ๐ธ
Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why
Link: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/12/16/earth-is-warming-faster-scientists-are-closing-in-on-why
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46660134
Disney deleted a Thread because people kept quoting its movies at it https://www.theverge.com/news/863980/disney-deleted-anti-fascist-thread
My evening thought:
ActivityPub/Mastodon works best for groups of people that share some common interest. Where people talk eye to eye, not from top to bottom. People with a "we" attitude.
Centralised social networks however have made many of us believe that all social networks focus on people with a "me first" attitude. The more egoistic people that base their value on metrics like followers and reach.
That's a fundamental dilemma that pops up every time people move from "there" to "here".
i have been sitting at my pc playing world of warcraft for 6 hours now.
i forgot that wow is digital crack espescially when itโs classic
@silvermoon82Mx. Eddie R Such a fluffy loaf ๐ฅฐ
@Em0nM4stodonEm 
He's *so fluffy*! I can't get over it!
Kirikou has practiced her tuck so much that she can do it in her sleep
Scruffy catloaf.
Does anybody else find it annoying that tech consents donโt have a โnoโ option anymore? Like Venmo just sent a push notification asking if I want to open a debit card and the options were โYesโ and โMaybe later.โ Not later, Venmo. Stop asking!
Alright, slapped a basic egui wrapper on my Smalltalk-80 VM and now I can poke around in the browser and inspect its source code.
It's...very, very fast. Boots in less than one frame.
This this this this this from 
@andrewstroehlein.
Again and again and again, ICE starts gathering in a spot, maybe even starts targeting someone โ only to disperse and flee as soon as theyโre afraid too many observers with cameras are going to show up. They really, really, really do not want to be seen.
1/2 https://mastodon.social/@andrewstroehlein/115911388765815794
Scruffy catloaf.
conversation I had today:
- is it a nonprofit?
- โฆnot on purpose, no
Well I didn't expect to visit a Castle today, but I did! ๐คฃ
You know that thing where you say something to a friend and then a few minutes later you get an ad for it on your phone?
That has NEVER happened to me.
Another future is possible. Some of us are already living in it. More should join in. It's better here. More connective, less destructive.
One of the biggest statistical biases one encounters when trying to assess the true success rate of AI tools is the strong reporting bias against disclosing negative results. If an individual or AI company research group applies their AI tool to an open problem, but makes no substantial progress, there is little incentive for the user of that tool to report the negative statement; furthermore, even if such results are reported, they are less likely to go "viral" on social media than positive results. As a consequence, the results one actually hears about on such media is inevitably highly skewed towards the positive results.
With that in mind, I commend this recent initiative of Paata Ivanisvili and Mehmet Mars Seven to systematically document the outcomes (both positive and negative) of applying frontier LLMs to open problems, such as the Erdos problems: https://mehmetmars7.github.io/Erdosproblems-llm-hunter/index.html
As one can see, the true success rate of these tools for, say, the Erdos problems is actually only on the level of a percentage point or two; but with over 600 outstanding open problems, this still leads to an impressively large (and non-trivial) set of actual AI contributions to these problems, though overwhelmingly concentrated near the easy end of the difficulty spectrum, and not yet a harbinger that the median Erdos problem is anywhere within reach of tehse tools.
You know that thing where you say something to a friend and then a few minutes later you get an ad for it on your phone?
That has NEVER happened to me.
Another future is possible. Some of us are already living in it. More should join in. It's better here. More connective, less destructive.
This is probably not going to work, but I'll give it a try anyway.
Who wants to adopt this pet project? 
#Berlin personal pickup only. It cannot be shipped.
I have this little pet project that has been sitting here for 6 years now. I made it as a prototype for girls day 2020, to teach girls about electronics. Of course girls day 2020 never happened. ๐
Anyway. I spent a couple hundred euros making this thing. There's documentation and replacement parts galore.
For $REASONS I need to get rid of it now. For free.
It's a great project for learning how to code with an Arduino nano, and/or to learn about basic electronics. There's enough material to build a second cube.
I'll probably have to trash the hole thing if nobody wants it ๐
RE: https://mastodon.social/@fromjason/115867321104672849
My silly 2026 prediction is we'll see a mainstream politician and/or tech elite call for outlawing local compute. This really feels like big tech's end goalโmake AI critical infrastructure to run all of our apps, then work towards a cloud-tethered world where local compute is a thing of the past.
This isn't that, obviously. But we know where Bezos' head is at.
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