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@Em0nM4stodonEm

I'm not an artist, but definitely feel angry when I see AI generated art. I am a musician and feel the same as you when anyone talks about AI generated music (have thankfully avoided listening to any thus far).

There's no talent or skill or years of practice. And it's shit to boot. Souless and empty even if technically 'good'.

Keep doing art anyway, this bubble will burst eventually 🤗

Last chance to save 50% in the Hacking with Swift Black Friday sale – get all my books and bundles half price, including my all new book Everything but the Code! https://www.hackingwithswift.com/offers

@Em0nM4stodonEm I'm not really an artist, and I feel a kind of visceral, deep-in-the-hindbrain revulsion when I see and recognize diffusion model images. *Especially* when it's printed on something in "the real world" (eg. a terrible book cover).

New Jolla Phone: The independent European do It together Linux phone that comes with:
- 5G with dual nano-SIM
- 12GB RAM and 256GB storage expandable up to 2TB
- Sailfish OS 5
- Support for Android apps with Jolla AppSupport
- User replaceable back cover with colour options
- User replaceable battery
- Physical Privacy Switch
- No tracking or Ads and more.
- Currently only supports: EU, UK, Norway and Switzerland markets.
- Cost/Full price: 499 €
- Would you buy?
https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder

I just realized that my short reflection on my journey through space with @djangonautDjangonaut Space is part of this week’s issue.

I wasn’t expecting this.

I’m very grateful for the opportunity and the experience.

I recommend #djangonautspace to anyone interested in contributing to Django.
https://mastodon.social/@djangonews/115666614565202967

얘가 현대화빔을 맞으면 어떤 모습일까

While on one level this story of a AI-generated picture of a bridge collapse (after the earthquake centred near Morecambe Bay on Wednesday night) leading to train cancelations seems relatively minor, its an example of the sort of disruption that the use of AI is already generating.... we may soon find that having no real trust in any images will cause all sorts of social problems (which is not to say that disruption is not already evident).

#AI #railways

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwygqqll9k2o

When square pixels aren’t square https://lobste.rs/s/brah61 #web
https://alexwlchan.net/2025/square-pixels/

Small #UX design exploration. I built this because a famous message app uses one of these styles and it felt distracting.

Which do you prefer and why?

This *is* a small detail, but it unlocks a much deeper principle about when and why to use animation.

'Dinge die mit "N" beginnen oder so aussehen ...Nachen' #FotoVorschlag #photography #nature #autumn

😳 (Not a real gun but still wtf)

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5wgp627dhdxxx7zvmtpoz6yc/post/3m7azgfdizc2n

30 years (and one day) ago!

"JavaScript is an easy-to-use object scripting language designed for creating live online applications that link together objects and resources on both clients and servers."

https://web.archive.org/web/20070916144913/http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease67.html

#javascript #webdev #internet #TheWeb #programming

잠 안 옴

👉 Volunteers needed! The #OpenTelemetry project is launching a new research study focused on the contributor experience. We want to understand what’s working well, where people are having issues, and how we can better support community members who want to get involved.

Sign up today to share your thoughts! Details in our latest blog post.

https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/calling-new-contributors/

잔다

RE: https://techhub.social/@jolla/115667090985495016

#FairPhone has competition!

Would love to have both ethical sourcing AND privacy in my phone...

Platformocracy reader mailbag no. two covers three cool Fediverse tools for Exit that I missed last time. Thanks to @wake.st@bsky.brid.gywakest 🏴‍☠️ for pointing them out. Plus, my first reader poll -- tell me what you want to read about between now and winter break! 1/5

Reader mailbag #2 - my first p...

You can limit the depth of the displayed datasets in the "zfs list" output
using the -d parameter. To display only the first level of datasets below
mypool/usr and not the ones deeper than those, run this command:

zfs list -d 1 mypool/usr

-- Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org>

wait does this mean you can easily check if X is blocking Y now

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t6xqfwencuwg4sjm5uhloc7r/post/3m76t7wvsg52i

You can limit the depth of the displayed datasets in the "zfs list" output
using the -d parameter. To display only the first level of datasets below
mypool/usr and not the ones deeper than those, run this command:

zfs list -d 1 mypool/usr

-- Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org>

I’m David Attenborough and this is Jackass

[plea for more people to turn on quote-boost permissions in their profile, so I can add my own commentary when I boost stuff]

(...and, like, if you get abuse from it, turn it right back off and tell me what happened so I can have a better understanding of the problem.)

Aperitivo time!

#Aperitivo #Drink #Bar

Just got back from the local @mikrotik distributor with a load of "toys" for a new job for a client.
The next few days are going to be fun!

#Networking #MikroTik #Router #Switch #IT #SysAdmin

조진웅, 소년범 의혹 일부 인정…“성폭행은 무관”

https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/culture/culture_general/1233159.html

어릴때 죄 지으면 아무리 능력 있어도 ㅈ되는거지.

SML/NJ has been a thing for almost 40 years, which means that for 4 decades now, the world has been waiting for someone to introduce Standard ML of California

An elevator pitch is a short summary of a thing that could be told to someone in the span of an elevator ride.

What's an alligator pitch

GitHub is becoming more and more broken. Not only are they pushing Copilot everywhere, which is arguably one of the worst LLMs out there, but also keep deploying bugs. I tried to tell GitHub to stop recommending repos to me in the activity log. It made the page completely freeze indefinitely every single time. They probably vibe-coded that feature. This is happening increasingly often, in companies that can afford to hire every developer twice over.

The Resonant Computing Manifesto https://lobste.rs/s/fxccgk #programming
https://resonantcomputing.org/

I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46163121

No AI music, 'Guaranteed Human' promises from mass media corps? Yep, the AI bubble is popping. #NoAI #Supporthumanart

“They’re literally saying that city councillors are now spending too much of their time thinking about the upcoming election to actually continue to do the work of governing,” #bcpoli #vanpoli

https://vancouversun.com/news/with-out-of-the-blue-proposal-vancouver-moves-to-shut-down-volunteer-advisory-bodies

Media companies demanding hand drawn art. Looks like the plagiarism software / pyramid scheme that is Gen AI is falling apart. Who's cooked now, AI artists?

New features
Allow asking AI questions about any book in your calibre library. Right click the "View" button and choose "Discuss selected book(s) with AI"
AI: Allow asking AI what book to read next by right clicking on a book and using the "Similar books" menu
AI: Add a new backend for "LM Studio" which allows running various AI models locally

So all of capitalism will explode with the AI MOAB (Mother of All Bubbles)? Let's go.

3d printed NOAI signs are finished! Table-top and hanging versions.

STLs you can print yourself are on my Patreon (no login or payment required): https://www.patreon.com/posts/3d-printable-144648808

Printed versions you can purchase are on my Etsy: https://blueappaloosastudio.etsy.com/listing/4416656327

#ArtShop #fedigiftShop #NOAI

67 students. 6 weeks. 87 infections.

A new study finds the real driver of school virus spread isn’t close contact — it’s air.

Poor ventilation (CO₂ >1000 ppm) nearly doubles transmission risk. Hours in shared classrooms (RR 3.17) matter far more than minutes spent near someone (RR 1.16).

It’s the air we share. Fix ventilation.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-66719-3 #press

Framework Laptop 13 gets ARM processor with 12 cores via upgrade kit

Link: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Framework-Laptop-13-gets-ARM-processor-with-12-cores-via-upgrade-kit.1177930.0.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46162872

It's #BandcampFriday , so please consider to support your local artist scene and buy some of their #music today. 🎵🎶

🥁 If you're into handmade electronica with #drums and #noAI machines, please check out my 2023 solo album 'monolog memories' https://sebastianarnold.bandcamp.com/album/monolog-memories - Thank you!

#fedimusic #fedimusicians

しゅいろままお誕生日おめでとうございます　​​

As someone who has been an artist before,
and had my hard work stolen by billionaires without compensation and my copyright violated against my consent,

I cannot tell you how much rage and disgust I feel inside every single time I see a genAI image. I'm guessing many other artists feel the same. Please keep it out of my sight at least.

#NoAI #Consent

😳 (Not a real gun but still wtf)

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5wgp627dhdxxx7zvmtpoz6yc/post/3m7azgfdizc2n

Sugars, Gum, Stardust Found in NASA's Asteroid Bennu Samples

Link: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/osiris-rex/sugars-gum-stardust-found-in-nasas-asteroid-bennu-samples/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46160239

I have an iPhone that was dropped, and WIFI / LTE stopped working. The thought was to just make the phone a camera, but after I wiped the device, this is the error message that I cannot get past:

And here comes a stunning image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, taken on Dec. 2 by the dynamic astrophotographer duo of Gerald Rhemann and Michael Jäger, showing the comet's tails in full glory.

It clearly shows a long wispy plasma tail and a dust tail that appears as an "anti-tail" pointing in the opposite direction.

The image was taken by their remote telescope in Namibia.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/227002358661288/user/100003512456563
Credit: Gerald Rhemann & Michael Jäger
6/n