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This too shall pass
👊 Firefox fork fires back at Mozilla's new delusional CEO for doubling down on AI slop.
｢ you create something different: “a user agent user agent” of sorts. The AI becomes the new user agent, mediating and interpreting between you and the browser. It reorganises your tabs. It rewrites your history. It makes decisions about what you see and how you see it, based on logic you cannot examine or understand ｣
https://www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-here-response-to-mozilla/
How SQLite is tested
Link: https://sqlite.org/testing.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46303277
Chinese automaker BYD has a new fleet of cars that can flex between ethanol, gasoline, and electrical power. They are piloting them in Brazil, where customers are driving these cars right now. https://spectrum.ieee.org/byd-song-pro-brazil-ethanol?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline
Curious if elected officials in your area are trying to approve a Flock contract without your knowledge or consent? This new tool will let you subscribe to alerts in your area for relevant city council meetings so that you can organize, show up, and make your voices heard. https://alpr.watch/
体を芯から温める魔法、筋トレじゃないんだw
アニメ『葬送のフリーレン』第2期 温泉/お風呂コラボポスター公開 | アニメイトタイムズ
https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1765881213
The future Dem president needs to tear all this shit down on Day 0. Like, skip the Inauguration Day luncheon with the Congresscritters and sign the order right there and then.
TLA+ Modeling Tips
Link: http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2025/12/tla-modeling-tips.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46299389
Mastodon now has a built-in reminder to add alt text descriptions when posting images, video or audio:
If you're using the website or web app:
1. Go to ⚙️ Preferences (on a phone click ☰ in bottom right corner, then Preferences)
2. Scroll down to Advanced Settings section
3. Tick box marked "Warn me before posting media without alt text"
4. Click "Save Changes"
If you're using an app, this option should be in the app's Settings section (exact wording varies by app).
Mastodon now has a built-in reminder to add alt text descriptions when posting images, video or audio:
If you're using the website or web app:
1. Go to ⚙️ Preferences (on a phone click ☰ in bottom right corner, then Preferences)
2. Scroll down to Advanced Settings section
3. Tick box marked "Warn me before posting media without alt text"
4. Click "Save Changes"
If you're using an app, this option should be in the app's Settings section (exact wording varies by app).
thinking about starting own instance, totally unsure if it'd be worth the while...
thoughts?
Mark your calendars for July 2026 because we have another conference in this hemisphere of the world friends!
No other than Calgary, Canada! And in the amazing rockies next to the national park Banff 🇨🇦 🏔️🌊
the gunk-ocalypse
I hawe to admit, at first I thought of "genAI" as some kind of toy
had no idea how much money they were willing to pump into that nonsense
@gxG@mstdn.socialGrayce (GG)The #FreeSoftware movement does not win, because it doesn't *play to win*, and will thus always draw the shortest stick. 🤷
Anti-AI reactionary discourse is SO FUCKING BORING and we are still in the early innings of it. I need an AI to hide all that drivelous discourse.
GPT Image 1.5
Link: https://openai.com/index/new-chatgpt-images-is-here/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46291941
To be fair, Bluesky blew a *lot* of trust endorsing people like Singal, Vance, and Rowling. I do not trust Bluesky with respect to any claims of "privacy," full stop. I *do* trust the opinions of well-informed experts who audit Bluesky's claims.
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/post/3ma76gszmfc22
Have you seen the #fosdem social web track? If not, take a look at the schedule and see you there, a lots of amazing talks!
Purdue University adds AI learning requirement for incoming students
Anyone who has used SwiftData knows all too well that its amazing tools do not work outside of SwiftUI views.
SQLiteData, on the other hand, works basically everywhere, including @Observable models, UIKit, and someday even cross-platform!
Learn more: https://pointfree.co/collections/tours/tour-of-sqlitedata/ep348-tour-of-sqlitedata-querying
imagine how many useful and interesting things we could be doing right now if we didn't have to keep fighting against corporate demands to insert LLM horseshit into everything.
えー、これは何か？括弧でしよう？
KI - Wenn du Denken auf wish bestellst.
Das schöne alte Wort des Tages lautet:
- tunlichst
#SchöneAlteWörter
マージされたブランチは-dで削除できなかったけ？
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 68: This is What Algo-cracy Looks Like
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/18352083-this-is-what-algo-cracy-looks-like-2025-12-01
@alexAlex Hanna and I explore what democracy looks like in the funhouse mirror of tech bros’ imaginations.
Thanks to Ozzy Llinas Goodman / @ozzy goodman for production!
Lovely holiday toon from 1982: Ziggy's gift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0CFvtonCjE
I’m officially #LookingForWork! Happiest collaborating on creative code 😄
Either as a front-end #Webdev, where after 20 years I know how to do wild things with css and js. I’m also good at app logic, but loooove making stuff move and sing.
I’m hoping I can find work in #GameDev, programming or design/scripting. I wrote most of the code for Spellcorked in #Playdate Season One, have deep #Lua experience, and am studying #UnrealEngine.
Portfolio is at http://splendorr.com
“artificial intelligence”, screenshot of a post, ai sucks
it’s crazy-making to see all this is true, and know that… people just don’t give a shit about anybody or anything but themselves (and even then can’t connect the dots)
imagine how many useful and interesting things we could be doing right now if we didn't have to keep fighting against corporate demands to insert LLM horseshit into everything.
in the middle of the night /
all the sky is smeared with shite* /
from your stupid satellite(s)
edit: better: "all our skies are streaked"
"Across all low-Earth orbit mega-constellations, a "close approach," defined as two satellites passing by each at less than 1km separation, occurs every 22 seconds."
That is, one incident away from a chain collision event every 22 seconds.
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-days-disaster-earth-orbit.html
So in #macOSTahoe, they left-aligned titles in title bars. Then realized how stupid this looks in smaller windows so they ended up just not using title strings in title bars. Cool. Cool cool cool. Man I hate it here.
Left aligned titles is such a Windows thing… although I think Win11 now centers them?
Change for no real fn reason. 😒
May the force be …
… equal to mass times acceleration
#Wuppertal #Bahn Diskussion
Seit Samstag, 13.12.2025, ist das DB-Reisezentrum im Wuppertaler Hauptbahnhof dauerhaft geschlossen. Fahrkarten und Auskünfte sollen künftig online oder per App erfolgen. Damit fällt ein wichtiger Ort persönlicher Beratung weg – mit negativen Folgen für Servicequalität und #Barrierefreiheit, etwa für ältere Menschen oder bei komplexen Reisen.
https://www.wz.de/nrw/wuppertal/bahn-schliesst-reisezentrum-am-wuppertaler-hauptbahnhof-massnahme-sorgt-fuer-unmut-und-frust_aid-140797357
さて起きねば。いよいよセミナー当日だわ
ヽ( ・∀・)ﾉ ｳﾝｺｰ
Unsere "Regierung" strebt ernsthaft Vollsanktionen in der Grundsicherung an.
Denken die man weiter als bis zur Nasenspitze?
Was passiert dann?
- Vermieter erleiden finanzielle Ausfälle
- Wenn nix zu futtern mehr da ist, wird geklaut (was soll Mensch auch sonst tun?)
- Obdachlosigkeit
- Was passiert mit Kindern, die ja nix dafür können, wenn die Eltern sanktioniert werden? Werden die dann entzogen? Staatlich untergebracht?
- Wie hoch sind die Folgekosten dieses unmenschlichen Unsinns?
unfug
Jetzt passen noch mehr Fahrgäste in den Zug: mit der neuen Neigetechnik.
冬の神社
Lumix GH1 + Ai Nikkor 28mm F3.5 #Misskey写真部
RE: https://union.place/@propublicaguild/115736214313145243
Oh no! Assuming this is true, I guess I'll be ending my donations to ProPublica. And letting them know why.
What I'm listening to today: "Displacement", Dleo
Dark shimmer poem, afterglow with no inciting event, the rushing wind howling through the maintenance tunnels bolted to the underside of the concept of math. Ambient made almost completely of reverb, a dark ocean with things moving under the surface that are imperceptible except for the fact of their motion. Something is rising toward you
What I'm listening to today: "Autumn Leaf II. Instruō Scion, VS mini, Roland s1 Evening Jam. Experimental Sound", Project Kachimizu
Weird brainjam ambient. Objects floating enigmatically in space amidst a miasma of jittery pads. Volca-format desktop synths from two different non-Korg companies plus a Korg effects unit. The "Pocket Scion" in the upper left is somehow harvesting electrical control signals out of that leaf and I don't understand how that works.
very proud of the whole game changer team!
👊 Firefox fork fires back at Mozilla's new delusional CEO for doubling down on AI slop.
｢ you create something different: “a user agent user agent” of sorts. The AI becomes the new user agent, mediating and interpreting between you and the browser. It reorganises your tabs. It rewrites your history. It makes decisions about what you see and how you see it, based on logic you cannot examine or understand ｣
https://www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-here-response-to-mozilla/
Quincy
Em 
@ernmander@squatch.online
@amberlonely@mk.absturztau.be
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