@guyjanticDifferent Than @Em0nM4stodonEm that‘s why they hype AI so much (amongst others). They think, they won‘t need educated workers anymore once AI does all the „thinking“. And it will never question their overlords, because it can‘t think.

Retrotechtacular: IBM’s The World of OCR

https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/retrotechtacular-ibms-the-world-of-ocr/

Democracy shouldn’t end at the login screen.

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Happy Boxing day, everyone. #grickledoodle #holidays #boxingday #raccoons #lego #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

Merry Christmas to everybody, except that dude who works for Elastic, who decided to drop an unauthenticated exploit for MongoDB on Christmas Day, that leaks memory and automates harvesting secrets (e.g. database passwords)

CVE-2025-14847 aka MongoBleed

Exp: https://github.com/joe-desimone/mongobleed/blob/main/mongobleed.py

This one is incredibly widely internet facing and will very likely see mass exploitation and impactful incidents

Impacts every MongoDB version going back a decade.

Shodan dork: product:"MongoDB"

Play the Monty Hall game https://lobste.rs/s/j6spka #games #math
https://monty.donk.systems

am properly manfluey maybe i can harness my fever dreams à la dali

People are using Hank Green's AI water consumption video to dismiss concerns about AI water consumption.

Hanks video is terrible, by the way. It does nothing but encourage people to bicker over non-existent stats while AI companies continue to build data center kingdoms in poor communities.

RE: https://social.coop/@smallcircles/115786044432898627

I started messing with an implementation of a simple Fediverse server in Python last xmas and I wish I had this resource back then. I've been making some additions to my implementation this holiday as well and I'll probably write a few blog posts about it myself, but this resource is really great and covers most of what you need to know on this topic.

Today in #Valheim @skyfire747Anthony 🐨🦘🪃🇦🇺🕯🌟🧙‍♂️🇺🇦🇨🇦 and I sat about in Lower Weston before rearranging some furniture in the community building.

#ShareYourGames

I didn't get Frog's jacket done in time but otherwise Frog and Toad was a success. The kids adore them, which is everything I hoped for and everything I need in this world. #knitting

🎬 Afternoon Movie

Jack Thompson and Russell Crow are father and gay son. A great comedy, with a heart!

"The Sum of Us" (1994)

#Movies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW7E011rHfg

Love Privacy Badger? Hate data brokers? Join EFF in the fight against online surveillance by sharing Privacy Badger with your loved ones this holiday season. https://privacybadger.org/

Just saw an ad for Gemini AI where a couple ask the AI to arrange a tour of the museum they're in. How about read the signs and ask the staff to help find shit, and read the information boards next to the things to learn about them? Who is navigating the world around them so badly that they need this

With Help of Lina Khan, Mamdani Looks to Quickly Cut Costs for New Yorkers (New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/nyregion/lina-khan-mamdani-affordability-new-york-city.html?unlocked_article_code=1._k8.cV4x.9emazaP1SPHz&smid=nytcore-android-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251226/p24#a251226p24

If you want to get a sorted list of all services that are started when FreeBSD boots,
enter "service -e".

-- Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>

海外PCゲーマー「64GBメモリ要らなくね？」 https://youtu.be/i5U40IdGinw?si=uJmplkpvVHMRiYUP

Also I met a cat on my walk today. Hello cat.

Democracy shouldn’t end at the login screen.

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Help us keep the Fediverse independent and thriving: Donate #SupportMastodon

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Unix "find" expressions compiled to bytecode

Link: https://nullprogram.com/blog/2025/12/23/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46391448

Hey iOS/Swift Dev folks! 👋🏻

Join us at @swiftremotestudio on Tuesday, December 30 at 12pm PT/8pm UTC!

This should be a fun talk and Q&A discussion about using LLM development tools for iOS/Swift development outside the standard Xcode environment.

Also this might be the start of a new, fun feature at Swift Remote Studio, so stay tuned!

See you there!
https://iosdev.space/@swiftremotestudio/115787105213881385

Conservatives have been trying to kill #humanities #education for decades--billionaires and other power-hungry people want a world filled with skilled technical workers who are unable to meaningfully assess, change, or even imagine realistic alternatives to the system that keeps the rich and powerful rich and powerful.

It has occurred to me that #philosophy, often a punching bag for right-wing influencers, is a key area: Right-wing populism (e.g., Trump) relies on fucking up epistemology for hundreds of millions of people. The last thing Musk, Bezos, Zuck, Trump, Putin, Erdogan, et al. want is for their supporters to actually learn how to evaluate sources of knowledge.

#thoughts #politics #uspol

the modern internet is just "some bot decides to randomly hammer you with an average of 12,000 rpm out of nowhere" over and over

New favourite shirt

Had a genuinely uplifting moment today. A friend’s 10 year old lit up when I mentioned Raspberry Pi. She explained Linux, hosting, and coding because they learn it at school.

We spent an hour talking self hosting and projects. She now wants a Pi for her birthday so we can learn together. Moments like this give me real hope for the future.

#Linux #RaspberryPi #SelfHosting #DigitalSkills #Hope

Shurima desert temple, digital illustration, 2019.
Eric Canete did the lineart for this scene.

#DigitalArt #digitalpainting #b3d #conceptart #illustration #fantasyart #fantasy #MastoArt

RT @RnaudBertrand
I'm surprised this 👇 didn't make more noise in Europe because this is unarguably a MUCH bigger deal than the sanctions on Thierry Breton.

The Vice President of the United States is officially saying that Europe's right to possess nuclear weapons is conditional on Europeans voting for people Washington approves of.

In other words, he's literally saying that democracy in Europe is a national security threat to the United States.

I'm not exaggerating: he explicitly calls European election outcomes "a very direct threat to the United States of America" if "Islamist-adjacent people" eventually gain "significant influence in a European nuclear power" by winning national elections.

Which is perfect proof that all his talk in Munich and in the new National Security Strategy about Europe needing to be more "democratic" is code for "electing people we approve of."

It's also utterly bizarre to have such civilizational determinism, whereby if France ever were to have a Muslim president they'd necessarily want to nuke the US. Like, wtf?

By this logic, Pakistan - an actual Muslim-majority nuclear power - should terrify Washington, yet the Trump administration actually has excellent relations with them (which causes great ire in India). It's all so incoherent.

As a matter of fact, the nuclear argument is so absurd it can't be the real concern. What Washington actually fears isn't a French Muslim president nuking the US - it's one who might, for instance, pursue independent policies in the Middle East. "Islamist-adjacent" is just code for "not sufficiently aligned with US interests."

Which means what they're actually terrified of is democracy and independent policymaking in Europe. The identity politics fear-mongering is just the PR for it.

https://unherd.com/2025/12/full-transcript-jd-vance-on-american-identity/

じゃあ、みんなおやすみ

Cursed circuits #4: PLL frequency multiplier
https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/blog/pll/

The sheer disregard shown by this regime for the humanity of trans kids and their families is breathtakingly cruel. The Dr. Oz-run Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed two rules that would severely restrict access to gender affirming care for young Americans.

Shurima desert temple, digital illustration, 2019.
Eric Canete did the lineart for this scene.

#DigitalArt #digitalpainting #b3d #conceptart #illustration #fantasyart #fantasy #MastoArt

Gender-diverse sunrise, and that's OK. #Photography

GLM-4.7의 성능이 그렇게나 좋다고 들어서 요금제를 보니 상당히 파격적인 가격이라 조금 시도해 봤다. 우선 LogTape에 있던 이슈 하나를 수행하게 했고, 혹시 몰라서 Claude Code에서 Claude 4.5 Opus로 PLAN.md 계획 파일을 꽤 꼼꼼하게 만들게 한 뒤, 그걸 참고하게 했다. 그럼에도 불구하고:

• 모든 export되는 API에 대해서는 JSDoc 주석을 써야 한다는 당연한 절차를 수행하지 않음 (코드베이스의 다른 코드는 다 그렇게 되어 있는데도 눈치가 없음)
• JSDoc 주석을 쓰랬더니 Python docstring 스타일로 정의부 “안쪽”에 주석을 씀…
• Deno.env 같은 특정 런타임에 의존적인 API를 씀 (코드베이스의 다른 코드는 그런 API 안 쓰고 있음)
• 아주 기본적인 JavaScript 구문 오류를 냄 (예를 들면 세미콜론 빼먹는 식의) → 이것 때문에 상당히 토큰 소모를 많이 함
• 한국어가 살짝 귀여움 (“나옵니다”가 아니라 “나옴니다”라고 쓰는 식)
• 결국에는 JavaScript 구문 오류를 못 고쳐서 테스트 스위트도 아예 못 돌리는데 전체 작업이 완료되었다고 스스로 결론 내림

소문난 잔치에 먹을 게 없다더니, 역시나 벤치마크만 보고 모델을 골라서는 안 되겠다는 교훈만 재확인 한 것 같다.

you guys can keep the chipi chapa I'm feeling nice today

Generally, I identify as a woman, but I'm vibing with the aggression of None of it.

김민석 현 총리가 창당했던 미니민주당을 2016년 합병하고 나서부터 민주당 약칭을 공식으로 쓰게 됐습니다 www.hani.co.kr/arti/politic...

더불어민주당, ‘민주당’ 약칭 되찾았다

LearnixOS

Link: https://www.learnix-os.com
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46391599

An 11-qubit atom processor in silicon with all fidelities from 99.10% to 99.99%

Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09827-w
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46344222

We're setting up in Hall H, black FFP2 masks are free, as supplies last. Please be awesome to each other and 😷 #39c3

Hey iOS/Swift Dev folks! 👋🏻

Join us at @swiftremotestudio on Tuesday, December 30 at 12pm PT/8pm UTC!

This should be a fun talk and Q&A discussion about using LLM development tools for iOS/Swift development outside the standard Xcode environment.

Also this might be the start of a new, fun feature at Swift Remote Studio, so stay tuned!

See you there!
https://iosdev.space/@swiftremotestudio/115787105213881385

2FAを履いて持ち歩ける方のシークレットブーツ（暗号化ディスクも起動できる）

#なにいってんだこいつ

Had a genuinely uplifting moment today. A friend’s 10 year old lit up when I mentioned Raspberry Pi. She explained Linux, hosting, and coding because they learn it at school.

We spent an hour talking self hosting and projects. She now wants a Pi for her birthday so we can learn together. Moments like this give me real hope for the future.

#Linux #RaspberryPi #SelfHosting #DigitalSkills #Hope

Week in Fediverse 2025-12-26

Servers

- Hollo v0.6.19
- Iceshrimp.NET v2025.1-beta5.patch3.security4
- Mitra v4.15.0
- Manyfold v0.130.2
- stegodon v1.3.0
- PieFed v1.4.0
- Lemmy v0.19.15
- Ktistec v3.2.5
- Misskey v2025.12.2
- Castopod v1.13.8
- ActivityPub for WordPress v7.8.2
- NeoDB v0.12.6
- NodeBB v4.7.2
- SquidCity: A tiny ActivityPub (Fediverse) server, written in NodeJS/Typescript

Clients

- Tusker v2025.4
- Photon v2.2.2
- Thunder v0.8.3
- Holos: A Fediverse client that turns your smartphone into a complete ActivityPub server

For developers

- BotKit v0.3.1
- Fedify v1.10.0
- apkit v0.3.5
- FEP MCP: An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides access to Fediverse Enhancement Proposals

Protocol

- FEP-0151: NodeInfo in Fediverse Software (2025 edition) (Final comments)

Articles

- My 2026 Open Social Web Predictions

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019b384b-9d7a-abda-7227-014207339cc2

Conservatives have been trying to kill #humanities #education for decades--billionaires and other power-hungry people want a world filled with skilled technical workers who are unable to meaningfully assess, change, or even imagine realistic alternatives to the system that keeps the rich and powerful rich and powerful.

It has occurred to me that #philosophy, often a punching bag for right-wing influencers, is a key area: Right-wing populism (e.g., Trump) relies on fucking up epistemology for hundreds of millions of people. The last thing Musk, Bezos, Zuck, Trump, Putin, Erdogan, et al. want is for their supporters to actually learn how to evaluate sources of knowledge.

#thoughts #politics #uspol