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The LLM bros a few tables away from mine are talking about the business plan for their 'revolutionary' slop machine.
One of them keeps saying 'market infestation' when talking about the market share they're dreaming of.
I don't think that he chose this particular wording as a result of critical deliberations. I think he likes it because it sounds aggressive.
But I also think 'infestation' describes the slop madness beautifully.
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#StopTheSlop #LLMs
【NHKニュース速報 01:40】
大阪・ミナミで「複数刺された」と通報
１人は意識なしか 刺した人物は逃走
#ニュース #NHKニュース速報
@lcamtuflcamtuf 
If all you have is a hammer...
고양이의 귀에는 32개의 근육이 있고 180도 회전이 가능하다.
이 모든 기능이 나를 무시하기 위해서 사용되고 있다.
고양이가 나를 무시하기 위해서 열심히 노력하고 있다....?
고양이가 나를 무시할 필요가 있다....?
고양이는 내가 신경쓰인다....?
고양이가 나에게 관심이 있다....?
고양이가 내게 어떠한 마음을 품고 있다...?
고양이가 내게 감정을 가지고 있다...?
고양이가 내게 품은 감정을 감추기 위해 귀의 기능을 총 동원하여 노력하고 있다...?
고양이가 내게 강렬한 감정을 품고 있다...?
고양이가... 나를.......
좋아한다..................................? 
Homeland Security has sent out subpoenas to identify ICE critics
Link: https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/homeland-security-has-reportedly-sent-out-hundreds-of-subpoenas-to-identify-ice-critics-online-135245457.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47015084
Platforms bend over backward to help DHS censor ICE critics, advocates say
Link: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/platforms-bend-over-backward-to-help-dhs-censor-ice-critics-advocates-say/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47015406
おはよー
Cutie #cats #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon
RE: https://journa.host/@samlitzinger/116069232414031083
I'm unsure when we need to address the fact that something being illegal has not stopped this administration from doing illegal things and we need a different tactic to stop this nonsense.
There are just so many pictures of Mojo displaying his belly, because this is a kitty with absolute trust that tummies are for petting.
Un momento por favor ⚠️
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. - https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/courts-have-ruled-4400-times-that-ice-jailed-people-illegally-it-hasnt-stopped-2026-02-14/
2010s: Old Man Yells At Cloud
2020s: Old Man Yells At Claude
2010s: There is no cloud, it's just someone else's computer.
2020s: There is no Claude, it's just someone else's code.
2010s: Old Man Yells At Cloud
2020s: Old Man Yells At Claude
Un momento por favor ⚠️
My sixteen-year-old Chilean nephew was curious about what’s going on with ICE.
In Chile, the word “conservative” is associated with capitalism, and the word “liberal” is associated with communism. He observed that Donald Trump says he’s a capitalist but doesn’t act like one.
I told him things are different here and labels have different meanings because we have a different history.
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I know the first one is a bull ant, but what kind of bug is the other one? Do you think it will make a colony?
(via. https://www.tumblr.com/futurebird/757530521048956929/what-kind-of-queen-is-this?source=share)
Feel free to tell realpython whether you want to see them create content on using AI to code.
I told them no:
(i) unethical training process
(ii) less maintainable code
(iii) deskilling of developers
I’m thrilled to see this feature from GitHub: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-02-13-new-repository-settings-for-configuring-pull-request-access/
Tl;dr it is now possible for repositories to disable pull requests entirely, or to restrict them to collaborators only. #OpenSource
今動く9821がXv13しかないんですけどCanBe機買う機運ですか？？（？）
"Office of Budget and Management Director Russell Vought killed USAID, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths, and is now using the money he 'saved' to bankroll his security detail.
A Reuters report Friday states that the Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees 'in trauma' is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—"
~ Malcolm Ferguson
#Trump #RussellVought #Project2025 #USAID #children #starvation #healthcare #security
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https://newrepublic.com/post/206559/russ-vought-usaid-funds-security
I’m thrilled to see this feature from GitHub: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-02-13-new-repository-settings-for-configuring-pull-request-access/
Tl;dr it is now possible for repositories to disable pull requests entirely, or to restrict them to collaborators only. #OpenSource
Use this free to remix template to create a valentine for your forever crush: open education!
Focaccia Is very popular here, I think I'll need to try.
요즘 코난 미방영 에피소드들 보고 있는데 진짜 별의별 에피소드가 다 있네 싶고 이게 심의 문제로 방영되지 못한게 많아서 그런가 에피소드들이 자극적이고 재밌음
謎の荷物に入り込んでたメルコ下駄、よすぎる
これはもちほっぺうちのこ
You can’t build a Jetsons future with a Flintstones government
Happy "James Cook getting got" day to those that celebrate 
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@munin/116066637095632253
Throwing 'shocking' videos at people - especially unexpectedly - is not going to result in activist activation in most cases.
Instead, most people are going to find this traumatizing and take steps to avoid this.
Which is going to exacerbate the frustration of the people who are concerned because "nobody cares" about the outrages
Which causes them to try shoving even more 'shocking' content in people's faces
Resulting in more avoidant behaviors
Et
fucking
cetera.
And this may be an unfortunate shock to some people,
but if you're thinking that you -have- to throw violent videos in peoples faces "so that they know what's going on"
You need therapy, because you are exhibiting a specific etiology of PTSD.
"There's no way they can understand unless they experience the same thing" is a -trauma response-
Flinging those at other people is, again, not going to make them 'care' the way you do; it is going to drive avoidant behaviors and the aforementioned vicious fucking cycle.
#Squirrel of the Day for February 14, 2026 surveys the perimeter #squirrels
The #audacity project turns 25 this year and they made some merchandise to celebrate that.
Note, that you have to add VAT and shipping as it comes from the US
Happy "James Cook getting got" day to those that celebrate
Ok, I think I'm just gonna remove bit order support from device-driver and assume everything is Lsb0.
It's just so weird my brain can't handle it and I've never seen it be used. And if it's really required, well then the register interface implementation can reverse the bits.
Has anybody actually ever seen or used a device of which the datasheet says bit 0 which then means the most significant bit?
If you do, please let me know before I delete this feature!
熊嗨星好玩、好吃、好多人
捕捉到這小孩出門玩了一天咪咪眼的瞬間www
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