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AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516885-ais-cant-stop-recommending-nuclear-strikes-in-war-game-simulations/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47151000
A big thank you to 
@deadsuperheroSean Tilley for facilitating a dedicated NHAM Peertube account on 
@spectraSpectra Video: https://spectra.video/a/nham/video-channels
I’ve now ported all NHAM related videos to that account from my personal one.
Currently there are two channels in the new account:
- NHAM Official (https://spectra.video/c/nham_official/videos) with gigs, music videos, talk shows and more.
- Lorenzo’s Music Podcast (https://spectra.video/c/lorenzos_music/videos) where we syndicate 
@tmrayTom Ray’s fantastic 
@lorenzosmusicLorenzo's Music podcast episodes that are relevant to the Fedi Music scene.
Do give the new account’s channels a follow if you’re interested in #FediMusic.
Thanks also to 
@peertube for the latest release which made all of this really easy for us to do.
"Kyle Fish, who leads model welfare research at Anthropic"
Journalism is hard. How can you write that sentence without wanting to shoot yourself in the head 4 or 7 times.
Yeah sure. Your bucket of statistics needs a spa day. Dipshits.
"Kyle Fish, who leads model welfare research at Anthropic"
Journalism is hard. How can you write that sentence without wanting to shoot yourself in the head 4 or 7 times.
Yeah sure. Your bucket of statistics needs a spa day. Dipshits.
Our next game is Verminsteel!
You're a bird with a broadsword, kicking thousands of fascists so hard they fly into the sun
PLEASE go wishlist it, it'll make me really happy and help me stop low-key panicking and stuff: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4352280/Verminsteel/ #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev (boosts super appreciated)
How are Linux nerds still so butthurt about systemd?
BetaKit, *please* enable the ActivityPub plugin on your WordPress site, so we can follow you directly on the Fediverse. It only takes a few minutes, and it makes you a native first-class part of the social web. #ElbowsUp
So who am I seeing on Saturday at SotB?
https://kolektiva.media/w/vjyo5hzJZ3cZJZaZD4G6vJ
For years, a massive decentralized network of neighborhood councils known as Resistance Committees has existed in the lands ruled by the state of Sudan. Anarchists in Sudan have been active participants in these Resistance Committees, surviving against all odds through a brutal civil war, as armed factions compete for power.
Comrades at the Dugout Podcast, a Black anarchist media project based in the US, have created a fundraiser to get money directly to anarchists in Sudan. These Sudanese anarchists are building people’s power from below, through mutual aid initiatives, food distribution networks and medical clinics. This is an ongoing fundraiser intended for the long term support of anarchist organizing in Sudan. Donate individually, share within your networks or organize a fundraising event in your community.
Our comrades in Sudan are an inspiration to what anarchist organizational methods are capable of achieving as society around them breaks down and fails to meet the needs of the people. It’s imperative that we support their efforts from afar.
Find out more: https://www.thedugoutpodcast.com/sudanese-comrades
Donate: https://opencollective.com/support-sudanese-comrades
Trump Proposed a New Retirement Plan With Up to a $1,000 Match. How Might It Work?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/business/trump-retirement-401k-match.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Business Day 
@business-day-newyorktimesBusiness Day
@whitequark✧✦Catherine✦✧ Somehow, they are up to JESD216H. It doesn't get any better.
Would have been nice if there had been a standard for the SPI flash itself rather than just the SFDP data.
@whitequark✧✦Catherine✦✧ JSED216H is 191 pages. Almost like the manufacturers do as they please designing the commands for these things, not communicating with one another, JEDEC just adds it all to JESD216.
JESD216H (August 2025), JESD216G (November 2024), JESD216F.02 (June 2022), JESD216F.01 (February 2022), JESD216F (December 2021), JESD216E (August 2021), JESD216D (August 2019), JESD216C (August 2018), JESD216B (May 2014), JESD216A (July 2013), and JESD216 (April 2011).
Very keen to play around with the new Claude Code Remote feature to leave CC running on my Mac Studio and use it on the iPad Pro!
Here's 
@johnvoorhees on how it works: https://www.macstories.net/stories/hands-on-with-claude-code-remote-control/
Git won't track empty directories (because at heart it only tracks files). Common advice is to add a '.gitkeep' file so the directory isn't empty and git will make the directory.
EVEN BETTER ADVICE: put a README in the directory explaining what the empty directory is for and what will eventually be there.
So who am I seeing on Saturday at SotB?
Use local models on remote devices you control—as if they were local.
- Introducing LM Link from LM Studio.
- Encrypted, identity-based access to your own LLM hardware.
- No public endpoints. No API key sprawl.
important safety/security concern if you have an accessible amazon wishlist and especially if you use it to receive things from internet people or other strangers: you can no longer disable sharing your address with third party sellers. These folks can and often do disclose it to the purchaser.
And, to be clear, anyone can be a third party seller on Amazon which means anyone can get your physical shipping address and full name with ease.
Despite what this email says, the Amazon list page says this functionality is already disabled thus you are already at risk ("This setting will no longer be supported starting February 25, 2026. After this date, third-party sellers will receive your shipping address to fulfill orders.")
This is bad. If you have any hope for privacy and do not use a PO Box, make sure to unshare your lists.
Agentic AI-based services are the new Shadow IT. Change my mind.
I was under the impression, that this plot line got covered back in 1983 ...
Do we have to train AIs on Tic-Tac-Toe again?
AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516885-ais-cant-stop-recommending-nuclear-strikes-in-war-game-simulations/
I have a new art to show!
I missed drawing WoW characters a lot; it's been a while. Done for NahiSummerhold on tumblr.
#art #MastoArt #fediverse #fediart #artnouveau #worldofwarcraft
Face au téléchargement pirate dans les années 2000, les États avaient soutenu les artistes. Aujourd’hui, les pirates sont de riches entreprises de l’IA et les politiques se moquent bien des artistes. À lire sur «Les Jours» ⤵️
https://lesjours.fr/obsessions/la-fete-du-stream-7/ep2-remuneration-artistes-ia/
What I'm listening to today: "#feedbackuary ...Crystal Cherry Blossom Caverns... [Pulsar-23] [Enner] [Blackhole]"
Slow 80s-style-industrial music based on a pile of idiosyncratic SOMA equipment and a musician playing a cracklebox like a violin. Run harsh buzzy noises into a big enough echo pedal and they take on this smooth fluid sound. The mood of a journey through a cursed, destroyed world, hunkering with your weapons in the back of a pickup truck, wind howling past
What I'm listening to today: "Up Up", Li Yilei
Li Yilei is a really interesting electronic artist from Shanghai, currently operating out of London; this is from their first release "Unabled Form". Slowly building ambient/cinematic object that is either menacing like an abandoned factory or comforting like a cold winter day, depending on your inclinations. Yilei excels at this sort of data sculpture, a space made of noises that presents a narrative as you move through it
You don't need to browse my timeline to look for past tips, they are all listed on my website at:
The "Quick Start" section at the top of the front page of the website is especially suitable for new people. It has the guides to all the basics.
If you scroll down past the quick start, you'll see the full contents of the site divided up into themed sections.
Face au téléchargement pirate dans les années 2000, les États avaient soutenu les artistes. Aujourd’hui, les pirates sont de riches entreprises de l’IA et les politiques se moquent bien des artistes. À lire sur «Les Jours» ⤵️
https://lesjours.fr/obsessions/la-fete-du-stream-7/ep2-remuneration-artistes-ia/
Git won't track empty directories (because at heart it only tracks files). Common advice is to add a '.gitkeep' file so the directory isn't empty and git will make the directory.
EVEN BETTER ADVICE: put a README in the directory explaining what the empty directory is for and what will eventually be there.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@mcc/116110912928005524
Ugh I literally just moved all my passwords out of Firefox and into vaultwarden. I guess I will look at https://www.passwordstore.org/ and see if that’ll work for me.
The document-wide in-scrollbar thumbnail / minimap has been around for a while. Most people are familiar with it from RockScroll (2008) or Sublime Text (2012) or VSCode (2015).
https://github.com/coveragepy/coveragepy has a slick implementation (scroll_markers) contributed by Dmitry Shishov in 2016. Super useful when jumping between several places reviewing coverage misses, and super subtle!
I saw this image all day long. Although the place was not the most cheerful, it gave me serenity and peace.
Sometimes it really takes very little to make a big difference.
Le Parlement européen bloque l’accès aux outils d’IA générative sur ses appareils
https://next.ink/brief_article/le-parlement-europeen-bloque-lacces-aux-outils-dia-generative-sur-ses-appareils/
Pour des raisons de cybersécurité et de protection des données, le Parlement européen a bloqué les fonctionnalités d’IA génératives des appareils qu’il fournit aux députés européens et à leurs équipes.
The Barista is back home.
Extremely tired.
But home.
Now, time to decompress.
Tonight at @foulab is this month's #Fediverse Night. 7pm onwards.
I'll be trying to work on upgrading a Hometown instance with the newly released massive upgrade!
A big thank you to @deadsuperheroSean Tilley for facilitating a dedicated NHAM Peertube account on @spectraSpectra Video: https://spectra.video/a/nham/video-channels
I’ve now ported all NHAM related videos to that account from my personal one.
Currently there are two channels in the new account:
- NHAM Official (https://spectra.video/c/nham_official/videos) with gigs, music videos, talk shows and more.
- Lorenzo’s Music Podcast (https://spectra.video/c/lorenzos_music/videos) where we syndicate @tmrayTom Ray’s fantastic @lorenzosmusicLorenzo's Music podcast episodes that are relevant to the Fedi Music scene.
Do give the new account’s channels a follow if you’re interested in #FediMusic.
Thanks also to @peertube for the latest release which made all of this really easy for us to do.
The Slow Death of the Power User
Link: https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/the-slow-death-of-the-power-user/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47155548
Tonight at @foulab is this month's #Fediverse Night. 7pm onwards.
I'll be trying to work on upgrading a Hometown instance with the newly released massive upgrade!
A big thank you to @deadsuperheroSean Tilley for facilitating a dedicated NHAM Peertube account on @spectraSpectra Video: https://spectra.video/a/nham/video-channels
I’ve now ported all NHAM related videos to that account from my personal one.
Currently there are two channels in the new account:
- NHAM Official (https://spectra.video/c/nham_official/videos) with gigs, music videos, talk shows and more.
- Lorenzo’s Music Podcast (https://spectra.video/c/lorenzos_music/videos) where we syndicate @tmrayTom Ray’s fantastic @lorenzosmusicLorenzo's Music podcast episodes that are relevant to the Fedi Music scene.
Do give the new account’s channels a follow if you’re interested in #FediMusic.
Thanks also to @peertube for the latest release which made all of this really easy for us to do.
remembering old great web comics, this one is ebbits
Tonight at @foulab is this month's #Fediverse Night. 7pm onwards.
I'll be trying to work on upgrading a Hometown instance with the newly released massive upgrade!
Show HN: I ported Tree-sitter to Go
Link: https://github.com/odvcencio/gotreesitter
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47155597
Hey, Mastodon audio peeps! What are we using on macOS to digitize and edit audio … that isn’t Audacity or GarageBand.
hey look, yet another thing LLMs suck at
Support period lengthened for the 6.6, 6.12, and 6.18 kernels
I’m gonna scope-creep this by adding: an easy API for publishing and subscribing to multiple blocklists.
Like, why are we still trading CSV files when we could just publish this info over ActivityPub?
Let’s make a tool for building/managing blocklists as an AP actor for anyone to subscribe to.
Add in a “polyfill” to subscribe and load this data straight into big apps like Mastodon, and we have instant moderation as a service.
I can start on Monday.
@benpateBen Pate 🤘🏻 
@evanEvan Prodromou let's talk about labels, I believe any nextgen ingestion should use the shared vocabulary to take in blocks by label https://about.iftas.org/library/shared-vocabulary-labels/
Maybe you want to block CSAM, but don't care about copyright infringement... (This way we could run one list instead of five and you choose the harms you want to block, as everything is labelled)
Shared Vocabulary: Labels
The community shared vocabulary is a collaboratively maintained set of terms and definitions used by moderators and administrators to ensure clarity, fairness, and consistency in community governan…
about.iftas.org · IFTAS
Link author: 
IFTAS Blog@about.iftas.org@about.iftas.org
I made the blog dark-mode by default and gave it a nice skeuomorphic toggle button ...
The Pentagon Threatens Anthropic
Link: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-pentagon-threatens-anthropic
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47154983
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