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Oh: The whole "use an LLM to strip away licenses/original authors' expressed preferences" thing is actually happening a lot:
ONCE I JAILBREAK THE DEATH RAY, THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME CHANGES AROUND HERE.
I'm really hoping we can return momentum to this mental health project for Palestinian kids who were in occupation prisons!!!!
Because this is a project of hope, and one that we can all blessedly join in with and help make happen. Read more and chip in: https://chuffed.org/project/hmg
@palestine
#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Gaza #Palestine #Therapy #Art #MentalHealth
We are all trying to get an ounce of attention back on Gaza. This is an urgent project for kids who survived occupation torture camps (prison). I'm partnered with a psychologist who will bring these kids mental health workshops & more!
Make it happen: https://chuffed.org/project/hmg
@palestine
#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Gaza #Palestine #Therapy #Art #MentalHealth
RE: https://mastodon.social/@fediversereport/116178002926045553
"The fediverse is only half built on an open standard."
Good read.
v1.118 rolls out today! New in this update: You can now translate posts without leaving the app. Simply tap "translate" on mobile and your phone's built-in translation takes it from there.
The proposed handling of LLM in Debian in the latest "Bits from the DPL" is a bit concerning. It misses the mark by acknowledging issues with LLM usage, and then dismisses them all by saying that "As a society, we rarely respond with categorical refusal. Instead, we regulate, reflect, and take responsibility for how we use them." and suggesting absolutely no regulation or reflection (and no particular responsibility other than that which comes with any contribution).
I'm not a Debian developer, just a longtime user (and upstream for an unimportant package). But if Debian isn't the principled, ethical one, then I'm guessing no one will be.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2026/03/msg00001.html
RE: https://narrativ.es/@janl/116175271289099939
Alternative title: Mark Pilgrim vs. the World.
I was at a work event in Florida earlier this week and there was a guy hired to wander around and draw caricatures of us and this is apparently mine 😂
뚱땡이 99 피카츄 vs 신성으로 등장한 피카츄 타이틀 버젼 뚱땡이가 나와서 한껏 고민임 내 공간에 뚱땡이 둘 들일 여유가 없다니..
What future millennia will remember about the 2020s is it was the decade America's industries decided to fire all their transsexuals and replace us with statistical text models and see if they remained a technological civilization.
That's a debatable thesis, actually, but the future will pretty much have to believe it because by coincidence this one post you're reading will be the only piece of recorded media that survives the unplanned re-entry of Elon Musk's DEATHSTAR-1 datacenter in 2031
I hope this email finds you as you’re fleeing from the fire that my ire has inspired with a spark — I hope this email finds you in the dark.
The Man Who Broke into Jail
Link: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/03/09/alexander-friedmann-profile-prison-reform
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47240424
[Podcasts] Django Chat #196: Freelancing & Community - Andrew Miller
Andrew is a prolific software developer. He runs the solo agency Software Crafts, writes regularly, is a former Djangonaut, and co-founder of the AI banking startup Hamilton Rock.
https://djangochat.com/episodes/freelancing-community-andrew-miller-seDEJ66s
Zephyr Turns 10.
A decade of open governance and real-world deployment.
New Linux Foundation research confirms strong global adoption and long-lifecycle production use.
Most organizations plan to grow their Zephyr footprint. Many already rely on it in commercial products designed to operate for years.
The next phase focuses on maintenance, certifications, and ecosystem resilience.
Read the report and get involved.
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/zephyr-turns-10
@andreclaassenAndré Claaßen Bist Du dann bald fertig, meine TL zuzumüllen? Magst Du Dir nicht einen testaccount zulegen?
omg, the paw over his nose!
telemetry helps. you still get to turn it off https://lobste.rs/s/zpvdwb #privacy
https://ritter.vg/blog-telemetry.html
GPT-5.4 Thinking System Card
Link: https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-4-thinking-system-card/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47265045
GPT-5.4 Thinking and GPT-5.4 Pro
Link: https://twitter.com/i/status/2029620619743219811
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47265089
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@zerodogg/116177921226270094
Adding Debian to the disappointment list.
Full refusal of these systems based on humanistic principles is actually very easy.
And reducing their acceptance on the usefulness of their output is exactly the thing that’s missing the point.
@janlJan Lehnardt 
There's only one real option for a distro that's 100% ethical and also 3-5% faster.
Habe mir eben die Rede von Frau Schwesig im Bundestag zum #Social-Media-Verbot im Nachhinein noch mal ganz angehört. Ich musste früher los. Nämlich zu unserem Fachgespräch zum Social-Media-Verbot und zur #Altersverifikation Und nunja. Ich habe nach den Inputs der Expert*innen noch viel mehr den Eindruck als vorher, dass die Rede inhaltlich wenig Substanz hatte. Die Vergleiche sind teilweise sowas von wild und weit hergeholt. Wie man das umsetzen will ist mir immer noch nicht klar. Und welche massiven Konsequenzen das für uns alle hat spielt keine Rolle. Aber hauptsache man spricht uns erst mal sämtliche Kompetenz ab. Läuft.
Fachgespräch war ganz toll und super interessant und ich bin jetzt sehr viel schlauer. :3
omg, the paw over his nose!
wiped 3 teams so far...
Pokemon game where you play as a Pokemon...
...who sticks with a human formBoo. Cowards. Lame.
why I love bash
This little birb always makes me smile! A Japanese Snow Fairy. Look at it!
LOOK AT IT!
Good morning y'all! Be kind!
Tepache: Fermented Pineapple Drink From Mexico
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Posted into ¡A Comer! Let's Eat! 
@a-comer-let-s-eat-JanetteSpeyer¡A Comer! Let's Eat!
Trying to come up with polite ways to say "I don't have the capacity to give a fuck if you personally use the Bullshit Machine, but don't make it my problem"
Intelligence is a commodity. Context is the real AI Moat
Link: https://adlrocha.substack.com/p/adlrocha-intelligence-is-a-commodity
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47205009
Oooh, never good, a poo-pumper truck down the street with a tube down a manhole, that's never good. #sewage
LOL it's never good when you can HEAR THE SUCKING from your toilets
#sewer
So the US knew the location of the Iranian ship off Sri Lanka bc both the US and Iran were part of a military exercise hosted by India which the US pulled out of at the last minute, presumably so as to bomb the unarmed Iranian ship.
The former Indian FM:
Face Reveal
@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber meanwhile people I talk to are like "wait why do you want guarantees your open source supply chain doesn't have LLM-sourced code in it. it has literally never occurred to me that this would be a thing someone would desire"
@mcc @cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber I concur with the assessment, and have been sharing similar warnings. In fact, we are beginning to see a pivot in stealer activity to install OpenClaw, etc. for exactly these purposes. It's a botnet, compute miner, and worm all in one.
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I am convinced we are on the verge of the first "AI agent worm". This looks like the closest hint of it, though it isn't it quite itself: an attack on a PR agent that got it to set up to install openclaw with full access on 4k machines https://grith.ai/blog/clinejection-when-your-ai-tool-installs-another
But, the agents installed weren't given instructions to *do* anything yet.
Soon they will be. And when they are, the havoc will be massive. Unlike traditional worms, where you're looking for the typically byte-for-byte identical worm embedded in the system, an agent worm can do different, nondeterministic things on every install, and carry out a global action.
I suspect we're months away from seeing the first agent worm, *if* that. There may already be some happening right now in FOSS projects, undetected.
@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber meanwhile people I talk to are like "wait why do you want guarantees your open source supply chain doesn't have LLM-sourced code in it. it has literally never occurred to me that this would be a thing someone would desire"
So the US knew the location of the Iranian ship off Sri Lanka bc both the US and Iran were part of a military exercise hosted by India which the US pulled out of at the last minute, presumably so as to bomb the unarmed Iranian ship.
The former Indian FM:
catboys, catgirls, and nyanbinary people
I am convinced we are on the verge of the first "AI agent worm". This looks like the closest hint of it, though it isn't it quite itself: an attack on a PR agent that got it to set up to install openclaw with full access on 4k machines https://grith.ai/blog/clinejection-when-your-ai-tool-installs-another
But, the agents installed weren't given instructions to *do* anything yet.
Soon they will be. And when they are, the havoc will be massive. Unlike traditional worms, where you're looking for the typically byte-for-byte identical worm embedded in the system, an agent worm can do different, nondeterministic things on every install, and carry out a global action.
I suspect we're months away from seeing the first agent worm, *if* that. There may already be some happening right now in FOSS projects, undetected.
The USA and Israel have made it abundantly clear: either you hold the biggest gun or you do what the guy holding the biggest gun says or he shoots you. That’s it. That’s where we stand after thousands of years of so-called civilisation: The law of the jungle.
Today's necroposting brought to you by "last night *suuuuucked* and I'm too tired to be funny today".
A GitHub Issue Title Compromised 4k Developer Machines
Link: https://grith.ai/blog/clinejection-when-your-ai-tool-installs-another
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47263595
At least 13 hospital and health facilities in Iran hit since US-Israel attacks began, WHO says | Global development | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/05/at-least-dozen-hospital-and-health-facilities-in-iran-hit-since-us-israel-attacks-began-who-says
"Global health body is following up reports that four medics have been killed among the 1,230 or more deaths in Iran since start of war"
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