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The most surreal thing about AI coding shit taking on is the revelation that so many people who do this thing that I love, seem to have no care for the craft at all. Even people who I would have pointed at, years ago, as those who clearly care. And I know it has always been Just A Job for many people, but holy shit, do you even care a little bit?
We humans are not merely bad at it, we have people who have been doing the work with no desire to be good at it in the first place.
If you don’t like programming, I invite you to do something else with your time instead of promoting the machine that lets you not do it. Some people actually like it, you jerks.
The most surreal thing about AI coding shit taking on is the revelation that so many people who do this thing that I love, seem to have no care for the craft at all. Even people who I would have pointed at, years ago, as those who clearly care. And I know it has always been Just A Job for many people, but holy shit, do you even care a little bit?
We humans are not merely bad at it, we have people who have been doing the work with no desire to be good at it in the first place.
just encountered one of the most upsetting hardware things yet: verilog embedded in yaml as a yaml list
Briefcase v0.4.0 has been released! This is a big release, with a significant behavioral change: Briefcase’s development mode now runs apps in an isolated development environment. This should remove some common sources of error, and paves the way for better compatibility with tools like `uv`. It also adds debugging mode for Android apps, and a new plugin interface for publishing apps - with a PythonAnywhere plugin for web deployment already available!
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.
I wrote a blogpost on this: "The first AI agent worm is months away, if that" https://dustycloud.org/blog/the-first-ai-agent-worm-is-months-away-if-that/
People who are using LLM agents for their coding, review systems, etc will probably be the first ones hit. But once agents start installing agents into other systems, we could be off to the races.
[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
lmao a friends printer seems to have weaseled its way to the internet (probably using UPnP) and is old and doesn't know what to do with the data it's being sent so it just prints the data to pages ... printers gotta print ig
Der Sprit wird teurer. Um technologieoffen zu bleiben fordere ich eine Soli-Abgabe von E-Auto-Fahrern.
The most surreal thing about AI coding shit taking on is the revelation that so many people who do this thing that I love, seem to have no care for the craft at all. Even people who I would have pointed at, years ago, as those who clearly care. And I know it has always been Just A Job for many people, but holy shit, do you even care a little bit?
We humans are not merely bad at it, we have people who have been doing the work with no desire to be good at it in the first place.
Tracing Discord's Elixir Systems (Without Melting Everything) https://lobste.rs/s/pfu01n #devops #distributed #elixir #performance #scaling
https://discord.com/blog/tracing-discords-elixir-systems-without-melting-everything
I Have A Mouth And Fully Intend To Scream With It
OH: Wir machen unseren eigenen Congress! ... Mit Krapfen und Leberkäs! #orgaLeaks
[$] The relicensing of chardet
Chardet is a Python module that attempts to determine which character set was used to encode a text string. It was originally written by Mark Pilgrim, who is also the author of a [...]
new from me: FR#156 - Share Where?
on 
@Mastodon 's new Share button, the Mastodon API and protocol ownership
@fediversereportConnected Places Good overview as usual.
One point I would have added is that, while Mastodon announced this Share button a while back, a “pure” ActivityPub-based way to expose share URLs and similar features exists in FEP-3b86 (https://fediverse.codeberg.page/fep/fep/3b86/) and has also been gaining prominence recently (c.f. the list of implementations).
For example, ActivityPub for WordPress published its v8.0.0 today, which includes new “Like” and “Share” buttons that use this proposal.
Last cat post of the night: From this morning I think (time is a soup) as I observed Karvinen being proficient with Pillow Technology.
Oh: The whole "use an LLM to strip away licenses/original authors' expressed preferences" thing is actually happening a lot:
Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account compromise
Link: https://www.wikimediastatus.net
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47263323
Composable Architecture 2.0 and SQLiteData work together like salt and pepper. You treat persisted models as simple values that live in your feature’s state, something that just isn’t possible in SwiftData.
And all of TCA’s powerful testing tools just work! You play a script of user actions to your feature and get to exhaustively test how your feature changes over time by describing it in simple mutations.
Watch our preview of these tools today: https://www.pointfree.co/episodes/ep356-beyond-basics-superpowers
RE: https://sunny.garden/@divya/116171505684661080
Wow this seems like an amazing project, they have an open work space for anyone to study and use internet and electricity in #Gaza
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812c109e87 Remove `message` argument from `NoteLengthValidator` error approach (#37977)
3d8d5f6dc7 Remove minimum account limit on collections (#38082)
3557be5d4d Hide account list in sensitive collections (#38081)
0f37901955 Update htmlentities to v4.4.2 (#38080)
58ef0f6aee Move chewy enable for spec to search data manager (#38054)
9b4a09f760 Fix poll expiration notification being re-triggered on implicit updates (#38078)
4e3866dbaf Replace `email_spec` gem with built-in matchers (#38079)
5d4271a3cc Update rollup-plugin-visualizer to v6.0.11 (#38051)
dae0926c1f Profile editing: Custom fields (deleting, editing) (#38066)
6d9c16e4a1 Fix incorrect I18n string in webauthn mailers (#38062)
94954aed5e New Crowdin Translations (automated) (#38070)
dd27c7b917 Fix “Unblock” and “Unmute” actions being disabled when blocked (#38075)
748dbf3217 Add "Collections" link to main navigation (#38065)
eefdf7ecdf Update linzer to v0.7.8 (#38050)
922fbb8c17 Add for searching already-known private GtS posts (#38057)
The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location
Link: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/targeted-advertising-gives-your-location-government-just-ask-cbp
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47264341
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?
Pour désengorger les tribunaux, #Darmanin veut juger les #viols en un jour
https://www.humanite.fr/politique/gerald-darmanin/gerald-darmanin-propose-de-juger-les-viols-en-un-jour
Et il s'y connaît, le Gérald ...
"Dans 1 note du 27 février, le garde des Sceaux demande aux + hauts magistrats du pays de tenir en 1 journée les audiences des cours criminelles départementales, qui jugent à 90 % des viols. Et de limiter au maximum la citation de témoins & d’experts"
"Contrairement à ce que fait mine de croire le garde des Sceaux, « il n’est pas possible de juger correctement des affaires de viol en 1 seule journée », réagissent les avocates Isabelle Steyer et Violaine De Filippis-Abate, co-présidentes de l’asso Action Juridique Femmes"
omg, the paw over his nose!
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