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Water is life. So is intelligence.
I'm not claiming that they're right, that you are actually buying "intelligence" from them by the meter, I think that's misleading.
But also, the fact that that's the *framing* goes to show to you that they absolutely, completely want it to be, and want to sell intellectual slavery, as far as they can get it.
I'm beginning to consider a new career. Something mundane with no hype cycles or manias. Grocer would seem to suit me perfectly.
"We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter..." -- Sam Altman
https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/2032012809433723158
There you go, there it is. Yup.
Water is life. So is intelligence.
things that never happened and then the printer stood up and clapped too? because writing a kernel extension that bypasses Apple’s system integrity protection and driver kits requirements in a single prompt isn't a productivity hack it’s a miracle equivalent of Jesus walking on water 😂
The hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE.
🕐 2026-03-12 18:00 UTC
📰 Claude Codeを加速させる私の推しスキル・ツール・設定（Findyイベント登壇資料） (👍 293)
🇬🇧 Shares tools & settings to accelerate Claude Code development, including Raycast shortcuts for quick terminal launch and workflow optimization
🇰🇷 Claude Code 개발을 가속화하는 도구와 설정 소개. Raycast 단축키로 터미널 빠르게 실행하고 워크플로우 최적화
🔗 https://zenn.dev/ubie_dev/articles/claude-code-tips-findy-2026
Cindy Cohn has spent 30 years standing up to the DOJ, taking on the NSA, and tangling with the FBI to protect our right to digital privacy. Join our livestream with Jason Koebler of 
@404mediaco404 Media on 3/19 at 11am PT for a conversation about Cindy's new book, "Privacy's Defender." https://eff.org/livestream-defender
국방주는 이상하게 하락중인데 망한듯 (?!) 하하 오르는건 석유 가스 농업 그리고 인버스 관련 ETF 밖에 없음...
Before deleting a dataset or snapshot, perform a dry run using the -n
parameter. This is to make sure you really want to delete just that
dataset/snapshot and not any dependent ones. ZFS will display the resulting
action when -n is combined with the -v option without actually performing
it:
zfs destroy -nrv mypool@mysnap
Once you are sure this is exactly what you intend to do, remove the -n
parameter to execute the destroy operation.
-- Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org>
Vitest 4.1 is out! 🚀
✅ Vite 8 support from day 1
🏷️ Test tags to organize, filter & apply shared options
🪝 New hooks for easier tracing, transactions and AsyncLocalStorage
🔍 Async leak detection
🤖 Agent reporter to reduce token usage
And much more!
Full blog post at https://vitest.dev/blog/vitest-4-1.html
"We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter..." -- Sam Altman
https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/2032012809433723158
There you go, there it is. Yup.
@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber non-X-hosted copy of the video
Secret Panel HERE ✅ https://tapas.io/episode/3193474
"We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter..." -- Sam Altman
https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/2032012809433723158
There you go, there it is. Yup.
@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber
they'd have no moral problem hoarding all the oxygen.
“CREDIT IS PARSELTONGUE FOR DEBT” is a good quote. https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/116217459136740391
@sollerJeremy Soller 🦀
I think they've effectively stated that no software license is enforceable since you can't really prove if code is LLM generated or not (unless you explicitly state that it is).
What prevents one from uploading AI with no explicit indication that it's AI? Or does that get treated as if the "developer" wrote it themselves?
@zmF Copyright is enforced on a case by case basis, and in the absence of evidence it would be assumed that all rights are reserved by whoever is determined to be the original author. This also applies nearly universally via the Berne Convention: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention
However, what I am seeing is that large open source projects are readily accepting changes that are clearly marked as AI generated. If it is clear there is no human author, then there is no copyright protection.
Humorous response from four First Nations on Vancouver Island to a Conservative MP. One of the best ways to respond to ignorance and bigotry.
#Indigenous #LandAcknowledgement #VancouverIsland
*Edit: typo
I tried the MacBook Neo as a replacement for my M4 Air. It's not quite the Mac for me, but it's close to perfect for many.
A surprising value from Apple in a trying time in the PC market: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwuKCgSgcR4
"roughly half of [American] men ages 18 to 49 have an active account with an online sportsbook"
I'm astonished by this stat. I had no idea that this was so much of a thing. (But, then, I'm getting horrifyingly close to the top end of that age bracket.)
https://mastodon.social/@kottke/116217293169420241
#ELEVEN #BILLION U.S. #DOLLARS: That’s an underestimate for how much the #Pentagon thinks the first six days of the war in Iran cost the U.S.
Some congressional aides think the White House will soon request more from Congress — $50 billion or more, Reuters reports. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-estimates-iran-war-cost-over-11-billion-six-days-source-2026-03-11/
MORE THAN 3 MILLION IRANIANS DISPLACED: According to the UN Refugee Agency, about 3.2 million people have fled #Tehran and other major Iranian cities for safer rural areas. https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-war-us-israel-trump-03-12-26?post-id=cmmmxzb2m00003b6rlpc0xmsd&t=1773314906646
#RAN REGIME HOLDING STRONG: After almost two weeks of #war in the Middle East, the Iranian regime is safe from collapse, U.S. intelligence says. https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-intelligence-says-iran-government-is-not-risk-collapse-say-sources-2026-03-11/
#ELEVEN #BILLION U.S. #DOLLARS: That’s an underestimate for how much the #Pentagon thinks the first six days of the war in Iran cost the U.S.
Some congressional aides think the White House will soon request more from Congress — $50 billion or more, Reuters reports. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-estimates-iran-war-cost-over-11-billion-six-days-source-2026-03-11/
うおさんじ
For folks interested, I've got a growing list of resources over on the other site about the costs and drawbacks of AI in a variety of contexts:
https://bsky.app/profile/sophiajt.com/post/3lyh4fd5tpc2r
"We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter..." -- Sam Altman
https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/2032012809433723158
There you go, there it is. Yup.
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116217409273763186
The worst thing about that letter is that it feels like way less thinking went into it than making Trump a gold trophy
How to write "Hello, world!" in Z80 assembly language:
https://anoldmanbythesea.blogspot.com/2026/03/im-feeling-kind-of-nostalgic-today-so-i.html?m=1
The final Call for Papers for SportsHCI 2026 is out: https://www.sportshci2026.com/call-for-papers
Important dates:
- Submission system opens: 20 March 2026
- Mandatory abstract submission deadline: 20 April 2026 (no extensions)
- Submission deadline for full papers: 27 April 2026 (no extensions)
- PC meeting: 18 June 2026
- Decision notification: 25 June 2026
All times are in Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone.
기술 자체를 애도하는 사람—코드를 쓰는 질감, 우아한 해법의 만족감—에게는 “그냥 적응해”라는 말이 아무 의미가 없다. 그 만족감을 다른 곳에서 찾아야 할 수도 있고, 일이 다르게 느껴질 것을 받아들여야 할 수도 있다. 그리고 솔직히, 지금까지 “장인 정신”에 생계가 걸려 있었다는 것은 운이 좋았던 것이다.
Wild to get interviewed by an AI bot, but on the other hand, hiring is so broken and at an all-time low. Might be even an improvement. 🫠
https://www.theverge.com/featured-video/892850/i-was-interviewed-by-an-ai-bot-for-a-job
RE: https://zpravobot.news/@echo24cz/116217392232304156
Ja ti nevím, on chce dostat zemi do války aby mohl zrušit volby?
📝 CFP extended for DjangoCon US to March 23.
Now I have more time to ponder if I want to submit a talk.
@lmorchardLes Orchard wrote something that stuck with me: AI-assisted coding isn't creating a split among developers. It's revealing one that was always there, just invisible when we all worked the same way.
If you're mourning the loss of the craft itself—the texture of writing code, the satisfaction of an elegant solution—that's real, and no amount of “just adapt” addresses it. You might need to find that satisfaction somewhere else, or accept that work is going to feel different. Frankly, we've been lucky there's been a livelihood in craft up to now.
https://blog.lmorchard.com/2026/03/11/grief-and-the-ai-split/
For folks interested, I've got a growing list of resources over on the other site about the costs and drawbacks of AI in a variety of contexts:
https://bsky.app/profile/sophiajt.com/post/3lyh4fd5tpc2r
THE LATEST #NEWS AT THIS HOUR:
IRAN THREATENS #OIL PRICES COULD DOUBLE: As oil prices top $100 per barrel, Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesperson for Iran’s military command, said the world has to be prepared for $200. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/combatants-mideast-war-trade-more-air-strikes-iran-clamps-down-dissent-2026-03-11/
Wow we got 
@phanpy, 
@loops and 
@peertube on the front page of 
@TechCrunch today thanks to 
@altstore!
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/alternative-app-store-altstore-pal-joins-the-fediverse
Malus – Clean Room as a Service
Link: https://malus.sh
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47350424
Italian prosecutors seek trial for Amazon, 4 execs in alleged $1.4B tax evasion
Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/italian-prosecutors-seek-trial-amazon-four-execs-over-alleged-14-bln-tax-evasion-2026-03-12/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47352297
It is a personal failure of mine that I cannot get over the phenomenon of computer programmers being offended that there is an increased appetite for documentation, like skills, with the advent of programming agents.
You can't understand the value of being able to have a computer reliably, quickly, and repeatedly follow complex instructions at little marginal cost in a way that compounds? And you program computers?
@lmorchardLes Orchard wrote something that stuck with me: AI-assisted coding isn't creating a split among developers. It's revealing one that was always there, just invisible when we all worked the same way.
If you're mourning the loss of the craft itself—the texture of writing code, the satisfaction of an elegant solution—that's real, and no amount of “just adapt” addresses it. You might need to find that satisfaction somewhere else, or accept that work is going to feel different. Frankly, we've been lucky there's been a livelihood in craft up to now.
https://blog.lmorchard.com/2026/03/11/grief-and-the-ai-split/
Chrome リモートデスクトップが思っていたよりも早くて驚いている。
作業用で他のリモートデスクトップ使っていたけど全部切り替えたわ。
大統領の権限の強さが大統領の無能さに耐えられない国もあるんじゃないかと思うんだよね🥺
This is one of the reasons I'm always on about moderated registration.
It's easier to catch a bunch of shitty accounts at signup than it is once they're in the wild causing damage.
@jazjaz 
https://toot.wales/@jaz/116216187362178051
Also, 
@Codeberg, it looks like this spam bot is using your services: https://andy-agent.codeberg.page/
"AI"
Lol, "AI" makes you literally sick:
"We found […] cognitive exhaustion from intensive oversight of AI agents […]. We call it “AI brain fry,” which we define as mental fatigue from excessive use or oversight of AI tools beyond one’s cognitive capacity. […] a mental fog with difficulty focusing, slower decision-making, and headaches. […] increased employee errors, decision fatigue, and intention to quit."
クロックスに何かの植物のトゲが侵入してきたようでチクチクするよう🥺
Identity ownership (and thus age verification) should be a fundamental human right, not a business opportunity. #JustSayin
FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE is now available.
The FreeBSD Project has announced the release of FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE, the fifth release from the stable/14 branch. FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE is available for multiple architectures and can be installed via ISO, USB, VM images, cloud platforms, and OCI containers.
Download and release information:
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.4R/announce/
Thank you to the Release Engineering Team and the many contributors who make each release possible.
#FreeBSD #OpenSource #ReleaseEngineering
ついにパイプぐちゃぐちゃフィールドはじまった……悪い夢見そう
I am looking to host a **de-federated** mastodon instance for 300 to 500 people.
I wanted to know what kind server specs I should go for for this kind of project. should I go for 8gb or 4gb of RAM, roughly how many vCPUs/threads, etc..
Hey, #emacs crowd. Do you remember what were early hurdles when trying it? You know, 37 years ago most likely.
Chao-c'
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Julian Fietkau
Mariatta 🤦🏻♀️ 
Stefano Marinelli
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