I want firings. I want trials. I want prison sentences.

#usa #elections #politics

#AI #uspol

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Attachment: ]]> https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@nuintari/117518894087727118 Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:05:20 +0000 https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@nuintari/117518894087727118 We have published a report on a security incident on gitlab.alpinelinux.org. An attacker tried to exploit CVE-2026-97229. We found no evidence it succeeded but can't rule it out, so we rebuilt
GitLab from scratch.

Alpine packages and releases were not affected, and no signing keys were exposed.

All GitLab passwords have been reset. If you reused yours elsewhere, change it there.

https://alpinelinux.org/posts/GitLab-security-incident-CVE-2026-97229.html

#AlpineLinux #security

Attachment: ]]> https://fosstodon.org/@alpinelinux/117520651908520232 Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:43:34 +0000 https://fosstodon.org/@alpinelinux/117520651908520232 Fuck LA Taco!

https://memotorres.substack.com/p/what-happened-at-la-taco

#losangeles #fuckice

Uses a simple Pilot G2 refill cartridge which I also like. Many others actually fit it just fine as well but I'm fine with the G2.

Attachment: photos of my new Tactile Turn bolt action standard size pen

Attachment: photos of my new Tactile Turn bolt action standard size pen]]> https://honk.petersanchez.com/u/petersanchez/h/42QH4WpHjgdhc5Db9x Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:53:30 +0000 https://honk.petersanchez.com/u/petersanchez/h/42QH4WpHjgdhc5Db9x LOLOLOL. Apparently each Lunar Starship now requires *22* Starship tanker flights. That means you'd need to launch the world's largest rocket once a day for *more than three weeks* before each landing. And there's never three solid weeks of good weather on the Gulf.

All this is because 1) Musk forced SpaceX to propose a lunar lander that's way too big because he wanted NASA to fund his Mars fantasy, and 2) Starship has way less performance than advertised, due to requiring much heavier structures and heat shields than the initial optimistic design. This is at least partly due to its garbage aerodynamics, because Musk wouldn't let them optimize the shape.

In other words, Starship ain't never gonna land on the Moon. Not in '28, not never.

#golang

(No, it’s not AI. Triple checked)

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According to this video, Harvard U (using Jellyfish data) have proven that there is no real productivity output gain and also no reduction in staff (actually it's increased).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idTBm06d6hQ

I still feel kind of gross about it but accept that it will probably be part of the tool kit moving forward. I just worry about all these vibe coders and mediocre engineers putting out so much crap. I worry about where companies may be headed.

I don't know. This has been bugging me and just wanted to spew something to get it out.

#ai #llm #code

https://ordinaryabundance.com/

All the items in this room were once out of reach; some not yet invented, others too rare or costly for the vast majority of people. Today, most of us lucky enough to live with them walk past without a second thought.

It is to humanity’s credit that we remain restless in the midst of all of this progress. We continue to look forward, pushing the frontier further with new treatments, new tools, and new institutions that will help future generations in ways we can’t even picture yet.

But our lives today are a gallery of past generations’ heroic efforts to do the same. It serves us, and honors them, to recapture whenever possible the old sense of awe at these wonders that have long since become commonplace.

Attachment: Picture of a laptop running "AlpineBSD". It's running on NetBSD 11.0_rc7 and has apk tools 3.8.6.]]> https://social.freebitcoin.gay/@drew/statuses/01M3Q06JEPP57E6VR26KQZAVY1 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:39:04 +0000 https://social.freebitcoin.gay/@drew/statuses/01M3Q06JEPP57E6VR26KQZAVY1 It is clarifying to think about LLMs as **an emerging tool for mind control**.

From this perspective, LLMs are a big step forward: from mass media broadcasting what to think, to online media manipulating what you see, to a tool that manipulates you conversationally.

The weakest minds are the first to fall under its spell. (See: Steve Yegge's "manic Fox News grandpa" energy.)

This also explains why those interested in mind control (Chinese gov't, Big Tech billionaire class) are SO invested.

Attachment: ]]> https://weird.autos/@Basmitharts/117276738191162889 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:36:21 +0000 https://weird.autos/@Basmitharts/117276738191162889 I know the dollar is in the toilet but it hits different when you return home from 6 weeks in Europe and finally review your bank account.

Attachment: Microsoft Clippy with DHH’s head in place of Clippy’s face, with the speech bubble: “Looks like you’re trying to install Sloppy Linux from the Cuck Chair. Would you like help?”]]> https://social.lol/@neatnik/117265124295676373 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:00:33 +0000 https://social.lol/@neatnik/117265124295676373 You’re paying 4× more for RAM because memory that hasn’t been made has already been bought with money that doesn’t exist.

The GPUs haven’t been built. Neither have the data centers. The infrastructure to power them may never exist.

All to satisfy demand that doesn’t exist and generate profits that are mathematically impossible.

Attachment: ]]> https://mastodon.social/@FluentInFinance/117259400843930875 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:15:33 +0000 https://mastodon.social/@FluentInFinance/117259400843930875 Hablando con otras personas en internet, año 2026.

Attachment: Un afoto de Amy Adams en la pinícula La Llegada. Lleva un traje de protección que ahora protege poco porque se ha levantao la capucha. Sujeta una pizarra en la que ha escrito "HUMANA" y se señala a sí misma. No se ve en la imagen, pero los aliens con los que está hablando no se fían y le ponen luego un captcha pa que lo resuelva.]]> https://neopaquita.es/@Chacheneguer/117262759956067152 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:15:11 +0000 https://neopaquita.es/@Chacheneguer/117262759956067152 Another brilliant idea!

THIS is what the great John Lewis would call “GOOD TROUBLE” — Protesters in Minneapolis have reportedly been dressing up in jeans, body armor, and masks, and then walking into groups of ICE agents and accusing one or two of them of being imposters until they all start fighting each other, and then the protesters sneak away.
And now, it’s happening nationwide!

Attachment: ]]> https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/117208657273967683 Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:07:40 +0000 https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/117208657273967683 A tale in three screenshots

Attachment: Eric S. Raymond on Twitter: "I've never heard of this Devault character before, but...there are some people that it is an honor to have been vitriocally insulted by, and he is clearly one of them."

Attachment: Email from Eric to me: "I've just become aware of Hare. I like the project's expressed goals and philosophy a lot. You can quote me on that if you think it would be helpful. Hare goes on my list of projects to contribute code to if I can schedule the time"

Attachment: A screenshot of my reply, and Eric's reply to that. I tell Eric he's not welcome in our community, citing our code of conduct, and he says the Hare community is "composed of prigs who leap to negative judgement - too flaky and self righteous to be trusted".]]> https://social.freebitcoin.gay/@drew/statuses/01M1GXCYBBY1F5T44R1Y7PM16D Thu, 03 Sep 2026 20:17:03 +0000 https://social.freebitcoin.gay/@drew/statuses/01M1GXCYBBY1F5T44R1Y7PM16D 🎉 Go 1.27.1 and 1.26.8 are released!

📡 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/QiTRm-HGGtI/m/cpfkLlpMAQAJ

⬇️ Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.27.1

#golang

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Meaning it’s OK to steal from others as long as you’re training LLMs. Duly noted.

If OpenAI wins, someone *please*please* use this as a defense when Hollywood sues them for torrenting a movie.

ping @eff

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/02/open-AI-copyright-case-justice-department

The syllabus and all course materials including all code examples are available here:
https://stevens.netmeister.org/631/

As usual, we'll be using #NetBSD as our main platform. All video lectures are public and available for free on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0qfF8MrJ-jxMfirAdxDs9zIiBg2Wug0z

I'll be posting individual lecture videos and related links in this thread throughout the semester.

#programming #unix #apue

Attachment: ]]> https://mstdn.social/@jschauma/117203158777837933 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:15:45 +0000 https://mstdn.social/@jschauma/117203158777837933 Kentucky Middle School Sends Students Home on First Day of Class With AI-Generated Educational Materials Full of Inexcusable Hallucinations, Including a Map Labeled With “North Dahota” and “Olkchoma”

"Planetary distance are temporatory earth, equater the elenonts and regnestiom org toed dishlign."

[Well, duh. 🙄]

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/kentucky-middle-school-ai

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/comments/1vfwuf5/a_player_found_out_the_actual_name_of_my_games/

(TLDR; Indie dev had their audience ask Google highly specific questions about future content of their game, and it spat out an exact name of an upcoming enemy type. Furthermore it listed scrapped ideas and ideas that *only* existed in their *private* Google Docs.)

We have a wedding soon and need the bag as many items for the wedding are in thr bag. Not to mention my wife's entire wardrobe haha.

If you can help, or know someone who can, please reach out to me here or email me pjs@petersanchez.com

Please boost.

#iberia #spain #help