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I would be extremely interested in seeing this poll run on other websites. My guess is that Mastodon is a relatively small and insular community that is uniquely anti-AI even compared to people on sites like Bluesky.
@collin I suspect you are right. The poll would probably have different answers on Bluesky vs LinkedIn vs X! Would be an interesting experiment..
@passthejoe try either (A) desktop-installer, or (B) the Foundation-funded desktop script (predecessor to what's destined for ports).
A/ <https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/desktop-installer/>
B/ <https://gitlab.com/alfix/kde-installer-dialogs>
<https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/status-updates/blob/0e04d033c3a914d92189c2b87eb7dd39dd236873/Alfonso_S_Siciliano/2026-10.md#project-kde-installer-dialogs> via <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1xkbz9g/comment/19rzju5w3go4k/?context=1> ("… I'll go poke at people to see what's up.")
@fuzzy I couldn't get X to work more than one time.
It was a good wedding and a good birthday celebration and it was good to see old friends and to make some new ones.
But goddamn am I tired.
As I alluded to earlier this morning, we are on the cusp of a bunch of things coming together in a really positive way.
But the hard part of being a few inches from victory is that *every day* brings a new struggle.
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@mattblaze @draNgNon Remember, “many disgruntled supporters,” means, “Trump voters.” Because, and I say this as a caring human being, the rest of humanity doesn’t actually think that the libs are hacking the voting infrastructure.
@pirateguillermo @draNgNon Spurious and unfounded claims of election hacking have sadly become an affliction of both the left and the right. Look up the “election truth alliance” bozos for a prominent recent (and persistent) example.
guess my first economist
it was bernanke
BREAKING: In shocking admission, DOJ lawyer tells judge it’s “fair” to say its “likely noncitizen“ list has a high error rate.
The AUSA’s statement could blow up several DOJ cases involving their voting allegations — including in DOJ’s request to SCOTUS in the California case.
New, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/doj-fair-to-say-voting-list-has-high-error-rate
If I were going to vibe code a database I would simply instruct the agent to not embarrass me in front of aphyr.
@zer0billionaires And I just read how conservative women would willingly give up the right to vote. So I guess in their case, it should be played in reverse walking backwards. Just insane that they want to give up their own human dignity and rights. If they want to cosplay little woman, barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen, have at it. But they of course are arrogant enough to want to impose their small little worlds on everyone else. 😞 #USPol
Tradwife influencers are a bizarre turn of events. Women exercising their right to free speech to advocate for fewer other rights.
a bunch of people have sold the idea that "opaque random generator" plus "test suite" equals working software when in fact, test suites are a very weak filter on most codebases, and correctness is a result of *both* how the software is tested and how it is designed and constructed
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Goodreads removed RSS and some people are asking for alternatives on Reddit; maybe worth pointing to BookWyrm and NeoDB?
Goodreads removed RSS and some people are asking for... #fediverse #goodreads #bookwyrm #neodb #rssfeeds
Both fediverse softwares that support user reviews for books, both have RSS support natively (no Piefed/Misskey bridge needed), and some comments also seem discontent with Amazon's mismanagement overall.
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Here’s how piefed handles it using the browser.
An unvaccinated child has died of measles in Lewis County, New York. https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/lewis-county-child-is-new-yorks-first-measles-death-in-more-than-30-years/
Holy shit.
This guy takes a couple of minutes of audio from a security camera anywhere in the US, with no clues from the video whatsoever, and finds the exact spot where it was recorded.
How?
By correlating the Doppler curve sounds from two almost inaudible planes passing by with public ADS-B flight data.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UytYrhYLOKI (29 min)
I think this is the #OSINT video of the year.
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@scy Military forces have been doing this for decades.
that's what angers me about labour; they refuse to learn, and play reactionary games
Systems programming be like:
Take a look at this map. This is Ukraine right now, under a continuous, multi-day massive drone attack. To make it worse, monitoring channels report a coming missile strike for the morning, with 11 strategic bombers heading toward launch locations. They want to leave us without light, heat, and life. Please keep us in your thoughts tonight. 💔🇺🇦
Sam Altman implies the existence of Sam Controlman and Sam Deleteman.
If you’re American, you can skip checking social media tomorrow. It’s just gonna be people who already voted yelling at each other to go vote
@jalefkowit
Agreed. This is actually a good deal more fun IRL though. People honked like mad for us bridge trolls yesterday and we were just flying a flag that said "VOTE."
Looking forward to seeing this exchange again in a few months as part of a Palintir-based presentation at my trial explaining why my family and I are being sent to the reeducation camps
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