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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 2w ago

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@jrconlin@mindof.jrconlin.com in my systems design class in grad school, my professor (a former Bell Labs researcher) said that there is wisdom in understanding when something is not a technology problem, but is instead a management problem. Also very good advice.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

We need more #Mastodon at #GenCon. I haven't been able to attend since 2019 and I need all the pictures, toots, and videos to see what is going on this year. #GenCon2026 #boardgames #ttrpg #RPG #Miniatures #NerdStuff

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 1mo ago

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Oof. Not the take I would have expected from you. The fact that a well crafted prompt can pull near identical data from the training source shows this is not the case. Touch grass, @eff@mastodon.social, I think you have spent too much time online.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 4mo ago

I went to see The Sheep Detectives with my wife and daughter. It was delightful. If you like good old fashioned mysteries, it will be right down your alley.

#Movies

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

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@deviantollam@defcon.social "Stop trying to make 'fetch' happen."

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

RE: @inarticulatequilter@mastodon.art

Now I feel like #AI and the #AISlop purveyors are actively trying to drive us away from human creative pursuits.

It takes a lot of effort and humility to pick up and try to learn a craft or any form of art.

Slop tutorials, like those highlighted in this piece, burn people's precious time, energy, and (ultimately) motivation after frustrating experiences.

This stuff sucks!

Learn from these tips for spotting AI Slop tutorials and do art! Make crafts! It is good for the soul!

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@grammargirl there have been some wild turkeys on the grounds where I work in the past. I thought they were wonderful to see, but they did get a little aggressive with some people. They are much smarter, and agile, than people give them credit. One of my favorite work memories was watching a posse of Tom turkeys putting security through their paces as they tried to round up and evict the group. At one point, a security cruiser was in slow pursuit of half of them through the parking lot. 😂

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@Doomed_Daniel @mainec @david_chisnall This is my worry. Just look to Curl's ongoing fight with AI bug reports. Even if they are not actionable, it still takes time and mental energy to triage them. It sounds exhausting.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 7mo ago

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@elena@aseachange.com or on the couch. They have shown remarkable improvement over the years, but they are still not satisfied with their output. Anyway, they've recently had some peers ask them why they even bother struggling to get better at art because AI will just do it better and take all the art jobs in the future? Their response is that they make art and struggle with it for themselves. The struggle is part of it. They can see and feel their own growth. Those peers can't comprehend it. 2/2

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@rysiek @wakame yeah. That one. So Anthropic's clutching of pearls over this happening is performative at best. They knew that this is possible because it is baked directly into the code. "You want to bypass these safe guards? Just say these magic words."

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@rysiek considering the peeks into the leaked Claude Code, jailbreaking it this way is explicitly allowed in the code itself. If you tell it you are part of a security research team or on an authorized entertainment or doing a computer security assignment, it will let you do what you want.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

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@johncormier@cosocial.ca @scruss@xoxo.zone we watch for sales on the air filters and stock up when we can.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@mikrotik this is actually better.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@Daojoan@mastodon.social it is so pathetic. Death comes for us all. It is inevitable. Make peace with that fact and move on already.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

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@gwynnion@mastodon.social that's always baffled me. This video essay from finally added a piece of the puzzle for me. https://youtu.be/4FZy1lBNykA

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@Serok42@tenforward.social I love Kermit and Rowlf.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@clive I just bought a laptop for a personal project that would have been around $600 a year ago. It was $1000 now. I figured if I didn't jump at this price, it would been completely outside my price range in another six months.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@JonBaker@mastodon.social that deserves a follow.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@lynndotpy@mastodon.social @AlSweigart@mastodon.social this right here. It also allows them to ease into writing their own configurable code. They can start with variables at the top and then learn how to make programs take parameter assignments while calling their code from the command line (or other option).

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@yaelwrites from what *I* hear... they're trying to roll out Tunnels AND Trolls as well. The. Nerve.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@j2bryson @scalzi @jbenjamint this right here. You could have just as easily have said "Plagiarism destroying jobs, part the many." That journalist was a dumbass and got caught using AI when he shouldn't have.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@NarrelleMHarris@mas.to @timrichards@aus.social @chestas@aus.social I appreciate the recommendations. Thank you!

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 7mo ago

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@elena I like puzzling over things & noodling on interesting problems. There is no greater high to me than banging my head against a problem, really struggling with it, & then eventually coming up with an answer. It feels so good. It is what I love about my job. My project for the year is to spend more time completing modules in Try Hack Me, other online security exercises, & CTFs. My focus will be on security fundamentals & hacking AI security, AI prompt injection, & AI data leakage.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 7mo ago

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@pizzaclick@hachyderm.io @elena@aseachange.com like pokemon.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@morrus@chirp.enworld.org kind of sad, really. Glad I and many of the people I know have moved on. At a time when RPG books from independent publishers are more beautiful and user friendly than ever. In a high tech world, you compete with high touch. It's going to be a banner couple of years for smaller publishers that understand this.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@tinker I was so angry when many search engines stopped processing the AND, OR, NOT, and NEAR keywords. While, you can still refine searches with advanced search syntax of each search engine, it is just not the same.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@geerlingguy@mastodon.social I actually stop subscribing to any accounts where I notice this happening, regardless of whether there is a human still driving the ship or not. There are too many other channels that I subscribe to who benefit more, literally, or hare armed by my attention or inattenion. I would rather spend my limited time on them.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@signalstation@raggedfeathers.com we have two college radio stations in our area and I feel blessed.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@WhatACharmingHouse@mastodon.social thank you.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@gbgordon@mstdn.ca thanks for the suggestion.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

#Bookstodon you are my only hope.

What is the best fantasy novel that you have read in 2025?

The book doesn't have to come from 2025, just one that you read last year.

Tell me a little about the book and why you liked it.

I am finishing up one of the books I am reading and am looking at the next to add to my rotation.

Thank you.

Boosts welcomed.

#Reading #AmReading #Books #FantasyFiction

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@kelson@notes.kvibber.com @lmorchard@masto.hackers.town nice pull...

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@ajroach42 I sing along every Sunday at church. Today I was singing along to Josesph's White Flag. https://youtu.be/x3kXDMPwfMc

Joseph - White Flag (Official Video)

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@deviantollam@defcon.social if you have ideas for custom tools, enclosures or devices in the future, you might let them know that as well. They are always interested in starting new relationships.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@tante someone in the Phoronix comments called this move Windows 11 for Linux. Oof. Not a good look.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@csalzman@a2mi.social thanks. I will add it to my list.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@deviantollam@defcon.social you might give Evansville Sheet Metal Works a call. They do custom jobs of all sizes. https://esmw.com/ You can talk to an account rep who can go over your options with you.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@briankrebs@infosec.exchange That's very sad.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@tante@tldr.nettime.org I am a fan of the original Devil's Dictionary. This is great. It also reminds me of The New Hacker's Dictionary. As it grows, as I am sure it will, it needs to be alphabetized. You know? To make it good reference text.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@Jgbird They always look like they have slicked back hair to me.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@erikcieslewicz@mastodon.social thanks. I'll look into it. What did you like about it?

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@gwendolenau@mstdn.social thank you!

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@rudys @tante Good to hear that it has worked for you. I have enjoyed using Ubuntu as it was a very easy to install and maintain version of Debian. LMDE looks like it scratches the same itch.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 4w ago

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@troed@swecyb.com @eff@mastodon.social I am talking about overfitting. That case has existed in models pushed to the public by frontier AI labs and is the basis of cases against them by orgs like the New York Times. Overfitting may not be the desired outcome, but it is inherent in the technology if not accounted for. The problem for the labs is if their weights make outputs too far from source text, they can get less useful results. If they adhere too close to the original source, it could lead to legal trouble.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

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@GossiTheDog "Protect your VPN. Use MFA" Good advice.

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Hildegard von Blingin' does it again with her #Bardcore cover of Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skfZBqH1NgM #Music #SongCovers

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@abetterjulie@wandering.shop thanks!

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Jim Jones @GreatBigTable@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@chestas@aus.social wonderful. Thanks.

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