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@WPalant@infosec.exchange @wendynather@infosec.exchange we do not train computer scientists in philosophy so they step on all the rakes
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Greg Bell
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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Security software developer, fledgling Maker, and pedant. Trying to become a better person than I was yesterday. He/him/his
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@inthehands@hachyderm.io I've worried about people on the left expecting the fascists to stay incompetent forever, when they basically get infinite free tries
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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social I would not presume to pressure you to change that much, you have a well-reasoned goal to share them. Perhaps a different handle than your current one could be used, then, so ppl could subscribe to and mute that one sometimes as needed. But seriously I'm not wanting to make work for you.
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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social if you could add a hashtag to them so we can decide to temp mute it when we're done seeing blue state PR for the day that'd be helpful rather than having to mute and lose your other stuff.
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@josephcox@infosec.exchange @soatok@furry.engineer tbh after they sacked @bvibber@wikis.world I don't think anybody thought WM was going to suddenly play ball with their labor organizers
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@yoasif@mastodon.social @joepie91@fedi.slightly.tech yes! it's a self-refuting argument. If using the AI teleports you past any skill hurdle, ask the AI how best to use itself and instantly "catch up" for free while all the early adopters spent time like suckers.
(I don't agree with the premise that it substitutes for skill, but belief in that premise is a prerequisite to the "left behind" argument)
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@sarahjamielewis@mastodon.social angry that it's nbd to light a trillion dollars on fire in service of fake thinking for negative return, but writing a browser core that would help humanity is utterly unviable. Closest seems to be servo
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@sundogplanets@mastodon.social in the US people who do this are always in eastern time. They just assume the world revolves around them
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@mttaggart@infosec.exchange @TindrasGrove@infosec.exchange it's like every individual contributor suddenly discovered "paying someone else to do work for you" like it's some groundbreaking innovation. No you're just a manager now. Except worse
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@mralancooper@hachyderm.io @soatok@furry.engineer my fav formulation of this is: The most efficient way to help everyone who deserves it is to help everyone.
I also like yours tho.
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@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange what if it's military grade encryption, surely that must help
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@sarahjamielewis@mastodon.social a term for the code that does something the user doesn't want, to support the financial interest of the vendor? "business burden" maybe? I don't know a real term for it I'm just thinking what it could be called
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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social she is charging it up with real cat energy and also fur
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@libreleah@mas.to @simonzerafa@infosec.exchange I love the idea that the machine is an accessory for its firmware
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@cloudhop@equestria.social @soatok@furry.engineer if you start doing Some it'll go poorly on your performance eval
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@TeflonTrout@beige.party @t3rcermillenium@mastodon.social @diemkay@hachyderm.io @JulianOliver@mastodon.social @EF@mastodon.bsd.cafe yeah like, tell us you don't understand popper's paradox of tolerance without telling us
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@jonny@neuromatch.social you know, it would probably be harder for them to make the logging deterministic than to have it statistically imagine what was lost
The OCD agony of realizing I opened the bottom of the chips bag
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@SuneAuken@mastodon.world everything is either a danger to or from cats. It's somehow frustrating and delightful at once
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@TindrasGrove@infosec.exchange @wendynather@infosec.exchange *bonk*. Hmm, inconclusive. ... *bonk*. Yes, interesting. But are we *sure*
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@FeralRobots@mastodon.social @julieofthespirits@kolektiva.social @inthehands@hachyderm.io also we're gonna need you to breathe in some more emissions from our fossil fuel AI power plants
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@fredy@tacobelllabs.net @MLE_online@social.afront.org getting stuff: fuck yeah, yes! Stuff continues to exist later: well this fucking sucks wtf
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@tinker@infosec.exchange @luckytran@mastodon.social smack drone out of your face in self defense = resisting arrest, destruction of public property, theft of public property
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@badtux@mastodon.social @sundogplanets@mastodon.social in my experience pacific time ppl always say they mean pacific time. Because they know that if they don't, the east coast people will just assume eastern time, and come to the meeting 3 hours too early
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@mattblaze@federate.social @adamshostack@infosec.exchange in the ranks of advice that has never once helped anybody, "Just ignore it" is up there with "Calm down"
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@me@jaehanley.social @soatok@furry.engineer vetting mostly shines more of a light on what the vetters consider important
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@TindrasGrove@infosec.exchange @wendynather@infosec.exchange "nice stuff you have on desk there. Would be a shame if some kitty just pushed each thing off one at a time to see them fall"
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@pem@mastodon.yshi.org @404mediaco@mastodon.social nah you just go. It's ... kind of a long way
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@wdormann@infosec.exchange I bet there's a support for this form that will clear it up, by having copilot alter and regurgitate whatever doc page is the closest to your query
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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social it's the logic of the abuser: look what you made me do to you
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@joe@f.duriansoftware.com I wonder if they have to be *identical* or if it will work with eg different flavors of English
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@samlitzinger@journa.host the big medias all unselfconsciously reporting on each others' downfall
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