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Janelle Shane @janelleshane.com · Apr 12

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · Apr 12

LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."

LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything

: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'

www.theregister.com

Ashley Gay @ashleygay.bsky.social · Mar 26

so, whatchu looking to learn?

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · Mar 25

Again in Dutch media :D

"De angst is dat data verloren zullen gaan"
("The fear is that data will be lost"

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/03/25/de-angst-is-dat-data-verloren-zullen-gaan-a4887588

#safeguardingresearch

‘De angst is dat data verloren zullen gaan’

Henrik Schönemann | historicus en activist: Nu de Amerikaanse overheid actief waardevolle wetenschappelijke gegevens van zijn websites haalt, is een groepje Europese wetenschappers begonnen die data veilig te stellen.

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Marcie Hobbs 💜 @nezumiva.bsky.social · Mar 24

Gotta be real few things piss me off more these days than seeing transfem creators who exclusively use 'she' get they'd all the time.

Ashley Gay @ashleygay.bsky.social · Mar 18

why do all the physicists get angry when i start assuming values in their equations are zero to make it easier?

Ashley Gay @ashleygay.bsky.social · Mar 18

i can always make something more jank (and nobody can stop me)

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · Mar 15

The Horror... The Horror...

Screenshot of Signal-Desktop, displaying "Loading messages from today..." and a progress bar.

Ashley Gay @ashleygay.bsky.social · Mar 5

do you accept pay by way of snacks and words of affirmation?

Ashley Gay @ashleygay.bsky.social · Mar 5

fuck it pronouns on resume

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · Mar 4

Do I know people here who work in/with #hpc

If yes, feel free to ping me :)

Ashley Gay @ashleygay.bsky.social · Mar 3

at some point im gonna start using my capital numbers and then it'll really be on

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · Mar 2

"I Hate Illinois Nazis"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHD0ZEsI1OE

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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · Mar 2

Electricity is Midi-chlorians.

Ashley Gay @ashleygay.bsky.social · Mar 2

according to internet bylaws, i need to post this now:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCJ...

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Alexandra Braun @rainbraun.bsky.social · Feb 28

Therapist: „And what do we do when we feel like this?“

Me: „Summon a demon to slay my enemies and destroy everything?“

Therapist: „No.“

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · Feb 26

“What would the Founding Fathers think” buddy I don’t care what my regular father thinks

Ashley Gay @ashleygay.bsky.social · Feb 24

winning therapy goals

Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · Feb 24

Is it bad when your therapist involuntarily exclaims "what the fuck" after you tell them about your childhood?

Ashley Gay @ashleygay.bsky.social · Feb 24

what the fuck even is electricity?

Ashley Gay @ashleygay.bsky.social · Feb 24

im apparently very good at breaking things, and im going to take that as a mandate

Ashley Gay @ashleygay.bsky.social · Feb 13

I wouldn't want to be on your bad side.

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Depression But Sexy @tallgayginger.bsky.social · Feb 13

Sorry, but with inflation I need you all to be 10% gayer

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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · Feb 12

My stripper song is the emergency broadcast signal

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Dannie D 🦋 @dannied.bsky.social · Feb 10

I’ll be deadnaming the hell out of the Gulf of Mexico.

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Typewriter Skeleton @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · Jan 27

I lied. I actually transitioned because the gender ratio at my workplace was embarrassingly skewed and I just had to take one for the team.