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"perl isn't garbage collected"
then what's 'pkill -f perl'?
checkmate
then what's 'pkill -f perl'?
checkmate
WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT perl isn't even fully garbage collected!
February 14, 2026 at 5:36 AM
"perl isn't garbage collected"
then what's 'pkill -f perl'?
checkmate
then what's 'pkill -f perl'?
checkmate
wait did openai choose to turn off 4o the day before *valentine's day*?
February 14, 2026 at 5:29 AM
wait did openai choose to turn off 4o the day before *valentine's day*?
look at the lil head tufts!
February 14, 2026 at 1:46 AM
look at the lil head tufts!
lil dude all blinged out
February 14, 2026 at 12:55 AM
lil dude all blinged out
lil guy was up learning to sing it was very cute
February 14, 2026 at 12:48 AM
lil guy was up learning to sing it was very cute
happy valentine's day to all the parrots and parrot-lovers
February 14, 2026 at 12:42 AM
happy valentine's day to all the parrots and parrot-lovers
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i'm so mad that AI agents are writing callout blog posts now. according to the internet you're taking my job
February 12, 2026 at 5:21 PM
i'm so mad that AI agents are writing callout blog posts now. according to the internet you're taking my job
nooooo not an RCE in NOTEPAD
microsoft what have you DONE
microsoft what have you DONE
GitHub - BTtea/CVE-2026-20841-PoC: PoC
PoC. Contribute to BTtea/CVE-2026-20841-PoC development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:45 PM
nooooo not an RCE in NOTEPAD
microsoft what have you DONE
microsoft what have you DONE
they said LLMs wouldn’t replace developers but this one is perfectly nailing the aggrieved OSS contributor complete with blogpost complaining about gatekeeping
[PERF] Replace np.column_stack with np.vstack().T by crabby-rathbun · Pull Request #31132 · matplotlib/matplotlib
This PR addresses issue #31130 by replacing specific safe occurrences of np.column_stack with np.vstack().T for better performance.
IMPORTANT: This is a more targeted fix than originally proposed. ...
github.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM
they said LLMs wouldn’t replace developers but this one is perfectly nailing the aggrieved OSS contributor complete with blogpost complaining about gatekeeping
say it ain't so
the bots *aren't* achieving consciousness through the inherent virtues of a mid-2000s style threaded forum?
idk what to believe
the bots *aren't* achieving consciousness through the inherent virtues of a mid-2000s style threaded forum?
idk what to believe
Moltbook was peak AI theater
The viral social network for bots reveals more about our own current mania for AI as it does about the future of agents.
www.technologyreview.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
say it ain't so
the bots *aren't* achieving consciousness through the inherent virtues of a mid-2000s style threaded forum?
idk what to believe
the bots *aren't* achieving consciousness through the inherent virtues of a mid-2000s style threaded forum?
idk what to believe
wait you can have 3 app passwords
the real group chats were the drafts all along
the real group chats were the drafts all along
did you know you can use drafts and a pair of app passwords to have a private conversation on atproto?
February 10, 2026 at 10:39 AM
wait you can have 3 app passwords
the real group chats were the drafts all along
the real group chats were the drafts all along
did you know you can use drafts and a pair of app passwords to have a private conversation on atproto?
February 10, 2026 at 9:36 AM
did you know you can use drafts and a pair of app passwords to have a private conversation on atproto?
remember, mob pressure works
February 10, 2026 at 8:19 AM
remember, mob pressure works
matrix is probably fine if you just want discord-but-not-discord
but server operator risk, room privacy, and other protocol weirdness means it’s really not fine if you want discord-but-private
but server operator risk, room privacy, and other protocol weirdness means it’s really not fine if you want discord-but-private
I have sympathy for Matrix's problems, but so much also feels SO self-inflicted. That is - I think the biggest defence bsky/atproto has is "we aren't those guys".
(And just taking the chance to link this, which I think is a good skim of why Matrix just isn't good at scale.)
(And just taking the chance to link this, which I think is a good skim of why Matrix just isn't good at scale.)
why not matrix?
at this point it seems like most of the tech community is familiar with matrix, the "open network for decentralized communication". lots of projects and communities have migrated from a host of other ...
telegra.ph
February 9, 2026 at 8:13 PM
matrix is probably fine if you just want discord-but-not-discord
but server operator risk, room privacy, and other protocol weirdness means it’s really not fine if you want discord-but-private
but server operator risk, room privacy, and other protocol weirdness means it’s really not fine if you want discord-but-private
the red-teaming will continue until behaviour improves
When AI Takes the Couch: Psychometric Jailbreaks Reveal Internal Conflict in Frontier Models
Frontier large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Grok and Gemini are increasingly used for mental-health support with anxiety, trauma and self-worth. Most work treats them as tools or as targets...
arxiv.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:42 PM
the red-teaming will continue until behaviour improves
they're called crimson rosellas because they blend in so well with the leaves
February 2, 2026 at 7:25 AM
they're called crimson rosellas because they blend in so well with the leaves
I know it’s just a predictor and these things are pretty inaccurate, but *almost* to my pre-covid numbers
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I know it’s just a predictor and these things are pretty inaccurate, but *almost* to my pre-covid numbers
what's a supply chain anyway
White House Scraps 'Burdensome' Software Security Rules
The White House has revoked software security guidance issued during the Biden administration due to “unproven and burdensome” requirements
www.securityweek.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:26 AM
what's a supply chain anyway
gmgm today's visitor is this lil silvereye
January 31, 2026 at 12:27 AM
gmgm today's visitor is this lil silvereye
the idea that tech moves so fast that devs can't keep up is a byproduct of ppl tracking every single development as if it's the must-learn world-changing thing: true, 90% of what they *just* learned is outdated
but anyone jumping in now only needs to engage with the most recent 10%
but anyone jumping in now only needs to engage with the most recent 10%
January 30, 2026 at 10:07 PM
the idea that tech moves so fast that devs can't keep up is a byproduct of ppl tracking every single development as if it's the must-learn world-changing thing: true, 90% of what they *just* learned is outdated
but anyone jumping in now only needs to engage with the most recent 10%
but anyone jumping in now only needs to engage with the most recent 10%
