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Kalen Dion is not wrong. 😳👇
December 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Kalen Dion is not wrong. 😳👇
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Ethics classes should instead cover:
- Stewardship of user data, how to preserve privacy
- Surveillance capitalism
- Addiction/gamification
- Algorithms that are gamed by bad actors
- Unethical business practices vis-a-vis venture capital's cancerous growth demands
- Disruption
- impacts on labor
- Stewardship of user data, how to preserve privacy
- Surveillance capitalism
- Addiction/gamification
- Algorithms that are gamed by bad actors
- Unethical business practices vis-a-vis venture capital's cancerous growth demands
- Disruption
- impacts on labor
December 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Ethics classes should instead cover:
- Stewardship of user data, how to preserve privacy
- Surveillance capitalism
- Addiction/gamification
- Algorithms that are gamed by bad actors
- Unethical business practices vis-a-vis venture capital's cancerous growth demands
- Disruption
- impacts on labor
- Stewardship of user data, how to preserve privacy
- Surveillance capitalism
- Addiction/gamification
- Algorithms that are gamed by bad actors
- Unethical business practices vis-a-vis venture capital's cancerous growth demands
- Disruption
- impacts on labor
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I thoroughly recommend reading all of Cory Doctorow's recent speech on AI skepticism, it's crammed with new arguments and interesting new ways of thinking about these problems pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
December 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I thoroughly recommend reading all of Cory Doctorow's recent speech on AI skepticism, it's crammed with new arguments and interesting new ways of thinking about these problems pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
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I have put together a (long overdue!) draft RFD on using LLMs at @oxide.computer, but I know that there is a ton more to be said on the topic; thoughts and experiences welcome!
rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576
rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576
576 - Using LLMs at Oxide / RFD / Oxide
rfd.shared.oxide.computer
December 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I have put together a (long overdue!) draft RFD on using LLMs at @oxide.computer, but I know that there is a ton more to be said on the topic; thoughts and experiences welcome!
rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576
rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576
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Fallout 4, launched via Steam, on RK3588 MNT Reform open hardware laptop with external AMD GPU (RX 580)
November 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Fallout 4, launched via Steam, on RK3588 MNT Reform open hardware laptop with external AMD GPU (RX 580)
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It's Halloween. So here's a story about the horror of replacing your developers with AI:
accu.org/journals/ove...
accu.org/journals/ove...
Judgment Day
What if AI takes your job? Teedy Deigh finds out.
accu.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:27 AM
It's Halloween. So here's a story about the horror of replacing your developers with AI:
accu.org/journals/ove...
accu.org/journals/ove...
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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Inside a Cello
Charles Brooks Photography
Charles Brooks Photography
October 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Inside a Cello
Charles Brooks Photography
Charles Brooks Photography
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
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New blog post on the trade-offs of fine-grained progressive rollouts
surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/09/13/t...
surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/09/13/t...
The hidden trade-offs of fine-grained progressive rollouts
A progressive rollout refers to the act of rolling out some new functionality gradually rather than all at once. This means that, when you initially deploy it, the change only impacts a fraction of…
surfingcomplexity.blog
September 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
New blog post on the trade-offs of fine-grained progressive rollouts
surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/09/13/t...
surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/09/13/t...
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Putin would have never launched drones into a NATO country if Trump was President!
September 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Putin would have never launched drones into a NATO country if Trump was President!
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Good article, largely saying similar to others but saying it well (better than I can)
The Stochastic Code Monkey Theorem - Stephen Diehl
Personal blog of Stephen Diehl - Software engineer writing about technology, programming, and the future
www.stephendiehl.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Good article, largely saying similar to others but saying it well (better than I can)
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I've loved the digital edition, but I always like a physical editions of the books I've enjoyed a lot!
If you have to deal with legacy codebase, this book is full of actionable and useful tips!
Thanks a lot @nicoespeon.com for writing this!
If you have to deal with legacy codebase, this book is full of actionable and useful tips!
Thanks a lot @nicoespeon.com for writing this!
August 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I've loved the digital edition, but I always like a physical editions of the books I've enjoyed a lot!
If you have to deal with legacy codebase, this book is full of actionable and useful tips!
Thanks a lot @nicoespeon.com for writing this!
If you have to deal with legacy codebase, this book is full of actionable and useful tips!
Thanks a lot @nicoespeon.com for writing this!
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So yes, AI is useful in the hands of a skilled and skeptical subject matter expert but we are noobs in most topics :-(
August 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
So yes, AI is useful in the hands of a skilled and skeptical subject matter expert but we are noobs in most topics :-(
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The increase in workload associated with failure demand of AI-generated code seems to be a blind spot for many adopting AI into their workflows.
Brandolini's law seems to apply: the amount of effort needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude greater than needed to produce it.
Brandolini's law seems to apply: the amount of effort needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude greater than needed to produce it.
August 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The increase in workload associated with failure demand of AI-generated code seems to be a blind spot for many adopting AI into their workflows.
Brandolini's law seems to apply: the amount of effort needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude greater than needed to produce it.
Brandolini's law seems to apply: the amount of effort needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude greater than needed to produce it.
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Portland is a library town.
May 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Portland is a library town.
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This week on the blog! We are talking Tolkien, particularly his moral vision, by a study in contrasts of 'failures' - and why Celebrimbor falls whereas Boromir 'conquers' (and how Peter Jackson gets this right, but Rings of Power gets it wrong).
acoup.blog/2025/04/18/c...
acoup.blog/2025/04/18/c...
Collections: Why Celebrimbor Fell but Boromir Conquered: the Moral Universe of Tolkien
This week (and probably next) I want to talk a bit more Tolkien, but in a somewhat different vein from normal. Rather than discussing the historicity of Tolkien’s world or adaptations of it, …
acoup.blog
April 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This week on the blog! We are talking Tolkien, particularly his moral vision, by a study in contrasts of 'failures' - and why Celebrimbor falls whereas Boromir 'conquers' (and how Peter Jackson gets this right, but Rings of Power gets it wrong).
acoup.blog/2025/04/18/c...
acoup.blog/2025/04/18/c...
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Bonnie Tyler: I need a hero!
Me: ok, what kind?
Bonnie Tyler: He’s gotta be strong!
Me: That’s reasonable
Bonnie Tyler: He’s gotta be fast!
Me: also valid, I feel like a there’s a weird one-
Bonnie Tyler: He’s gotta be fresh from the fight!
Me: there it is
Me: ok, what kind?
Bonnie Tyler: He’s gotta be strong!
Me: That’s reasonable
Bonnie Tyler: He’s gotta be fast!
Me: also valid, I feel like a there’s a weird one-
Bonnie Tyler: He’s gotta be fresh from the fight!
Me: there it is
April 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Bonnie Tyler: I need a hero!
Me: ok, what kind?
Bonnie Tyler: He’s gotta be strong!
Me: That’s reasonable
Bonnie Tyler: He’s gotta be fast!
Me: also valid, I feel like a there’s a weird one-
Bonnie Tyler: He’s gotta be fresh from the fight!
Me: there it is
Me: ok, what kind?
Bonnie Tyler: He’s gotta be strong!
Me: That’s reasonable
Bonnie Tyler: He’s gotta be fast!
Me: also valid, I feel like a there’s a weird one-
Bonnie Tyler: He’s gotta be fresh from the fight!
Me: there it is
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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.
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.
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
April 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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.
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.
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Good news for Mac users. But what about all us Linux users who have been waiting forever?
April 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Good news for Mac users. But what about all us Linux users who have been waiting forever?
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I am a linux user with a paid proton drive account. Care to let me know how to automate my backups to proton drive?
March 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I am a linux user with a paid proton drive account. Care to let me know how to automate my backups to proton drive?
I am a linux user with a paid proton drive account. Care to let me know how to automate my backups to proton drive?
March 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM