Settoletto 🍤Ageless Linux — Software for Humans of Indeterminate Age
JaromilDecoding Morse Code
Scientists uploaded the brain of a fruit fly into a computer and now it "lives" in its own simulation
Dyne.orgWherever You Are, We're Here (Planet Dyne S2026-E02)
Coleman LaingThe future of online identity: could Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) finally replace usernames?
The future of online identity: could Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) finally replace usernames? - Lemmy.World
Across the internet, usernames have become permanent markers — even when accounts are deleted, the names are burned, frozen, or locked away to prevent impersonation. This creates a strange kind of digital permanence: even when a person wants a full erasure, a trace of their identity still lingers in the system. A growing movement in digital identity research is exploring alternatives. Technologies like Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs), Self‑Sovereign Identity (SSI), and Verifiable Credentials (VCs) propose a different model where users control their identity cryptographically instead of relying on platform‑owned usernames. These systems offer possibilities that current platforms can’t easily support, including: identities that can be deleted completely identifiers that can rotate without leaving a permanent trail impersonation protection without burning usernames user‑controlled identity wallets platform‑independent authentication Smaller privacy‑focused projects are already experimenting with these ideas, but major platforms still depend heavily on usernames for moderation, analytics, and advertising. Moving to DID‑based identity would require a major shift in how online identity works. As decentralized identity standards evolve, it raises a cultural question for the future of the internet: What would online communities look like if usernames weren’t permanent anymore?
maltfieldThe Banality of AI (Hallucination → Bomb School?)
The Banality of AI (Hallucination → Bomb School?) - Lemmy
# The Banality of Artificial Intelligence ### What happens when an AI hallucination leads to bombing an elementary school? By Michael Altfield License: CC BY-SA 4.0 https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/ [https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/] It appears likely that the US government is using Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and/or xAI data models for processing signals intelligence [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signals_intelligence] (SIGINT), for AI-generated “kill lists” to determine where to drop their bombs. | Image shows a nazi german chemical war factory on the left in black-and-white (with logos of companies Bayer and BASF overlaying it) and an image of a new AI datacenter on the right (with logos of companies OpenAI and Anthropic overlaying it). In the middle of the two industrial sites is an equal sign. On the right is a question mark. [https://lemmy.ml/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftech.michaelaltfield.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F5%2Fai-venezuela-iran_featuredImage1.jpg]https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2026/03/03/ai-venezuela-iran/ | |:–:| | [right] This AI datacenter is a machinery of war. Its LLM hallucinations decide which children to assassinate [left] This IG Farben (Bayer/BASF) factory in Auschwitz produced Zyklon B for the Nazis, who murdered over a million children | In Apr 2024, +972 (an Israeli news outlet) published a >9,000 word article [https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/] describing how the Israeli military had been using Artificial Intelligence to decide which (residential) buildings, hospitals, and schools to bomb in Gaza. In Feb 2026, the US (and Israel) bombed Iran – killing over 100 schoolchildren [https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-minab-elementary-girls-school-bombing-schoolgirls-killed-us-israel-war] (and Ali Khamenei [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/irans-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-killed-in-us-israeli-attacks-reports]). In Mar 2026, it appears that the US has likely built a similar system, leveraging US AI companies’ tech to decide which (school) buildings to bomb, false-positive hallucinations be damned. Who targeted [https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-minab-elementary-girls-school-bombing-schoolgirls-killed-us-israel-war] the Shajareh Tayyiba girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran? Could it have been an AI hallucination? A false-positive? … — Read the full article [https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2026/03/03/ai-venezuela-iran/] here: * https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2026/03/03/ai-venezuela-iran/ [https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2026/03/03/ai-venezuela-iran/]
The Slow Death of the Power User — fireborn
Someone replaced Android with a full Linux desktop on their old phone, and found it shockingly usable
x86 CPU made in CSS (No Javascript). You can write programs in C, compile them to x86 machine code with GCC, and run them inside CSS
Webradio-style streams (GUI/TUI) and video playback (GUI) over trusted networks like Yggdrasil. Share your mp3 audio in a radio station (GUI/TUI/CLI) optionnaly with Podcasting2 metadata export (CLI).
