David GerardMar 4
fuck. harfbuzz has fallen. https://typo.social/@behdad/116172838540880597
behdad (@[email protected])

HarfBuzz 13.0.0 released with new experimental features: `hb-vector` for vector output of glyph outlines to SVG and `hb-raster` for rasterizing glyphs to A8 / BGRA32 images, among other features. I would like to welcome our new contributors: Claude & Codex, without whom these new features would not have been possible. https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/tag/13.0.0

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Show threadschrotthaufenMar 4
@davidgerard Why do so many presumably smart people fall for the LLMs? It’s disappointing to say the least.
Show threadLuna Lactea
@schrotthaufen @davidgerard Because they're designed to exploit what are basically security vulnerabilities in the human brain, specifically ones that another human can't easily exploit, which we have no defense against because the ones explained by humans are the only ones we've had to build an immunity to! See slot machine addiction as another example of machines designed to exploit your brain's security holes.
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Show threadKirtai 🏳️‍⚧️Mar 5
@jackemled @schrotthaufen @davidgerard
They're the first actual memetic weapons ever invented.
Show threadLuna LacteaMar 5
@kirtai @schrotthaufen @davidgerard No, propaganda has existed for centuries. This might be the second ever though.
Show threadKirtai 🏳️‍⚧️Mar 5
@jackemled @schrotthaufen @davidgerard
True, but I was thinking more of actual objects than concepts.
Show threadMad EngineeringMar 5

@jackemled @schrotthaufen @davidgerard How did they might be giants put it?

A woman came up to me and said
"I'd like to poison your mind
With wrong ideas that appeal to you
(Al)though I am not unkind."