https://www.anthropic.com/research/AI-assistance-coding-skills

Anthropic's own fucking study lmao

"Yeah AI coding makes you worse at it"

like
significantly so

This tracks with my personal experience in my previous job.

Rapid deskilling when they started using llm "prompt engineering" for the code they pushed.

Within weeks they basically had stopped being able to explain what they were pushing during code review.

Taiwan Go Go Front (台灣前進陣線) is an alliance of four progressive, pro-Taiwan minor parties coordinating for the 2026 local elections

"If the minor parties are to survive, they need higher exposure and becoming public representatives is the best way to be formally recognised. Therefore, an election-oriented alliance has to be formed to get faces recognised and voices heard by the public."

https://taiwaninsight.org/2026/01/30/taiwan-go-go-front-path-of-synergising-third-force-minor-parties/

#Taiwan #election #politics #台灣 #政治

To all fleeing from Firefox due to their tone-deaf AI fumblings, please don’t move to a Chromium-based browser.

Diversity in browser engines is critical for an open web. We must avoid a monopoly at all costs.

#Browsers #Firefox #Mozilla

Cargo bike delivery is much faster than polluting vans and trucks -- with massive benefits

"Cargo bike delivery can ship goods in cities faster than vans, removing tonnes of greenhouse gas and easing congestion at the same time, according to a new study by climate charity Possible and the University of Westminster’s Active Travel Academy."

https://momentummag.com/cargo-bikes-can-deliver-faster-than-vans-while-providing-massive-benefits/

#cargobike #cargobikes #biketooter #cycling #climate #climatechange #climatesolutions #urbanism #airpollution #environment

Nice, there were at least 30 people who raised their hand in the #Fosdem Legal & Policy track when @neil asked who is following him, after he asked who is using #Mastodon . Great to see this change with so many more switching to the #Fediverse 😃

Thanks Neil for being pro bono lawyer for so many #FreeSoftware initiatives and for giving the talk "Online Safety" laws: reflections for #FOSS projects" at #Fosdem 👏 https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/EAVFF3-online-safety-laws-and-foss-projects/

> If ‘winning’ in AI means having healthier people, happier kids, a more capable workforce, and stronger science – not just bigger models or richer companies – an AI tax could help deliver victory.

https://www.ips-journal.eu/work-and-digitalisation/why-we-should-tax-ai-8696/

#AIGovernanceMatters #aigovernance #socialjustice #AIfairness