Here's a fun AI story: a security researcher noticed that large companies' AI-authored source-code repeatedly referenced a nonexistent library (an AI "hallucination"), so he created a (defanged) malicious library with that name and uploaded it, and thousands of developers automatically downloaded and incorporated it as they compiled the code:

https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/28/ai_bots_hallucinate_software_packages/

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Still can’t believe it’s been 30 years to the day since #Babylon5 first broadcast.

One of the best sci-fi series ever made.

First show to use CGI this extensively.

First show to have a proper Internet fandom.

First show to have what we’d now call a “show runner.”

If you haven’t watched it yet, give it a go.

Yes season 1 is a bit slow, but once the actions picks up in s2 you’ll be glued since “No one is exactly who they appear.” -G’kar

Have you wondered what the 🔒 padlock means on some people's profiles?

Users with a 🔒 symbol have set their account to require manual approval of followers. If you click "follow" on their profile, the user will have to approve the follow request before it actually happens.

More info on how to restrict who can follow you here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/restricting-who-can-follow-you-in-mastodon

By combining this with followers-only post visibility, you can lock down your account so that only people you choose can see your posts.

Chris Lewicki ranks among the best engineers I ever worked with, and he's a real nice guy, too. Here's the story of how he damn near killed (what would become) the spacecraft I loved more than any other, before she even launched.

No matter how bad your day was today, it wasn't *this* bad.

https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/30/spirit_rover_crash_story/

#Mastodon, we wrote this because we love you and care about you. People have been saying a lot of things, and we need to get the facts right.

https://wedistribute.org/2023/11/debunking-the-top-10-myths-about-mastodon/

#ActivityPub #Fediverse

I was interested in @icanzilb's macro issues (https://mastodon.social/@icanzilb/111144895690777092), and I've been looking at it just a bit. The macro version crashes in the concurrency runtime sometimes and the manually-expanded one does not.

I'm *pretty* sure he's found a compiler bug with macros and concurrency. Unless anyone else has any ideas here, I think you should probably stay away from `await` within your macros.