Mastodawn

“Luckily, I’m told that frontier models have surpassed PhD-level intelligence in the summer of 2025. Most of the books in question were published mid-2026 and the artwork points to a flagship model from a major US-based lab. So, in all likelihood, there’s nothing to worry a—”

https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/ai-childrens-books-body-horror-edition

AI children's books, body horror edition

Last week, I posted a visual demonstration of the sameness of AI-generated content.

lcamtuf’s thing

Colin Gordon 23h ago

Alan J. Cain 1d ago

New version of my #LuaLaTeX style "minos".

Git repository: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos

Download documentation or source .zip/.tar.gz: https://codeberg.org/ajcain/minos/releases

- Many improvements related to creating #TaggedPDF, notably using template code for theorems and sectioning when \DocumentMetadata is used.

- Various new/adjusted/fixed kerning customizations.

#typography #TeXLaTeΧ

Colin Gordon 1d ago

Something something expert systems...
https://neopaquita.es/@ehproque/116812666725541623

Neo Ehproque (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] sounds like that wasn't the only thing it was failing to do

Neo Paquita

Colin Gordon 4d ago

Well I've been needing to migrate off GitHub pages for a long while and it keeps getting preempted. But apparently GitHub has decided my GitHub pages should disappear, despite me not changing anything for a couple months.

Recommendations? Have folks been happy with codeberg, sourcehut, others for this purpose (and for git hosting in general)?

Colin Gordon 5d ago

chris martens Jun 19

who's out there using proof assistants in conjunction with disability assistive tools (screen readers, voice control, custom input devices, etc)? i want to know what your setup and experience is like. (boosts welcome; right now this is just a curiosity and not a research project)

Colin Gordon Jun 19

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Cat Hicks Jun 19

“If you lead engineers and believe culture is ‘soft,’ this book will disabuse you of that notion quickly. Psychological safety, learning, and collaboration aren’t perks, they are infrastructure. Ignore them and your systems will fail, slowly or catastrophically.”

- Scott Hanselman, VP of Developer Community, Microsoft

🔥🔥🔥

https://www.drcathicks.com/#book

Dr. Cat Hicks

Leading the science of software success

drcathicks

Colin Gordon Jun 18

You know, aside from a few specific albums I've listened to obsessively over the years (several NIN albums, Pink Floyd's Animals, some Mark Lanegan albums), I don't think there are many I've gotten as much out of as the Warped Tour 2003 (2 CD) compilation.

Colin Gordon Jun 17

Wow, just did my first #FreeBSD pkgbase upgrade (to 15.1) and wow that's a lot smoother than the old process.

Colin Gordon Jun 17

Piotr Esden-Tempski Jun 16

Discussing AI/LLM stuff with some friends made me realize something. I do like computers and programming. I like the process of understanding how they work and how to make them do what I want them to do. The LLM stuff makes that process worse and more frustrating. People that use them make collaboration less fun. This is another reason why I hate that stuff, even if it worked 100% perfectly (which it does not) I would not want to use it.

Colin Gordon Jun 17

datum (n=1)Jun 16

RE: https://mastodon.social/@OpenMediaOrg/116760366128760193

"I have nothing to hide" said the person who had no idea that in a few months they'd be sheltering a refugee in their attic.

"I have nothing to hide" said the person who didn't realize their emails with their lawyer would be seized and scrutinized.

"I have nothing to hide" says the person who has no friends who lived in Eastern Europe in the 1980s.

"I have nothing to hide" says the person who doesn't know their ex from college who was a little stalkerey still searches the darkweb for them.

"I have nothing to hide" says the person who thinks that overreach will stop at this bill.

#CDNPoli #Canada #Politics #privacy #billC22

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