Mastodawn

This idea to force AI into every single application is madness. Just received a WhatsApp… infomercial? Which tries to nudge me to research anything using the AI in WhatsApp.

Seriously, why? Now I can do anything in any app, like using the food ordering service AI bot to write Python code. 🤦‍♂️

Do they think that is a useful allocation of resources for a food service app? Or a messenger app, in case of WhatsApp?

Do they realize compute is not free?

I wonder who will pay for it… 🤔

ketchup71 5d ago

Heidi Li Feldman 5d ago

I give you the Republican Party of Texas, which I think pretty representative of the Republican Party. https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/15/texas-republican-party-convention-muslims-sharia-law/

A Muslim Texan sought to find his place in the party at the state GOP convention. He left in tears.

Muslim delegates and attendees hoping to participate in the state Republican convention were shunned and rejected by members as they espoused themes of party unity ahead of the November election.

The Texas Tribune

ketchup71 5d ago

Ged Maheux Feb 4

😂 🖍️🤓🖖 #StarTrek

ketchup71 May 10

Ah, #Apple, the bright star on everything design and quality, am I right? Everything they do is so well thought out! E.g. their move to Health. And everything is so stylish.
Downside is, I always have to google how to change my daily alarm clock. Because, I shit you not, that is buried in Health (there is some mad logic to it). And when I say buried: yes, it’s so hard to find, I wonder if Apple even wants me to get up in the morning.
Also, by default only my Watch will ring. 🤦‍♂️

ketchup71 Apr 14

„The Pope is weak on crime.“

I have no idea what to say to that. Not defending the Pope or the Catholic Church, at all, but… come on! To utter these words in any other context than a Monty Python show is proof of mental incapacity.

Still, I’m not sure if this is more or less idiotic than „They are eating the dogs“. And he was elected president *after* saying that.

What a time to live in. 🤦‍♂️

ketchup71 Apr 14

diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱Apr 3

The year 2026 in one animation

#year2026

ketchup71 Apr 5

CCC Apr 4

Staff resist, widespread worry within the NHS (National Health Service) over #Palantir – „It makes me feel sick every time I log into the thing and I know I'm not alone in that“ https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/03/nhs_staff_against_palantir/

NHS staff resist using Palantir software

: Staff reportedly cite ethics concerns, privacy worries, and doubt the platform adds much

The Register

ketchup71 Apr 4

Anne Roth Apr 4

„Dies hat zur Folge, dass alle Männer über 17 und unter 45 Jahren, die Deutschland länger als drei Monate verlassen wollen, dafür eine Erlaubnis bei der Bundeswehr einholen müssen.“

https://www.fr.de/politik/drastische-wehrpflicht-aenderung-maenner-die-deutschland-laenger-wollen-brauchen-genehmigung-zr-94248132.html

„Neu ist nun seit dem 1. Januar, dass der entsprechende Paragraph 3 auch ausdrücklich außerhalb des Spannungs- und Verteidigungsfalls gilt, mit anderen Worten: immer. Nun muss jeder Student vor einem Auslandsemester die Bundeswehr um Erlaubnis fragen.“

https://augengeradeaus.net/2026/04/noch-keine-wehrpflicht-aber-ausreise-fuer-theoretisch-wehrpflichtige-nur-mit-genehmigung/

Neue Wehrpflicht-Regel: Millionen Männer brauchen jetzt eine Genehmigung, um Deutschland zu verlassen

Eine drastische Änderung des Wehrpflichtgesetzes ist längst in Kraft getreten. Sie betrifft fast alle Männer unter 45 und hat weitreichende Folgen.

ketchup71 Apr 4

jonny (nonvenomous)Mar 31

Claude code source "leaks" in a mapfile
people immediately use the code laundering machines to code launder the code laundering frontend
now many dubious open source-ish knockoffs in python and rust being derived directly from the source

What's anthropic going to do, sue them? Insist in court that LLM recreating copyrighted code is a violation of copyright???

ketchup71 Apr 3

Markus Barth Mar 28

Servicepost, weil das ja scheinbar immer mal wieder Leute vergessen: Nius ist kein „Nachrichtenportal“. Nius ist der Rachefeldzug eines Typen, der sogar der BILD Zeitung zu peinlich war.

Bitte, gern geschehen.