Mastodawn

"You should judge PRs based on code quality not the fact i used LLMs" okay but if a construction worker closes their eyes and starts flailing their arms while holding hammers and says "you should judge my skill based on the nails i hit" you rightfully move aside and stop them before they knock someone unconscious

Perma 2d ago

NetBlocks 2d ago

⚠️ Update: The internet blackout in #Iran is entering its 17th day after 384 hours. Over the last day a decline has been tracked in reserved telecoms network infrastructure, further reducing VPN availability and sending some whitelisted users and NIN services offline.

Perma 3d ago

Paul Rietschka 4d ago

RE: https://scholar.social/@olivia/116229013687072877

Unsurprisingly, from the first sentence it's a lie:

"In the five years since Anthropic began, AI progress has moved incredibly quickly."

No, actually it hasn't. We're still using transformers, developed in late 2017; in fact, we're **hopelessly dependent upon them with nothing else in sight.**

Progress has stalled, despite endless hype. For example, where are those "agents?" Where are they? Can someone, anyone point to a successful, profitable agent? Anyone?

This is all such a terrible joke.

Perma 3d ago

Jan <3 3d ago

Gentoo based as always
https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/02/16/codeberg.html

Gentoo on Codeberg – Gentoo Linux

News and information from Gentoo Linux

Perma 3d ago

NetBlocks 3d ago

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has entered day 16 as the measure continues in its third week, with the public cut off from international networks for 360 hours. Chosen influencers enjoy whitelisting while state media report a new wave of arrests targeting Starlink users.

Perma 6d ago

Chad McCullough 6d ago

When Mozilla released Firefox 148.0 with the "AI kill switch", I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt and give it a try. It worked...for a while. With the 148.0.2 update, however, the kill switch was disabled and a lot of my settings had changed. That's it. That's the one chance I was going to give them but Firefox, once again, has been removed from all of my hardware. I can no longer trust Mozilla to do the right thing. I am officially done.

#mozilla #firefox #noai

Perma 6d ago

NetBlocks 6d ago

⚠️ Update: Metrics show the internet blackout in #Iran has entered its thirteenth day with the incident surpassing 288 hours.

The regime's measure presents a direct risk to the safety, health, and security of civilians who have a right to receive information needed for survival.

Perma Mar 11

A group of men explaining feminism to women.

A group of wealthy people telling poor what’s best for them.

A group westerners explaining Iran’s political history to Iranians.

And all of them think they are not condescending. And they are just concerned and well-intentioned.
#iran #irpol

Perma Mar 10

NetBlocks Mar 10

⚠️ Update: At 240 hours, #Iran's internet blackout is now among the most severe government-imposed nationwide internet shutdowns on record globally, and the second longest registered in Iran after the January protests, with the country having spent a third of 2026 offline.

Perma Mar 9

This is the picture of the office of SahabPardaz. They were a contractor, developing technologies for filtering internet in Iran. Countless voices have been silenced because of them.

Probably none of them were at work and there probably was not much more than a bunch of computers anyways. But I’m glad they are at least being targeted for what they have done to the society.
#iran #irpol #internet