in today’s episode of slow computing with Kansei: windows xp refresh on an AMD Sempron with a 2006 OS install date (and WD rust).

Then, we put @elementary on a 4th gen i5 MacBook Pro to see how well this decade old system works as a “slow compute” focused workstation for singletasking. Hands down the easiest and most complete installer experience I’ve seen from a distro, including getting the notorious broadcom wifi working without requiring an ethernet dongle. All the little design details show care is put into making it an inclusive distro. While normally I’d pass on anything Ubuntu LTS-based, this opinionated stance is lovely.

1: "Well ChatGPT says otherwise. It contradicts what you said about security."
0: "ChatGPT is consuming popular material from 10 years ago. The threat landscape has changed."

1: "Well the language is clear it's saying the exact opposite of you."
0: "It has made a statement. But what is it's reasoning. What is the logical argument behind its suggestion?"

1: "I just feel more comfortable going with what it say."
0: "After we've worked together for five years? After you've seen the results of my work? You realize this isnt your field of expertise? You arent able to explain its reasoning. Why it said it. The history and context behind it."

Well this is going to be fun.

Being a leader in your field and releasing new research that is different from the current consensus now has to fight AI and LLMs.

AI / LLMs is bias at scale. Now it's entrenched status quo.

AI cannot innovate. AI can only average out. And when that average is bad. Or dangerous. And speaks with authority. Folks will double down and be hurt.

Hello there. My group has been using (free) Slack for chatting among ourselves. We are ~20 ppl in 3 locations, so chat has to work.

We want to move, but whereto? We consider #NextCloud Talk, #Mattermost, or #Zulip. We are fine with #selfhosting. It must be #opensource. We just need the chat, not integration with video or other advanced features.

What are you using? Where would you move to (and why)?

"LLMs allow dead (or non-verbal) people to speak" - spiritualism/channelling

"what happens when the AI turns us all into paperclips?" - end times prophecy

"AI will be able to magically predict everything" - astrology/tarot cards

"...what if you're wrong? The AI will punish you for lacking faith in Bayesian stats" - Pascal's wager

"It'll fix climate change!" - stewardship theology

Turns out studying religion comes in handy for understanding supposedly 'rationalist' ideas about AI.

If you've ever typoed ghcr to ghrc, particularly with a "docker login" or any automation that performs a login to the container registry, I'm seeing a strong indication that your GitHub credentials have been leaked to a malicious actor.

https://bmitch.net/blog/2025-08-22-ghrc-appears-malicious/

#docker #container #registry #OCI #security