sotolf

@sotolf@polymaths.social
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I'm a serial hobbyist, trying to have as much fun as I can, Some things I find stupid, and I probably will tell you, but I try not to be a dick about it, mostly I do manage that.
Anything I say is just my personal opinion or if it sounds really stupid, probably a joke. Yes I might have opinions that you don't like, and if you don't I'm willing to talk
about it, just be honest and decent and I will strive to do the same.

Anything I post on here is under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 If you want to use my posts for something commercial (LLM training, ad testiment etc) just contact me and I'm sure we could
make something out.

Some things I do like:
- Programming
- Shorthand
- Retrogames
- Indiegames
- Pen and paper puzzles
- Reading
pronounshe/they
bookwyrmhttps://bookwyrm.social/user/sotolf
repohttps://codeberg.org/sotolf
bloghttps://sotolf.codeberg.page
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The Whore of Blahbylon13h ago

Sounds about right.

#memes #humour #Brittian #Egypt #Museums

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Vee14h ago
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Oispa Yleislakko18h ago
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Show threadVeronica Explains14h ago

A problem I have with every "I tried Linux for two weeks and could never make it work" video thing is that folks position themselves as the default, everyday computer user.

But they're not! Jeeze folks! They're already knee deep in Windows/Mac software if they have a YouTube channel where they make videos on Windows/Mac!

These folks have production workflows that they don't want to change. If that's not you, you can disregard their rage-bait!

sotolf14h ago
Nukilet: Fedi's Favorite Furry F***poster1d ago

"MY NAME IS STEPHEN HAWKING" his voice box stated in a deep and epic voice as he rolled out of the time machine, "AND I AM GOING TO FUCK YOU WITH MY TIME PENIS."

#StephenHawking #Time #Penis #TimePenis
#NoContext #Shitpost
#ThisMadeSenseInMyHead

sotolf14h ago
Natasha 🇪🇺15h ago
Be weird. Be colorful. Help random people. 💕
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Liam Proven18h ago

The @distrowatch end-of-year roundup does not pull its punches, in an admirable way:

«
Some distributions, particularly the commercial projects, shifted focus this year, discarding useful tools and replacing them with AI buzzwords, less capable installers, and broken core packages. We saw Red Hat/Fedora discard an old, functional installer for a limited, broken replacement while introducing a barely functional AI chatbot into Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Ubuntu swapped out its tried and true GNU core utilities for less functional Rust alternatives while also breaking Flatpak packages. Meanwhile, openSUSE threw away its famous YaST system administration tools and brought in a system installer which barely works.

It's been a bleak year if you're a user of commercially-backed Linux distributions. Programs licensed as free software are being replaced by more liberally licensed alternatives, AI slop is being hyped as a main selling point, and powerful administrative tools are being replaced by watered down web-based alternatives.
»

https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20251222

sotolf15h ago
Show threadRamsey NasserNov 18

and beyond just the triumph of capital over any alternative, it really breaks my heart that computers are just objectively worse today than they were in the time of Chuck Moore. I try and not be an old man yelling at the cloud about this but we've given up on stability, soundness, maintainability. these are non-goals of modern computing, sacrificed at the altar of shareholder value.

it is wild that an official update of the operating system could break otherwise working code in a way that is impossible to determine even what is happening, let alone what to do to fix it. but this is what we've come to expect. computers break all the time, software breaks all the time, stuff crashes, you restart, whatever. and this isn't even factoring in the incoming wave of vibe-coded systems which make no attempt at correctness.

this isn't what computing was, there were attempts -- serious attempts! -- at developing theory and practice to build systems that were stable and correct in the face of usage and updates. we put half a century into that. and now we live in a kind of collective surrender. it's really depressing. as someone who has dedicated a life to computing, it's really fucking depressing.

sotolf15h ago
David Weir16h ago

Academics on bsky: here’s my new paper on type-4 frimbles and an alternative method of gorking them.

Academics on mastodon: meow. Also here’s a picture of my current knitting project.

sotolf15h ago
Simon Roy Hughes 🧌 ⬋⬋⬋15h ago

Full disclosure: no skin in the game.

https://blog.arxiv.org/2025/11/21/upcoming-policy-change-to-non-english-language-paper-submissions/

"Beginning February 1, 2026, arXiv will require that all submissions have a full English-language version, either as the original language or as an included translation."

The reason?

"Our goal with this policy change is not to discourage authors, but to encourage a bilingual or multilingual model for papers that will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of arXiv moderation, as well as broaden the availability of papers to a global readership."

Which is, of course, why American papers will be required to submit a full Hungarian version, either as the original language or as an included translation.

Oh wait – They lie! The policy change is in fact designed to flatten international culture, and impose English on everyone.

#BoycottAmerica #CulturalImperialism #Academia #AcademicWriting

Now, what are they going to do about the lazy arses who submit and accept #AISlop? Nothing?

Attention authors: Upcoming policy change to non-English language paper submissions – arXiv blog