@evan it should be a false dichotomy, but in terms of bootstrapping with existing services, from what I can find it is one or the other, at least for a maximalist approach.

@David oh no !

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tonofcrates/117165262404753179

Very effcient: Your CHI paper will be desk-rejected, while nobody even looked at it. #sarcasm #CHI, #CHI2027

@davidrevoy

(joke)

We need to stop anthropomorphizing AI 😩

Invoking minions is something humans (and other lifeforms) do, AI is just replicating on expensive devices.

(/joke)

And thank you again for the laugh !

ERB templates that actually understand HTML. Phoenix LiveView-style reactivity with zero new JS framework. Marco Roth is unveiling Herb + ReActionView for Rails 8.2. 🌿

Welcoming Marco back to Boulder for RMR!
(Get your tix here: https://lnkd.in/gwG_WMZj)

@BmeBenji I don't have a co-op that wants to reformat my CSV or whatever

@fuzzyleapfrog

Das ist eine universelle Aussage, die eigentlich auf alle Themen anwendbar ist.

This is going around Facebook. Let's see if we can spread it around.

The A.I. trolley problem

Just rebooting the goose.

STOP TAKING THE WRONG 80 YEAR OLDS.

My latest @newscientist.com@bsky.brid.gy cartoon

Sur une relique en Lorraine : le Saint-Foin, la Sainte-Paille ou la paille de la Sainte-Crèche

Si l’on m’avait dit que contribuer aux projets Wikimédia me ferait explorer une (maigre) partie de l’histoire religieuse de la Lorraine, et surtout écrire un billet sur la religion sur mon blog… Oui, non, en fait, plus rien ne me surprend à force.

https://blog.poslovitch.fr/posts/2026/saint-foin-en-lorraine/

#Curiosités #Lorraine

Modern #Rails apps probably don't need Redis, but it still incredibly useful for many reasons.

Sidekiq is still the fastest job executor out there (in my experience), and that uses Redis.

Here's how to set it up on your own server:

https://binarysolo.blog/redis-server-setup-for-rails-apps/

Norway and Sweden. Two of the richest countries in Europe. Connected by three railway lines, one of which is basically freight only in the very north. Each single track and rather curvy. Even the one between Oslo and Göteborg (and further to Malmö and København). In a sane world, there could be a high-speed line here with a travel time of 1.5 h or so. #CrossBorderRail

OpenAI has lost 12 senior executives so far in 2026: CRO, COO, Head of Sora, Head of Data Centers, Head of OpenAI for Science, Head of Ethics, Head of Enterprise AI Sales, VP of Sales for Americas, CTO Business Applications, Chief Futurist, Head of Robotics & Consumer Hardware and Head of Safety Systems.

That is a remarkable amount of leadership churn for a company supposedly preparing to IPO.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/how-do-we-explain-openais-executive-exodus/

"Olen tavannut toisia maahan­muuttajaisiä, jotka kertovat tekevänsä töitä pitkiä päiviä ja öitä, ja silti he kamppailevat perus­toimeentulon kanssa. Kun yhteinen aika katoaa, katoaa myös tärkein suojelun muoto eli vanhemman rauhallinen läsnäolo."

vs. Juhana Vartiainen Hesarissa viime lauantaina:

”Työn vastaanottamisen kynnys alenee, kun tulonsiirrot on heikenneet. Eli otetaan vastaan vähän kauempaakin työtä, ei ehkä omalta alueelta, vähän alhaisemmalla palkalla, vähän ikävämmin ehdoin, niin se näkyy kuitenkin sitten pikkuhiljaa.”

Pitempi työmatka, pienempi palkka ja huonommat työehdot ovat kaikki pois jostakin muusta. Se muu voi olla perhe.

Ukraine has given its allies a list of more than 100 Russian ballistic missile producers and is asking for all of them to be sanctioned at the same time

The case rests on wreckage: an Iskander fired at Kyiv Oblast on 10 July contained over 140 foreign components, 62 of them American, most manufactured recently
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/27/iskander-russia-fired-at-kyiv-oblast-in-july-held-62-american-parts-ukraine-has-now-named-more-than-100-russian-ballistics-producers-and-wants-its-allies-to-sanction-all-of-them/

Acclaimed Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama — known for her signature polka dots, repetitive patterns and immersive "Infinity Mirror Rooms" — has died at 97, her company said in a statement Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/08/27/art/yayoi-kusama-obituary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #art #yayoikusama #obituary