> I don’t think it’s cute that someone vibe coded “battleship” in VimScript. I think it’s more important that we stop collectively pretending that we don’t understand how awful all of this is. I don’t want to use software which has slop in it. I do what I can to avoid it, and sadly even Vim now comes under scrutiny in that effort as both Vim and NeoVim are relying on LLMs to develop the software.

https://drewdevault.com/blog/Forking-vim/

@TomAoki thank you! I’ll see if I can test it over the weekend d

Nippon Life Insurance, Japan's largest life insurer, said it is open to becoming a net buyer of government bonds next fiscal year as it finds current interest rates attractive. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/28/companies/nippon-life-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nipponlife #insurance #lifeinsurance

8BitDo announce 'Ultimate Software Online' to update controllers in your browser to help Linux gamers https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/8bitdo-announce-ultimate-software-online-to-update-controllers-in-your-browser-to-help-linux-gamers/

#8BitDo #Linux #LinuxGaming #SteamOS

@decryption @errbufferoverfl you clearly need to watch more Technology Connections, he doesn't just make videos about heat pumps

@devopscats oh wow I didn’t realise btrfs performance was so bad, I’ve been considering switching things to it.

@imlahax@mastodon.social @ozoned@tubefree.org thank YOU for all your hard work and helping make the works a better pace! 😄

Overheard on the elevator this morning:
"But if AI didn't really work as well as they say people would say something about it"

*I turn and look directly into the camera*

(curb your enthusiasm music)

Credits roll.

@happyborg Please say that fascist use tabs. Please.

I Built an AI Companion That Actually Plays With You https://pantel.is/projects/ai-gaming-companion/

To punish Microsoft for its self-preferencing its own browser on Windows, I have signed an executive order renaming U2's guitarist to "The Vivaldi". Thank you for your attention to this matter.

@ysegrim They deployed from the bomb dropped by the private-equity-owned disaster mitigation corporation paid by your government to tidy up after the disaster. Cheaper than paying for hospital beds for useless eaters …

@futurebird @mansr @the_roamer

One of the lesser-known ancient Olympic sports: wrestling in golden syrup.

If I were to write a book using AI, it would be titled: It <strike>Doesn’t</strike> Have to Be Crazy at Work.

@floridamarx and all the dramatic background music can get lost. I feel like the news - even Al Jazeera - is becoming like Brass Eye with their "shorts"

in the last 5ish years i've seen a pivot from "Terrorism is the reason we need people with automatic rifles at airports and cameras everywhere spying on you" to "Terrorism is a word that means doing anything for political reasons other than voting. in a democracy, you vote. politics is voting. everything else, like protesting or direct action or even publishing the wrong thing, is Terrorism. you must only vote, that is all that is allowed"

The first to die of the plague in any given area will become a vampire, and feast on the other plague victims from his grave.

#PhantomsFriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_One_Who_Dies_First_of_the_Plague_Devours_the_Others

Deutschlands größter #Batteriespeicher mit 700 MWh kommt ans Netz. Er überbrückt für 500.000 Haushalte zwei Stunden lang den Strombedarf.
Die Kosten für den Batteriespeicher in Sachsen-Anhalt belaufen sich auf 250 Millionen Euro (d.h. 280 Euro/kWh). Das Großprojekt kommt ohne Förderung aus.