Abkühlung im Wald. Die entfernten Verwandten besuchen.

@mekkaokereke @jdp23 Yeah I just got through reading that whole thing, wild

Not that I want to encourage Trained #MOLE use, but ...

@uncanny_static
> If an LLM works well on your code base today, it might not tomorrow if you let it write too much code

What about a more centauric approach? Rather than letting the MOLE write the code, we get it to describe potential solutions to a problem *without* using code to do so? Then if it comes up with anything genuinely useful, the human codes it. Like Rubber Duck Debugging, but with a MOLE instead of a duck.

@iris_meredith

Let's go...

PKD basically describing AI slop videos on YouTube:

“You insert one of the Great Books, for instance Moby Dick, into the reservoid. Then you set the controls for long or short. Then for funny version, or same-as-book or sad version. Then you set the style-indicator as to which classic Great Artist you want the book animated like. Dali, Bacon, Picasso… the medium-priced Great Books animator is set up to render in cartoon form the styles of a dozen system-famous artists; you specify which ones you want when you originally buy the thing. And there are options you can add later that provide even more.”

I was not expecting my soldering to draw a crowd. But as I worked, a half-dozen people gathered around the table, watching me work. Other volunteers, the organizers, people whose devices had already been seen and wanted to see what soldering involved.

When I was done, a few people were asking me questions about technique, my tools, where did I learn to do it.

I am *not* accustomed to this sort of interest in soldering. I relayed all this to my family at dinner, and my kids found it confusing.

@ben As I keep saying, Gov Andy should start McConnell’s senate seat appointment on the assumption he is dead. Let the GOP PROVE he is not, in court. #nothingtolose

We forget just how many lives #COVID19 took from us. I was just watching a video about the movie “That Thing You Do” (a favorite of mine), and the guy who wrote the famous song died of COVID complications in April 2020. Adam Schlesinger not only wrote That Thing You Do, but he was also a founding member of several bands (including Fountains of Wayne).

Every time I hear someone say we “overreacted,” I wonder how short their memory was of how many we lost, particularly in 2020 to 2023.

An update on the scraper situation via @fanf https://lobste.rs/s/kpaxih #security #web
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1080822/990a8a5e2d379085/

the thing i don't understand about individual vibe-coders working with a personal account is: why are you spending all this time developing work habits with a tool that will absolutely be taken away from you at some point??? there is **zero** chance the subscription model is going to continue to exist. they must know this.

lidl

@ink It’s the little things in life, #amirite????

There’s a big push to blame teen mental health issues on smartphones but this story made me wonder about exploring other things that have become normalized in recent years.

Should we expect kids who grew up post-Columbine on regular school shootings and active shooter drills to have great mental health?

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/phones-haidt-play-gray/687846/?gift=NBdGSmKfDQzLc1B6N1F-gZWfgmC0LBdSSsf8j0CnBOQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Itch io was down for a minute. During which I spent time inspecting the html to do this instead of using image editors.

@lowqualityfacts He won’t after last time I whooped him with one hand tied behind my back. He knows better now!

Israel and Lebanon's new ceasefire agreement could be the most significant between the two countries in 80 years, but scholars who have studied 1993, 1996, 2006 and 2024 agreements say the window for diplomacy is closing fast.
https://theconversation.com/israel-and-lebanon-have-a-long-history-of-failed-ceasefires-will-this-time-be-any-different-286515

@david_chisnall @icing @dysfun But pthreads are part of the implementation, just like the compiler. There's no requirement to be able to implement pthreads portably; applications just have to work when compiled with `c89 -D _POSIX_SOURCE=xxxxxxL -l pthread`, which is entirely the implementation's responsibility. (Thankfully 1003.1-2001 references C99 and not C90.)

I can tell you that Clyburn was wrong for supporting Senator Biden's crime bill in 1993. Millions of innocent Black people went to jail as a result.

I can tell you that Clyburn was wrong for giving president Biden a standing ovation for transferring Covid relief funds to cops. Same result.

I can tell you that young Black voters in the 80s and 90s backed Black centrist Dems and turned out for the candidates that they endorsed.

I can tell you that that doesn't work as well in 2026 as it did in 1996.

I use my knowledge, but also my Blackness to say that. It is my struggle.

@mwl I don’t see a *SINGLE* mention of Savaged by systemd or Cisco Routers for the Desperate in the listing. 🙁