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@Lux Also, I would say "I love ordering things" is a better indicator than "I love books", depending on what type of library you work in. In any case, I am actually leading a team of software developers and the need for those is huge so you definitely have a place in the library world! Even if you want to do something different, understanding how software development works is very useful.
@SemAntiKast @Lux So true!
Don't steal my favorite toy! Don't even look at it! 😾😹
Vidarr protect.
It is entirely conceivable to me that ATProto “wins” the technical battle, Mastodon “wins” its ideological battle, and most users end up back on X, Threads, or Instagram.
There’s this anti-social quality to it all that is truly poetic. And horrible.
Incidentally, I just placed an online supermarket delivery order via Amazon (because I need a food drop for stuff I can't carry upstairs right now) and their unit price calculations on groceries are broken, looks like a multiply instead of divide error to go from pack size to price per kg. Feels like AI-induced enshittification has hit the big boys.
@cstross That data has always been crazy unusable for me anyway. I worked at an Amazon-affiliated start-up, processing data feeds of millions of products, and it became obvious that the data, submitted by suppliers, mixes up units and types and sizes and ways of measuring in ways that make systematic use of it impossible, and suppliers could not give two shits, and attempts at diligence by anyone in my position were swamped by the scale.
This may be the best athlete interview of all time
@sus I figured it had to be a written interview because no one is that quick-witted, then saw the audio recording 😅️
@admin on other people's profiles?
Yeah AiScript let you do some pretty crazy stuff!
PC design peaked in this era
@josh @NatGrayYes That absolutely is MULTIPLE eras.
TIL the Netherlands hides massive rubbish bins underground so their streets stay clean 🤯
@TheBreadmonkey same here. Especially obvious in nearby Vendoire (left) where the bits above ground are even smaller than our village’s ones (right). Ours you can peer in and see the bottom and it’s about 2m down maybe.
@TimWardCam @quixoticgeek In Suffolk the car park sign usually has the full list of apps (there's more than one available) so you can search independently on Play Store to check you get the legit one.
Last time I had to use one I had to pick the second app as the first one, whilst legit, didn't even register at all let alone ask for payment details!
I also use Binary Eye if I do scan a QR code which shows where its linked to, but you still need to know what you are looking for and what might be dodgy
Its still a lot of hassle compared to having a proper parking machine that works, but those who break into the ones that hold cash and vandalise the others are as much to blame for this situation as big tech..
@vfrmedia @TimWardCam the fact that an app is needed to park a car is really fucking annoying. I hate it. What do people do if they don't have free space on their phone for another app ?
Esp when the apps are all just a website wrapper anyway.
Chinese regulators are getting more serious about the recent trend of electronically controlled car doors;
A growing number of crashes have had
🔥 fatal consequences when the occupants have been trapped in burning cars.
Starting next year, new rules give specific dimensions for handles that must be followed by all newly approved vehicles. -- cars that have already been on sale for some time, like the Models 3 and Y, are grandfathered in, at least until the end of 2028.
⭐️ But China wants Tesla to do something about the nearly 3 million cars already on its roads. It is requiring the automaker to add warning labels to the car interiors—something that will require physical access to the car.
✅ Additionally, Tesla will push out a software update that automatically lowers all the cars’ windows in the event of a collision.
💥Tesla is also facing a second Chinese recall -- this one only affecting 2.74 million cars.
⚠️These require new software for their driver monitoring system, which currently only uses a torque sensor on the steering wheel to determine if the driver is holding the wheel and remaining engaged in the task of driving.
Now, the update will leverage the interior camera in the Models 3 and Y to track the driver’s gaze instead.
🤣 However, Electrek has previously reported that Chinese Tesla owners have been able to defeat the cabin driver monitoring system
—which it has rolled out to customers with its more advanced partially automated driving system
—by mounting a doll’s head in front of the camera.
🆘 #tesla #fatal #fire #china #safety
#surveillance
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/08/chinese-regulators-tell-tesla-to-fix-nearly-3-million-cars/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned
I shot myself in the foot the other day. I changed the license of OnlyJunk.Fans' source to Filthy Human Hands, and today, I tried to deploy a new version, and was greeted with:
Aug 23 14:33:02 oscar ojf[271300]: Error: × Failed to initialize database
Aug 23 14:33:02 oscar ojf[271300]: help: migration 20260128201353 was previously applied but has been modified
...the migration files have a copyright header, and since those changed, the checksum changed too. Updating the checksums is a bit of a PITA, because they're bytea. The easiest way I found was to spin up a fresh database locally, COPY _sqlx_migrations TO STDOUT WITH CSV, and then on Oscar:
DELETE FROM _sqlx_migrations;
COPY _sqlx_migrations FROM STDIN WITH CSV;
<paste stuff here>
^D
...and then restart OJF, and it's all working now.
I should probably remove the copyright notices from the migration SQL files, and move them to REUSE.toml, to avoid similar problems in the future.
Incidentally, I just placed an online supermarket delivery order via Amazon (because I need a food drop for stuff I can't carry upstairs right now) and their unit price calculations on groceries are broken, looks like a multiply instead of divide error to go from pack size to price per kg. Feels like AI-induced enshittification has hit the big boys.
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHCCarr/117133958336999789
"AI is just a tool, you need to be critical when using it".
Also:
"AI is designed in such a way that it inhibits critical thinking"
@quixoticgeek Basically, never scan a QR code, particularly one that appears in public.
Unless you are really convinced that it's legitimate. Sometimes you have to, eg you've just bought a widget and the only way to get at the documentation is to scan the QR code on the widget's label. And ones that appear on your computer or telly screen, eg to link an account on one to the other, probably haven't had anything stuck over them!
The worst I've seen is supermarket click-and-collect, where on arrival you're supposed to scan the QR code, in a publicly accessible car park, to tell them you've arrived and are waiting for your groceries.
@TimWardCam @quixoticgeek In Suffolk the car park sign usually has the full list of apps (there's more than one available) so you can search independently on Play Store to check you get the legit one.
Last time I had to use one I had to pick the second app as the first one, whilst legit, didn't even register at all let alone ask for payment details!
I also use Binary Eye if I do scan a QR code which shows where its linked to, but you still need to know what you are looking for and what might be dodgy
Its still a lot of hassle compared to having a proper parking machine that works, but those who break into the ones that hold cash and vandalise the others are as much to blame for this situation as big tech..
For.. reasons.. I am making a wealth inequality playlist. I want songs that aren't TOO aggro and could be background-ish at an event, catchy, topical, without making themselves the center of attention. Here's what I have so far. Please parse this list and suggest along these lines, if you like.
@codinghorror Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
While Trump is building his vanity ballroom, China is building the robot armies that will show up on future battlefields.
Priorities, ladies and gentlement. Priorities.
@randahl I'm looking at this, and the Imperial March from The Empire Strikes Back is playing in my head.
The kittens were out in their back garden a lot of this weekend and every time I look down, they look up and maintain eye contact until I look away.
Meanwhile, the big cat that lives with them was outside yesterday, twitching its tail with its head moving up and down to follow the movements of the tip of its tail. It continues to completely ignore / fail to notice me.
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