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  I gotta remember that while the boosters say "all software will be LLM developed, you can't avoid it" that NetBSD crushed its funding goal, LibreOffice got record downloads, more people are contributing to Redox, and so on. It's far from impossible, even if it may feel that way (freakin' Linux kernel grumble grumble)

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  I saw a couple of takes Re: codeberg that weren't quite "oh I don't like LLM code but codeberg shouldn't decide that they're unacceptable, they're neutral hosting!" No, they absolutely can and should do that. Github can drop you for whatever reason at any time, folks. It isn't a publicly-owned service. If you want different moderation go to Gitlab or back to Github or run your own Forgejo! You have options.

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  I didn't realize it until just now but there's a particular *aesthetic* to vibe coded websites that I keep running across and that's.... weird. Kinda very similar to how every blog started converging on the same design to game Google search rankings.

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  Desire to found Bombadil intensifies.

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  @elebertus@mastodon.social I mean, I'm an auth weirdo so I have multiple CIAM stacks running at all times, but I generally use Logto for handling auth for my ttrpg group resources and some things attached to Keycloak for anything that supports OIDC/OAuth. For stuff that doesn't, just manage the auth locally.

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  RE: https://hachyderm.io/@Retreival9096/116501652868642399 Look, I don't recommend Proton products because of the shit they pulled when they rolled out a Crypto Wallet and LLM one after another: https://alextheward.com/posts/proton-wtf/ And the stuff with their CEO being a fan of Trump / Republicans But if for some reason they've still got your business you might want to tell them to not slop engineer themselves into a major privacy violation.

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  So @glyph@mastodon.social asked me what it's like using Asahi on a M2 air daily, so I did a little writup: https://alextheward.com/blog/asahi_on_macbook_air_m2/ The tl;dr is "fine".

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  @xgranade My dude is torching his own credibility to use an LLM to check for typos. TYPOS.

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  @tunafishtiger @pathunstrom I also came here to mention Gram as an option. So +1. Note that installing plugins requires some fiddling, it can install any zed plugin but you need some rust toolchain stuff available on PATH

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  RE: https://infosec.exchange/@flyingpenguin/116399482954754093 "When the top two most-exploitable bugs are removed from the corpus, Mythos’s FCE rate drops from 72.4% to… wait for it… 4.4%. (Figure 3.3.3.B, page 52) Under 5%!" ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???? Absolutely astounding. Why do people keep falling for this shit???

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  @SnoopJ @xgranade yeah side loading non DRM stuff should still work.

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  @SnoopJ @xgranade Yeah, this is basically "you can never download kindle books to this device ever again past {x} date", but the device will still physically work for anything already on it (or if you jailbreak it and whatnot)

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  @whitequark Not needing a bouncer is sweeeeeeeet

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  Like, this seems to be desparate people clinging on to whatever source of information they can, and that will not end well for folks that just trust the output. Of a machine that is designed to lull you into trusting the output.

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  Did the model really "finally get useful for work" in the last 6 months or did you cook your brain unto thinking it is? You may never know (Also the "advancement" is all in the slopcode wrapper around the LLM not the actual model so...)

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  I just learned that Milla Jovovich and her buddy Ben just slop coded some AI memory system? This timeline is truly cursed.

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  Naming your slop bot after the Norse god of wisdom seems like a pretty quick way to earn your place in Hel.

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  Neat to see an identity provider that includes a big "hey while you shouldn't use the implicit flow with SPAs you can totally still use it with traditional web sites". And....that is true, but like, the authorization code flow is just...better... in basically every way. I think they mean this in a "if you have an old app that's still using it, that's okay" but it doesn't read that way and it feels weird.

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  RE: https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/116246587865814045 Exhibit I do not know what number I am up to that markdown files are not “programming” the LLM

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  Picking back up a short story I'd started but didn't finish involving Radium + Vampires and thinking about how we *knew* radium was dangerous pretty quickly but those involved in the sale of the stuff were pretty keen on keeping the money flowing as long as possible. Now apply that to Generative AI and how OpenAI's arguing that it's not their fault their product drives people to self-harm because it's against the ToS.