At long last -- an explanation for what happened to A/AAAA batteries and AA/AAA DNS records: there was a namespace conflict.
@farseen @wfk It's a bit of a mess right now, but I'm polishing it up* so other people can use it.
(*...slllowwwwlly...)
@wfk @farseen I don't know that I've ever had rsync copy a file with errors, but I have somehow mysteriously ended up with lots of empty folders.
...so I kinda wrote my own "paranoid mode" utility which byte-for-byte verifies every file after copying, and only deletes the source (if that's what we're doing) when the verify passes.
Interview: AI is not the threat. It's the people building it "that are the existential risks to humanity."
"If a bridge collapses, we don’t ever ask, “Was the bridge uncontrollable? Was the bridge unethical?” And really, AI is no different than that."
When we describe these systems as if they have their own agency, we’re helping the companies market themselves. "We’re also helping them sidestep accountability."
~Timnit Gebru
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/10/1/timnit_gebru_ai
#USPol #EUPol #News #AI #TechFascism ...2
Don't support these web publications.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/10/05/have-you-ever-heard-of-bbm/
@emptytank The clear majority was "you tell me", and yet they're not telling...
So disapoint. :blobcat_rss:
@bvibber Contracted a case of short-term employment, have you? Hope you get well soon!
(P.S. This made sense in my head, but it may be trying too hard.)
RE: https://disabled.social/@vlrny/117383206428911436
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@zygmyd Of course, if one were to get nitpicky, that implies that the person was not struck by the vehicle at all, but rather that the driver got out and dealt the pedestrian a fatal blow for some unknown reason.
(If it was a cargo vehicle, then maybe it's some sort of vandetta what, me make a tasteless joke in the face of personal tragedy? I never. >.>)
Well, I am back on the #fediverse after a very long absence.
Wonder what I will get up to.
@futurebird (reading back my own post, I realized I should have referenced TMBG. The time has come to shake the Paw of Destiny.)
@futurebird Trust the LCM (Little Cat Muffin). Let the LCM take over your life, or be left behind (along with everyone who got left by The Rapture). Surrender to the Paw of the Future. 🚀 :verified_paw:
Cis people, please read this:
https://growinguptransgender.com/2026/10/02/leaving-the-uk-with-a-heavy-heart/
I'd be very surprised if the misogyny factor was important to anyone except politicians.
...well, okay, maybe not "very"; just "surprised".
Update: wow, the post history was pretty obvious spam. I was just looking at one post...
Removed.
Does this qualify as advertising, and therefore I should boot them?
It was a bit of a reach to think it would be anything else, but I wanted to leave room to be pleasantly surprised...
Making dinner:
Kid: It says "5 potatoes cubed" which is 125 potatoes.
Me: No. It's still 5 potatoes, because potatoes are a root vegetable.
It makes logistical sense to me -- if the ports have genders, then every docking has to be heteronormative. What happens if two ships just wanna cuddle? Or if you want to expand your space-station by docking it with another space-station?
(Gendered docking means you automatically fail the Space Bechdel Test, every time... for all humankind...)
This would be a post about USB connectors, except that's even worse.
