Ben Ford :grinchsmile:

Developer Advocate at @puppet; I get to build neat things -and- talk to people! *\o/* I run marathons in those funny finger shoes.

binford2k shared a status by shinmera
Shinmera
shinmera@mastodon.tymoon.eu

Hey, if you're the type of person that can start typing a reply to an argument, then decide that actually it's not worth bothering with and delete the reply, I want you to know:

You're doing fantastic, and you should be proud of yourself. I wish more people had that kind of restraint.

1 day ago
binford2k shared a status by Schneier_rss
Schneier on Security RSS
Schneier_rss@burn.capital

AI Decides to Engage in Insider Trading

A stock-trading AI (a simulated experiment) engaged in insider trading, even though it “knew” it was wrong.
The agent ... schneier.com/blog/archives/202

1 day ago
binford2k shared a status by Strandjunker
Andrea Junker :verified:
Strandjunker@mstdn.social

Just a casual reminder that in 1861, 11 Senators and 3 Representatives were expelled from Congress for failing to recognize Lincoln’s election and supporting insurrection. — If we can expel George Santos, we can expel the insurrectionists.

1 day ago
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Voice of America
VOANews@mastodon.social
1 day ago
binford2k shared a status by celesteh
Charles ✡️ H
celesteh@babka.social

Every time Wikipedia has some super long and detailed article about a first person shooter, I think about how when I tried to make pages about influential and acclaimed lesbian poets of the 1970s, they always got deleted for not being notable.

2 days ago
binford2k shared a status by fraying
Derek Powazek 🐐
fraying@xoxo.zone

This is how librarians say "fuck you, you racist piece of shit."
blogs.library.duke.edu/blog/20

2 days ago
binford2k shared a status by thomasfuchs
Thomas 🔭✨
thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io

If we’d speak more ill of the dead, maybe it would remind the living not to be assholes.

2 days ago
binford2k shared a status by clifff
clifff 🪿
clifff@shakedown.social

Kissinger died fedi is similar to when your sports team wins a championship- you just start faving everything

2 days ago
binford2k shared a status by inthehands
Paul Cantrell
inthehands@hachyderm.io

Please remember, when marking the solemn occasion of the death of Henry Kissinger:

Allow those wishing to dance on the grave to complete their observances •before• proceeding to the people wishing to shit on the grave. Hygiene matters.

2 days ago
binford2k shared a status by shadowfacts
Breq
shadowfacts@social.shadowfacts.net
i enjoy reading "hacker" "news" comments on the post about the mars rover mistake, because none of these fools suggesting ways of fixing the problem have built anything remotely as reliable as a mars rover
3 days ago
binford2k shared a status by lilithsaintcrow
Lili Saintcrow
lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com

“For a woman, marrying a Trump supporter isn't about being with someone who has different views on tax rates. It's bringing someone into your home who ascribes to an ideology in which you are not fully human.” salon.com/2023/11/28/its-a-goo

4 days ago