sinski @aosinski@qoto.org

oh no, my job

Your SSID should always be a joke that your neighbors don't get until they see it for the fiftieth time.

As cybersecurity researchers detail a flaw that allowed them to unlock and start Honda and Nissan cars from anywhere in the world, border and immigration agencies are buying up tech to exploit weaknesses in vehicle security. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/12/01/10000-cars-can-be-data-raided-by-police-ice-cbp-love-it/ #CyberSecurity #privacy #automobiles #infotainment

CAT: Mrow?
ME: No, apparently you've had dinner
CAT: Mrow
ME: Yes it does count
CAT: Mrooow
ME: No. That a different person gave it to you than me doesn't invalidate it being 'dinner'
CAT: Mrow
ME: No. Don't try that "Theseus' Paradox" shit with me. I have a philosophy degree.

Fellow academics:

Strongly consider changing your syllabi now, and designing assignments that can't be fulfilled by #AI chatbots. Even better, consider only assigning work that students will actually be excited to do themselves (for instance, autobiographical essays).

I just got OpenAI to write a better essay on #minstrelsy & US #popmusic than most of my UG students could muster, in about 1 second.

This is your doom-scrolling wrapped!

You spent 42,277 minutes doom-scrolling, putting you in the top 5% of doom-scrollers!

Your top doom-scrolling topics were: US politics, climate news, & the pandemic.

Your favorite time to doom-scroll was when you should have been sleeping.

why call it bird site when ‘the fowl place’ is right there and a much better pun

"Naming things"

submitted by NeedleworkerUpbeat34
https://reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/z9y51z/naming_things/

If you’ve ever wondered what the difference is between a seal and a sea lion then HAVE I GOT THE CHART FOR YOU.

Laughing, screaming and crying all at once.

Just a reminder...

i hope one day computers can feel pain, because they deserve it

If you're joining Post, keep in mind that it's against their Terms of Service to criticise billionaires.

At the same time they don't care about disabled people.

via @parismarx

In case you don’t believe the same equations govern #motion in the #atmosphere and the #ocean.

Video by Tristan Heth in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

Most people that I meet on my photography adventures don't know that "taking pictures for Wikipedia" is a thing. So, when I'm out shooting, I often engage in conversations about how Wikipedia needs more photos. That's what happened this morning, when I took this image for the article "Greater white-fronted goose":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_white-fronted_goose

Please consider sharing your photos with a global audience through #Wikipedia !

#PacificFlyway #wikiphotographer #birdphotography #wikimediacommons

Dropping truth bombs like it’s #Caturday 💣

I posted this long time ago on twitter as well, but you guys have to witness this as well.

Behold.
Centrally justified lisp code

TIL long-eared hedgehogs exist and are adorable