⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@qoto.org

"AI in the enterprise is failing faster than last year
[...]
in 2025, 46% of the surveyed companies have thrown out their AI proofs-of-concept and 42% have abandoned most of their AI initiatives — complete failure. The abandonment rate in 2024 was 17%."

(Original title: AI in the enterprise is failing over twice as fast in 2025 as it was in 2024)

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/01/ai-in-the-enterprise-is-failing-over-twice-as-fast-in-2025-as-it-was-in-2024/

Another small update on the Terrahawks ending animation in #blender #blender3d #Terrahawks Stay on this channel!

**Bruteforcing an old laptop's cryptsetup from busybox.**

I failed to find a thumbdrive that fits kali linux, but free Sundays are rare, so we must do it today. I can reduce the password to a list of 6 tokens for a couple candidates each. Generating the Cartesian product of all values for all tokens yields 128 items. Not a lot, but too much to type.

I created a file for each token with one candidate per line. Then used a 6-times nested for loop into busybox to generate all possible passwords.

This is an autochrome color photo, taken at the Paris Air Show on the 30th of September, 1909, only six years after the successful flight of the Wright Brothers. It has been cleaned up, but all the color is original to the photograph.

Restoration done by Babelcolour.

#photography #history #historyInColor #restoration #noAI

Organic Maps moved from GitHub to Forgejo after Microsoft blocked their account, likely due to a contributor's location in a U.S.-sanctioned region. This enabled Organic Maps to switch to a self-hosted, decentralized development platform.
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/3/organic-maps-migrates-to-forgejo-due-to-github-account-blocked-by-microsoft/

For those posting that the UK is becoming a police state, here's a little more evidence for you; complain about your daughter's school on WhatsAp, get arrested....

There's something very strange going on in this country.... its not just a dark place we're heading into but its a place where democracy is not just compromised but being dismantled!

#politics

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/29/parents-arrested-by-hertfordshire-police-for-complaining-about-daughters-school

Meanwhile. JD Vance and his wife spent only three hours in Greenland during a visit—entirely on a U.S. military base. Protests and a full business boycott forced them to leave, as locals refused to serve or admit them anywhere.

Holy shit.

Just wow, wow, holy shit:

Completely rewriting a multi-million line COBOL codebase that has life-or-death consequences for real people in the space of a few months, using gen AI?

I’ve been writing software for 40-some years, and I have to say: this may be, without exaggeration, the stupidest software-related idea I’ve ever heard from leadership.

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/

@ApostateEnglishman @Janeishly

I used to build computers for fun. I could tell a modem's connection speed by listening to it. I used to host regular LAN parties because I had networking equipment at home and the know-how to make it work.

I gave up on Facebook 13 years ago.

@Janeishly I saw someone say something like "Facebook is where all the boomers and Gen Xers who need help with their computers live. The fedi is where all the boomers and Gen Xers who *designed and built* the damn computers live".

Starsector, one of the best space RPGs that's not on Steam had a huge update https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/starsector-one-of-the-best-space-rpgs-thats-not-on-steam-had-a-huge-update/

#Starsector #IndieGames #Linux #Gaming #PCGaming

One of many notable takeaways from 'Careless People':

The creators and top execs of Meta do not allow their own children on it.

Think about that.

#carelesspeople #facebook #tech

Hadn't appreciated how much two million, five hundred thousand tons of metal was till I tried spinning it myself

#Babylon5 #scifi